Eastern Union Formed by Six Slav Nations
Russia announced a new eastern union of six Slav states to counter the Marshall plan and the Atlantic defense pact. The bloc includes Russia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Romania, with Yugoslavia aligned with Cominform.
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London
Russia
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Yugosla
Pogaria
Hungary
Poland
Via
Peck
Prague
Europe
Reds Near Nanking Spur Cabinet Evacuation
Communist spearheads near Nanking seize Huachiying rail town across the Yangtze, sending panic through the capital as government offices evacuate south toward Canton. Reports say forces reach north bank at many points while Beijing hosts talk of eight peace terms and talks to follow in Peiping.
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Nanking
U.P
Huachiying
Yangtze River
Canton
Pukow
Yangtze
Shensi
Mao Tze- Tung
Peiping
Defense Ministry
German Pianist Walter Gieseking Leaves U S After Exclusion Order
German pianist Walter Gieseking departed the United States for Paris after a hearing to decide his possible exclusion. His planned Carnegie Hall recital was canceled hours after immigration officials detained him. Gieseking blamed harsh treatment and said he refused to fight the exclusion order to avoid Ellis Island.
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New York
Walter Gieseking
Paris
Carnegie Hall
Irving J. Kurz
LaGuardia Field
Gieseking
Hitler
Germany
U. S
Department of Justice
Washington
Ellis Island
Europe
Congress Agrees Plan to Speed Housing and Rent Action
Senate banking chairman Maybank and House banking chairman Spence announced an informal agreement to accelerate consideration of new housing and rent control laws. The leaders said the plan would expedite action on key housing measures without detailing specifics.
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Senate
House
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Senate Committee
Senator Sparkman
D-Ala
Sparkman
Hunting License Address Faked Case in Wisconsin
Mads P. Sorensen of Zion Illinois was fined 500 dollars and costs for false statements about his residence when applying for a 1946 Wisconsin hunting license. He admitted the charge to Judge Edward J. Ruetz and waived extradition after a fugitive warrant. He had earlier held resident licenses while living in Zion, a fact cited by state warden Robert Winnie. The case notes a 1947 1948 license pattern and a 1947 law change capping fines at 500 dollars.
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Mads P. Sorensen
Zion
Ill
Wisconsin
Sorensen
Edward J. Ruetz
Illinois
Lake County
Robert Winnie
Kenosha
Winnie
W. W. Davis
Ruetz
George Hadland
Conservation Department
Madison
Two Year Old Baraboo Girl Dies of Burns
Norma Berg two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore Berg of Delbert town Sauk county died from burns at Baraboo hospital after Mrs Berg found the child wrapped in flames when returning from the mailbox. Authorities say the child likely climbed onto a stove.
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Baraboo, Wis
Baraboo
Norma Berg
Theodore Berg
Delbert
Sauk County
Senate Boosts Emergency Aid for Western Cattle Raisers
The interior committee raised emergency aid to 750000 dollars for western cattle raisers hit by a severe blizzard. Sen. Joseph C. O Mahoney said the measure moves to the Senate floor on Thursday. James E Webb nomination for under secretary of state approved 11 to 0 by the foreign relations committee. Secretary Sawyer testified the administration will seek mandatory powers to control scarce steel and other commodities as part of anti inflation efforts.
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Council For
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Prague
Moscow
United States
Britain
People's Democracy
Us.s.r
People’s Democracy
U.S.S.R
Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
James E. Webb
Connally
D-Tex
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Congress
Truman
Americans Safe in Peiping After City Falls to Communists
Washington reports that all Americans in Peiping escaped injury when the city fell to Chinese Communist forces. State Department press officer Michael J. McDermott said consul general reports indicate no Americans were killed or injured during the fighting.
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Washington
Peiping
Michael J. McDermott
State Department
Britain Eyes Buying 150 to 180 B 29 Bombers
London reports negotiations with the United States over purchasing 150 to 180 B 29 Superfortress bombers. Costs approximate one million dollars each, with funding possibly from the Marshall Plan via ECA and a peacetime lend lease using British labor to maintain U S bases.
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London
Britain
Foreign Office
Treasury
U. S
Wisconsin Atty. General urges tougher anti-discrimination law
Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild told the Milwaukee Urban League he wants Wisconsin anti discrimination laws tightened. He urged amending the statute to move enforcement to the Wisconsin Industrial Commission.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Thomas E. Fairchild
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Urban League
Fairchild
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Cold Weather Election Bet Ends With Public Conveyance Ticket
In Jacksonport Wisconsin Oscar Scott lost a bet to Mrs H B Mogenson over the 1948 presidential choice. The loser wore red flannel underwear and rode a wheelbarrow for 10 blocks along Main Street. He was later ticketed for operating a public conveyance without a license.
