Rush Dike To Block Reds
The United States moves to convert 6.098 billion dollars into a Europe Asia anti communism dike as Truman signs a broad foreign aid bill. Congress approved the package, overriding a veto to enact a tax cut of about 1.8 billion. Secretary Marshall’s plan guides a 5.3 billion European recovery program with 275 million for Greece and Turkey and 463 million for China.
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Wee
C.P
United States
Europe
Asia
Truman
congress
Harold Knutson
Rep. Minn
stength
armed services committees
senate
house of representatives
Defence
Forrestal
Eisenhower
Russia
Greece
Turkey
China
Soviet Union
state department
western
United Nations International Children’s Fund
MARSHALL
Britain
Miners May Start Work Under White House Action
President Truman ordered Attorney General Clark to seek a court injunction to end the three week soft coal strike. John L. Lewis told 400000 idle miners to decide for themselves about returning to work. A three man fact finding board blamed Lewis for inducing the stoppage and warned of a crisis in the industry and nation.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Tom Clark
United States
Clark
White House
justice department
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Charles G. Ross
Ross
ters
Afghanistan Hopes On US Aid To Modernize Its Economy
Afghan officials in Washington seek a $150 million loan from the Export Import Bank to spark modernization over 12 years. They plan to lure private American investment in mining and petroleum while hundreds of American advisers and engineers map dams roads and factories needed for rapid growth.
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ing
Wall Street Journal
Washington
Afghanistan
accord
Ample Butter For Alberta Needs
Calgary wholesalers warned of a potential butter shortage in eastern Canada and the west coast within the next month, while Alberta would have adequate supply. Snowstorms disrupted rural roads and creameries delaying milk and cream flows, and price ceilings kept Alberta ahead, preventing eastern and Pacific buyers from bidding for remaining stock.
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CALGARY
Canada
west coast
Alberta
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
Pacific coast
Early season ore carriers head toward Great Lakes
Forty iron carriers were on their way toward the upper Great Lakes to load the first ore cargoes of the season. It appeared likely they might open the season a week earlier than last year.
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CLEVELAND
upper Great Lakes
Finland Faces New Problems in Talks on Soviet Pact
Helsinki April 3. President Juho K Paasikivi struggles to decide Finland’s next move in negotiations with Russia toward a Soviet proposed friendship and security pact. Delegates Urho Kekkonen and J O Soederhjelm returned from Moscow yesterday as Paasikivi held hours of talks with advisers and cabinet meetings were cancelled. The Finnish deputies may delay their Moscow return until Monday as parliament's opposition to military clauses influences new instructions.
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HELSINKI
Juho K Paasikivi
Finland
Russia
Moscow
Paasikivi
Urho Kekkonen
J. O. Soederhjzel
Passikivi
Armed Jews Capture Village Near Jerusalem Report
Arab sources said a detachment of armed Jews captured Castel, five miles west of Jerusalem, and moved toward Rim Karem. Arabs claim reinforcements were en route, while Jewish sources neither confirmed nor denied the claim. Palestine police reported ten Arabs found shot in an orange grove near Rehovot on the coast.
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JERUSALEM
Castel
Rim Karem
Judean hills
Holy City
Palestine
Reahovot
cons
Peiping Students Strike Over Union Disbanding Order
Five Peiping universities began a three day strike protesting Chiang Kai-Shek orders to dissolve the North China Students Union. The government claims the union is used by Communists to foment disorders.
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PEIPING
Chiang Kai-Shek
North China Students’ Union
Appeal On Freight Hike Is Assured
The Maritime Board of Trade Transportation Commission served notice to Canada that it will appeal a 21 percent freight rate increase. The appeal, under instruction from the three maritime governments, may go to His Excellency in Council, the Privy Council judicial committee, or the Supreme Court of Canada. The commission represents over 70 Boards of Trade in the maritimes and many industries.
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HALIFAX
transportation commission of the
Maritime Board of Trade
board of transport commissioners
judicial committee of the privy council
supreme court of Canada
Boards of Trade
maritimes
transportation commission
D. R. Turnbull
Tariff filings set for Apr 8 after rail rate increase
Montreal April 3 Tariffs based on a freight rate rise will be filed by Canadian railways next week to take effect April 8. The Canadian maritime commission authorized a 21 percent general increase, drawing sharp objections from the commission which warns of harmful economic effects in the maritime provinces and agriculture. Ottawa reports a government legal expert says appealing may not suspend the board of transport commissioners order.
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MONTREAL
C.P
transport commission
Canadian railways
commission
board of transport commissioners
maritime
transportation commission
maritime freight rates act
OTTAWA
maritime transportation commission
France's Future Brightens as Schuman Stabilizes Gov
Better news from France boosts optimism about the economic and political outlook. Premier Robert Schuman, steering a center-right coalition, has eased dissatisfactions with tax moves and more even food distribution. He faces renewed Communist wage and price pressure, while grain pledges and rising industrial output aim to meet 1948 targets as Paris works to feed cities and rebuild production.
