Senate Talks On as Truce Hopes Grow
The Senate pressed into more talks to curb the Dixie filibuster amid a 13 day stalemate. President Truman urged action on civil rights, while Republicans and southern Democrats weigh compromise and rule changes to end the talkathon.
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Washington
Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Byrd
Virginia
Wherry
Nebraska
Key West
Fla
McGrath
Rhode Island
Russell
Georgia
Douglas
Voznesensky Freed of State Planning Chair and Deputy PM Duties
In Moscow on March 14, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet announced Nikolai A. Voznesensky, a Politburo member, is freed from his roles as chairman of the State Planning Commission and deputy prime minister. The decision dates to March 5 along with changes involving Molotov and Mikoyan.
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Nikolai A. Voznesensky
State Planning Commission
Supreme Soviet
Alexander Gorkin
Council of Nationalities
Voznesensky
Council of Ministers
V. M. Molotov
A. I. Mikoyan
Beechwood Boy Jim Grimes Is Junior Deputy Captain
11 year old Jimmy Grimes of Alliance RD 1 was promoted to junior deputy patrol honorary captain and was guest on WHBC Junior Safety Council. Despite a lifelong spine condition he attends Beechwood School and joined by five girls for lunch and a movie after the broadcast.
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Jimmy Grimes
Eldon Grimes
RD 1
Alliance
WHBC
Junior Safety Council of the Air
Ivan Ray
Jimmy
Ray
Beechwood School
Gail Sheffler
Jackson School
Alberta Berger
Marlene Glanzman
Maximo
Kaye Heestand
Nancy Roher
Marlboro
Publishers Oppose Proposed Postal Rate Hike
The American Newspaper Publishers Association denounces Post Office Department rate increases as harmful to newspapers. Joshua L. Horne of the Rocky Mount Telegram and Elisha Hanson argue the plan imposes costs for services not received and would grant bureaucrats control over content. The group represents about 800 publishers with over 90 percent of national daily and Sunday circulation. They urge improved service before raising second-class rates, warning of a 400 percent spike and content control.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
A.N.P.A
House Post Office Committee
Josh L. Horne
The
Rocky Mount
N. C
Telegram
A.N.P.A. Postal Committee
Elisha Hanson
Postoffice Department
Horne
Hanson
Spring Like Weekend Draws Out Motorists
A pleasant weekend drew thousands of drivers to the highways as mild spring weather returned. Temperatures topped 40 degrees Sunday with clear skies and dry roads though trail conditions remained too muddy for hiking. The night offered a bright almost full moon over a calm landscape.
Senate Studies Nominations By Convention
In Columbus March 14 AP report outlines a Senate committee hearing on reviving state nominating conventions. It notes Cox backs conventions, House supporters, and a plan allowing county city conventions with designation on primary ballots. Also covers related bills on time standards and new departments.
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Senate Elections Committee
Cox
Ohio
Conservation Department
Elections Committee
Charles L. Bartlett
Hamilton
James M. Cox
Dayton
Springfield
Atlanta
Miami
Fred R. Seibert
Auglaize
Evan P. Ford
Franklin
Lausche
House
Robert R. Shaw
Harold F. Miller
Lucas
Frank J. Lausche
Dudley White
Norwalk
Sandusky
Parker LaMoore
Scripps-Howard
Common Pleas
Ford Behrens
Napoleon
Iceland Eyes Atlantic Pact Decision and Bases Question
Iceland's foreign minister Bjarni Benediktsson arrives in Washington to discuss joining the Atlantic security pact and to note Iceland will refuse peacetime bases for any power. He cites 20 percent Communist opposition and awaits Moscow proposals. The United States and Western nations outline Greenland base questions within the pact framework as steps toward final approval by France Italy and others.
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Iceland
State Department
Bjarni Benediktsson
New York
United States
Benediktsson
Moscow
Gustav Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Greenland
Denmark
Italy
Scouts Learn Foil Cooking At Camp Tuscarawas
About 90 Boy Scouts and leaders completed a four week cooking training in Nimishillen district at Camp Tuscaloar. Aluminum foil meals replaced traditional kits with meals prepared beforehand wrapped and cooked over fires. Certificates were awarded to 55 participants as the group planned a similar course next year.
