United Nations Palestine Commission Urged for Military Backing
Philippines delegate Senator Vincente J. Francisco urged a big power international force to back UN decisions on Palestine. He said the UN should not be frustrated and that an international army should carry out resolutions where needed, with the five major powers taking the lead. He declined to discuss other commission members views or potential dissent.
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Jane Success
Philippines
United Nations Palestine Commission
U. N
Vincente J. Francisco
Holy Land
Francisco
United Nations Commission
United Nations
Commission
Security Council
Representative Thom as Shows Progress at Hospital
Rep. J Parnell Thomas of New Jersey improved today at Margaritaville hospital after a Saturday gastrointestinal hemorrhage. He was en route to the canal zone to investigate reported subversive activity when he fell ill.
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Balboa Heights
C. Z
J. Parnell Thomas
Weather summary for Carolina and national highs and lows
Cloudy and cold with light rain or snow possible in the southeast. Official temperature and rainfall records for the 24 hours ending 8:30 am show varied readings across cities from Charleston 31.6 to New York 25.3 with several locations reporting measurable rain.
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Ross Carolina
Galenaar
Weatheas
Charleston
Charlotte
Memphis
Meridian
Mian
Mian St. P
I Mobile
AL Mitchell
N. Orleans
New York
Raleigh
Antonio
Franciscoo
Spartanture
Washington
Wilmington
Tough American Alley Cats May Wage Rodent War Abroad
The American Feline society suggests mobilizing 1,000,000 healthy work cats to kill rats in Europe after a London Mirror plea. President Robert L. Kendall backs a 5,000 cat token task force to be released at docks and food centers, selecting only tough alley cats for the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Europe
American
Feline Society
London Daily Mirror
Society
Robert L. Kendall
Kendall
Subversive Groups Given Tax Reductions
Senator Ball asserts the treasury allows income tax deductions for donations to eight groups labeled subversive by the attorney general, calling them communist fronts. He says these groups appear on lists of subversives and on treasury lists of charitable entities, making contributions tax free. A treasury official says the department cannot separate good from bad groups when forming its deductible list. Ball claims the treasury is strict about denying deductions for other organizations with political leanings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ball
R-Minn
Treasury
Clark
Department
Congress
Youth Charged With Robbing Farmer's Safe
A 17 year old from Sparks Georgia, James Sumner, is arrested in St. Petersburg Florida as part of a trio linked to an $18,000 take from a Georgia farmer. Two other 16 year olds, Laneth Rentz and Harry McRaine, were nabbed in Nashville Georgia last week for the same robbery. Authorities say the youths used an electric torch to cut the safe and that the group’s two now confess. Sumner paid for a used car with thirteen one hundred dollar bills.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Georgia
James Robinson
James Sumner
Sparks
Valdosta
Laneth Rentz
Harry McRaine
Nashville
S. King
Arest
Allied Plan For Germany At Odds With Leaders
In Frankfurt date January 29 French and German leaders criticized the Allied draft for an economic administration governing the U S and British zones. German anger focused on a proposed bizonal administration chairman while French notes warned it would rebuild German bureaucracy. Labor leaders eyed potential strikes by about 1,200,000 workers in the U S zone.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
U. S
Hitler
Paris
France
Britain
Economic Administration
Rman
President Truman asks extension of grain controls
President Truman appealed to Congress to extend his authority over grain use until October 31 under the second war powers act with a focus on allocation and inventory control for ethyl alcohol production. He said existing limits jeopardize national security and urged export of about 500 million bushels of wheat from the 1947 harvest to aid strained European economies.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Shelve
White House
Anderson
United States
Stassen Shifts Focus to Maine for GOP Challenge
Harold E. Stassen arrived in Portland to confer with Maine party leaders and other officials as he pushes for the Republican presidential nomination. He issued an open challenge to Gov. Thomas Dewey to debate foreign and domestic issues under impartial sponsorship, calling New Hampshire's March 9 primary nationally significant as the first in the nation.
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Portland
Harold E. Stassen
Maine
Minnesota
Durham
N. H
Thomas Fowey
New York
Stassen
New Hampshire
Poland Moves to Enact Compulsory Savings Law
Warsaw January 29 A proposed compulsory savings law aims to force workers to save a percentage of income with rates varying by earnings. The plan sets 1 to 3 percent savings for individuals, and higher rates for private enterprises. Funds would support furniture housing and medical needs while allowing withdrawals for deposits.
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Warsaw
Finance Ministry
France closes banks to curb 5 000-franc note speculation
Paris reports government moves to withdraw 5 000-franc notes worth about 1.54 billion dollars from circulation. Banks shut for two days to prevent hoarding as Premier Schuman pushes the cabinet plan and debates over gold policy continue.
