Wilson Defends War Efforts Amid Backing by Traitors
New York February 13. Charles Z Wilson director of defense mobilization rebukes those aiding the enemy in war and warns such acts could harm the United States more than Korea. The piece critiques Wilson and portrays him as principled yet pressured in social duties during wartime.
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New York
Charles Z. Wilson
Defense Mobilization
United States
Korea
Wilson
Eleanor
Distaff
General Fledric
Mr. Wilson
Press barred at 7 hangings in Landsberg
Frankfurt report says U.S. authorities forbid press coverage of seven condemned German war criminals to be executed at Landsberg prison. Relatives were notified today. no comment on timing. Officials McCloy and Handy ordered the ban amid fears of demonstrations.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Landsberg Prison
Army
U.S
John J. McCloy
Thomas T. Handy
Europe
Huernberg
Hall of Justice
McCloud
Flu patients surge at Fort Dix post hospital
Fort Dix New Jersey reports 558 influenza patients in the post hospital with doctors predicting up to 100 more. Officials stress the illness is not an epidemic and note cases range from flu like symptoms to common colds among trainees and families.
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Fort Dix
N. J
Army
First Army
Big Four Deputies Plan Paris Meeting In March
Paris reports say Big Four deputies will meet between March 10 and 15 to set terms and arrange a date for a foreign ministers conference. The deputies will name special representatives, with Alexandre Parodi expected as the French delegate and Philip C. Jessup mentioned as a U S ambassador candidate.
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Paris
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Alexandre Parodi
Foreign Office
Philip C. Jessup
U. S
Feud Over RFC Intensifies as Senate Clash Deepens
Washington and Manila, Feb 13. A bitter clash between a Democratic-led Senate group and the White House over Reconstruction Finance Corporation leadership escalates. Senator Fulbright accuses Donald Dawson of influencing RFC lending and vows to block confirmations. President Truman supports the five RFC directors with a vote of confidence.
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Senate
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Fulbright
D.-Ark
Senate Banking
Donald Dawson
Truman
RFC
Fullbright
Dawson
Douglas
D.-Ill
Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
Mr. Truman
ABC
Florida
Walter L. Dunham
William E. Willett
C. Edward Rowe
W. Elmer Harber
Walter Cosgriff
Dunham
Willett
Rowe
Harker
Cosgriff
Crime Probers Reopen Kefauver Hearings in New York
The U S Senate crime investigating committee resumes closed hearings in New York on organized crime with about 30 expected witnesses over two days. Former Mayor William O Dwyer, now ambassador to Mexico, may testify in March and has offered constructive recommendations for improving law enforcement.
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New York
U. S. Senate Crime Investigating Committee
New York City
Senate
Estes Kefauver
D.tenn
William O’dwyer
U. S
Mexico
William O'Dwyer
Mexico City
Louis E. Yavner
O'Dwyer
Rudolph Halley
Halley
New York-New Jersey
Frank Costello
Albert
Anthony Anastasia
Brooklyn
Meyer
Locks Lansky
Michael Lascari
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Frank
Seven of 22 Alabama prison escapees hunted
Seven convicts who broke from Atmore State Prison Farm on Saturday remain at large. The other 15 are in Kilby prison isolation. Guards with bloodhounds pursued escaped men in Cantonment Florida and nearby towns as recaptured fugitives were reported in Dickson Tennessee and Robinsonville Alabama. Local authorities named four identifications including Carlton Mattox Eddie Haskins Herman Newson and James Guthrie.
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Atmore
Ala
Kilby
Little Alcatraz
S. W Hixon
Gordon Persons
Cantonment
Fla
Pensacola
Hixon
Dickson
Tenn
Uriah
Carlton D. Mattox
Madison County
Eddie Haskins
Colbert County
Herman David Newson
Dallas County
James Guthrie
Eutaw
Robinsonville
Jay, Fla
W. F. Miller
Jay
Truman Roosevelt Called Enemies at Lincoln Day Dinner
Lou isiana Republican John E. Jackson branded President Truman and the late Franklin D. Roosevelt as the souths greatest enemies at a Lincoln day dinner in Little Rock. He urged ending the one party system in the south and criticized the region's lack of southern representation in the president's cabinet.
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Little Rock
Louisiana
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
South
John E. Jackson
New Orleans
Jackson
Arkansas Senate approves term limit on presidents
The Arkansas state senate backed a bill to limit any future president to ten years, via two full terms, plus a capped unexpired term. It would become the 22nd amendment after 36 states ratify, not affecting Truman. vice presidents later may not seek more than two years plus ten years total.
