Truman Pushes Quick End to Senate Filibuster
Washington March 2 Truman pressed for swift action to end the filibuster in the Senate amid administration pressure and Southern opposition. Dixie bloc solidified as debate continued. Senator Langer of North Dakota announced he would vote against limiting debate. Republican leaders said voting on individual senators would not be blocked by party policy as the fight over civil rights bills continued.
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Senate filibuster clash dominates Truman day
The Senate recessed at 6 05 p m as President Truman watched the curb the filibuster fight closely. Senator Elbert Thomas said Truman seeks a prompt decision after a White House conference on the Southern filibuster against the rules change. Senate Leader Lucas altered tactics and will not circulate a cloture petition tomorrow, complicating a two thirds vote to end the filibuster. In other news Colorado’s elevators could move the entire state population in a single trip of 1 144 000 people.
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Shore Trappers Urge State Aid To Save Muskrats
Annapolis March 2 Eastern Shore trappers appealed for state aid to halt a mass exodus of Maryland muskrats from marshland homes. A legislative committee was told that only a full investigation could solve the mystery of the disappearing musk rats. Thousands of marshplant houses have been deserted along tidewater flats where muskrat civilizations once yielded 2,000,000 skins ten years ago. Production has fal-
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Trappers warn Eastern Shore economy faces crisis
Ten trappers told the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee that a sharp drop in trapping yields has hit the Eastern Shore economy. They urged a favorable report and a measure directing the State Game and Inland Fish Commission to investigate the decline, blaming raccoons and red foxes in part. One trapper said the area is “alive with coons,” and a Dorchester official cited muskrat predation near the 10,000 acre federal migratory bird refuge near Cambridge. Also, an inmate who escaped Springfield State Hospital was located on a Ray Smith farm, and state trooper Charles McLane brought him to jail.
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Annulment Case To Go To Grand Jury
Morgantown West Virginia March 2 JineEfforts of a Maryland soldier to untie the nuptial knot that made a Filipino girl his wife during the Pacific war years will be had before the grand jury here Prosecutor John Sanders said today He would ask the April grand jury to indict Sgt Binair Robinett of Cumberland Maryland on a charge of false swearing Circuit Judge Charles G Baker on January 22 of this year grant
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Annulment set aside for Robinett in Philippines service
The News Frederick Md March 3 reports Robinett, who married a Filipino wife in 1942 while fighting Japanese in the Philippines, had annulment set aside after his parents testified he lied in prior court representations. Robinett, a Bataan death march survivor, is now with an Army recruiting stall in Oakland.
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