Congress Leaders Laud Truman Loyalty Order
Congressional leaders from both parties praised President Truman's loyalty in government order as overdue and to be proven by enforcement. Senators Mundt Ellender and McCarthy urged full implementa tion to purge subversives, while Speaker Martin and Rep. Cox called it a smart move for security and government integrity.
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Washington
Mar
Truman
Wiley
R-Wis
House Civil Service Committee
Martin
R-Mass
House
Mundt
R-Sd
United States
House Committee On un-American Activities
Ellender
D-La
McCarthy
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
Wine And Beer Showdown Schedules For Week In Raleigh
Raleigh reports a major week ahead as the general assembly considers wine and beer prohibition measures and a gag rule clash. Leaders hope to reach semij finals and adjourn by April 5 with a calendar committee likely to speed deliberations. A permanent improvements measure with 48,432,256 dollars in appropriations appears headed for Senate approval, funding the medical care commission ER health program with 250,000 dollars to be matched with federal and local funds.
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Raleigh
House
General Assembly
Senate
Medical Care Commission
ER Health
Horse Dies After Long Oakland Police Chase
A gray mare named Nellie escaped from a box car in Oakland and led police on a 20 mile chase through downtown streets and across the bay bridge. The exhausted horse collapsed after being recaptured and died at the city pound.
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Oakland
Calif
Phra Lap
Nellie
Hayward
Oakland Pier
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge
Bay
Five Arrested in Jerusalem Syrian Orphanage Area
British authorities arrested five known terrorists in Jerusalem during a combined army police search in the Syrian orphanage area. Two of those taken into custody are described as big movers in the group.
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Jerusalem
Modeled Along Lines Of Old Weimar Rule
Russia proposed to the council of foreign ministers that the future German government be based on the defunct Weimar Republic. Secretary of State George C. Marshall said the Soviet view was not as far from the Allied positions as expected and noted Soviet proposals would be regarded in Moscow.
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Moscow
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
Weimar Republic
Adolf Hitler
George C. Marshall
U. S
Britain
France
Foreign ministers adjourn to review German postwar plans
The foreign ministers adjourn until Tuesday to assess progress and outline next steps. A committee will study proposals on German economic unity reparations denazification and formation of a new German government.
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Moscow
Molotov outlines two chamber German parliament plan
Molotov presents a Soviet proposal for Germany featuring a proportional representation two chamber parliament elected by list voting. Britain and France react, with Britain attacking Russian ideas and France backing a loose federation. The day centers on Berlin diplomacy and differing postwar visions.
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United States
Britain
Germany
France
V. M Molotov
Molotov
Tax Reduction Stalemate in Congress Despite Negotiations
Washington reports a deadlock after a conference session failed to bridge House and Senate gaps on cutting government costs and tax relief. Rep. Taber said House spokesmen rejected a Senate plan for a 5.25 billion dollar budget slash while demands for income tax relief linger.
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Senate
Truman
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Fors
House
Missing Aged Recluse Believed Still In Hiding In His New York Hermitage
Langley Collyer 71, reclusive occupant of the Fifth Avenue mansion at 128th Street, likely remains inside the ramshackle home after his brother Homer 75 was found dead amid junk. Attorney John R. McMullen said Langley may be listed as missing to authorize renewed searches. The Collyers, hermits for 38 years, were said to possess a fortune. Homer died of arteriosclerotic heart disease. Langley’s whereabouts were unconfirmed tonight.
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New York
Langley Collyer
Fifth Avenue
John R. McMullen
Langley
Lhe
128Th Street
Homer Collyer
McMullen
B. Morgan Vance
Homer
Collyers
Couple Accused In Death Of Girl's Rich Parents
Beulah Overell a 17 year old college freshman and her fiancé George Gollum 21 were arraigned in Costa Mesa on a charge of murdering Beulah’s parents Walter Overell 62 and Beulah Overell 57 aboard the Mary E. yacht in Newport harbor last Saturday night. Prosecutors say the couple beat the parents with a hammer then blew up the yacht with dynamite. Evidence reportedly includes a screwdriver. the hearing was sought for next Thursday.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Beulah Louise Overell
George *R. Gollum
Newport Harbor
Justice of the Peace
D. J. Dodge
Costa Mesa
Gollum
Miss Overell
Walter Overell
Los Angeles
Beulah
James Musick
R. R. Hodgkinson
Newport Beach
Dewey Endorses Truman Greece Relief Plan
Governor Thomas F. Dewey backed President Truman's U S aid to Greece to halt communism and said it should have full American support. He called Greeks a brave bulwark against oppression and noted the need to resist armed and ideological aggression. The proclamation labeled Tuesday Greek war relief day in New York.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas F. Dewey
Truman
U. S
Greece
Europe
Ewey
New York
Dewey
Turkey
James C. Hagerty
CIO Leader To Fight Red Elements In Union
Louisville dispatch reports President Walter P. Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers launching a drive against leftist influences inside the union. He urged removal of Irving Richter as legislative representative in Washington and warned against careless personnel choices near the Capitol.
