Democrats oppose six billion budget cut over foreign policy fears
Nineteen house Democrats denounce the proposed 6 billion dollar budget slash as potentially crippling for Secretary of State Marshall in Moscow and for disarmament talks. Senator Vandenberg warns the move could force the US to disarm unilaterally, signaling likely Senate rejection in favor of a smaller cut. The group calls delaying the spending ceiling until hearings and world peace agreements are pursued to avoid harming diplomacy and armed forces support.
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Washington
House
Marshall
Moscow
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Bridges
R-Nh
Appropriations Committee
House Democrats
Appropriations and Ways and Means Committees
Senate-House Budget Committee
Acheson Sparks Russian Protest Over Expanding Policy Claim
Washington February 15. Moscow radio protested to Ambassador Bedell Smith that Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson had called Russian policy aggressive and expanding. U S senators on the atomic energy committee backed Acheson, saying his remarks reflected Russia’s actions and program. The tense exchange centered on Acheson stating Russia’s expansionist aims during a February 10 hearing on nuclear fission.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Moscow
Molotov
Bedell Smith
Soviet Union
Russia
Hickenlooper
A- Iowa
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcole
Knowland
Calif
McKellar
D-Tenn
C Junist
Seemae
Omm Goonanien
International
Acheson-Lilienthal
United States
State Department
Chiang Says US Prolonging War
Chiang Kai-Shek blames the United States for prolonging the civil war by withholding armaments and credits. He reports his forces advancing into the Communist stronghold in Linzi in Shantung and rejects delivering a communique from Communist leaders. A key source says the Generalissimo believes force is needed to settle the Communist issue.
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Nanking
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Lini
Shantung
Chang
Marshall
Kuomintang
New Outbursts Of Violence Reported In Holy Land
In Jerusalem on February 15 two slayings a kidnapping an arson attempt and other violence marked the Jewish Sabbath. Tension rose over death sentences for three young Jews amid anticipated underground retaliation. An Arab was shot in Jaffa and a Jew near Bne Brok. In Peta Tikva two masked Jewish youths with machineguns abducted Av ichael Tanouri.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Jaffa
Bne Brok
Peta Tikva
Avichael Tanouri
Weather bureau report of 24hour temperatures and rainfall
Weather Bureau summary for 24 hours ending pm across cotton regions and major cities. Readings include Asheville 41 max 75 min and rainfall figures for Charlotte Miami New Orleans Los Angeles and others with notable precipitation amounts where available.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Atlanta
Charlotte
Los Angeles
Miami
New Orleans
Elephant preferrs elephants to showgirls for circus work
New York February eleventh only story notes producer John Murray Anderson plans to rehearse the 1947 Ringling Bros circus in Sarasota Florida. He says elephants never forget while showgirls forget and cites elephants punctuality discipline rhythm lack of jealousy and no trouble with their feet.
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New York
John Murray Anderson
Anderson
Sarasota, Fla
Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus
End Of Rent Control Predicted In 10 Months
Senate approval was forecast for a plan to end all rent controls in ten months and permit a ten percent general rise. Senator Buck of Delaware authored the measure, with Senator Wherry of Nebraska suggesting it could pass Congress if approved by the banking committee. Senator Taylor of Idaho backs a one year extension of ceilings. the banking subcommittee drafted the bill after two weeks of conflicting testimony.
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Washington
Senate
Wherry
Neb
Banking
Congress
Buck
Del
Taylor
Idaho
Truman Flies Home to Check On Ailing Mother
President Truman flew from Washington to Grandview Missouri to see his 94-year-old mother Mrs Martha Truman after she fractured her right hip. He ordered a three doctor consult and said he might return to Washington tomorrow if all goes well. He visited then ate at the Grandview cafe with Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham and Marshal Fred Canfil.
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Grandview
Truman
White House
Martha Truman
Washington
Truman Farm
Grandview Cafe
Wallace Graham
U. S
Fred Canfil
Americans Seek to Adopt German Orphans in Occupied Germany
In Frankfurt between February 15 and 27, U S Army officials report many American couples wish to adopt German war orphans. Gen Joseph T McNarney has tacitly approved adoptions by military personnel once regulatory issues are settled. Observers note both childless servicemen and middle aged spouses pursue homes for hungry ragged German children.
