European Recovery Program bill survives key challenge
Senate leaders push toward final approval of the 5.58 billion European Recovery Program amid remaining amendments. Taft Russell plan to cut outlays failed 54 to 23 with a Saturday session signaling possible delay. Democratic leader Lucas said remaining amendments likely will fail. Byrd cast doubt on further cuts.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Russell
D-Ga
Lucas
Illinois
Europe
Byrd
D-Va
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Appropriations Committee
Gillette
Iowa
Prison Guard Arrested On Liquor Charge
London prison farm guard Harry Carroll was arrested on a liquor smuggling charge. State Welfare Director Lamneck said the arrest broke up a warehouse liquor racket at the prison farm. Carroll was charged with taking liquor into a jail without authorization and was released on $400 bond awaiting a April 7 hearing. Six prisoners were placed in correctional cells as the probe continued.
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London
Harry Carroll
Columbus
John H. Lamneck
Carroll
Ohio
Madison County
William F. Amrine
Violence in New York Cab Strike Halts City Taxis
In New York the taxi strike sparked violence in Brooklyn as four strikers faced assault and malicious mischief charges. Police reported 18 arrests for disorderly conduct or simple assault amid 953 cabs on the streets and citywide travel disruption. Authorities warned a crackdown if goons joined the picket lines.
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New York
New York City
Brooklyn
John L. Lewis
Taxi Workers Organizing Committee
Theater
Five Alarm Fire Displaces Fifty In Cleveland
A blaze at 2966 W. 25th St in a three storyRockford Furniture Company building destroyed the brick structure and 21 apartments. Firemen estimate damage over 100000 dollars leaving fifty people homeless.
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Cleveland
W. 25Th St
Rockford Furniture Company
Mrs Jacob Burst Dies at 102 in Wilmington
Mrs. Jacob Burst, aged 102, died at her Wilmington home yesterday from a heart attack. Born in Chillicothe in 1846, she lived in Greenfield before moving to Wilmington in 1880.
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Wilmington, D
Jacob Burst
Chillicothe
Greenfield
Mrs Heart Goes to Sanitarium for Secrecy Life-Death Choice
Oklahoma City AP report follows Mrs. Heart as she heads to a sanitarium to confront a grim life decision with $10,000 she can spend as she wishes. The Daily Oklahoman sought public input, receiving nearly 1,000 calls and hundreds of letters and telegrams offering advice from across the United States.
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Heart
Oklahoma City
Daily
Oklahoman
Associated Press
The
Mrs. Heart
Jim Jackson
Imogene Patrick
Kidnapping Charge Faced By Youths In Kentucky
In Lexington Kentucky two Michigan youths Henry V McGutton 21 of Mt Clemens and Paul Davis 22 of Detroit face a kidnapping charge with possible death penalty plus a count of transporting a stolen car from Detroit to Kentucky They allegedly abducted and beat James L Moore 36 of Trimble County after giving them a ride when their car wrecked last March 18.
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Lexington
Michigan
Federal District Court
Henry V. McGuiston
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Paul Douglas Davis
Detroit
Kentucky
James L. Moore
Trimble County
Father Holds Son on Car Theft Charge in Toronto
TORONTO AP George Robb had his son Kenneth 24 arrested on a charge of stealing the family car. He said the young man needed a lesson. "Sorry, son," the father said yesterday when a court sent Kenneth to three months in jail on the charge.
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Toronto
George Robb
Kenneth
Nanking
China
Central University
Li Tsung-Jen
Ho Ying-Chin
Peiping
Yangtze
Anhwei
Stassen urges nation to bolster Asia with MacArthur Plan
Harold E. Stassen urged rapid action to counter communism by backing a billion dollar per year MacArthur Plan for Asia modeled after the Marshall Plan. Speaking alongside Churchill at MIT, he called for a broad Asia-wide program including China and Burma, asserting aid in Asia is essential to resist Communist expansion.
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Boston
Harold E. Stassen
China
Asia
University of Pennsylvania
Winston Churchill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston Garden
Stassen
Stalin
Hitler
Europe
Japan
Burma
Beer Flows in New York Despite Brewery Strike
New York City taps kept flowing as a strike shut down major breweries. About 7,000 workers at 14 Metropolis plants and 1,000 at Buffalo Breweries left. Jockeying wage demands and plant safety drove the walkout, with negotiations slated for Monday as New Jersey talks aim to avert wider action.
