Berlin Aftermath From War Shattered City in Ruins
Berlin's ruins reveal a city torn to pieces with 365000 residents living amid rubble. Families study in makeshift rooms while courts and schools operate under dire constraints as occupation authorities distribute scarce food and fuel. Some Berliners work for the occupiers, but markets remain dominated by high prices and black market activity. The writer notes physical defeat is clear, yet mentally the populace may rally after shell shock and chaos fade, with spiritual change needed to avert renewed conflict.
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Berlin
Essen
Germany
Germans Given Big Party In Philadelphia
About 200 German sailors from the cruiser Prinz Eugen left Philadelphia for New York to board ships home after a farewell party. The Philadelphia Record described liquor flowing and Germans and locals singing beer hall songs aboard the ship despite yard rules. Observers called the scene partylike with many visitors aboard and questions raised by Admiral Cobb about how access was managed.
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Philadelphia
New York
Philadelphia Record
United States
Navy Yard
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Bremerhaven
Munich
H. Cobb
Naval Base
Brownell Plans Resignation as GOP National Chairman
Herbert Brownell Jr. has notified party leaders he will resign as chairman of the Republican National Committee. The formal move will come at the April 1 meeting in Washington. He will devote full time to practicing law in New York and will remain active only as an individual. Brownell, 42, has worked without salary since the 1944 convention and says he will not manage Dewey’s campaign this fall. The committee will choose a successor at the April 1 meeting with speculation centering on Barak Mattingly and possible Western or Midwestern candidates.
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Washington
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican National Committee
Brownell
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
National Party
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Albany
Barak Mattingly
Missouri
Kenneth S. Wherry
Unemployed in North Carolina Top 25 000 Mark
North Carolina unemployment totals exceed 25 200 with 17 815 veterans drawing benefits and 7 405 non veterans unemployed. Veterans in self employment claimants rise as most are farmers, with monthly payments cited and veteran benefits described.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
A. L. Fletcher
State Unemployment Compensation Commission
UCC
Fletcher
Blood Transfusions Aid Nine Year Old Peggy Harrison
In Williamston on February 25 138 blood transfusions over five years keep nine year old Peggy Harrison alive. Doctors cannot diagnose her disease though diabetes and anemia are present. Peggy, daughter of E C and Mrs Harrison, has benefited from blood donated by neighbors and volunteers including Williamston firemen civic club members and highway patrolmen who visit Brown's Community Hospital to provide care. Each transfusion sustains her for about five to six weeks.
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Williamston
Peggy Harrison
Peggy
E. C. Harrison
Brown's Community Hospital
R. T. Lambeth Dies At Home In Virginia
Robert T. Lambeth longtime Thomasville veneer pioneer died Sunday at his Fort Defiance Virginia home after a brief illness. He is survived by wife Marie E Roote daughter Mrs Allen Penny of High Point brother Eugene Lambeth sister in Washington D C and former brother Dr W A Lambeth of University of Virginia faculty. Funeral is planned in Fort Defiance Wednesday with time to be announced.
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Robert T. Lambeth
Thomasville
Fort Defiance
Marie E. Roote
Allen Penny
High Point
Eugene Lambeth
Washington, D. C
W. A. Lambeth
University of Virginia
Lambeth
J. H. Lambeth
Two High Point Furniture Firms File Incorporation Papers
Certificates of incorporation filed in Raleigh list two High Point firms. Martin Furniture Manufacturing Company seeks to manufacture furniture with authorized capital of 100000 dollars and 300 dollars subscribed by Leon E Bernard and Herman Bernard alongside Edward King of New York. The Chair City Furniture Manufacturing Company also plans furniture production with 100000 dollars authorized capital and 300 dollars subscribed by L E York of High Point and Edward King, with C N Freeman of Thomasville mentioned.
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Raleigh
Secretary of State
Martin Furniture Manufacturing Company
High Point
Leon E. Bernard
Herman Bernard
Edward King
New York
Chair City Furniture Manufacturing Company
L. E. York
New
C. N. Freeman
Thomasville
New Aspects Predicted In Pauley Case
Senate hearings on Edwin W. Pauley’s navy undersecretary nomination may reveal new angles. Senator Brewster said testimony will cover Pauley’s government department dealings and airline permit requests. William A. Patterson of United Airlines testifies about a 1944 fundraising call and Pauley’s involvement, with Killion denying solicitations for specific donors.
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Washington
Brewster
Edwin W. Pauley
Navy
Senate
Ts Tee
Alry
Pauley
Maine
United Airlines
Precautions In Bombay To Avert Naval Mutiny Protest
In Bombay on February 25 reinforced British troops guarded a student protest to prevent violence after a week of street fighting. Police rounded up suspects while Vice Admiral Godfrey ordered naval inquiries into mutineers grievances as sailors at Bombay harbor began returning to work.