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Richard O'Regan
Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Army
U. S. Mill
America
Hans
Texas
Joseph T. McNarney
War Department
Hesse
House Labor Group Moves to Approve Nine Anti Strike Laws
Rep Landis says the House Labor Committee will push nine measures curbing strikes and picketing including bans on the closed shop and industry wide bargaining. Proposals also seek penalties on unions breaking contracts and restricting jurisdictional disputes, with NAM presenting similar plans to the Senate.
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House
Washington
Landis
R-Ind
House Labor
Hartley
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
New York
Hoboken
National Association of Manufacturers
Ira Mosher
NAM
Senate
Martin Reaffirms GOP Platform at Lincoln Day Event
Winston-Salem reports Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr reaffirms Republican aims to cut taxes, bolster labor laws, root out subversives, and maintain strong defense. Clare Booth Luce warns Republicans will win nationally in 1948 and urges resistance to communism.
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Winston-Salem
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
House of Representatives
Martin
North Carolina
Clare Booth Luce
Luce
Joe Helsabeck
Danbury
Stokes County
Congress
Pearst
The
and Navy
Europe
Asia
John
Egyptian Princess Among Sixteen Dead In Italian Plane Crash
An Italian government transport plane crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Terracina killing all aboard. Reports named Egyptian Princess Anina Fazil, cousin of King Faruk I, as one of the passengers among 16 dead, though official lists were not released.
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Rome
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italian Air Ministry
Anina Fazil
Faruk I
Egypt
Cairo
Car- Ansa
Air Ministry
Terracina
Anzio
Wartime Restrictions Seen Ending Soon Under Truman Plan
President Truman aims to declare the national emergency ended before July 31, signaling the close of most wartime laws. He plans to send a message to Congress within two weeks seeking permanent extensions where needed and to allow end of the emergency for domestic purposes ahead of peace treaties.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Europe
Army Planes Scan Philippine Hills For Holdout Japs
U S Army aircraft scoured Palawan in a long level flight search for about 200 Japanese holdouts accused of the flaming gasoline execution of 150 American prisoners. A war crimes investigator and observers accompanied the mission over jungles about 310 miles southwest of Manila.
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Manila
U. S. Army
Northwestern
Palawan
Battle Looms Over Atomic Appointments
Washington reports two Republicans and a Democrat may decide senate backing for David F. Lilienthal and associates on the new atomic energy commission. Hearings wrap up late next week and key votes by Vandenberg Hicksenlooper Russell Bushfield and Aiken loom large for party lines and the nomination's fate.
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Washington
Senate
David F. Lilienthal
New Atomic Energy Commission
Vanden Oe
Trtone
Eg ‘Dao
Senate Atomic Committee
Vandenberg
Hicksenlooper
Freeman Proposed as Ambassador to Great Britain
Senator Robertson urges President Truman to name Dr. Jas Freeman of Richmond as ambassador to the Court of St James. Freeman, a Pulitzer prize winning historian, is praised for his scholarship and leadership in foreign policy and admired by British leaders for his vision of cooperative world governance.
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Ov Ashington
T Truman
Douglas Southall Freeman
Richmond
Great Britain
Robertson
Truman
Freeman
O. Max Gardner
O Poate
Virginia
United States
Gardner
Court of St. James
Jasthall Freeman
Richer
Union
Page
Godrow Wilson
Philosphy
Dr. Reeman
Detroit Bank Robbery Foiled by Quick Police Response
Detectives identified Henry G. Benson, 21, as the would be robber in Detroit on February 15. He claimed nitroglycerin bottled mixtures he devised could explode, but five officers overpowered him after he aimed a note at bank staff.
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Detroit
James Mather
Henry G. Benson
Benson
George W. Blatchford
Maher
Anthony Scolaro
Scolaro
UFWA Opens Its Southern Drive Today
Van A. Bittner of the United Steel Workers urges southern organizing efforts amid anti-labor bills. He notes 351 NLRB elections won since May and 215 certification petitions pending, with CIO momentum and Cannon Mills likely to organize. Morris Pizer, Roy Laws, and other CIO leaders attend.
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North Carolina
van A. Bittner
United Steel Workers of America
Thomasville
CIO
Southern Furniture
Bittner
Atlanta
NLRB
Mills
Textile Workers Union America
Cannon Mills
Morris Pizer
Dent
United Furniture Workers of America
Roy Lawsrence
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TWUA
Ars Mein At
Pizer i
Committee Recommends German POWs Held as Free Workers
London reports the international study committee urges Allied powers to keep 4 to 5 million German prisoners of war indefinitely as free workers outside formal custody. The recommendation signals a long term use of POW labor amid postwar planning.
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London
International Committee For the Study of European
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