Civil Rights Issue Faces Filibuster
The Senate may plunge into a filibuster against President Truman's civil rights proposals as Southern Democrats oppose a two thirds rule change to curb debate. Republicans split, with some backing delay, while administration aides weigh moving to a TaftHartley substitute amid delay and political maneuvering.
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Ashington
Senate
Truman
Senate Rules Committee
Hayden
D.ariz
Sen
Lucas
Tlllnois
Acton
Dixie
Mountain Park Plan Opposed By Rep Engle
U S Rep Engle of California opposes a plan to create a park in the giant sugar pine area via a forest land stumpage exchange. He supports protecting the sugar pines but says the proposal would force mountain counties to cover one fourth of the park’s cost. He notes local counties already receive one fourth of timber revenue from forest lands.
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Washington
Engle
D.-Calif
California
U. S. Forest
U. & Dorest
Hereford Bull Prince Rupert Heads for Slaughter
Des Moines reports Prince Rupert a $38,000 Hereford bull that never produced offspring, deemed sterile after five years of corrective care. Gov Roymer of Oklahoma ordered its slaughter, ending a noted episode since Turner bought Rupert in 1943 for a record high price.
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Des Moines
Prince Rupert
Gov
Roymer
Oklahoma
Turner
Rupert
Youth Hunted in Holdup Case
Police seek a 16 year old boy in a robbery of 15 year old Edward L. Fuller at Park Circle and Chester Place. The attacker used a pistol and took 24 dollars from a money bag then fled on the victim’s bicycle. Fuller recovered the bicycle at Ninth Street and Daisy Avenue and notified authorities.
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Edward L. Fuller
W. Seventh
Fuller
Park Circle
Chester Pl
Ninth St
Daisy Ave
Woman leads police to unconscious man at San Francisco shrine
In San Francisco on February 8 a blonde woman under the influence guided officers to an unconscious 37 year old man, William Mitchell of Sacramento, at the Shrine of St Francis near Grace Cathedral. Mitchell, treated for sleeping pill overdose, was in critical condition. The woman, 21 year old Jeanne Westwood of Berkeley, had recently been reported missing and was found with similar symptoms. She was taken to Central Emergency Hospital.
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San Francisco
St. Francis
Grace Cathedral
Nob Hill
William Mitchell
Sacramento
Mission Emergency Hospital
Jeanne Westwood
Dana St
Berkeley
Central Emergency Hospital
Mitchell
Arab Nations Plan Armistice Talks at Rhodes
In Cairo a senior Arab League official said six Arab states plus Egypt will enter armistice talks with Israel. They will accept Bunche’s Rhodes invitation but await Egypt Israel talks results. Governments of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen approved the decision. All but Transjordan were represented.
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Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Arab League
Rhodes
United Nations
Ralph Bunche
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
Transjordan
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Trans- Jordan
Yangtze Clash: Nationalist Vessels Sink Red Ships
Nationalist patrol boats attacked a flotilla of Communist supply craft west of Wuhu on the Yangtze, sinking several Red boats and capturing 32 junks along with a number of prisoners. The clash signaled a flare in China’s dormant civil war as peace talks faltered and leaders maneuvered for influence.
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Anking
China
Yangtze
Wuhu
Nanking
Chiang Kelshel
Shanghai
Solons Pass Measure by 356 to 9 Vote
The House approves a bill granting President Truman broad, permanent power to reorganize the executive branch with a veto by Congress. The measure, after a 356 to 9 vote, moves to the Senate where Hoover supports reforms. The plan envisions merging agencies and a $3 billion potential saving, with a single package requirement for major reorganizations.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
House
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Executive ‘Expenditures Committee
Hoover
Executive Branch
Department of Public Welfare
Federal Security Agency
Oscar Ewing
Interior Department
Army
Corps of Engineers
Defense Department
Interstate Commrce _Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Reserve Board
National Mediation Board
Railway Retirement Board
Railway Adjustment Board
Bailey
D-W. Va
Mason, Nelson, O'Hara
Minnesota
O'Kenski
Shafer
Short
Taber
Wolcott
Rankin
D.-Miss
Lapham to Seek Formosa Aid From Washington
Lapham, head of the American Aid to China Mission, said he will fly to Washington on February 16 to request more assistance for Formosa. He stressed the program would benefit the people and not a favored few, as Formosa is viewed as a likely refuge if the mainland falls to the Reds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Roger D. Lapham
American Aid To China
Washington
Lapham
China
ECA Approves Aid for Austria Rice Purchase
The Economic Cooperation Administration approved spending $40,000 of Marshall Plan funds for rice to Austria. The allocation is part of $53,368,000 in new foreign aid announced yesterday. Rice will be bought in the United States or its possessions.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
Austria
ECA
United States
Grand Jury Probe of Clubs Asked
Los Angeles February 8 District Attorney William F Simpson seeks a grand jury investigation of Pyra mid Friendship Clubs focusing on Club Algiers on the east side raided by investigators last week Indictment is planned for Ralph Reynolds manager of the club on criminal conspiracy charges Reynolds free on 2500 bail pending preliminary hearing on grand theft and pool selling charges He allegedly organized a friendship club and paid kickbacks Deputy DA John Barnes said the inquiry will examine how dues are collected and their disposition After the raid officials said gangsters aimed to seize Pyramid Clubs as the opening wedge to a numbers racket.
