Pontiff denounces Hungary and church persecution
Pope Pius XII addressed about 250000 in St. Peter’s Square urging that Communist Hungary’s Mindszenty case shows religious oppression. He warned against church state deals. praised faithful, condemned persecution, and contrasted modern tactics with ancient torturers as crowds cheered in the open air mass.
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Atican City
Pius XII
Jones Cardinal Mindazenty
Hungary
St. Peter's Church
Mindszenty
Pope
Papa
Chinese Navy Confirms Hua Vessel Disappearance
Shanghai reports the Chinese navy confirms the Hua vanished last week. Shen Pao notes no air strike occurred against the vessel, which was said to head for the Communist-held port of Dalian after prior reports of being sunk by army bombers.
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Shanghai
Hua
Shen Pao
Dalian
Axis Sally defense witness cites Nazi death threat rule
In the Axis Sally treason trial a defense witness Emil Beckman testified that Nazi radio workers were warned they faced punishment for any false utterance. He said Mildred Gillars had no say in German propaganda. The witness claimed she was told of strict conformity to Nazi policy and that one false statement could lead to removal.
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Washington
Emil W. K. Beckman
Mildred E. Gillars
Miss Gillars
Germany
U. S
Beckmann
Norway to join Atlantic Pact oppose Soviets
Oslo Feb 21 AP Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvard Lange announced Norway will align with the Atlantic pact and reject Russia’s non aggression treaty. The Labor Party backed the pro Western policy 229 to 33 amid Parliament’s near unanimous support. final parliamentary debate pending. Lange also said Sweden proposed a Scandinavian defense union based on neutrality.
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Oslo
Norway
Halvard M. Lange
Russia
Lange
Atlantic Alliance
Washington
Two Fugitive Felons Give Up to Posse
Hungry and tired two life term prisoners who escaped from Monterey County Jail at Salinas surrendered to officers in the San Simeon Creek area. The third escapee Ollen Graimes 37 was believed spotted in brush as a 75 man posse searched rugged country. The two companions Robert Graimes 34 a Marysville kidnapping suspect and Arthur T Wilson a Los Angeles robber surrendered after terrorizing a family to obtain a car which they abandoned. The family of Mr and Mrs Vaninetti were restrained with neckties and torn sheet strips. John Vaninetti and wife were tied as the car was stolen and found wrecked early Saturday.
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San Luis Obispo
Monterey County
Salinas
San Simeon Creek
Ollen Graimes
Robert Graimes
Marysville
Arthur T. Wilson
Los Angeles
John Vaninetti
Vaninetti
Michael Vaninetti
Berlin riot blocks Oliver Twist screening again
In BERUN Polish Jewish displaced persons rioted outside a British sector theater over the anti Semitic portrayal of Fagin. Police using clubs and hoses struggled to contain the crowd as the Kurfürstendamm melee continued prompting a suspension of the showing.
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Berlin
Kurbel
J. Arthur Rank
Fagin
Associated Press
Kurfuerstendamm
Farmers Assert TH Labor Act End Not Ordered
Washington Feb 21 UP The National Grange told Congress that those who claim the November election mandates repeal of the Taft Hartley labor law are in error. The grange said farmers played a decisive role in Truman’s reelection and that the act has had a corrective effect on labor disputes. J T Sanders presented the views to the Senate labor committee as it weighs replacing the act with a law closer to the original Wagner act. The Senate fight is expected to be the main battleground.
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Washington
National Grange
Congress
The
Grange
Truman
J. T. Sanders
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
House
Capitol
Sen
Morse
R.ore
National Association of Manufacturers
United States Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach Palm Trees Devastated By Disease
Disease ravages palm trees in Long Beach prompting city concern and agricultural notes. Details unclear, but impact on local palms noted in daily highlights with page references.
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Long Beach
Chianre
Bandleader Jimmy Dorsey’s home destroyed by fire
Hollywood fire tears through bandleader Jimmy Dorsey’s palatial Toluca home burning one wing and ruining his irreplaceable records and musical arrangements. Mrs Dorsey, 39, rescued in serious condition with burns to face hands and chest. Firemen with six engines battled the blaze as saxophonist away on tour. Fire investigators undecided on cause.
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Hollywood
Jimmy Dorey
Dorsey
Hay From Air Kills Utah Sheepherder
A bale of hay dropped from a plane struck and killed 60 year old ee Peacock of Salina Utah, marking the second fatality from inair hay drops by Western airlift operations. Earlier this month a Navajo woman died after a package was dropped to snowbound Arizona Indians.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Ee Peacock
Salina
Arizona
Fire destroys nearly 100 huts in Shanghai slums
SHANGHAI February 21 nearly 100 straw huts in Shanghai slums were destroyed by fire that left about 5000 homeless. The blaze raged for two hours and the cause remained undetermined.
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Shanghai
Hoover Unit Urges State Dept Change
The Hoover Commission urged a top to bottom overhaul of the State Department to remove flaws in handling foreign relations. It faulted postwar overload and low esteem among lawmakers, press, public, and officials, proposing staff expansions, new deputy undersecretaries, and a merged foreign service. It also called for expert negotiators and a unified foreign affairs service while opposing civilian control transfer of Allied military governments.
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Ashington
Hoover Commission
State Department
Congress
Commission
United States
Philip C. Jessup
Washington
Foreign Service
Europe
Japan
Rival Health Programs Costs Stir Debate on U S Health Plans
A Washington debate erupts over national health programs with rival estimates. Dr Channing Frothingham's committee argues the AMA plan raises billions for care of the aged and chronically ill while Dr George Fairless Lull estimates the administration plan at 18 billion dollars per year and notes payroll deductions. The AMA contrast includes criticism of the Truman proposal as too costly and no price given for AMA subsidized plans.
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Ashington
American Medical Association
Truman National Health Insurance Program
Channing Frothingham
Boston
George Fairless Lull
Chicago
Heath
Congress
Lull
Army
Veterans’ Administration
Frothingham
A.M. A
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