Ballot Fraud Probe Signals New Senate Review
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee prepared to question an FBI official now a federal judge-nominee over Democratic vote fraud charges tied to Missouri. Senator Kem predicted a new panel would examine Justice Department handling of alleged irregularities in Kansas City precincts as 72 indicted, 66 freed for evidence theft, and ongoing trials proceed.
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FBI
Kemn
Justice Department
Kansas City
Kem
Truman
Enos Axtell
Roger Slaughter
Axtell
Slaughter
Albert L. Reeves, Jr
Senate Judiciary Committee
Langer
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Tamm
Donnell
Tom Clark
John Edgar Hoover
McMahon
D-Conn
Bridges
R-Nh
Chile fortifies Antarctic bases defying British claim
Chilean President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla returned from Washington to announce the establishment of military bases at weather stations in Greenwich Island and another site in the South Shetlands, defying British sovereignty claims and calling the land “a land of tomorrow.”
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Santiago
Chile
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Antarctic
Gonzalez
Port Sovereignty
Greenwich Island
South Shetlands
South America
Chilean president proclaims sovereignty over Antarctic land claim
Chilean President Gonzalez Videla in a public ceremony asserted Chile's sovereignty over the O Higgins Peninsula region in Antarctica, invoking history geography and law. Britain rejected aggression claims and defended its base maintenance, noting the long standing position near Graham Land.
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Chile
O'Higgins Land
Great Britain
Graham Land
Bernardo O'Higgins
Covadonga
South America
Gonzalez
Prominent Merchant Dies in Salisbury at 72
W. F. E. Hardiman, 72, notable Salisbury merchant, died early today at Rowan Memorial Hospital after years of ill health. He was head of the Hardiman and Son dry goods firm, once operating branches in Spencer, Concord, Kannapolis, Thomasville, and Hickory.
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Salisbury
W. FE. Hardiman
Rowan Memorial Hospital
Weather digest for February 20 1948 across multiple cities
Partly cloudy and warmer today and tonight with cooler changes Friday. Temperatures listed for Charlotte 72 rising to 45 in some readings. other cities show varied highs and lows including Columbia 76, Raleigh 48, New York 55, Washington 70. Precipitation data and readings across many stations accompany the table.
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Peers
Carolina
Weath- Sume
Rey
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Demons
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Ming-St. Piow Mobile
Mt.Mitchell
Orleans
New York
Raleigh
Antonio
Santa
O ‘ S.francisco
Spartanburg
Tampa
Washington
Wilmington
Mistake Causes Wake for Wrong Individual
A Boston wake for Alice D. Bowen’s father James Bowen 72 was held after a misidentification. Bowen buried the wrong man, 85, from another family, discovered when Mary Fraser visited her brother at Boston State Hospital. Hospital superintendent Dr Walter E. Barton cited similarity in appearance as the likely cause.
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Boston
Alice D. Bowen
James
Boston State Hospital
James Bowen
Mary Fraser
Walter E. Barton
Two Nazis Convicted of Crimes
In Nuremberg on Feb 19 the American tribunal convicted Field Marshal Wilhelm List of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role as commander in chief during the Nazi Balkans occupation. General Walter Kuntze, one of List’s army group chiefs, was also found guilty by the tribunal.
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Mernberg
Germany
Wilhelm List
Balkans
Walter Kuntze
List
Field Marshal List Sentenced to Life for Balkan Atrocities
In Nuremberg the field marshal and seven other generals were convicted of war crimes in the Balkans. Two generals were acquitted. The court noted List's orders were milder than those of his superiors and sentenced him to life imprisonment while Keitel was hanged.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Wilhelm List
Balkans
Minimum Wage Bill Could Raise Pay From 40 to 60 Cents
Rep. Landis of Indiana said the house labor committee is ready to approve a bill to raise the minimum wage from 40 to 60 cents an hour. He predicted committee action in about a month after bottling up the proposal last year. Landis ranks next to the chairman.
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Washington
Landis
R-Ind
House Labor Committee
Advances Noted In Prices
Prices for commodities moved higher on February 19 with oats advancing a fraction of a cent as grain pits in Chicago showed activity. Dun and Bradstreet's weekly wholesale food price index fell to 6.76 for the week ending February 17, down from 6.83 last week and 6.47 a year ago, marking a fifth straight weekly decline to the lowest point since September.
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New York
Chicago
Dun and Bradstreet
Rent Control Bill Clears House Rules Vote Next Week
Washington Feb 19 A bill to extend rent controls through March 31 moved toward passage as the House Rules Committee cleared it. Current controls expire Sunday unless Congress acts, while grocery prices show mixed trends with grains down and cotton steady.
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Washington
House
House Rules Committee
Congress
Chinese Reds Move To Seize Anshan City
Chinese communists report fighting into Anshan with the fall of the steel city seeming likely. Dispatches say the bulk of Anshan’s troops are driven into the northwest suburbs as battles rage. Anshan’s capture would extend Communist control over Manchuria and its Mukden Dairen railway link.
