Taft Opposes Meat Rationing Citing Higher Prices Prophesied
Taft Ohio senator told reporters meat rationing would raise prices and fuel black markets. He warned of wasted hides and by products if cattle were killed on farms. The GOP stance clashes with Secretary Anderson and wartime price controls amid Senate Banking Committee testimony.
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Taft
Ohio
Ohipan
GOP
Flanders
Truman
Anderson
Senate Banking Committee
Veterans’ S Organization
Schwellenbach
Schweillenbach
Barkley
D-Ky
Foreign Aid Target in Budget Slashing Drive
Republicans aim to cut about 5 billion dollars from President Truman's 39.669 billion budget starting July 1, with foreign aid expected as the primary target. Budget hearings note vast outlays for foreign aid and education, while calls to trim social programs and state school aid emerge amid political pressure and election-year rhetoric.
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Washington
Truman
Taber
CRNY
Senate House
Teuman
Congress
New ‘Yorker
Taher
Republicana
Eisenhower Draft Effort Upsets GOP Primary Plans in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Republicans launch a draft Eisenhower slate for the April 27 primary despite his aides denying political ambitions. The move, led by the Eisenhower league in Harrisburg, signals ongoing doubts about his stance while prompting talk of a possible second presidential bid.
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Pennsylvania
Hisenhower
New Hampshire
Floyd L. Parks
Army Public Information Division
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Eisenhower
Tobey
R-Nh
Democratic National Committee
Bell
Parks
Anderson Predicts Meat Rationing Return
Agriculture Secretary Anderson forecast a restoration of rationing by April or May amid high demand under the Marshall Plan. He urged top production to meet needs and asked Congress for power to set wholesale meat price ceilings while noting soil impoverishment and seeking wartime subsidy levels.
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Martedut
Anderson
Pennsylvania
Congress
Truman
All Hands Saved From Flame-Ravaged Vessel
Ninety miles northeast of New York a firefighting rescue saved 46 aboard the Joseph V. Connolly after 11 hours in North Atlantic seas. Army Transport Gen. F. E. Callan and Union Victory plucked survivors while air cover from Kindley Field aided the operation.
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Army
Joseph V. Connolly
Connolly
Black Diamond
Line
Union
Kindley Field
Bermuda
Callan
New York Harbor
New York Port of Embarkation
Union Victory
Rotterdam
S.O.S
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Heintzelman
Coast Guard
Eather
Bremerhaven
Tobacco Prices In Rogersville Hold To Average
Tobacco markets opened the week with Rogersville averaging 50.14 per hundredweight from 306,502 pounds sold at Grower No 2. Knoxvilles 331,480 pounds brought 51.50 per hundred, while Carthage Hartville and Rogersville posted averages above 50. The day ended with Franklin East and Clarksville among the lower averages, Texas prices not listed.
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Frese Franklin
Tennesee Burney Tobacco
Knoxville
Carthage
Hartaville
Clarksville
Fayetteville
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Gallatin
Hartsville
Johnson City
Morristown
Pleasant
Springfield
Daniel Still In Coma Amid Rain Drizzle In City
The last surviving member of President Wilson era cabinet Josephus Daniels remained in a coma due to pneumonia and related conditions. An inch of rain fell in the city in a 24 hour period as forecasters predicted mixed precipitation and a rapid cool down with temperatures near 18 degrees. The weather and health report noted no immediate sign of his rally, with doctors cautioning the prognosis.
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Daniels
Woodrow
Hubert Haywood
Enda. News and Observer
Murderous Axe-Swinging Negro Claims Knowledge Of 44 Slayings
Tacoma report states Jake Bird, the axe wielding prisoner due for execution, claims to have knowledge of 44 killings. A 176 page transcript and a letter to Governor Wallgren detail confirmed murders and alleged solvable cases across New York to Los Angeles dating back to 1923. Authorities say 11 of 12 confessed slayings are confirmed plus 18 other murders Bird implicated. a later claim of 14 more murders he can solve without participation remains unverified. The latest confession led to recommendations for Bird’s execution to proceed at 12:05 am Friday at Walla Walla prison. Some petitions seek a stay.
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Wash
Jake Bird
Pierce County
Patrick M. Steele
Alan C. Wallgren
New York
Los Angeles
Bird
Joseph
Tarpach
Harvey Boyd
East Omaha
Nebr
Clarence Lukeosrt
State Penitentiary
Steele
Wallgren
Walla
Bertha Kindt
Supreme Court
Sherman Lyons
Walla Walla
Tom Smith
Central Avenue
Kludt
Beverly June
Omaha
South Bend
Ind
Ogden
Utah
Highland Park
Jan Axe
Five Die As Plane Crashes Near Washington
A Hastern Airlines DC-3 on a Houston to Boston flight crashed in a Maryland grove near the Potomac River during a rainstorm just after reporting approach to National Airport. Five aboard were killed and four injured. The pilot checked in at 4 27 am EST but contact with the tower was not re established. The dead include the pilot and co pilot with three passengers and the flight attendant among the injured taken to casualty hospital in Washington.
