Tame Atom For Peace
U.S. scientists announce progress in rendering plutonium and U-235 less usable for bombs, enabling denaturing for peacetime use and potentially easing international sharing of atomic secrets. Senate committee weighs licensing to govern raw materials and peaceful production amid Bikini Atoll test postponement and possible underwater detonation plans.
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Security Council storms in New York session
The United Nations Security Council, built by wartime allies to curb war and safeguard peace, met in New York after London. Debates over Iran and national policy featured Russia prominently, yet no war erupted as compromises kept the UNO intact.
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Diplomatic Shifts Signal United Nations Importance
The United States realigns top posts with John G. Winant named to the UN Economic and Social Council and W. Averell Harriman moving to Britain, as Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith heads to Moscow. The UN body aims to raise living standards while Iran and Russia clash over Tehran and Azerbaijan.
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John G. Winant
Unof Economic and Social Council
W. Averell Harriman
Winant
Britain
Walter. Bedell Smith
Moscow
Harriman
St. James
Finland names Mauno Pekkala premier to succeed Paasikivi
Mauno Pekkala becomes Finland's premier replacing Juno Paasikivi who resigns to become president. A second item notes Nicolai G. Redin a Russian naval lieutenant, arrested in Portland Oregon by the FBI on espionage charges tied to Bikini tests. France urges US and Britain to apply oil sanctions against Spain. Britain broadcasts Russian language short-wave news to the Soviet Union about Iran and the Security Council. Canadian courts order Wred Rose a Communist MP to stand trial for allegedly sharing secret military information with a foreign power.
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Mauno Pekkala
Finland
Juno Paasikivi
FBI
Nicolai G. Redin
Portland
Ore
France
Britain
Spain
Soviet Union
Iran
Security Council
Wred Rose
Dates and observances announced for April events
The schedule notes Conservation Week begins Monday April 1 and Cancer Control Month starts. The Republican National Committee meets in New York City. Army Day is Saturday April 6 with President Truman speaking at 4 p.m. E.S.T. in Chicago. It marks the 29th anniversary of the U S entry into World War I. Be Kind to Animals Week begins Sunday April 7.
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Mihailovic Captured After Two-Year Manhunt in Yugoslavia
Mihailovic, once hailed as a hero of Allied resistance, was captured near the Serbian border after a long pursuit by Tito forces. The 49 year old former general faced trial as a traitor and war criminal, with his Chetnik forces dwindling to guard detail. His fate closes a controversial wartime chapter.
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Tito
Mihailovic
Yugoslavia
Peter
Axis
Mihanovic
Yugoslav Federal Republic
Quotes on capitalism and peace from 1940s leaders
Eric Johnston of the Motion Picture Association of America argues that democracy requires broad stake in capitalism. Dr. Robert M. Hutchins criticizes Truman, Byrnes, Van denberg, and Churchill for endorsing force as a path to peace, calling it senile and warlike.
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Motion Picture Association of America
Robert M. Hutchins
Chicago University
Messrs. Truman
Byrnes, Vandenberg
Churchill
Strategy Tiger Yamashita Aims at Air War Mastery
In a Manila death cell dictated will the wartime strategist known as the Tiger of Malaya warns against infantry as the queen of battles and urges revising West Point and Annapolis texts. He predicts future wars end by air power with atom bombs and argues terrain and tech leadership seal victory.
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Tomoyuki Yamashita
Malaya
Singapore
United States
West Point
Annapollis
Manila
Yamashita
Luzon
Hoover cites FBI draft violation figures after V J Day
J Edgar Hoover said the FBI has investigated over 26 000 Selective Service violations since V J Day with nearly 1000 violators sentenced. In February 3 055 new cases were investigated and 12 300 cases remained in FBI files as of February 28. Since 1940 the FBI checked 549 082 draft cases producing 14 041 convictions while others complied or had satisfactory explanations.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Selective Service and Training Act
Congress Divided On Price Controls TVR
Congress faces a testing election year as 435 representatives and 34 senators debate price controls. The President’s wage price policy increases pressure to extend controls past June 30 while housing food and rent remain key consumer costs and campaigns hinge on members’ votes.
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Truman
Congress
OPA
Butler urges Soviet oil share and access to estuary routes
In a dim library overlooking the Hudson, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, 83, Columbia emeritus and Carnegie Endowment head, urged Russia be given a stake in Iranian oil and access to the Baltic and Dardanelles, saying Iran's oil is central and Western inflation requires production. NAM leaders split over OPA, with Wason seeking abolition and Baruch warning of inflation and urging higher production and price control relief. Governors Blue and Vivian call for relaxing limits to spur growth.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
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Iran
Great Britain
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Winston Churchill
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