House Group Okays Army Building Bill
The House armed services committee unanimously approved a $689.1 million urgent military construction program including $100 million for Alaskan defenses. Air Force facilities at Eielson near Fairbanks cited fueling inadequacies for B-36 bombers. The bill totals defense work in 34 states plus DC with 7,651 family housing units planned.
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Washington
WAP
House Armed Services Committee
Alaskan
Air Force
Alaska
Eielson
Fairbanks
Defense Department
House
Continental
United States
States
District of Columbia
Army
Navy
Hush-Hush
U. S
Distress Signal Sighted in Snow
A distress signal formed in snow along the Great Falls to Fairbanks route sparked hopes that crew members of the missing C-54 may still be alive. An RCMP plane and ground search were ordered as signals read I F indicating serious injuries needing food water and a doctor. The C-54 with 44 aboard vanished January 26 over the sub Arctic region near Alaska.
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Vancouver
B.C
Great Falls
Mont
Fairbanks
Alaska
R.C.A.F
Fort St. John
Anchorage
Southerners Predict Farm Support Victory
Senators predicted victory as Southern lawmakers claimed enough new votes to uphold the farm price support bill. Senator Russell said four previously absent Democrats would back the measure, while opponents led by Senator Wherry signaled they would defeat the conference report. The compromise would expand cotton and peanut supports but end potato price supports after this year without strict controls.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D.-Ga
D-Ga
Peanut
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
House
North
Rules Tags Belong On License Plates
Madison Wisconsin attorney general Thomas E. Fairchild ruled that drivers who fail to attach metal expiration tags to license plates commit a punishable offense. The offense carries a fine between five and one hundred dollars or up to 90 days in jail. The ruling also says a justice of the peace can pursue a drunken driving case when a driver’s license and registration card are requested.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Atty
Thomas E. Fairchild
Fairchild
Ben Marcus
Marcus
Justice of the Peace
Chrysler Puts 30 Million Pension Fund Offer To UAW
Chrysler proposes a 30 million dollar fund to pay 100 monthly pensions to 89,000 striking workers over five years, a move rejected by UAW President Walter Reuther as insufficient compared to rivals. Talks recessed as the walkout halts production and affects over 150,000 workers nationwide.
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Detroit
U.P
Chrysler Corporation
CIO
United Auto Warfere
V7 Warenews
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Chrysler
New York Bank Loans $20 Million to Spain
The National City Bank of New York said it has extended a $20 million loan to Spain with gold as security. The gold may be deposited with a U S federal reserve bank or possibly in London for the New York bank. Rumors say Spain may use the funds to purchase U S wheat.
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New York
U.P
National City Bank of
Spain
Federal Reserve Bank
London
United States
Milwaukee Battles Juvenile Delinquency Amid National Decline
Milwaukee civic leaders and residents declare a fresh wave of juvenile delinquency signals a national moral breakdown. Twenty seven youths, ages 14 to 20, were arrested for drinking sex and marijuana parties, with cases in other cities cited to illustrate a broad pattern.
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Milwaukee
Wis
U.P
Truman Accepts Tracy Voorhees Resignation as Undersecretary
President Truman reluctantly accepts the resignation of Tracy Voorhees as undersecretary of the army effective by June 30. Gray resigns to become president of the University of North Carolina in September. White House weighs limited access to loyalty files for State Department employees amid McCarthy concerns.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Tracy S. Voorhees
Army
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Foreign Relations
State Department
McCarthy
R-Wis
Charles G. Ross
White House
Voorhees
Gray
Johnson
University of North Carolina
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Bok
Copenhagen Police Arrest Eight Communists After Demonstrations
Copenhagen police last night arrested eight communists amid anti American demonstrations in the Danish capital.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
McCarthy Clash Deepens Over State Department Loyalty Probe
Senator McCarthy blasted a Tydings backed state department disclosure that a figure tied to Soviet espionage had minimal contact with the department. Tydings said the record showed only four months overseas and two brief incidents, while McCarthy called the department report a deliberate misstatement of facts.
