British Troops to be Removed From Greece
In the House of Commons foreign undersecretary Christopher Mayhew said Britain plans to withdraw its troops from Greece as soon as practicable despite Anglo American talks on future aid. He noted UNRRA aid ends and British commitments end March 31 and stressed no date for final withdrawal could be announced.
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London
U.P
Britain
Greece
House of Commons
Christopher Mayhew
Commons
United States
UNRRA
Mayhew
Ernest Bevin
Moscow
America
Hatch Says U S May Use Troops in Some Areas
Sen. Carl A. Hatch of New Mexico said the United States may fulfill its global duties with the possible use of troops in certain areas. He did not name the areas but spoke as Washington faced a request for new commitments in Greece. Continued on page eleven.
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Washington
Carl A. Hatch
N. M
United States
Greece
Hatch
Senate
Red Cross Drive Returns From 1947 Campaign Reach
Early returns from the 1947 Red Cross Drive show $3,767.93 collected toward the $15,000 goal. Corporations contributed $2,094 and individuals $1,321 as special gifts, with $213 from retail solicitation and $139.93 from organizations. Women volunteers canvass business and factory districts daily. bank building booths in Kenosha First National and Brown remain open for donations.
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Red Cross
Kenosha
First National
Brown
Oust D Argenlieu as Indo China Commissioner
Paris reports the cabinet ousted Admiral Georges Thier ry D Argenlieu as high commissioner for war torn Indo China. Bollaert, former Rhone prefect, was named to replace him.
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Paris
Georges Thierry D'Argenlieu
Indo-China
Rile Bollaert
Rhone
Scace
Actress Dalya Hurt After Tackled By Bobby Soxer
New York report says actress Jacquelina Dalya was seen after a premiere injury watch for a possible skull fracture. An escort, Richard Ney, claims a Bobby Soxer grabbed her ankles and tripped her while she signed autographs at Blaze of Noon.
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New York
A.P
Jacquelina Dalya
Richard Ney
Greer Garson
Welcome Home Committees Dissolved in Kenosha
Kenosha Celebration association officers and incorporators voted to dissolve the corporation after completing the Welcome Home event for World War II veterans. A final report showed 855.11 dollars remaining after debts, with 377.55 to each of two new veteran posts and 100 dollars to the Kenosha Orthopedic school. Medals and funds to be transferred to Paul Herrick American Legion post and Gateway Post No 2751 VFW.
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Kenosha
Kenosha County
Paul Seeger
Association
George Murray
Carl Gardner
Burnett D. Leff
George H. Petersen
Specialists to Report on Crop Research in Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin crop specialists will present findings on truck crop developments at the Racine and Kenosha counties farm industry meeting at Union Grove Rural Normal School. The session runs March 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for commercial vegetable growers and interested farmers.
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University of Wisconsin
Racine-Kenosha County
Union Grove
Ryall
Racine
Kenosha
Walter S. Good
Aeronautics Commission
Senate
Howard Morey
Madison
Alvin G. Sell
Ashland
Theodore Wardwell
Rhinelander
L. O.simenstad
Osceola
Karl Reynolds
Sturgeon Bay
Warren Knowles
New Richmond
Judiciary Committee
G. F. Warran
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
R. H. Larson
Glenn S. Pound
Subcommittee Approves 10 Percent Rent Increase Plan
Washington bill allowing a general ten per cent rent rise passed the Senate Banking subcommittee 3 to 2. Chairman Buck and Republicans Cain and Bricker supported the measure as Democrats Sparkman and Taylor opposed. full committee to take up the proposal tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate Banking
Japan's Bluebeard Admits Strangling Seven Women
Yoshio Kodaira, a 43 year old former naval warrant officer, confessed in Tokyo to killing seven of ten women since 1945 and said he lured them into woods before strangling them. He denied three charges and called the peeping Tom accusation false as 350 witnesses filled the courtroom.
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Tokyo
Japan
Bluebeard
Yoshio Kodaia
Kodaira
Ministry of Justice
Koidaira
Mount Carmel explosion hits Palestinian tax offices near Haifa
A government tax office at Mount Carmel outside Haifa was blown up in renewed Jewish underground action against the British. The blast caused heavy damage with no confirmed casualties, and a bomb beneath a British army truck in Haifa wounded no one. A gun emplacement atop the Mount Carmel building was destroyed, and a suitcase with a burning fuse was seen before evacuation. The incident followed Palestine supreme court rules denying landings for 1,350 uncertified Jewish refugees and authorizing their deportation to Cyprus.
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Jerusalem
Mea Shearim
London
Mount Carmel
Haifa
Sixth Airborne Division
Palestine Supreme Court
Cyprus
New Zealand Plans Cash Aid to Britain in Economic Crisis
New Zealand to give Britain 12.5 million pounds as New Zealand deputy prime minister Walter Nash announced. The aid will join Australia’s 25.9 million pounds to ease Britain’s economic burden during the crisis.
