Western Powers Halt Chinese Issue at Four-Power Talks
The United States Britain and France blocked bringing China to the agenda at the four power foreign ministers council. Marshall insisted Chinese representatives must attend and that China be treated as a UN member. Molotov’s proposal sparked speculation on options toward China while ministers kept to German and Austrian treaty work.
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Moscow
United States
France
Britain
Russia
China
Council of Foreign Ministers
V. M. Molotov
U. S
George C. Marshall
Yeterday
Molotov
Marshall
Foreign Ministers Council
United Nations
Foreign Ministers
Soviet Union
Congress Considers Greece Aid Amid Mediterranean Crisis
Senator Vandenberg signals potential U S loans to Greece and Turkey as President Truman prepares a Mediterranean policy report. A $250 million Greece loan and $150 million Turkey credit are expected to be proposed to bolster economies and military needs ahead of a joint House Senate address. Vandenberg urged full disclosure of intervention implications to Congress and the public.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
United States
Greece
Truman
Mediterranean
House
Senate
Turkey
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Congress
Overheated Locomotive Blamed in Soo Line Fire
Soo Line officials blamed an overheated lubricant for a North Fond du Lac roundhouse fire yesterday. The blaze caused about 25000 dollars in damage and involved an explosion from the lubricator.
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Soo Line
North Fond du Lac
Wis
U.P
Gay
President of Strike-Bound Railroad Slain
George P. McNear Jr the Toledo Peoria and Western president and target of threats was shot dead near his Peoria Il home. State's Attorney Roy Hull planned to question railroad officials and others as investigators weigh whether the slaying followed long running by by-pass line dispute. A friend said McNear had received threats by telephone years earlier and often kept such incidents from his family. The incident follows two weeks of violence on the line as detectives reexamine witnesses to determine if the killer used a car or was on foot.
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Peoria
Ill
George P. McNear, Jr
Roy Hull
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
McNear
Robert Clark
Clark
East Peoria
Hollis
Fred Nussbaum
Nussbaum
Chauncey Wood
Frank S. Flood
Robert Sutton
Axtell Appointed by Council As Kenosha City Manager
Kenosha city council appoints Axtell as city manager. March session at courthouse approves Willowbrook county home progress report for the aged and infirm. Delays due to plasterer strike and extra repairs prompt a $2500 funding boost. Trustees to hire a superintendent by April 1. Committee to seek plasterer return via Trades and Labor council. Handrail installation funds approved. Pension and probation backlog addressed with a stenographer hire. Seniority policy adopted. Nurses committee seeks fund transfer for X ray exams.
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Kenosha County
County Home For
Jay W. Rhodes
Willowbrook
George Molinaro
Kenosha Trades and Labor Council
Joseph Rhode
Jay Rhodes
Martin Schenning
Michael Molinaro
Paul Haubrich
Trades and Labor Council
Court House
Pension and Probation Committee
Judiciary Committee
Council studies site options for veterans trailer homes
The council, acting as a committee of the whole, voted to send three proposed sites for veteran trailer homes to the city plan commission for study. Potential locations include Southport Park, a 78th street and Twenty-second avenue site, and an area near Forty-fifth Street and the North Shore line.
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City Plan Commission
Southport Park
78Th Street
Twenty-second Avenue
Forty-fifth Street
North Shore Line
Axtell Named Kenosha City Manager Unanimously
A. E. Axtell, longtime city finance director since 1933, was unanimously elected Kenosha city manager at a special council meeting to replace resigned James G. Wallace. City Manager Robert V. Baker administered the oath at 10 30 this morning as Axtell began his duties with a salary of 7800 annually.
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Kenosha
A. E. Axtell
Felix Olkives
Axtell
City of
Armed Services
James G. Wallace
Robert V. Baker
Baker
John Steinmetz
Gilbert Petzke
B. A. Herrmann
Dep
Secretary Schwellenbach Urges Outlawing Communist Party
Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach told the House Labor Committee that the Communist Party should be outlawed in the United States. He said Communists should not be eligible for political or union office as their aim is to destroy this government. He warned outlawing closed shop contracts could harm industrial peace in 1947.
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Washington
U.P
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Congress
Communist Party
United States
Schwellenbach
House Labor Committee
Gerald W. Landis
Ind
Landis
Schnellenbach
FBI
Paraguay Warns Rebel Garrison in Conception
The government issued an ultimatum to the rebel garrison city of Conception on the Paraguay river warning of land air and water attack. It urged 10 000 residents to evacuate strategic points to be bombed to crush the revolt of the First infantry division headquartered there.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Conception
Paraguay River
Treat's on Him But He Doesn't Pass Out Cigars
Menlo Park California report describes Sam my Yates who appeared in the eighth grade at Central School with a cigar box and distributed all day suckers while declaring I’m a brother.