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CIO
Union
Louisville
Walter P. Reuther
Cio-United Auto Workers
UAW
International Executive Board
Reuther
Irving Richter
Washington
Negotiations To End Rubber Strike Begin
Negotiations to settle the CIO United Rubber Workers wage dispute with Goodyear Goodrich Firestone and U S Rubber resumed in Cleveland with hope of a settlement. The union seeks a 16 cent hourly increase, the companies offer 10 cents, and a midnight Sunday strike deadline for 110000 workers in 20 states remains in place.
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CIO
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Big Four
Goodyear
Goodrich
Firestone
U. S
L. M. Buckingham
L. S. Buckmaster
Buckmaster
Martial Law Imposed in Southern Greece
The Greek cabinet enacted martial law across Laconia in the southern mainland after Friday’s Ghythion prison massacre of 32 Communist convicts, signaling a tense security response.
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Greece
Athens
Laconia
Ghythion
Bodies of Six Americans Recovered From Cairo Plane Crash
In Cairo the bodies of six Americans were flown tonight from the wreckage of a C-47 plane that crashed in Ethiopian mountains while en route from Asmara to Addis Ababa. The list includes Lt. Howard G. Smith, Lt. John Creech, Staff Sgt. Dale Holmes, Master Sgt. Donald Tisdall, Don I. Sullivan, and Daniel C. Dennett Jr. A Ethiopian mine plane aided the search and recovery effort.
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Cairo
United States
Ethiopia
Asmara
Eritrea
Addis Ababa
U. S
Truman Orders Disloyalty Probe Affects Over Two Million
President Truman issues an executive order banning disloyal persons from government jobs, potentially impacting about 2.2 million positions across the White House and nine cabinet departments plus many agencies. Excludes Congress, courts, and their staff.
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Truman
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Treasury
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Truman seeks continued rent and sugar controls beyond June
President Truman signed a June 30 death warrant for the OPA and national bodies but urged Congress to extend rent and sugar controls through other agencies. GOP talks failed to resolve continuation plans. He backed a deficienc y bill liquidating OTC CPA and WAR Mobilization offices while housing controls move to Frank C. Sreedon.
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Washington
Truman
OPA
Congress
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
Frank C. Sreedon
OTC
Tce
Predict Early Peace In Paraguay Revolt
Col. Federico Weddell Smith said peace would be restored soon as government troops fight rebels in Northern Paraguay. He called the conflict a matter of a little time to end hostilities. He is the commander-in-chief and son of an English trader.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Federico Weddell Smith
Col. Smith
Truman orders broad loyalty purge in federal service
President Truman orders a sweeping loyalty investigation of all federal job applicants and current employees. A central master index will track subversive groups and memberships. Loyalty boards will operate in every department with appeals to a top review board, while funding requests estimate 15 to 20 million dollars.
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Washington
Truman ‘Knight
Federal
White House
Civil Service Commission
FBI
U S Role in World Peace Plan Outlined at Conference
Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson announces Monday’s National Conference on UNESCO will open with delegates from farm groups labor unions press radio films teachers scientists musicians and women’s clubs among others. He calls the gathering the most comprehensive consultative list on world peace and a basic experiment to reduce mutual suspicion and ignorance fueling distrust.
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United Nations
Unesco
Dean Acheson
Acheson
State Department Secret Documents Prove Historical Background
A PA batch of State Department papers shown to the House Foreign Affairs Committee as background on aid to Greece and Turkey proved to be largely historical. Copies were incomplete due to mechanical issues, and critics pressed for full public release. The readings offered few new insights into Truman’s request for aid and military assistance.
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Far East
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Greece
Turkey
Acheson
Rep
Mundt
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