Problems Facing Truman After South Vacation
President Truman returned from Key West and immediately tackled political and international issues. A cabinet meeting followed, with notes on Palestine partition civil rights agitation and European communist expansion. A Civil Rights Congress picket line protested deportation actions at Ellis Island as Truman faced a tense political climate.
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Washington
Truman
Southland
Key West
National Airport
Tom Clark
Defense
James Forrestal
Labor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Palestine
Europe
White House
Civil Rights Congress
Ellis Island
New York
United States
Henry A. Wallace
Mr. Truman
Schuman Wins Informal Confidence Over Forced Loan Law
Paris Premier Robert Schuman secured an informal vote of confidence as the French National Assembly upheld his government's forced loan measure passed January 7. The assembly rejected a Communist repeal motion, and Schuman warned the government could not stay in power if the law were repealed.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
French National Assembly
Schuman
Assembly
Pocatello Cafe Postings Highlight Local Institutions
A local note highlights Pocatello as home to campus facilities of the College of Idaho while referencing Idaho State College in town and Caldwell’s College of Idaho. It also mentions free parking on North Main Street after a meter head was sheared off by a truck, with police seeking the driver. A box from Greenville Alabama delivered camellias to Mrs. B. T. Russell from Mrs. H. E. Kerns downtown.
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Fred
Pocatello
College of Idaho
Pocatello Idaho State College
Caldwell
North Main St
Gene Pardini
Greenville
Ala
B. T. Russell
H. E. Kerns
Pocatello Malad Grab Fifth District Class A Meet
Pocatello edged Preston 32-27 to stay undefeated while Malad toppled Blackfoot 41-35 in Fifth District tournament play. Malad meets Preston at 2:00 PM with the winner facing Pocatello at 8:00 PM. Blackfoot is eliminated and Pocatello earns a regional berth.
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Pocatello
Preston
Malad
Blackfoot
Arab commander leads forces into Palestine to oppose partition
Fawzi El Kawkji, chief of Arab anti-partition forces, entered Palestine at the head of a column and set up a headquarters to organize the assault. Arab units inside Palestine carried out diversionary attacks on Jews in the mountain area to draw British troops while Kawkji’s column crossed from Syria. He joined a staff led by Ali Nasr Ed-Din to publicize the mission. The move was approved by the Arab political committee as tensions rise over UN partition plans. Syrian Premier Jamil Mardam and Lebanese Premier Riad El Solh attended the decision.
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Damascus
Syria
Fawzi el Kawkji
Palestine
Holy Land
Kawkji
United Nations
Jamil Mardam
Riad el Solh
Lebanon
Mufti
Jerusalem
Haj Amin el Husseini
Shukri el Kuwatly
Benes Skips March 8 Observance in Prague
Prague reports Eduard Benes will not attend the March 8 ceremonies marking the fifth anniversary of Czech entry into the war on the Soviet side. Premier Gottwald will stand in for Benes at the Sokolov battle commemoration. A new communist cabinet drafts its program with nationalization plans and disciplinary actions in the Social Democratic party. Felix Uhl is jailed as a suspected spy amid police evidence.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Felix Uhl
Information Ministry
Uhl
Germany
Rude Pravo
Social Democratic Party
Senators oppose UN veto free council on ERP plan
In Washington Robt Taft and Arthur Vandenberg oppose a proposed veto free supreme council outside the UN to confront aggression. They warn charter revision would be needed and discuss strengthening the UN by limiting the big power veto while ERP debate continues. Taft favors possible amendments but not the council proposal.
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Sen
Robert
A. Taft
R. O
Supreme Council
United Nations
Taft
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Congress
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Daylight payroll heist at Allegheny General Hospital
Three masked gunmen robbed the Allegheny General Hospital payroll in daylight, taking about $15,000. Two men entered the basement paymaster office, fired a shot, and forced paymaster Robert Chalmers and Elizabeth Bruck to surrender envelopes and the paymaster’s box before fleeing in a stolen car. The loot mirrors almost the entire payroll, suggesting planning by someone familiar with hospital operations.
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Pittsburgh
Alleghany General Hospital
Robert Chalmers
Elizabeth Bruck
George L. Wessels
Pope Blocks Romanian King Marriage to Danish Princess
A Rome dispatch reported Pope Pius VII refused a dispensation for the marriage of exiled former King Michael of Romania and Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma. The block cited Michael's Greek Orthodox faith as the hurdle since Anne is Roman Catholic.
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Washington
Rome
Pius VII
Michael
Romania
Anne of
Bourbon-Parma
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Vatican
Schooling Of Slayer Left In Board's Hands
In Canon City Colorado a 12 year old murderer's admission to a local school becomes a board decision. Attorney General Hinkley says admission is discretionary but schools must serve ages six to twenty one. Warden Roy Best provides schooling at his home while pursuing a proper grade level and teachers.
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Jimmy Melton
Las Animas
Colo
Roy Best
Canon City Penitentiary
Jimmy
Denver
H. Lawrence Hinkley
James Melton
Young Melton
State Penitentiary
Washington Grade School
Canon City
Hinkley
Melton
Best
Michaud Plan Sparks Landowner Pocatello Petition
In Pocatello Friday night landowners near the Michaud Flats Irrigation project signed a petition to the reclamation bureau agreeing to sell excess land beyond 160 acres to the United States. The group cited reclamation limits and urged completion of the project to allow resettlement by ex servicemen.
