Congress Awaits Truman World Crisis Talk On St Patrick Day
Congress awaits President Truman's joint session address on the world crisis with no advance hint of proposals. Washington speculates on Soviet expansion toward Finland and Scandinavia, defense pacts with Norway Sweden Denmark, and potential impact on Italy elections. Swedish staff seeks stronger defenses. Turkey may face renewed Soviet moves as Moscow fills Ankara ambassadorship.
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Congress
Truman
Europe
Senate
House
St. Patrick’s Day
White House
Marshall
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Italy
Turkey
Stockholm
Gustav V
State Department
Moscow
Ankara
Kremlin
Dardanelles
Sorrell Faces Second Degree Murder Charge
Sorrell, Dorsey J. "Doc" 39 of 1919 South Ave, indicted on second degree murder in the death of William Mayhen, 20, who died in Louisville Veterans' Hospital from knife wounds following a dispute over a girl. Bond set at $10,000. in Middletown jail. Grand Jury report: 85 witnesses heard, 24 true bills, 3 continued, 3 ignored. Also indicted: Robert Thomas Leonard for robbery at Zapp Grocery with toy Gene Autry pistol. Charles W. Hunt and Ollie Day for armed robbery and concealed weapon. Finley Murphy and Donald Siebenaler indicted for burglary and larceny at Debord Grocery, West Chester.
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Dorsey J
Doc
Sorrell
South Ave
Butler County Grand Jury
Common Pleas Court
Hamilton
William Mayhen
Louisville
Veterans’ Hospital
Middletown
Robert Thomas Leonard
Henry Ave
Zapp
Gene Autry
Charles W. Hunt
Ollie Day
Hunt
Wallace Wells
Engle’s Corner
Finley Murphy
Donald Siebenaler
West Chester
Truman to Miss Part of St Patrick's Day Parade
President Truman will miss part of New York Citys St Patrick's Day parade to deliver a special message to Congress. He is slated to arrive at LaGuardia Field around 2 30 p m and then proceed to the Fifth Avenue reviewing stand while the parade begins at 1 p m.
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New York
Truman
Congress
St. Patrick’s Day
la Guardia Field
Fifth Avenue
Man killed in flash fire in Cleveland rooming house
A flash fire swept a Cleveland rooming house last night killing one man identified tentatively as Mitchell Palmer a shoe store manager. Other occupants escaped safely. Battalion Chief William A Finn said the fire started when the victim fell asleep while smoking in bed.
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Cleveland
Mitchell Palmer
William A Finn
Western Germany invited to join Marshall Plan
A European recovery conference unanimously voted to include western Germany in the Marshall Plan. Portugal urged Spain’s inclusion, praising Franco’s Spain for culture and resources. The plan’s broad goals center on mutual economic aid, a lasting organization, German reconstruction, and Europe’s input for plan details.
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Paris
Germany
Portugal
Jose Caeiro da Mata
Franco
Spain
da Mata
Marshall Plan Union
Belgium
Austria
Eire
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Sweden
Ernest Bevin
Europe
Italy
Georges Bidault
Ballots of Ohio Solons Recorded Washington
AP reports Ohio senators Taft and Bricker voted against the Taylor amendment which failed 75 to 3 to channel the European Recovery Program through the United Nations. In the House a 337 to 37 vote approved 200000 for the work of the Un American Activities Committee, with all Republicans for except Jenkins and McCowen who did not vote. Feighan supported, Crosser Huber and Kirwan, all Democrats, opposed.
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United Nations
Taft
Bricker
House
House Committee
Jenkins
McCowen
Feighan
Crosser
Huber
Kirwan
Chinese Reds Demand Ransom For Marines
Chinese Communists reportedly demanded 120000 dollars in ransom for four American Marines captured on Christmas Day. Navy sources declined to discuss the report.
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Shanghai
Navy
Earthquake Felt in East Central Honshu Near Tokyo
An earthquake was recorded off the coast of Japan about 60 miles north of Tokyo on Monday evening at 8 24 p m local time. The tremor was felt across east central and northeast Honshu, with 6 45 a m EST noted in official records.
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Tokyo
Honshu
Japan
Gunman Kills Student Wounds Six At Catholic School Scene
In New York a Serbian-born gunman killed a 16 year old student and wounded six others during a drive by shooting near Power Memorial Academy as parochial students rehearsed for St Patrick s Day. Marko L Markovich 64 was captured after a three block chase. He said Catholics killed his son and he had long planned to kill Catholics.
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NEW York
Marko L. Markovich
Columbus Circle
Power Memorial Academy
Thomas Brady
Markovich
Asistant
Henry Whitney
Driver killed in Akron bus dispute heightens tension
Akron police sought a tall heavy set man after a dispute aboard a city bus turned deadly. Richard Williams, 35, died of chest wounds as other driver Walter Rennie, 28, was wounded. Eight passengers ducked behind seats as the gunman fled with a woman companion.