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New York
New York City
Buffalo
N. Y
New Jersey
United Restaurant Liquor Dealers
Manhattan
Metropolitan
Buffalo Breweries
Brewers Board of Trade
CIO International Brewery and Distillery Workers Union
Atlantic Pact Ministers Convene to Plan Strategy
AP reports ministers from 12 Atlantic Pact nations opened talks in Washington to draft grand strategy for the Western alliance. They will review the treaty provisions for a consultative council and a Defense Committee and discuss plans for rearming and protecting the Atlantic region. Diplomats say no decisions or organizational changes were made yet. The pact will be signed in the same building Monday.
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Washington
Defense Committee
Atlantic
Ernest Bevin
Greenland
Iceland
Azores
United States
Senate
Constitution Avenue
White House
Rent Controls Are Lifted On 36,500 Units
Washington AP reports rent ceilings removed on 36 500 dwelling units across four states. Housing Expediter Tighe Woods cites over 80 other areas in 23 states expected to decontrol within a week. He warns ceilings can be reinstated if rent hikes are excessive. Alabama Indiana New Jersey and Texas are among the initial areas affected.
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Washington
Tighe Woods
Woods
Alabama
Indiana
New Jersey
Texas
New Sales Tax Plan Before Ohio Senate
Columbus report outlines Sen. Emmett Guthrie proposal to shift from sales tax stamps to a gross sales tax at three percent, aiming to raise 50 to 60 million dollars annually. The plan would fund old age pensions, schools, dependent children aid, local governments, and state employees, with broader fiscal implications.
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Columbus
Guthrie
Ohio
Emmett R. Guthrie
Coshocton
Senate
Frank J.lausche
Ohio Education Association
99 Year Sentence For Missouri Slayer
ST LOUIS AP William Pollard aged 26 received a 99 year term in Missouri State Penitentiary for the murder of a 21 month old baby killed because it cried He pleaded guilty to second degree murder Pollard who has a history of mental illness was jailed after Chicago arrest following the discovery of Joseph Edward Nichols body in a downtown hotel dresser drawer in November.
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ST. Louis
William Morris Pollard
Missouri State Penitentiary
Pollard
Chicago
Joseph Edward Nichols
Syria dissolves parliament and backs new military government
Damascus government confirms Brig. Husni Zayim as ruler after dawn coup. Old cabinet members released from arrest. deposed president Al Sayed Shukri Al Kuwaily hospitalized. Premier Khaled Bey Azem and other ministers remain in custody.
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Damascus
Syria
House of Representatives
Husni Zayim
al Sayed Shukri al Kuwaily
Khaled Bey Azem
Oleomargarine Tax Ouster In House Ballot
In a 287 to 89 House vote the oleomargarine tax repeal bill passed, erasing 63 years of taxes while keeping state bans on yellow oleomargarine. Senators from dairy states oppose, with Wiley signaling a states rights countermeasure. Committee hearings start next week and are expected to be brief. Ohio representatives’ votes follow.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wiley
Wis
George
Senate Finance Committee
Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
Agriculture Committee
Peace treaty pledges charged as violated by trio
The United States and Britain charged Hungary Romania and Bulgaria with notorious treaty breaches and demanded human rights protections. Canada joined the effort with potential to seek United Nations action if the notes are rejected. The case cites Mindszenty’s imprisonment and church leader persecutions as basis for the claims.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Canada
United Nations
Cardinal Mindszenty
State Department
State Acheson
Acheson
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Moscow
Truce Between Cincinnati Law Agencies End Quarrel
Hamilton County sheriff Dan Tehan and Anthony A Rutkowski of the State Liquor Department pledged future cooperation after a Grand Jury found no evidence that deputy sheriffs tipped off a gambling raid by liquor agents. Frank Acton led Cincinnati enforcement in the Sunset Club raid amid a 10 day gambling crackdown.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
State Liquor Department
Dan Tehan
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Liquor Department
Hamilton County Grand Jury
Frank M. Acton
Sunset Club
Sol Stephan Centenarian Zoo Pioneer Turned 100
Sol Stephan, who arrived with a circus and an outlaw elephant and spent 67 years shaping the Cincinnati Zoo, will turn 100 tomorrow. A luncheon is set by the city council and Zoo trustees, with a reception to honor him between 3 and 4 pm. President Truman sent greetings praising his long service and notable contributions. Stephan, retired 12 years, remains tied to the Zoo as general manager emeritus and still visits on pleasant days.
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Sol Stephan
Cincinnati Zoo
Cincinnati
Truman
Zoo
Stephan
Joseph
Gent
Ager
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