RFC Director Dunham Testifies Group Sought to Use Me
RFC Director Walter L. Dunham told the Senate Banking Committee that friends and White House linked figures sought to use him to influence RFC decisions while denying any improper influence on loan approvals. He named a social circle including Donald Dawson and William Willett and said top RFC matters should be cleared with the White House.
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Tex Jackos
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Knowland Urges Truman to Return and Clean House
Senator Knowland urged President Truman to cut short his Florida vacation and take action on Senate inquiries. He cited mink coats in the White House, RFC dealings, and alleged efforts to sell federal jobs in Mississippi. The call aimed to force a reshaping of White House staff and federal appointments.
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Key West
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White House
RFC
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California
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Senate Banking Subcommittee
RFC Board
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Ruler Of Thailand Dies In Bangkok
The Regent of Thailand Prince Rangsit of Chainat died at his palace in Bangkok from a heart attack. He was 67, the last survivor of 85 sons of the late King Chulalongkorn, and had served as Regent since 1946. Prince Dhani Nivat was named Acting Regent as Bangkok entered mourning.
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Phumiphon Adaldet
Switzerland
Dhani Nivat
Elliott Roosevelt to Wed California Socialite in Florida
Los Angeles reports indicate Elliott Roosevelt will marry Minnewa Bell Ross, a Los Angeles socialite, with a Miami Beach ceremony likely after she secures a divorce from Rex Louis Ross Jr. The couple had been linked for months and word circulated in the Los Angeles Examiner.
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Elliott Roosevelt
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Los Angeles Examiner Today
West Attitude Tightens on Potsdam German Terms
In Paris the United States British and French deputies confront Russian proposals on a future foreign ministers meeting agenda. Western allies refuse to concede any German remilitarization plans and will not abandon rearmament of Western Germany despite Soviet demands. Andrei Gromyko chairs as talks open with potential propaganda clashes ahead.
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Bab's Divorce Case Dismissed by California Court
In San Francisco the Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton's divorce suit against Prince Igor Troubletskoy was declared "thrown completely out of court" by his attorney Melvin Belli. Officials in Cuernavaca enforce secrecy, while a settlement discussion reportedly sought 3 million dollars from him and 500 thousand from her.
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Prince Igor Troubletskoy
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Administration Troop Plan Advances in Senate Priority
A joint Senate committee reported a narrow vote to prioritize a resolution backing the Administration's plan to send troops to Europe. The action by the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees signals continued debate as Republicans demand Congress share control over U S troop deployments to the Western European defense effort led by General Dwight D Eisenhower.
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Iran Premier Razmara slain amid prayer in Tehran mosque
Iran's reform backed Premier Ali Razmara was assassinated at a Tehran mosque. Shah Reza Pahlavi named Khalil Fahimi acting premier. Fahimi, 70, is a veteran politician. The cabinet held an emergency session and a government communique said the assassin was a “certain man” arrested immediately. Communists were not involved. Razmara had shifted toward the Soviet Union before his death.
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Soviet Union
Collazo Case Heads To Federal Jury Today
Oscar Collazo faces potential capital punishment as his murder trial regarding the Blair House gun battle nears a federal jury verdict. Judge Goldsborough trims options to first degree murder or acquittal on the second count, while the first count allows first degree, second degree, or acquittal. The death of Private Leslie Coffelt underpins the charges. Griselio Torresola is identified as the killer.
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Oscar Collazo
Blair House
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Goldsborough
Leslie Coffelt
Coffelt
Griselio Torresola
Auriol Asks Queuille To Form French Cabinet
President Auriol asked ex Premier Henri Queuille again to form a new French cabinet to end the week-long governmental crisis. Queuille refused last week after a split over election law reforms doomed Rene Pleven’s coalition. Socialist Guy Mollet failed to win confirmation as Premier by 25 votes.
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Vincent Auriol
Henri Queuille
Queuille
Radical
Socialist Party
Rene Pleven
Guy Mollet
Mollet
Three Authors Honored By Book Publishers
New York AP reports the National Book Awards for 1950 name three top authors. William Faulkner wins in fiction for The Collected Stories, Newton Arvin in non fiction for Herman Melville, and Wallace Stevens in poetry for The Auroras of Autumn. Gold Medals awarded. Faulkner absent. Nobel Prize noted.
