Expensive Plan For Vets Pension Pushed In House
In the House Veterans Affairs Committee a costly proposal for a veterans pension aims to cover some 38 million World War I and I veterans with potential annual costs rising toward 3 to 4 billion by 1959. Rankin and the American Legion back the bill, with Gen. John Thomas Taylor as the first witness. Edith Nourse Rogers notes strong interest and possible broad support, while the plan includes non service connected disability and old age provisions.
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Barney Livingstone
Washington
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Rankin
John Thomas Taylor
American Legion
The
Veterans Administration
Mississippian
Edith Nourse Rogers
Rmass
Bevin Won’t Shift Palestine Policy Amid Uproar
London foreign secretary Bevin stated the labor government will not waver on Palestine policy. He argued Britain must honor obligations to Middle East security and warned critics proposing alternative solutions are incompatible with those duties. Bevin said Britain coordinates with the United States to keep the region from Balkan-like strife and noted Israel recognition would await Arab–Jewish border agreement.
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London
Bevin
Labor
Palestine
Ervin
Britain
Middle East
United States
Labor Party
Israel
U.S
Police Chief Montgomery Fired After Missing For Days
AP reports in Thessalon Ontario the town of about 1300 fired Police Chief Montgomery for unexplained absence. Meanwhile a Singapore man mistook cyanide for a bottle he ordered and gargled it until guests interrupted. A Taunton pastor offers witty paradoxes as tension rises in England. Franz Von Papen is released by a Bavarian court.
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Associated Press
Thessalon
Ont
Montgomery
Ontario
Counel
Cutien
Singapore
Nurmberg
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Axis Sally trial hears German witnesses in treason case
Government called two more German witnesses to support treason charges against Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally. Adelbert Houben testified she was the highest paid Nazi broadcaster and participated in sketches including Vision of Invasion while portraying an American mother. He said Gillars earned 2000 to 3000 marks monthly, with the director general earning more.
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Washington
Germany
Mildred E. Gillars
Africa
Hans von Richter
Inge Sylvia Doman
John M. Kelley
Adelbert Houben
Miss Gillars
Houben
Midge
Heuben
Frinl
Weather Refuses To Soften Blows In Freezing West
Blizzard worsens misery across the nation with snow sleet and rain from the Atlantic to California. Sub zero temperatures grip western plains as floods drive hundreds from southern Illinois homes. Roads close and schools cancel while tourists flood winter resorts. Several states report glacial cold and clipped travel as the tempest roars.
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Notte
Associated Press
Atlantic
California
Plains
Rocky Mountain
Illinois
Mississippi River
Arizona
Nevada
Las Vegas
Nev
U. S
Buureau
Dallas
Tex
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Ilinois
Indiana
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
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Virginia
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Oklahoma
Texas
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Plateau
Melford
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Pempina
N. D
Phillip
Custer
Mont
Pocatello
Ida
Salt Lake City
New England
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
N. Y
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Mount Carmel
Ilk
Democrats Promise Swift Repeal Action On Taft Hartley Law
Senate Democrats pledged rapid action on repealing the Taft Hartley law with Senator Lucas as floor leader saying travel just as fast as we can. Hearings before the Senate Labor Committee will begin Friday with Secretary Tobin as the first witness and wind up around February 14. Lucas estimates 10 days to two weeks after that to shape a bill.
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Washington
Senate
T Day
Lucas
D-Tll
Tobin
Senate Labor Committee
Prices of staple foods fall across the United States
An Associated Press survey across 13 cities shows seven staple items including bread milk eggs and pork loin are down on average 9.7 percent from a year ago while San Francisco records a small rise. Clothing prices show mixed changes with shirts and shoes declining modestly and suits remaining steady. House dresses and nylon stockings also feature in the report with declines noted overall.
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Associated Press
Hans
U.S
Tannary
Ures
San Francisco
San
Francisco
Court bars motherhood, orders sterilization in unique case
Mrs Georgette Brucks 21 agreed with her attorney Walter Anderson to be sterilized after giving birth in April and have her unborn child and another son placed for adoption Judge Thomas L Ambrose in Los Angeles issued the first known sterilization adoption court order saying California lacks such coverage The case arose after Mrs Brucks admitted beating her son Howard causing his death and later pleaded guilty to manslaughter She received a suspended sentence of one to ten years and probation The order also directed adoption of Donald and the unborn child and placed her under supervision
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Los Angeles
Altinperl
Georgette Brucks
Walter Anderson
Thomas L. Ambrose
Ambrose
California
Brucks
Edmond Brucks
San Francisco
Edmond, Jr
Brocks
Wickliffe
Ohio
Bracks
Donald
Redman
Howard
Anderson
Vite
Tennessee House Plans Broad Election Overhaul Measures
The Tennessee House Elections Committee moved toward final passage of bills to overhaul election machinery. Proposals include a six member state board of elections, permanent voter registration, state broad power to appoint local election board members, and repealing laws on separate federal and state elections if the poll tax is struck down. The action follows a six member board proposal and potential Senate consideration.