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McCarthy
Tydings
State Department
United States
Citizens’ Round Table
Senators Seek Testimony From General Eisenhower
Senate appropriations subcommittee votes to summon General Dwight D. Eisenhower for testimony on disarmament and defense needs. Eisenhower, president of Columbia University, argues the U S must not reduce arms beyond safety until other nations do. He calls for a fourfold peace formula and cautions against reliance on a single summit.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Senate Appropriations
New York
United States
Europe
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Columbia
United Nations
Russia
Farm MPs Rally Against Marshall Plan Cut in Foreign Aid Bill
Washington house farmers organized to oppose a $1 billion reduction in Marshall Plan funds voted by the house foreign affairs committee. The foreign aid package carries $2.27 billion in new 12 month spending starting July 1, with $2.1 billion for European recovery and additional allocations for Korea, point four technical aid, and Arab refugee relief.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Palestine
Widow Denied Bail in Milwaukee Murder Case
Milwaukee Circuit Judge Roland J. Steinle denied bail for Mrs. Elsie Wrosch a 45 year old Milwaukee widow charged with poisoning her husband Barney a 70 year old man who died last August She will face a preliminary hearing next Tuesday on a first degree murder charge in connection with his death
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Milwaukee
U.P
Roland J. Steinle
Elsie Wrosch
McGrath and Hoover to testify on loyalty files Monday
Attorney General J. Howard McGrath and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover will testify publicly before Senate communist investigators Monday to state their position on disclosure of government loyalty files to Congress. Chairman Millard E. Tydings announced the session. King Rama IX returns to Thailand after four year absence with coronation set for May 5. The AFN network in Europe is being blacked out outside Germany due to frequency reassignment, according to U. S. officials.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Congress
Millard E. Tydings
Thailand
Bangkok
Rama IX
Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
American Forces Network
AFN
U. S
Canadian oil well spouts flames in Alberta blaze
A million dollar oil well near Excelsior Alberta erupted in flames and smoke shooting nearly a mile into the air with a rumble audible up to ten miles away. Fire crews fought the blaze as oil gushed from the well and authorities assessed damage and safety implications.
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Excelsior
Alta
Million Dollar Chicago Garage Blaze Destroys IH Showroom
A Chicago fire at an International Harvester Co. garage and showroom destroyed a block. One story structure housed 200 trucks and caused a $1,000,000 loss. Two people were lightly injured as gasoline explosions and rapid flames forced 20 mechanics to flee. Authorities deployed disaster plan No. 3 and 53 units fought the fire while witnesses noted a center explosion preceding the blaze.
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Chicago
U.P
International Harvester Co
Impulse to Kill Told at Trial
Iowa City police testify Robert Bednasek admitted a homicidal impulse to kill his campus sweetheart Margaret Jackson before her strangling last December. Two witnesses recount her saying she would never marry him and Bednasek’s claim of prior violence. Officer Sprinkle says Bednasek spoke of a psychologist after the slaying.
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Iowa City
U.R
Robert Bednasek
Margaret
Gee Gee) Jackson
Bednasek
Harland F. Sprinkle
Sprinkle
African Tribal Chief Goes Home to Bechuanaland
Chief Séretse Khama, 29, head of the Bamangwatos, quits England in exile after accusing Britain of racial discrimination. He flies from Southampton on a British Overseas Airways flying boat to Bechuanaland to join his white wife until after their June child’s birth.
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London
Séretse Khama
England
Bechuanaland
Britain
Africa
Southampton
Wisconsin Snowfall Worsens With Light Rain Bursts
Wet weather soaked Wisconsin last night and today with additional snow likely tonight. Milwaukee measured four inches of slushy snow while Racine had about two, Kenosha only a light sprinkle, and most areas reported light rain or snow. Tomorrow looks cloudy and dry with little temperature change. It was 40 at noon in downtown Kenosha.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Racine
Kenosha
Deaths Close Three Schools in Neenah Menasha
Three elementary schools in Neenah Menasha were closed as a precaution after two children from the same family died within ten hours from a meningitis like illness. Judy Coughlin aged five and one half died at Theda Clark hospital and her brother Tommy four and a half died at The The present state health officer ordered closures at Roosevelt and Kimberly in Neenah and St Patrick s in Menasha with Catholic authorities following suit. None of the other children are ill and investigations seek the exact illness causing the fatalities.
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Neenah
Wis
Neenah- Menasha
F. O. Brunkhorst
Roosevelt and
Kimberly
St. Patrick’s
Menasha
Judy Coughlin
Theda Clark Hospital
Tommy
Thomas Coughlin
Judy
Roosevelt School
Coughlin
Backers Push Mine Safety Bill in House Action
Rep Price of Illinois urged speedy House action on a bill granting the Federal Bureau of Mines authority to enforce its safety recommendations. The move aims to strengthen mine safety oversight and compliance.
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Washington
Rep
Price
House
Federal Bureau of Mines
G-Men and Police Close In on Jewel Theft Kingpin
U P reports federal and city agents tracking the suspected ringleader of a coast to coast jewel theft ring with annual profits over 500000. Chicago detectives joined the Dallas led probe tracing a $40000 Dallas robbery and named a Chicagoan as a key plotter sought for questioning.
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Chicago
U.P
G-men
Dallas
Jarrett
W. W. Shortal
Tommy Swartz
Swartz
Wilson
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Neb
University of Nebraska
St. Charles
Carlinville
Ill
New Haven
United Press
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John Polcyn
Frank Zeidler
Youth Commission
Zeidler
John J. Kenney
Harry Kuszewski
YMCA
E. L. Friend
Ed Goebel
Edward H. Schmidt
Ike
U.S
Lydings
Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin Republican
Yasmin
Aga Khan
Gstaad
Switzerland
Rita Hayworth
Chavez
D-Nm
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Hoover
Chicago Police
Hollywood
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Dallas Times Herald
Will Wilson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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