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Jacksonport
Wis
Oscar Scott
H. B. Mogenson
Scott
Thomas E. Dewey
Mogenson
Truman
Ryall’s 18-Year Run as Kenosha County Fair Secretary Ends
E V Ryall stepped down after 18 terms as secretary of the Kenosha County Fair Association at Wilmot. M M Schnurr was re elected president for an eleventh term. Officers named include George B Price secretary Henry Frank treasurer Alfred Schmidt and others. The board authorized a three point grounds improvement plan including remodeling a house for rest rooms office space and caretaker quarters plus estimates for a boundary road and a fence. They also approved seeking land for a midget race track and disposing of old buildings except the house.
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E. V. Ryall
Kenosha County
Philip Roanhouse
Brighton
Ryall
Schnurr
Wilmot High School
Fair Board of Directors
Schmidt
Fair Association
Price
Fred A Baysinger
Salem
Otto Schenning
Wheatland
George Molinaro
Kenosha
Chester Knight
Wilmot
Louis Gandt
Roger Sherman
Randall
Glenn Pacey
Trevor
Robert J. van Liere
Robert Pringle
Bristol
Edward Mutz
Grace Carey
Frank and Schmidt
Robert van Liere
Senate bill to repeal Taft Hartley faces February hearings
A Senate labor committee vote set February 10 to wind up hearings on a Taft Hartley repeal bill. Democrats push to replace Taft Hartley with an improved Wagner act in one package, while Republicans warn of future floor action. Debates center on keeping or altering Truman era labor reforms.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Morse
Oregon
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Pepper
D-Fla
Ohioan
National Labor Relations Board
Taft-Hartley
Truman
Elbert Thomas
Dutah
Labor Tobin
Thomas
Smith
R-N.j
Donnell
R-Mo
Urge Front Seat Television Ban Across States
Chicago bravely reports that lawmakers in 48 states were urged to ban front seat television in cars by the national committee for traffic safety. The panel, representing 85 national groups, backed by the 1946 president's highway safety conference, called for laws prohibiting any screen visible to the driver or ahead of the back of the driver's seat.
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Chicago
National Committee For Traffic Safety
Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall dies at 46
Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall a Presbyterian minister born in Scotland died of a heart attack at George Washington hospital at 8 15 am He became ill overnight and passed away in his official nonpartisan role He was elected January 1947 when Republicans controlled Congress and was re elected by Democrats at the start of the 81st Congress
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Washington
Senate
Peter Marshall
Scotland
George Washington Hospital
Congress
Axis Sally Paid High for Nazi Broadcasts, Trial Told
Witness Adelbert Houben testified at a federal treason trial that Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally earned 2000 to 3000 marks monthly for her radio programs second only to the overseas director general who received 3000 marks. Gillars, Portland Maine native, is on trial for war time broadcasts for the German radio.
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Axis Sally
Mildred E. Gillars
Washington
Sally
Adelbert Houben
Miss Gillars
Houben
John M. Kelley, Jr
Kelley
James J. Laughlin
Portland
Flying Boxcars Deliver Hay to Snowbound Nevada Stock
U S air force deploys 17 C-82 planes from McChord Field to drop alfalfa to 10 000 sheep on three Nevada ranches and aid 45 000 cattle in tri county area snowbound for two weeks. Stockmen hail the effort as a plumb good deal and plan direct drops to inaccessible camps.
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Ely
Nev
U. S. Air Force
Nevada
McChord Field
Seattle
Fallon
Tri-County
George Swallow
United Stockmen’s Association
Albert Fallon
Loyd Sorensen
President Proclaims National Freedom Day
President Truman declared February 1, 1949 and every February 1 thereafter as National Freedom Day to honor the February 1, 1865 resolution proposing an anti slavery amendment to the Constitution.
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Washington
Truman
New Mexico-Milwaukee Trip Ends In Housing Woe
Robert Nicholson and his wife Margaret, both war veterans, drove 1600 miles from New Mexico with furniture to rent a flat in Socorro. The landlord denies any deal, the government price quoted is 24 dollars, and the couple now lives with Margaret's grandmother while the truck sits on a neighbor's lawn.
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Milwaukee
Robert Nicholson
Margaret
New Mexico
Nicholson
Socorro
Nicholsons
Predicted Cold Fails to Arrive
A predicted cold wave faded as warmer southward trend lifted spirits in Wisconsin. Roads remained slick in places though many ice coated highways melted in the south and central areas. Temperatures fell but not to forecast lows with Park Falls La Crosse and Superior reporting eight degrees.
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Wisconsin
Park Falls
la Crosse
Superior
Lake Michigan
Mercury
Subcommittee Approves Duffy Nomination for Seventh Circuit
The judiciary subcommittee approved the nomination of Federal District Judge F. Ryan Duffy of Milwaukee to the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The measure proceeds to the full committee, then to the Senate for action.
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Washington
F. Ryan Duffy
Milwaukee
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate
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