Westbrook Pegler on Truman and Roosevelt in Postwar Politics
Westbrook Pegler argues the Democratic candidate will lose next November and Truman will be rejected by his party. He blames Roosevelt for missteps with Stalin and notes Marshall’s delayed awareness of Soviet tactics. Pegler compares Western Europe tactics to Nazi methods and cites Hungary and Czechoslovakia as evidence of a global pattern.
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Truman
Roosevelt
Stalin
United States
George Marshall
Europe
Hungary
France
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Free States
37 ARE SAVED FROM 2 SHIPS
Seventy three crewmen from two ice crushed sealing schooners reach St. Pauls Island near Cabot Strait after perilous crossings. The Téazer, crushed yesterday, and the Monica Walters, with Captains Joseph Barry and Fred Hansell, reported to authorities as they and 19 others landed. An icebreaker aided the rescue effort amid heavy ice.
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Halifax
N. S
St. Paul's Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Téazer
Monica Walters
St. Paul’s
Cabot Strait
Cape Breton
Canadian Air Force
Federal Transport Department
Joseph Barry
Milton
Mass
Laurel
Fred Hansell
Port Aux Basques
Newfoundland
St. Paul's
Hansell
Truman Plans Trusteeship and Truce for Palestine
President Truman outlined a two track plan for Palestine as British rule ends May 15. He urged a United Nations trusteeship to govern temporarily and a simultaneous Arab Jewish truce to halt bloodshed. Officials said diplomacy must engage Jewish and Arab leaders and UN representatives, though initial reactions are skeptical. Resources of diplomacy would be stretched to make this double-harness plan work.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Truman
Palestine
Holy Land
No Man’s Land
United Nations
New York
Abba Hillel Silver
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Easter Observed Across Monroe Churches With Cantatas
Easter will be celebrated in Monroe with sunrise services at Memorial Park cemetery at 5 45 a m a special bus runs from DeSiard and Jackson at 5 15 a m and morning services across churches. The First Christian Church hosts a 10 50 a m service for the Knights Templar Commandery expected to number 100 in full uniform. The Dawn of the Kingdom cantata is set for First Methodist at 7 30 p m with a large choir. Stone Avenue Methodist presents The Prince of Peace at 7 30 p m. The First Baptist revival concludes with Dr Dan Gilbert preaching at 10 55 a m and 3 p m and others in the day.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Memorial Park Cemetery
DeSiard
Jackson Streets
First Christian
Knights Templar Commandery
R. T. Watson
First Methodist
Clyde V. Sanders
John Sholars
R. L. Prichard
Stone Avenue Methodist
First Baptist Church
Dan Gilbert
Garden of Eden
Senators Back Air Expansion
Washington reports that Senate air power advocates push for 70 air combat groups and insist the current 55 planned groups fall short. Senator Lodge questions why the larger force was reduced and presses for restoration amid Russias submarine presence and the 200000 man draft plan.
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Washington
Senate Air Power
High Command
Truman
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Air Force
Lodge
Senate Armed Service Committee
Russia
Air Symington
Carl Spaatz
Secretary of
Defense Forrestal
Finland Receives Cautious Hope on Moscow Talks
Helsinki reports Finns see Russia as a potential satellite model for the West. Despite optimism over four-week Moscow delegation talks on a friendship military pact, many recall 1946 and 1947 Soviet interference in Finnish affairs and press restraint while preserving democratic freedoms.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Allied Control Commission
Control Commission
Russians Invite Koreans to Conference on Soviet Plan
South Korean leaders were invited to a conference April 14 by a Pyongyang radio tied to Soviet occupation in north Korea. The move comes as UN plans for a May 9 election in south Korea face North Korean opposition and a split among local politicians.
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Seoul
Korea
Pyongyang
North Korea
United Nations
South Korea
United Nations Commission
People’s Committee of
Hope of Picking Candidate Other Than Truman Eb
President Truman resists retirement and balking Democrats show waning hope for a united opponent. Senator George of Georgia says few dignitaries want to clash with Truman and most potential cross wings owe him favors. He cites Chief Justice Vinson as a possible candidate, but only with presidential backing.
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Truman
Jack Bell
Washington
George
Georgia
Hay
Fred Vinson
Vinson
Palestine
Woman Beaten in Monroe. Suspect Arrested
Gladys Bagwell, 22, of 120 Depot Street, was severely beaten in her Monroe apartment early Friday and taken to Conway Memorial Hospital with undetermined condition. Olen Harris, 39, of Monroe, was arrested and charged with battery and assault. She reported being choked and struck with an iron pipe. Harris remained jailed as police investigated under Chief J. D. Busby.
