Vandenberg urges new unpartisan study after Marshall Plan ends
Senator Vandenberg proposes a Harriman like commission to study a successor to the Economic Cooperation Administration as the 1952 end of ECA looms. He wants a worldwide, nonpartisan review of U.S. duties as creditor nation and peace spearhead, including Asia, with independent advisory status.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
America
Europe
Michigan
Far East
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
Harriman
Truman
B 25 Explodes Killing Seven North American Employees
A converted B 25 exploded in flight near Phoenix Arizona Saturday and killed seven North American Aviation Company workers from Los Angeles. The wreckage scattered over a half mile and tore a five foot trench in a field. It was the second major Arizona crash in three days following a B 50 explosion near Gila Bend that killed 12 crewmen. Two occupants parachuted to safety.
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Phoenix
Ariz
North American Aviation Company
Los Angeles
Arizona
Gila Bend
North American
Washington, D. C
el Paso
Chandler
Ellison stays Middletown coach amid Canton offer
Ellison refused a Canton McKinley head coaching post and will remain at Middletown High School after a late night discussion with Canton officials. He praised Middletown and confirmed assistant Stan Lewis will also stay, keeping the current coaching staff intact.
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Glenn
Tiger
Ellison
Middletown High School
Canton McKinley
Paul Day
Middletown Journal
Middletown
Toledo
Harold Vincent
Canton Public Schools
Herman “Bup” Reanick
Reanck
Canton
Middletown Public
Anti Leopold Faction Moves to Form Cabinet in Belgium
Prince Regent Charles asks Albert Deveze to form a cabinet of Liberals and allies to pave the return of exiled King Leopold III. The plan envisions Leopold’s abdication in favor of his son Baudouin amid ongoing anti Leopold socialist strikes and Catholic party opposition.
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Brussels
Belgium
Charles
Albert Deveze
anti-Leopold Liberal Party
Deveze
Leopold III
Ponce Baudouin
Devere
Leopold
The Red Mill charms Middletown students big week
Romance and humor blend in Victor Herbert operetta The Red Mill as Middletown High School prepares a standout presentation next week. The Women’s Section highlights share the story in pictures and discuss the show’s appeal.
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Red Mill
Victor Herbert
Middletown High School
Seizure of Three Czech Planes Sparks Escape Wave
At Erding Germany twenty six Czechs chose to stay in exile in Germany while fifty eight returned to Czechoslovakia. They fled after seven of twelve crewmen allegedly helped hijack three DC 3 aircraft landing at a U S Air Force base. Officials tied rumors of Prague political turmoil to the incident. Leopold Thurner, president of the Czech airline, was named the only notable on the planes.
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Erding
Germany
U.S. Air Force Base
Czechoslovakia
Katherine Kosmak
New York City
U. S. Information Service Library
Prague
U. S. Air Force
Brno
Bratislava
Ostrava
U. S
Zdenek Fieringer
Rudolf Slansky
Czech Communist Party
Siler “Palace
Communist Party
Lim
Leopold Thurner
French Quarter Feels Police Wrath After Nashvillian's Death
New Orleans police chief ousted officers and ordered a cleanup in the French Quarter after Nashville contractor Frank Dunn Jr. died during a Sugar Bowl visit. Coroner's findings and chemist tests prompted threats to charge two women with murder if death proved poisoning.
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French Quarter
Nashvillian
New Orleans
Nashville
Dunn
Vanderbilt University
C.grenes Cole
Frank Manning
Louisiana
Revenue Department
Manning
Tennessee
Joseph Sonnenberg
Scheuering
Mountainside slaying suspect motive sought in autopsy
Roanoke police pressed for clues in the death of Alice Marie Taylor 24 a Veterans Administration clerk after an autopsy was ordered by Dr Charles M Irvin. The body was found in a ravine after she was slugged and dragged from a car. A $500 reward was posted for information leading to an arrest and conviction. A similar reward earlier helped solve the Dana Weaver case. A classmate Lee Scott bore scratch marks and was later convicted and sentenced to 90 years.
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Roanoke
Prettty
Alice Marie Taylor
Veterans Administration
Charles M. Irvin
Dana Marie Weaver
Lee Scott
Scott
Journal To Present The Easter Story
The Journal begins a daily Easter Series with famous artworks depicting the last days of Christ. The presentation will run through Easter Sunday with images and texts on inside pages after the first appearance on Page One tomorrow. Readers are urged to clip and bind this unusual presentation of the Christian faith.
Senate GOP plan targets Acheson amid spy probe
A group of Republican senators led by New Hampshire's Bridges will attack Secretary of State Acheson in a series of speeches over the coming weeks. The move coincides with McCarthy's push on Russia's alleged spy links to the State Department. FBI data and Hoover testimony may influence Monday hearings, with some Democrats skeptical of the case.
