Debate Over Foreign Policy Competence and Criticism
WESTBROOK PEGLER argues editors of the Cincinnati Enquirer misjudge who may discuss foreign policy. He defends his stance, cites figures like Dodd Marshall and Vandenberg, and condemns secrecy around Stalin Hitler era affairs and pro Russian propaganda.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Enquirer
Knute Rockne
Henry Seidel Canby
Saturday Review of Literature
Joe Davies
William E. Dodd
Harry Hopkins
George Marshall
Senator Vandenberg
Dodd
Marshall
Henry Wallace
Russia
Station Master Jailed Over French Train Wreck Toll
In Thumeries near Douai France station master Albert Dufour 49 was jailed on involuntary manslaughter charges after a passenger train collided with a freight train killing at least 24 and wounding about 40. He said a quarrel with an employee led to an premature signal that allowed the passenger train to depart though the freight should pass.
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France
Albert Dufour
Thumeries
Douai
Dufour
Thumernes
Marcel Carlier
Aper
Carlier
Truman asks Congress for 570 million aid for China
President Truman asks Congress for 570 million dollars in aid to China conditioned on economic stability. The plan covers 510 million for loans or gifts and 60 million for reconstruction through June 30, 1949, funded as cereals, cotton, petroleum, fertilizer, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, coal and repair parts. The aid would be managed under foreign relief channels until a new agency is set for European recovery.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
China
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Man Chooses No Citizenship in Bombed Kassel
Henry Martyn Noel Jr a 27 year old former Harvard student renounced American citizenship to live as a laborer in Kassel Germany. He says his one world ideal drives the act and accepts consequences including meager wages and candle lit quarters over a pigsty. US authorities question legality and may return him to France where his case will be decided.
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Kassel
Germany
Henry Martyn Noel, Jr
Harvard
Noel
France
U. S
Dozen Explosions Reported in Jerusalem Violence Escalates
Dozens of explosions rocked Jerusalem as communal violence continued. A Jewish woman was killed at the Jaffa Tel Aviv border and two British constables died from wounds in the old city. Five others, including three Jews and two Arabs, were slain in the unrest. The unofficial death toll since the UN partition vote remains unsettled.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Jockeying in House Charged by Former Justice Roberts
Owen J. Roberts accused Rep. Allen of legalistic jockeying to block universal military training legislation. The House Rules Committee has bottled up the armed services bill eight months after approval by the Armed Services Committee. Roberts, head of the National Security Committee, urged Allen to stop vetoing other committees.
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Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Rep
Allen
House
Supreme Court
House Rules Committee
House Armed Services Committee
Rules
Roberts
National Security Committee
Rules Committee
Ex-Marine Coach Faces Klan Threats At Georgia Game
In Rossville Georgia a former marine and Lakeview High coach carried a pistol after receiving a Klan threat to flee or be tarred and feathered. He guided his team Lakeview past Rossville High 75 to 29 amid about town turnout and armed guards nearby.
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Rossville
Walter Rowland
Lakeview
Rossville High
Feather Bowland
Bowland
Rowland
Lakeland
Lakeview Gymnasium
Search for eight Midway men halted by weather off Hyeres
Eight sailors missing from the U S aircraft carrier Midway were not found as snow rain and rough seas thwarted search efforts off Hyères France. The launch swamped off shore Monday night while returning from a farewell party with fifty three others rescued. Investigators seek cause of the accident and sound dispositions were advised to the French admiralty.
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U. S
Midway
Hyeres Roads
France
United States
Hyeres
French Riviera
Naples
Port Ponthau
J. E. Murdock
Gearing
Murdock
Woman Held as Accessory in Brookhaven Shootout
Brookhaven Mississippi sheriff says a 27 year old woman Mickey Vallew was charged as an accessory to the shooting of two city policemen Wiley Brister and Leroy Watts. She posted bond $750 after questioning. Police hunt two gunmen described as dangerous.
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Brookhaven
Miss
Solon Britt
Mickey Vallew
Britt
Hattiesburg
Wiley C. Brister
Leroy P. Watts
Income taxes dominate Louisiana political scene
The report details Earl K. Long's income tax records and reactions from opponents. Sam H. Jones accuses a $50,000 Long income while claiming a $3,000 deficiency. U. S. Rep. Edward Hebert urges a federal probe and James Domengeaux seeks a civil court order for records. both deny conspiring to libel Long.
