U S Plans To Send 4 More Army Divisions To Europe
Secretary of Defense Marshall outlined a plan to move four additional U S Army divisions to Europe as part of a total of six divisions with Allied forces. He testified to Senate committees that about 100000 troops would be deployed, including 72000 fighting personnel, to bolster Western Europe against possible Communist aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton C. Fay
Washington
Administration
Europe
Western
Secretary of Defense
Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Lyndon Johnson
D.-Tex
Fair Enough Cowboys Ballad From Old West Saloon
Tucson radio fragment presents a country song narrative about a lonely cowboy who recalls meeting Sally Lee in the Wagonwheel Saloon and laments a broken heart. The piece includes verses of love, betrayal, and melodramatic requests for caution to cowboys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Arizona
April
Sal
Ballant Knights of Yore
Moore Admits One More Crime Involving Juvenile Suspects
Police detectives say Frank Moore confessed to two additional burglaries involving three youths. Items stolen included purses, glasses, a pen and pencil set valued at 50 dollars, travelers checks, and cash from Mrs. Mattie Layne Mitchell’s home at 107 Pear Street. Other burglaries were at 2000 North Third, 100 Mississippi, 106 South Grand, and 706 South Second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank ©. Moore
Moore
C. G. Pearce
North Third
Mattie Layne Mitchell
Pear Street
Mississippi
South Grand
South Second
Georgia lieutenant tells brutal frontline tally on Han River
Lt. Remer Y. Brinson of Savannah commands a platoon holding a ford on the Han River southeast of Seoul. He reports frequent encirclements and evasive replies as his men press a relentless advance, noting 22 killed Reds after multiple tight holds.
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Western Front
Korea
Georgia
Remer Y. Brinson
Savannah
Han River
Seoul
Brinson
Julius W. Levy
Augusta
Levy
Quick tax hike doomed as house delays two package plan
Washington reports that Republican leaders say a quick spring tax increase is no longer feasible. The House Ways and Means Committee will review all revenue ideas from Secretary Snyder before deciding on one or two package bills. President Truman sought roughly 10 billion annually plus a second package to balance a 71.6 billion dollar budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Doughton
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Reed
House Group
Britain Faces Critical Test Over Attlee Rearmament Policy
London Feb 15 Attlee's Labor government faced a pivotal no confidence vote in the House of Commons. Churchill introduced the motion amid left wing Labour threats to bolt over rearmament. If adopted, Attlee may resign or face a general election with Conservatives favored to win. Eight Liberal MPs could tilt the result, and Hugh Gaitskell prepares to define the economic impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Attlee
Bntain
House of Commons
M. P
Britain
M. P.s
Commons
Will Attlee
Churchill
Hugh Gaitskell
Seven German war criminals spared temporary reprieve in US prison
A last minute habeas corpus challenge delayed seven German war criminals scheduled for execution at a U S prison in Landsberg Germany continues to halt the hangings as the federal court weighs the appeal. Prison officials report the stay remains in force while the case proceeds in Washington. The condemned men argue their German citizenship was lost by their conviction at Nurmberg and seek relief from the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landsberg
Germany
Washington
U. S
Col. W. R. Graham
Warren Magree
Nuernberg
Costello Returns to Senate for Grail of Testimony
New York February 15 Frank Costello resumes testimony before the U S senate crime probes panel as jailed bookmaker Frank Erickson’s fate hangs on a New York state appeals court ruling The committee questions a mix of politicians and waterfront figures while Erickson fights to stay in jail and finish his sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Costello
U. S. Senate
Frank Erickson
Costello
Senate
New Orleans
Estes Kefauver
D.-Tenn
Tammany Hall
Erickson
Rikers Island Penitentiary
Harold H. Corbin
Corbin
State Supreme Court
William D Dwyer
Clarence H. Neal, Jr
Tammany Elections Committee
Bert Stand
Manhattan
O'Dwyer
Wide Area Hit by Rain and Snow Across Central Regions
An extensive winter storm brought sleet snow and freezing rain from Illinois and Indiana through the Southern Plains to northeast Texas. Travel slowed and schools closed as ice and slush piled up. Texas wheat benefited from snow while other areas faced hazardous driving and disrupted services.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Indiana
Plains
Texas
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
