Congress Indignant Over U S War Goods Shipments To Russia
President Truman defended U S aid to Russia amid congressional probes into war supply shipments. The House panel seeks a Commerce breakdown of materials sent to Russia and its allies and to audit Moore McCormack Lines amid reports crates marked for Russia lie idle on New York docks.
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U. S
Russia
Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Commerce Department
House Investigation Committee
Rizley
Oklahoma
Department of Commerce
New York
Moore - McCormack Steamship Lines of
Amtorg
Moore-McCormack
Westbrook Pegler on C I O opposition to Communists in 1948
Westbrook Pegler denounces C I O leaders and Harold Christoffel for alleged Communist ties and perjury. He accuses union officials of fraud in elections and cites a 1941 Allis-Chalmers strike linked to Christoffel, with state findings of ballot manipulation and handwriting disputes.
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Harold Christoffel
Milwaukee
United Auto Workers
Allis-Chalmers
Christoffel
District Court
Washington, D. C
Committee of Congress
A. F
Auto Workers
United States
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Clark Sellers
Los Angeles
John F. Tyrell
Jerusalem Holy Thursday services amid Arab Jewish clashes
In Jerusalem Christians prayed during Holy Week as rifle fire from a nearby Arab village echoed around Mount Zion. Mass at the Last Supper site was led by Archbishop Arthur Hughes before prayers at Gethsemane. Evening services were canceled due to danger as Arab guards offered protection for worshippers.
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Judas Iscariot
Mount Zion
Christ
Msgr
Arthur Hughes
Catholic Church of
Cairo
Garden
Gethsemane
Judas
Geth Semane
Ruston Youth Killed by Posse After El Reno Escape
An 18 year old escapee from the U S reformatory near El Reno was shot and killed by a posse of county and federal officers twenty miles west of El Reno. William Virgil Wessel of Ruston La identified by Warden William H Hardwick as the youth killed. Wessel was serving 11 months for automobile theft and with Fred Jenkins Jr also in custody for a postal violation they stole two horses and escaped Monday night. Jenkins was being sought today. Wessel had parole and was to be released April 1.
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EL Reno
Okla
United States Reformatory
William H. Hardwick
William Virgil Wessel
Ruston
Hardwick
Fred Jenkins, Jr
Jenkins
Italy Election Set Despite Nationwide Printers Strike
Italy's printers strike cramped campaigns but Premier Alcide de Gasperi affirmed the April 18 election will proceed on schedule. The Communist led union halted 150 dailies, meetings dwindled, while talks resumed and Ansa teletype service restarted as government sources cited possible political motives behind the walkout.
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Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Popular Front
London
Trieste
Ansa
Rent Bill Up for Approval in Congress
Congress moved a rent control extension to the White House for final approval. The measure would keep controls for one year and create an emergency court to resolve disputes between state and federal officials. The House and Senate acted to avert a planned Easter recess.
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Congress
Senate House Conference
White House
House
Wolcott
R-Mich
Banking Committee
Cain
R-Wash
Senate
Walcott
Seve House
Court of Appeals
OPA
Glenn L Martin praises guided missiles and atomic clouds
Plane maker Glenn L Martin claims the navy has perfected guided missiles with homing devices that can sink ships far across the ocean. He warns of a radioactive cloud weapon widening an area beyond the atomic bomb and notes weather could backfire the mission.
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New York
Glenn L. Martin
Navy
United States
Martin
Japan
Plane Manufacturing
Kentucky Woman's Quintuplets Dead
Mrs. Roman V. Gadlage, 31, gave birth to quintuplets three girls and two boys. The three girls were stillborn while the two boys survived about 20 minutes in incubators. She was in her fifth month. weights ranged from eight and a half to 15 ounces. The couple already had a daughter, Kathleen, 20 months old.
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Louisville
Roman V. Gadlage
A. J. Pauli
Kathleen
Truman Pledges Action to End Coal Strike
President Truman said he will use all legal means to settle the coal strike after the fact finding board reports by April 5. He noted the board was appointed after mediation failed and indicated readiness to seek court orders or other actions under the law to halt the stoppage and resume production.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
United Mine Workers
Marshall Fires Warning Over Russia In Berlin Policy
Secretary of State Marshall announced that the United States will oppose further Russian refusal to cooperate in the Allied control council for Germany as an attack on German unification. He backed General Lucius D. Clay’s effort to keep Allied operations in Germany, endorsed Clay’s stop Russia policy, and dismissed the Soviet backed German Peoples Congress as illegitimate. Marshall plans to attend the Bogota meeting and may return to Washington if needed.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Allied Control Council For
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Berlin
Russia
German Peoples Congress
Peoples Congress
Bogota
Colombia
Deranged Vet Barricades Hotel Fights Police Then Commits Suicide
Boston March 25 A deranged Army Air Force veteran barricaded himself in a Beacon Hill hotel room and, after an hour long siege with about 50 patrolmen, killed himself. Police identified him as Harold Benedict 26 of Somerville Mass. He had served in China and India during World War II and had recent mental trouble at Bedford Veterans Hospital. Four shots at officers preceded five police bullets found in the room.
