Truman to address Greece Turkey aid crisis
President Truman is due to speak to a joint session tomorrow at 1 p.m. EST on the Mediterranean crisis. Senator Vandenberg warns the Greek loan and Turkish credit may signal a broader U.S. policy, with a potential $250 million loan to Greece and $150 million for Turkey under consideration.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
United States
Greece
Truman
Mediterranean
House
Senate
Turkey
Europe
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Michigan
Congress
Soviet Pushes China War On Agenda In US Spotlight
Moscow reports indicate the Soviet Union intends to pressure the United States over its role in China and let the chips fall regarding any embarrassment to Secretary of State George C. Marshall for his efforts to end Chinese warfare.
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Marshall
Russia
George C. Marshall
Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow
Mar
Soviet Union
United States
China
U. S
President of Strikebound Railroad Is Shot To Death
U S George P. McNear Jr. 55 president of the strikebound Toledo Peoria Western railroad was slain by a burst from an automatic weapon near his Peoria home. Police hunted the attackers as the 239 mile line suffers 17 months of strikes with shootings and obstructions. McNear died after six chest neck and arm wounds. Widow Elizabeth said he had attended Bradley University Colorado State.
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Peoria
Ill
U. George P. McNear Jr
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
Illinois
Effner
Ind
Keokuk
Gridley, Ill
McNear
Moss Avenue
Illinois River
Robert Sutton
Sutton
St. Francis
Tar Heels seek better air service for coastal cities
Representatives from Elizabeth City New Bern Wilmington N C and Myrtle Beach S C in Washington today to press for improved air service for coastal cities. They will meet civil aeronautics board officials and Carolina senators to discuss federal aviation support.
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Washington
North
South Carolina
Chamber of Commerce
Elizabeth City
New Bern
Wilmington N. C
Myrtle Beach
Weather outlook for the Carolinas with unsettled conditions
Partly cloudy with cooler temperatures and scattered coastal rain. Forecast covers today tonight and Tuesday with little overall change, and temperatures averaging below normal by three to fifteen degrees. Wet western areas to see moderate rain Thursday as system moves through.
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Carolinas
Caro
Nery
Weather summary of temperatures and rainfall across cities
The document lists temperature readings and rainfall amounts for multiple cities including Charleston Charlotte Chicago Denver Swanville Galveston Jacksonville Little Rock Memphis Meridian Miami St. Louis New Orleans New York Raleigh San Antonio San Francisco Spokane Washington Wilmington and others. Cloudy conditions noted.
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Mar. IL
Weath
Run Avenue
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Swanaville
Galveston
Greene
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
Spartanhburg
Washington
Wilmington
Prices of Vital Commodities Advance as Butter Hogs Fall
Chicago reports sharp rises in bread cotton flour petrol and grain futures with wheat at a 27 year high as oats and corn reach new peaks. Scrap iron and iron products rise while oil refiners raise crude prices. butter and hog prices retreat across markets.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
New York
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Standard of
Indiana
Phillips
Dee Rock
Roxas Votes On Equal Rights Despite Assassination Attempt
President Manuel A. Roxas, unshaken by last night’s grenade attack he called an amateur’s work, cast his ballot for equal rights for American investors in the Philippines. Security surrounded his polling place as he recalled the scare and noted the danger.
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Manila
Manuel A. Roxas
Philippines
Roxas
Mariano Castaneda
Senate
Jose Avelino
Castaneda
Avelino
North Hospital
Chicago Bids For GOP Meet
Chicago wins subcommittee approval to host the 1948 Republican National Convention. Detroit Philadelphia and Atlantic City also bid with Chicago favored for the week of June 21 if adequate financial arrangements are made. chairman Carroll Reece said Chicago would raise about $100,000.
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Chicago
Republican Rty
GOP
National Committee
Detroit
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Carroll Reece
Government May Balance Its Budget
Washington reports a strong chance the 1947 fiscal year will end with a balanced budget, the first since 1930, with analysts noting President Truman’s January deficit estimate of 2.293 billion likely too high as tax revenue swells and spending trends are reviewed.
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Washington
Nazi Victims May Get Relief
The German council of States in the U S occupied zone approved a law to restore up to 125 million dollars worth of properties confiscated during the Nazi regime. The measure, drafted over a year, awaits discussion and expected approval by the council. It would aid hundreds of refugees who fled Hitler Germany and many Germans driven from their businesses, as relief moves forward.
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Stuttgart
Germany
German Council of States
U. S.-occupied Zone
Council of German States
Hitler Germany
Hoover Urges Aid for Austria in 15 Months
Former President Hoover urges Congress to provide 155 million dollars for Austria over the next 15 months and says relief should continue at least until July 1, 1948. He notes UN programs offer more food and aid for industrial reconstruction, and favors a shorter long range relief plan.