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Associated Press
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Sam H. Jones
Long
U. S
Edward Hebert
Congress
Jones
Internal Revenue Bureau
James Domengeaux
New Orleans
House
Hebert
Domengeaux
Civil District Court
Wallace backed ALP candidate wins Bronx congressional race
In New York the American Labor Party candidate Leo Isacson defeated three rivals in the 24th district special election, winning 22,697 votes to the Democrat Karl Propper’s 12,578. Wallace praised the result from Tampa while unions had earlier shifted away from the ALP. The Bronx district, with a large Jewish population, saw Isacson become the party’s second member of Congress.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Ers
Wallace
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Isacson
Congress
Karl Propper
Dean Allange
Joseph de Nigris
Truman
Palestine
Bronx
Washington
American Labor Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York State
Thomas K. Dewey
Rep
Kirwan
Ohio
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
GOP
Leo Isacson
Resistance to Prices Intensifies Across Retail Markets
Storekeepers report demand drops despite price cuts as consumers hold back during Lent. Grain markets fall after a two day rally with a late selling wave. soybeans gain. Cattle prices rise somewhat while wholesale beef weakens in New York and Chicago. Cotton futures dip. wholesale butter climbs. Senator Tobey and Chairman Wolcott urge caution on anti inflation measures.
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New York
Chicago
Tobey
New Hampshire
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Wolcott
Michigan
United States
Wallace surge in Bronx reshapes 1948 politics
Henry A. Wallace drew strong support from New York voters in a Bronx special election, threatening Democratic control and signaling a split within the party. Leo Isacson led with 56 percent, Karl Propper trailed, and the Liberal party entered a four way race, prompting calls for unity and turnout efforts.
Three Airmen Rescued After Amphibian Forced Down
A coast guard buoy tender Hemlock rescued three airmen after their amphibious plane made a forced landing in Kashebarof pass age, 65 miles south of Ketchikan Alaska, due to an oil leak. The aircraft and crew were taken aboard the ship and the men, who were uninjured, were later reported as safe.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Kashebarof Passage
Ketchikan
Alaska
Wright urges radicals to bolt Democrats only if needed
Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright told a Madison Farmers Club audience that any bolting should come from radicals, not the party, and warned the south must lead the party against anti southern federal pressure. He accused civil rights activists of exploiting Negroes and opposed Truman's civil rights program as endangering local self government.
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Madison
Miss
Mississippi
Fielding L. Wright
Madison Farmers Club
Democratic Party
Wright
South
Truman
Gove
Tax cut fight erupts over Marshall plan bookkeeping
In Washington the Senate debated a plan to spread the first year cost of the European recovery program over two government bookkeeping years. Republicans push a $6.5 billion tax cut while House passage and possible veto battles loom.
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Washington
Senate
Byrd
Virginia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Millikin
Colorado
Senate Finance Committee
House
Truman
Robbery at Philadelphia Banker Home Nets 49000
Caleb F. Fox Jr., a Philadelphia banker and sportsman, was robbed of about 49000 in valuables by four masked intruders who entered his suburban Rydal home. They tied the occupants, ransacked the house, cut the telephone lines, and fled after freeing themselves.
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Philadelphia
Caleb F. Fox, Jr
Rydal
Fox
Bernard Fox
Hope Meade Fox
Costello Becomes Ireland's New Prime Minister
Dublin February 18 John A Costello was elected prime minister of Eire after parliament defeated Eamon de Valeras bid for reelection The 65 year old Fianna Fail leader carried only four outside his party de Valera lost 70 to 75 Costello 56 a Dublin lawyer won 75 to 68 with opposition backing and independents The Fianna Fail minority faces a political shift as five Labour deputies joined the anti de Valera coalition
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Dublin
John A. Costello
Eire
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
New York
Fianna Fail
Soldiers of Destiny
Costello
National Labor Party
Floodwaters threaten Greenwood and rivers across region
Veteran flood fighters sandbag levees on the Yazoo near Greenwood Mississippi as flood crests advance downstream. Convict labor and outside equipment aid local crews. The Tombigbee crest moves toward Alabama and Demopolis. Cumberland at Carthage remains above flood stage, Nashville area expected crest later. New Orleans engineers predict only normal spring rise across the Mississippi valley.
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Yazoo
Greenwood
Miss
Vicksburg District Corps of Engineers
Tombigbee River
Columbus
Alabama Line
Demopolis
Ala
Cumberland River
Carthage
Tenn
Nashville
West Tennessee
Mississippi
U. S
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
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Miss Rosner
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