Vandenberg urges plain America policy against Russia
Senator Vandenberg calls for a straightforward American foreign policy to stand firm with clear justice and no ulterior designs as United States and Russia face two rival ideologies. He urges candid leadership, mutual understanding, and a firm line beyond which compromise cannot go.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Russia
Senate
United Nations
Michigan
United States
Pgang
America
Germans’ Defense Aims to Portray War as Defensive
In Germany on February 27 World Today reports Nazi leaders’ defense at the Allied trial. Attorneys argue aggression was forced by warlike designs, seeking to whitewash Germany and shift blame to others while focusing on the fate of leaders like Goering and von Ribbentrop.
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Germany
Reich
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
France seeks UN action on Spain endangering peace
Foreign Minister Georges Bidault told members the cabinet asked Washington and London to support a move to bring Spain before the United Nations Security Council over threats to peace. France would push the issue at the council’s March 21 meeting, even if the U S and Britain refuse. In Madrid border security was tightened with a border trade closure set to take effect at midnight Friday. A mass rally of about fifteen thousand communists socialists and union militants urged breaking diplomatic relations with Franco’s regime.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Foreign Affairs Commission
Constituent Assembly
Spain
United Nations Security Council
Commission
Bidault
Washington
London
France
Security Council
United States
Britain
Generalissimo Anco
United Nations
Cherry Praises Highway Employes For Fine Work
Governor Cherry commends highway maintenance workers for a fine winter effort under adverse weather and with worn machinery. The state highway and public works commission adopted a resolution praising the workers and the governors brief appearance at the session.
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Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Cherry
Phantom Nazi Arms Maker Unearthed
In Frankfurt on February 27 American authorities unmasked Friedrich Flick a major behind the Nazi war machine with a $400 million secret empire. Treasury and War Department investigators led by Josif Marcun Jr plan to indict Flick as a war criminal at the next trial.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Krupp
Friedrich Flick
Flick
Nazi Germany
Treasury and
War Department
Josif Marcun, Jr
New York
Marcun
Steel production resumes rapidly after strike
New York February 27. Iron Age reports steel operations restart at faster than expected pace after the strike. A coal strike looming in April raises risk to output and wage negotiations for miners begin around March 10.
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New York
Iron Age National Metalworking Paper
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Iron Age
Ribbentrop Denied Churchill as Witness in War Crimes Trial
The international military tribunal denied Joachim von Ribbentrop's plea to summon Winston Churchill Edouard Daladier and other prewar Allied leaders as witnesses in the war crimes trial of 22 Nazi leaders in Nurnberg February 27.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribunal
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Winston Churchill
Edouard Daladier
Allied prosecution rests against Nazi leaders at Nurnberg trial
In Nuernberg on February 27 the allied case against 22 top ranking Nazi leaders concluded after over three months of hearings before the international military tribunal. Legal arguments on prosecuting six Nazi organizations as criminal groups are expected to begin Monday.
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Nuernberg
Germany
International Military Tribunal
Monay
Tribunal Trims Names From 38-Name List in War Crimes Case
The tribunal rejected 22 names from the 38 submitted by the former German foreign minister and sharply cut the lists presented by defendants Hermann Goering and Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel.
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Hermann Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
Hoover and Others Called to Food Reduction Meeting
President Truman urged a Friday conference with Herbert Hoover and others to devise an aggressive voluntary program for private citizens to cut food consumption at home to aid famine-stricken Europe and Asia. Telegrams invited participants to a 3 p.m. EST meeting, stressing national self rest and human duty.
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Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Posse Hunts Negro After Farmer Killing Near Brunswick
Sheriff's posse and armed volunteers scour woods near the South Carolina line in Brunswick County for Leon Gause 26 suspected in the fatal shooting of H. Jim Williamson of Shallotte. Gause was sighted three miles southeast of Shallotte and fired upon when he did not halt, bloodhounds on the trail after the Sunday night slaying.
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Wilmington
Blee
South Carone
Brunswick County
Gause
Gause's Landing
H. Jim Williamson
Shallotte
Charlotte Nursemaid Abduction Search for Terry Taylor
Charlotte police intensified the hunt for four and a half year old Terry Taylor who vanished with nursemaid Rosemary Johnson 19 after taking the child and her sister to a park. A warrant was issued charging Johnson with abduction.
