U S backs British claim on Corfu mine incident
The United States urged the United Nations Security Council to condemn Albania for tolerating mines in the Corfu channel, saying Albania knew about the mine lay by October 22. Britain seeks reparations as Russia calls to drop the case, while Gromyko warns of possible veto and the council eyes the international court of justice.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
United States
Albania
Corfu
Herschell Johnson
United Nations Security Council
Great Britain
Russia
Security Council
Johnson
Andrei Gromyko
Britain
Gromyko
Council
International Court of Justice
United Nations
Greeks Receive British Help
London officials report Britain will aid Greece with military and economic support to back a spring offensive against guerrillas in the north. Aid continues until anticipated U S assistance arrives, with aircraft, landing craft, tanks and equipment already flowing to Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Athens
Greece
United States Congress
Truman
Turkey
Foreign Office
Senate approves measure to wipe out portal pay suits
The Senate passed a bill 64 to 24 to outlaw pending portal pay suits and bar all future suits for activities outside the normal workday. It preserves wartime wage contracts and industry custom claims and sets a two year filing limit. The measure now goes to the House for concurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Senate House
Murder charges drawn against Beulah Overell and George Gollum
Beulah Louise Overell a 17 year old heiress and her fiancé George R Bud Gollum 21 had murder complaints drawn up and would be signed and filed in Santa Ana. Authorities said they would arraign the couple in Santa Ana township justice court after charges are filed in Orange county. A grand jury action was planned amid testimony about a blast aboard the Overell power cruiser and a witness account of bickering before the explosion.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Beulah Louise Overell
Newport Beach
R. R. Hodgkinson
James L. Davis
George R
Bud) Gollum
Santa Ana Township
Hodgkinson
Frederick Stomel
Gollum
Richard Hornby
George
Overell
Hornsby
Orange County Grand Jury
Miss Overell
Hornby
Marshall proposes three point plan to govern Germany
Secretary of State Marshall asks the Council of Foreign Ministers to authorize a provisional German government immediately as the first step toward a federalized Germany. Bevin outlines a British plan with a central president and two chambers and a supreme court to safeguard the constitution.
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Moscow
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Ernest Bevin
George Bidault
Stalin
Bevin
Flood Conditions in Britain Worsen Across Regions
Britain faces crippling crop losses as floods swell in lowlands. Water levels rise on the River Trent in Lincolnshire the Severn in Worcestershire and the River Ouse in Yorkshire. Crowland Shire risks isolation after a 40 yard dyke breach floods thousands of acres, drowning cattle and marooning farms amid gale warnings.
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London
Britain
Trent
Lincolnshire
Worcestershire
Ouse
Yorkshire
Crowland
Bridge Washout Isolates Bannack Residents
An 80 foot timber bridge across Grasshopper creek at Bannack was washed out by flood waters and ice jams this week. The destruction stranded residents for two days and a replacement is unlikely in the near future.
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Dillon
Grasshopper Creek
Bannack
C. W. Stallings
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Regions
Mostly cloudy with showers in Butte on Saturday and cooler temperatures. Montana forecasts show cloudiness and showers west of the divide with 40 to 50 high and strong northwesterly winds east of the divide spreading early Saturday, then easing by afternoon.
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School of Mines
Divide
State
Declaration of Principles on Proposed U S Action in Mediterranean
Senate leaders Vandenberg and Connally introduced a preamble to the aid bill for Greece and Turkey. The declaration asserts UN aims align with U S action, notes UN Security Council concern, and cites UN and Food and Agriculture Mission calls for financial and economic assistance Greece requests.
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U.S
Mediterranean
Washington
United States
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Connally
D-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
United Nations Security Council
United Nations Food and Agriculture Mission
Britain
Ice Jams Renew Flood Threats
Ice jams on the Yellowstone River threaten a 60 mile stretch below Miles City causing inundation of farmland. An aerial survey reported four miles of ice jam near Miles City flooding fields and prompting evacuations. Officials warned residents from Glendive to Fairview to stay alert as dam-like ice blocks could release floodwaters downstream. The Northern Pacific railroad rerouted trains over another line amid the rising danger.
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Miles City
Missouri
Yellowstone
Montana
Roy W. Milligan
State
Civil Air Patrol
Intake
Milligan
Glendive
Yellowstone Valley
Fairview
Northern Pacific Railroad
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Explosion Destroys Barber Laboratory in New Orleans Fire
In New Orleans chemicals used for insecticide manufacture exploded at Barber laboratories causing a destructive fire. Owner Ernest Barber and three workers escaped minutes after the blasts at 2 05 p m. Barber suffered a severe burn on his right hand and remained to assist firefighting as the blaze spread to adjacent Morgan Ice Co building and nearby structures including a Negro Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
U.P
Barber Laboratories
Ernest Barber
Barber
Morgan Ice Company
Sam Morgan
Little Rock
Ark
Truman to Speak at AP Luncheon in New York
President Truman will address the Associated Press annual luncheon in New York at 11 am Eastern on April 21. The talk will be delivered at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, announced by the White House on Friday.
