Truman Says Byrnes Free To Decide His Path
President Truman declares former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes is a free agent to act as he pleases after Byrnes announced he would seek the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in South Carolina. The exchange covers coal, the hydrogen bomb, tax plans, Vatican diplomacy, and internal party matters.
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Truman
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Rules Committee
Vatican
Myron Taylor
Harry Vaughan
Senate
Missouri
Emery Allison
Indiana
Lucas
Illinois
Congress
Russia
David Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Debates in Congress on Truman Civil Rights Proposals
The column notes the upcoming debate in Congress over President Truman's civil rights proposals. It discusses the fundamental issue of individual freedom versus the encroachment of organized power, as analyzed by Marquis Childs. The page also lists contents across sections such as Comics Dr. Dean Crossword and various features like Editorials Sports and Classifieds.
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School Board Recolors Board Room and Office in Turquoise
The School Board and Superintendent David H. Patton redecorated the board room and Patton's office in a new color scheme after months of prior repainting. Mrs. Dora Mason and two assistant educators urged drapes and a color plan chosen by the women. painters worked a week to apply rose brown and turquoise walls.
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David H. Patton
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The
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Fight for New Police Post Splits Kinney Reform Plan
Lt. Arthur J. Leahey vows to contest the creation of a Bureau of Service and Supply and the appointment of Lt. William H. Franey as acting captain under Police Chief John A. Kinney. BothLt. Leahey and Franey were civil service promotion candidates with high marks. Kinney says Leahey will also coach traffic under Franey as the new department takes effect tomorrow, part of the Berman plan reshaping the Police Department. Lt. George Easterly moves to the Traffic Bureau permanently as the change unfolds.
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William H. Franey
John A. Kinney
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Arthur J. Leahey
Herald- Journal
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Frank J. Costello
George Easterly
Francéy
Denfeld Announces Retirement After 40 Years in Navy
Admiral Louis E Denfeld, ousted as chief of naval operations, filed a retirement request effective March 1 after more than 40 years in service. He plans to reside in Westboro with a temporary office at First Naval District HQ and declined comment on McCarthy related publicity.
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Secretary of the Navy
Newark
M Mental Hospital
Jackie Horrigan
Turners Falls
Mass
Hannifon
Massachusetts State
Northampton
Vermont
Reds Again Walk Out Of Secret Atomic Talks
Russia and its satellites boycotted eight United Nations sessions this year protesting Chinese Nationalist delegates at a secret six power meeting on atomic control. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jakob A. Malik led the walkout after failing to oust the Chinese chairman H. R. Wei.
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Distance flier Mann killed in Florida crash
Johnny Mann 45 and Robert E Melander 40, both California aviators, died when their light aircraft crashed near Chipley Florida during an All American Air Maneuvers event linked record flight from Van Nuys to Jacksonville. The Florida highway patrol identified the two men.
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Florida Highway Patrol
John Francis Mann
Robert E. Melander
Blockade Expands as Nationalists Claim Shanghai Victory
The Chinese Nationalists say the Shanghai blockade is a major success and extend efforts to the South China coast from the Indo China border to Yangchiang 150 miles southwest of Hong Kong. Nationalist planes drop 200 000 leaflets declaring a danger zone and warning peaceful vessels to avoid the area to dodge air assaults.
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City to set policy on competitive bidding after conference
City administration and the Common Council will craft a policy on competitive bidding. They will require department heads to prove impracticability before a bid, with a council committee reviewing and reporting before a bill to enact the policy is introduced.
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Republic
Steel workers idle after South Buffalo Railway walkout
More than 14,000 steel workers were idle as 400 operating employees of the South Buffalo Railway Co. joined a strike by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen over pay and vacation benefits.
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Record of Severe Cold Snap and City Impacts in Syracuse
A mass of cold air tightens around Syracuse with temperatures near five degrees tonight and 18 tomorrow. Snow measured 2.7 inches at Hancock Airport as more days of clear weather and light winds are forecast. Police report 17 accidents with two injuries while city crews treat slick streets and heavy traffic slows to a crawl.
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al Sadowski
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Hancock
Department of Public Works
Landers
A Dog's Life He Chases Thugs And is Collared
Humane Society Officer Warren Davis mistook Danny the dog for a stray after he chased two gunmen from his master W. M. Shrum's store. Shrum said the dog lunged at the men with a coat pocket gun and dodged bullets while pursuing them two blocks before bystanders guided him home.
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Humane Society
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Danny
W. M. Shrum
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Father Charged With Killing Son in Ennis Texas
Jerry Brock 27 of Ennis Texas is charged with murder after admitting he beat and kicked his three year old son Denny to make him stop crying. The child died from a ruptured stomach Sheriff Buck White said the beating followed a spanking for soiling his pants.
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Brock
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Denny
Buck White
Reds Doubt U.S. Formosa Move Amid Truman Policy
Washington reports say Soviet and Chinese officials accuse the United States of planning to seize Formosa by force if needed. State Department analysts note Beijing and Moscow view President Truman’s hands-off Formosa stance as a deceitful claim.
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United States
Formosa
State Department
Truman
Rescue Party Aims To Reach 50 Marooned Families
In Cape Horn district near Vancouver Washington a rescue party forms as an 80 mph wind and snow strand 50 families with no communications. A crippled woman with three children and a man in a pup tent are among those most at risk after 11 days without contact. A forester on skis and a bulldozer ascent fail due to high winds.
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Vancouver
Columbia River
Washington
Air Rescue Fails Over Yunnan Amid Clash
British co pilot Harry Davis was wounded by an explosive bullet during a failed rescue of two American airmen stranded at a Nationalist airfield in Yunnan Province. The CAT plane landed at Mengtze and briefly took off, but the two U S airmen remained in Communist hands as captives Robert Buol of Stockton California and Jose Jawbert of Porto Rico.
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Yunnan
Harry Davis
Northumberland
England
Civil Air Transport
CAT
Mengtze
Kunming
Reds
Robert Buol
Stockton
Calif
Jose Jawhbert
Porto Rico
Boston Police Seize Pistol Ammunition in Robbery Probe
Boston police seeking the gun gang in a $1.5 million money transport robbery seized a mystery pistol and 1,000 rounds after an informant tipped them. The tipster claimed to drive the getaway car but Newark authorities disputed the tale.
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Money Transportation Company
Thomas J. Hannisen
Newark
N. J
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John D. Ahearn
North End
Egg Lesson Echoes Lincoln Tale in Hollywood
Film star Lucille Ball remarks in Hollywood about teachers and professors not rich but better off than Lincoln era. She recounts a yarn in which a schoolteacher in a poor district challenged students to bring an egg, to show how Columbus made the egg stand on end. Those unable to bring an egg should bring a slice of ham.
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Hollywood
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Christopher Columbus
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