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Little Rock
Ark
State
Senate
Arkansas
U.S
John Cloer
Springdale
W. H. Abington
Beebe
Truman
Arizona
Alabama
Tennessee
Rhode Island
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Nevada
Maryland
Kentucky
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Texas
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Minnesota
Utah
New Mexico
Georgia
Washington
Navy Pilot Killed In Jet Fighter Crash
Jacksonville Florida February 13 Ensign Alfred Strickland of Ellisville Mississippi was killed when his jet fighter crashed into the St Johns River during a tow target escort. The body was recovered several hours after the incident.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Alfred Strickland
Ellisville
Miss
St Johns River
Public schools in Minneapolis remain closed by strike
Minneapolis teachers and janitors maintain a citywide school shutdown begun January 23 as unions reject Governor Youngdahl's reopened schools plea and a 100 dollar across the board raise for 1951. Union leaders say no crossing picket lines and warn buildings may freeze without heat.
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Minneapolis
Luther W. Youngdahl
St. Paul
George Beacom
Minneapolis Federation of Teachers
New Orleans Considers Ordinance Banning City Strikes
The New Orleans commission council will vote next Monday on a proposed ordinance to bar city employees from striking. Violators would face immediate dismissal after a sanitation department and parkway commission work stoppage. About 1,200 workers sought a $1 per day raise and the AFSCME did not use the word strike.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Commission Council
City Sanitation Department
Parkway Commission
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Truman faces Senate criticism over RFC board firings
Washington February 13 Democrats say President Truman is off in timing as Congress battles over RFC and the subversive control board. Senator George of Georgia joins calls to slash the budget by 5 billion dollars while Bricker admonishes Truman on treasury reserve policy. Some allies urge a brief Key West break for rest, but the president declines. Five RFC nominations were sent back to Congress after a freeze, delaying a compromise on the agency’s status.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Congress
RFC
Control Board
White House
George
D.ga
Bricker
R.-O
James K. Vardaman Jr
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury-Reserve Board
Capitol Hill
Pri
Douglas
Key West
Fla
RFC Board
G. O. P. Calls for Budget Cuts Amid Internal Strife
Republicans clash over foreign policy and McCarthy era fights during Lincoln Day speeches across the nation. Some push for unity and less obstructionism while others blame me too rhetoric for past losses. Dewey criticizes Western Europe aid limits as Taft and others respond.
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U. S
Europe
State Acheson
McCarthy
R.-Wis
Wheeling
W. Va
Kilgore
D.-W. Va
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
New York City
Taft
Ohio
Coroner Reports 1950 Violent Deaths by Race in Ouachita
Ouachita parish coroner Dr. J. T. French reports 1950 saw 45 violent deaths in nature among whites and Negroes, with a total of 493 cases and 391 to investigate. White and Negro breakdowns include homicides, auto and train accidents, asphyxiation, drowning, and electrocution among others.
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J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
French
Avalanches Kill Dozens Across Swiss Italian Alps
In Geneva Switzerland February 13 avalanches swept Alpine slopes killing at least 19 and possibly 22 across Switzerland and Italy. Officials warn of maximum danger as many roads and the Gotthard line are buried and towns face wreckage from recent slides.
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Genevea
Switzerland
Italy
French Alps
France
Gotthard
Cotton Ceiling Contemplated By OPS As Price Probe
Washington reports Director Michael V. DiSalle directs OPS to set a cotton price ceiling near 45 cents per pound to please southern senators while keeping clothing costs in check. The move follows a push by sixteen cotton-state senators for decontrol and aims to spur production without fully removing ceilings. OPS also loosens controls on sugar and raw farm products, signaling broader policy shifts.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
DiSalle
Truman
Agriculture Department
Mississippi editor backs Eisenhower and two party system
Hodding Carter publisher of the Delta Democrat Times told reporters in Spartanburg that Gen Dwight D Eisenhower is the best bet for the next president and that Truman would have little chance in the South. He said Eisenhower could end the solid South and restore two party politics though he believes States Rights Democrats are dead for practical politics.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Mississippi
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hodding Carter
Greenville
Miss
Delta Democrat - Times
Truman
South
Delta
Eisenhower
Carter
Chinese Communists Push Break Toward Wonju Yoju Road
Chinese Communist forces shift their central Korea attack toward the Wonju Yoju road aiming to split Allied lines. General MacArthur warns of persistent enemy manpower and supplies as U N forces regroup after Hoengsong withdrawal. Allied air power destroys several Red columns and seizes momentum with several engagements near Chipyong Sokking and Yoju.
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United Nations
Hoengsong
Wonju
Seoul
Yangyang
Tokyo
Korea
Yaju
MacArthur
Chipyong
Wonju-Yoju
South Korea
10Th Corp
Sokking
Yoju
Hoensong
Wonju- Yoju
Winter Blast Delivers Subzero Cold Across Midwest
A wide winter storm spreads subzero temperatures through the Midwest and parts of the central Rockies and northern Texas. Sleet and ice disrupt travel across northern Illinois Indiana and southern Michigan while snow blankets Iowa Wisconsin and lower Michigan. Temperatures drop to 22 below in Bismarck and 15 in Duluth as forecasters warn of further cold snaps.
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Associated Press
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Texas
Plains
Ilinois
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Iowa
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Lake Erie
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Bismarck
N. C
Duluth
Minn
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Nebraska
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Pacific Coast
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