Senate panel backs draft and UMF push for quick action
Senate Armed Services Committee members report broad support for universal military training and a mandatory draft as essential to national defense. Secretary Marshall, Forrestal, and Royall kept most details secret while affirming readiness to move beyond January budget plans. Chamber of Commerce voices support, urging detailed mobilization plans and robust air and industrial capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
America
Gurney
R-Sd
United Draft
Marshall
Defense Forrestal
the Army
United States
Europe
Bridges
R-N.h
Tru- Man
C of C
States Chamber of Commerce
UMT
Chamber
Clem D. Johnston
Resnoke
Johnston
Floods and fires reshape East and Midwest warning
Heavy rains triggered widespread floods across Pennsylvania to New York and beyond. In Meadville and surrounding towns, hundreds evacuated as the Susquehanna rose. Pittsburgh feared flood crest while alarms sounded in Oil City and Meadvill e areas. nationwide, other states faced flooding and damage from swollen rivers, with days of rain and emergency responses ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Midwest
Fosterburg
Miinais
Kingsport
Bam
City
Otter
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna and
Chamange
New York
Ilinois
Indiana
Missouri
Michigan
Iowa
Ohio
Vermont
Tinais
Tennessee
Alabama
Delaware
Allegheny
Meadville
Communitien
Tennsylvania
Towanda
Lawrenceville
Middlebury
Tioga
Warren
General Hospital
Fimes-Mirror
Oil City
Red Cross
Titusville
Shickshinny
Plymouth
West Nanticoke
Hunlock Garden
South Quincy
Canton
Quincy
Hannibal
Burlington Railroad
Operators Hope Lewis Will Yield To Government Plan
Washington federal mediators cling to slim hope that John L. Lewis might overrule his lieutenants and accept a government plan to end the soft coal strike. Operators reluctantly accept the peace proposal after a three hour session by Cyrus S. Ching head of the Conciliation Service. The plan aims to settle the deadlock over pension benefits that sparked the strike, but Lewis would need his men back to work before any measures take effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Aoft
Cyrus S. Ching
Conciliation Service
Eas
Lewis
U S and Soviet Face Off In United Nations Debate
The Security Council debate over Czechoslovakia escalates into a public clash between the United States and the Soviet Union. Warren Austin and Andrei Gromyko are expected as speakers as Chile calls for a probe into Moscow’s Prague action. Ukrainian delegate Tarasenko accuses the US of meddling, while the Soviet Ukraine and Italy share countercharges.
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Lake
Security Council
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Soviet Union
West
United States
U.S
Warren BR
Austin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Chile
Tarasko
New Uplift Move In California
In Southern California a new uplift movement affects earthquakes. UCLA geology professor James Gilluly says uplift ranges from 20 to 40 inches per century. He notes even small long term changes could raise Mt Baldy over 200,000 years to near Mt Whitney, warning of possible one or two more earthquakes of consequence before year end.
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Los Angeles
California
James Gillaly
UCLA
Gilluly
Mt. Baldy
San Bernardino County
Mt. Whitney
Auto Salesman Held In Death Of Socialite
Sydney police charged 39 year old Harry Turnbull Shoebridge with murdering former California socialite June Frances Thomas by an illegal operation. Thomas died of septicemia at Crown Street Women's Hospital after a March 19 procedure. In court, prosecutors asked remand until March 31 as coroner's inquest date is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Sydney Autor Noble
June Frances Thomas
California
Thomas
San Francisco
Douglas Sees Peace Prospects Gloomy at Florida Speech
Supreme Court Justice William Douglas warned at the University of Florida that peace prospects look bleak if democracy relies on anti communist policies alone. He urged practical social reconstruction and liberal programs at home and abroad to win support of hundreds of millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaingevne
Hia
Supreme Court
William ©. Douglas
University of Florida
jMol
Justice Dough
Street Scene Details of Teenagers and Dinner Hour
A fragmented description shows teenagers in raincoats near a restaurant during dinner hour, with notes of bobby docks and clothing details. A stray line mentions a three year old boy and a tipped leash, while other garbled phrases reference a ferried scene and a puppy.