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Monroe
Gladys Bagwell
Depot Street
Conway Memorial Hospital
Olen Harris
Harris
J. D. Busby
Truman Tightens Export Controls On Aircraft And War Parts
President Truman issued a proclamation effective April 15 listing airplanes and parts among controlled war materials. The order requires government licenses for export, citing 1939 law and recommendations from the national munitions control board. Congressional calls for stricter oversight followed reports of warplane engines shipped to Russia and Poland.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Congress
Russia
National Munitions Control Board
Capitol
House
U. S
Rizley
Oklahoma
Poland
Youth questioned in death of girl in Michigan
Marshall Michigan March 26 a 2 year old farmer was jailed as police investigated whether his high school sweetheart Flavian Watkins age 16 died by her own hand. State police paraffin tests on his left hand showed gunpowder traces while no powder marks appeared on the girl. The rifle lay 62 feet from her body. she died at Coldwater Hospital after being found unconscious in Union City. The couple had dated about a year.
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Marshall
Mich
Flavian Watkins
Earl Kent
Kent
Calhoun County
Fred Hollingsworth
Navy
Hollingsworth
Arnold
Union City
Coldwater Hospital
Jews Propose Danish Troops for Jerusalem Peacekeeping
The Jewish agency proposed that 10 400 Danish and Norwegian troops in Germany be sent to Jerusalem to maintain order after the British mandate ends May 15. British troops moved toward Bab el Wad to stop Arab attacks. 16 Jews' bodies found, an explosion heard in Neve Yacoov, and Arab raids on the Jerusalem Tel Aviv route continue.
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Jerusalem
The
Jewish Agency
Germany
Palestine
Holy Land
Bab el Wad
Tel Aviv
Shefat
Neve Jacoov
Neve Yacoov
Lydda
Ramle
Tornado Toll Heaviest In Oklahoma Farm Areas
A deadly tornado ripped across central and eastern Oklahoma killing at least 13. It struck Wetumka Eufaula Lenna and McClanahan Mountain near Sallisaw, with 84 planes damaged at Tinker Field. Many injured and homes destroyed, rescue efforts ongoing.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Big City
Wetumka
Eufaula
Boynton
Muskogee
Checotah
Sallisaw
Arkansas
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Lenna
McClanahan Mountain
Fort Smith, Ark
Coal strike inquiry board to hold open hearings
The three member board chaired by Judge Sherman Minton decided to hold open hearings on the miners pension dispute with a fast schedule aimed at a report to President Truman. John L. Lewis and coal operators were summoned to the first public meeting at 2 40 p m DST as Easter holidays approach.
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Washington
Coal Strike Inquiry Board
Truman
John L. Lewis
Sherman Minton
Minton
Communists threaten force over April elections in Italy
Italy's Communists announce they will seize government by force if blocked from power by the April 18 vote. Luigi Longo pledges to chase out leaders who refuse the majority's will as a nationwide strike by typographers ends and pressure builds over Trieste.
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Rome
Italy
Trieste
Strikke
Luigi Longo
Alcide de Gasperi
Longo
Bologna
Popular Front of Communists
Increased Military Force in Alaska Contemplated
The article reports plans to add 8 000 soldiers to Alaska to bolster its defense as part of a broader request for more manpower and funding to prepare for potential war. It notes Secretary Forrestal and Navy Secretary Sullivan delivering cautious and wary remarks amid foreign threat signals.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Washington
Congress
Armed Services
Defense
James Forrestal
Army
Kenneth Royall
Navy
John L. Sullivan
Air
W. Stuart Symington
Carl Spaatz
Omar Bradley
Louis Denfield
Naval
Alaska
Associated Press
Pole
Forrestal
America
Sullivan
Iron Curtain
Solon Man Harrison County Murder Charge Headline
Jake Miller, 31, used car dealer of Blanchard Oklahoma, killed in Purman Wilson office. Wilson, 47, attorney and McClain county figure, surrenders to sheriff after claim of accidental discharge. Witnesses include Ruth Miller and Leona Heyn.
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Leona Heyn
Wilson
Jake
Ray G. Wilson
Blanchard
Miller
Ballard
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