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Nashville
Tenn
House Elections Committee
Tennessee
General Assembly
Haneshile
House
Hugh Mott
Senate Elections Committee
Senate
T. D. Beasley
Carthage
Frazer Riggins
Bumpus Mill
Walter M. Haynes
Winchester
Browning
Board of Supervisors
State Board of Election Commissioners
Election Board
Republican Executive Committee
Guy L. Smith
Smith
Sehieh
Assembly
Drunk Driving Cases Continued By Circuit Judge
Circuit Judge Shelburne Werguson halted all remaining drunk driving cases and adjourned the session to Friday after juries imposed fines but no jail terms in several trials. He criticized unequal treatment and said justice cannot be administered if the poor are jailed while others go free. Earlier convictions included Ralph D Armstrong with a $100 fine for drunk driving and William H Bell with a $50 fine for reckless driving.
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Blountyitje
Shelburne Werguson
Ralph D. Armstrong
William H. Bell
Moonshine appeal filed by Knoavlle defendants in Tennessee
Appeals Court will hear a moonshine case involving farmer Irwin and son Earl Cochran along with Highway Patrolman Raymond Estes and partner on a federal conviction. Estes faces two years and Cochran 18 months. judge reserved ruling on another defendant until term in Blount County jail concludes in March.
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Knoavlle
Tenn
P— Farmer
Raymond Estes
Earl Cochran
Irwin
Estes
Cochran
Men Hicks
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
George C. Taylor
Trin
Blount County
Look of Consternation as Woman Mistakes Stranger for Fred
A woman greets a man on the street with Hello there Fred and is startled to realize she is addressing a stranger. A companion brushes her coat and hair at a stop light as he follows the awkward exchange. In another vignette a young man in a post office reacts with surprise when asked if he wants to buy a home device, exclaiming he thought it was a cigarette machine.
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Fred
Stranger
Wornar Lerally
Min
Communists Push Peace Offensive Across Nations
French and Italian Communist leaders urged 5,000,000 followers to join a Soviet led peace front while condemning US war plans. The drive, tied to Moscow’s broader economic council of mutual aid, prompted U S Secretary Acheson to demand proof of genuine peace intentions with no reply yet.
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Rome
France
Italy
Russia
Germany
United States
Moscow
Economic Council of Mutual Assistance
U. S
Dean Acheson
Communist Party
Marcel Cachin
International Front
Soviet Union
Communqte
Cachin
Palmiro Togniatti
Les Ofennive
Telephone Hike Hearing Opens in Johnson City
Johnson City officials reported a proposed rate increase for Inter Mountain Telephone Co. of 11 to 17 percent in Tennessee, with local cities Bristol Elizabethton and Greeneville in scope. The hearing before the State Railroad and Utilities Commission drew nearly 50 witnesses as attorneys questioned timing and affordability of the rate proposal.
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Johnson City
Hastings Winston
Joehnson City
Inter-Mountain Telephone Company
Winston
State Railroad and Utilities Commission
Inter- Mountain
Tennessee
Inter-Mountain
Bristol
Kingsport
Elizabethton
Greeneville
Jonesboro
Upper East
Oscar Fair
Elizaabethton
Kelley McNish
Presisent
Com
Sec iWike
Wage Hour Bill Aims Higher Minimum and Overtime Rules
Washington proposes raising the hourly minimum to 75 cents and extending overtime pay to seamen under a new wage hour act. The measure would expand coverage to about 5 million workers and let Tobin administer enforcement. Hearings set to probe regular rate definitions and industry exemptions as McCombs panel weighs the bill.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Sec
Truman
William R
Lesinsid
McComba
Tobin
Acheson Says No Bold Plan Yet
Secretary of State Acheson said there is no plan yet to carry out President Truman's "bold new program" to raise living standards in backward areas. He indicated the State Department is drafting plans under presidential orders, but declined to discuss details or whether the United States would guarantee private investments abroad. He emphasized that the target areas include the Far East, Southeast Asia, Africa and parts of South America.
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Washington
Acheson
Truman
State Department
United States
Far East
Southeast Asia
Africa
South America
Bomb blast at Bowling Green post office injures three
A parcel bomb exploded in the Bowling Green post office, injuring three employees. Clerk William Harry Osborne, 29, lost both hands and eyes and is not expected to live. Carriers Paul Goodrum and Ray Coffey were injured. the package was addressed to a non existent recipient, Ulysses Stones of Laurel Avenue. The device, from an eastern city, shattered windows and raised a TNT odor as investigators from postal, city, and county agencies joined the probe.
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Bowling Green
Cleveland
William Harry Osborne
Paul Goodrum
Ray Coffey
Ulysses Stones
Laurel Avenue
Charles Coffey
Rey
Laurel Street
Osborne
Oscar Isbell
Warren County Sheriff’s
Rain Delays End But Weather Keeps It Coming
The Weather Bureau says rain will persist through Thursday with cloudy skies and occasional showers. Highs reach the mid sixties, with a Thursday night low around 68 degrees. Tuesday peaked at 71 and fell to 51 as 0.02 inch of rain was recorded at the Filter Plant.
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Kingaport
Weather Bureau
Steel Stock Surges as Market Reacts to Steel News
New York U S Steel common stock jumped 3 as 16 000 shares traded amid a buy heavy market. Officials aided price discovery after a flood of bids. News from Tel Aviv and Israel suggested a 1 special divi per share and a 3 for 1 split. Prime Minister Ben Gurion leads in partial vote tallies amid Israel's first parliament. City court fines report one speeding defendant and two sidewalk blockages.
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New York
U. S. Steel Corp
Tel Aviv
Tsead
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Mapai
Jerusalem
Haifa
East
Weat
Mapam
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