U S Army Reveals Verdict In Czech Spy Trial
In Munich on February 17, the eight member U S military commission chaired by Gen Lucius D Clay publicly sentenced Frontisek Klecka a 31 year old waiter on the Orient Express to 20 years hard labor, lifting some secrecy from the case while keeping charges and testimony details private. Klecka proclaimed innocence through an interpreter as the verdict was announced amid ongoing secret proceedings and a broader inquiry into the necessity of such secrecy.
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Munich
Germany
U. S
Frontisek Klecka
Orient Express
Lucius D. Clay
Klecka
Europe
Balkans
France
Turkey
John L. McKee
Czech
McKee
Czechoslovakia
Frankfurt
United States
Macwell Taylor
Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler on Dewey and party unity
Westbrook Pegler attacks Governor Dewey for proposing a one party system by absorbing Republicans into the Democratic line. He likens Roosevelt era politics to national socialism, condemns the CIO's power, and warns of corruption, urging readers to see Dewey as a threat to independents and traditional American values.
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Dewey
Republican Party
Monroe 10 Be Key Club Host in Three Day Session
More than 500 Key Club members from Louisiana Mississippi and west Tennessee will gather in Monroe for a three day session starting Friday. Attending are Harold Stoke of LSU and Tom Ellis Mississippi supreme court clerk. Registration begins Friday on the Hotel Virginia mezzanine. Tomm Starnes Ouachita Parish High is international president. District officials include Don Albares governor Baton Rouge William Quinnelly secretary Columbus Miss and Donald Learner treasurer Baton Rouge.
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Key Club
Louisiana
Mississippi
West Tennessee
Monroe
Harold Stoke
Louisiana State University
Tom Ellis
Mississippi Supreme Court
Hotel
Virginia
Kiwanis Clubs
United States
Canada
Tomm Starnes
Ouachita Parish
Baton Rouge
Columbus
Miss
Don Albares
William Quinnelly
Donald Learner
Louisiana lifer gets new sentence in rape case
Sidney Boehm, 40, already serving a life term from 1948 for aggravated kidnapping, received an additional 15 year sentence for attempted aggravated rape of a 13 year old girl. The new term will run separately. Boehm faces two additional attempted murder charges related to the May 20 incident. He had previously served 18 years on two rape sentences and received pardons in each case.
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ST. Francisville
Louisiana
E. S. Muse
Sidney Boehm
Muse
Boehm
President of Israel sworn in at Jerusalem inauguration
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, 74, inaugurated as the first president of the new state of Israel in Jerusalem. He pledged allegiance to Israel and its laws as 120-member assembly and delegates watched, with Ben-Gurion expected to form a new government. The vote was 83 to 15 for Klausner, amid tumult from opposing camps.
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Jerusalem
Chaim Weizmann
Israel
Chaim Ben Ozer Weizmann
Holy City
League of Nations
Nazareth
Weizmann
Rehovot
Dr. Weizmann
Jewish Agency
Arab Legion
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Mapsi
Profesor Yosef Klausner
Klausner
Herut (Freedom) Party
Menachem Beigin
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Herut
Mapam
Louisiana Queens to Attend Washington Mardi Gras Ball
Six or more Louisiana queens will join the regular Mardi Gras court in Washington on March 1 for the Louisiana State Society ball. Named attendees include Joycelin Aube Rayne rice queen Mary Alice Toso New Orleans international house queen Joyce Oubre New Iberia sugar queen Joyce Courrege Lake Charles yambilee queen Lucille Savastano Burns orange queen. Katherine Briggs Maine potato queen may attend. Invitations extend to Louisiana strawberry camellia and paper queens. President Truman may attend but no acceptance announced.
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Washington
Louisiana
Louisiana State Society
Larcade
D.-La
Joycelin Aube
Rayne
Mary Alice Toso
New Orleans
International House
Joyce Oubre
New Iberia
Joyce Courrege
Lake Charles
Lucille Savastano
Burns
Katherine Briggs
Maine
Truman
Flood threat warned as snow melt may trigger floods
The agriculture department warned that this winter’s heavy western snows could cause devastating floods this spring as they melt. It cited the Columbia and Missouri river valleys and possibly the Rio Grande as at risk, with plans to move grain under price support to safety. Late melts and heavy spring rains could worsen flooding and disrupt spring planting.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
West
Columbia
Missouri
Rio Grande River
British Columbia
Plains States
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
George D. Clyde
Logan
Utah
Department
Irrigation and Water Conservation Division
Foremen Seek Bargaining Rights in Congress
The Foreman's Association of America urged Congress to require employers to bargain with foremen, seeking a repeal of Taft-Hartley and a return to Wagner Act rights. Ford officials argued restoring foremen recognition would harm production efficiency and raise costs, while the association cited unworkable conditions under current law. Republican committee members moved to speed hearings ahead of February 23 deadline.