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Akron
Richard Williams
Akron Transportation Company
Walter R. Rennie
Prisoner killed by jail attendant in Mississippi
Fayette Mississippi AP report says Samuel Barker 55 Akron Ohio Black man was killed by a jail attendant after allegedly attempting escape by attacking Marshal S. P. D. Coleman with an axe left in the jail. Sheriff Millsaps Johnson said Barker, en route to Natchez to visit relatives, was taken from a bus after causing a disturbance and abusing language. The sheriff added the marshal acted in self defense.
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Fayette, Miss
Samuel Barker
Akron
Millsaps Johnson
Barker
S. PD. Coleman
Natchez
Miss
Johnson
Girl Brutally Beaten Faces Rape and Maiming Charges
In Cincinnati a 22 year old girl, Barbara Sevedge, remained hospitalized after a brutal beating described by police as savage. Harold E. Boehm, 32, is charged with rape maiming and sodomy after sister-in-law Wanda Sarver reported she believed the victim was held prisoner. The attack left injuries including a battered face swollen lips burns from cigarettes and carved initials on her arm. Boehm reportedly admitted striking the girl with a belt.
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Cincinnati
General Hospital
Harold E. Boehm
Wanda Sarver
Scott
B.S
H. B
Keith Scott
William Lewis
John Dean
Orville Bakhaus
Man and Baby Son Found Dead on Bed in Cincinnati
A coroner’s report cites a powerful poison as the cause of death for Mulford Cox, 34, and his four‑month‑old son Gary, found on a bed in Newton town home. Hamilton County police pursue the circumstances. Mulford, a drug store employee, lay face down. the child lay beside him with bruised face and arms. Survivors include the widow and a six‑year‑old son.
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Cincinnati
Mulford Cox
Gary
Newtown
Hamilton
Mulford
Coal Strike Expands as Meat Packers Go Out
CIO meat packing workers strike spreads across 140 plants amid Truman urging delay. About 20,000 Chicago workers, 150,000 others at work under AFL and independent unions. Pickets form at 12:01 a.m. with no major incidents nationwide as wage dispute centers on a 29 cent per hour rise.
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Chicago
CIO
Truman
CIO United Packing House Workers of America
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union
Swift, Armour, Wilson, Cudahy and
Morrell
New York
Los Angeles
Cleveland Man Leaps From YMCA to Death
AP reports Harold Albert Smith of Cleveland aged 35 leaped from the seventh floor of a YMCA after a chase by building superintendent Clyde M. Gibson. Smith, an upholsterer born in Canton and a 1945 Army discharge, was identified by the FBI. A maid saw him leaning from a window before Gibson pursued him from the sixth to eleventh floors and back, reaching the seventh as he fell.
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Washington
Harold Albert Smith
Cleveland
YMCA
Clyde M. Gibson
Smith
Canton
FBI
Gibson
Paul Mantz Forms Weath-Air Inc To Induce Rain
Burbank California AP reports stunt flyer Paul Mantz, known for air races speed records and celebrity transport, has formed Weath-Air, Inc. with three partners to coax clouds to drop moisture for the Salt River Valley Water Users Association of Arizona.
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Burbank
Cal
Paul Mantz
Weath-Air, Inc
Salt River Valley
Supreme Court review sought for Taft Hartley spending ban
A district court ruling finding the Taft Hartley act ban on union political contributions unconstitutional heads for Supreme Court review. The Justice Department will appeal directly as unions hope for a ruling before June’s summer recess and before 1948 campaign plans. Philip Murray of CIO fined for endorsing a candidate. Moore calls the ban a violation of free speech.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Ben Moore
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
CIO News
Edward Garmatz
Baltimore
Garmatz
Moore
Taft
Ohio
Portland
Rep
Hartley
13000 Ohio Coal Miners Off Jobs
Idle coal miners in Ohio pushed 13,000 of the states 16,000 as eleven more mines closed in Belmont Harrison and Jefferson Counties in support of John L. Lewis demand for $100 monthly pensions. Affected areas included three active strip mines in Harrison and Jefferson counties. Willow Grove shaft near St. Clairsville shut down. other mines cited. About 38 million tons of coal were produced in Ohio last year.
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Ohio
Belmont
Harrison
Jefferson Counties
John L. Lewis
Jefferson County
Blaine
Stanley
Lorain Coal and Dock Company
Wheeling Township
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Barton
Florence and Nelms
Y and O Coal Company
David Z. Norton Company
Cleveland
Piney
Powhatan
R. E. Rowe
Appalachian Coals, Incorporated
Cincinnati
Cleveland Electric Hluminating Company
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Columbus and Southern
Lend Leases Show Vast Postwar Aid Figures
President Truman told Congress that lend-lease aid to foreign nations since VJ Day totals 2,075,459,880 dollars. The 25th report details postwar pipeline shipments, including 254,091,000 to the Soviet Union since fighting ended. Total war and postwar lend-lease aid reaches 50,243,996,158.79 dollars. The program now operates under the Treasury Department.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Russia
Soviet Union
Office of Lend-Lease
Treasury Department
Taft Declares Pro-Russian Policy During Maine Stop
Senator Robert A. Taft accused the Democratic administration of pro Communist foreign policy in a speech before 1,800 Portland listeners. He tied policy to Roosevelt era aides like Wallace and Hopkins, saying Russia has been strengthened and now menaces the world. Taft then left for Washington after describing the Maine campaign as exciting. A light plane carrying Taft and companions crash landed on the Kennebec River ice but caused no injuries.
