Truman mum on setback in Senate
President Truman offered no comment on the Senate vote that defeated key civil rights and anti-lynching measures. White House aides said he would study the outcome and may travel to stump for his Fair Deal program if Congress does not act on housing and rent control.
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Eomen
Senate
Lucas
Lapita
Congress
Washington
G. Foss
Truman
Vinson
Eben Avers
Pep. Smathers
D-Fla.d
McGrath Attacks Filibuster Vote In Senate Clash
Senator McGrath criticized the Southern filibuster after a Senate vote, saying the fight over Truman civil rights and rent control shows both parties failed. He urged continued liberal coalition efforts and predicted Mr. Truman would campaign again to press his agenda.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
G.O.P
Soth Congr
McGrath
D-Rd
Senate
Frail man shoots self in Capitol corridor protest
Thomas C. Williams of Buffalo New Jersey, a 70 year old veteran, killed himself in a Senate corridor outside the public gallery. He left a letter to the Associated Press denouncing pork barrel politics and urging reform, with harsh words about unions and employers. The act follows two prior Capitol gun incidents in two years.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Thomas C. Williams
Buffalo
N. J
Associated Press
Williams
Senator Sricker
Ohio
Trawan
Congress
Auto Union Pushes Ford Pay Demand
United Auto Workers leader Reuther blasted Ford as union negotiators demand higher wages. He rejected Ford President Bugas’s claim that pay hikes cannot be afforded in a tougher market. The dispute followed a March 2 statement and included notices to Ford executives and locals.
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Auto Union
Ford
Dpetromt
United Auto Workers Union
Wahler P. Reu-cher
John S. Bugas
Ereuther
Reuther
Bugas
Protestant Leaders Seek Vatican Talk At Four Day Conference
Delegates from 57 denominations wrapped a four day session on Christian influence in international affairs urging study of a proposed Vatican talk. They referred the idea to the Federal Council of Churches in America executive committee while reaffirming their stance on religious freedom and opposition to ecclesiastical censorship. An amendment calling for Myron Taylor to recall was defeated. The conference also opposed all film purging measures in Congress.
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Cleveland
Vatican
Federal Council of the “Churches of Christ In America
Federal Council
Department of ‘International Justice and Goodwill
New York
Myron C. Taylor
Truman
Congress
Des Moines Dog Veteran Denied VA Medical Aid
Nero the 70 pound German shepherd discharged from the Army in World War II is ruled ineligible for VA medical benefits. The District Veterans Administration decision states benefits apply only to persons, not animals. Joe Gold, an Air Force captain and Nero’s owner, spent about 65 dollars on veterinary care.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Veterans Administration
Nero
Italy
Joe Gold
Gold
Air Force
Iowa State College
District Veterans Administration
St. Paul, Minn
G E Plumbers Win Wage Increase at Schenectady Plant
More than 300 AF of L plumbers and steamfitters walked off the General Electric Co main plant in Schenectady but returned after a three hour and three minute negotiation. The settlement raises the minimum hourly rate to 146 with a two year path to a 173 maximum, and lifts helpers from 1.36 to 1.40 per hour. The union had sought 10 cent higher, and a contract is to be signed March 21, Keith Rockwell said.
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Schenectady
General Electric Company
F.L
A .S
Keith Rockwell
Union Businessagent
Rockwell
Pope Pius XI Marks Anniversary Amid War Rhetoric
Pope Pius XI began a renewed year as spiritual head of the Catholic Church with a solemn mass in the Sistine Chapel. A diplomatic corps gathered as vitally opposed church-state tensions rose behind the iron curtain after Hungary’s Cardinal Mindszenty was sentenced to life in prison.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Rome
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter
Paule
Christ
Apostles
Josef Cardinal Aivndszenty
Hungary
Budapest
Grave Crews End Strike At Calvary Cemetery
Grave diggers and cemetery workers return to duty at Calvary Cemetery in Maspeth Queens after a two month strike ends with Cardinal Spellman signing a settlement. The deal includes an eight and a half percent wage boost, fringe proposals, a six day week, and a three man panel to study future hours.
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New York
TNS
Calvary’ Cemetery
Maspeth
Queens
Cardinal Spellman
David Sullivan
International
A.F.L. Building Service
Isice
Accused Senator Gets Second Delay
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho receives a second hearing postponement on his disorderly conduct conviction appeal. Circuit Judge Bailes rescheduled to March 30 after Taylor's attorney request. initial date was March 34. Taylor, a former Progressive Party vice presidential candidate, was arrested in Birmingham last May for using a Negro Youth Congress meeting doorway and was fined $30 with a 180 day suspended jail sentence.
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Birmingham
Ala
Glen Taylor
Idaho
George Lewis Bailes
Tayiors
Taylor
Progressive Party
Southern Negro Youth Congress
ISO
Taylier
Flo
Dr Wellard to Speak on When Men and Devils Failed
Auburn pastor Dr David M Wellard of Full Gospel Tabernacle at 101 North Street will deliver a sermon titled When Men and Devils Failed at the church night service tomorrow.
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Auburn
David M. Wellard
Full Gospel Tabernacle
North St
Gen Giraud Dies Hero of Two Wars
Gen Henry Honore Giraud, 70, famed for escape and leadership in two world wars, died at a Dijon military hospital after food poisoning. He was awarded France’s highest military decoration, the Medal Militaire, days before his death. Known for resisting Nazis in 1940s, he later clashed with De Gaulle over leadership during exile and Africa campaigns. He died after a distinguished career beginning at St. Cyr and spanning captivation in 1940s France and postwar retirement in Metz.