North Texas
Wichita Falls
Arkansas
Louisiana
South Atlantic
North Central
Wisconsin
Michigan
Cadillac
Mich
Lone Rock
Wis
Rocky Mountains
North Atlantic States
Appalachian Mountains
Washington, D. C
New York
Building controls curb nonresidential construction nationwide
Washington February 15 two new building controls take effect to fight inflation and conserve materials for defense. A federal licensing system for new commercial construction and a 50 percent cash down payment on many non-residential projects are imposed by the Federal Reserve Board and the National Production Authority. Exemptions include small projects under 5000 dollars and government aided or essential facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
Economic Stabilization
Eric Johnston
House
Ways
Commerce Department
Reserve Board
Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit Of Negro Teachers
In New Orleans the U S fifth circuit affirmed a Mississippi district ruling dismissing a Jackson Mississippi teachers suit seeking equal salaries for Black and white teachers. The court found no reversible error and denied the appeal for lack of jurisdiction while addressing merits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Southern District
Mississippi Court
Jackson
Miss
Gladys Noel Bates
Richard Jess Brown
Mississippi
U S casualties in Korea rise to 48035
U S combat casualties in Korea increased to 48035, up 647 in a week. The tally through February 9 lists 7245 killed in action, 31395 wounded, 9395 missing, with 826 wounded later dying and 83 of the missing confirmed dead. The movement raises total U S combat deaths to 8154 and shows 912 returned, 111 prisoners of war, leaving 8289 missing.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Two Women Hurt as Train Strikes Auto at Crossing
Monroe police report two women received minor injuries when a 1950 Buick sedan was hit by box cars of the A and L M Railroad Company at North Sixth and Adams. The car lacked a flagman at the crossing. The Buick sustained heavy damage during a switch operation for Drew Grocery Company.
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A. and L. M. Railroad Company
Monroe
North Sixth
Adams Street
Lissie Brane
K Street
L. Iy
Will Holmes
Short Street
Hanks
Drew Grocery Company
Allied relief breaks Chinese ring at Chipyong in Korean front
An Allied relief column broke through a Chinese Red ring five miles south southwest of Chipyong to reinforce American and French forces on the central Korean front. The push, ongoing two days of assault, left Chinese casualties high with overall Red losses nearing 100,000 killed, wounded, or captured since January 25.
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Tokyo
Chipyong
Seoul
Hunterkiller
A. P
John Randolph
William J. Waugh
House panel studies UMTS bill amid drafting broadening debate
Washington reports the House Armed Services Committee begins a paragraph by paragraph study of the universal military training and service bill. The committee seeks testimony from Defense officials and aims to finish its analysis before early next month.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Department of Defense
Department
President Truman
Army
Neavy
Air Force
Morse R.ore
Kaiser Aluminum To Build $70 Million Louisiana Plant
Kaiser Aluminum and Kaiser Aluminum Chemical Corp announce a $70 million reduction plant in St Bernard Parish near New Orleans. The plant will produce 200 million pounds of aluminum annually, use alumina from Kaiser's Baton Rouge plant, and hire about 1,000 workers. The project includes Jamaica bauxite sourcing and is praised by Louisiana leaders for its prolonged economic impact.
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New Orleans
St. Bernard Parish
de Lesseps Morrison
Kaiser Aluminum Chemical Corp
Kaiser
Baton Rouge
Mead
Washington
Tacoma
Wash
Jamaica
Hebert
D.-La
Louisiana
Henry J. Kaiser
Morrison
Joseph Rault
Mao Tse-Tung MIA as Curious Officials Note Absence
Observers in Hong Kong and Taipei question Mao Tse-Tung’s whereabouts after he missed three major events. Reports say he may have traveled to Moscow to confer with Stalin on Korea and Asian matters, though Beijing celebrations proceeded without him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
China
Red China
Mao Tse-Tung
Mao
Moscow
Stalin
Taipei
Peiping
N. VY. Roshchin
Red
Chou En-Lai
Chu Teh
Hugo Valvanne
Finland
Mindzenty Said To Be In Good Health
Vienna reports from Budapest say Cardinal Josef Mindzenty the imprisoned Hungarian prelate is believed well after months of illness rumors His 80 year old mother is said to have recently visited and reported him in good health and taking an interest in local politics
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Vienna
Budapest
Josef Cardinal Mindzenty
Hungary
Mindzenty
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