ERP Brain Trust To Push European Trade Revival
AURIS Feb 17 AP: 19 European Recovery Program areas form a brain trust to speed Europe's revival. An executive council of cabinet rank headed by Paul-Henri Spaak will coordinate a long-range recovery program with ministers from Britain, France, Italy, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. A second OEEC structure review is planned. Cripps and Petache begin talks on French British trade issues.
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Auris
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Organization For European Economic Recovery
OEREC
Britain
France
Italy
Holland
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Of&c
OEEC
Robert Marjolin
Spaak
Unemployment Payments Hit 4 Million Weekly Turbulence
Washington reports government estimates show about 4 million people collect unemployment benefits weekly. Total weekly payments reach roughly 40 million dollars, supporting 2 000 000 on jobless rolls with about two fifths of his prior earnings. Congress debated funds to boost state employment offices and administer benefits as filings rise.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Employment Security
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Frank B. Keefe
R.wis
Earl Wilson
R.ind
Thomas B. McCabe
Federal Reserve Board
Secretary to Tucker Called by Probers
Government subpeonaed Doris Jordan secretary to Preston Tucker to testify at a grand jury probe of the Tucker Corp. A separate warrant seized books and records from assistant secretary James K. Collidge as the inquiry opens Monday in Chicago.
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Chicago
Preston Tucker
Doris Jordan
Cker Corp
State Opens Case in Priest Murder
YREKA February 17 District Attorney Fred Burton expects to produce at least 20 prosecution witnesses in the murder trial of Winford Nelson Garvin 23 Oklahoma milhland. Garvin is charged with murdering Catholic Father Francis J. Parolin in a Weed hotel room on October 13. Burton began testimony with three witnesses and said the case would take about two weeks.
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Yreka
Fred Burton
Winford Nelson Garvin
Oklahoma
Garvin
Francis J. Parolin
Weed
Burton
Polish Priests Put on Trial for Collaboration with Underground Band
A Polish military tribunal began the trial of two Catholic priests, Rev. Kazimierz Fertak and Rev. Wiktor Lubinski, who are accused of absolving murderers of responsibility and instigating further crimes. The proceedings start amid wartime tensions in Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Poland
Kazimierz Fertak
Wiktor Lubinski
Bomb Kills Two In Central Saigon Store
A bomb exploded in a large Saigon store killing two people, including a guard who was trying to dispose of the device. Police blamed Viet Namese terrorists for the attack amid rising unrest in Indo China.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Rebels’ Kin Detained in Athens Arrests
Greek police today detained Fustratios onnides and his son Christodouros, brother and nephew of rebel government head John Tonnides. Officials said they have no ties to the Communist leader.
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Athens
Fustratios Onnides
Christodouros
John Tonnides
Beef Prices Dip While Most Foods Hold Steady
Beef cuts fell about two percent this week with sirloin leading the decline, while eggs eased a few cents in several cities. Meat buyers expect moderate price rises for most meat other than pork in coming weeks despite spring output forecasts, and analysts note lower cocoa costs shifting wholesale dynamics without immediate retail change.
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Uae
Detroit
Chicago
Jacksonville
Flo
Boston
New York
Washington, D.C
Los Angeles
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
South Dakota
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
BAE
Labor
Tobin
Congressional Economic” Committee
Bureau of Labor Statistics
West Europe Hopeful U S Will Pledge Aid in NATO
Western European nations remained hopeful for an open U S pledge of military support in the proposed North Atlantic security treaty. Officials noted debate over wording tied to the U N charter and constitutional limits on declaring war, with senators weighing whether to include automatic military action.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Renea
Sen. Vandenberg
R.mich
U. N
Vandenberg
Acheson
Senate
Truman
Congress
United States
Connally
D.-Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Pope to Elevate New Cardinals Amid Canonizations
Vatican City reports indicate Pope Pius XII will fill 14 Sacred College vacancies. A secret consistory is planned to approve the canonization of Jean De Lestonnac and Maria Giuseppe Rossello, with potential new nominations to be announced in Osservatore Romano.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Sacred College
Vatican
Jean de Lestonnac
Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Maria Giuseppe Rossello
Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy
Ome
Osservatore Romano
Five State Meet Advances Upper Colorado Pact
Representatives from Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Utah and Arizona met in Lake City to draft a per basin compact distributing upper basin shares of the Colorado River. Clifford H Stone of Denver chaired the committee seeking congressional approval this year. The compact, written at Vernal Utah and signed at Santa Fe NM last year, aims to secure approved status.
