Truman judged by record not rhetoric in 1948 critique
WESTBROOK PEGLER argues President Truman’s actions and integrity are weighed against his past associations with Tom Pendergast and vice networks. He questions judgment on Berlin and postwar diplomacy, labeling Truman gullible and insufficiently steadfast, citing a winter 1948 remark as further evidence.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
al Smith
Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Berlin
G. O. P. Chief Tightens Hold On Dewey Supporters
Chairman Hugh D. Scott Jr. appeared to tighten control of Dewey backers within the Republican national committee. He named a 15 member executive group, took chairmanship of it, and refused to resign as chairman or congressman. Most of the new appointees were seen as Dewey backers, though Scott denied weighing loyalties in the nominations.
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Washington
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican National Committee
Omaha
Neb
Scott
Pennsylvania
Dewey
Two Killed and Five Hurt in Andrews Field Plane Crash
Washington Jan 24 Two men were killed and five injured in a C-45 plane crash at Andrews Field Maryland while retiring from New York on a flight proficiency test. The dead are Col. David J. Ellinger and Col. Bradford A. Shaw. Critical injuries include Lt. William Fenton and Tech Sergeant Leo Majewski. others injured include Col. Howard Nussbaum Seaman Rudy Purcell and Seaman Jim Messer. The plane, based at Bolling Field, was attempting its third landing on a ground controlled approach when it struck a tree half a mile from the air strip.
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Washington
Andrews Field
Maryland
Bolling Field
New York
David J. Ellinger
Washington, D. C
Bradford A. Shaw
Arlington
Bolling Hospital
William Fenton
Deer Park
Long Island
Leo Majewski
Chicago
Ill
Howard Nussbaum
Air Forces Public Information Division
Rudy E. Purcell
Indianapolis
Ind
Jim Messer
Springfield
Mass
U. S
Israeli Egyptian Parley Resumed Amid Boundary Dispute
Rhodes Jan. 24 Israeli Egyptian armistice talks in a tense final stage were resumed after a brief break. U N mediator Bunche met separately with Egyptian and Israeli chiefs to avert a breakdown over Negev boundary questions. Israel blocked evacuation of Egyptian troops in the Faluja pocket. talks hinge on positions before Oct 15 offensives.
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Rhodes
United Nations
Ralph J. Bunche
Negev
Bunche
Faluja
Palestine
Axis Sally trial opens amid juror bias concerns
The Axis Sally treason trial of Mildred Gillars began in Washington with a jury pool showing bias risks. Judge Curran questioned 110 potential jurors as seven indicated fixed opinions on guilt or innocence, while others cited possible disqualifying factors. Gillars, 48, aka Mildred Elizabeth Sisk, faces treason counts tied to wartime German broadcasts. a death sentence is possible if convicted.
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Washington
Edward M. Curran
Mildred E. Gillars
Miss Gillars
Portland
Gi's
Mildred Elizabeth Sisk
Curran
Germany
Irea
White Russians Flee China Head for Philippine Jungles
6000 stateless Russians uprooted by Communist victory in China will settle on a sunbaked Philippine island near Samar. The vanguard group of 492 women and children travels aboard the S S Hwa Lien in Manila Bay, led by Col. Konstantin Kluge. They prepare a refugee camp while Shanghai remains a target for others.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
Samar
Philippines
China
Col
Konstantin Kluge
Manila Bay
International Refugee Organization
Kluge
Shanghai
Tientsin
North China
Red
Lin Piao
Mrs. Kluge
Kekuatoff
Euter Mongolia
Lake Baikal
Harbin
Manchuria
Japan election reshapes power with Yoshida party gain
Unofficial returns show Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida’s Democratic Liberal party winning 263 of 466 Diet seats, giving a working majority for the first time since surrender. Communists rise to 35 seats while Democrats 70 and Social Democrats 49 amid a high turnout and a swing to extremes on economic issues.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Democratic Liberal Party
Diet
Japan
Democrats
Social Democrats
Peoples Cooperative
Yoshida
Douglas MacArthur
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Weather hits livestock as snowbound shock hits plains
Snowbound sheep and cattle across the Rocky Mountain region threaten the western livestock industry with a potential heavy toll. Hay drops planned from Fallon to the Utah border aid amid a general plains snow and a Canadian cold wave.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Fallon
Nev
Utah
62Nd Troop Carrier Command
Tacoma
Wash
United States Weather Bureau
Great Plains
New Mexico
Arizona
Flagstaff
Ariz
Casper
Wyo
Train Crash Injures Score Near Marble Rock Iowa
A head on collision between a Zephyr Rocket and a freight train injures more than twenty people, three seriously, near Marble Rock Iowa. Nineteen injured taken to Cedar Valley Hospital Charles City with extra doctors and nurses summoned. Engineer Worthington Streeter Cedar Rapids and chief James P. Hill Minneapolis among the seriously hurt. Mrs. William F. Nortimer of St Paul Park Miss suffers skull injury.
