Truman Civil Rights Push Sparks F B I Gestapo Claim
Senate debate sharpens as Senator Russell accuses President Truman of planning an F B I Gestapo style campaign to end Jim Crow. He warns integration could extend to schools pools and marriages, while Taft Ball and MississippiGovernor Wright move to shape the civil rights fight and possible party realignment.
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Washington
Russell
D-Ga
Truman
South
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
F.B.I
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
E.S.T
Ta‘t
Fair Employment Practice Commission
G.O.P
The Baseball Judge and the Strokes of Justice
Westbrook Pegler argues that judges should justify decisions on points of fact as umpires do in sports. He contends fair explanation preserves public confidence, noting baseball mercy is not justice in court. He praises honest error with written reasons and laments judges’ pay.
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Brooks
House of Detention
Bar
De Valera Likely to Form New Irish Government
Fianna Fail secretary Thomas Mullins said Prime Minister Eamon de Valera lost his dail majority by a slim margin but can form a new government with Labor and independent support. Returns show Fianna Fail with 53 of 106 seats determined. 74 needed for a clear majority in the 147-seat house.
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Dublin
Thomas L. Mullins
Fianna Fail
Eamon de Valera
Mullins
Labor
Eire
de Valera
National Labor Embers
New Orleans Prepares for Washington Visitors and Mardi Gras Parade
New Orleans enters Mardi Gras week with Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret expected to christen a towboat named for her father and attend the Mystic Club ball. Hermes the god will lead a 15 float parade from Olympus amid festivities as Momus leads last night’s parade.
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New Orleans
Washington
Mt. Olympus
Harry Truman
Margaret
Mystic Club
Hermes
Olympus
Momus
Mobile
Ala
Mystic Stripers
Aecret Society
Trumans Halted by Train Derailment in Biloxi
Mrs. Truman and daughter Miss Margaret Truman briefly stopped in Biloxi after a derailment delay on the Crescent Limited. They were moved by automobile to Biloxi and continued toward New Orleans, with no formal events planned during the quiet visit.
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Biloxi
Miss
Harry S. Truman
President Truman
Margaret Truman
New Orleans
Truman
Trumans
Hay Bridge
Bloxi
Ocean Springs
Armed Robbery Suspect Earmon V Young Sentenced Five Years
Earmon V. Young, 24, pleaded guilty in district court Friday morning to armed robbery. Judge David J. Garrett sentenced him to five years in the Louisiana state prison. Young was arrested January 26 for a holdup at the Toddle House on Louisville Avenue and has since been held in the parish jail. He will be transferred to Angola shortly. James Darnell, 20, Perryville, pleaded not guilty and will stand trial in May.
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Earmon V. Young
David J. Garrett
Louisiana
Young
Louisville Avenue
James Darnell
Perryville
Angola
Planes for atom bombs may fly from giant new carrier
Washington reports a proposed 6 000 to 80 000 ton flush deck carrier plus eight experimental warcraft. President Truman hinted at this shift in defense spending and Secretary Sullivan outlined cautious plans to convert two battleships for guided missiles, delaying Kentucky and Hawaii.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Sullivan
Navy
Kentucky
Hawaii
Air Force
Chester Nimitz
Naval Operations
Woman Rescues Three Children From Burning Home
Philadelphia report says Mrs. Josephine Johnson 27 rescued four year old twins Patricia and Joanne and two year old John from a cellar blaze. She sent them to the street after calling the fire department but Patricia hid under a bed. A second attempt brought Patricia outside as flames consumed the interior.
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Philadelphia
Josephine Johnson
Patricia
Joanne
John
Southern governors weigh regional colleges for white and Negro training
Florida officials report plans to offer regional colleges for specialized training to the south. Governors meet at Wakulla Springs to discuss Meharry Medical College redevelopment for Negroes and potential white student facilities. Florida’s Millard Caldwell notes need to keep southern talent local while other states propose fields for joint development.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Truman
Florida
Wakulla Springs
Meharry Medical College
Nashville
Tenn
Millard Caldwell
Caldwell
South
Protection pleas spurned by Gandhi
New Delhi Feb 6 Home Minister Patel quoted Gandhi who rejected searches on attendees at prayer meetings. Gandhi said his life and audience could not be protected by restricting attendance. He was shot a week earlier. Patel noted security around prayer grounds and continued protection for cabinet members as far as possible.