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Michaud Flats
Pocatello
Palisades Dam
Reclamation Bureau
J. L
Ledge) Craig
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
F. M. Bistline
United States of America
U. S. Armed Services
Legal Papers Ready Folsom Keeps Under Cover
In Montgomery Alabama legal papers seeking Gov. James E. Folsom's reply to claims he fathered 22 month old Jimmy and that he and Christine Putman Johnston are married are in the mail Sheriff Mosely said service will occur promptly after receipt from Cullman County sheriff The governor, back in the state capitol, has 30 days to answer once served.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Kissin
State Capitol
Washington
G. A. Mosely
S. D. Hyatt
Cullman County
Christine Putman Johnston
Jimmy
Comunia
Finland Parties Stand Firm Against Russian Pact
Lewiston Idaho report states the Lewis-Clark Post 13 won the distinguished service citation from the American Legion for the 10th straight year, recognized as the outstanding post in Idaho.
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Finland
Lewiston
Lewis- Clark
Idaho American Legion
Legion
Americanism Committee
Lewis-Clark
Bridges Fired as CIO Northern California Regional Director
Australian born Harry Bridges loses his CIO regional post after backing Wallace third party and criticizing ERP. Tim Flynn to replace him while Bridges remains union president. firing tied to immigration arrests and political stance.
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Washington
Harry Bridges
CIO
Northern California
Philip Murray
Tim Flynn
Bridges
Murray
Henry A.wallace
Wallace
ERP
Paes
Allan
Haywood
Los Angeles
Ellis Island
Immigration Servce
Abbott and Costello prize contest for a baby elephant
Hollywood comedians Abbott and Costello announce a $20,000 prize contest with a 900 pound baby elephant as the top prize. Entries must begin with I want to fight juvenile delinquency because and be sent with a donation to the Lou Costello Jr. Youth Foundation. More than 10,000 youngsters receive recreation through the foundation.
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Hollywood
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Lou Costello Jr
VOA Script Sparks Protest Over Latin America Broadcast
Rep. John Taber denounces a Voice of America Spanish radio script aired Feb. 16, prepared by NBC and broadcast to Latin America. He cites crude humor and stereotypes in a Cheyenne Frontier Day sequence and questions the use of appropriated funds.
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Rex Chaney
Washington
John Taber
New York
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Latin America
State Department
Voice of America
National Broadcasting Company
United States
Wyoming Gov Demands VOA Stop Misleading Foreign Audiences
Gov. Lester C. Hunt urged that Wyoming be excluded from Voice of America broadcasts unless the department accurately presents the state. He criticized a Feb 16 Latin America broadcast describing Wyoming as a paradise with feathered naked Indian girls and snakes as false and unbecoming.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
Voice of America
State Department
Latin America
Hunt
Voice of
America
Finland studies counter proposal to bridge Soviet pact gap
Helsinki reports Finland will accept Stalin's invitation to talks with Russia but rejects a military treaty. A counterproposal is under study to bridge the gap between a proposed mutual defense pact and parliamentary opposition. Delegation makeup and final decisions hinge on Paasikivi approval.
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Helsinki
Finland
Josef Stalin
Russia
Stalin
Finnish Foreign Affairs Committee
Juho Paasikivi
Panskivi
Carl Enckell
Stan
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Paaskivi
People’s Democratic Union
Social Democrats
Swedish People’s Party
Paasikivi
Agrarians
Liberals
Anti-Racial Bill Clause Defeated in House Fight
In a Friday committee vote, House Republicans and southern Democrats erased an anti racial discrimination clause from a 1949 government funding bill. The panel cut 30.1 million dollars from Truman’s Labor and Federal Security Agency request, while allowing up to 49 million in additional contracts. The measure moves to the Senate as southern Democrats celebrate the victory after a lengthy closed session.
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Washington
House
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Aidi
Coutratres Sud Justice Des Artes
Federal Ac
Mr. Truman
Senate
Envoys Reach Meet for Benelux Pact Drafts
Envoys from Britain and France arrived in Brussels with drafts for a proposed five-nation economic and military pact to include Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. British and French officials arrived after a foggy North Sea crossing and were to join talks that morning.
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Brussels
Belgium
Britain
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Gladwyn Jebb
Foreign Office
Jean Chauvel
Arriv
Lytte
Free movie for new POST subscribers in Pocatello
Kids may earn a candy bar a ticket to Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout at Chief theater this morning at 10 by subscribing to the Pocatello POST. One new subscription buys candy and a chance at a Hawthorne bicycle and entry to a KEIO talent show.
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Pocatello Post
Henry Aldrich
The
POST
Pocatello
Hawthorne
KEIO
Guidance Is Urged By Idaho Leaders At Trustees Meet
University of Idaho President J E Buchanan urged Idaho school trustees to provide stronger guidance in high schools to direct students into suitable fields. He stressed that colleges depend on high school outcomes and called for fundamentals in physical and social sciences and better vocational guidance. Idaho State College President Carl W McIntosh echoed goals aligned with the commission on higher education.
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BOISE
University of Idaho
J. E. Buchanan
Idaho School Trustees’ Association
Bueha
Carl W. McIntosh
Idaho State College
Commission On Higher Education
Ernest A. Jensen
Sata Seneasociation
Cerse
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