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Zephyr
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Burlington and
Rock Island
Cedar Valley Hospital
Charles City
Here
Worthington Streeter
Cedar Rapids
James P. Hill
Aldrich Ave
William F. Nortimer
St. Paul Park
Miss
Arson Suspected After Horsham Inn Fire
Fire Marshal Walter Blair reports the 1788 Horsham Inn fire was incendiary. Investigators found kerosene or gasoline on upper-floor carpet. Willow Grove Naval Air Station fire crews contained the flames to the first floor with $50,000 in damage. No one was present. an arrest is hoped for soon.
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Horsham Inn
Walter Blair
Willow Grove
Blair
Horsham
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Romolo Caterisano
John Comito
George Washington
United States
Masked visitors disrupt Philadelphia Baptist Church in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga Tennessee an unseen group of hooded men entered Philadelphia Baptist Church during services. The church pianist fainted and the musical director resigned with trustees. A letter from the visitors contained money but its amount was not disclosed. About 15 members said they would resign.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Philadelphia Baptist Church
Clarence Starling
Arch Gray
News-Free Press
Chiang's Personal Troops Also Quitting Nanking And Hangchow
Large scale withdrawal of Nationalist units from Shanghai Nanking and Hangchow areas was under way today described as Chiang Kai Shek's personal troops entraining for south China. Thousands of troops with full equipment evacuated garrison points between Shanghai and Nanking jamming railroads en route to Chekiang where the generalissimo is in temporary retirement at his birthplace Chikow. Civilian trains moved to allow troop movements as Communist armies pressed near Yangtze and Nanking. Government said ministries were being moved south to continue fighting if peace terms prove too harsh. Communists now control most of north China north of the Yangtze with Peiping surrendering recently.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Hangchow
Chiang Kai-Shek
South China
Chekiang Province
Manchuria
China
Yangtze
Peiping
A. P
Spencer Moosa
Moosa
North China
Taiyuan
Shansi
Kweisui
Suiyan
Appellate Court Upholds May and Garsson Bribery Convictions
The U S court of appeals, in a two to one ruling, upheld the bribery and conspiracy convictions of former Rep. Andrew J. May of Kentucky and Henry and Murray Garsson. Judge Prettyman wrote for the majority. Chief Justice Stephens dissented. May and the Garssons were sentenced to eight months to two years and remain free on bonds as they pursue further appeals.
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U. S. Court of Appeals
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Henry
Murray Garsson
E. Barrett Prettyman
Henry White Edgerton
Harold M. Stephens
May
House
Garsson Brothers
Charles J. Margiotti
Garssons
Lewisburg
U. S. Supreme Court
Garsson
United States
Cumberland Lumber Company
Prettyman
Stephens
Anti filibuster fight urged in senate rules panel
Senate rules committee hearings on five anti filibuster resolutions opened with chairman Hayden signaling a majority will back action to end unlimited debate. He noted the core question is what change to senate rules to curb filibusters, a tool used against civil rights measures.
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Washington
Hayden
Arizona
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Truman
Morse
Oregon
Humphrey
Minnesota
Ives
New York
Congress
Council And Farm Bureau Adopts Three Resolutions
More than 200 members of the Louisiana Council and Farm Bureau adopted three resolutions on the cotton legislative program at the Virginia Hotel. David Amacker read 12 amendments. three were adopted. The measures favor 9 percent parity with production controls, modernized parity based on the last decade, and a five year moving average for national allotments by production.
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Louisiana Council and Farm Bureau
Virginia Hotel
David Amacker
East Carroll
Bureau
Council
Ray Todd dies of gun wound in Bastrop home
Ray Stewart Todd of Bastrop aged 45 was accidentally shot in his home after returning from hunting. He died at 7:30 p.m. at a local hospital. Coroner classified the death as accidental. Funeral plans set for Monday at 4 p.m. in Robinson Funeral chapel with Episcopal rector Rev. Frank Presons officiating and interment in Episcopal Cemetery. Pallbearers named. He was survived by his wife Virginia Chenault Todd, five sons, mother, a brother, and five sisters.
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Ray Stewart Todd
Todd
J. N. Jones
Robinson Funeral
Frank Presons
Episcopal
Henry A. Johnson
Ted A. Bankston
Hunter Patterson
Allen Pomeroy
Edward T. Broadnax
Johnny Eldridge
Barham Conger
D. N. Smith
Mr. Todd
W. H. Todd, Sr
Ellen Stewart Todd
Virginia Chenault Todd
Stewart Winston Todd
William Harvey Todd
James Brigham Todd
David Chenault Todd
John Richard Todd
W. H. Todd
Will Harvey Todd
Boysie Spear
Ancel Ard
Duncan Buford
Ruth Gibbs
Shreveport
M. W. Butterfield
Washington, D. C
Studebaker Strike Averted at South Bend
In South Bend Indiana 16000 workers return to work after a five point agreement between Studebaker officials and Local 5 United Automobile Workers represented by the CIO. Union members authorized officials to call a strike vote if needed, preserving Studebaker’s record of never having a...
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corporation
United Automobile Workers
Studebaker
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