Senators Act to Halt Critics of Greek-Turk Aid
Congressional drive to justify US aid to Greece and Turkey aims to align with UN principles. Senators Vandenberg and Connally urge a preamble and argue the plan supports UN goals while acknowledging UN limits on immediate financial help. Reviews of economic aspects and background Mediterranean documents are planned.
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Washington
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
Vandenberg
Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Tex
Truman
Congress
UN Security Council
UN Food and Agriculture Mission
Britain
Acheson
United States
State Department
U.S
Warren Austin
Trygve Lie
White House
Charles Ross
Austin
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Will Clayton
Patterson
Navy Secrtary Forrestal
Mediterranean
Rep. Mundt
S. D
Yalta
Tehran
Paraguay reports first air raid by rebels near Asuncion
The government said rebels used artillery shells as bombs in their first aerial attack on a base at San Pedro five miles north of Asuncion. A spokesman called the raid ineffective and cited limited munitions and fledgling air capabilities. River port Antequera was targeted while insurgent patrols were seen 27 miles north of San Pedro. Concepcion lies 50 miles away.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
San Pedro
Antequera
Paraguay River
Concepcion
Falls Stunt Fatal for Donald Arnold in Wisconsin
Donald Arnold eight died in Janesville from injuries after tumbling under a tractor drawn wagon loaded with straw. He rode on the draw bar with his brother Robert eleven and another boy Robert Wyss seven when he slipped and fell beneath a wheel.
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Janesville
Wis
Donald Arnold
Selvin Arnold
River Heights
Donald
Robert
Robert Wyss
Republicans Confident In Final Portal Pay Suit Ban
Senate backs 64 24 to outlaw pending portal claims. House already 435 56. Conference to harmonize bills, ratification seen likely, White House next. Democrats split as Pep per and Lucas oppose, Wiley supports. bill voids all pending portal claims totaling nearly 6 billion dollars.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
House-Senate
White House
GOP
Pepper
D-Fla
Lucas
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Judiciary Committee
Marshall Host to Bevin At Luncheon in Russia
Moscow reports that Secretary of State Marshall hosted British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin at a luncheon at Spasso House. Their first extended private discussion occurred during this meeting, following prior encounters outside the foreign ministers conference.
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Marshall
Bevin
Russia
Moscow
Ernest Bevin
Spasso House
Foreign Ministers
Jobless Benefit Fraud Case Gets Very Involved
George A. Johnson, 45, pleaded guilty in Portland to collecting unemployment benefits while working part time. He owes the unemployment commission $125 and received a suspended sentence after promising to repay the amount from this year’s benefits.
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Portland
Ore
George A. Johnson
Unemployment Commission
Johnson
Senate Huddle Debates Sugar and Rent Controls
Washington legislators divided over extending government controls on rents and sugar. Senator Taft leads a GOP discussion while Senator McCarthy urges abolition. House action extended sugar rationing to Oct 1948 and lifted ceilings may follow.
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Huddle
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Buck
R-Del
Csavoj Sentenced For Nash Plant Five Count Theft Ring
Anthony J. Csavoj aged 32 pleaded guilty to five counts of grand larceny for stealing Nash Motors plant parts between Feb 3 and Mar 3. He received concurrent five to fifteen year terms at Waupun after state probation inquiry questioned his admissions. Co-defendant Harold Langer, 31, is free on 1500 bond awaiting hearing.
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Anthony J. Csavoj
Box 155
Lake Shore Road
Edward J. Ruetz
Waupun
Nash- Kelvinator
Milwaukee
Quentin Ferm
Ferm
Clavos
Ruetz
Clavoj
Nash
Dist
Urban J. Zievers
Racine
Clavej
Alvin Thomsen
Nash Motors
Milwaukee Auto
Csavoj
Harold Langer
Fiftieth Street
Diver in diving suit carts gold from Sultan river bed
War veteran Philip L. Bishop 37 vacuum cleans river bottom using a diving suit and a suction hose. He hopes to extract about $50 daily in gold dust, noting his first day yielded around $35. He plans to target mid stream beneath 20 foot boulders, with sluice boxes and mercury catching the gold.
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Sultan, Wash
U.P
Philip L. Bishop
Sultan River
Bishop
Seattle
Train Derailment Reported Near Canandaigua New York
A Pennsylvania railroad passenger train en route from Williamsport to Canandaigua derailed three miles south of Canandaigua Ontario county sheriff reports one woman shaken and taken to hospital for treatment with initial reports showing no casualties.
