North China regime falling apart big police force at trial
New York January report says federal judge Harold R. Medina ruled that the trial of 12 top Communist leaders should proceed with 11 officials and William Z. Foster absent due to illness. Police around the United States courthouse were detailed for security as defense objections were overruled on the second day of the history making trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harold R. Medina
William Z. Foster
United States
Communist Party
Yester
Presidential pay raises spark across party lines
The piece contrasts Hoover era austerity with calls for higher presidential pay and unvetted allowances, arguing the White House should reflect public taste and economy. It condemns a proposed fraudulent funding method and laments extravagant expenditure while praising charitable acts.
Names of Dead in Crash Told at Smoky Hill Base
Salinas Kansas January 18 Smoky Hill air base announced the names of 20 men aboard an American B 29 Superfortress that crashed yesterday near Lochgoilhead Scotland. Search crews found no survivors. The bomber from the 301st bomb group at Scampton England was returning to Salinas after three months duty in England. Col Joe Kelly said no definite word on fatalities. He listed the crew when departing Scampton including First Lt Sheldon C Craigmlye Phoenix Arizona First Lt M P Barry New Haven Connecticut First Lt Richard D Klindenberg San Diego California First Lt Robert A Fritsche etc.
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Salinas
Kan
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Scotland
Lochgoilhead
Scampton Field
Lincolnshire
England
Joe Kelly
Smoky Hill
Kelly
Scampton
Sheldon C. Craigmlye
E. Thomas Road
Phoenix
Ariz
M. P. Barry
New Haven
Conn
Richard D. Klindenberg
Columbia Street
San Diego
Calif
Robert A. Fritsche
Bor
Wholesale meat prices fall across major cuts in Chicago
The American Meat Institute reports a 20 percent drop from the September peak in general wholesale meat prices. Retail prices show sharp declines, with pork chops down 26 percent, round steak 25 percent, chuck roasts 22 percent, leg of lamb 17 percent, and lamb chops plus hamburger 13 percent. Lard leads declines at about 29 percent year over year.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
Institute
New York
San Francisco
Education Bills Headed For Quick Senate Action
Washington Jan 18 A push for fast action on education and science bills aimed to sidetrack a Senate labor committee decision on Taft Hartley repeal. Chairman Elbert D. Thomas said executive session would recommend federal aid for education and a national science foundation. The education bill would fund 300 million dollars annually for teachers and operations to equalize opportunities, while the science bill would create a 24 member National Science Foundation to fund research and development.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
National Science Foundation
Truman
Thomas
Pepper
Florida
Organized Labor
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Truman Ready to Celebrate Inauguration Begins
Washington awaits the inauguration of Harry S Truman for a new four year term after Congress raised the president’s salary to 100000 dollars and his expense allowance to 90000. The city buzzes with events from a formal dinner to the Inaugural Gala and a Thursday oath at the Capitol.
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Washington
Harry Truman
Truman
Congress
Truman-Barkley Club
Democratic Party
Missouri
Capitol
J. D. Carroll Dies Suddenl y
J D Carroll a Monroe life insurer long tied to Protective Life and later First National New Orleans died suddenly in a Crescent City hotel from a heart attack. Body to be moved to Monroe by Davis Lawhead Funeral Home. funeral plans incomplete. Survived by wife at West Monroe home two daughters and two sons including Mrs J B Ryals Jr in Monroe and a son Dr Carroll in Dallas.
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J. D. Carroll
Monroe
First National
New Orleans
Crescent City
Davis-Lawhead Funeral Home
Carroll
Protective Life Insurance Company
First Baptist Church
Stella Street
West Monroe
J. B. Ryals, Jr
Joseph
Martin
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Dallas
Tex
Fresno
Calif
Congress sends two bills to Truman desk in fast start
The 81st Congress moves with urgency as two measures reach President Truman, one raising the president, vice president and speaker pay and another granting a four day inaugural weekend for federal workers in the Washington area. A third bill tax‑exempts inaugural admission tickets. Dean Acheson is nominated as Secretary of State, likely to clear Senate approval today.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Truman
Republican
Dean Acheson
Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
George C. Marshall
German plants dispute reshapes postwar reparations
Washington reports a plan to let Germany keep about 130 plants slated for dismantling to speed Europe’s recovery. The Hoffman Humphrey advisory group favors keeping steel and allied plants and maintaining the 10.7 million ton annual crude steel ceiling, with potential capacity growth to 13 million tons. Sixteen wartime foes may oppose, but negotiations are expected smoother, given weeks of preliminary talks.
