Hoover warns against land war in Europe
Former President Herbert Hoover told Senate committees that Europe cannot be defended with fewer than 100 divisions and warned of utmost danger in involving the United States in a land war. He urged building air and naval power to overwhelm Russia if attacked, and opposed sending four U.S. divisions to Europe without a broader policy.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Europe
United States
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Hoovier
United, States
Britain
Russia
Hoover
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Congress
Truman
Dewey
Stassen
Senate Gop
Taft
I Ohio
California Chief Urges Free Hand for Armed Forces
Gov. Earl Warren called for a free hand for military leaders to decide troop deployments while Congress sets broad goals. He urged continued US military action to roll back aggression and backed reliance on the United Nations despite its flaws. Warren, pale after hospitalization, emphasized pursuing a lasting and just peace in a free world through international cooperation.
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Sacramento
Earl Warren
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Hoover
Congress
Pale
Warren
United Nations
Auto Price Freeze Extension Reached by OPS Officials
Officials of the Office of Price Stabilization said the auto price freeze would be extended beyond March 1 to allow time for new regulations. They plan a general order on manufacturers and cost-based pricing, with a March readiness target, and a spokesman noted no firm decision had been made but the extension appears likely.
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Wye
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Aofficials
Bowron Testifies on Gambler Offer to Help Recall Fight
Los Angeles February 27 Mayor Pletcher Bowron told Senate investigators he was approached with offers of aid from an unnamed gambler. He testified before crime probes as 150 spectators watched in the tracing room and thousands followed on KECA television. Senator Estes Kefauver pressed Bowron on Jimmie Utley and underworld help allegations.
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Los Angeles
Pletcher Bowron
Senate
Bowron
KECA
Fates Fefauver DeTean
Jimmie Utley
Utley
Patty Gould
Weather bulletin warns small craft winds to 25 mph
Small craft advisories remain in effect until 7 am tomorrow for westerly winds of 15 to 25 mph. Skies will be clear tonight and tomorrow with cooler temperatures tonight and rising daytime highs tomorrow.
U S Prosecutor Seeks Death for Truman Assassin Collazo
Washington February 27 The government prosecutor told a federal jury he expects a verdict of death for Oscar Collazo in the Blair House shooting that killed a White House guard during the attempt on President Truman. Collazo 41 Puerto Rican Nationalist faced murder charges.
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Ashington
Fen
Oscar Collazo
White House
Truman
Collaza
Blair House
C. S
George Morris Fay
Fay
Collazo
Griselio Torresala
Lestie Coffelt
Coffelt
Torresela
Joseph KH. Downs
Iria
Yanks Crack Korean Reds Main Line in Hills Chase
American regiment shattered the main Korean Red defenses on the east central front, driving Reds into uncharted hills as five counterattacks were repelled. Col. William R. Quinn said they broke the line and would pursue, peseeking to clear the hills and valleys. Supplies were hauled up steep ridges as Marines and Second Division pressed the drive south of Parallel.
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Poe
William R. Quinn
U. S. Seventh Division
Pangnim
Wonju
Tom Quinn
United Nations
Hoenjisong
U. S
First Marine Division
Truman asks Congress to double second class rate and card fee
President Truman urged doubling second class mail rates and raising postal cards to two cents. He argued these steps would cut the postal deficit and prevent taxpayers from subsidizing newspapers and magazines. He also proposed raising the minimum rate on circulars and advertising matter to two cents.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
News Highlights Off the Teletype
A compact digest outlines where to find the day’s main features across the Santa Ana edition. Highlights include hospital stories from Korea, surgeon reports, and page references for ads, comics, finance, obituaries, editorials, radio and TV, shipping, sports, theaters, tides and temperatures, and women’s activities.
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Santa Ana
Korea Bank
Boyle
Bcemies
Stabilizer to OK 10 pct catch up wage hike formula
Washington February 27 AP A high government official said Eric Johnston will approve the 10 percent catch up wage increase formula while inviting the wage board to reconvene to study modifications. The board’s three labor members quit in protest against the 10 percent pattern. The plan covers increases from January 15 1930 to July 1 and seeks to address wage escalator clauses fringe benefits and inequities under the wage ceiling. A separate order from the National Production Authority directs priority supplies for maintenance to keep plants operating.