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Washington
Senate
State Acheson
Bridges
W”Re
New Hampshire
Far East
State Department
McCarthy
R Wss
Russia
FBI
MacCarthy
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Howard McGrath
Washington Post
Central Rockies Snow Storm Spreads Across Region
A storm forming in the central Rockies dumped up to five inches of snow on parts of Nevada Wyoming Montana and Idaho. The southern Rockies saw showers while winds up to 50 mph scattered dust in the southwest. Temperatures remained warm in the south except Arizona and parts of New Mexico with Hays Kansas reaching 87. Occasional rain or snow was forecast for the Lake Superior area and the north central states.
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Associated Press
Central Rockies
Nevada
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Rockies
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi Valley
Arizona
New Mexico
Hays
Kans
Lake Superior
North Central States
Earth shock rattles Hawaii Island near Mauna Loa
An earth shock jolted residents of Hawaii Island at 5 43 a m on Saturday beneath Mauna Loa. The volcano last erupted January 6 1949. Volcanologist Ray H Finch called the quake of moderate intensity and noted shocks are usually followed by eruptions.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Hawaii Island
Ray H. Finch
Hanson Blasts McCarthy Over Red Charge On State Official
State Department official Haldore Hanson, 37, denounces Senator McCarthy for labeling him pro Communist and calls the accusations false. He cites harassment against his family and seeks a public hearing to clear his name and stop the spread of suspicion. Hanson testified will be heard next Tuesday morning.
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Washington
State Department
Haldore Hanson
McCarthy
R-Wis
Hanson
Senator Tydings
D-Md
Senate Foreign Relations
Tydings
President Truman
Virginia
Russians View Collins Trip as a Threat
The Russian army newspaper Red Star said General J Lawton Collins visit to Iran is linked to U S plans to use Iran as a military springboard against the Soviet Union. Collins is in Greece on a Middle East tour.
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London
Red Star
U.S
J. Lawton Collins
Iran
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Collins
Greece
Middle East
Police Couple Wed After Forest Sting in Nottingham
Policeman Geoffrey Everett and Policewoman Alice Robinson married Saturday after posing as a courting couple in Nottingham Forest last summer to trap handbag snatchers. The unusual assignment began as a line of duty tactic and ended in a wedding.
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Nottingham
Eng
Geoffrey Everett
Alice Robinson
Nottingham Forest
Truman warns cuts may spark third world war
President Truman warned Congress that sharp cuts in foreign aid could trigger world war three. He urged passage of the full 3.375 billion appropriation to fund aid programs, arguing funding fights poverty and communism. He wrote to Representative Kee and spoke from the winter White House with Missouri highway plans and an April 4 ballot on a gasoline tax increase.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Congressional Economy Bloc
United States
Kee
D-Westa
Foreign Affairs Committee
White House
Naval
Missouri
Charles G. Ross
Security From A Bomb Costs 300 Billion For U S
Congress was told that attaining absolute protection against atomic attack would require more than 300 billion dollars and would turn the United States into a garrison state. Paul J. Larsen, head of the Office of Civilian Mobilization, testified to the Senate House Atomic Committee in a closed session on March 23.
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Washington
United States
Senate House Atomic Committee
Paul J. Larsen
Office of
National Security Resources Board
Larsen
Com
Hydrogen bomb danger argued at Scarsdale dinner
John M. Hancock, coauthor of the Baruch report on atomic energy, told the Scarsdale Town Club annual dinner that a hydrogen bomb cannot be air transported or carried in a package. He said the mechanism to trigger a hydrogen bomb makes its use as a bombing device impractical.
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Hartsdale, N
John M. Hancock
Hancock
Scarsdale
Security versus liberty in a hypothetical garrison state
A speaker warned that perfect security against atomic attack is impossible and not desirable. He argued compulsory dispersion of 200 large cities would cost about 30 billion dollars and threaten democracy, noting such decentralization could lead to a garrison state if national effort tilts too far toward military and civil defense.
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Mittee
United States
Biddle Warns U S Against Hysterical Witch Hunts
Francis Biddle former U S attorney general urged adherence to the idea that words are not criminal while warning that the nation has grown fearful and hysterical. He spoke at an American Association of University Professors event about subversives and civil liberties and warned against overreaching espionage laws used in witch hunts.
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Cleveland
Francis Biddle
U. S
United States
Biddle
Slain Air Force Sgt Fairy Decker Found At Hamilton Field
At Hamilton Field California FBI and military investigators probed the strangling death of Staff Sgt Fairy E Decker 44 a clerk-typist at the provost marshal office Her body lay beside a barracks path the crime scene showed torn clothing and a gold chain with Air Force ID tags The autopsy was ordered at Letterman General Hospital San Francisco
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Calif
Air Force
Hamilton Field
Fairy E. Decker
York
Air Force Base
Army
Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco
FBI
Lyle H. Boswell
78Th Air Squadron
Boswell
Decker
Horace
Japan
Paul Decker
Thost
St Creation Room
Sgt. Deckeer
Ondergy Room
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