Marshall warns Italy over election slant during ERP push
Secretary of State George C. Marshall told University of California listeners that voting Communist could jeopardize ERP benefits. He recalled wartime leadership and urged swift enactment of ERP and universal military training while criticizing Italian Communist stance about U S aid.
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Robert Prescott Serekeley
Cal
George Co. Margall
Jaly
Marshall
Army
France
Truman
Irman
U. S
Italy
Martall
Man to Man Talk Among Powers Urged
CAPETOWN South Africa Premier Jan Smuts urged world powers to speak man to man to clear misunderstandings He warned against stumbling toward another world war and noted uncertainty over Ramia’s position He suggested Russia might face Western defenses against Communism and called for clear assurances between sides.
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Capetown
South Africa
Jan C. Smuts
Smuts
South Africate
Bac Smuts
Ramia
Russia
Ward Based Voter Lists For City Election Planned
City of Pothan prepares ward lists for the March 23 city commissioner vote with general lists at each polling place to cover discrepancies. City Clerk J L Vaughn notes lists may miss some voters and invites residents to check at city hall. Dr J L Bracewell and John Adkins seek the seat. observers expect light turnout with about 50 absentee ballots issued.
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Pothan
J. L. Vaughn
Vaughn
J. L. Bracewell
John Adkins
City Commission
John D. Ayres
Dothan
Infatuated Kidnapper Nabbed After Abducting Farmer's Daughter
Kenneth Ingalls, 34, accused of kidnapping Charlotte O'Brien, 16, from a Vermont farm. Police report he held the girl at gunpoint then released her unharmed. Parents say the motive was his insane infatuation, not romance, and had pleaded for her return.
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Concord
Kenneth Alngalls
Begin
Chalotte O’brien
Merritt Edson
Beatt
Charles O’brien
Ingalls
Income Tax Cut Bill Passage Due Today
Senate Republicans push a 4.8 billion tax cut bill toward a late day vote. Senator Millikin says passage is likely after Democratic leadership dropped plans for a 4 billion amendment. Senator Barkley opposes the tax cut, warning it could be dangerous amid Christmas era foreign policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Millikin
R-Cole
Senate trims 1.7 billion from House tax cut plan
The Senate voted to reduce by 1.7 billion the House approved 6.5 billion personal income tax cut. A finance committee amendment to the House bill was adopted by a voice vote.
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HOUSE
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Senate debate on veto override and Democratic votes
Republicans weigh chances to corral enough Democratic votes to override a presidential veto. Senator Aiken forecasts more Democrats voting to override than in the Truman era tax cut clash. Senator Gurney, chair of the armed services panel, was queried by a reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Aiken
R-Vi
Truman
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Service Committee
Second Victim Dies In Motorcycle Crash
Marvin Lyle a 40 year old Ensley real estate man died in a Dothan hospital from a skull fracture after a motorcycle crash on U S Highway 231 five miles north of Ozark Tuesday. His wife was killed in the same accident and a double funeral was planned in Birmingham.
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Marvin Lyle
Ensley
Dothan
Lyles
Ozark
Daytona Beach
Fla
Lyle
Birmingham
Lightning Strikes Presbyterian Tower in Enterprise
A lightning bolt struck the Presbyterian Church tower in Enterprise during a storm yesterday. The strike ripped off asbestos shingles, damaged church loudspeakers for the chime and ruined electrical wiring. Nearby homes also reported electrical damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Presbyterian Church
Alee
Truck Crops Show Bright Prospects On Houston Farms
Prospects for commercial truck crops in Houston County look favorable despite recent weather. Tomatoes, potatoes, and sweet corn have good market potential, though sweet corn planting was delayed by unsuitable conditions. Nearby seed corn remains plentiful at the State Farmers Market at Ashford, and local plant orders for sweet potatoes exceed supply, prompting some growers to buy from Florida nurseries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Houston County
J. N. White
Ashford
White
Florida
Wind Storms Sweep South And Midwest
Storms dump rain and wind across the Southwest and Midwest after small tornadoes hit Texas Oklahoma and Kansas. A twister disrupted Paducah Texas service. injuries and farmstead damage reported in western Oklahoma. Other damage noted in Wichita Amarillo Wichita Falls and El Paso as temperatures stayed mild nationwide.
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Chicago
Southwest
Midwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio
Great Lakes
Paducah
Tex
Wichita
Kans
el Paso
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Pacific Coast
California
Pers
Costa Rica War May Engulf All Central America
Costa Rica fears its internal revolt could widen into a regional war. Gen Rene Picado Michalski says the week old rebellion led by Jose Figueres may involve Guatemala Nicaragua and other neighboring states with arms and flight support alleged across borders. Costa Rican officials seek aid and weapons while Dominican Republic pilots help.