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Washington
Truman
Associated Press
New York
White House
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
United Nations Seeks Global One-Day Pay to Aid Children
United Nations plans a Save the Children day asking every worker worldwide to contribute one day's pay. The effort aims to fund the International Children's Emergency Fund and relieve millions of undernourished children. The plan, approved by the Economic and Social Council, targets at least 60 million undernourished kids with a yearly $400 million need.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Save the Children
Trygve Lie
United Nation
Economic and Social Council
International Children’s Emergency Fund
Council
Four Billion Tax Cut On Incomes Wins Committee Approval
The House ways and means committee approved a 4 billion dollar income tax cut 16 to 9. Speaker Martin urged Republicans to back the bill, arguing tax relief is necessary for low income brackets while debt payments continue. The plan cuts withholding from wages and salaries and provides rebates for overpayments, effective Jan 1 with changes to June 1.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
Rmass
Ways and Means
Knutson
R-Minn
Sugar Rationing and Price Control Extension Voted
The House voted 286 to 54 to extend sugar price and rationing controls to October 31 under the agriculture secretary. Inventory controls may end March 31 if not extended, with possible 1948 end for inventories. An amendment to limit controls failed 115 to 30. An importation amendment passed 69 to 62 for Cuba and Puerto Rico products from domestic sugar. Senate action expected soon.
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Washington
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
Agricultural Department
Office of Price Administration
Agriculture Secretary
J. Edgar Chenoweth
R-Colo
Agriculture Department
Ralph Gamble
R-N. Y
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Robert A. Taft
Republican Policy Committee
State Department to Publish Texts From Big Three Meet
State Department said it would release within days the full texts of the Yalta Teheran and Potsdam agreements. Representative Mundt said Acheson told him the full tests of all agreements would be made public Saturday. Officials cautioned about exact timing and noted possible release on Saturday Sunday or Monday.
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Washington
State Department
Yalta
Teheran
Potsdam
Carl E. Mundt
R-S. D
Dean Acheson
Chiang Expects U S Finances For National Reconstruction
Nanking dispatch reports Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek told Kuomintang leaders he expects U S financial aid for national reconstruction and not for fighting Communists. He cited rising military fortunes and US anti Communism as factors. United States had considered a half billion dollar China credit not yet passed on.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Truman
China
Chiang
Yenan
Kuomintang
Government Party
Ho Lung
Yellow River
Shansi
Labor Department Official Targeted Over Communist Ties
The House appropriations committee voted to remove Edgar L. Warren from the federal payroll citing membership in Communist inspired groups. Warren and five exWar Labor Board colleagues disputed the claim and defended his loyalty. The move ties to a $1.685 billion Labor Department and Federal Security Agency appropriation for the year starting July 1. Warren admitted past associations and a 1940s speech on government employees’ right to strike, now denying radical beliefs.
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Labor Department
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Priday
Edgar L. Warren
Warren
War Labor Board
Federal Security Agency
Conciliation Service
The
Lloyd K. Garrison
William H. Davis
George W. Taylor
Frank P. Graham
Edwin E. Witte
House
Police Protect UN Refugees in Greek Frontier Clash
A Greek mob in Trikala shouted anti Bulgars and pelted United Nations investigators. The UN team sought refuge in the town hall under police protection as probes into alleged communist backed uprisings in Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Nations Commission
Greece
Exchange Telegraph
Trikkala
Athens
United Nations
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Paraguan rebels bomb Paraguayan base but cause no damage
In Paraguay, planes flown by rebel forces bombed the San Pedro government base 95 miles north of Asuncion. The attack caused no casualties or damage as rebels used artillery shells and failed to hit any installation of importance. Government said insurgents lack ammunition and have established Concepcion as a base.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
San Pedro
Concepcion
South Africa Pays $50 Million to Clear Lend-Lease Debt
Washington reports South Africa handed the United States a check for 50 million dollars to payoff debt for lend-lease goods supplied during wartime. Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson received the payment from South African Minister H. T. Andrews. It marks the largest single cash payment in the windup of the lend-lease program, under which the U S provided goods totaling more than 50 billion dollars to wartime allies.
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Washington
South Africa
United States
Dean Acheson
H. T. Andrews
Missing Seamen Abandoned Search For Fort Dearborn Crew
Honolulu reports the Navy abandoned the search for 12 men who left the tanker Fort Dearborn when it broke in two 1,100 miles northwest of Honolulu on March 12. Other crew members were rescued, and 22 survivors in Honolulu believe the boat did not survive the first storm.
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Honolulu
Navy
Fort Dearborn
Midway
Oahu
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