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Tuscaloar
Nimishillen
First Christian Church
Canton
Tom Adams
James Hopkins
Robert Stano
Alpha Phi Omega
Lew Watkins
Dominic Vitangeli
H. G. Leach
W. O. Hathaway
H. O. Albery
Robert F. Hillibish
David Reese
Lester Capper
Kenneth Obertin
DeVere Kaufman
Polish Families End Nine Years of War Suffering in Canton
Two Polish refugee families, the Rubins and the Wevers, arrived in Canton at 10 04 am under sponsors Irwin E Cohn and Joseph Waisbrot. They fled Nazi camps after long separations from relatives, seeking new lives post 1939 outbreak. The group traveled from Bremen aboard the SS Marine Jumper with 30 displaced persons bound for Ohio.
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Irwin E. Cohn
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The
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S.S. Marine
Ohio
Chaim Rubin
Salla
Josef
Reuben Rubin
Bella
Yehuda
Alter
Cohns
Carl Shifman
31St St NW
A. Alvin Fischer
Market
Wevers
Waisbrot
Concen
Poland
Germany
Fugitive Driver Surrenders After Police Seek
Police welcomed a fugitive driver who walked into headquarters asking about a friend arrested earlier. The chase began after a crash at 6th street and Walnut avenue NE with shots fired as the vehicle fled. Robert L. Shonk, 19, was later charged with reckless driving disregarding a signal and driving without a permit.
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Bernal
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4Th St
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Lippertrd
the Inquirer
Shonk
Free Diabetes Tests Started
The Stark County Medical Society launches a diabetes detection drive offering free urine tests this week. Patients provide a sample about one hour after a hearty meal. sugar presence triggers further exam. Many doctors offer evening hours and bottles are available from druggists.
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Stark County Medical Society
Israeli Forces Move North Of Aqaba Alarming Truce Violation
United Nations observers report Israeli mechanized troops about 3000 strong position along Trans Jordan frontier north of Aqaba. Dr. Bunche warned the move may breach the Palestine truce as British forces hold Aqaba. Earlier Israeli forces occupied Umm Rashrash near Elath. minor fighting reported near El Ghambra before the ceasefire.
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Trans-Jordan
Aqaba
United Nations
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations Security Council
Wade Araba
Palestine- Trans-Jordan
Gulf of Aqaba
Arab Legion
Palestine
Bunche
Security Council
Umm Rashrash
Five
Elath
el Ghambra
Coal Supply Seen Ample For Industry
Pittsburgh March 14 AP Coal production halted as 425,000 miners east of the Mississippi refuse to work in response to John L. Lewis order to close pits until March 28. Lewis says memorial to fallen miners and protest against Dr James Boyd U S Bureau of Mines nomination. Railroads furlough 57,425 workers amid first stoppage effects.
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United States
Mississippi
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Truman
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Boyd
Senate
Senators Back Boyd for Bureau of Mines Director
The Senate interior committee approved President Truman's nomination of James Boyd to head the Bureau of Mines with a 10 to 1 vote. Senator Millikin of Colorado cast the lone negative vote.
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Senate Interior Committee
Truman
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Millikin
Colorado
Miners' Work Stoppage Impacts Coal Supply and Unemployment Questions
The strike reduces coal output as miners avoid pits while maintenance keeps pumps running. National coal stockpiles total about 70 million tons, enough for roughly 45 days. Unemployment benefits may become a legal fight as states weigh payouts. In Illinois 17,000 miners join Independent Progressive Mine Workers of America amid broader protests.
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Mississippi
U.M.W
A. J. Caruso
Pennsylvania
State Bureau of Employment and Compensation
Illinois
Indiana
Independent
Progressive Mine Workers of America
Timken Plant Unaffected By Lewis Mine Strike
Four month coal supply at The Timken Roller Bearing Co. keeps plant operations steady. W. E. Umstattd, president, says no slowdown expected. Cleveland Chamber official Walter I. Beam reports no anticipated layoffs in the area.
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W. E. Umstattd
Walter I. Beam
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
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