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Los Angeles
William F. Simpson
Simpson
Algiers
East Side
Ralph Reynolds
Reynolds
John Barnes
Mindszenty life sentence shocks world church leaders
World reaction poured in from Vatican and European churches after Hungary’s Communist dominated court handed Cardinal Mindszenty a life term. Pope Pius XII voiced sorrow, bishops urged prayers, and critics called it a savage attack on the Christian church.
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London
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
People's Court
Hungary
Jhhurch
Meniseacay Venoene
Pius XII
Vatican City
Vatican
Germany
Trier
Friedrich Rudolf Bornewaeser
Jor
Paderborn
Laurentius Jaeger
Seven, Six of One Family, Dead After Kentucky Fire
A farm fire near Ampbellsville Kentucky killed seven people, six from one family. Walter Lee Durham his wife and four children died in the home while Lee Durham of Louisville died later at Rosary Hospital. Only Violet May, the oldest daughter, survived while visiting relatives on the same farm. Authorities cited kerosene ignition as the blast source.
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Ampbellsville
Rosary Hospital
Walter Lee
Bob} Durham
Lee Durham
Louisville
Walter
Here
Durham
Violet May
Lizzie Durham
Raided Smokers Showed 480 Taken to Court
Philadelphia police raided a downtown smoker and seized 480 people described as principals in an auditorium. It took 10 patrol cars over two hours to transport the crowd to central police court.
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Philadelphia
City Hall
Central Police Court
Sunland to get Florida prefix after dial system
Sunland, February 8, VF reports residents react to the change as the SunlandTujunga Telephone Co completes a dial system. The expected exchange prefix will be Florida next Sunday amid cries of heresy and traitor from locals.
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Sunland
Sunland- Tujunga Telephone Co
California
Florida
Indian No DP He Tells Detective
Cincinnati Feb 8 PT city detective Floyd Niswon reports a fragmented crime case involving an Indian suspect with unfamiliar initials. The brief item notes confusion over initials DP and indicates ongoing police inquiry.
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Cincinnati
Pt City
Floyd Niswon
Pennsylvania considers Great Dane as state dog
In Harrisburg on February 8, Rep. William H. Milliken Jr. introduced a bill to designate the Great Dane as Pennsylvania’s official state dog, noting existing symbols include a state seal coat of arms flag flower tree and bird but no state dog.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
William H. Milliken Jr
Delaware County
Milliken
Ohio Lawmaker Seeks Plain English Bills Reform
Ohio State Representative John L. Smith proposes a 4 resolution to require bills be written in precise everyday English. He notes lawmakers struggle to understand many measures and argues clearer wording would aid voters and legislators alike.
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Columbus
John L. Smith
Smith
Ohio House
Sam Smith
P U C Probes California Rail Safety After Full Crew Repeal
The California Public Utilities Commission began investigating railroad safety across the state citing rail union complaints that the repeal of the Full Crew Act compromises safety. The probe, announced in San Francisco on February 8, targets operating practices and crews to assess potential risks arising from reduced crew sizes.
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San Francisco
California
Public Utities Commission
iNo Vacancies Jobless Warned
Los Angeles mayor Fletcher Bowron tells the veterans employment committee that immigration drives current unemployment, not seasonality. He cites 185000 unemployed in the city, including 50000 veterans and 50000 non veterans, with 1 055000 men sent abroad and 1600000 within California. He notes housing and jobs are scarce despite 17000 more employed than a year ago.
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Los Angeles
California
Fletcher Bowron
Veterans’ Employment Committee
Bowron
Raid Proposed to Free Cardinal Mindszenty
LOS ANGELES February 8 State Sen Jack Tenney a mayoral candidate announced plans to lead a delegation of brave men to Hungary to free Cardinal Mindszenty He said protests have failed and he would act with authority from the United States or its president to demand an end to the Cardinal's persecution trial in Communist occupied Hungary
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Los Angeles
Jack Tenney
Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
Tenney
United States
Slaying of Four of Family Probed
Medina New York authorities probed the shotgun deaths of Andrew Hagerman 5, Nancy 7, and their grandmother 90 in their home. Carl Hagerman 29 shot himself on the front porch after injuring his wife Frances 28 who was taken to Medina Memorial Hospital in serious condition. Coroner Laverne Waters withheld death certificates until she could be questioned. Hagerman, a bartender and former VFW commander, served on Iwo Jima and had prior quarrels with his wife. The children and grandmother were found in the living room and stairway. table for four remained untouched. Supper was ready in the kitchen.
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Medina
N. Y
Andrew Michael Hagerman
Nancy
Bessierman
New York
Laverne Waters
Carl Hagerman
Frances
Waters
Medina Memorial Hospital
Samuel Gibbs
Medina Police
Hagerman
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ese Mor Nes
Iwo Jima
Gibbs
Roco Posts Safe Code After Repeated Burglary
Houston grain dealer C. E. Roco posted his safe combination after burglars damaged the safe for the third time. Last night intruders entered his store for the fourth time, taking rifle cartridges and pocket knives, but the safe remained undisturbed.
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Houston
Texas
C. E. Roco
Rogo
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