Russians Oppose UN Delay Move On Iran Crisis
President Truman said the United States would oppose postponing the United Nations security council meeting. The U S and Britain are set to oppose Russia notice that Iran case should top the council agenda. The exchange follows Soviet requests and prompts continued cross alt in the Iran dispute.
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Washington
INS
Truman
United States
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Andrei J. Gromyko
U. S
Britain
Trygve Lie
UNO
Andrei
Arrival of spring marks postwar changes in city
The 1946 spring arrives with unusually fine weather amid postwar growth. Builders press ahead despite material shortages while former baseball fields become homesites. Cleanup bonfires dot city county areas as residents note litter and urge better waste paper containment and stricter junkyard rules amid new auto arrivals.
Daily Weather Report Summary for the United States
24 hour period ending at a.m. today reports maximum 66, minimum 27. Precipitation heavy frost. River stage 71 feet. On the same date last year highs reached 61 and lows 41 with .76 inches of precipitation.
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United States Weather Statistics
Prospects Good for Bumper Grain Crop
Washington reports bright prospects for another bumper U S grain crop with the agriculture department predicting about a billion bushels of wheat and over three billion bushels of corn if weather remains favorable. The 1946 crop potential hinges on weather adequate labor and new farm machinery and could influence relief to famine areas by reducing need for rationing.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Departments
U. S
Urge Congress To Slash 1947 Expenditures
Harrisburg March 21 The State Chamber of Commerce calls on Congress to cut federal outlays for the year ending June 30 1947 to under 30 billion dollars and to end deficit financing while urging a balanced budget. The board re elected officers and named Leonard P Fox to lead the research bureau Harrisburg secretary April 1 and William M Pomeroy as national counsellor to the U S Chamber of Commerce.
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Harrisburg
INS
Congress
State Chamber of Commerce
Board of
Robert B. Heppenstall
Pittsburgh
William H
Haverford
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Kurdish Armies Unite in Northwestern Iran
Kurdish leaders declare a Kurdish Republic as two armies join to form a united force near the Iraq border. Tehran reports government air strikes on rebels driving toward Iranian garrisons, while ground reinforcements struggle to reach threatened outposts amid renewed Russo Iranian dialogue in Tehran.
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London
INS
Tehran
Iran
Kurdisan
Iraq
Blind Telephone Operator Saves Many From Fire
In Philadelphia Miss Irane Kemp a 35 year old blind operator at Goodwill Industries remained at her post and led 100 other handicapped people to safety from a six story blaze. She sounded the alarm called the fire department and her courage helped prevent a panic among the unfortunates.
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Philadelphia
INS
Irane Kemp
Goodwill Industries, Inc
Hoover Promises Food Aid for France Visit
In Paris on March 21 former President Herbert Hoover toured markets and canteens as head of the world famine committee. He learned three million French children about 65 percent of France's youth were undernourished and pledged that the American people would do something to help.
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Paris
INS
Herbert Hoover
France
World Famine Committee
National Hygienic Institute
Hoover
Lewis Presses Welfare Fund Demand in Coal Talks
John L. Lewis aims to force operators to propose an industry financed welfare fund as soft coal wage talks enter their third day. Negotiations focus on medical and hospitalization benefits while wages and hours are sidelined amid a stalled bituminous contract set to end March 31.
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Washington
INS
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Welfare Fund
Lewis
Truman Dodges Question On 1948 Renomination
President Truman avoided a direct answer about seeking renomination in 1948 during his news conference. He said his Saturday speech to the Democratic Jackson Day dinner would focus on politics, with world affairs mentioned only incidentally.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Vernaeauinox Signals Early Spring Across Regions
New York observers note the vernaeauinox arriving at 12 33 a m EWT marking the seasonal shift. Meteorologists say spring has begun with this rare calendar event despite playful chatter about the weather.
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New York
Soviet demands firm after 20 minute Byrnes talk
Soviet Ambassador Anrei J. Gromyko declared Russia definite and firm in its demand for a post Security Council meeting after a 20 minute conferral with Secretary of State Byrnes.
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Washington
INS
Andrei J. Gromyko
Russia
Gromyko
Byrnes
Soviet Ambassador Gromyko asks Byrnes for conference
Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko flew from New York to Washington to meet Secretary Byrnes. Observers expect the Kyrnes Gromyko talks to address Iran crisis notes and Russia Manchuria activities. The Russian loan request and U N council postponement are on the agenda.
Bluebeard On Trial Baffles His Prosecutors
Paris March 21 Dr Marcel Petiot known as Bluebeard faced wartime mass murders trial and baffled prosecutors with his voluble courtroom act His eloquent evasiveness and dramatic sobbing shouting and patient explanations impressed the jury while eight prosecutors worried he could win his freedom through unorthodox defense.
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Paris
INS
Marcel (Bluebeard) Petiot
Petiot
Russia Fails To Answer Query On Soviets Food Aid
At UNRRA council in Atlantic City the Soviet spokesman Nikolai Feonov did not answer the United States demand that USSR stop receiving UNRRA food relief and become a contributing nation. Clayton urged Russia to show it can sell wheat and help starving nations.
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Russia
Atlantic City
N. J
INS
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Ussr
UNRRA
Nikolai Feonov
Homma to face firing squad ordered by MacArthur
General MacArthur announced the execution by firing squad of Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma, convicted of war crimes for the Bataan death march. He praised American troops’ heroism, condemned Homma’s actions, and stated there are few parallels in infamy and tragedy in modern times.