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New Delhi
Sardar V. Patel
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Patel
Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Rent Control Fight Looms in Congress Over 14 Month Extension
Washington indicates a fight over a bill to extend rent controls through 1949 with four provisions including unlimited increases under voluntary leases, lifting building restrictions, and expanding local rent boards authority. Senator Sparkman urges a 15 percent cap remains. President Truman sought stronger protections.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Toby
New Hampshire
Full Banking Committee
Cain
Senator Sparkman
Democrat
Alabama
Sparkman
Truman
Parents Hunt Girl Missing From Here
Joyce Evelyn Fell 17 disappeared from 112 Oak Street Monday morning. Her parents from Lufkin Texas arrived in Monroe to help locate her. She visited relatives in December and worked as a typist at Bernheim Bros. She may avoid school and fear parental pressure. She is about 5 feet 2 inches, 110 pounds with grey eyes. Call Monroe police or contact family at 5476.
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Joyce Evelyn Fell
Oak Street
R. F. Fell
Lufkin
Texas
Monroe
Joyce Fell
Bernheim Bros
Commodity prices dip with hopes for possible bottom
Prices across grains fall to the daily maximums with wheat and corn leading declines while cotton and oils trend lower. Markets show early buying support and a tentative steadiness in stocks as analysts weigh whether the downturn signals a temporary pause or a broader inflation turn.
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New York
New York Exchange
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Conn
Associated Press
Bishop Martin to visit Mon roe and area in Methodist services
Bishop Paul E. Martin of Little Rock will visit Monroe and vicinity Sunday. He will dedicate a $15 000 Rayville parsonage, lead worship in Brownville, lay the Memorial church educational building cornerstone, and conduct the Memorial church night service at Northeast Junior College.
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Paul E. Martin
Little Rock
Ark
Louisiana
Arkansas- Louisiana
Plane Takes Him On Wandering Trip
T H Loftin began a routine trip from Louisville to Nashville but bad weather sent the plane first to Nashville then Atlanta and Jacksonville, then a northbound return flight looping through Nashville again before landing in Indianapolis. He later told his wife he would be home Friday by plane.
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Nashville
Tenn
T. H. Loftin
Louisville
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Fla
Loftin
Indianapolis
Ind
German war crimes defendant Otto von Stuelpnagel commits suicide
Paris AP report says Otto von Stuelpnagel the 69 year old wartime commander of German troops in occupied France hanged himself at Cherche-Midi prison. Indicted for crimes against international law including hostage executions he would have stood trial in summer. His cousin Heinrich was executed in 1944 for the Munich plot.
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Paris
War Ministry
Otto von Stuelpnagel
France
Cherche-Midi
Stuelpnagel
Jean le Gorguillier
Heinrich
Germany
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Marcel Heraud
Winter storms sweep nation with heavy snow and warm south
Winter carved a hodge podge across the nation with heavy mid Atlantic and Kentucky snow, rain and sleet in the south, and frigid north cold. California rain eases drought but power shortages hinder industry. schools close from Kentucky to Washington amid widespread travel disruption. Rescue teams reach stranded workers in six foot drifts near Sunnyside.
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Middle Atlantic
Kentucky
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
California
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
University of California
Oregon
Jefferson County
Louisville
Washington
Sunnyside
Wash
Carolinas
Ohio Valley
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Georgia
Mississipn
Alabama
South Carolina
Six Children Die In Sudden St. Louis Fire Tragedy
In a four room bungalow a night blaze trapped six children and killed them while parents Charles E. and wife were badly burned. The father, a 31 year old stone setter, escaped through a window and is in critical condition. Names include Nancy Lee 10 Dona'd 8 Mary Ann 7 Georgia 6 Barbara 1 and Gene 11 months.
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ST. Louis
Charles E. Boff
Nancy Lee
Dona'd
Mary Ann
Georgia
Barbara
Gene
Matthew Reesnick
Christina Brooks
Gladys Shaul
Aid for China Battle Looms in Congress
Washington Feb 6 The State Department leans on Marshall plan logic as Congress treads a $510 million aid for China program for 15 months from April 1. Critics fear lack of military aid for Nationalist forces and debate over European recovery links the China package to broader world stabilization efforts.
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Washington
Marshall
Congress
China
United States
Europe
Committee Refuses to Clear Pauley in Curb on Inside Trading
A Senate appropriations subcommittee vote 3 to 2 declined to clear Edwin W. Pauley and Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham of any implication they used inside information in commodity trading. Knowland led the opposition with Ferguson and Dworshak. Green and Tydings supported the proposal.
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Washington
Feb. G
Senate
Edwin W. Pauley
Wallace H. Graham
Knowland
R-Calif
Appropriations
Green
D-R.i
Pauley
Army
Royall
Graeham
Truman
Ferguson
R-Mich
Dworshak
Idaho
Tydings
D-Md
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Orleans
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Augusta Chronicle
Caracas
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Martin
Methodist Conference
Johannes Blaskowitz
Nuernberg
Ger
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