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Washington
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Austria
Rep. Bloom
House Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover
Truman
United Nation
United Nations
North Carolina House Debates Major Tax Measure on Floor
North Carolina moved a large tax bill to the house floor for debate. The measure aims to raise 184 million dollars in general fund revenues and 127.5 million in highway funds for the next biennium, with amendments creating debate over second readings and committee of the whole. Kerr Craige Ramsey outlined the bill, while Senator Jenkins proposed a veterans vocational school at Camp Butner. Speaker Pearsall noted delays in announcing the calendar committee.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Kerr Craige Ramsey
Rowan
House
Jenkins
Bertie
Camp Butner
Pearsall
Blase Affair Linked to Murder in Oregon Trial
Alvin Lee Williams testified in the first degree murder case of W. D. Broadhurst accusing his employer Gladys Lincoln Broadhurst of orchestrating the slaying after a secret affair. Williams said Broadhurst urged him to remove her husband during a California trip after a kiss and an alibi in various motels and auto courts. The plot, Williams stated, followed their viewing of The Postman Always Rings Twice.
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Vale
Ore
Alvin Lee Williams
Gladys Lincoln Broadhurst
W. D. Broadhurst
Broadhurst
Idaho
Here
Williams
California
Telephone calls reach over 165 million daily in US
In a report from New York, officials note that more than 165 million telephone calls are made each day within the United States. The figure reflects broad daily communication activity across urban and rural areas.
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New York
Ins
United States
Crissman Seeks Higher Pay For High Point Court Officials
Raleigh March 11 Special Representative Walter Crissman of High Point proposes two local bills. One limits High Point civil service to police and fire departments. The other raises minimum salaries for court officials and mandates four weekly court sessions plus one monthly jury term to ease docket congestion and deter appeals.
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Raleigh
Walter Crissman
High Point
Crissman
Democratic Executive Committee
General Assembly
High Point Court
Five Men Buried Under Building in Cincinnati Collapse
A five story building collapsed in Cincinnati's Bottoms today trapping six men and injuring at least six. Fire Chief Barney J. Houston said voices of two trapped on the first floor were fading while others remained buried under debris. The area’s weakened structures follow Ohio River flood activity. several missing workers from Covington Ky were being sought.
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Cincinnati
Barney J. Houston
General Hospital
Houston
Sam Ostrow
Western Fixture and Bar Supply Co
Wallie Teskin
Ray Bell
al Rudd
Covington, Ky
Court Leaves Foremen Issue For Congress to Decide
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 ruling, suggests Congress must rewrite the Wagner Act to address unionization of supervisors. It outlines three possible paths: extend bargaining rights to supervisor unions, exclude supervisor unions from bargaining, or leave the issue to be decided if supervisors share a union with production workers. The case involves John L. Lewis and the Foreman’s Association of America tied to Packard Motor Car and Detroit.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
John L. Lewis
Packard Motor Car Company of
Detroit
Foreman's Association of America
High Court
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Lewis
Navigator Blasted From Bubble Sighting Over Atlantic
A navigator in a plastic bubble atop Trans World airline’s Star Of Hollywood was blown out and fell four miles into the Atlantic Ocean after a high altitude mishap. George Hart of Sag Harbor, N Y, is presumed dead. The plane returned safely to Gander Newfoundland.
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New York
Trans World Airline
Atlantic Ocean
Gander
Newfoundland
TWA
George Hart
Sag Harbor
Long Island
N. Y
D. E. Hamilton
Alexandria
Lockheed
Raleigh Schools Hit by Flu Absences Report
Raleigh superintendent Jesse Sanderson reported March 11 that about 1 000 of Raleigh’s 8 000 public school students were absent yesterday due to colds influenza and other illness. He did not foresee any immediate school closures.
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Raleigh
Raeigh
Jesse ©. Sanderson
Foreign Ministers Conclude Second Conference Session
The second session of the foreign ministers' conference adjourned at 7 20 p m Moscow time 11 20 a m eastern standard time.
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Moscow
Mar
Foreign Ministers
Soviet Press backs Molotov bid on four power talks
Izvestia hails Molotov proposal to add the Chinese question to the four power foreign ministers council agenda. The paper accuses the United States and Britain of failing to honor Potsdam pledges and urges scrutiny of Moscow December 1945 three power meeting decisions. Marshall may reject the Chinese inclusion unless invited.
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Thevernment Newspa
Izvestia
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministers’ Council
United States
China
Britain
Potsdam
Moscow
U. S
George €. Marshall
Foreign Ministers Council
Marshall
Molotov
France and Britain Back US in Four-Power Talks
In Moscow on March 11 France and Britain supported the United States in the four-power foreign ministers meeting to block a Soviet attempt to put China on the conference agenda.
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Moscow
France
Britain
United States
China
China Consulted in UN Decisions Amid Molotov Proposal
Informants say Chinese officials were perturbed by Molotov's China question and fear decisions without Chinese representation. Marshall supports China as a UN member to be consulted on related matters. Speculation swirled of joint intervention plans by the United States, Britain, and Russia and of Moscow aiming to embarrass Washington over China's civil war.
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Molotov
China
Marshall
United Nations
Russia
United States
U.S
GOP Majority Silent On Rent Control
Washington reports GOP senators drafting rent control hesitated to show a party stance after a Senate conference. Senator Tobey noted ongoing tussles in the Banking Committee while Conference Chairman Millikin said no vote or consensus emerged. A further conference will be held with no date set.
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Washington
Wen
Tobey
R-Nh
Senate Banking Committee
Millikin
R. Cole
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