Rebel Governors Threaten Revolt Over Civil Rights Push
Southern governors led by Strom Thurmond issue a 40 day ultimatum to halt attacks on white supremacy and consider a southern Democratic bolt. They reject a March 1 meeting plan and urge joint action to oppose Truman civil rights measures including anti lynching and poll tax repeal.
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Wakulla Springs
Fla
Democratic National Administration
South
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Democratic Party
Folsom
Southern Governors’ Conference
Truman
Washington
Wright
McCord
Tennessee
Jester
Texas
Caldwell
Florida
Laney
Arkansas
Alabama
Thurmond
U.S. and Soviet Reach Ship Sale Offer
Russia offers to buy 87 ships received from the United States under lend-lease while negotiations continue. Sale would be separate from broader settlements and faces congressional objection only on terms. Talks proceed as Moscow protests U S aircraft overflight near Japan and Washington debates fair repayment.
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Washington
Russia
U.S
Moscow
U. S
State Department
Congress
House Merchant Marine Committee
Maritime Commission
Pnssia
Alexander S. Panyushkin
United States
Soviets
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Bartell Charged With Car Theft Transport
Robert Bartell a 47 year old also named Eugene Otis North and Otis Irk was arraigned in Wisconsin on a car theft charge held on 5000 bond. He was accused of transporting a stolen 1947 Chevrolet from Anneapolis Minnesota to Millston after allegedly stealing the vehicle from Hubert Miller Milk River Alberta Canada. He was found at a Tomah bus depot and taken into custody by an FBI agent. the stolen car wrecked near Mills ton when it overturned.
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Sparta
Wis
Robert Bartell
Eugene Otis North
Otis Irk
U.S
Lambert Hangon
Dane County
Itell
Anneapolis
Minn
Millston
Hubert Miller
Milk River
Alberta
Canada
Bartell
Tomah
FBI
Admits Jesse James Train Robbery In Chicago
Police Capt Michael Spatz said eight youths confessed orally to staging the Jesse James holdup of a New York Central train on December 13. The gunman boarded the Interstate Express at Englewood and used a bag to collect loot including 900 dollars during the three mile run to La Salle street station. He escaped as the train slowed for 35th street yards.
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Chicago
Michael Spatz
Jesse James
New York Central
Interstate Express
Englewood
la Salle Street
35Th Street
One Killed Two Hurt In Wisconsin Car Crash
In Hortonville Wisconsin a 35 year old man Jack Feliner of route 1 Antigo died and two Milwaukee residents were injured when their car went off an embankment and overturned in a creek near U.S. 41 four miles west of Hortonville. Reubenter 30 suffered head injuries and his wife Winifred 29 sustained wrist and leg injuries.
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Hortonville
Wis
Jack Feliner
Antigo
Highway 41
Here
Reubenter
Winifred
Milwaukee
Local Weather Forecast Cites Subzero Temperatures
Fair but cold Sunday with city lows five to eight degrees below zero and rural areas ten to fifteen below. The high near Vietnan sits around eight above zero as conditions ease slightly toward day’s end.
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Vietna
La Crosse Named Fuel Oil Center
State Fuel Administrator Anthony E. Madler announced plans to establish a La Crosse fueled oil distribution center for western Wisconsin. He said the 150 mile area around La Crosse is hardest hit by shortages and that 10 tank cars could relieve the crisis, with oil sourced from large refineries via the emergency allocation program and trucked to smaller communities from La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Anthony E. Madler
la Crosse
Machler
Oklahoma
Texas
Southwest
Maciler
Pauley Resigns Post From Army Secretariat
Edwin W. Pauley, twice probed by Republicans, resigns as special assistant to the secretary of the army. He served since September on industrial mobilization and procurement. Secretary Royall calls his work outstanding as Pauley departs after stating his duties are complete.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Secretary of the Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
Pauley
Department of the Army
California
Senate Appropriations Committee
Rotary
Navy
Tidelands
Planned Parenthood Official Births Triplets in Pittsburgh
Mrs. James H. Elkus, vice-president of the Planned Parenthood clinic of Pittsburgh, became the mother of three on Friday night. She and her Blaw Knox Steel Co. executive husband already have a seven year old son. The newborns are two girls and a boy.
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Pittsburgh
James H. Elkus
Planned Parenthood Clinic of
Retail Prices Dip as Grain Slump Cuts Grocery Costs
Grain prices fell, prompting chain stores in the East and Midwest to cut prices on staples like bread flour lard and some pork. Hog prices slid week by week aiding expectations of cheaper meat next week though analysts warn of a gradual downward trend.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Chicago Board of Trade
New York
A. W. Zelemek
Newark
International Statistical Bureau
Cincinnati
Mark Pickell
Corn Belt Livestock Feeders Association
East
Midwest
Taft-Hartley Act Faces Major Test in Indianapolis Trial
The Taft-Hartley injunction case opens Monday in Indianapolis, challenging the International Typographical Union over 23 alleged unfair labor practices. Government lawyers seek a halt to strikes and slowdowns while the NLRB decides, with unions and publishers arguing over the act’s constitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indianapolis
International Typographical Union
AFL
Chicago
CIO
United Mine Workers
Unree Associa
NLRB
Denham
Gandhi Murder Probe Reaches High Officials
Investigation into Mahatma Gandhi's assassination expands to top ranks. In New Delhi the Alwar state administration, its prince Maharajah Tej Singh and Prime Minister N B Khare are summoned for a month long preliminary inquiry. Police report arrests across India and seizures of bombs and weapons.