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Portland
Robert A. Taft
Ohioan
Roosevelt
Truman
Russia
Taft
Washington
Maine
Old Town
Kennebec River
Vassalboro
Owen Brewster
John T. Clark
Aeronautics Commission
Soviets to Demobilize Army by End of March
Moscow dispatch reports a Soviet communique revealing the Russian Army will be reduced to two age groups, 21 and 22, with all older groups to be demobilized by the end of March. The move follows broader postwar demobilization efforts and reshapes conscription cohorts across the force.
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Moscow
Navy Veteran and Family Refuse Hotel Eviction
Navy veteran Richard E. Cox and his wife Eleanor with two young children remain in Room 986 at the Waldorf Astoria on Park Avenue after Cox refused to vacate the $12.60 daily room despite hotel staff planning to relet it. Cox aims to pay $40 monthly and send the rest to Mayor O Dwyer, seeking veterans housing. management offered another day but Cox held firm.
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New York
Richard E. Cox
Waldorf-Astoria
Park Avenue
Cox
Int
William O'Dwyer
Eleanor
Jimmy
Junior
Qeoehayn
Coxes
Chaos Expected in Palestine
The United Nations Palestine Commission warned of strife bloodshed and chaos in the Holy Land this spring in its second monthly report to the Security Council. The commission urged Jewish and Arab acceptance of truce proposals as big powers seek peace, with conditions deteriorating ahead of Britain's May 15 handover and a planned UN transfer of authority.
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New York
United Nations Palestine Commission
Holy Land
Security Council
Lake Success
Palestine
Girl Still Sought in Sailor's Death
Authorities seek a girl seen with Seaman Charles N. Holler 17 Newark before his body was found March 6. The inquest was continued to March 22 to allow the search. Jackie R Norton 19 Detroit, a seaman with Holler at Great Lakes, testified Holler and two sailors and a girl known as Gloria were together 20 minutes before the body was found. Police earlier said Holler fell from a balcony at United Artists Theater Dearborn and Randolph. later the body was about 25 feet from the landing point.
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Chicago
Charles N. Holler
Newark
Holler
Jackie R. Norton
Detroit
Great Lakes
Gloria
Ramey Urges Fast Approval of ERP
Rep Homer A Ramey urged rapid House approval of the Senate passed European Recovery Program bill before the April 18 Italian elections. He warned delaying action due to negative thinking. Ramey also proposed flight training be an elective under the GI Bill.
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Washington
Homer A. Ramey
Ohio
Italy
House
Ramey
Costa Rica Captures Rebel Stronghold Says Government
SAN JOSE Costa Rica AP troops seized the rebel leader Jose and declared the country completely calm in a government communique stating control is restored and the situation is under way.
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Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica
Jose Seceres
Tony
265000 Miners Idle as UMW Pension Walkout Grows
Pittsburg area steel and coal mines halt as United Mine Workers strike widens. About 265000 miners, 65 percent of soft coal diggers, idle across Illinois, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and other states. Government mediation considered. Taft Hartley tools discussed. leaders forecast continued shutdowns into the week.
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Pittsburgh-Uniontown
U. S. Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Jones and Laughlin
Republic
Weirton
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Largets
Washington
U. S
Truman
UMW
Lewis
West Virginia
Williamson
J. J. Ardigo
Williamson Operators’ Association
Ardigo
Ohio
Utah
Kentucky
Alabama
Wyoming
Tennessee
Colorado
Welfare Board
Sawyer Backed For Nomination
Washington AP Charles Sawyer former lieutenant governor of Ohio is named as Democratic vice presidential candidate. Reed Winegardner Ohio attorney general candidate backs Sawyer praising his qualifications. Sawyer from Cincinnati served as ambassador to Belgium in 1944 1945 and was a national Democratic committeeman. Rep Jenkins Ohio Republican presented Winegardner in Washington.
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Washington
Charles Sawyer
Ohio
Reed Winegardner
Sawyer
Winegardner
Students Burn All School Records in Mass High School
In Ludlow Massachusetts the school principal reports that students who failed to pass grades burned all scholastic records in the high school office. The act blamed on failing students underscores concerns over grade integrity and school discipline.
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Ludlow
Mass
Armenian Wounded in Jerusalem Fighting Over Partition
An Armenian man, aged 76, was wounded today amid Arab Jewish clashes over the partition of the Holy Land. The incident underscores escalating tensions as sides press for political and territorial settlement in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
John
Holy Land
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