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Carl Brown
Senate Labor Committee
Ford Motor Company
William T. Gossett
Ford Company
Foremen's Association
Brown
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Committee
Gossett
Ford
Republican Committee
Thousands Stranded By Snows And Flood Waters
Mountainous snows and flood waters isolated several communities in the storm stricken west, marooning thousands. In Elko County Nevada towns, ranches faced emergency conditions as food and fuel dwindled and pilots delivered supplies. Port Angeles Washington faced a landslide killing a woman and flooding blocks of the city. Highway and rail routes were disrupted across Wyoming and the Northwest as storms continued.
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Associated Press
West
Wyoming
Elko
Nev
Pysht
Olympic Peninsula
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Burke
Idaho
Port Angeles
Port Angeles Coast Guard
Dakotas
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Denver
Salt Lake City
Casper
Nations Seek U. S. Promise in North Atlantic Pact
Western European nations pressed Secretary of State Acheson to include a clear statement of Western unity and potential military action in the proposed North Atlantic security treaty. Senator Vandenberg signaled no objection if military action remained secondary to diplomatic steps, while Acheson framed the issue as wording not intent.
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Washington
Acheson
Security Organization
Vandenberg
Republican
Michigan
Rent Control Debate Winds Through Congress
Washington February 17 Rent controls seem likely to continue though in weaker form than President Truman urged. House banking committee members favor 12 to 14 months of ceilings with a ban on mass evictions and new power for the rent administrator to seek damages for overcharges. They doubt criminal penalties will be granted and question extending or restoring controls on decontrolled classes. Spokesmen for landlords condemn controls as confiscation and un American.
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Washington
Truman
House Banking Committee
Congress
Tighe Woods
Legislators in Nanking Again
War weary lawmakers return to Nanking for a yuan session planned later this month as Sun Fo and Li Tsung jen differ over where the assembly should meet. Sun refuses to quit and may avoid Nanking, while Li aims to convene around Feb 25.
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Nanking
Yuan
Carton
Sun Fo
Li Tsung-Jen
Legislative Yuan
Sun
Canton
Ho Ying-Chin
Shanghai
Peiping
Formosa
Chiang Wei-Kuo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Fenghwa
Amoy
Kualangan
Amoy Bay
Third Police Corps
Tottering
Paul G. Hoffman
U. S
Beaten body of physician found in Chicago apartment
Dr. Albert J. Bennett, 71, was found slain in his south side Indiana avenue apartment. Investigators recovered a bloodstained iron shaker bar, a hammer, and a spent bullet. A robbery motive is suspected as $92 remained in his pockets. Doris Bennett, 33, reported returning home late.
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Chicago
Albert J. Bennett
South Side Negro District
Andrew C. Aitken
Aitken
Bennett
Indiana Avenue
Doris
Murder of 68 year old farmer stumps Leesville police
In Leesville Louisiana a 68 year old farmer Adrian Stephens was found murdered with a blow to the head on the Leesville Eurthwood road. Coroner Dr Joe Broyles said the death occurred Tuesday and the victim had $24 in his pocket. A rural mail carrier Rufus West found the body yesterday and officials reported no clear motive as investigation continued.
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Leesville
Joe Broyles
Vernon Parish
Adrian Stephens
Rufus West
Eurthwood
Winzate M. White
White
Bill Seeks To Bar Foreign Clergymen
Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb 17 AP The Bulgarian parliament moved to bar foreign religious missions, ordering closure within a month and confiscation of property. The bill designates the Greek Orthodox Church as the traditional and only people's democratic church while prohibiting non citizens from clerical roles. It tightens state control of international church links and asserts church-state separation in name. The measure targets a wave of prosecutions against Protestant leaders charged with treason espionage and war rumor spreading connected to foreign agents. The trial of 15 Evangelical Church figures is slated for Feb 25 amid broader political tension in Bulgaria.
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Dimiter Mishev
Sofia
Bulgaria
People’s Republic of Bulgaria
Vassil Kolarov
Kolarov
Kalorov
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Britain
United States
United Evangelical Church
Vassil Ziapkov
Yanko Ivanov
Nikola Mihailov
Baptists
Georgi Chernev
Supreme Council of the
Evangelical Churches
Peasant Party
Nikola Petkov
Georgi Dimitrov
Vladimir Topencharov
Rumblings Over Civil Rights Duel In Senate Intensifies
Washington Feb 17 Rumblings of the brewing senate storm over civil rights legislation grew louder as rules committee approved an anti filibuster rule to permit debates to be shut off by a two thirds vote. Senator Stennis warned that southern senators will filibuster against anti poll tax anti lynching and other civil rights bills.
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Washington
Senate
Hayden
D-Ariz
Stennis
D-Miss
Lucas
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