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Washington
Uasvern Airlines
Houston
Tex
Boston
Maryland
Potomac River
National Airport
Hastern Airlines
Akit
Colder Weather Spreads Across U S in Frigid Blast
Colder air from Canada grips a wide U S region with sub zero readings in the Midwest and below freezing in Oklahoma and northern Texas. Minnesota reports 12 below at Duluth and International Falls, with near zero in Minneapolis. North Dakota and northwestern Wisconsin see sub zero as well. Oklahoma City dips to 24 and Fort Worth to 22, while the Ohio Valley remains below freezing. Rain falls from Virginia to Hartford, and Los Angeles records a 50 degree low after a high of 82 yesterday.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Canada
Minnesota
Duluth
International Falls
Minneapolis
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Denver
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Seaboard
Gulf, States
Virginia
Hartford
Conn
Los Angeles
Barge Sinking Report Near Alaskan Peninsula
Seattle's-Turnatuiard headquarters said a self propelled Army barge named BS1927 with unknown crew sank near the Alaskan peninsula while aiding the Aleutian Mail which ran aground on Unimak Island. Coast Guard estimated arrival at 3 am and Cutter Clover diverted to assist.
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Seattle
Turnatuiard
Alaskan
Coast Guard
Unimak Island
Clover
Street Scene Misadventure On Muddy Short Cut
A girl chasing a dropped paper slips into a mud filled cut between two hills, losing her armload of books groceries umbrella and purse. She finds herself knee deep in mud as cows nearby seem amused, while a companion urges her to keep up.
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Armipad
Wwe
Graham Denies Insider Role In Government Commodities
Gen Graham testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee that he exited the wheat market except for one small trade after President Truman's criticism of commodities speculators. He said he continued cotton trading until December and assumed personal responsibility for the trades. He reported a net loss overall, with gains in commodities but larger stock losses, and denied having any inside information from government officials. He claimed brokers purchased for him without his knowledge at first, but later closed all transactions by October.
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Washington
Wallace H. Graham
Truman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Graham
Hagen
Grahaw
Harold E. Staessen
Stassen
White House
Grain Exchange
Partition Group Meets In Secret for Palestine Plan
The United Nations Palestine Partition Commission met in secret with British and Jewish Agency delegations in a bid to draft a work plan. Friday’s session, the third since formation, aimed to resolve early issues as Moshe Shertok and Sir Alexander Cadogan were expected to participate later. The Arab Higher Committee indicated it would not send a representative.
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United Nations Palestine Partition Commission
Commission
Moshe Shertok
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Alexander Cadogan
Arab Higher Committee For Palestine
Gandhi Begins Hunger Strike To Push Peace
Mohandas K. Gandhi announced Monday night he would undertake a hunger strike to restore peace among Hindu Sikh and Muslim communities in India. He said he would eat briefly this morning then fast from 9 30 a m and end when unity is achieved without outside pressure. He noted his frail health concerns and acknowledged some followers oppose the hunger strike.
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New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Delhi
Two Die When Train Derails in Middletown Ind
A Pennsylvania Railroad train derailment near Middletown Indiana killed two people including Madeline Simpkins 38 of New Castle and left four others injured. The locomotive and six cars left the rails after striking an automobile. Driver J R Leveridge about 35 of New Castle died later in hospital. Sheriff R Padgett said the locomotive remained upright after leaving the tracks.
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Middletown
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Madeline Simpkins
New Castle
J. R. Leveridge
R. Padgett
Henry County
Greek Aid Problem May Go Before M
High level talks were set in Athens on Greek aid policy as tensions rose between the American Aid Mission and the Greek war ministers. An UNSCOB attache mentioned a possible UN Assembly special session on the Greek problem amid guerrilla activity led by Communist Markos Vallades. Participants listed included Premier Themistokles Sofoulis, Vice Premier Constantin Tsaldaris, War Minister George Stratos, and Maj Gen William G Livesay, head of the mission's military section. Tsaldaris revealed plans for the conference after criticism from Dwight P Griswold, the mission's chief administrator.
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Altac
United Nations Special Commission On the Balkans
Unscob
UN Assembly
Markos Vallades
Athens
Themistoktes Sopioulis
Constantin Tsaldaris
George Stratos
William G. Livesay
Tsaldaris
Dwight P. Griswold
Stratos
Bespectacled Musician Admits New Year's Slaying Of Cleveland Girl
Cleveland detectives report that Harold Beach Jr a bespectacled man tied to a New Year s Day killing confessed after being arrested in Baltimore He allegedly attacked eight year old Sheila Ann Tuley as she walked to a drug store for cigarettes for her father The girl s body was found on a neighbor s porch near her home Beach who also faced a prior sex offense case spoke of facing death and witnessing his execution He had traveled from Cleveland to Baltimore and was extradited after admitting the murder with authorities noting his past crime record
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Bawmore
Baltimore
Sheila Ann Tuley
Ohio
Harold Beach, Jr
Beach
I Tuley
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