Wording of Atlantic Pact to be studied by Senate panel
Washington AP The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will review draft language for the Atlantic Defense Treaty Secretary of State Acheson testified in a closed session chaired by Connally. If approved the wording will be shown to Canada and five Western European nations Great Britain France Belgium The Netherlands Luxembourg The main issue is the defense clause detailing what happens if a member is attacked President Truman reiterated U S policy calls for unmistakable proof of joint determination to resist armed attack The committee discussed limits on automatic wartime commitment as a bipartisan concern Continued on page 18.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Connally
Canada
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Truman
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
United States
State Department
Philadelphia taxi strike eases as drivers return to work
Philadelphia taxis resumed service as the transit strike entered its second week with AFL union drivers ordered back to work for talks. Negotiations between Philadelphia Transportation Company and CIO Transport Workers Union remained unsettled after a late session, with factions within six cents of a settlement.
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Philadelphia
Yellow Cab Company
AFL
Taxi Drivers Union
Philadelphia Transportation Company
CIO - Transport Workers Union
Complaint Filed Charging Racial Discrimination
Spokane AP report that pianist Hazel Scott and her husband Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr filed a federal suit in Pasco Washington alleging racial discrimination. They seek 50000 in damages against restaurant operator Harry Utz and his wife Blanche Utz, with Scott denied service “because she was a Negro.” Powell joined as plaintiff under community property statutes. he was not present at the incident.
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Spokane
Wash
Hazel Scott
Pasco, Wash
Miss Scott
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr
New York
Harry
Blanche Utz
Pasco
Scott
Powell
Utz
Eight die in U S Army C-47 crash near Salta
The American embassy reported eight people are believed dead in the crash of a U S Army C-47 aircraft near Salta Argentina just south of the Bolivian border.
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Buenos Aires
Salta
Argentina
Cold Wave Boosts Floods, Snow Slides in West and Wyoming
Associated Press reports colder weather helping curb floods and snow slides in the Pacific Northwest while a new blast of cold air hits Wyoming with strong winds and renewed road closures. The storm moves into Montana and North Dakota with subzero readings. Northern Minnesota could drop to 15 below tonight as Washington, Oregon, and Gulf coasts see rain belts.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Wyoming
Montana
North Dakota
Lewistown
Mont
Minot
N. D
North Central States
U. S
Greek win over rebels in three day Philorina battle
Athens reports a major victory in a three day clash at Philorina near the Albania and Yugoslav border. government says intelligence aided large reinforcements and that rebels attacked with five brigades against 11th division before breaking on February 13 and being pursued to February 15.
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Athens
Phiorin
Ingence
Phlorina
Nicholas Achariades
Markos Vafiades
Vitsi
Albania
34 Rebels Killed In Korean Battle
Police reported 34 guerrillas killed and two captured on Cheju Island after 400 guerrillas attacked a small village. Six villagers died and 16 were wounded. police suffered no casualties. President Rhee named five former North Korean residents as provincial governors.
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SEOUL
Cheju
Korea
Syngman Rhee
North Korea
30 Italians Wounded In Labor Fight At Isola Liri
Rome AP reports about 30 persons wounded in Italy s worst labor violence since last July. Police used tanks and armored cars to clear about 1 000 workers who seized a plant in Isola Liri 50 miles south of Rome to protest the dismissal of 50 employees. The clash followed barricades wire fences high voltage rocks hand grenades iron chunks and gunfire. The bloodshed echoes the July 14 unrest that left sixty dead and 204 wounded after an attempt on Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti.
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Rome
Italy
Isola Liri
Palmiro Togliatti
Driver Killed as Trucks Burn near Pellefontaine
AP report from Pellefontaine Ohio: two trucks collided before 3 a m on U S Route 68 near town. Dale Gassman of Cincinnati died in the blaze. his fruit juice laden truck was destroyed. Tom L Foley, 29, also of Cincinnati, suffered fractures of both knees and hip. his condition is listed as fair. His auto drive away truck from McDowall Transportation of Orlando Florida was en route to Detroit. Gassman’s body was burned beyond recognition and both trucks and contents were destroyed.
