Debating Truman Doctrine to Aid Greece and Turkey
A worldwide debate forms over the Truman plan to use U.S. funds to block Communism in the eastern Mediterranean. The discussion centers on a proposed 400 million dollar grant to Greece and Turkey and links to Palestine and Middle East oil. UN debates to open April 7 as the Security Council takes up the issue.
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Mediterranean
Greece
Turkey
United States
Palestine
Middle East
Near East
United Nations
Security Council
Senate
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Gromyko
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Council
Austin
U S Communist Party Agent of Moscow Accuses Reds of Overthrow Plot
The House Un American Activities committee cited a 26000 word report alleging the American Communist party acts on Moscow orders to overthrow the U S government as part of a global Soviet conspiracy. It warned of potential effects on armed forces and described communism as a world wide movement directed by a foreign government.
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Washington
U.P
House Un-American Activities Committee
American Communist Party
Moscow
U. S
Congress
Communist Executive Committee
Lower Arabian oil price push linked to Greece aid
Washington Senator Brewster says American aid to Greece and Turkey could safeguard oil concessions in Arabia and push for lower prices. He cites a Navy report on 1941 negotiations and claims oil firms profited by charging higher prices later. James A. Moffett testifies of a $68 million profit for the Arabian American Oil Co. Navy records total purchase at about $59.88 million.
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Washington
Brewster
Greece
Turkey
Arabia
Senate War Investigating Committee
Truman
Navy
James A. Moffett
India envoy in China presents credentials to Chiang Kai-Shek
India's first ambassador to China K P S Menon and Dutch ambassador Baron Van Aerssen met Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek today to present their credentials marking new diplomatic exchanges in Nanking.
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Nanking
K. P. S. Menon
India
China
Baron van Aerssen
Netherlands
Chiang Kai-Shek
Recess Delays Lilienthal Nomination Vote in Senate
A week end recess postponed a Senate test vote on David E Lilienthal for AEC chairman. The test will be on Bricker’s motion to return the nomination and allied commissioner and manager Carroll L Wilson back to the Atomic Energy committee.
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Washington
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Bricker
Ohio
Atomic Energy Committee
Carroll L. Wilson
Sheboygan Girl Sentenced by California Judge
Sylvia Blomier, 21, from Sheboygan Wisconsin, faced sentencing in Los Angeles for forging names on dress shop sales slips to obtain a ward robe. Judge Harold B. Landreth sentenced her to a year in the penitentiary after comments about Sheboygan.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Sylvia Blomier
Harold B. Landreth
Sheboygan
Wis
Tragic Sheboygan Fire Claims Nussberger Family
Mrs. Hubert J. Nussberger, 24, and her two children Judith 2 and Richard 1 died in a morning house blaze in Sheboygan Wisconsin. Husband severely burned and not expected to live. cause suspected from an overheated oil burner or stove. The four room frame home burned to the ground after flames enveloped the residence three blocks north of the city limits.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Hubert J. Nussberger
Judith
Richard
Nussberger
UAW Leaders Defend Against Sigler Red Charges
UAW leaders led by Walter Reuther disputed Michigan Governor Sigler’s claim that the Communist party has gained absolute control of some unions. Reuther and aides labeled the remarks an anti labor attack, while Sigler defended his testimony and urged broader action against Communist influence.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Michigan
Kim Sigler
Communist Party
Sigler
House Committee On UN- American Activities
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
R. J. Thomas
George F. Addes
Reuther
Bevin Proposes Return of German Prisoners of War
Washington reports Bevin supports returning German POWs as postwar tension grows. In Parliament, debate over prisoner status surfaces amid broader relief efforts and national security concerns.
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Bevin
German Freighter Elin Runs Aground Off Dutch Coast
The 596 ton freighter Elin flying the United States flag ran aground this morning off the Dutch north coast near Terschelling. It was en route from Bremen to Rotterdam loaded with grain.
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Amsterdam
Elin
United States
Terschelling
Bremen
Germany
Rotterdam
Rye King Dies at 76 in Dawson Creek
W. S. Simpson of Dawson Creek British Columbia known as the rye king and winner of the rye crown at the Chicago Grain Exposition last year died Friday. He was 76.
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Dawson Creek
B. C
W. S Simpson
Hoppi-Copter May Signal New Era in Flying
A one man helicopter dubbed the hoppi-copter moves from military to civilian use. Seattle designers say it weighs 173 pounds, seats one, and can reach 90 mph with a 250 pound load. Range is about 200 miles on four gallons, with takeoffs from 30 feet square.