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William Faulkner
Newton
Herman Melville
Wallace Stevens
American Book Publishers Council, Inc
American Booksellers Association, Inc
Tokyo Riot Injures 76 in Unauthorized Korean Rally
Seventy six people including 20 police were hurt in a Tokyo riot by Korean residents during an unauthorized demonstration. Police said the rioters were Communist sympathizers and chose a time when 6,000 officers paraded downtown to stage the protest near a Korean school in the northern city sector.
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Cold Blasts Continue East Across Midwest and West
Sub zero temperatures linger across Minnesota the Dakotas and eastern Montana with lows reaching 26 below at Cutbank. Snowdrifts close highways block rural roads and rail service returns after three days as blizzards ease.
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U S Casualties Hit 52 448 Rise of 1 773
Washington AP reports American casualties in the Korean War climbed to 52 448 as of March 2, up 1 773 in a week. Of these, 7 357 were killed in action, 34 692 wounded, and 9 899 missing in action. Wounded include 911 died of wounds and 85 of the missing are known dead, totaling 8 853 deaths.
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U. S
Washington
Town Gripes Over Noisy Jets From Unknown Base
Washington Court House residents complain of loud jet flyovers. Lt. George Callon from nearby Lockbourne AFB denies flying over his town and says pilots may be from Lockbourne or Wright Patterson, with no definitive home field identified. Local officials petition Wright Patterson for clarity.
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
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U S Expands 20 Percent Steel Cut to More Durable Goods
The National Production Authority expanded the 20 per cent steel reduction to include consumer durable items from cars to lawn mowers, appliances, furniture, and many household goods for the second quarter. Additional NPR orders set future aluminum and copper usage limits and kept brass, copper wire mill products, and foundry outputs at existing rates.
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National Production Authority Today
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Spurned suitor wounds three officers in Indianapolis gun battle
Samuel Reynolds, 33, wounded in head as he fought Indianapolis police with a shotgun after being locked out of a former girlfriend's birthday party. Officers Geinaka Bainaka 35 Ulrey 34 Lyon 35 injured. Reynolds in critical condition. He admitted intent to kill his ex and himself.
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Eloise Smoith
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Flu closes Steubenville Catholic schools
An outbreak of flu led Msgr. Henry J. Grigsby to close Catholic Central High School and two Steubenville grammar schools. About 100 students fell ill and more than 1,000 pupils were sent home while public schools stayed open.
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Senate committees back sending U S ground troops to Europe
Washington AP reports two Senate committees approved in principle this day the deployment of American ground forces to Europe under the North Atlantic Treaty.
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Senate
Europe
Auto dealers win permission to raise new car prices
Auto dealers gained government approval to increase retail prices on new cars to offset higher prices charged by manufacturers.
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Foe Attacks on Eastern End in 99 Mile Front Battle
Allied forces on a 55 mile front push from Han River crossings east of Seoul as U S Seventh and First Marine Divisions lead a broad assault. Red counterattacks threaten along the eastern flank while Wolfhound troops of the 25th Division cross the Han in boats.
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Eighth Army
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Tom Stone
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Punwon
Yongdu-Hoengsong
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MacArthur Warns UN of Stalemate on Front in Korea
General Douglas MacArthur on a flying front visit warned that no side can win the war under current conditions. He said Chinese Red forces face an almost hopeless chance of victory while Allies are not assured of victory either. He described a military stalemate likely to persist, with front lines fluctuating as forces shift between sides.
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MacArthur
Ayres Of Ohio Explains Draft To 18 Year-olds
Washington AP Ayres R Ohio says he has begun meetings with 18 year olds in his district to explain draft extension proposals and take questions. He met about 300 boys in Medina County and plans sessions in Akron Lorain and Portage counties, hoping for a combined military and vocational training program.
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De Gasperi Wins Confidence Vote On Military Funds
Premier Alcide de Gasperi’s Atlantic Pact government won an overwhelming confidence vote on an arms appropriation bill of 1.245 billion dollars. The leftist bloc boycotted, storming out as the Parliament session broke into a jammed midnight test with observers from Britain and the United States watching. The vote tally was 325 to 16 in the 570 member Chamber of Deputies.
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