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Boston
Army Air Force
Beacon Hill
John Silva
San Francisco
City Hospital
Harold Benedict
Somerville
Mass
China
India
California
Bedford Veterans Hospital
Benedict
John O'Keefe
Wherry seeks army control of atomic energy
Senator Wherry proposes a bill to abolish the civilian atomic energy commission and place direct authority with the secretary of the army, with the president to implement the shift within 30 days of passage. Royall opposes changing organizations already working well.
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Washington
Wherry
Republican
Nebraska
Army
Civilian Atomic Energy Commission
Royall
Senate Armed Services Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Tax Cut Vote Shift Talked Across Congress
Washington reports that President Truman may seek additional defense spending, prompting talk of voting shifts among Democrats who backed the tax cut. The House passed the measure 289 to 67, with Senate approval 78 to 11, as party leaders warn shifts may threaten a veto.
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Truman
Defense
Congress
House
Senate
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
Knutson
R-Minn
Martin
Mass
Taft
Ohio
American Labor Party
New York
Cox
Pepper
D-Fla
Rep
Colmer
D-Mass
U S Silence on Palestine Causes UN Deadlock
Dr Chaim Weizmann denounces U S policy shift as appeasement and predicts bloodshed after the United States abandons Palestine partition. Ambiguous reports say Warren Austin’s silence stalled Security Council hearings while rumors swirl of a Truman announcement and Bevin reaction.
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Larry Hauck
Chaim Weizmann
Palestine
United States
Holy Land
Truman
Markets to Close on Easter Holidays
Easter holidays will close all principal domestic securities and commodity exchanges. Good Friday is March 26. Banking institutions in most states stay open. Livestock reports will be gathered by the Department of Agriculture. New York stock and curb exchanges, and domestic grain and live stock markets operate as usual March 27. New York cotton wool and commodity exchanges and New Orleans cotton market stay closed Saturday.
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Associated Press
Department of Agriculture
New York
New Orleans
Boost In Armed Services Sought
Washington March 25 AP The nation’s top military leaders urged Congress to expand the armed services immediately and draft men aged 19 to 25. Secretary Forrestal outlined a plan to raise manpower by 349 500 and seek 3 billion dollars more, plus universal military training within three years. The draft would be selective and target 1 355 000 men with about 220 000 likely to be inducted. The current armed forces total 1 392 000.
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Washington
Congress
Armed Services
Forrestal
United States
Russia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Marine
Air Force
Fors Restal
Marine Corps
Naval Aviation
Truman urges Arab Israeli truce and UN trusteeship
President Truman called for an immediate truce between Arabs and Jews in Palestine and proposed a temporary United Nations trusteeship for the Holy Land. He warned that continued bloodshed could threaten regional and world peace, while maintaining eventual support for partition. He also noted no firm cost estimate for a defense program and pending tax-cut legislation.
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Washington
Truman
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
U.N
Middle East
Democratic Party
Defense
Congress
Russia
New Orleans Restaurateur Kidnapped and Robbed by Armed Men
Vincent D Ingianni a 32 year old restaurant owner reported two pistol armed men abducted him early today robbed him of 10000 in jewelry and fled in his 4000 automobile after five hours of driving He was held near Slidell before release Detective Captain Alfred Malone said an alarm was sent to Louisiana and surrounding states to locate the suspects One suspect described as an ex convict wanted for robbery aided the crime and was identified by police Also involved was Victor Marullo 27 Captain Marullo's nephew who was forced to call for the recording equipment.
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New Orleans
Vincent D'Ingianni
Alfred Malone
Louisiana
Malone
D'Ingianni
Arthur Marullo
Slidell
Marullo
Princess Yoshiko Kawashima Executed for Espionage in Peiping
Manchu princess Yoshiko Kawashima, born in Tokyo and adopted by Kawashima, was executed by rifle shot in Peiping after a wartime espionage conviction. She wrote a final Japanese letter to Ninawa Kawashima and declined a public ceremony, choosing a private execution's quiet end.
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Peiping
Yoshiko Kawashima
Japan
Ninawa Kawashima
Tokyo
Kawashima
Bridge of Heaven
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