Wallace Seeks President Who Offers Russian Cooperation
Henry A Wallace urged electing a new president who would meet Stalin to work out a world peace settlement. He proposed a 10 year UN administered European reconstruction plan, a UN police force, and detente with Russia alongside continued military preparedness. He testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee as a hostile witness against ERP.
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United Press
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Josef Stalin
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United Nations
Russia
Wallace
White House
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Taylor
Republican Committee
Stalin
Teacher Sets Example Seattle School Veteran Instructor
Leon L. Jones has taught manual arts at the local high school for 44 years. He never was tardy or absent and at 65 is the last remaining original instructor still teaching there.
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Seattle
Leon L. Jones
Jones
Flood control funds approved for three inter mountain projects
The house appropriations committee endorsed 1949 flood control spending for three inter mountain projects. Missouri river at Ft. Peck Montana gets 3.7 million, 0.5 million less than requested, with a 10 thousand carryover from 1948. Heise in Roberts Idaho receives 351 thousand, with a 6 thousand 1948 carryover. Redmond Utah is funded at 125 thousand with a 70 thousand carryover.
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Intermountain
House Appropriations Committee
Missouri River
Ft. Peck
Mont
Roberts
Ida
Utah
Redmond
Shipbuilding Decline Hits U S Output in 1947
Lloyds Register of Shipping reports the United States launched 164,848 tons in 1947, down from 501,294 tons in 1946, a drop of 336,400 tons. The U S decline dragged world output slightly lower while Britain and Ireland led with 1,202,024 tons and Sweden gained 75,700 tons.
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New York
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping
United States
Lloyd's
U. S
Spain
Great Britain
North Ireland
Sweden
Truman Ends Virgin Islands Visit Aboard Williamsburg
President Truman wrapped up a two day trip to the sugar and rum producing Virgin Islands and sailed on the presidential yacht Williamsburg for Cuba. The ship heads to Guantanamo Bay around noon Wednesday before a flight to Key West for a nine day Florida vacation.
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U.S
Williamsburg
Truman
Virgin Islands
Cuba
Florida
Williamburg
United States Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Key West
First Degree Murder Charge Filed in Slaying
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo UP A criminal information charging 17 year old Alvin Lee Bundy with first degree murder for the brutal sex slaying of a 13 year old schoolboy was filed in El Paso county court. Bundy admitted to police Monday night he bludgeoned James Fox to death after the boy resisted his advances. A life sentence would be mandatory if convicted and a death sentence cannot be imposed as Bundy is under 18. He drafted an extortion note to the dead boy’s parents and said he might try to profit from the act.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Alvin Lee Bundy
John Meikle
Roy Foard
el Paso
Bundy
James Fox
Foard
Bunday
Hog Prices Drop Again Across Markets
Hog prices fell sharply for a second straight day with retail food price declines leveling off. Wheat and oats rose on the Chicago board of trade while corn and soybeans moved higher. The government opened a three‑pronged probe into last week’s steel price increases under President Truman's direction, with antitrust concerns and potential public‑utility review floated. Livestock experts noted losses for farmers fattening hogs on high‑priced corn, with prices down up to $1 per hundred pounds at the Missouri river markets.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Truman
Justice Department
Commerce Department
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
U. S
Ralph E. Flanders
Missouri River
Senate
Woman’s oven roast triggers Cardboardale fire crew
An absent minded housewife in Carbondale Illinois called the fire department after her home filled with smoke. Firefighters found a roast burning in the oven.
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Carbondale, Ill
Southern Democrats Gain Momentum Against Truman Civil Rights Plan
In Washington a bloc of Dixie lawmakers escalates opposition to President Truman by threatening to withhold electoral college votes and plotting actions against party leadership. The meeting included Govs Laney Thurmond and Byrd and Senators McClellan Sparkman Stennis Overton Johnston and Hill. They forecast anti lynching action and potential ballot maneuvers in November with unpledged electors as a protest against the civil rights program.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
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J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
John L. McClelland
Ark
Ben Laney
Arkansas
J. Strom ,Thurmond
South Carolina
Lister Hill
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Alabama
John H. Overton
Louisiana
Olin D. Johnston
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
John C. Stennis
Mississippi
Mr. Truman
National Party
House
Senate
McClellan
Henry A. Wallace
Byrd
Girl Friend's Got Him Exactly Where She Wants
In New Westminster British Columbia an 18-year-old, Harry T. Jones, faced charges of stealing a $300 watch. His 17-year-old sweetheart pleaded for leniency as Magistrate H. G. Johnston placed him on 18 months probation. He must obey his girlfriend and her mother and not be on the streets after 5 p.m. unless with her, and not attend any recreation spots unless chosen by her.
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New Westminster
B. C
Harry T. Jones
Jones
H. G. Johnston
Harry
Anniversary tribute to Ernie Pyle in Tokyo theater
Brig. Gen. Paul B. Kelly paid tribute on the second anniversary of the theater rechristened in Pyle’s memory. He praised the war correspondent for covering both fronts and spending time with troops, noting his intimate understanding of brutal wartime realities.
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Tokyo
Paul B. Kelly
Ernie Pyle
Pyle
Kelly
Indiana Drum Co. plans quiet radar bearing plant
The Indiana Drum Co. pledged not to disturb neighborhood peace as it builds a plant to manufacture non metallic bearings for radar equipment claiming the site will be quieter than its name suggests.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Drum Co
Mixed Market Signals Pull Stocks and Grains In Same Session
U P reports stocks irregular in quiet trading while bonds gain and curb stocks hold steady. Grains in Chicago show mixed closes with wheat and corn up and soybeans rising, hogs lower and cattle steady to lower across markets in Ogden and Portland.
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United Press
U. S
New York
Chicago
New Mexico Turkey Crop Put at 66000 Birds
Agricultural experts estimated the 1946 New Mexico turkey crop at 66 000 birds, reflecting regional poultry production expectations.
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New Mexico
Jerusalem clashes leave hospital damaged and deaths feared
In Jerusalem area clashes between Jewish Haganah units and Arab fighters erupt across the Hinnom valley. Mortar shells hit the government hospital maternity ward and a temporary post office while rifle fire wounds a British soldier. Ben Yehuda street bombing toll rises to 53 with four more bodies found. Gershon Hirsch denies Arab group responsibility and cites UN reporting.
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Palestine
Hinnom Valley
Haganah Organization
Montefiore
Old City
Guy Cox
British Exchange Telegraph
Adm
Algernon Willis
Willis
Alan Cunningham
Ben Yehuda Street
Gershon Hirsch
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Ben Yehuda
United Nations
Lake Success
N.Y
Hirsch
Early snake found as robin sightings lag in Robinson
In Robinson no robins have appeared this winter but a green garter snake was found, a rare sight for the season. The snake’s tail had frozen off, signaling the approach of warmer weather.
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Robinson
Tll
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