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Paris
France
Henri Honore Giraud
Giraud
Africa
Dijon
St. Cyr
Charles de Gaulle
Epee
Sedan
Ninth Army
Koenigstein
Saxony
Dwight Eisenhower
North Africa
de Gaulle
Casablanca
Liberation Committee
Hls
Metz
Ex-Wacs Plan July 1949 Denver Reunion Camp
Ex-Wacs Inc members plan a July reunion at a former CCC Camp near Denver. The July 2 4 dates aim to renew camaradarie with hints of bylaw changes, new officers, and potential lodge site purchases. Eligible members include former WAC and WAF personnel and current service members.
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Chigago
Ex-Wac, Inc
Denver
Cell
Wil Be
CCC
Ex-Wace, Inc
Ex-Wae, Inc
Minot
Elizabeth A. Bowlus
Domphette O
Mildred E. Coleman
Topeka
Kansas
Virginia Z. Gustafson
Calgary
Alberta
Mapie K. Cox
el Paso
Tex
WAC
WAF
Thees Services
German Masters Art at Colgate Exhibition Opens
Colgate University hosts a public display in Lawrence Hall Room 112 featuring 15th and 16th century German masters. Included are Holbein Duerer Huber Striger and Gruenewald with Duerers self portrait highlighted as The Picture of the Week. The Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation issued the paintings to Colgate.
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Hamilton
Colgate University
Lawrence Hall
Hans Holbemm
Albrecht Duerer
Wolfgang Huber
Bernhard Striger
Matthias Gruenewaild
Duerer
Department of Art
Colgate
Carl Schurz
Suspect Held in 20 Year Old Fatal Slashing Case
Police announced Clyde Jacobs, 65, is in custody on charges from North Carolina accusing him of fatally slashing his wife twenty years ago. The man, using the alias John H. Morgan, was arrested after another man claimed to be the prisoner's son.
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Buffalo
Clyde Jacobs
North Carolina
John H. Morgan
Pyramid Club Leader Is Acquitted in Lottery Case
Frank St. Johnson, 43, acquitted by a three judge City Court of Special Sessions in Buffalo. The court ruled the prosecution failed to prove a lottery existed or that Johnson advertised one. Local pyramiders cheer as Johnson explains he printed materials for friends only.
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Buffalo
Suffato
Pyramid Club
City Court of
Frankst
Johnson
Greenwich
Conn
New York
Sony
Haun
Treasury Opposes Gold Price Swing
Acting secretary William McC. Martin Jr tells Senator Magnuson the Treasury strongly opposes allowing sales of gold at prices materially different from the 35 dollars an ounce official value. Magnuson made the letter public after asking about proposed open market sales by lode gold producers to lift price above monetary value.
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Waskingson
Treasury
United States
William McC. Martin, Jr
Magnuson
D-Wash
Martin
Aunt Het by Robert Quillen
A humorous sketch showing how the poor yearn for luxuries beyond simple needs. Clara used to be satisfied with a plain dog but now demands one with a pedigree.
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Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
Clara
Lonely Heart Killers Pass From Pledges To Accusations
Grand Rapids report on Martha Beck and Raymony Fernandez, the cross country con artists accused of murder in New York and Michigan. Beck describes how Fernandez urged killings and mutilation while they allegedly robbed victims including Janet Fay of Albany and Deliphene Downing and her baby at Byron Center, with extradition to New York underway.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Martha Beck
Raymony Fernandez
Casanova
New York State
Fernandez
Martha
Beck
Janet Fay
Albany
Michigan
New York
Mrs. Fay
Valley Stream
N.ys
Girl Scouts to Ush er Oneida Churches in Scout Week
Oneida Protestant churches will have Girl Scouts usher Sunday services as part of the observance of Girl Scout Week. The event highlights the organization’s community role and participation in local worship.
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IRL
Oneida
Girl Scouts
Oneida Potestant
Sea Board To Collect War Debts
The Maritime Commission pledges swift action to recover about 26 million dollars owed to the government for wartime merchant fleet advances. A special staff will begin work immediately, after officials cited destroyed records and staff shortages as delaying collection since 1947.
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Sea Board
Washington CP
Maritime Commission
Iment
K.E. Harris
Commission
Hoey
Dn.c
Pact Ready to Be Signed Next Month
The North Atlantic Security Treaty neared completion after months of talks and will be signed in early April. Denmark and Italy are expected to join Western defense efforts, with Portugal and Iceland possibly joining as well. Delegations report a final agreement among 16 signatories led by the United States and major European nations.
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Denmark
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
United States
Canada
Britain
Nmomvar
France
Netherlands
Belgim
Luxembourg
Baron Silvercrays
Bellam
Secretary of
Acheson
State Department
Pvith Acheson
Senate
Senat@ Foreign Relations
Western Europe
Russia
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Gustave Rasmussen
North Atlantic Defense Alliance
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Wacs
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Tully Street
Senate Espenslyihes
Bayer Ache Fast
BAYER
Jug
Mander
Fiesta Room
Burnet Ave
Paul Firenze
Paul
Norm
Carl
Leecheon
tSe
Frank Cualira
Emerson
Emerson Ave
West Solvay
Bus Mart
Dot Leski
The
Baldwinsville
Cold Springs
Bill Kornbluth
Lauc
Lesare
Huey’s Rascals
Liverpool
Salina St
Frankie and
Johnny
Lexal Severaces
Onondaga ST
Syracuse
Roderick
EL Maalits St
East
Mattydale
le Monne Age
Mattydsle
Milano &Rire
Geddes ST
Joe
Pietricola
Mer
Reta Bings
Buddy Kay
Danang
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