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Washington
Germany
Paul G. Hoffman
Britain
France
Hoffman
State Department
George M. Humphrey
Cleveland
Economic Cooperation Administration
Mid-Continent Brace for New Snow and Cold Spell
An AP report notes a fresh wave of snow sleet and rain moving across the mid continent from the eastern Rockies to the Texas Panhandle. Near blizzard conditions were forecast in Nebraska and parts of Minnesota with lows plummeting to 15 to 25 below in North Dakota and 15 below in South Dakota and Minnesota. Freezing rain tracked from northeastern Texas and Oklahoma into southern Indiana as sleet and snow threatened most of the north central and southwestern states. Hundreds of motorists stranded by heavy snows in New Mexico were rescued by trains, while roads were being cleared. Temperatures remained milder in the southeast and most eastern states, with cooler but not severely freezing readings expected in southern California.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Texas Panhandle
Nebraska
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Texas
Oklahoma
Indiana
New Mexico
Capital Run on Rent Tuxedos in Inaugural Week
Washington reports a tuxedo shortage as inaugural week celebrations boost demand. A Washington Post survey shows supplies nearly exhausted with one shop renting 1,500 outfits. Reservations pour in by phone and telegraph from across the country, and a man even radioed from a plane. An Oklahoma oil man who rented a full dress suit insisted on an unorthodox turn-down collar, remarking on Harry's striped bow tie.
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Washington
Washington Post
Martin M. Klein
Martin Manning
Harry
Wealthy heir Grenville Baker shot near Tallahassee
Tallahassee police still treat the death of Grenville Baker, New York banking fortune heir, as possibly accidental or self-inflicted. A coroner's jury ruled the death caused by a pistol held by unnamed parties. FBI tests were requested on the weapon found beside his wrecked Jeep at Horseshoe Plantation. A 21-year-old divorced waitress who was with Baker offered no explanation for the head wound.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Grenville Baker
New York
William D. Hopkins
Frank Stoutamire
Baker
FBI
Horseshoe
Stoutamire
George F. Baker
Thelma Griffin
Five Die In Panama Yellow Fever Outbreak
Five people have died in Panama in a localized outbreak of jungle yellow fever among farmers clearing jungle land about 25 miles from the city. No cases have appeared in the canal zone. Dr. Fred Soper of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau called the situation requiring action but not alarm.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Fred Soper
Pan American Sanitary Bureau
Ponzi Dies In Rio After A Long Fraud Tale
Charles Ponzi, the famed hoaxer who once promised 50 percent returns in 45 days, died in a Rio de Janeiro hospital ward at 71. Once celebrated in the United States and Europe, he faced bankruptcy, deportation, and a life of poverty. The man who built a notorious financial scheme died semi paralyzed, nearly blind, with arteries hardened and a brain clot, after a career spanning frauds from land schemes in Florida to international coupon scams.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Charles Ponzi
United States
Europe
Ponzi
Boston
Italy
Florida
Brazil
Croesus
Canada
Peter
Paul
Officials To Quit Nanking By Milks
Nationalist North China teeters as diplomats expect a notice that the Nanking government is dispersed for safety. Nanking will stay capital while Chiang Kai-Shek remains. Foreign embassies likely to stay. Chinese troops seize foreign and Chinese properties, including Standard Oil sites, as moves unfold near the Yangtze.
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Harold K. Milks
Nanking
China
Foreign Office
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping
Fu Tso- Yi
Yangtze
Standard Oil Company
Pukow
Standard Oil Institution
Hebert says he was purged from un American activities panel
Representative Hebert of Louisiana declares he was purged from the House un American Activities Committee for endorsing states rights. Hebert accuses political manipulation, defends his integrity, and says election results do not change his principles or loyalty to Louisiana voters.
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Washington
Ren. Hebert
D-La
House
UN American Activities Committee
Hebert
Louisiana
Committee On un-American Activities
Committee On UN- American Activities
America
Truman
Bevin declares no British offensive in Palestine
British Foreign Secretary Bevin told the House of Commons Britain has no obligation or plan for offensive action in the Palestine conflict. He urged delaying a full Middle East policy debate to avoid jeopardizing Jewish Egyptian peace talks, aiming for a peaceful settlement and a truce. Churchill urged a full debate despite Bevin's call for restraint.
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Tom Williams
London
Bevin
Britain
Middle East
Palestine
House of Commons
Rhodes
House
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Royal Air Force
United Nations
South Siders South Side Business Meeting Call
Public urged to attend a mass meeting at the Missouri Pacific Booster clubhouse Wednesday at 8 p m to discuss improving the south side. Planned topics include new construction, cleanup of business properties, traffic rerouting on Texas avenue, Milhaven road Selman Field entrance, and improvements to streets, playgrounds, and parks.
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South Side
Missouri Pacific Booster Clubhouse
Texas Avenue
Milhaven
Selman Field
Governors From 30 States Attend Truman Inauguration
Thirty governors including Earl Warren of California and Strom Thurmond of South Carolina accepted invitations to President Truman's inauguration. Ten GOP and four Democratic governors declined. Maine New Hampshire New Jersey Vermont will attend. Dewey said he cannot. Some may not attend in person.
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Washington
Earl Warren
California
Righter J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Truman
New York
Thomas B. Dewey
Maine
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Vermont
Kansas
Warren
Dewey
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Thurmond
Idaho
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Montana
Wyoming
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Mr. Hoover
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Tobin
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Buckingham Palace
Ashby
Neb
Alliance
U.S
Mid-Continent
Committee On States’ Rights
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