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Reginald L. Wood
San Jose
Costa Rica
Rene Picado Michalski
Picado
Jose Figueres
Central America
Guatemala
Foreign Ministry
Nicaragua
Figueres
Luis Anderson
Honduras
Anderson
Dominican Republic
Ciudad Trujillo
Lasca
No. 22
Paratrooper in Soviet Berlin Tells of Interrogation
S Sgt Ray L Dudley formerly of Piggott Arkansas and San Francisco said Russians grilled him with many questions after he parachuted into the Soviet sector of Berlin from a C 47. He described a lengthy questioning by an officer a civilian and a interpreter about the plane its crew and the flight details. The incident followed nine Americans jumping from the aircraft which suffered engine trouble and left several injured including a critically injured sergeant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ray L. Dudley
Piggott
Ark
San Francisco
Telford Taylor
U. S
Nuernberg
Dudley
Sunday Bus Service Cut On Four Lines
The Dothan Bus Company received city permission to suspend Sunday morning service on four routes from 6 15 a m to 8 45 a m The routes are North Highland West Main South Side and Hall s Dairy Officials said surveys showed very few riders at those times The commission granted the request to suspend the service.
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Dothan Bus Company
North Highland
West Main
South Side
Hall's Dairy
Bus Company
Board of City Commissioners
Truman Draft Plan Gains Broad Support in Congress
In Washington officials report strong backing in both houses for President Truman's draft proposal and universal military training. Senate Republicans delay action pending national defense study by armed services committees. Support favors a draft and selective service on an if-and-when basis with voluntary enlistment encouraged. Inductions would await congressional approval.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Armed Services Committee
UMIT
GOP
Arthur H. Vandenbergwart
Congress
Armed Services Committees
Mme Curie Released From Ellis Island Visit
Attorney General Tom Clark ordered the release of French scientist Irene Joliot Curie from immigration custody at Ellis Island. She was held after arrival from Paris and freed on her own recognizance for 15 days to cover her planned U S visit.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Mme
Irene Joliot Curie
Ellis Island
Joliot Curie
New York
Paris
LaGuardia
Clark
Mme. Joliot- Curie
Justice Departent
United States
Chinese Use B 24s In Manchuria Fight
Government forces in Manchuria deployed American made B 24 Liberators to defend Changchun. Bombers attacked Communist positions near Changchun and the hydroelectric plant at Hsiaofengman near Kirin, which the Reds had captured, cutting power to government cities. Ground fighting around Changchun remained limited with a larger battle not expected before April.
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Peiping
Changchun
Manchuria
Hsiaofengman
Kirin
Religious Census Planned Tonight At Napier Field
About 20 members from First Baptist Church and Lafayette Street Methodist Church will conduct a field wide religious census at Napier Field at 7 oclock tonight. Rev C H Hildreth and Gene Spearman will direct census taking. Dethan groups will be met by Napier residents at the Napier Field chapel. Hildreth asks residents to keep a family member at home after seven oclock.
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First Baptist Church
Lafayette Street
Napier Field
C. H. Hildreth
Hildreth
Gene Spearman
The
Baptist Church
Napier
Wallace to Fire at Truman Again in Radio Address
Wallace maintains peace with Russia and attacks President Truman from the third party camp. He charges critics for stoking hate and argues ideas, not guns, defend freedom at home and abroad. He questions the need for a draft and compulsory military training amid Cold War tensions.
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Wallace
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Dothan
Fruman
St. Patrick's Day
U S Senate Panel Approves 275 Million Greece Turkey Aid
Senator Walter F. George announced the Senate foreign relations committee unanimously approved 275 million dollars in additional U S military aid for Greece and Turkey to bolster non Communist forces. The package brings total U S support to Greece and Turkey to 675 million dollars, including mountain artillery and heavy machine guns ahead of a spring offensive against guerrillas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Curbs Proposed on Freight Hauling Amid Coal Crisis
Washington AP report details soft coal operators pressing for a $100 monthly pension for older miners while suing over contract breaches. Government mulls freight curbs as the five day old strike cripples production and rail service. J Monroe Johnson coordinates with national officials as talks continue.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis Union
United Mine Workers
Stea Mills
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Wos Hurd
Cyrus & Ching
Ezra van Horn
Ching
Lewis
May Avert Strike Of Atomic Workers
The White House reported a good chance of averting a midnight walkout by Oak Ridge atomic laboratory workers in Tennessee. President Truman received an encouraging union message that if the status quo is kept there will be no strike. If no settlement occurs the Taft Hartley act will be invoked to seek a court injunction for 80 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Charles G. Ross
Old Wartime Registration Lists Scanned For Possible New Use
Washington officials studied old wartime registrations to gauge their potential reuse if Congress restores the draft. A pilot test of 225,000 Washington registrants weighed costs and feasibility versus screening 50,000,000 draft files across 48 states. Lt Col Michael R London led the OSSR effort, prompted by Maj Gen Hershey, aiming to evaluate 18 to 25 year old male registrations from the 5th and 6th draft calls.
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Washington
Selective Service
Congress
Office of Selective Service Records
U. S
Michael R. London
OSSR
Lewis B. Hershey
London
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Bloc
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Brussels
Paet
Alcide de Gasperi
Communist International Information Bureau
Cominform
Bologna
Christian Democratic Party
de Gasperi
Poland
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Luigi Longo
Anna Pauker
Jacques Duclos
Milovan Djilas
Yugoslavia
Athens
U. S. State Department
Albania
Bulgaria
Harshall
Wesley Shiplet
Furniture Company
Watchman
Oxford
Ruby Osborne
Hemlock
Ashe County
North Carolina
Elkton
By Marvin L. Arbrowsmith
Senator Barkley
Minnority
Barkley
Western
Europe
Presbyterian
Soviet
Mme. Curie
Associated Press
Greece
Turkey
Harold W. Ward
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