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Canandaigua
N. Y
U.P
Pennsylvania Railroad
Williamsport
Ontario County Sheriff's Department
Fire Destroys Yule Truck Lines and May Beverage Warehouses
Fire swept through the Yule Truck Lines warehouse at 6402 Thirty Second Avenue and the May Beverage Company, destroying seven tractors, three semi trailers, a loading platform, two delivery trucks, 1000 to 1500 beer cases, and damage to Standard Coal and other plants. Explosion spread flames to adjacent buildings. By 11 a.m. engine companies fought the blaze. one driver escaped unharmed as workers were absent at the start. Losses totaled thousands plus the value of trucks and equipment.
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Yule Truck Lines, Inc
Thirty Second Avenue
Yule Truck Lines
May Beverage Company
Standard Coal Company
Yule
Landon F. Cartage Company
May Company
Yule Lines
Kenosha Body Works
Kelsey Welding and Engineering
B. B. Robinson
Byron L. Harris
Arthur F. and
Durwood H. May
Arthur May
Presidency Plan Goes to States for Ratification
A proposed constitutional amendment to limit future presidents to a total of ten years will go to state legislatures for ratification. It requires 36 states within seven years to take effect, excludes President Truman, and sets limits on terms based on how a president assumes office.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
State Department
Truman
Mountbatten Becomes Last Viceroy of India in New Delhi
Adm. Viscount Mountbatten arrived in New Delhi to assume the last viceroy duties as Britain plans to transfer power to an independent Indian government by June 1948.
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New Delhi
Viscount Mountbatten
India
Subcontinent
Attlee
Strike Call at Nash Authorized by Local 72 Vote
Nash Motors Local 72 of the UAW CIO authorized its executive board and the Nash-Kelvinator unions council to call a strike if necessary to push for a 23 percent hourly wage increase. Local 72 voted 8 to 1 in a secret ballot at the Eagles club to empower action after discussing a company offer tied to a national pattern and retroactive wage terms.
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Eagles
Nash Motors
Uaw-Cio International
Council of Nash-Kelvinator
United Auto Workers-Cio
Eagles Club
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation Motors
Uawcio
Nash-Kelvinator
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nash
Joseph Mattson
Nash- Kelvina
Mattson
Airline fares rise 10 percent across 16 domestic lines
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved a 10 per cent fare increase for 16 domestic airlines. Airlines will file formal applications on April 1 and rates take effect within 30 days, remaining in place for 90 days while further studies decide if they should become permanent.
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Washington
A.P
Civil Aeronautics Board
Great-Grandma Injures Knee Playing Football
A 79-year-old great-grandmother, Mrs. Frank Lemire, injured her knee after falling while kicking a football in a game with her 12-year-old grandson in Somerset Wisconsin. She has 120 living descendants and missed her first Mass since Lent began.
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Somerset
Wis
Frank Lemire
Tax Bill Set for House Vote Next Wednesday
Washington Republicans push a 3.84 billion tax cut bill onto the House schedule with a no amendments rule, voting Thursday. The Ways and Means panel approved the plan 16 to 3, proposing 30 percent cuts for over 20 million filers and 20 percent for most others, retroactive to January 1.
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Washington
House
Martin
R.-Mass
Truman
Treasury
House Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
GOP
Rayburn
Texas
United States
Rural Electrification Grants $20,000 Loan to Adams Marquette Coop
Washington reports Rural Electrification authorized a $20,000 loan for Adams Marquette Electric Cooperative of Adams Wisconsin to support its power service initiatives.
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Washington
Adams-Marquette Electric Cooperative
Adams Wis
Magazine Saleswoman Encounters State Housewife in Dispute
In Chicago a magazine subscription seller Miss Rosemary Mull argued with Mrs. Edward Gotham about house duties. Mrs. Gotham pushed her out. police were called, and Mull was fined $10 plus costs for disorderly conduct by Municipal Judge Victor A. Kula.
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Chicago
U.P
Edward Gotham
Miss Mull
Bidault Opposes Quick German Provisional Governance
French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault challenged the Big Four plans for a German government, calling rapid centralization premature. He favored a three-phase process: tutorship in democracy at local level, economic administration under a unified Germany, and only then a provisional government. He endorsed studying both permanent and provisional outlines but urged gradual development.
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Moscow
O.P
Georges Bidault
France
Big Four
Reich
Bidault
Germany
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Stalin Bevin Meeting Seen In The Wind
A British source said a Stalin Bevin meeting is possible this weekend but may come later. Bevin would welcome talks, no formal invitation reported. Marshall and Bevin await invitation as diplomacy focuses on the Big Four. Stalin has already met Georges Bidault, unlike past conferences.
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U. S
Stalin
Moscow
Marshall
Bevin
Georges Bidault
Truman
Communists Near Yenan Reported Routed by Nationalists
Peiping dispatch says government forces routed Communist troops within seven miles of Yenan, the Red capital. Reports also claim Nationalist forces advancing from three directions toward Tsingkien, about 50 miles northeast of Yenan.
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Peiping
Yenan
Red Capital
Tsingikien
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