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Hoppi-Copter
Philadelphia
Lanana T Dantannetana
The
Piviaew
View
Seattle
Wash
Pentecost
Legislature Plans Short Session With Busy Hearing Schedule
Wisconsin lawmakers will cut activities next week due to the spring election and Good Friday but will work to catch up on hearings. On Wednesday 85 bills face hearings and full calendars are set in both houses with limited Thursday hearings. A key issue is a gambling resolution by Assemblyman Harper aiming to limit enforcement of anti gambling laws for non profit bingo. The Joint Finance committee will finish hearings on the executive budget with a proposed $17 million UW appropriation.
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House Labor Committee
Hartley
Landis
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Joint Committee On Finance
Assemblyman
Harper
R-Lancaster
Assembly State Affairs Committee
Joint Finance Committee
University of Wisconsin
Nash Wage Contract Grants 10-Cent Hike
A new wage contract for 15,000 Nash-Kelvinator workers in Kenosha Milwaukee and Grand Rapids provides a 10 cents per hour increase retroactive to March 10. UAW CIO locals 72 75 and 206 approved the deal in a special ballot. The agreement acts as a down payment on a national pattern now under discussion and is subject to renegotiation within 20 days after the pattern is set.
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Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nash Motors
Uaw-Cio
Eagles
Ve Weseprmeey
Detroit
Seaman Body
Nash Kelvinator Corporation
Nash-Kelvinator
Joseph Mattson
United Auto Workers, Cio
Nash-Kelvinator Corp
Wisconsin
Corporation
Mattson
Uaw-Cio Council
UAW. Cio
Paul M. Russo
Execution of Former Japanese Commander Reported
Shanghai reports that a Chinese firing squad at Canton executed Lt. Gen. Kuichi Tan, former commander of Japan's South China Army and Occupation Governor of Hong Kong, after conviction by American military commission and Chinese tribunal for war crimes.
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Shanghai
Central News Agency
Canton
Kuichi Tanaka
Japan
South China Army
Hong Kong
Army Day Parade Plans Set for April 12 in Kenosha
City Manager Axtell announced a large Army Day parade to be held April 12 in Kenosha with broad participation from fraternal and patriotic groups. A detachment from Fort Sheridan may display mobile inspection methods for soldier food. Local veterans groups including American Legion posts and VFW posts will provide color guards, marching detachments, and firing squads.
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Kenosha
A. E. Axtell
Fort Sheridan
Army
Floyd Kishline
Gilbert E. Fechner
Walter Helgeson
Axtell
Ross Phelps
Post 2
The
American Legion
Legion
Robert C. Krah
Veteran of Foreign Wars
VFW
Junker Ball
Drums
Bugle Corps
George Murray
Chapter 20
W. H. Schumacher
Plane to overseas point links Latin American talks
Roscoe Snipes of United Press aboard a plane over Wilmington at 9,500 feet dictated a dispatch to Latin American clients. The first commercial telephone service from a plane to an overseas point connected nine Latin American diplomats and military officials with their capitals.
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Engelke
Snipes
Wilmington
United Press
Latin America
Bevin seeks 1948 deadline for German POW repatriation
British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin urged the Big Four to demand repatriation of all German prisoners by December 31 1948. He called for plans by June 1 1947 detailing transit home of Wehrmacht members and ensuring completion by end of 1948. MoLOVOT said Russia held 890 532 prisoners. Allies total 1 356 204.
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Moscow
U.P
Ernest Bevin
Big Four
Germany
Bevin
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Four Powers
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Molotov
German Coal Miners Strike Shuts Ruhr Mines
Four thousand Ruhr coal miners in Dortmund walked out today in protest over short food rations triggering hunger demonstrations across the Ruhr region. Estimates say up to 500000 people have joined protests in two days with a Dortmund march and a Düsseldorf confrontation preceding the walkout. Miners vow to return Monday if ration relief is not seen.
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Essen
Germany
Ruhr
Dortmund
Duesseldorf
Truman appoints Bard as deputy UN armaments rep
President Truman names Ralph A. Bard former undersecretary of the navy as United States Deputy Representative to the United Nations Commission for Conventional Armaments. Bard chairs Ever sharp Inc and has led several Chicago investment firms.
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Washington
Truman
Ralph A. Bard
Navy
United States
United Nations Commission For
Bard
Eversharp Inc
Chicago
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Newfoundland
Harmon Field
Arthur Shay
Lilienthal
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Fred A. Hartley, Jr
Labor Department
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Ind
Lesinski
Augustine B. Kelley
Ray J. Madden
Arthur G. Klein
N. Y
Adam Clayton
Powell
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Mass
Washington, D. C
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George C. Marshall
Byrnes
Florida
NEA Telephoto
Rye King
Nash
Charles Engelke
United Press’ Foreign News Department
Esso-Atlas Sky Merchant
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Inter-Allied Reparations Agency
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