Pearl Harbor file access dispute weighs on Kimmel case
Congressional investigators heard that President Truman denied an appeal to view a Roosevelt-King file. Ensign John Phelan testified that Truman had said only the committee could see the file. The panel noted the file held copies of two messages with little bearing on the Pearl Harbor attack.
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Washington
Truman
Adm
Husband E. Kimmel
Ferguson
R-Mich
Roosevelt
Ensign John Phelan
Pacific Fleet
Senate-House
Rl Harbor
John F. Becker
Navy Department
Churchill
Becker
Poe
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Kimmel
Fleet Command
Army
Navy
Congressional Committee
Harold R. Stark
Japan
North China
Manila
Stark
United States
Senate OKs long range housing bill plan for 500000 homes
The Senate moved the emergency housing bill back to the House and began debate on a companion long-range measure aimed at adding 500,000 homes by 1956. Authors Wagner Taft Ellender led bipartisan backing as Congress seeks easier loans and mortgage guarantees while rejecting price ceilings for existing dwellings.
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J. W. Davis
Washington
Senate
House
Banking
Wagner
D-Ny
Taft
Rohio
Ellender
D-La
Truman
Down
Specific Cure For Malaria Announced
Atlantic City April 11. Dr. James A. Shannon announced that a wartime synthesized chemical called SN 13276 shows apparent curative potential for relapsing malaria though its safety remains in question. The compound is related to plasmodhin and originated with German anti malarial research.
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Atlantic City
N. J
James A. Shannon
Board of Malarial Studies
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Shannon
U S Pleased By Stalin s Selections
Moscow notes Andrei Gromyko will be permanent U N security council member signaling Soviet confidence in the U N. Novo appointment to U S hailed as proof of faith in the U N and world peace. Gromyko, 38, has long been a key Soviet diplomat at Dumbarton Oaks Yalta and Potsdam and led the Soviet delegation in London for the U N preparatory commission.
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Washington
Russia
United States
United Nations
Moscow
Nikolai V. Novo
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N. Security Council
State Department
Novikov
U.N
Soviet Union
Thiat
Gromyko
Council
U. N. Council
New York
Security Council
U. N
Dumbarton Oaks
Yalta
San Francisco
Potsdam
U. N. Preparatory Commission
London
GOP Favors State Liquor Referendum and Tax Reforms
Winston-Salem April 11 Republicans endorsed a statewide liquor referendum and minority party representation on highway and school agency boards. The platform called for tax cuts and exemptions, a health program, higher teacher pay, and a constitutional six year presidential term. Harold Stassen urged a three point labor program and a diplomatic training academy. Sim Dela was re elected chairman with two new assistant chairmen named.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Senate
United Nations
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
United States
Sim Dela
J. M. Baley, Jr
Marshall
A. L. Butler
Clinton
Representative Burgin Dies After Heart Attack
Rep. W. O. Burgin of North Carolina dies at 67 after a coronary at Doctors Hospital He planned to retire after his fourth term and had urged halting atomic bomb production to aid peace efforts Burgin served in the NC House and Senate before coming to Congress in 1930 He was a lawyer banker and businessman Survivors include his widow Edith Leigh Greer and brother Ralph Burgin
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W. O. Burgin
D-Nc
Congress
Burgin
Doctors Hospital
Depe
North Carolina
House of Representatives
State Senate
House
White House
Truman
United States
Marion
N. C
Thomasville
University of North Carolina Law School
Industrial Bank of
Lexington
Commercial Bank of
Edith Leigh Greer
Ralph Burgin
Winston-Salem
Elements 43 and 61 finally detected by scientists
Scientists report the long obscured elements 43 and 61 have been detected and isolated. The elements, previously unnamed and theoretical, are unstable fission products of uranium, with definite properties now claimed.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Teacher Fires at Pupils After Rock-Throwing Incident
Four youths were involved in a rock throwing incident at the home of physical education teacher S F Watkins in Fort Worth. C A Roberts Jr 14 sustained a wound near the heart Jerry Peden 14 was wounded in the leg and back while Danny Boggus 14 had minor injuries Donald Thompson 14 driven the car. Watkins told investigators he fired at the ground and would not shoot again if given a chance. The district attorney and city detective described the event and Watkins statement as he said he did not realize the rocks hit his students.
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Fort Worth
al Clyde
S. F. (Smitty) Watkins
Clyde
A. C. Howerton
Watkins
C. A. Roberts, Jr
Jerry Peden
Danny Boggus
Donald Thompson
Veterans turn down jobs due to clothing shortages
Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine, head of the veterans re training and re employment administration, told reporters that many veterans refuse positions requiring a sharp appearance because they cannot buy proper clothing. He spoke at a closed meeting with six government agencies including OWM, OPA, and the CPA, urging more cloth for men’s suits and faster action to boost production.
