Truman civil rights measures face Senate vote
Washington reports Democrats split over Truman civil rights push as a bill creating a national anti discrimination agency on race and color moves to a Senate labor committee vote. Southern resistance, party revolt talk, and opposition from Taft and Bliley frame a tense political fight.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Democratic Front
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Eisenhower
Princess Anne and Mihai May Wedding Rumor
LAT reports in Copenhagen that Latrine Rene of Bourbon Pare nia and his daughter Anne expect a May wedding in May between Princess Anne and former King Mihai of Romania. Both royals are currently in Switzerland and the union remains unconfirmed.
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Rene
Bourbon Parenia
Anne
Mihai
Romania
Switzerland
Bulgarian ex-agrarian leader Gicher faces death penalty
Sofia reports the state prosecutor demanded the death penalty for Dimiter Gicher former Agrarian party leader and deputy of Nikola Petkov who was hanged for plotting against the Bulgarian communist government. The indictment cites efforts to foment an uprising aided by an Anglo American invasion of Bulgaria drawing protests from the United States and Great Britain. Four other defendants were indicted with Gicher.
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Agrarian Party
Nikola Petkov
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Gichev
United States
Great Britain
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Aggie
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
Soviet Union
Faw
Georgi Dimitrov
Alexander Stamboliski
Elm Street Food Committee Leads Event
519 Elm Street is in charge of the food committee. Tickets may be obtained from League officers.
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Elm Street
League
Landon calls for stronger stance and peace initiative
Alf M Landon told a Republican club at Ottawa University that peace requires strength to deter Russia while urging immediate steps toward a world peace conference. He warned against saber rattling and urged a more economical federal administration, stressing national credit as vital in the atomic age.
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Alf ‘M. Landon
Russia
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Republican Club
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Truman
Henry Ailace
KU Nominates Student for Chicago Seminary Scholarships
The University of Kansas may nominate a student for one of six $700 entrance scholarships offered by the Chicago Theological Seminary affiliate of the University of Chicago. Scholarships cover tuition and basic expenses for the academic year starting September. Nominees must be 1948 seniors or from the two prior classes, pursuing graduate level study toward a bachelor of divinity or MA, with at least one woman typically awarded. Dean Harold Barr oversees local selections, and applicants must show vocational aim toward the ministry.
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Chicago Ieal Seminary
University of Chicago
Harold Barr
Acton of Religion
Three Alarm Albany Fire Claims Fireman
A three alarm fire in downtown Green Street, Albany, gutted a business block and halted publication of the Times Union. Fireman Fimil J. Durand, about 38, was crushed to death between a steel ladder and hoisting apparatus. Fire crews fought the blaze ten hours after discovery in a basement.
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Times Union
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Alfr Equipsment Company
Special Week Aimed at Tolerance at Kansas U
University of Kansas hosts a six day World Brotherhood week with daily devotions forums and lectures to promote understanding among all people. Speakers include Dr Sherwood Eddy Mrs Eddy Rabbi Joseph Levenson and Dr Ted Thornton. Ned Linexar of the university Y M C A leads arrangements.
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World Brotherhood
University of Kansas
Rabbi Levenson Speaks At Brotherhood Banquet
Rabbi Jozeph Levenson, former Army Air Force chaplain, will be guest speaker at the second annual brotherhood banquet of the Lawrence League for the Practice of Democracy at 6:15 p.m. February 1 in the Plymouth Congregational church parish house. He will discuss The Role of Religion in Achieving Democracy with Rev. George Towle giving the invocation. Dr. and Mrs. Sherwood Eddy and YMC A and YWCA officials are to attend as special guests. Mrs. Milton Moore is mentioned in connection with the event.
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Army Air Force
Oklahoma City
Oklo
Lawrence League
Pymouth Congregational Church
George Towle
St. John's Catholic Church
Sherwood
Eddy
Milton Moore
All in the Family Washington on Eniwetok tests
The government bars foreign observers from BIOME Weapons tests at Eniwetok. Only US officials and official observers may attend, with no newsmen present. The decision follows consultations with the White House, armed forces, and State Department. area declared off limits to unauthorized visitors.
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Eniwetok
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Congress
Pacificatell Test Site
United States
Russia
Exiwetoka'l
National
White House
Armed Forces
State Department
Enrollment up as spring term breaks old records
The report notes a semester enrollment of 15a D students, a peak for the second period, with a gain of 500 from last spring. Total enrollment stands 5,000 above the prewar spring high of 3,606 and four times the wartime low of 1,403 in IML.
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IML
Communists tighten blockade around Mukden Manchuria
Chinese communists appear to steadily tighten their blockade against Mukden, Manchuria s largest city. Dispatches report threats toward Suchiatun ten miles south of Mukden on the rail line to Dairen, indicating growing pressure in the region.
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Peiping
Mukden
Manchuria
Suchiatun
Dairen
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