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Paris
National Assembly
Robert Schuman
Assembly
Schuman
Jacques Duclos
France
Pierre Abelin
Finance Ministry
Britain Watches Arab States Over Iraqi Treaty Crisis
London reports Britain fears a crisis with Arab states after riots in Baghdad over a revised Iraq treaty of alliance. The pact would allow British troops and airfield access in wartime and prompted the Salih Bey El Jabar government to resign. Bevin hopes a new Iraqi government may back the alliance to oppose communism.
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London
Britain
Middle East
Bagdad
Salih Bey el Jabar
Iraq
Ernest Bevin
GM Insurance Plan Loses Before Board
Federal Judge John Bright issued a temporary restraining order in New York City barring General Motors from implementing an employed insurance plan on February 1. The National Labor Relations Board announced the action, after Robert N. Denham said GM failed to bargain with the CIO auto workers union, calling it an unfair labor practice.
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Washington
John Bright
New York City
General Motors Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
CIO Auto Workers Union
Denham
Break In Midwest Cold Wave Brings Slight Relief
Relief from severe cold began in the north central region with warmer readings from Dakota to Illinois. The change eased some fuel shortages crippling production and affecting over 250,000 workers, as gas curtailments and closures hit the south, southwest, and midwest.
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Chicago
North Central
Dakotas
Illinois
Atlantic Seaboard
Texas
Arkansas
South
Southwest
Midwest
Mercury Rises In Carolinas News Brief
Winter’s grip loosens in the Carolinas as the forecast calls for moderating temperatures with possible light rain and a chance of snow in North Carolina tomorrow. Morning lows ranged around 24 in Raleigh and Greensboro, with Charlotte Spartanburg Charleston Columbia and Cape Hatteras near 30 degrees.
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Carolinas
North Carolina
Raleigh
Greensboro
Charlotte
Spartanburg
Charleston
Columbia
Cape Hatteras
Stanford President Dr Tresidder Dies in Manhattan Hotel
New York report says Stanford University president Dr Donald B. Tresidder, 53, died in his mid Manhattan hotel suite. Police attribute death to natural causes and no foul play is suspected.
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New York
Donald B. Tresidder
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
mid-Manhattan
Rent Control Looms as Top Issue in 1948 Campaign
Senator Pepper and New York Mayor O Dwyer urged a senate banking subcommittee to extend rent controls to mid 1950 as the current program nears expiration on February 29. They warned that without action a national housing program would be urged in the 1948 campaign.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Congress
William O’dwyer
New York City
Senate
Dairy cooperatives oppose price controls and seek exports
Charles W. Holman, secretary of the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, told the Senate banking committee that calls for new price controls and rationing are misguided. He urged limiting home use materials before exporting and argued wage hikes will occur regardless of price action. The federation includes 88 cooperatives with over 420,000 members.
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Washington
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Senate Banking Committee
Holman
Knutson Urges Democrats to Break with Truman on TaxCut
Rep Knutson urges Democrats to split with President Truman over a $6.5 billion income tax cut as a remedy for inflation. He notes Truman’s vetoes of prior tax bills and predicts Republicans will override a veto to pass a tax cut, while outlining party line divisions in the House and Senate.
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Washington
Jan
Knutson
Congress
Truman
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
R-Mass
Republican Congress
White House
Senate
GOP
House
Rep
Coughton
Regents Hold Meeting In Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents met in emergency session over six Negroes seeking enrollment. The state bans segregation, but a Supreme Court ruling requires equal facilities. Ada Lois Fisher, a 23 year old Negro applicant, sought admission to OU Law School amid ongoing decisions on segregated education and a separate three man law faculty for Negroes in Oklahoma City.
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Norman
Okla
University Oklahoma ‘Board of Regents
Klahoma
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Ada Lois Sionel Fisher
Law School
University of Oklahoma
State Regents For Higher Education
State Capitol
Oklahoma City
Fisher
University of Oklahoma Law School
Typhoon Death Toll Tops 100 on Reunion Island
Paris reports a typhoon on Reunion Island caused over 100 deaths and property losses exceeding 1.0 billion francs about 4 million dollars. Nearly all of Reunion’s sugar plantations were damaged on the Indian Ocean island east of Madagascar.
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Paris
Reunion Island
Reunion
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
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Lamar Lee
la Salle
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Jesse Wilson
Cal
Houn City
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Kasier
Lee
Wilson
Dorothy
Walter Kinczewski
Thomas
Farmer's Safe
Ohio River
Newburgh
Ind
Associated Press
Stanford
Dairymen
Regents
Oklahoma
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