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Washington
Graves B. Erskine
Veterans
Erskine
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
OPA
Civilian Production Administration
Office of Economic Stabilization
Departments of Labor and Commerce
CPA
Subcommittee Recommends Wake Transfer
A Wake Forest subcommittee urged a joint Baptist panel to accept a conditional gift from the Z Smith Reynolds foundation to move the college to Winston Salem The gift would end a transfer process and shift the college location pending approval by the three Baptist agencies involved the general board meets this afternoon to decide.
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Wake Forest
Wake Forest College Board of Trustees
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
College Board of Trustees
General Board of the
Baptist State Convention
Educational Council of the Board
General Board
Winston-Salem
Britain Would Row In With U S Rationing Bread
The British cabinet offered to ration bread if the United States does the same in response to UNRRA director Fiorello La Guardia’s appeal for more grain to avert famine in Europe. Britain said it would match U S moves to save wheat and flour for starving people, while U S Agriculture Secretary Anderson said bread rationing was not planned amid the wheat crisis.
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London
Fiorello H. LaGuardia Unrra
Europe
Britain
United States
Washington
Anderson
Canada
Australia
Argentina
U S Wheat Stocks Urge Conservation To Meet Food Promises
Washington April 11 The government postponed a final decision on extra steps to aid famine areas abroad amid a domestic wheat conservation program that has not yet met targets. Agriculture Secretary Anderson said the United States will fulfill its promises but must fully observe all phases of conservation.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Africulture
Clinton P. Anderson
World Today Reflects on Iran Persia and Security Council
The piece argues the UN Security Council should not distrust Moscow over Iran Persia as Russia vows troop withdrawal by May 6. It stresses Persia’s strategic regional importance and the issue as a matter for global balance, not a personal dispute between nations.
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United Nations Security Council
Russia
Council
Moscow
Soviet Union
Persia
Teheran
United Nations council urged to finish Russo Persian matter
The writer argues the UN council must complete the Russo Persian transaction as an observer to safeguard interests and bolster the UN's early stature, noting public accounts discipline and comparing with the League of Nations burial in Geneva.
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United Nations
Little
Persia
U.N
Council
Geneva
League of Nations
Congress Turns Focus to Money and Housing Plans
Washington reports Congress debating higher military pay and a 12.5 million housing program by 1956. The Senate backs a companion emergency bill for 2.7 million homes in two years while House negotiates revisions. A draft-extension proposal would raise pay for enlisted personnel, with larger boosts for lower ranks. Senator Carville discusses the UK loan.
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Washington
Britain
State Department
Senate
House
Gurney
D-Sd
Senate Military Committee
Army
Navy
United Kingdom
Carville
New
Weston College Records Very Strong Earthquake
Weston Mass April 11 a seismograph at Weston college recorded a very strong earthquake last night at 9 03 25 p m EST. Father Daniel Linehan said the quake lasted about three hours and likely originated about 4745 miles from Boston possibly in northern Chile or near the Aleutian islands.
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Weston
Mass
Weston College
Daniel Linehan
Father Linehan
Boston
Chile
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Soviets May Back Poland Against Spain
New York April 11 Mayor William O Dwyer announced Flushing Meadow would be the interim U N meeting place and Sperry Gyros plant at Lake Success the interim office headquarters. He said New York City will advance 1 250 000 for Flushing Meadow improvements and interior building work now used as a skating rink.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Flushing Meadow
United Nations
Lake Success
Long Island
the Nations
Tryge Lie
U. N
Grover Whalen
New York City
O'Dwyer
Flushing Meadow Park
Poland charges Spain in UN pace push over Nazi war methods
New York April 22 Russia expected to back Poland in urging the United Nations to require Spain to comply with international peace and security principles. Poland's indictment of Spain, deemed Russian-inspired by Spanish press, was presented to the UN council. Andrei Gromyko was reassigned to focus on the UN security council while Moscow named Nikolai Novikov as charge d affaires to the United States.
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Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Soviet Union
Charles A. Grumich
New York
Poland
United Nations
Spain
Oy Council
Organization
Andrei A. Gromyko
Secure Council
Gromyko
Nikolai V. Novikov
Russi
Japan Election Tight as Reds Lag in Big Vote
Early returns show Social Democrats winning 25 seats with Progressives 24 and Liberals 23 while Communists trail. Nine women are elected. six independents and one People’s party candidate also win. Premier Shidehara’s cabinet to remain, Narahashi hints at a new coalition with Shidehara at the helm.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Japan
House of Representatives
Social Democratic Party
Progressives
Liberals
People’s Party
Shidehara
Sparkplug
Wataru Narahashi
Fuekuoka Prefecture
Kyushu
Narahashi
Kyuchi Tokuda
Communist Party
Sanni
Yenan
Coali
Social Democrats
Tetsu Katayama
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Miss Hepburn
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