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New York
U.P
New Zealand
Walter Nash
Great Britain
Nash
Australia
Britain
Americanism Must Be Lived, Speaker Warns
Dr. Beryl D. Orris urges that the American way of life be lived rather than theory. He cites European youth recruited by Nazism and notes postwar search for leadership, saying Americans are often anti something and pro nothing after the recent election.
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Beryl D. Orris
United States
Europe
Kenosha Educational Association
Orris
Holland
Feuhrer
Realistic Dream Proves Dangerous For Patrolman
Patrolman Marvin Bishop of Kelso Washington escaped a traffic crash unharmed and later dreamed of the wreck. In the dream he raised an arm, toppled a bedside lamp and lost a tooth when the lamp fell on him.
Tillman Joins City Assessor Staff. Schlater New Chief
City Manager Robert V. Baker announced Erich A. Tillman will join the staff of the city assessor's office. Fred Schlater was named city assessor to replace Irving Bauman, and Frank Harvell was promoted to lead personal property assessment. Schlater and Harvell assumed their duties March 1. Tillman hopes to start March 15 after release from current work. Tillman previously did appraisal work for the federal agriculture department in Indiana and Illinois, and ran a Kenosha sheet metal contracting business. He also served on the Kenosha county board of supervisors, including years as chairman.
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Robert V. Baker
Erich A. Tillman
Fred Schlater
Irving Bauman
Frank Harvell
Schlater
Tillman
Harvell
Federal Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Illinois
Kenosha
Kenosha County
Badger Boys State Set for Ripon College June Dates
Milwaukee news reports Badger boys state will be held June 21 to 29 at Ripon College. Executive Secretary Val W. Ove announced the event will accommodate 550 high school juniors on campus facilities.
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Milwaukee
Badger
Ripon College
Val W. Ove
Ove
Truman Views Erupting Paricutin Volcano During Mexico Visit
President Truman flew over Paricutin is a violent eruption, watching lava flows from 10,500 feet as part of a Mexico trip. The day featured clear skies and a tour to Teotihuacan with crowds greeting him and dancing to the Missouri Waltz.
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Mexico City
Truman
Mexico
Teotihuacan
Pyramids
Here
Paricutin
U. S
Marshall Heads to Moscow for Big Four Talks on Germany and Austria
Secretary of State Marshall sails to Moscow for the Big Four foreign ministers meeting. He doubts a German peace treaty can be drafted there but foresees progress on an Austrian accord. Marshall plans stops in Paris and Berlin before arriving in Moscow ahead of Monday talks with France Russia and Britain.
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Washington
Marshall
Big Four
Moscow
Germany
Austria
France
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Dean Acheson
Treasury
Snyder
Benjamin B. Cohen
State Department
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
John Foster Dulles
Paris
Vincent Auriol
Berlin
U. S
Poles Hold Americans in Jail Says Ambassador
New York dispatch reports American ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane arriving on the Queen Elizabeth charging that at least 100 American citizens are imprisoned in Poland with inadequate representation. He says he pressured the Polish government to interview detainees, but only one case, an embassy staff member recently sentenced to five years, met any response.
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New York
U.P
Poland
Arthur Bliss Lane
U S Plans Nine New Canadian Weather Stations
The United States and Canada will jointly establish nine weather stations in Canadian territory. Ellsmere Island and Melville Island will host two stations, with more posts planned to fill a gap between Alaska and Greenland. Completion is expected this summer and aims to improve weather reporting and enable northern information exchange including Russia.
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U.S
Washington
North American
United States
Canada
Ottawa
Canadian
Ellsmere Island
North Pole
Melville Island
Alaska
Thule
Greenland
Ellsmere
Polar Cap
United States Army
Navy
United States Army Air Force
C. D. Howe
Russia
Senate Aims Constitutional Nine-Year Presidency Limit
Senate Majority Leader White expects a two thirds vote to approve a constitutional amendment limiting presidents to nine years and to send it to the states for ratification. Senator Wiley backs the measure, aligning with the House’s 285 to 121 approval. the rule would cap terms at two full terms plus one year to protect successor viability.
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Washington
White
R.-Me
Senate
Wiley
R.-Wis
Judiciary
Chamber
GOP
House
The
United States
Acquit Germans of Mistreatment Charge
Three German soldiers were acquitted of mistreatment charges after Maj. Maxwell S. McNight testified that camps near the front lines could not be conducted strictly under the Geneva Convention. McNight, who served in the War Department POW sub-sections, declined cross examination, saying he testified as an expert.
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Dachau
Germany
U. S
Maxwell S. McNight
War Department
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Oust
D’argenlieu
Bobby Soxer
Welcome Home Committees
Wis
State Assembly Highway Committee
James Law
Pfennig
Frederick Pfennig
Assembly
F. N. McMillan
Wisconsin League of Municipalities
A. J. Thelen
Wisconsin County Boards ‘Assn
Thelen
Ella Alexander
Jacqueline Maxwell
Malden
Mass
Minnie Tanzer
Lorraine Tanzer
Palestine
Schmidt
Adolph Schmidt
Name Tillman
Foreign Office
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