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Pellefontaine, O. (Ap
Three-C Freight Company
Dale Gassman
Cincinnati
Here
Tom L. Foley
McDowall Transportation Company
Orlando
Fla
Detroit
Gassman
Warren County Tournament Promises Colorful Open
The Sunday News Journal previews the Warren County basketball tournament opening Monday on the local court. An interview with Mrs. Jack Burnett and photos of fans and cheerleaders are planned as a feature. Also highlighted are kids collecting pennies via comic books at Oglesby Barnitz Bank and a Middletown American Male Chorus appearance with a local youth bass vocalist feature.
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Warren County
Sunday News-Journal
China
Jack
Mary Louise Balger
Oglesby- Barnitz Bank
Middletown
UN approval expected on labor probe in Russia
United States seeks UN backing for an inquiry into slave labor in Russia under the ILO. Russia opposes the plan, limiting chances investigators can access behind the iron curtain. The ECOSOC debate stalled after hours of discussion. Additional UN bodies, including the Atomic Energy Commission, planned meetings as the Security Council delay continued into midweek.
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U. S
International Labor Organization
ILO
Council
Human Rights Commission
American Federation of Labor
Russia
United States
UN Atomic Energy Commission
General Assembly
Security Council
Body Of U S Officer Found And Identified
ATHENS AP A mutilated body found in a ravine near Karpenisi has been identified as Lt. Col. Selden R. Edner American Air Force officer aged 30 from San Jose California. Edner was an unarmed observer aboard a Greek Royal Air Force plane forced to land January 21. He served in Europe during World War II with the American Eagle squadron and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross the British Star and the American Air Medal with three clusters.
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Athens
Karpenisi
Selden R. Edner
Edner
San Jose
Cal
Royal Air Force
Europe
Eagle
France
Germany
Vigil Ends in Death of Baby Kerry Elaine Bailey
In Fredericktown Pennsylvania a 24 hour vigil by Ray and Dolly Bailey beside an oxygen tent ended with the death of their seven month old daughter Kerry Elaine. Born with a malformed heart she could not withstand surgery. She died eleven days after an Army bomber brought her home from Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Baileys kept watch around the crib turned oxygen tent and hoped for a recovery. They have another child, Karen, four.
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Fredericktown
Ray
Dolly Bailey
Kerry Elaine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Kerry
Baileys
Karen
Employers plan to add at least 150 workers after March 1
Fifty three major Trumbull County employers told the Ohio State Employment Service office they expect to hire at least 150 additional workers after March 1, according to Manager Wilbur J. Hamilton.
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Warren, O
Trumbull County
Ohio State Employment Service Office
Wilbur J. Hamilton
Louis Offered 400000 to Defend Crown in Cincinnati
AP Cincinnati Sam Becker local boxing promoter offered heavyweight champion Joe Louis a 400000 guarantee to fight the winner of the Ezzard Charles Joey Maxim bout set for February 23 in Cincinnati. Becker promised 40 percent of gate and other rights and to deposit the guarantee in a bank, advancing 100000 on signing. Becker and his brother Ben have promoted boxing in Cincinnati for years and run shows for fun, Becker says.
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Cincinnati
Sam Becker
Joe Louis
Joey Maxim
Truman Gibson
Chicago
Louis
Becker
Ezzard Charles
Ben
Twelve Men Rescued From Flaming Tuna Boat off Baja
A 12 man crew rescued from the Reina Del Mar after it burned to the waterline and sank about 50 miles off Lower California will be taken to San Francisco aboard the Army transport General Darby. The Hoosier State picked up the men and planned ashore transfer to Magdelena Bay before Coast Guard orders moved them to San Francisco. The tuna boat operated out of San Pedro and San Diego, owned by Jeny Martinolich, with Louis Knaflich as skipper.
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San Francisco
Lower California
Reina del Mar
Ina
Hoosier State
H. Nowak, Jr
Associated Press
Magdalena Bay
Mexico
Coast Guard
Army
Darby
San Diego
Mazatlan
San Pedro
Cal
Jeny Martinolich
Seattle
Louis Knaflich
United States on the Communist schedule warns Czech leader
Dr. Peter Zenkl, former Czech vice premier under Eduard Benes, told a Columbus audience that the United States is on the Communist timetable. He warned that while Czechoslovakia fell in 1948, the next nation could be the United States in 1949 or 1950, urging vigilance.
