Italian Police Move Against Reds
Italian authorities deployed troops and police in seven northern cities to quell a one hour general strike led by communists. In Rome police charged crowds on Via Nazionale and subdued demonstrators in Piazza Venezia as the strike, tying to the April 18 election, was declared a limited failure by Interior Minister Scelba.
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Mestre
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Vicenza
Verona
Trento
Po Valley
Via Nazionale
Confederation of Labor
Piazza Venezia
Mario Scelba
Confederation
Florence
Naples
Scelba
Ty Air
Lecce
Ministry of Interior
Republicans Prioritize Military Bills as Forrestal Addresses Atom Status
Secretary Forrestal told the House Armed Forces Committee that Russia has the know-how to make bombs but not yet the weapons, due to industrial limits. House Republicans plan to shelve large nonessential appropriations to fund military needs, aiming to deter aggressors with preparedness.
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Defense
James Forrestal
Russia
Forrestal
House Armed Forces Committee
United States
House Republican Steering Committee
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
GOP
Russians bar traffic near Vienna disrupts Allied movement
In Vienna the Soviet barrier halted traffic for over four hours on the international highway between the American zone and Vienna. Soviet officials also set a checkpoint for British traffic in a move aimed at pressuring western allies from Vienna and Berlin. By 4:30 p.m. traffic returned to normal.
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Austria
United States
Berlin
St. Poelten
War Talk Sickens World Lie Claims
Trygve Lie, secretary-general of the United Nations, said the world is shocked and sick at heart by war talk since Franklin D. Roosevelt's death. He spoke at ceremonies marking the third anniversary of Roosevelt's death and urged support for the UN.
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Truman Trails in Latest Trial Heat Polls
George Gallup reports shifts in 1948 presidential race with Truman losing ground to four leading Republicans. Dewey Stassen Vandenberg and MacArthur lead, Wallace weakens. Praise for Marshall and European Recovery Plan noted as Democratic strengths amid reversals.
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American Institute of Public Opinion
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Thomas E. Dewey
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
G.O.P
Dewey
Wallace
George C. Marshall
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