U. S. Rebuilds Pacific Defense Toward West Coast
U S forces trim distant Pacific line and shift major defense toward the mainland. With budgets favoring Europe, the Pacific’s role in cold war strategy seems reduced. Air and naval cuts press the move of Pacific air headquarters from Hawaii to San Diego.
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Pacific
Mainland
Asia
Japan
Okinawa
Marianas
Europe
Mediterranean
West Coast
Alaska
Hawaii
Adm. Dewitt C. Ramsey
Pacific Fleet
Navy and
Marine Pacific Air Headquarters
San Diego
Four Nations Invited Into Atlantic Pact
Washington reports Denmark Iceland Italy and Portugal invited to join the North Atlantic security pact with the United States and seven others. The move aims to curb aggression and is to be made public tomorrow. Italy’s inclusion marked a triumph for France and the United States, while Britain the Low Countries and Canada opposed. In Rome Communist deputies protested delaying a vote as Premier de Gasperi outlined the plan.
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Washington
Denmark
Iceland
Italy
Portugal
United States
France
Britain
Low Countries
Canada
Mediterranean
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Alcide de Gasperi
Wife of U S Missionary Is Assassinated
In Seoul two masked men killed Mrs Horace G Underwood wife of a leading American missionary as she answered her door near Chosen Christian University. She died en route to hospital after a single bullet wound. Police and U S Army officials launched an investigation into the shooting with Koreans seen as possible suspects. She and her family had long resided in Korea and she was mother to three sons.
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Seoul
Horace G. Underwood
Korea
U. S. Army
Underwood
H. H. Underwood
New York City
Underwood Typewriter Company
Hotel Guests Are Routed In Fire At Majestic
MINNEAPOLIS AP Forty guests were routed as a fire swept the Majestic Hotel causing a loss estimated at 500000. Flames raced through the three story building and within an hour shot into the air drawing thousands. One firefighter was overcome but not seriously hurt. All city apparatus fought the blaze with four St Paul units on standby. The hotel at Hennepin Ave and 7th St was ruled a total loss by Fire Chief George Lockhart. Firemen aimed to save the adjacent Gopher theater and Liggett drugstore surrounding the L shaped lot.
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Minneapolis
Majestic
St. Paul
Hennepin Ave
7Th St
George Lockhart
Gopher Theater
Liggett Drugstore
Filibuster Issue Settled But Long Dispute Continues
The Senate grapples with a compromise to curb filibusters as 77 Republicans and 30 Democrats back the plan. Democratic leader Lucas vows a vote today, while several senators seek explanations and to air views. The deal preserves the filibuster while allowing test votes on civil rights and future rules changes.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Lucas
Illinois
Dixie-Gop
Myers
D-Pa
Douglas
D-Ill
Pepper
D-Fla
Neely
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Ned
Russell
D-Ga
Knowland
Cal
Democratic Party
Quake Strikes Southwestern New South Wales
An earthquake shook parts of southwestern New South Wales last night. The tremor, though milder than last Friday’s, widened cracks in buildings that had begun forming the previous week.
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South Wales
Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Reverend Bower Accepts Call to Allentown Church
Warren Ohio AP report states Reverend Robert S. Bower of Niles accepted a call to serve at the First Yenti Church in Allentown. The resolution followed a recent church meeting and indicates a transition for the clergyman from Ohio to Pennsylvania.
National Eagles ban slot machines in Ohio lodges
The grand worthy president Devere Watson of Council Bluffs Iowa banned slot machines and any illegal activity in Ohio lodges of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He plans a special mandate and an internal investigation into Ohio practices amid legislative probes by Rep Edward W De Chant of Lorain. The move follows alleged attempts to control the Lorain lodge and cites court injunctive actions against Grand Lodge officers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Order of Eagles
Devere Watson
Council Bluffs
Eagles
Watson
Kansas City
Order
Grand Worthy
Edward W. de Chant
Lorain
de Chant
Grand and Ohio
Lorain Lodge
Matthew L. Brown
Springfield
Grand Lodge
Senate group to OK rent bill with 15 month extension
Washington AP report notes Senator Maybank predicts Senate Banking Committee approval of a 15 month rent control extension with rent boosts up to 15 percent over 1947 levels. A banking subcommittee approved the bill and the measure would allow states to assume control if they have adequate rent laws. The Senate action is uncertain and tied to broader congressional and political timing.