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Gant Lake City
Colorado
Wyoming
Upice
Utah
Arizona
Congress
Clifford H. Stone
Denver
Upper Colorado
River Basin State Committee
Upper
Colorado River Basin
Compact Commission
Vernal
Santa Fe
N. M
Chaim Weizmann Becomes Israel's First President
Chaim Weizmann was inaugurated in Jerusalem as the first president of the new state of Israel. He took the oath, received a golden key to the city, and rode in a ceremonial procession with officials and security details as crowds cheered. He won 83 votes to 15 for Prof Yosef Klausner, amid a contested vote featuring Herut party backing Klausner.
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Jerusalem
Chaim Weizmann
Israel
J. Chaim Ben Ozer Weizmann
Jong
Dr. Weizmann
Nazareth
Welzmann
Rehovat
Atec
Yosef Klausner
Klausner
Herut (Freedom) Party
Menachem Belgin
Irgun
Zval Leumi
Overload Blamed in Copter Crash at Post Office
In Santa Monica on February 17, officials blamed an overload of mail pouches for the January 21 crash of a letter-carrying helicopter. Pilot Harry A. Slemmons, 27, died in the attempted takeoff from the downtown Terminal Annex Post Office roof. A loading inspector now weighs all mail loads.
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Santa Monica
Willam H. Green
Civil Aeronautics Board
Harry A. Slemmons
Terminal Annex
Fred M. Milan
Los Angeles Airways
Gov
Earless boy to get grown ears in stomach implants
Eight year old Jimmy Meader of Hartstown Pa was born without ears. Plastic surgeon Dr S M Dupertuis will harvest rib cartilage to form ears in his abdomen to grow tissue before transplanting to the head. Police car tickets arise after drivers complain about violators.
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Xttsburgh
Jimmy Meader
Hartstown
Children's Hospital
Jimmy
Convict Wright Escapes Callahan County Jail Using Hook
In Baird Texas February 17 sheriff Joe Pierce recounts Columbus Wright a burglary charge prisoner transferred from Abilene jail escaped by using a improvised hook made from broom and mop handles to fish keys from a desk drawer unlock doors and depart the facility.
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Baird
Texas
Callahan County
Joe Pierce
Columbus Wright
Abilene
Wright
Parking Law Is for Police Too
Police department enforcement is discussed with emphasis on applying traffic rules to officers, noting potential conflicts between duty and parking violations as the law is interpreted in practice.
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Washington
The
Police Department
WACs Will Get New Look Too in 1940s style
SAN ANTONIO Texas Feb 17 4 Fashion will follow women into the WAC Col Mary Halloren director of the Women's Army Corps inspecting WAC installations in San Antonio said WAC styles will follow civilian fashions. If the new look reaches ankle length dresses there will have to be a limit.
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SAN _ ANTONIO
Texas
WAC
Mary Halloren
Women's Army Corps
San Antonio
Russian Roulette Claims New Victim in Albuquerque
In Albuquerque on February 17, 22-year-old Glenn Hanks was critically wounded by a head shot after being shown a two of a Russian roulette handgun by Raymond Padilla. Witnesses say Hanks told Tommy Williams his rent was in arrears and demonstrated the deadly game before the weapon fired while Williams read a magazine.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Glenn Hanks
Raymond Padilla
Hanks
Tommy Willams
Williams
Refugees claim they forged Mindszenty trial papers
Laszlo Sutner and his wife Hanna, Hungarian refugees in Vienna, say they helped forge documents used in Cardinal Mindszenty's trial on orders from the Hungarian police. They describe themselves as handwriting experts for the Communist government and say they improved on a forged letter and produced additional documents. U.S. authorities are reviewing microfilms and continuing the investigation.
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Vienna
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Laszlo Sutner
Hanna
Tris
U.S
Suthers
Minds Zenty
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Arthur I. Miller
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