Witness in Spy Case Reported Located by FBI
Washington March 12. A person with contacts in the Justice Department said the FBI had picked up a photographer linked to prewar espionage claims. The man was located in California, according to Chambers backer. FBI declined to comment and House committee members said they had not been notified. Sen Mundt suggested the figure could corroborate Chambers testimony about copying documents. Chambers, a former courier for a Communist ring, said Alger Hiss supplied him with material. Hiss denies it and awaits trial after a perjury indictment.
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Washington
Justice Department
FBI
Whittaker Chambers
California
House On American Activities Committee
Sen. Mundt
RSD
House Committee
Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
New York
Auto injures six in downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles March 12 a careening automobile running a red light struck a crowded downtown crosswalk injuring six pedestrians. The driver Rozia Bewley a 50 year old housewife denied breaking the signal and said her brakes failed. None of the victims were seriously hurt.
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Los Angeles
Rozia Bewley
Greenland Defense Studied With Denmark For Atlantic Shield
In Washington on March 12, Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen and U S officials discussed Greenland bases amid nine month talks on a North Atlantic defense pact. Denmark's role, possible entry with Italy, Portugal, Iceland, and eight nations moving toward treaty terms were outlined as Rasmussen met with Acheson and Gross. The agreement is to be public next Friday with signing around April 4.
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Ashington
Greenland
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Gustav Rasmussen
State Department
United States
Denmark
Rasmussen
Dean Acheson
Ernest A. Gross
Charles E. Bohlen
Acheson
Copenhagen
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Truman May Take Stump to Whip Up Public Support
KEY WEST March 12 President Truman faced Capitol Hill rebuffs with a smile as aides weighed a potential nationwide trip to bolster his program. He pressed for a Senate compromise on the anti civil rights filibuster and kept in touch with White House developments on coal strike actions while facing opposition to extended rent controls and a Taft Hartley repeal.
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Key West
Fin
Truman
Capitol Hill
Senate
Charles G. Ross
John L. Lewis
James Boyd
Federal Bureau of Mines
White House
John R. Steelman
Washington
Vinson
Independence
Rep. Smathers
D-Fla
Eben Ayers
Laacy
Vingon
Lewis
Boyd
Chal
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Slowdown blamed on corporations in labor broadcast
Washington report says four major unions accused corporations of a gigantic slowdown on union demands in a joint broadcast. James B. Carey, for Philip Murray, led the charge against the Taft Hartley Act, alongside AFL, Machinists, and Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. Senator Thomas moderated, promoting repeal via a modified Wagner Act.
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Washington
James B. Carey
I. 0
Philip Murray
Democratic National Committee
International Association of Machinists
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Sen
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Carey
William Green
American Federation of Labor
America
T U Keeps Papers Shut
In Portland Oregon March 12 the ICRA new dispute between the International Typographical Union AFL Local 58 and the Oregon Journal and Portland Oregonian halted publication after a three week web pressmen strike. General manager Frey of the Oregonian and publisher Jackson of the Journal said the union refused to return to work until contract demands were met. Clayton of the union said adjustments would be requested but publishers claimed they had no time to negotiate. The publishers stated the union demanded full pay for all layoff time.
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Portland
Ore
ICRA
International Typographical Union
A. F.L
Oregon Journal
Portland Oregonian Tonight
M. J. Frey
The
Oregonian
Philip J. Jackson
Journal
Typographical
A. R. Clayton
Typographical Union
Pressimen
Coal Spokesman Warns Congress on Taft Hartley Reversal
Washington March 12 A coal industry spokesman Joseph E Moody president of the Southern Coal Producers Association told Congress the nation may face a coal crisis again unless Taft Hartley labor act provisions are kept The witness spoke at a House labor committee hearing amid a two week eastern mine shutdown led by John L Lewis Moody said Lewis may be using a smaller above ground coal stock to gain bargaining leverage while the administration seeks to repeal Taft Hartley and restore Wagner Act elements Chairman Elbert Thomas called Lewis earlier actions a new kind of strike and unwise but the focus remained on preserving good faith bargaining rules and the administration proposal.
