Soviet Nazi Deals Revealed in State Department Volume
The United States released a 362 page volume of captured German records detailing Moscow Berlin talks from 1939 40. It shows Molotov congratulating German military success and outlines proposed four power axis terms excluding the United States and Britain with aims across Europe Asia and Africa including Dardanelles control.
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Difficult Food Shortage Pushes Grain Shipments to Soviet Zone
In Dresden the Soviet military governor Maj. Gen. Timoffei Dudarov says a very bad food situation in the Russian occupied eastern Germany may force grain imports from the Soviet Union. He notes imports would not be gifts and that Germans will pay for raw materials amid a drought hit Saxony with yields down about a third to 50 percent in various areas.
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Saxony
Soviet Union
Germany
Europe
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Berlin
Moscow
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Maj
Ivan Schinkevich
Thuringia
Dudarov
Republicans Plan Tax Cuts and Spending Reduction
Congressional Republicans move to curb President Truman’s budget while House Democrats prepare to modify the GOP tax cut plan. Rep. Doughton and Rep. Knutson push different tax reductions. both favor higher personal exemptions and income-splitting to lower tax bills, with debates on overall spending and debt cuts. The House may vote February 2 on the proposals.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
House Committee
Rep. Doughton
Ways and Means
Coughton
Doughton
and Means
Knutson
R-Mim
Weather report for North Carolina and national readings
Partly cloudy in North Carolina with increased cloudiness tonight and Friday in the west and north, a few mountain flurries today, and colder temperatures elsewhere. Temperatures and rainfall records show readings across multiple cities with low precipitation reported in some stations and a general trend toward colder conditions into Friday.
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North Carolina
New York Struck By Snowstorm With Sudden Darkness
New York endured a stray onset of near midnight darkness in mid-forenoon as a new snowstorm moved from eastern Pennsylvania. The weather bureau warned of continued snow and fog with two inches or more expected, while Manhattan showed light in some areas and heavy snow in others. The metropolitan area remains buried under 25.8 inches from December 26.
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Manhattan
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Truman Rebuffs Hoover Plan On European Aid Limits
President Truman rejected Herbert Hoover's suggestion to cap European recovery aid at 15 months and below 6.8 billion dollars. He said he does not approve Hoover's proposals while endorsing Baruch's anti inflation program and noting GM chief Charles E Wilson's remarks on extended work weeks.
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Truman
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
New York
Senate Committee
United States
Charles F. Wilson
General Motors Corporation
Wilson
Greek Troops Launch General Offensive in Northern Greece
Reports say six Greek divisions attack guerrilla forces in northern Greece around Ardhea near the Yugoslav frontier. Dispatches claim overrun positions, 35 guerrillas killed, 100 prisoners taken, and many forcibly recruited people surrender. No official confirmation yet.
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Greece
Ardhea
Salonika
Moscow Pictures Show Stalin at Lenin Memorial
Moscow papers publish images of Prime Minister Stalin attending a memorial service marking the 24th anniversary of Nikolai Lenin's death, founder of the Soviet Union. The photos appear in newspapers across the city this morning.
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Stalin
Nikolai Lenin
Soviet Union
Marshall Sees Plan Calling For Sacrifice
Secretary of State Marshall told the National Cotton Council that sharing farm machinery and fertilizer with Europe under the recovery program may cause hardship for a few American farmers. He said sacrifices here will be significant compared with the job to be done and urged support for the Marshall Plan to aid European food production.
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Marshall
Europe
National Cotton Council
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Violent explosion rocks Illinois ammo dump near Savanna
A massive underground explosion at a large army ordnance depot near Savanna Illinois rocked a wide area across three states last night. The blast shattered windows in several communities up to about 50 miles away. No casualties were reported.
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Plans To Aid Dixie Education To Be Debated
Lake Success January 22 Britain rejects a Palestine beach-head plan for February 1. The Palestine partition commission drafts a report to the Security Council as the UN scheme stalls. Pakistan warns of a potential crisis with India and the possibility of military action if the Security Council delays.
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Truman anticipates Democratic nominating candidate before convention
President Truman expressed confidence a candidate will be announced ahead of the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia in July. He dodged direct naming while noting anyone in the United States has a right to be a candidate in either party or a third party.
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Truman
Philadelphia
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Henry A. Wallace
A. F. Whitney
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Whitney
White House
Mr. Truman
Four Men Die in Quarry Blast Near Colton California
Four men in a blasting crew were killed at the California Portland cement company quarry in Colton. One worker was on the job for his first day. The powder explosion shook buildings and shattered windows up to ten miles away.
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Colton
Calif
California Portland Cement Company
Intense Cold Wave Persists Across Midwest to East
A sweeping cold wave from the Hudson Bay region grips the Midwest and aims at the eastern half of the United States. Sub zero readings extend into Iowa and northern Illinois with widespread snow across the Dakotas and Nebraska as forecasts show lingering frigid conditions through Saturday.
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Iowa
Ilinois
HH. L. Jacobson
Chicago
Florida
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Montana
Bevin Warns of Soviet Drive Dominating Europe
British Foreign Secretary Bevin told the House of Commons that the Soviet Union is ruthlessly pushing to dominate Europe and that this will inevitably trigger another world war. He cited the Marshall Plan exposing Moscow’s aims while stressing a need for cooperation with the Soviets to seek peace.
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Bevin
Russia
Europe
House of Commons
Marshall
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Dewey Urges Farmers To Pay Debts
Governor Thomas E. Dewey told New York farmers at the New State agricultural society dinner that paying debts now is the best protection against a recession. He urged avoiding further debt and argued subsidies should support continued high agricultural production rather than crop curtailment.
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N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New State Agricultural Society
Church Women Cash In on Early Meal
In Clayton Missouri the Methodist church women realized they cooked a week early and raised 27.21 from a dinner. Pastor William Bird rallied congregants by phone and the ham peas and salad were stretched to feed over 100 attendees.
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St, Louis
Clayton's Methodist Church
William Bird
AFL President Pushes 45 Hour Week To Fight Inflation
AFL President William Green urged voluntary 45 hour work weeks with overtime pay to boost production and curb prices. He told the Senate Banking Committee that labor would accept extra hours if Congress approves a price control plan, arguing for government brakes on spiraling living costs.
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