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Ashington
Eric Johnston
Johnston
I. Johnston
National Production Authority
Airliner Crashes 33 Escape Death
A Mid-Continent Airlines plane crashed and burned after takeoff from Municipal Airport in Tulsa Oklahoma. Of 33 aboard only three were injured as most passengers and crew walked away from the wreckage which burned for a time. Details of the escapes were not immediately available.
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Tulsa
Okio
Mid-Continent Airlines
Municipal
Truman Hope He Expresses Desire to Jump in Parachute
President Truman told paratroopers at Fort Bragg he long ago wished to jump from an airplane and nearly faced court martial in 1943 or 1944. He recalled visiting the post as a senator and said he still hopes to someday make the jump. The paratroopers later visited the White House rose garden during a Washington tour.
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Washington
Truman
S2nd Airrborne Division
Fort Bragg
N.C
Mr. Truman
White House Rose Garden
Clementis and Czech Reds Seized on Traitors Plot
Prague reports former foreign minister Vlado Clementis and four other top Communist leaders arrested in an alleged plot to kill the Communist president and steer Czechoslovakia westward. The party says it has expelled about 170,000 members since September. Five lesser conspirators are jailed. Sling and Mrs. Svermova are named as involved.
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Czechoslovakia
Vlado Clementis
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovak Communist Central Committee
Iiggest
Clementis
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Communist Party of Bolsheviks
Stalin
Gustav Husak
Corps of Commissioners
Slovakia
Laco Novomesky
Marie Svermova
Jan Sverma
Otto Sling
Picture in P T Lad Hurries Home Dog Rex Killed
Thirteen year old Jay Anderson rushes home from school to see his photo in the Press Telegram with his trained dog Rex. Rex was struck and killed by a truck while playing in front of the Anderson home on Eldorado Street.
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Jay Anderson
Eldorado St
Press- Telegram
Rex
Jay
Anderson
Probers Told of Gift of Furs in RFC Inquiry
Washington February 27. New York furrier testified that attorney Joseph H Rosenbaum paid for a 38540 mink coat given to E Merl Young wife of the White House stenographer. Young had said he paid full price. Wheeler of Gunther Jaeckel said a 175000 RFC loan was preliminarily approved but never finalized due to collateral concerns.
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Washington
New York
Joseph H. Rosenbaum
RFC
E. Merl Young
Young
White House
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Rosenbaum
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Lewis Wheeler
Gunther-Jackel
Manhattan
Wheeler
Gunther Jaeckel
Rita and Aly Khan Expecting Second Child
Cairo dispatch reports actress Rita and Prince Aly Khan expect their second child soon. Their first daughter Yasmin was born December 28, 1949. The couple recently returned from a safari in East Africa.
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Rita
Prince
Stork
Cairo
Egypt
Rita Ayo
Prince Aly Khan
Yasmin
Eest Africa
Dr Becker Breaks Rib To Save Patient At St Johns
A Cleveland hospital report says surgeon Dr August H Becker broke a rib to reach the heart and restore breathing after the patient’s heart stopped on the operating table. The 68 year old Peter M Czarniewski was undergoing abdominal surgery at St Johns Hospital when the crisis occurred.
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Cleveland
St John's Hospital
Peter M. Czarniewski
August H. Becker
Pleven's Coalition May Fall Tonight in Paris
Paris reports indicate Rene Pleven's three party middle-of-the-road cabinet faces a collapse as Parliament prepares votes of confidence on election law reform. Observers say the government may be ousted during the debate over drastic changes to proportional representation aimed at curbing Communist influence. Premier Pleven frames the vote as a confidence test.
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Paris
Rene Pleven
National Assembly
Pleven
GOP Senators Question 18 Draft and UMTS Plan
Republican senators criticized the administration proposal to lower the draft age to 18 and create a long term universal military training system. After a closed conference they signaled opposition to major UMTS points, including extended service, with floor debate expected.
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GOP
Washington
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Russia
Millikin
R.cale
Republican Conference
WANTED TO KEEP HER HOME Husband Gets 60 Days for Chaining His Wife
In Gans North Carolina on February 27 a mill worker was sentenced to 60 days on road work for chaining his 32 year old wife to their trailer bed on two occasions to force her to stay home. The husband testified through authorities while the wife described the abuse and the chain bolted through the trailer floor.
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Gans
Walter Cannon
Moore
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