Russians Demand Berlin Plan Abandonment as West Reaffirms Merge
In Berlin, Marshal Wassily Sokolovsky urged the United States and Britain to cancel the four power agreement on a bi zonal German government. He opposed a joint control plan while Gen. Lucius D. Clay defended the merger and denied any violation. Western allies showed resolve amid German strikes and food concerns.
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John B. McDermott
United State Staff
Berlin
Wassily Sokolovsky
Allied Control Council
United States
Great Britain
Solokovsky
Kremlin
Moscow
United States Army
Frankfurt
Wiesbaden-Biebrich
IG Farben Chemical Works
Nuernberg
Cologne
Ruhr
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Sokolovsky
Sokolosky
Britain
Control Council
Clay
Red Army
Taegliche Rundschau
Russia
Kaiser Opens Office In Provo
Kaiser announces new Provo office at the old Orem railroad station in a larger space to support ongoing activities. K G Hunt, Kaiser construction manager, cited temporary current offices and declined further comment on Provo operations related to plans to acquire the idle No 2 Ironton blast furnace plant from the War Assets Administration. The move ties to Kaiser's efforts to obtain the facility for wartime production.
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PROVO
Henry J. Kaiser Company
Orem
K. G. Hunt
Kaiser
Blind Omaha inventor named among nation’s top young men
Lavon Peterson of Omaha is one of ten 1947 Outstanding Young Men as chosen by the National Junior Chamber of Commerce. He has been blind since birth and developed a multitester device for measuring current and resistance, teaching radio repair to handicapped students at his Omaha institute. The award ceremony with other notable figures was announced by the Jaycees.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Lavon Peterson
Omaha
Neb
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Peterson
John Ben Sheppard
National Jaycees
Radio Engineering Institute
Petersons
Cord Meyer, Jr
New York
United World Federalists Organization
Robert A. Hingson
Memphis
Delesseps Morrison
New Orleans
Glenn Theodore Seaborg
Berkeley
Calif
Glenn Robert Davis
U. S
Waukesha
Wis
Thomas R. Reid
Baltimore
James Quigg Newton, Jr
Denver
Colo
Adrian Sanford Fisher
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Parliament approves royal allowance bill despite protests
London reports that the government won passage of a bill to boost Princess Elizabeth's allowance to 160 thousand dollars and Prince Philip's to 40 thousand dollars a year. Left wing rebels, led by Ronald Chamberlin Emrys Hughes and John McGovern, argued for tying royal expenses to the public and requiring the couple to endure commoner conditions.
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London
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Commons
Philip
Royal Navy
South Wales
Ronald Chamberlin
Emrys Hughes
John McGovern
McGovern
First Shipment Of Stable Isotopes From Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge Tennessee prepares the first shipment of non radioactive isotopes from its atomic energy laboratories. The cargo includes molybdenum germanium and selenium isotopes destined for Ohio State University under Dr M L Pool. The goal is to study bombardment effects on atomic weights and reactions.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Atomic Energy Laboratories
Ohio State University Laboratories
Columbus
M. L. Pool
Ohio State
Nippon Times Praises New American Occupation Troops
The Nippon Times, an English language Japanese newspaper, praised new American occupation troops as smarter and more respectful than combat forces. It stated they inspire respect and differ greatly from prior troops, contrasting them with Babe Ruth in tone.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nippon Times
State Department
Babe Ruth
Americans Near Greek Front Line
Nine teen U S Army officers flew to Greece to advise Greek units against Gen Markos Vafiades guerrillas joining corps at Volos Larissa and Salonika as winter hindered communications. About 80 Americans will serve as advisers with 23 more arriving in Athens amid renewed central and southern Greek fighting near Platanos Lidorika and near Corinth.
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Athens
Greece
Markos Vafiades
Volos
Larissa
Salonika
U. S
Platanos
Lidorika
Amphissa
Ministry of Public Order
Goura
Corinth
U.S
Dwight P. Griswold
Arahova
Young Slayer Faces Trials On Two Other Counts
Chicago police report 15 year old James Hartman, already sentenced to 25 years for killing a minister's wife, faces burglary and crime against nature indictments. Assistant State's Attorney Ed Mund Grant objects to the plea and seeks swift trials, as Hartman was taken into custody for burglary after entering a mother’s home and looting it while also linked to Mrs Gracelyn Bush's death. The case marks Hartman as one of Chicago's youngest murder defendant.
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Chicago
James Hartman
Edmund Grant
Yesteray
Grant
Hartman
Gracelyn Bush
Servicemen's Bodies Returned from Normandy
The bodies of 1,753 servicemen will be returned to New York aboard the U S Army transport Eric G Gibson. A brief public ceremony is planned at 11 a m Thursday at the Brooklyn army base to mark the arrival of the transport.
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New York
Normandy
U. S. Army
Eric G. Gibson
New York Port of Embarkation
Brooklyn Army Base
Southern Democrats threaten to bolt party in Mississippi
Mississippi Governor Fielding S. Wright opened a new term with a stern rebuke of national Democratic leaders including President Truman. He charged anti Southern legislation such as FEPC anti lynching and anti poll tax measures and warned that Mississippi Democrats might secede from the party if urged to compromise. Wright, newly sworn in, urged militant southern unity to preserve Americanism and warned of possible drastic action.
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Harold Foreman
United Press
Jackson
Miss
Fielding S. Wright
Truman
Mississippi
Wright
FEPC
Walter Sillers
House of Representatives
South
Jefferson Davis
Democratic Party
Thomas L. Bailey
Scandals Producer Pays Damages in Hit-Run Settlement
In San Diego George White the producer of Scandals pays 8750 of an 100000 damage suit plus nine months in jail and a 1000 fine for the hit run slaying of Mr and Mrs Claude McLester Lee. James Carl Fitzgerald three will receive 4000 and the Lees children Michael ten and Patricia twelve share 4750.
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SAN_ DIEGO
Cal
George White
Claude McLester Lee
James Carl Fitzgerald
Lee
Michael
Patricia
Truman Appeal Is Denied Again As Senate Rejects Kuter
The Senate armed services committee refused for the second time to permit Maj. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter to become chairman of the civil aeronautics board while keeping his air force rank and pay. President Truman learned of the decision after accepting Harlee Branch’s resignation from the CAB. The panel stood firm that too many military men hold civilian posts and objected to a salary exceedance for Kuter.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Laurence S. Kuter
Civil Aeronautics Board
Air Force
Truman
Harlee Branch
Aviation Board
Senate Committee
White House
Kuter
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Walter G. Andrews
N.Y
Bank Manager Admits Embezzling 15000 Over Ten Years
Frank Dillon a 50 year old branch manager at Spiceland Indiana admitted to U S officials that he embezzled about 15000 over ten years to cover living costs due to sickness in his family. He earned 165 dollars a month and had served as manager 13 years.
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Indianapolis
Frank Dillon
Dillon
U. S
Howard Caughran
Spiceland, Ind
Citizens State Bank of
Newcastle
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Meee
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Frank L. Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Miami Beach
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Charles V. McAdam, Jr
Charles V. McAdam
Greenwich
Gannett
International Civil Aviation Organization
CAB
James M. Landis
Washday Freedom
Bendix
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