UC Professors Reject Non-Red Oath Loyalty Stance
Berkeley professors vote against a special non-Communist oath. Nine hundred members of the academic Senate oppose the oath as discriminatory, threatening academic freedom, and favor the standard loyalty oath used by officials. The LA Senate is to act today.
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University of California
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Academic Senate
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United States
Communist Party
ECA Approves Wheat Buying Under Marshall Plan
The Economic Cooperation Administration approved purchases totaling 27 million dollars of American wheat and cotton under the Marshall Plan. Recovery grants for five European countries total 42.266 million dollars. Wheat purchases amount to about 16 million dollars and will ship to Italy and Greece.
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Economic Cooperation Administration
Italy
Greece
Communists Defeated In French Assembly On Anti-Sabotage Act
In Paris the National Assembly passed an anti-sabotage bill 393 to 186 after a four day debate marked by riotous clashes. Premier Georges Bidault used the vote as a confidence test for his coalition government. The bill proceeds to the Council of the Republic for final approval as violence and disruptions marred the session.
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French National Assembly
Georges Bidault
Council of the Reublic
Marseilles
Indochina
Assembly
Edouard Herriot
March Blizzard Disrupts North Central States
The Midwest endures a March blizzard with 35 to 65 mph winds, up to 100 mph gusts, heavy snow and drifts. Hundreds of towns isolated, roads blocked, power lines down. Omaha reports 150 to 200 lines down. Red Cross plans relief, schools closed, travel halted across North Dakota to Illinois.
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Blencoe
German Offer To Surrender Refused On War Endgame
Washington AP report details President Truman rejecting a German surrender offer relayed by Heinrich Himmler. Churchill relayed that Himmler spoke for Berlin. Truman insisted on unconditional surrender of all German forces to all Allies, exacting Russia and Britain agreement. The episode, drawn from Admiral Leahy's account in I was There, occurred April 25, 1945 in secret Pentagon communications room.
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George C. Marshall
Ernest King
Navy Critic Stirf Congress Transferring of Admiral Boone
Washington AP report shows Rear Adm. Joel T. Boone a longtime senior medical officer and former White House physician to Harding Coolidge Hoover is being reassigned from his post as chief of the Joint Plans and Action Division amid Senate and House objections to Defense Secretary Johnsons hospital closure cuts. The Pentagon gave no reason for the removal eight days ago. Boone had opposed proposed cuts with Dr. Richard Meiling and faced congressional ire over plans to close military hospitals to save 25 to 50 million dollars in operating costs.
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Greek party leaders seek center coalition in Greece
In Athens three party leaders plan a coalition after a narrow Royalist victory. Gen. Nicholas Plastiras and Sophocles Venizelos join George Papandreou to back a center government as King Paul prepares to give Constantin Tsaldaris the mandate.
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George Papandreou
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Four Are killed In Auto Crash Near Lynn Indiana
Four people die in a two car crash six miles east of Lynn Indiana while six others are injured. Victims include Preston Harter Jr and John Kenneth Clark both of Union City Ohio plus Mrs Clark Hanold of Wapakoneta and Mrs Harry Brinkman of Minster. The Ohioans were vacationing to California and the Union City men were en route to work at the Crosley plant in Richmond.
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Harry A. Brinkman
Minster, Co
California
Crosley Refrigerator
Richmond
Greenville
Ohio Supreme Court OKs Toledo income tax
The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously upheld city income taxes, affirming Toledo’s 1 percent tax. It struck down Dayton’s 0.5 percent tax that required voter approval which did not occur. The ruling did not decide payroll taxes in other cities, but suggests similar logic.
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Dayton considering halt to city income tax
Dayton city commissioners met in an emergency session to decide if city income tax collections should be stopped after the state supreme court invalidated the tax. Law Director Herbert Beane said residents could not reclaim income tax payments unless involuntary.
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Herbert Beane
Court ruling affirms city income tax power under home rule
The court did not rule on Day ton's $2,000,000 income tax repayment but held cities have authority to levy income taxes under constitutional home rule. It found the state has not assumed the income tax field, though the state constitution authorizes a state income tax and the Legislature has not enacted one. The court also said the Legislature may limit city taxing and collection powers.