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New Delhi
Mohandas Gandhi
Government of
India
Alwar
RSSS
National Volunteer Corps
Mahatma Gandhi
Maharajah Tej Singh
N. B. Khare
Kush
C. S. Venkatachar
Indore
Maharajah
Rama
Gandhi
Legion Seminar Targets Subversive Groups in Wisconsin
The American Legion plans a one day seminar in Madison on February 29 led by experts on alien philosophies and activities. Attendees include Louis Becker of Kenosha and James O Neill nationwide leaders, with FBI and law enforcement officials on the lecturer panel. The aim is to identify recognize and counter subversive elements, notably communism, within the state.
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Milwaukee
American Legion
Wisconsin
Madison
Herman C.unge
Sheboygan
Satary
Runge
Louis J. Becker
Kenosha
Wisconsin Department
Legion
Washington
John F. O’melia
Rhinelander
State Americanism Committee
National Legion
O’melia
FBI
James F. O'Neil
The
Organization
National Americanism Commission
Reynolds Former GOP Figure James Reynolds Dies at 77
James Burton Reynolds, 77, longtime secretary of the Republican National Committee, died Saturday in New York.
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New York
James Burton Reynolds
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower Farewell as Bradley Takes Command of Army
General Dwight D. Eisenhower relinquished the post of chief of staff to General Omar N. Bradley in a brief ceremony attended by President Truman and other officials. Eisenhower announced plans to draft memoirs after a leave and to visit Florida, while warning that manpower problems facing the army remain serious.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
America
Eisenhower
Bradley
West Point
Truman
Congress
Columbia University
Florida
Gees
UW Prof To Run As Truman Delegate
Professor William G. Rice of the University of Wisconsin announced his candidacy as a delegate for the second congressional district to the national convention in Philadelphia. He tied the move to support for Harry S. Truman and the Wisconsin idea in the state’s centennial year.
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Madison
Wis
William G. Rice
University of Wisconsin
Philadelphia
Rice
Wisconsin
Harry S. Truman
Woman Hurt In Fall On Icy Street
Mrs. Minnie Mose of 1724 George street suffered a leg fracture when she fell on the icy pavement at George and Gohres streets at 3 27 p m Saturday. She was transported to a hospital by police ambulance.
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Minnie Mose
George Street
George and
Gohres Streets
Boston
Miami
New York
West Palm Beach
G. P. Wright
Folt
Alice Greenbaum
New York City
Halifax Hospital
Daytona Beach
Jacksonville
Motor Explodes In Huge Airliner Destroys Crewman Dies
Bunnell Florida Eastern Air Lines constellation carrying 66 people including a dead crewman landed safely after reporting it would ditch. Flight Attendant Gilbert Paul Folz of Evansville Indiana died when an engine disintegrated and a fragment struck him. Fire followed the engine failure and several passengers were injured by jumping from the plane.
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Bunnell
Fla
Eastern Air Lines Constellation
Gilbert Paul Folz
Evansville
Ind
Urge New Food Price Policy
A Senate agriculture subcommittee backed a long range program to let consumer food prices fall as surpluses grow while ensuring farmers get a fair share of national income. The plan, led by Senator Aiken, would use incentives and targeted consumption boosts rather than fixed pricing and quotas. A bill is expected in the Senate Monday.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate
Army Won’t Change For President at Bradley Swearing In
The army, strict about its policies, refused to alter guest lists for Omar Bradley’s swearing in as chief of staff. A line near the end lists Truman, president, among attendees.
De Valera Signals New Cabinet Amid Election Setback
In Carlow De Valera said he was ready to form a new Fianna Fail government but would not alter policy. Fianna Fail won 66 of 147 seats, independents may back a minority ministry as the new Dail sits February 18 with two Labour parties rising to 18 seats.
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Narayan Vinayak Godse
Gandhi
Congress Party
Bombay
New Delhi
Punjab
Poona
Godse
de Valera
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Fianna Fail
Carlow
Carlow Kilkenny
Clann Na Poblachta
Britain
Kilkenny
Labor Party
Six Americans held in plot to bomb Caracas breach
Federal agents arrested four men in New Orleans and detained two others abroad as part of a Venezuela related neutrality act case. FBI chief J Edgar Hoover named Olin Mason and Harry Snow as pilots linked to a $30000 each payoff. Caracas bombing plan blamed a Latin American plot. four defendants waived removal to Augusta.
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New Orleans
Caracas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nicaragua
Miami
Panama
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Bush Field
Georgia
Puerto Cabezas
Hoover
Olin D. Mason
Army
Oliver General Hospital
Augusta
Harry A. Snow
Amarillo
Texas
Charles B. Paplicek
New York
Kenneth J. Newcomer
Henry D. Baker
Augusta, Ga
Edward Browder, Jr
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Snow
Pavlicek
Mason
Newcomer
Romulo Betancourt
United States
Romulo Gallegos
Cargo Plane Crashes In Fog Near Saluda Mount Page
A United States Air Force C-47 cargo plane crashed in fog into Mount Page near Saluda North Carolina, killing three or four crew and injuring six. Survivors said nine soldiers and one sailor were aboard. victims evacuated to Patton Memorial Hospital in Hendersonville. The Greenville air base opened an investigation as the flight plan showed a route from Greenville to Washington DC and back.
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Saluda
N. C
Mount Page
Foy Wall
Hendersonville
Patton Memorial Hospital
Wall
Greenville
Washington
Bolling Field
Wisconsin Moose Convention Set for Green Bay Dates
The Wisconsin Moose association fixed its state convention for September 3 to 5 in Green Bay during the midwinter conference. The dates were approved at the group’s weekend meeting in Racine.
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Racine
Wis
Wisconsin Moose Association
Green Bay
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