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Peiping
Anshan
Arene
Manchuria
Mukden-Dairen
Yingkow
Davidson Spanish Prof. Dies in Charlotte
Fred K. Fleagle, 63, professor of Spanish at Davidson College, died early today in Charlotte Memorial Hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage after a sudden illness last night.
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Davidson
Charlotte
Fred K. Fleagle
Davidson College
Charlotte Memorial
Mayors Urge Immediate Action on Housing and Funds
In New York on February 19 the U S conference of mayors adopted a resolution calling for immediate congressional action to fulfill Taft Ellender Wagner housing objectives and for more equitable distribution of state collected revenues. The body urged federal highway funding, continued school lunch programs, tax exemptions for public works, and other measures to aid city programs. Mayors George W Welch Stanley F Church Joseph E Smith and Martin H Kennelly were reelected or named to the executive board.
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New York
U. S. Conference of Mayors
Civil Aeronautics Administration
George W. Welch
Grand Rapids
Mich
Stanley F. Church
New Rochelle
N. Y
Joseph E. Smith
Oakland
Calif
Martin H. Kennelly
Chicago
Protection of High Renters Advocated in Rent Controls Debate
Senator Ives of New York opposes ending rent controls for units renting $225 or more monthly. A Senate Banking Committee bill would end ceilings on luxury housing but extend overall controls 14 months while allowing some increases. Ives warns landlords could raise rents to $500 if controls lift, stressing high rent tenants also need protection amid housing shortages.
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Washington
Ives
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Explosion in Tide Water plant sparks waterfront fire
An explosion at a Tide Water Associated Oil grease mixing plant in Bayonne New Jersey caused a spectacular blaze but no casualties. The blast hit the ground floor of a three story building within the petroleum complex near Esso Standard tanks. two alarms summoned a large fire response and the fire was under control within about thirty minutes.
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Bayonne
N. J
Tide Water Associated Oil Co
New York Harbor
Esso Standard Oil Company
French Assembly Adopts Price Control Bill
In Paris on February 19 the National Assembly approved a stringent price control measure aimed at stabilizing wages and curbing inflation. The bill imposes penalties for unjustified price hikes above the 15 level and requires proof of higher costs. the vote was 336 to 188 with Communists and a few independents voting no. It advances to the Council of the Republic.
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Paris
National Assembly
Robert Schuman
Ose
Assembly
Council of the Republic
Nine Prisoners Thwarted In Georgia Prison Break
FIRRBURN Ga Feb 19 Nine inmates tried to blast their way out using dynamite dust hidden in shoes. One prisoner Cornelius Thomas Negro serving 65 years for robbery was wounded by gunfire. Ringleaders named include Orange Jones 15 years James Rutledge five years and Willie L Clark life for murder.
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Georgia
Firrburn
M. F. Tyree
Tyree
Cornelius Thomas
Thomas
Orange Jones
James Rutledge
Willie L. Clark
Cold wave blasts into northern U.S. regions
A new cold wave swept the northern Rockies and plains, forecast to push southeast across the Midwest. Montana reported drops up to 60 degrees as the fast-moving mass moved from western Canada, with the storm heading toward the Great Lakes and Ontario. Elsewhere, mild conditions persisted except in northern Great Lakes and New England where temperatures near normal.
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Chicago
Rockies
Plains
Midwest
Montana
Canada
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Ontario
New England
Truman Puts 570 Million China Aid Plan to Congress
Washington reports President Truman seeks 570 million for China’s economic program, drawing opposition as too late. Senator Bridges argues for military supplies to Chiang Kai Shek and links aid to Europe’s anti communism efforts. House foreign affairs panel to begin hearings, aiming to draft foreign aid bills by March 2.
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Washington
Truman
China
Congress
Bridges
R-Nh
Chiang Kai Shek
New Hampshire
Peyton
Europe
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Wallace Party Drive Worries Democratic Leaders
The Democratic national committee voiced distress over Henry Wallace third party efforts. J Howard McGrath urged Wallace to abandon his bid as it could defeat the party’s liberal program in 1948. In the South the rift over civil rights and attendance at Jefferson Jackson dinners heated up amid segregation fears.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Henry A. Wallace
J. Howard McGrath
Wallace
South
Miami Beach
California
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Solid South
Truman
Mason-Dixon
McGrath
Molotov Speech Banned in U S Sector of Berlin
A poster of a Molotov speech was banned in the American sector of Berlin as an insult to the United States. The ban drew charges from the allied Kommandantur that it harmed mutual understanding among occupying powers. Louis F. Glaser rejected the Russian claim that posting the material was legitimate.
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V. M. Molotov
Berlin
United States
London
Foreign Ministers Council
Germany
Europe
Kommandantur
Louis F. Glaser
Molotov
Joe Wean Glaser
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Tenn
Prestoo Truman
Missouri
Foreign Office
Britain
Gonzalez Videla
Kuntze
Wilhelm Keitel
Grotery
Mayors Conference
Cecil Lineback
Sidney Zlotnick
Zlotnick
Lineback
N. Y. Harbor
French National Assembly
U.S
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