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Washington
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Truman
Subcommittee
House
Little Fellow Big Loser In Mine Shutdown
Pittsburgh reporting AP notes the four day coal mine shutdown hurts households and small dealers most while industry spokesmen claim big users like U S Steel will continue normal operations. Government stockpile estimates clash with merchant shortages and distribution flaws amid the memorial strike led by John L Lewis.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
National Coal Association Bulletin
U.S. Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Ralph Taggert
Anthracite Operations Association
Wilkes- Barre
Trouble Seen Ahead For Truman's Program
Washington reports congressional leaders privately acknowledge the Truman program for the 81st Congress faces deep trouble. A Republican southern Democratic coalition appears to challenge major reforms as House amendments to the rent bill grow, Senate filibuster fights falter, and Mon Wallgren’s NSRB nomination is shelved.
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Washington
Senate
House
Mon Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Martin
Massachusetts
Truman
Congress
Bricker
Ohio
House To Vote On FEPC Bill On Wednesday
Columbus AP reports the House will vote next Wednesday on the FEPC bill. The selection came after a coin flip by Speaker John F. Cantwell to resolve a Tuesday vs Wednesday split in the Rules and Calendar committees. Cantwell retrieved the coin from under the table and proclaimed Wednesday as the voting day.
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House
FEPC
Columbus
House Rules Committee
John F. Cantwell
Dmahoning
Cantwell
Truman Plans To Hit Back At Congress
President Truman signaled readiness to strike back at a defiant Congress. He scheduled a news conference for 9:30 a.m. at the winter White House on the Naval submarine base after a two hour fishing trip at Key West where he caught a 16 pound barracuda and a grouper. The president noted the fishing was routine and the party’s four other catches mattered little to him.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
White House
Mr. Truman
Willace H. Graham
Worth It or Not Fire Chiefs Budget In Detroit
Detroit city council weighs a $1,100 request from Fire Commission Chairman Paxton Mendelssohn to equip battalion chiefs with extinguishers. He says current chiefs cannot fight small fires and are ridiculed while waiting for regular trucks.
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Detroit
Fire Commission
Paxton Mendelssohn
American Soldier Held by Russians in Berlin Threatened Family
BERLIN AP An American soldier held captive four days by the Russians in Berlin said they threatened to harm his family in America if he didn't provide information.
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Berlin
America
Fred J. Jacobson
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas F. Lancer
Jacobson
7773
Signal Service Company
Germany
Ameria
22 Russians to attend U S peace conference in New York
United States officials announced that 22 delegates from Russia and other Communist nations will be admitted to a peace conference in New York beginning March 25, despite earlier refusals to admit Soviet lawmakers. Critics warned the move could invite manipulation by Moscow, while supporters argued for parity in treatment.
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Washington
Democrats Fall Short Of Votes For Lausche Bill
In Columbus, administration Democrats failed to garner enough support to pass a liquor license fee increase tied to Lausche’s local government program. Four Democrats withheld support, leaving 19 without enough votes and prompting a stall until next week.
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Lausche
Columbus
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
iSens
Arthur Blake
Belmont
Enol P. Bernard
Mahonsing
Edward Welsh
Montgomiery
Emmett R. Guthriel
Coshocton
Robert C. Ragan
Dlucas
Coplon Indicted Again For Espionage Acts
Washington AP The government moves to re arrest 27 year old Judith Coplon a former Justice Department analyst after a second indictment charging copying and removing official documents The indictment alleges intent to benefit a foreign nation and to injure the United States It covers material on national defense and confidential FBI counter spy reports and accuses Coplon of acts with Gubitchev the Russian UN engineer also charged in a related espionage case
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Washington
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
United States
New York City
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
New York
District of Columbia
Miss Coplon
Foreign Agents Registration Section
National Defense
FBI
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Robert E. Shotwell
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Alabama
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