First Soviet Veto In Six Months Looms
In Lake Success New York on March 22 the first Soviet veto in six months loomed in the United Nations Security Council. France held the key vote that could determine whether Andrei Gromyko would veto a resolution accusing Albania of knowledge of a mined Corfu Channel incident last October 22.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
France
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Albania
Corfu
Great Britain
Tirana
America
U. N
United States
Greece
Turkey
Congress
Washington
Moscow
Warren R. Austin
Trygve Lie
Lie
Trusteeship Council
Hardwick to Speak at Gospel Tabernacle
Rev. Harry Hardwick of Portsmouth Virginia will be guest speaker at the Gospel Tabernacle from March 2 to 28. Each weekday evening Monday through Friday the 7 30 p.m. services will feature the topic The Mr. Hardwick is pastor of the Christian and Missionary Alliance church of Portsmouth as well as associate director of Youth for Christ in Norfolk and Portsmouth. Public invitation extends to five services nightly.
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Harry Hardwick
Portsmouth
Gospel Tabernacle
Hardwick
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of
Youth For Christ
Norfolk
Court scrutinizes grand jury path in Overell Gollum case
The district attorney opposed a direct grand jury route with a preliminary hearing set next Thursday. If indicted before the hearing, the case could go to superior court without revealing state evidence. Miss Overell and Gollum face murder charges as police seek defense agreement on dynamite destruction aboard the Overell yacht.
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Trict
Superior Court
Smith
Miss Overell
Gollum
Overell
Flintridge
Los Angeles
Hodgkinson
Costa Mesa Justice Court
Young Gollum
Self-Imposed exile surrounds Collyer brothers mystery
Relatives G William Collyer and G Douglas Collyer consult with McMullen as New York police face an unusual case rooted in the past. The brothers, wealthy and educated, lived in isolation since 1909 without electricity or modern comforts, with unclaimed bank letters found on their front stoop.
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Collyer
McMullen
G. William Collyer
Rutherford
N. J
G. Douglas Collyer
New York
Williamy Collyer
Langley
Congressmen Call for Action as Public Shows Unease Over Communists
Congressional remarks reflect concern over communists and subversives with Rep Rankin urging rapid removal of suspected figures from payrolls. Rep Keefe lauds the president for adopting a red baiting stance long advocated by critics. Act within a tense political climate.
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Rankin
D-Miss
Keefe
R-Wis
Truman orders loyalty checks across agencies with broad powers
President Truman issued an executive order using the Hatch Act to expand loyalty tests in federal hiring and discipline. The order allows agencies to consult investigative bodies including the FBI and military intelligence and permits withholding informant names when needed. It sets a standard of disloyalty based on reasonable doubt and ties eligibility to associations with totalitarian or subversive groups as defined by the attorney general.
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FBI
Military Intelligence
Truman
Congress
United States
Mr. Truman
Ior
Upp
Omene
House Civil Service Committee
Civil Service Commission
A. Devitt Vanech
Greece
Turkey
Supreme Court
Morton Friedman
New York
War Manpower Commission
Friedman
Loyalty Commission
UNC to gain four year medical school and teaching hospital
The plan includes $3,790,000 to be matched with $1,500,000 in federal funds for a new four year medical school and teaching hospital at the University of North Carolina. The project won strong support in the joint appropriations committee and faces likely House approval. The article also covers debates on wine and beer bills, gag rule tensions, and various state appropriations and educational measures.
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University of North Carolina
Joint Appropriations Committee
House Finance Committee
House
Gass Committee
Rex Gass
Forsyth
Dan Tompkins
Jackson
Gass
Bethania Township
Forsyth County
Bethania
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Camp Butner
State Art Society
Bonds to be burned in Seaboard reorganization
A U S district court order directs burning of about 97 million dollars of Seaboard Air Line Railway bonds in the reorganization case. The refunding bonds totaling 69.915 million and 27 million dollars in first mortgage bonds will be destroyed.
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Norfolk
U. S. District Court
W. Calvin Chestnutt
Baltimore
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
SAL Railway
Tax deadlock fuels pressure over bill amid senate house dispute
Tax jargon and political pressure dominate page one as a 20 percent levy faces debate and a $3.8 million cost. Rep Engel denounces the measure as a rich man's bill while wealth figures allegedly urge him to reverse course. The dispute centers on the congressional budget under the congressional reorganiz ation act guiding government expenditures and revenues.
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Senate
Engel
R-Mich
Michigan
House
Salvation Army establishes roots across nations in 1880s
New York City saw the first American Salvation Army outpost in 1880 with rapid global spread in following years. Australia and France followed in 1881, then Switzerland Sweden India and Canada in 1882, South Africa and Iceland in 1883, and Germany in 1886.
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New York City
Salvation Army
America
Australia
France
Switzerland
Sweden
India
Canada
South Africa
Iceland
Germany
Dewey Pushes Greece Aid Message Amid Foreign Policy Alignment
Dewey focuses on cultural and spiritual ties with Greece and urges U S assistance without naming communism or specific aid amounts though Truman proposes 400 million dollars. He backs Washington’s Greece plan, marking the second such alignment with the administration in six months.
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Ias
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Dewe
United States
Dewey
Washington
Palestine
Holy Land
Truman Pushes Continuation of Programs Pending Congress Action
President Truman said economies must be pursued in program administration but rent control and sugar rationing should await Congress policy. He asked Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming to maintain these programs on an effective basis, hoping Congress acts soon on extensions.
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Congress
Truman
Philip B. Fleming
OTC
No Clues Yet In Court House Robbery
Mt Airy March 22 Officers reported no clues in the Dobson courthouse burglary Tuesday night. About 250 dollars was taken by intruders who ransacked several offices.
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MT. Airy
N. C
Dobson Court House
Sheriff's Office
Plans for a provisional German regime amid Allied proposals
The document outlines American and allied plans for a 10 to 18 state Germany with a provisional government and a neutral Allied Control Council. It calls for no military establishment and nonpartisan governance, with ratification by popular and state majorities. It contrasts Soviet and Western voting and constitutional approaches, noting disagreements over proportional lists and central versus state powers.
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Marshall
Germany
Laender
Allied Control Council
U. S
America
Britain
United States Senate
Turkey Dardanelles Seeps Into Treaty Debate
The documents outline Turkish treaties but leave unresolved Turkey's stance against Russia for greater control of the Dardanelles. The House Foreign Affairs Committee reopens hearings Monday with Under Secretary of State Will Clayton first, followed by Secretary Patterson and Secretary Forrestal. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee also plans to begin reviewing proposed diplomatic policy revisions with Dean Acheson leading witnesses.
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Turkey
Dardanelles Straits
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Greece
Will Clayton
Patterson
Navy
Forrestal
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Vision of global peril warned by Salvation Army leader
General Albert Orsborn, international leader of the Salvation Army, warned that two great wars showed the danger of global destruction and the perils of totalitarianism, calling for vigilance and unity.
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Albert Orsborn
The
Salvation Army
Weimar Crisis Threatens Communist Party in West
The provision’s failure to reach 10 percent of the vote jeopardizes the Communist party in western regions and has drawn Soviet ire.
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Communist Party
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