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Columbus, O
Peter Zenkl
Czechslovakia
Eduard Benes
United States
Zenkle
Defense Lists Axis Sally Trial Witnesses
Defense opens its case in the Axis Sally treason trial with Emil Beckmann and Frank Schaefer, brought from Germany at government expense to testify for Mildred Gillars. Laughlin argues for acquittal and for bringing more German witnesses. four government witnesses were not used by prosecutors.
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Washington
Emil W. K. Beckmann
Frank J. Schaefer
Germany
Mildred E
Laughlin
Miss Gillars
Body Of Missing Woman Found In Cleveland Beach
The body of 69 year old Mrs Ricka Haeflinger was found washed up on Euclid Park beach in East Cleveland. Coroner S R Gerber said she had been in the water about a week. Her husband Otto H Haeflinger said she had been despondent over ill health.
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Cleveland
Lakewood
Eastleveland
Euclid Park
Ricka Haeflinger
S.R. Gerber
Otto H
Truman's Views Stir Criticism From Supporters and Critics
President Truman defended his economic outlook and proposed a 4 billion dollar tax hike as critics warned his controls could tip a recovering economy into depression. Across the nation, stock gains, plant layoffs, and factory shutdowns flared as Kaisers-Frazer at Willow Run prepared three weeks of closure for two new models.
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Truman
New York
Marke
Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio
Detroit
Kaisers Frazer Automobile Company
Willow Run
United States Chamber of Commerce
GE President Calls for Stronger Taft Hartley Act
General Electric President Charles E. Wilson urged strengthening Taft Hartley as Senate and House labor panels held hearings. Democrats pressed for limits on company power while exploring affidavits opposing ownership concentration. Kennedy favored House hearings and warned against rushing any repeal bill through.
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Washington
Senate
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
War Production Board
Flis
Taft-Hartley
Murray
Montana
General Electrics
Pepper
Florida
Wilson
House Labor Committee
John Kennedy
D-Mass
House
Ennedy
House Committee
Kennedy
Ferguson Must Approve Pay Or Face Court Action
State auditor Joseph T. Ferguson was ordered to approve a $146.56 pay voucher for Robert H. Minshall or appear in Franklin County Common Pleas Court on March 5 to explain the refusal. Judge Joseph H. Clifford issued the writ of mandamus demanding payment for Minshall, an educational assistant in the Conservation Division, who cited limited hours on the state job.
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Columbus, O
Joseph T. Ferguson
State Conservation Division
Common Pleas
Joseph H. Clifford
Franklin County
Robert H. Minshall
Washington Court House
Ferguson
Minshall
Brave 68 Year Old Walks Through Deep Snow For Aid After Cabin Fire
In 44-below weather, Thomas Bucknell dressed only in underwear walked a mile through snow to seek help for his 80-year-old wife after their log cabin burned. He carried her to a barn, wrapped his feet in rags, and sought aid from Ralph Rowlandson, who reported the couple lost clothing, furniture, their life savings of 180 dollars, and their home.
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Thomas Bucknell
Bucknell
Ralph Rowlandson
Parquis Junction
Here
Timmins
Rowlandson
Hamburg streetcar skirt scare draws quick blushe escape
In Hamburg a conductor halted his fare call to shout to passengers anyone lost a skirt. A young woman checked under her coat, blushed, buttoned up, seized the garment, and sprang from the car.
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Hamburg
Germany
Two Children Die in Akron House Fire
In East Akron a brick home fire killed Charles five and Ruth two who burned in their beds. Their sister Dorothy 13 is in Children’s Hospital with burns. Neighbors and firemen rescued Theodore nine Deane Joe ten and Brian seven and the mother Ruth Fronda 33. Father Jose Fronda saved his 10 month old daughter Terry Lucille by leaping with her from a second story window.
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Akron
Jose Fronda
Fronda
Terry Lucille
Akron City Hospital
Charles
Ruth
Dorothy
Children's Hospital
Theodore
Deane Joe
Brian
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