Democratic Group Picks Poll Officers in Sullivan County
The Sullivan County Democratic Primary Board met in Blountville and approved officials for the April 9 primary. Names listed include district officers, clerks, and judges such as Carl Buckles, Ian Carmack, Frank Riley, Clarence Johnson, Noel White, Charles Mottston, and J. Judney, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Blountville
E. W. Tipton, Jr
Kingsport
Tipton
Carl Buckles
Figor
Lac Smithson
Fideo
Tom Boole Judg
Bart Beldlemin
Minion Playas
Pole Booher
Ian Carmack
Ben Rutherford
Baxter Booher
Henry Vance
Gary Wilson
Dorothy Rutherford
Frank Riley
Will Nichola
Bert Nichols
Dave Hayes
Mire Pan Boy
Webb O'Dall Ceels
Bourth Diatrict
Roy Barger
Auigh BW
Art
Robert Foullerson
Margaret Latturo
Noelan White
Richard Barger
Richard Holt
James Strick- Joy
Chester Isley
Owen Jones
Charles Jones
Arthur Smith
John Shaver
Brad Smith
Ethel Beard
Fannie Fickle
Ninth District
Charles. Mottston
Ned King
EB. Do. Torbett
Raymond Snapp
Esther Vorbett
Bennlah Avrints
Yonth Dlatuiet
Jane Newtind
C. B. Nottingham
Paul ©. Ramey
Alvin Cain
Jidgny Mas
Truman Will Fight Through To The End, Hatch Says
Senator Hatch dismissed rumors of a Truman withdrawal from the race. He quoted the president saying he will fight through to the end, casting aside political considerations to do what he believes is right despite civil rights strife and foreign policy criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Washington
Ght
D-Nm
Hatch
Capitol Hill
Harry Truman
Former Kingsport Man Among Four Missing On Lake
A missing four in Cherokee Lake near Morristown includes Garvey Penley a 38 year old once from Kingsport crippled from infantile paralysis, his brother Elmer Penley 33, and Knoxville companions Mary Phylla McGurley TK and Patricia Pierce 7. They left Silver Star Dock on a day outing. a 10 foot boat disappeared after a mechanical repair delay. Garvey Penley was active in Kingsport through Kiwanis Club rehabilitation efforts. Authorities began searches but had not recovered any bodies by Monday morning.
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Kingsport
Cherokee Lake
Bflorristown
Garvey Penley
Riverside Drive
Knoxville
Elmer Penley
Mary Phylla McGurley
Patricia Pierce
Mra
Wimer Penley
Grainger County
Ments
Juike
Slater
Miss McCulloy
Cardinal Tisserant Denounces Communism as Grave Threat
Vatican envoy Cardinal Tisserant issued a strong circular and public statement branding atheistic Communism as a grave menace to Christian civilization. The Italian based prelate of Porto and Santa Rufina Archdiocese in the Rome area said priests and parishioners were told this view in his letters, becoming publicly relayed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Italy
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Cardinal Tisserant
Porto
Santa Rufina
Vitican Curia
Rome
Congress Races To Hasten Aid In World War II Context
Congress moved to speed a 6.205 billion dollar aid package for Europe and Asia, plus a 275 million dollar Greece Turkey fund, aiming to present a unified plan to conferees by next week. Ten of thirteen Armed Services members backed draft and universal military training after a secret briefing by F Brestal and Royall. The House echoed President Truman’s pledge to defend free peoples from communism.
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Washbington
Bath
Senate
House
Allie
Truman
Chamber
Armed Services Committee
Chaiman iGurney
R-5sd
Marshall
Defense Focrestal
Army
Royall
Last Jury Case Begins In Court
The March term opens with the final jury case as Kingport’s former Police Chief Clay G Crawford is found not guilty of drunken driving. In a related suit Arthur V Olinger wins $200 for car damages from a three way collision on East Market Street. Sproles cases dismissed. Dolling seeks $15,000 for property damage from quarry blasts near Worth Park.
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Virginia
Collins
Clinchfield Stone Company, Inc
Clay G. Crawford
Kingsport
Gages
Arthur
Olinger
Mra
G. M
Tian) Stone
Juillia Stone
H. EB. Sproles
Colling-Clinchfeld
City Transportation Corporation
Mise Dolling
Worth Park
Law Court
Two Army Sergeants Convicted In Bomber Theft
M/Sgt. Glen D. Woods of Muncie Indiana and S/Sgt. Theodore Havens of Washington New Jersey were convicted by court martial for misappropriation of government property after piloting a Flying Fortress on a 700 mile joyride from the Gala ages to Venezuela. Sentences were not announced and await review by higher authority in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baivon
Venezuela
Glen D. Woods
Muncie
Ind
Theodore &. Havens
Ira
Washington, N. J
Washington
House committee backs tax cut bill to clear path to Truman
The Ways and Means Committee voted 18 to 5 to accept the Senate 4.8 billion income tax cut, trimming the House original 6.5 billion proposal. The move virtually guarantees passage to the White House for President Truman, with further veto overrides possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Truman
Washington
Mouse Ways and Means
Senate
House
White House
Mertin
Chateman Mattson
Winther
Rayburn
Texas
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Holle Ackeplinge
Agurs
Menrea
U S Ignores Offer Made On Trieste
Washington reports a Yugoslav offer to trace Trieste for Goriela, but U S officials say free Trieste is not negotiable. They stress Trieste belongs to no single state and warn Western powers will ignore Tito’s terms amid Soviet and Italian pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Foreign Ministry
Italy
Yugoislavia
Trieste
Gorizia
Yugoslavia
Vivian Trieste
Alcide de Gaaperi
Carlo Sforza
Belgae
de Gasperi
Sforza
Turin
Bidault Ist
Preimier Alcide de Political Addeens
Trinate
Gorisiz
Yugodav
U. S
Trinvte
Britain
France
United States
Marshal Tito
Trisete
Gorisia
Milan
Washington
Gorlela
Tricata
Soviet Union
Simnaje Simle
Gao~ Wia
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Defense Chiefs
Owen Roberts
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Morae
Rore
Baldwin
R-Conn
Robertson
R-Wye
Byrd
D-Va
Tydings
Kilgore
W.va
Douglas
Democratic Group
Congress
Bath House
Veto
Martin
Mart
Eharyman
Capitol
Janes
Taft
Minnie Vgragd
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