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Bombay
Congress Party
Bombay Student Congress
Royal Indian Navy
Narbada
Royal Indian Navy strike ends near Calcutta
A seven day strike by about 500 Royal Indian Navy personnel at Majherhat 10 miles southwest of Calcutta ended today announced Commo dore Hughes Hallett. No disturbances were reported here during the strike while about 50 000 tram and railroad workers held a one day sympathy strike Saturday.
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Calcutta
Royal Indian Navy
Majherhat
Hughes Hallett
Japanese Premier Urges Emulate Emperor For National Construction
Tokyo Feb 25 Premier Baron Kijuro urged governors to faithfully follow Emperor Hirohito as Japan advances a program of national construction. Success depends on rice production and delivery while textile relief comes from Allied aid. Repatriation figures include 1,985,000 from Manchuria and 414,000 from Korea.
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Tokyo
Japan
Baron Kijuro
Hirohito
Kyodo
Manchuria
Korea
Japan delays national elections amid ultra nationalist purge
Tokyo reports the cabinet moved the national elections from March 31 to April 10 as a slow process continues to weed out ultra nationalist candidates from the 3 000 hopefuls.
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Tokyo
Japan
Opponents Pleased With orderly Argentina Election
In Buenos Aires on February 24 opposition leaders praised the orderly presidential vote and said they would respect the people’s will. The race appeared to hinge on Col Juan Peron of the Labor Party or Jose Tamborini of the Democratic Union with results unlikely for 30 to 40 days due to ballot transport and counting.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Col
Juan D.ron
Iron Man
Labor Party
Jose P. Tamborini
Democratic Union
United States
Peron
U. S. State Department
Tamborini
Washington
New Zealand Prime Minister Arrives in Greensboro
New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser landed in Greensboro after weather forced his plane down en route from Bermuda to London. He traveled by Southern Railway train toward Washington where a meeting with Secretary of State Byrnes was planned, delaying a U S State Department conference.
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Greensboro
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
Southern Railway
Washington
Frazer
U. S. State Department
Secretary of State
Byrnes
London
Bermuda
Royal Air Force Transport Command
Bridge Damaged by Ship Shuts Charleston Area Traffic
A 100 yard section of the Cooper River bridge near Charleston was ripped away when the freighter Nicaragua Victory dragged its anchor and hit the eastern approach. Traffic to Mount Pleasant and surrounding communities was cut off as authorities assess damage and plan repairs. A navy diver will search for any casualties while rerouting of U S highway 17 continues and a new ferry service aids navy yard workers.
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Charleston
8. C
Cooper River
Mount Pleasant
Fort Moultrie
Navy
Nicaragua
Wando River
Moncks Corner
Navy Yard
Mount
Watches Burglar Steal Six Suits From Husband
Philadelphia report: Mrs. James Miller saw a burglar take six of her husband James Miller's suits while he slept due to his heart condition. In a separate early morning robbery, a 30 year old woman, Rita Ward, was threatened with a knife, demanding her wallet as the thief fled.
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Philadelphia
Army merger for Chinese forces completed in Chungking
An agreement unites central government and communist forces into one national Chinese army. Government troops will be reduced to 50 divisions and communist forces to 10 divisions within 18 months. Signing: Gen. Chang Chih Chung for government and Gen. Chou En Lai for communists.
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Chungking
Marshall
U. S
Peiping
China
Chang Chih-Chung
Chou En- Lai
Nanking
Case Bill Criticized By Schwellenbach
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach told the Senate labor committee the Case labor disputes bill passed by the House is a hodge podge and ill advised amid ongoing strikes and job losses. He said the measure aims to create new mediation machinery and restrict organized labor by amending the Wagner Act and Norris LaGuardia Act, calling the bill inferior.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
House
Senate Labor Committee
Negotiations Over Strike Are Resumed
Detroit February 25 The Associated Press reports GM and CIO united auto workers resumed settlement talks with C E Wilson absent due to illness for the fourth time. UAW president R J Thomas said moving conferences to Washington would be acceptable if the president desires. Mayor O Dwyer urged CIO President Murray to avert a New York subway strike, warning of grave injury to the city. Picketing began at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft in Fort Worth as AFL machinists threaten a wage increase and union security strike.
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Associated Press
Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
C. E. Wilson
Wilson
R. J. Thomas
UAW
Washington
Claude D. Pepper
D-Fla
Truman
White House
William O'Dwyer
New York
Cas
Philip Murray
CI Transport
Murray
O'Dwyer
TWU
York
Pitts
AFL
Houston
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Co
Forth Worth
Tex
Clan A Machinists
Senate Backing Reported for $115 Million School Lunch Plan
The senate farm bloc supports a $115 million per year federal school lunch program with $100 million for food buying and $15 million for nutritional education. The proposal allows $25 million to buy surplus foods and uses state dollar-for-dollar matching for five years, then scales to $1.50 state for each federal dollar, ending with $8 state per treasury dollar after ten years. Senators Ellender Russell Bankhead Aiken and Thomas voice support while Taft opposes in principle.
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Senate
House
Ellender
D-La
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bankhead
D-Ala
Aiken
Thomas
D-Ohla
Taft
Ohio
Secretary of Agriculture
Treasury
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