Senate Panel Backs 3 Percent Pay Rise for Armed Forces
The Senate armed services committee voted a 3 percent base pay increase for all service members, with cost of living boosts for rations and quarters. The plan trims total cost versus the House while favoring living-expense items, reducing annual expense by about 375 million dollars. Changes include higher subsistence for officers and enlisted, new family allowances, and adjusted housing quarters for enlisted personnel.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
House
Richard B. Russell D.gay
Senate
Russell
Prades
Fire devastates Clinton Hotel in Philadelphia blaze
Shortly after 1 a.m. smoke engulfed the seven story Clinton Hotel on 10th Street near Spruce, forcing more than 100 guests to flee. Firefighters from over 30 companies battled seven alarms as orange flames roared through upper floors. No fatalities were reported though authorities warned of near total destruction and a loss near 1 million dollars. Roof fires spread to adjacent three story apartments prompting evacuations of five buildings.
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Philadelphia
Clinton Hotel
10Th St
Spruce St
City Hall
A. Patrick
Joe Golden
Clinton St
French Cabinet Falls as Arms Tax Defeated
Paris report: France’s 19th cabinet since liberation collapsed as Premier Edgar Faure lost a 309-to-283 vote on a 15 percent tax plan intended to fund a $4 million defense program tied to Lisbon defense aims. President Vincent Auriol began seeking new leaders and funds while Communists blamed the tax and defense push.
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Paris
France
Vincent Auriol
Lisbon
Edgar Faure
National Assembly
Assembly
Uy Aus
Jacques Duclos
Vincent Aurio
Elysee Palace
Duclos
Faure
Negotiations break down as Western Union strikepoll begins
Washington February 29, negotiations between Western Union Telegraph Co and the Commercial Telegraphers Union AFL have broken off. The CTU division of about 30 000 members will poll for a strike vote likely to run through March. The company rejected demands for a 40 hour week and higher pay, warning the union total cost could rise by about 50 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
Commercial Telegraphers Union
AFL
Adolph Brungs
CTU
Western Union Division
New York City
Brungs
Western Union
Wilcox
Western Union Vicc Ent
Acheson to Appeal for Foreign Aid Support
Secretary of State Dean Acheson to appeal to the nation for more billions in foreign aid. He will stress European rearmament progress as justification and launch a broad media campaign with radio and television to reach the public. He reported to the House foreign affairs committee on talks with British and German ministers during his London mission.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
State Department
Acheson
London
Lisbon
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Richards
Min
Where to Find It Listing of Newspaper Sections
The notice enumerates where readers can find various features in the newspaper. It lists sections such as Beach Combing, Bridge, Classified Ads, Comics, Editorial, Financial, Obituaries, Political News, Radio and Television, Shipping, Sports, Theaters, Tides Temperatures, and Women's Activities with page references. No events or people are named.
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Boyle
Soviet Katyn Katyn Forest row draws Soviet ire
Washington February 29 The Soviet embassy denounced a House subcommittee invitation to hear the Russian side of the Katyn Forest massacre of Polish war prisoners as an insult to the Soviet Union The embassy made the rejection public in a State Department note Madden D Ind defended the inquiry saying the Russians must have evidence otherwise they would accuse the Germans Polish American groups pressed for the inquiry and the massacre surfaced in 1943 with 10600 Poles buried in Katyn Forest near Smolensk Russia
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Washington
Soviet Union
House
Katyn Forest
State Department
Rep. Maden
D.-Ind
Madden
Katyn
Smolensk
Russia
Weather outlook shows clearing Saturday afternoon
Weather forecast indicates Showen tonight and Saturday with clearing by Saturday afternoon. Expect little change in temperature and brisk winds.
Revenue Bureau Hit Again Cut From 7000 Planned Jobs
The House appropriations committee today recommended 700 new Internal Revenue Service employees instead of 7000, in a $3,442,455,000 Treasury and Post Office bill for the year beginning July 1. The cut, 2 percent from Truman’s request, leaves the bureau with a $270,007,000 budget, up from last year.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Bureau of Internal Revenue
House
Treasury
Post Office
Truman
Bureau of In
Treasury Department
Post Officer Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Conciliators Seek to Block Oil Walkout Nationwide
Federal mediators pressed unions and companies to delay a March 10 oil strike. CIO AFL and independent oils bowed to a one week postponement requested by Cyrus S. Ching, affecting about 25,000 west coast CIO workers. Union leaders pledged to abide while key groups vote on strikes. Wilson eyed possible White House action if mediation fails.