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Treat
Menlo Park
Calif
Sammy Yates
Central School
House Poised to Pass Treasury Post Office Appropriation
Washington Republicans expect final approval of a 12.39 billion dollar appropriation bill by nightfall with minimal changes. Democrats push amendments to restore savings and curb tax refund interest, charging GOP claims of fiscal restraint are phoney. The bill would merge the treasury tax research division with the general counsel office.
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Washington
U.P
House
Treasury Post Office
Albert Gore
Tenn
Treasury
Gore
Everett M. Dirksen, R., Sr
Congress
Dirksen
Budget Bureau
Tax Research Division
The
Treasury General Counsel
Ways and Means Committee
Maurice Chevalier Opens U S Comeback at 58 in New York
Maurice Chevalier, 58, returned to an American stage after 12 years with a 90 minute French program at the Henry Miller theatre. A capacity crowd of 900 watched as he delivered with his signature smile and light humor, earning three encores despite a late show time.
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Adolph Schirott
J. I. Case Company
Racine
Wis
Maurice Hanson
NEA Telephoto
New York
U.P
Maurice Chevalier
Grey
Henry Miller Theater
Chevalier
Irving Actman
Mimi
Louise
Brussels Communist Ministers Resign from Huysmans Cabinet
Four Communist cabinet members led by Jean Terfve Albert Marteau Jean Borremans and Edgar Salmand tendered their resignations in Brussels U P report Their departures shift power among specialists liberals and non partisans leaving 14 ministers in the balance of influence across key portfolios.
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Brussels
U.P
Camille Huysmans
Jean Terfve
Albert Marteau
Jean Borremans
Edgar Salmand
Anti Lilienthal Drive Shapes Senate Vote on Atomic Chief
Washington report says 16 freshmen senators are lining up against confirming David E Lilienthal as chairman of the atomic energy commission. Bricker, Flanders and Ken oppose, Ives plans to vote yes, Cain leads anti Lilienthal effort. Senate tally shows 36 in favor, 18 against. 48 votes needed for confirmation. The committee backed Lilienthal 8 to 1.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Harry Cain
R-Wash
Lilienthal
Bricker
Ohio
Flanders
Vermont
Ken
Missouri
Ives
New York
Senate
Menomonie Man Pleads Innocent to Manslaughter
Floyd E. Shafer 27 a Menomonie laborer pleaded innocent to a manslaughter charge in the death of Lawrence Christian son 45 of Ridgeland. County Judge Carl E. Peterson set a preliminary hearing for March 21.
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Menomonie
Wis
Floyd E. Shafer
Lawrence Christianson
Ridgeland
Carl E. Peterson
Gas Tax Repeal Advances After Senate Reversal
The Wisconsin Senate moved the Assembly repealer one step from final passage after previously killing a similar tax repeal. A 17 to 14 vote endorsed advancing the bill, with Lt. Gov. Rennebohm ruling a disputed pair vote valid. The measure faces a final roll call likely Thursday.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
The
State
Senate
Wisconsin
Assembly
Oscar Rennebohm
Oscar Neale
Stevens Point
Robert Tehan
Milwaukee
Neale
Tehan
Taylor Brown
Oshkosh
Rennebohm
Truman Signs Luxury Tax Bill Keeps Wartime Rates
President Truman signed a law extending wartime tax rates on transportation and luxury items including liquor cosmetics jewelry and most furs. Exemptions include fur trim coats under 150 dollars. The act will raise about 1.2 billion dollars in excise taxes.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Courageous Epic Told Of Young Wilmot Veteran
Donald Burmeister, a 25 year old World War II veteran from Wilmot, lost his sight in service while serving with the medical detachment of the 8th Armored Division. The feature notes the Veterans Administration efforts to aid him and his family, including wife Phyllis Taylor and their two young children.
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Wilmot
Donald Burmeister
Veterans Administration
Twin Lakes
8Th Armored Division
Donald
Wilmot High School
Don
Phyllis
Phyllis Taylor
Janesville
Donald Allen
Steven George
Hunt for 5 in Fallen Building
Rescue crews dug through the six story riverfront building in Cincinnati after a collapse caused by a broken water main trapping at least five people. Eight men were treated for injuries and co owner Sam Ostrov was rescued after being held by a fallen refrigerator. Unaccounted are Albert Rudd of Covington and Fred Elsaesser.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Sam Ostrov
Western Fixture and Bar Supply Co
Ostrow
Wallie Peskin
Roy Bell
Delmar Rudd
Albert Rudd
Covington
Fred Elsaesser
Explosions Rattle Jerusalem as Troops Sweep North East
British troops searched Jerusalem's northeast area after a night of blasts using land mines and hand grenades. An army statement suggested Jewish underground involvement might be unlikely, as rifle fire followed the explosions.
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Jerusalem
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