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Tokyo
INS
Masiharu Homma
Philippines
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
America
MacArthur
Homma's
Corregidor
Homma
Churchill sails for England after U S visit
Former prime minister Winston Churchill departed New York aboard the Queen Mary liner with his wife and daughter ending a nine week American vacation. The White Star Cunard ship left four hours late as they headed home from their stay at the Waldorf Astoria Towers.
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New York
INS
Winston Churchill
England
White Star Cunard
Churchill
Sarah Oliver
Waldorf Astoria Towers
United States
Cabinet War Talks Ahead of Pearl Harbor Revealed
Former Secretary Stimsons diary excerpts show a nine day pre Pearl Harbor pact among Roosevelts war cabinet that if Britain fought Japan the United States would also have to fight. Diary notes on Nov 28 1941 discuss options to fight Japan and quiet poison gas shipments to the Philippines amid Indo China troop movements.
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Washington
INS
Stimson
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Britain
Japan
United States
Lincoln
Philippines
Indo- China
War Cabinet
Hull
Navy
Knox
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
George C. Marshall
Community Y membership drive kicks off with 70 plus
Twenty teams totaling over 70 men and boys gathered at the Y M C A banquet hall for the opening dinner of the annual membership campaign. Sidney Lockley chaired the drive and Joseph Solomon, city attorney, gave the main address praising the Y M C A as a source of training both spiritually and physically. Continued on Page Two.
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Association
Sidney Lockley
Joseph Solomon
Solomon
Shrover Dismissed As Highways Secretary Plans Independent Run
Harrisburg March 21 Former Secretary of Highways John A Shrover fired by Governor Edward Martin for disloyalty will pursue an independent bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination Ray Smock will supervise the department pending appointment of a successor Shrover opposed endorsing Attorney General James H Duff and rallied independent Republican support after criticism of administration policies at Washington Pa speech
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Harrisburg
INS
John A. Shrover
Edward Martin
Ray Smock
Meadville
Shrover
Citef
Veterans Campaign Committee
Martin
James H Duff
Carnegie
William G. Harman
Philadelphia
Washington, Pa
McLure Targets Unlicensed Dogs in Seventh Ward Campaign
Dog Law Investigator Howard B. E. McLure announced 22 owners in the seventh ward face charges for unlicensed dogs. Investigations will continue citywide as inspectors enforce that all dogs wear licensed collars. owning a licensed dog does not excuse prosecution for a dog at large without a license.
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Seventh Ward
Howard BE. McLure
McLure
Smock Named Highway Head
Harrisburg reports Ray F. Smock of Meadville named head of the state highways department by Gov. Edward Martin to succeed John A. Shrover. Smock pledged to advance the $500 million postwar road program and named Thomas C. Frame chief engineer. Frame previously served 30 years in the department and will earn $10,000 annually.
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Harrisburg
INS
Ray FP. Smock
Meadville
Edward Martin
John A. Shrover
Shamokin
Smock
Thomas C. Frame
Franklin
Shrover
Charles M Morrison
Frame
Department
Death Penalty Ordered for Camden Slayings
Howard Auld, 25 year old veteran, faces the electric chair after an all male jury convicted him of first degree murder in the killing of Philadelphia waitress Margaret Rita McDade during a tryst in Belimawr New Jersey. Judge Bartholomew A. Sheehan scheduled the automatic death penalty for Monday. Defense had contended the ex GI was insane at the time of the crime.
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Camden
N. J
Howard Auld
Camden Criminal Court
Philadelphia
Bartholomew A. Sheehan
Margaret Rita McDade
Britain opposes delay in UNO Security Council meeting
Britain and the United States oppose the Soviet request to postpone the UNO Security Council meeting in New York until April 10. An authoritative government source says the Iran issue makes the meeting extremely urgent. Britain notes its March note to Moscow about Russian troop intentions in Iran remains unanswered.
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London
Britain
United States
UNO
Truman accepts resignation from S E C member Sumner Pike
President Truman announced the acceptance of Sumner T. Pike of Maine resigning from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Pike wrote that he felt he was getting stale on the job and it was time for him to quit.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Sumner T. Pike
Maine
Securities and Exchange Commission
Ske
Eisenhower Urges Indefinite Draft Extension to Meet Army Needs
General Eisenhower asked Congress to extend the draft law indefinitely to ensure a force of about 1.07 million by July 4 1947. He argued the extension would spread the burden, allow release of fathers by August or September, and keep the United States ready to meet foreign commitments. He opposed a six month extension and urged repeal when no longer needed.
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Washington
INS
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Army
House Military Committee
Mans Eisenhower
War Department
Drdf
United States
Eisenhower
May
Selective Service
Phantom Slayer Sought After Pittsburgh Printing Exec Shot
Pittsburgh police hunt a phantom slayer who killed Mares Drob a 30 year old printing firm executive. Drob was gunned down outside his plant near Holy Trinity Church as he and Arthur Segall prepared to enter his car. Investigators questioned Wilhelmina Friesen Drob's frequent companion as they probe motives and suspects.
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Pittsburgh
Marth
INS
Mares Drob
Holy Trinity Church
Drob
Arthur Segall
Drobd
Wilhelmina Friesen
Morris Drob
Springtime Verse Amidst Farmland and Bees
An agrarian speaker laments the busy season of plowing and mowing. He imagines spring’s beauty yet notes the work now demands attention and delays leisure verses. The weather is described as late and toward action.
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