Wherry Attacks Opponents of Europe Troop Aid Stand
Senate Republican Leader Wherry of Nebraska challenged Dewey Stassen and other GOP figures over Truman’s Europe troop plan. He urged Congress to protect air power and balk at surrendering war-decision power, saying the push for ground troops risks dictating U.S. defense policy under the North Atlantic pact.
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Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Europe
Congress
Dewey
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Truman
Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Connally
D.tex
No Relations
Russell
D.G
Armed Services
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Stassen
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
U. S
Ing Taft
Rus
Ohioan
Dwight Eisenhower
North Atlantic
Russia
House Group To Consider Referendum
Raleigh February 27 A house committee will meet Thursday to vote on a statewide liquor referendum bill after hearings on a Winston SalemABC liquor stores opening proposal Rep Walter Crissman and Rep John Regan lead the action The measure faces opposition from local ministers and business interests who argue Winston Salem Forsyth County are one and should vote statewide
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Raleigh
House
John B. Regan
Robeson
Winston-Salem
ABC
Regan
Walter E. Crissman
High Point
Quarr
Winston- Salem and Forsyth County
Stock Market Moves Slowly in Busy Session
New York trading showed a narrow price range with movements about a dollar. Douglas Aircraft rose on a favorable earnings report, Boeing fell after a dividend announcement, and several steels and auto shares declined while other names including Santa Fe, Texas Co, Eastern Air Lines, Paramount Pictures and International Paper rose.
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Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
U. S&. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
General Motors
American Telephone
Kennecott Copper
American Smelting
McIntyre-Porcupine
du Pont
Nickel Plate
Union Carbide
Santa Fe, Texas Co
Eastern Air Lines
Paramount Pictures
International Paper
Air Reduction
American Power Light
Zenith
Goodrich
Dr Henry Louis Smith Dies in Greensboro
Greensboro report says Dr Henry Louis Smith noted scientist and educator died at 3 30 a m at age 91 after years of declining health and months of illness Funeral at 3 p m Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery Smith served as president of Davidson College and Washington and Lee University and took the first X ray photograph made in the United States
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Greensboro
Henry Louis Smith
First Presbyterian Church
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Smith
Davidson
Washington and Lee
United States
Music maestro Crosby Adams dies at 93 in Montreat
Crosby Adams the Souths grand old man of music died at his Montreat home aged 93. Funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow in Montreat.
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Asheville
Crosby Adams
South
Montreat
Street Aid Bill Seems Certain
RALEIGH Feb 27 The Powell bill to boost state aid to buy streets without new taxes seems assured of final legislative action. The bill passed the senate and is before the house appropriations committee. Key figures debate amendments to clarify administration and funding rules while Governor Scott opposes reallocating primary road funds without new taxes.
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Raleigh
Powell
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Henry W. Jordan
Highway Commission
Lamar Gudger
Jordan
Scott
Ito
Kerr Craige Ramsay
Rowan
Highw Commission
Controls Order Assures Business of Materials
The government issued an order to assure maintenance and operating materials for plants and institutions. It creates a DO 97 priority rating for maintenance supplies, excludes end-product materials, and restricts major capital purchases while applying to all enterprises and government bodies. A broader rubber usage cut and stockpiling plan will take effect soon. Auto price freeze extensions were announced by OPS officials to cover new pricing for manufacturers and align with cost changes.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Manly Fleischmann
NPA
United States
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Gets 60 Days For Chaining Wife
A Gastonia mill worker was sentenced to 60 days on road work for chaining his wife to their bed twice after she had been away from home. He appealed. Mrs. Oliver D. Moore testified that he chained their 32 year old wife and their 12 year old son to keep them at home on February 19 and the following morning.
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Gastonia
Oliver D. Moore
Julius Lance
Death sought in case of Oscar Collazo for Blair House attack
Federal prosecutor told a jury he expects a guilty verdict on first degree murder in the Blair House guard killing case involving Oscar Collazo. He described the attack as part of a Puerto Rican nationalist plot with Griselio Torresola, who died in the gun battle, and Collazo captured after being wounded.
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Washington
Oscar Collazo
Scheids
White House
P. J Truman
Collazo
Fay
Griselio Torresola
Leslie Coffelt
Coffelt
Torresola
Blair House
Joseph H. Downs
New York
United States
Donald T. Birdsell
Aioe Fay
Keo A. Rover
Ang
Clementis Jailed In Slovakia
Former Foreign Minister Vlado Clementis and four other top Communist leaders are jailed in Czechoslovakia amid a plot to assassinate President Gottwald and seize control of the party and government. The central committee reports claim a large party purge since September with 170000 expelled.
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Czechoslovakia
Vlado Clementis
Communeaiet
Savin
Leiden Communist Central Committee
Soviet Union
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Clementis
Gustav Husak
Slovakia
Laco Novomesky
Marie Svermova
Jan Sverma
Otto Sling
Brno
Sling
Svermova
Ement Gottwald
Rudolf Slansky
Antonin Zapotocky
Ratification of the 22nd Amendment Caps Presidential Terms
The 22nd Amendment limits presidents to two elected terms and ten years total in office. Harry S Truman is exempt from the term cap. Utah and Nevada ratified, Nevada becoming the 36th state. final approval requires ratification by three fourths of the states.
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United States
Harry Truman
White House
80Th Congress
Truman
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Nevada
Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
George Washington
James A. Farley
Mr. Roosevelt
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Roosevelt
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Chigan
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Illinois
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New Jersey
Wisconsin
Ohio
Colorado
Peters
Virginia
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Arkansas
Georgia
Tennessee
Texas
North Carolina
Fur Coat Spotlight in RFC Hearing Sparks Senate Probe
A Senate inquiry into favoring in government loans turns to a White House stenographer's fur coat. Senator Fulbright leads the probe, reveals husband Young bought the coat, and may question him further about the RFC matters and potential witnesses.
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RFC
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Senate
White House
Fulbright
D.-Ark
Eas
Orde
Mer Young
Young
Truman
Donald Dawson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Trueman
Sutton
D.-Tenn
William M. Boyle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Boyle
Subcommittee
Dawson
T of Justice
Shor Tobey
Shearo N.H
Texas
Harry Straus Dies at 67 in Asheville Home
ASHEVILLE Feb. 27. Harry K. Straus 67 president of Ecusta Paper Corp the world s largest cigarette paper maker died at 7 30 am at his home in Biltmore Forest He came to the United States from Germany at 18 to study English and to build a cigarette paper manufacturing method.
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Asheville
Harry K. Straus
Ecusta Paper Corp
Pisgah Forest
Biltmore Forest
Straus
United States
Germany
Crackles A tooth in the gum is worth two in a bridge
A fragment references dental work and a bridge. The line uses a proverb like phrase about a tooth in the gum and value in a bridge, but no concrete person, place, or event is given.
Senate Debates Draft Bill for 26 Month Military Service
The Senate opened debate on a draft bill proposing 26 months of military service for 18 year olds with 2 months of annual leave options. Secretary Marshall urged a long-term universal training program, while committee compromise set 26 months with possible discharge after 24 months if annual leave is not taken.
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Senate
Ames
Defense Marshall
Marshall
Senate Armed Services Committee
Uest
S of Sound
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