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Charlotte
Terry Taylor
Rosemary Johnson
Frank N. Littlejohn
Johnson
Terry
Andrew Taylor
Littlejohn
Tonda
Atta
Taylor
Cotton Tires Found To Be Satisfactory
Dr. O R May chief of the bureau of agricultural and industrial chemistry testified before the House appropriations committee that Department of Agriculture tests show cotton tires should give very adequate performance in ordinary passenger car tires.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Agriculture
O. R. May
Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry
House Appropriations Committee
Dark Flour Meeting Set For Tonight in Carolinas
North and South Carolina flour millers plan a meeting in Charlotte tonight to discuss conforming to the federal order for producing the new dark flour. C. B. Fretwell of Spartanburg, South Carolina, chairs the Piedmont Millers' Association.
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Charlotte
North
South Carolina
C. B. Fretwell
Spartanburg
S. C
Piedmont Millers’ Association
800 Pickets Charged by Police at GE Plant
Mounted police charged 800 CIO pickets at a General Electric Co plant in Philadelphia as a court order against mass picketing was enforced. The marchers were split into two sections and moved away under foot police escort. Some were dragged from porches while seeking refuge, and four clung to an American flag amid the melee.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
CIO
General Electric Co
Gardner Confirmed as Undersecretary of the Treasury
The senate confirmed O Max Gardner former North Carolina governor as undersecretary of the treasury. Gardner resides in Shelby North Carolina.
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Washington
Senate
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Gardner
Shelby, mc
Veterans administration clash leaves unclear outcomes
Washington reports show Nation al Commander John Stelle and Gen Omar Bradley ending a two hour closed session with a noncommittal joint statement and a Bradley recording. Stelle outlined decentralization and state aid for on the job training while denying more hospital beds beyond emergency use.
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Washington
John Stelle
American Legion
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
Stelle
Veterans Administration
Legion
Snow and Rain Spread Across Eastern Cities
A storm centered in western Pennsylvania brought snow rain and thunderstorms to the eastern states. Clearing and colder air was forecast for tonight. Heavy snow fell in New York and New England and stretched into the Great Lakes region. Thunderstorms and heavy rains occurred in Mississippi while gentler rain moved across the rest of the east.
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Associate Press
Pennsylvania
Midwest
New York
New England
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Truman Nominates J A Krug for Interior Secretary
President Truman names 38 year old former War Production Board chief J A Krug as interior secretary in a surprise move. Krug's selection signals a shift to direct White House control of top appointments and shifts old inner circle influence.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
J. A. Krug
Krug
War Production Board
Capitol Hill
Harold L. Ickes
Mr. Truman
Ickes
Whitehouse
WPB
New York
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Navy Forces
Commerce
Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rough Sailing Predicted For Housing Plan
Administration leaders concede danger ahead for Truman's veterans housing program as the House weighs an emergency bill. Housing chief Wyatt urges two additions: 600 million dollars in subsidies to boost materials production and price ceilings on housing and building lots. House banking chair Spence warns failure of subsidies could kill the program. Other Democrats privately fear for the subsidy and price ceiling provisions.
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Washington
Truman
House
Wilson W. Wyatt
Capitol
Wyatt
Spence
D-Ny
House Banking Committee
Billion dollar farm bill sent to House floor
A billion dollar agriculture department appropriation bill to fund peacetime farm programs goes to the House floor. It finances rural rehabilitation and electrification loans and farm conservation payments for the fiscal year starting July 1.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wartime funds recaptured by house appropriations panel
The house appropriations committee urged recapturing 7.112 billion dollars of unspent wartime funds and adding to about 55.0 billion dollars previously cancelled. Navy cuts total 3.167 billion leaving 21.471 billion. major hit to ship construction. Army cuts amount to 1.616 billion leaving 2.242 billion. air forces fund bears a large share of reductions.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Navy
Japan
Germany
Army
Air Forces Fund
Agriculture Chief Predicts Industrial Revolution On The Land
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson testified before the appropriations committee that wartime gains in farming would spur a peacetime transformation. He warned of five machinery shortages and said the shift could be irreversible, signaling a substantial, lasting impact on agriculture.
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Appropriations Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Co —Agriculture
Anderson
Meat wage rise seen only small bump in prices
OPA officials estimate the average American meat bill will rise about 80 cents a year as 16 cent an hour wage increases are authorized for 131000 workers in five major packing firms. The plan borders 11 plants of Swift Armour Cudahy Wilson and John Morrell with broader industry pattern to follow. Retail meat prices may rise by about 1 percent with wholesale increases set for March 11 and late next month.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Wage Stabilization Board
Swift, Armour, Cudahy
Wilson
John Morrell
Chester Bowles
United States
Bowles
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