Hoover Urges Expanded Power for Interior Department
The Hoover Commission called for giving the Interior Department full control of government building construction and water development projects. It recommended transferring Army Corps of Engineers work to Interior while rejecting the idea of creating a separate federal Department of Natural Resources. The panel said Interior should be strengthened within its current structure.
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Corps of Engineers
Interior
Department of Natural Resources
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Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Commission
Four Nations Invited to Join Atlantic Security Pact
Denmark Iceland Italy and Portugal were invited to join a North Atlantic security pact with the United States and seven other nations. The move aims to curb aggression, with details to be released tomorrow. Italy's inclusion is a France-US triumph. Britain the Low Countries and Canada opposed citing overextension risks.
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Denmark
Iceland
Italy
Portugal
United States
France
Britain
Low Countries
Canada
Farm Boy Ends Life After Puppy Dies
A 13 year old farmer Carl Keener killed himself after finding a puppy dead from exposure. He brought the other pups inside then hanged himself from a rope over a hayloader in the barn. Deputy Sheriff Herbert Harnish said remorse over the pup’s death prompted the act.
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Herbert Harnish
Carl
Red Bar to Americans Hit by Lawmakers
Washington lawmakers spar over admitting Soviet delegates for a world peace conference in New York starting March 25. The State Department says Communist delegates will be allowed, while critics like House Un American Activities Committee Chairman Wood press for answers on potential Moscow influence. Senators Mune and Ferguson criticized the action.
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Russia
National Council of Arts, Sciences and Professions
New York
Wood
D-Ga
House Un-American Activities ‘Committee
Mune
R-S.d
Ferguson i
Department
Poirbcal
Cradle to Grave Social Insurance Plan Backed
The C 20 urged Congress to pass a cradle to grave social insurance system with improved federal assistance and full employment. James B. Carey of the labor group endorsed Truman’s proposal to extend aid beyond the elderly blind and children to all needy Americans.
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Love Child Enters School in Boston Child Neglect Case
Gerald Sullivan aged 13 testified his mother hid him for 10 years in a locked room but officials say he traveled with others at a Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children home. Ropes of details show maltreatment claims, hearing delayed as attorney cites grief and hysteria.
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Maybelle Hiscock
Anna Sullivan
Soviets Return Milwaukee Cruiser After Lend-Lease Use
In Lewes Delaware officials report the 28 year old Milwaukee cruiser is being towed to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for junking after five years loan to the Soviet Union. Soviet officials will conduct a detailed analysis of its machinery and armament to gauge naval know-how. Captain Joseph A. Ledeman Jr accepted the 7050 ton ship from Rear Admiral E G Ghinkov in a transfer ceremony.
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Washington
Russian Seamen Return Ship After Navy Tug Debarkation
In Delaware Bay the Molotov was freed and anchored by US tugs after Russian sailors left the freighter. American crew from Fort Miles boarded the Milwaukee Murmans when the flag was raised, with 25 watching aboard overnight. Reports note repainted sides and vermin seen, but Captain Lacheman said Russians did their best to return the ship in as good condition under manned crew.
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Del
Milwaukee
Murmans
United States
Maren
Lacheman
Shubert Admits His Remarriage
New York based press dispatch reports theater figure Lee Shubert acknowledged his remarriage to Marcella Swansea, a former stage beauty, after secretly marrying in Berlin in 1936 and keeping it private for years.
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Ins
Lee Shubert
Marcella Swansea
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Marcella
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Divorce Suit Plot Tied to Reno Evidence
The text notes a 32 year span since she fled a divorce suit in Reno. Last month Miss Swanson appeared at a Billam Hotel where a Shea vert was vacationing. The producer admitted the remarriage report was authentic but refused to say where it occurred.
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