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CIO
AFL
Independent Oil Uions
Cyrus S. Ching
Charles F. Armin
Long Beach
West Coast
Charles E. Wilson
Presi
New England Battles Snow Blanket Across Region
Boston reports a fresh snowfall from dawn extending into the afternoon, adding about three inches to the 14 to 20 inches already plaguing the area. Power remains out for about a quarter of homes, roads mostly one lane, and cape towns rely on plows and supply trucks amid shortages.
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Boston
Cape Lod
Weather Bureau
Cape
Strong U N Tank Raid Blasts Foe at Kumsong
Seoul Feb 29 AP A powerful Allied tank raid smashed through the former Red supply base at Kumsong on the central front. Eight inch howitzers and a 155 mm self propelled gun supported the strike which lasted over three hours. One prong moved through Kumsong while the other hit Chinese positions east and south of the base. Some 46 ton General Fatton tanks were damaged but others were towed back to base.
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Seoul
Korea
Kumsong
Prneth Ad
LE Cibus
U. N
General Fatton
Narcotic raid nets 15 after teen informant tip
In Richmond and nearby counties last night and today narcotics agents jailed 13 men and 2 women following information from a repentant youth who once smuggled heroin across the Mexican border near San Diego. One man was wounded when fleeing. The informant, 20, said trips brought morphine heroin and marijuana valued at about $2000 each. Officers seized morphine heroin and marijuana. The shooting occurred at Edward Neal's Richmond apartment as he tried to escape.
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Richmond
San. Diego
George Jones
Te Chire
Jones
Contra Costa
Alameda
Fred Barumoeller
Edward Neal
Neal
Francis Dwyer
Eddie G Robinson Jr Jailed as Bail Provided by Actor Father
Beverly Hills February 29 Edward G Robinson rushed from a Los Angeles stage to secure his son Edward G Robinson Jr bail after a warrant from Santa Ana charged him with issuing a bad check for 139 dollars to a Fuller-ton garage worker. The younger Robinson, aided by his new wife Frances Chisholm, posted $10,000 bail via a bondsman and was released shortly after. He called the charge a bum beef, saying he stopped payment due to an overcharge for tires.
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Beverly Hills
Edward G. Robinson
Biltmore Theater
Los Angeles
Edward G. Robinson Jr
Robinson
Jack Gold
Beverly Hits
Young Robinson
Frances Chisholm
Robinson Junior
Miss Chisholm
Santa Ana
Fullerton
A. J. Ledger
Junior
Bee
Girl Slays Father in Fight Over Onion
In Van Nuys on February 29, 44 year old Frank Lee was stabbed to death by his daughter Lorraine Moreno 19 after an argument over the last onion. Moreno was booked on suspicion of murder as officers reported family disputes had occurred previously. The fatal stabbing followed Lee stabbing back but collapsed about 150 feet from the house with the onion in his hand.
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van Nuys
Frank Lee
Pacoima
Lorraine Moreno
Lee
North Koreans Plan Demonstrations on Uprising Anniversary
Tokyo dispatch cites Kyodo News that North Koreans plan demonstrations tomorrow to mark the 1919 uprising against Japanese rule. The report notes anticipation of protests tied to the historic revolt and calls for resistance against colonization.
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Tokyo
Kyodo Newa Agency
Ane
Thirteenth Appeal Unlucky San Diego Slayer to Doom
William Jerome Phyle, 37, was executed in San Quentin's gas chamber for the 1945 murder of Elmer Frazee, a watchman at a Pacific Beach housing project. His 13th and final appeal followed 12 prior delays.
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San Quentin
William Jerome Phyle
San Diego
Phyle
Los Angeles
Elmer E. Frezee
Pacific Beach Federal Housing Project
Frazee
Escondido
Calif
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