Berlin Council Will Not Meet Amid Occupation Tensions
Berlin April 9 British reports said Soviet Marshal Ily Sokolovsky left Berlin possibly for Moscow consultations. General Clay announced there will be no Allied Control Council meeting tomorrow as no delegation requested one. The top ruling body has not met since March 20 after the Russians walked out.
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Berlin
Ily Sokolovsky
Moscow
Sokolovsky
Law
Germany
Russia
Air i
Brian Obertson
Todlovsky
Lucius D. Clay
Jier
Clay
United States
Gover
Council
B. Clay
Baby Seized From Parents in Custody Battle
Los Angeles April 9. Shirleen and Lawrence Kunin, parents of one month old Steven Dale, vow to fight for custody after a superior court judge ruled they are unfit and barred from contact. The court placed the infant in a foster home while Kunin serves a prison term for the manslaughter of Denise, her two year old, by a hairbrush incident. Kunin is to finish her term at Tehachapi in a year.
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Los Angeles
Mnins
Shirleen
Lawrence
Steven Dale
Kunin
Denise
A. A. Scott
Deise
Scott
Ricard Maddox
Tehachapi
California
Retired Salvation Army Chief Dies in Sydney
Sydney, Australia April 9 George Lyndon Carpenter 77 a retired Salvation Army general died today after an operation He succeeded Gen Angeline Booth as head of the Nation Army in 1939 and served in 1946 A native of New South Wales Carpenter joined the Salvation Army in Melbourne as a cadet in 1892 His wife a Salvationist was at his deathbed
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Sydney
Australia
Eorge Lyndon Carpenter
Lation
En. Carpenter
Angeline Booth
Nation Army
New South Wales
Carpenter
The
Salvationrmy
Melbourne
Pan American meeting bogs on anti Communism resolution
In Bogota on April 9 a Pan American conference debate stalled over obtaining unanimous support for a proposed anti Communist resolution Chile plans to push for approval next week even without full unanimity Mexico and Venezuela reportedly oppose the plan and other delegations oppose the current wording with decisions due before Italy elections April 18.
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Bogota
Colombia
Chile
Mexico
Venezuela
Italy
Cooling Off Time Ordered in Italy
Rome April 9 The cabinet ordered a 32 hour political cooling off period before Italians vote April 18. Campaigning ends at midnight April 16 and voting starts at 8 am Sunday. Premier Alcide de Gasperi led an anti Communist cabinet and schools closed April 12 to 22 to aid election work. 400,000 poll watchers will be deployed to maintain order while rumors surface of a Pacciardi news conference and Togliatti postpones public speaking until Sunday Milan rally. The all party committee calls for a solemn democratic exercise.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Mario Scelba
Randolfo Pacciardi
Republican Party
Communist Party
Palmiro Togliatti
Milan
Umberto Terracini
Togliatti
Italy
United Nations
Twenty SS officers convicted of mass murder at Nuremberg
In Nürnberg Germany on April 9 twenty SS officers were found guilty on all three counts of murdering at least a million Jews, gypsies and others. Four generals, twelve colonels, three majors and one lieutenant were convicted. one captain was acquitted on two counts and a corporal was found innocent. The court called the acts plain murder and noted the scope of extermination by einsatz units under Heydrich and Himmler.
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Thomas A. Reedy Mernberg
Germany
Hitler
Michael A. Musmanno
Pittsburgh
Nuernberg
Einsatz
Reinhard Heydrich
Security Service
Russia
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Hoffman Takes Over Aid Post As Economic Chief
Paul G. Hoffman, head of Studebaker, became America's new foreign aid chief with cabinet rank. He will administer the $5.3 billion European Recovery Program while backing voluntary controls over regulation and joining talks on standby wage and price measures. Hoffman forecasts one third production gain in four years with Marshall Plan aid and warns over reliance on voluntary measures.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
America
Hoffman
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Studebaker Corporation
ECA
Congress
Edwin G. Nourse
Ex-King Mihai and Queen Helen Return to Europe
Ex-King Mihai of Romania and his mother Queen Helen departed from Shannon Airport Ireland for Europe after a US visit. Mihai, who abdicated last December and renounced the abdication in March, told reporters he had no plans for the future. Her majesty added that planning is difficult today.
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Shannon
Eire
Mihai
Helen
Europe
United States
Draft Bill Drawn Up By Committee
Fact and figures on draft legislation from the House armed services committee. All men aged 18 to 30 would register, with 19 to 25 liable for two years of service. WWII veterans exempt after one year or more. those with over 90 days but under a year join a reserve unit for exemption. National guardsmen and reservists register but avoid the draft. Deferment policy left to the president. Congress and the White House mobilize to draft manpower.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force Reserve
Submarine base suffers second blaze at Groton base
A morning fire at Groton Connecticut naval submarine base damaged a three story building used as a temporary base headquarters. The blaze, confined to the third floor, caused under 25000 dollars in damage and was brought under control after two hours with help from New London and Groton fire crews. The fire started in the ceiling area of an unoccupied section. cause undetermined.