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LONDON
France
Robert Schuman
Schuaan
Schuman
Cost of living index hits new high in Feb
Ottawa reports the official cost-of-living index rose to 150.8 in February, a record high above 150.6. The 0.7 point gain occurred entirely outside food, with fruits and vegetables falling while clothing, home furnishings, services, and fuel rose. The index, based on 1935-39 living costs, shows January surged 18 points and late-1947 increases reached 27. Major food price boosts drive the overall rise.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
France Beats England in Amateur Soccer Match
France defeated England 2 0 in Ilford Essex on April 3 with both goals in the first half.
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ILFORD
Essex
England
Reuters
France
Secret atomic task force sails near Eniwetok says Honolulu paper
Honolulu Advertiser reports an atomic task force sailed March 8 from Pearl Harbor toward Eniwetok in view of a Russian vessel. Four Russian ships reportedly trailed, while the Navy warned papers not to publish ship movements. Observers cite engineering staff and possible missile testing ramps at Eniwetok for atomic warhead experiments.
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HONOLULU
United States navy
Honlulu
Eniwetok
Pearl Harbor
Dnestr
Honolulu Harbor
navy
The
Advertiser
Willam S Parsons
Howe Warns Of Dangers Of CCF
Port Arthur April 3 Liberals warn that the CCFP party and Communist associates must not gain strength or control Canada’s government. Howe cites Moscow pressure in 1945 and warns of an explosive situation while praising industrial growth and voicing hope for pension reforms and pension contributions.
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PORT ARTHUR
Howe
CCFP
Liberal Association
Moscow
Redy
Liberal party
CCF
Mr Howe
Canada
Tension In Berlin Grows Amid Blockade Near Soviet Zone
In Berlin American forces blockaded a Soviet building in the American sector to bar entry of 22 Russians and reinforced with troops. A roadblock will operate 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the main highway toward Potsdam near Wannsee as General Clay refrained from comment on the move while signaling it as a countermeasure to Soviet controls.
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United States
ERLIN
Berlin
Potsdam
Lucius D. Clay
Wannsee
Russia
Germany
Eugene W Hilton
Clay
Hilton
Libel Trial Starts In Alberta Defamation Case
Edmonton April 3 Lawyers for prosecution and defence finalize briefs in Alberta libel action against three Canadians two newspaper men and a social worker charged with conspiracy to commit defamatory libel The defendants include Jack Kent Cooke Harold Dingman and Dr Charlotte Whitton The case stems from a New Liberty Magazine article Babies For Export and a related report about adoption practices Royal commission will probe the documents' assertions amid calls for wide witness testimony and a $1510 fee for outside counsel.
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EDMONTON
C.P
defence
Alberta
Jack Kent Cooke
New Liberty
Harold Dingman
Liberty
Ottawa
Charlotte Whitton
Cooke
Dingman
Dr Whitton
Roy H. Thomson
New Liberty board
wittess
wofe
Whitton
Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire
C. S. Blanchard
Calgary
Abraham Muller
J. J. Frawley
Stanley McCuaig
Gorge Steer
Joseph Sedgwick
Toronto
Sedgwick
Alberta Law Society
Morday
commonwealth
co.epir.cv
royal commission 4
Truman signs history making foreign aid bill
President Truman signed the 96 098 000 000 foreign aid bill into law describing the act as a momentous step toward enduring world peace. Other items note a possible Ottawa freight rates debate, calls to reconsider UN membership for Italy and Transjordan, Barbara Ann Scott’s autograph selling for 100 dollars, a Manitoba baby's death in a fire, an unidentified submarine seen near the Aleutians, and Canadians may join a Maple Leaf Legion for Palestine service.
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TRUMAN
WASHINGTON
OTTAWA
C.P
commons
LAKE SUCCESS
United Nations security council
Italy
Trany-Jordan
U.N
BARBARA ANN
Barbara Ann Scott
J. H. Yul
Kinsmen club
MANITOBA
GREAT FALLS
Man
Annie Cook
Josephine Lillian Cook
ALASKA
NOME
Kiska island
Aleutian chain
Robert G. McNary, Jr
Portland
Ore
HOLY LAND
TORONTO
Palestine
wart
Samuel Dubiner
Camadtive Lexene for Free Palestine
Maple Leaf Legion
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U.S
UMW
SRAB
Henry A. Wallace
senate armed services committee
Egypt
Farouk
Kafr Saad
Kharbia
H.C. OF
L. SOARING
Vladivostok
Buck Buchwach
United Press
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