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Bidault Orders Worker Draft Amid France Strike Wave
Paris AP Premier George Bidault orders a civil draft of 100000 public utility workers to avert a national gas and electricity stoppage amid France a three year high strike wave. Refusal risks job loss fines and six days to five years jail. Paris endures transportation strike with subways buses and streetcars disrupted as Army runs taxis and 3000 buses to move people.
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George Bidault
France
Resuming Work at Winters Mine After Settlement
Workers at the Winters mine of Consolidation Coal Company resumed duty last night after a coal dispute. The men had idled Monday and Tuesday in protest of a shift rotation plan.
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Consolidation Coal Company
Skirt length debate stirs fashion row in society
The piece notes a playful quarrel over whether women's skirts should be short or long. It cites both genders debating the issue, with arguments about comfort, grace, and modesty, and ends by affirming the ongoing, lighthearted dispute without resolution.
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Prosecution Demands Exhibit In Sander Trial Granted
In Manchester New Hampshire AP the state won a bid to obtain a vein specimen from Mrs Abbie Borreto from Dr Hermann N Sander’s defense pathologist The request came as Attorney General William L Phinney argued the evidence was withheld By Dr Richard F Ford Harvard pathologist for the defense testified the vein had collapsed hours before Sander injected air into the arm The judge delayed the morning opening and the case remains a first degree murder trial over charges of killing a cancer patient to end her suffering Continued on Page 2
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Railroads Recall Furloughed Workers in Coal Strike After ICC Relief
President Truman backs a coal study commission as Republicans push broader emergency strike measures. The Pittsburgh report notes railroads reopened thousands of furloughed workers and lifted most freight and passenger curtailments, with B&O resuming 6,161 jobs and miners returning to work as coal traffic and rail movements rebound.
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Gas Furnace Blast Burns Clergy Couple at Granville Chapel
A gas furnace explosion at St Edward's Catholic chapel in Granville, near Newark, burned the Rev. H. E. Mattingly and his housekeeper Mrs. Sarah Brailer. Brailer is in fair condition with severe facial and hand burns. Mattingly sustained less serious hand burns.
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Bud Abbott TV stores to open in six Midwest cities
Bud Abbott of the Abbott Costello team announced last night the formation of Bud Abbott television stores to sell television sets in Springfield Ohio Cincinnati Dayton Akron Cleveland Columbus and Indianapolis Indiana. His partner is Harry Ritoff, a local glove factory operator.
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Minneapolis Plane Crash Destroys Homes Killing Ten
A Northwest Airlines Martin 2-0-2 Mars crashed in a March blizzard near Wold-Chamberlain Airport dripping flames into a Minneapolis home, killing 15 aboard and injuring several residents. Fire spread to neighboring houses as Janet Doughty, 10, and Tommy Doughty, 8, were trapped by the blaze amid injuries to Franklin Doughty and Diane, 15.
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Four Children Burned To Death in Newark House Fire
Four Negro children aged one to four were burned to death after flames engulfed a small Newark frame house where a birthday party had just occurred for their eight year old brother Henry. Investigators say the fire started when an oil stove exploded, spreading quickly while the mother Mrs. Sarah Coursey 25 tried to shield her children. The tragedy occurred at their grandmother Mrs. Sarah Johnsons home as firefighters fought the blaze.
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Cowboy Actor Dies in Hollywood at 57
Hollywood AP reports Cowboy actor Jack Evans known as the mayor of Gower Gulch died yesterday at age 57. Evans rose to fame in westerns and became a fixture in the Gower Gulch community.
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Bradley Says U S Military Power Sufficient If Attacked
General Omar N Bradley told the Women's National Press Club that US forces and allied powers will be able to win a war if attacked, though he cautioned no absolute guarantee against a disastrous blow. He praised the Navy anti submarine program and urged rapid progress in research and development to maintain a military edge.
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