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Groton
Conn
Navy
Comsublant
Atlantic Fleet
New London Fire Department
Groton Fire Department
Soldier vote expected to be light this year
Washington reports the soldier vote will be a small fraction of the 2,691,000 armed forces ballots cast in the last presidential election. Fewer than 60 percent of the 1,584,000 eligible service members may vote, and past turnout suggests far fewer will mail ballots. In 1944 4,487,000 ballot applications were filed. 2,691,000 voted.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Anti-Lynch Bill Prioritized by Senate Republicans
Washington April 9 Republican senators voted to give a federal anti-lynch bill top priority among civil rights measures. Taft Ohio said it would be easiest to pass and may limit debate to avoid a southern Democrat filibuster. Millikin Colorado said 28 of 51 Republicans backed the move after a secret ballot. A judiciary committee report is expected soon.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Millikin
Colorado
Judiciary Committee
Military Aid Seems Assured in Senate Action
Senate Republicans plan to move military legislation first, Taft says the panel will push temporary draft larger air force and universal training. Western European union gains American support against Soviet expansion, Spaak notes Europe will seek military and recovery aid, while the U.S. backs the bloc and studies concrete steps with no formal policy yet.
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Senate
Taft
Ohio
Armed Services Committee
Paul Henri Spaak
Truman
Lovett
Spaak
Brussels
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United States
Marshall
Congress
Europe
Russia
State
Defense Department
Chiang admits seven divisions lost in Manchuria
Chiang Kai Shek declared before the national assembly that seven of the government's best divisions were destroyed in Manchuria. He insisted the Communist threat remains unable to conquer China and vowed to reorganize the forces rather than admit defeat. He did not mention retirement from the presidency.
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Nanking
Chiang Kim-Shek
Manchuria
China
National Assembly
Chiang
North China
Grayson Is Sentenced In White Slave Traffic Case
J B Grayson aged 22 of 50412 DeSiard Street received a three year federal prison term after pleading guilty to violating the U S white slave traffic act. He and his 15 year old wife were apprehended March 30. he was charged by a complaint filed with Commissioner M C Redmond for bringing the girl from Vicksburg to Monroe for prostitution. Grayson was arrested at 115 Adams Street and his wife at a local tourist camp.
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J. B. Grayson
DeSiard Street
Grayson
M. C. Redmond
Vicksburg
Monroe
Adams Street
Coal Rail Service Cut Ordered After Mine Shutdown
Washington April 9 The 26 day mine shutdown forces government to order coal burning rail service cut to half of normal. Reduction to take effect at midnight April 15 and could be reversed if mining resumes. Labor policy debate continues as Hartley warns for stiffer laws if Taft Hartley fails to curb Lewis United Mine Workers.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Rep
Hartley
Republican
New Jersey
Lewis
House Labor Committee
Office
Vandenberg's Possible Paw in Nebraska GOP Primary
Omaha April 9 The prospect that Senator Arthur Vandenberg may affect Nebraska's GOP presidential primary surfaces as his name remains on the ballot though he denies campaigning He could be among the top four while Stassen Dewey Taft and MacArthur Warren and Martin also appear on the list with no active campaigns except Warren's one speech in the state MacArthur previously won delegates in Wisconsin
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Omaha
Arthur Vandenberg
Nebraska
Vandenberg
Philadelphia
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harold FE. Stassen
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Stussen
Douglas MacArthur
Earl Warren
House
Joseph Martin
Warren
MacArthur
Stassen
Four Midshipmen Die In Louisiana Plane Crash
Four navy midshipmen from Pensacola were killed when a Stinson 150 crashed in the marshes near Pecan Island Louisiana. Engine failure caused the crash as the plane on a private junket to Corpus Christi stopped in New Orleans for fuel. Bodies were recovered by oil company workers and one officer died later en route to hospital.
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Crowley
Navy
Pensacola
Fla
Louisiana
Pecan Island
Oil
Stinson
Hugh Gilmore
Civil Aeronautics Administration
New Orleans
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Texas
CAA
George Waters
Gordon E. Mayer
David H. Cobb
R. A. Jacewski
Abbeville
Lafayette
A. E. Broussard
Gilmore
Coal effects at glance Pittsburgh April
Picture of industrial impact in the 26-day soft coal strike shows 164000 idle allied workers, 27000 anthracite miners in sympathy action. Steel sectors report 51000 idle in basic plants, 3500 in fabricating, 37 blast furnaces banked, 104 open hearths down. Transportation recounts 70000 railroad workers and 1200 to 1500 seamen and rivermen idle.
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Pittsburgh
Allied Industries
Rail strike cripples service as coal cuts extend
Defense Transportation and the Interstate Commerce Commission warned of dwindling coal supplies and ordered a 25 percent cut in operations. Railroads faced stocks lasting about 22 days, with 70,000 workers idled. Coal locomotives powered roughly 45 percent of passenger trains and 65 percent of freight. The strike crippled operations nationwide.
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Defense Transportation
Interstate Commerce
ODT
ICC
Truman Backs Housing Chief In Nomination Fight
President Truman signals continued support for Tighe E. Woods as housing expeditor amid Senate delay. Woods administers the rent control law. confirmation lingered after Creedon resignation. Cain and Tobey influence the stalled nomination, with concerns raised over interpreting the 1947 act.
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Tighe E. Woods
Truman
Senate
Woods
Frank R. Creedon
Tobey
New Hampshire
Senate Banking Committee
Cain
Republcan
Congress
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