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Washington
Congress
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Mississippi
John L. Lewis
Moody
House Labor Committee
Lewis
Truman
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
Two Slain in Store Holdup in Philadelphia
Police said a Negro entered a state liquor store shortly after 3 p.m. and shot dead the manager Herman Weintraub, 35, and clerk Howard BR Robinson, 57. A second clerk Fielder Jackson, 28, was seriously wounded and the gunman fled on foot.
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Philadelphia
Herman Weintraub
Howard BR. Robinson
Alerk
Fielder Jackson
Chiefs Reveal Germ Warfare Potentialities
AP dispatch from Washington reports Defense Secretary Forrestal's first official statement in three years on biological warfare. He warns against exaggerated claims of potency, notes BW as a practical yet limited weapon, and describes ongoing U.S. Army work at Camp Detrick on detection, prevention, and potential offense.
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Forrestal
Department
Defense
Alden H. Waitt
Army
Chemical Corps
Waitt
Detrick
Unite States
En. Waltz
Icelandic Delegation Heads to North Atlantic Pact Talks
Iceland officials planned to fly to the United States to discuss the proposed North Atlantic pact. Foreign Minister Bjarni Benediktsson leads the delegation, departing Keflavik for New York and Washington. Iceland confirmed invited to participate in the alliance.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
United States
Bjarni Benediktsson
Keflavik
New York
Washington
Foster Son Confesses He Slew Texas Educator in LA
Arthur Hester, 19, escaped sailor, confessed to beating Dean W. Lord to death with a lead pipe after an argument over a trip to town. He was arrested in Los Angeles on a fugitive warrant and awaits extradition to Texas where authorities seek the death penalty.
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L? Angeles
Texas
Arthur Hester
Anna Godberry
West
Dean W. Lord
Texas Christian University Graduate School
Burleson
Tex
Los Angeles
Hester
Lord
Fort Worth
Navy
Terminal’ Island
John A. James
Cleburne
Austin
Hey
Parrishs Welcome Triplets to Albany Household
Mr and Mrs Robert Parrish add three more to their already large family in Albany marking their 17th child born with 12 living. The newborn triplets expand a brood that already included sixteen children prior to this arrival.
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Albany
Robert Parrish
New Battles Loom Over Rent Control
Washington March 12 AP Administration forces rallied House Democrats for a showdown on rent controls next Tuesday. A vote pivots on extending control for 15 months to June 30 1950 and possible shifts to local authorities, with Senate action lagging on broader measures.
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Ashington
District of Columbia
Senate
House
G.O.P
Banking Committee
Spence
D.-Ky
Tighe Woods
Tax Revolt Grows Against War Tax Resistance
New York March 12 pacifist Rev A J Muste says about 150 members of The Peacemakers will not pay federal income taxes to fund war efforts. The group numbers around 2000 with Muste as national secretary describing nonviolent revolutionary aims. In Yellow Springs Ohio a 71 year old Quaker widow withholds 32.2 percent of her first tax installment claiming war in atomic age is a crime against humanity alongside two others who partial or full refusals.
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New York
A. J. Muste
Peacemakers
New York City
Muste
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Caroline Viie
Atomic
Ralph Templin
Horace Jchapney
Frigidaire Unveils 1948 Line With Price Reductions
Frigidaire division of General Motors announced a new line of refrigerators and electric ranges for 1948 models with price reductions of five to seven percent. The reductions take effect Monday in Dayton Ohio.
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Frigidaire
Dayton
Ohio
Frigidaire Division
General Motors Today
Income report shows bulky return from 45 employers
A Long Beach swamper assisted a truck helper named Jerry Boyle in preparing a large annual income tax form. The report lists 2985 dollars for the year with 57 dollars refund due. Papers include withholding receipts from 45 employers for 1948.
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Sam
Long Beach
Jerry Boyle
Fourth St
Boyle
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