Truman Says Russia Preparing for War Prompting Congress Action
President Truman warns Russia is preparing for war prompting Congress to boost defenses. GOP Senators Wherry and Brewster question focus on domestic subversives and McCarthy era charges while Hill and other Democrats urge unified effort to deter Soviet expansion. Congress moves to extend drafts and authorize increased military aid and a 70-group Air Force.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
Congressional
GOP
Wherry
Nebraska
Brewster
Maine
St. Louis
Senate
Tydings
D-Md
The
Armed Services Committee
Congress
Bombings and wage clash mark Morristown textile strike
Police raised state force to 50 in Morristown Tennessee after two bombings tied to an 11 week textile strike. An arbitration board boosted hourly wages to 1.08 for YOO ATL laborers and Hod Carters, ending a week long walkout. National guard removal followed concurrent dairy worker talks in Pittsburgh.
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Morristown
Tenn
Washington
Pittsburgh
AFL
Oak Ridge
YOO Atl
Hod Carters
Robert Medlin
Eavy Corp. Rayon
National
Guard
Nationalist Guerrillas Attack Communists Along South China Front
Taipei reports say 70,000 Nationalist guerrillas moved into insurgent zones near Hunan and Kwangsi. Reds withdraw east toward the Hun-Kwangkai railroad and dig in to defend it. Formosa forces prepare for possible invasion with large reinforcements in Fukien near the strait.
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Taipei
Hunan
Kwangel
Formosé
Fukien
Gas pipeline hearings studied by power commission
The U S Federal Power Commission says it is still examining the record of hearings completed Feb 15 on proposals to build natural gas pipelines in Georgia Florida South Carolina and Alabama. Atlantic Gulf Gas Co and United Gas Pipe Line Co subsidiaries of United Gas Corp Shreveport LA and Southern Natural Gas Co Birmingham AL filed the applications. The commission ordered presiding examiner George T Liddell to turn over the hearings to help determine future procedure. A motion to dismiss was filed by the National Coal Association United Mine Workers of America and others. The record may be incomplete as staff cited insufficient evidence and cross examination issues.
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Washington
The
Power Commission
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Alabama
George T. Liddell
Proceings
Atlantic Quit Gas Co
United Gas
Piper Line, Co
United Gas. Corp
Shreveport
Southern. Natural Gas .Co
Birmingham
Ala
Southern ‘Natural
Atlantic
Gulf
Bechet Eine
National Coal Association
United Mine Workers of America
Associated Parties
Atlantic Gulf
United
Commission
Woman Sues Her Uncle for Divorce in Cleveland
Mrs Angela Miceli, 46, sued her uncle Leone Miceli, 68, in common pleas court for divorce alleging marriage to her dead sister’s husband. Judge Mer rick commented it will take more than one Solomon to unravel this one as the court cited kinship prohibitions and noted the marriage may be illegal.
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Cleveland
Angela—Miceli
Frank J. Merrick
Solomon
Talmadge and Thompson to Pick Up Steam
Four candidates qualified for Georgia governor but Herman Talmadge and M. E. Thompson dominate. Both rivals tour the state with campaigns and predictions of victory as the Democratic primary set for June 28 nears. Baker, Avery, and Mrs. Jessie W. Jenkins run alongside.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
M. E.thompson
Talmadge
Thompson
Fat) Baker
Athens
Pat Avery
Rome
Jessie W. Jenkins
Columbus
Baker
Monroe
Albany
Talmadge pushes laws to curb utility strikes
Gov. Herman Talmadge urged state laws to prevent crippling public utility strikes amid Atlanta's 25 day transit tie up. He noted no current emergency power to act and said the January legislature may address it. Striking trolley drivers seek an eight cent hourly raise while Georgia Power resists. Mitchell group pressures to buy the transit system as union and company clash. The operators currently demand 1 35 dollars per hour.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge
Georgia Power Company
W. E. Mitchell
Power Company
Mitchell
Wherry Motion to Shelve Rent Bill Fails in Senate
The Senate refused to shelve the rent control bill by a 40 to 25 vote. Washington reports show Wherry’s motion was defeated, keeping the bill alive in the legislative process.
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Wherry
Bill
Washington
Senate
Sicilian Black Hand Blamed for U S Big Time Crime
Senate investigators push to prove the Sicilian Black Hand Mafia operates in the United States. Kefauver leads the probe amid broader pressures on rent control extension in a split Senate.
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Black Hand Society
U.S
Washington
Senate—crime
Sicillan Black Hand Society
United States
Senate
Aspechit
Voctory
Reds Boycott UN Meet On Technical Assists
Census taker in Brownsville notes Pancho Camacho claiming to be 128 and hoping to live longer. In Lake Success Russia and its satellites boycott UN technical assistance conference, protesting the presence of the Chinese Nationalists. The plan aims to fund technical aid with expected totals above twenty million over 18 months, led by the United States and supported by Britain and others.
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Brownsville
Tex
Pancho
Camacho
Rio Grande River
Senor
Francisco Camacho
Rico Grande
United States
Valentin Gavita
Gavitas
Lake Success
Russia
U. N
General Assembly
U.N
UO. M
Trygve Lie
Stalin
Lie
Soviet Union
Inet
Britain
Lost and Saved at Allegheny Spillway Disaster
Four men and three women perished as a cabin cruiser went over a dam on the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh. Four survivors clung to the wreckage as rescue attempts by blimp seaplane rowboat and crewed by veteran rivermen failed for seven hours before the four were pulled to safety. Hull Wright and James Woffenden led the risky rescue in an 18 foot skiff. The list of those lost included Mrs William Fisher Mrs Carol Kreig and William Lahey Jr. The rescued were James McHugh Charles Reilley and Jack Kreig.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
Hull Wright
Wright
James Woffenden
Woffenden
Hull
Wrightt
William Fisher
Carol Kreig
William Lahey, Jr
Woffehden
James McHugh
Charles “Reilley
Jack—Kreig
Gen Clay Praises Bold US Foreign Policy at Georgia Tech
Gen Lucius D Clay told 1,600 Georgia Tech graduates that US foreign policy is bold and noble. He said continued policy can halt Communist expansion and attributed World War II to the price of isolationism. He urged restoring the will to be free and military aid to free countries joining in mutual defense.
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Atlanta
Lucius D. Clay
United States
U. S
Germany
Georgia Tech
Clay
Oklahoma faces population loss from farm exodus warned
Preliminary census data reveal a startling exodus from Oklahoma farms with counties reporting declines across the state. Officials warn the trend could cost the state as more counties show steady population losses, prompting discussions with Gov. Roy Turner and Agriculture Dept figures on causes and remedies.
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Oklahoma
Oklahone
Congress
Salingoobun
Exho
Oklahoman
Roy J
Nempntuer Agriculture Departm
Ticlan K.D
Terple
Senate subcommittee case ties to Amerasia papers
Jaffe, once editor of Amerasia, was summoned to a closed Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee session as prosecutors detailed a five year dispute over confidential government papers found at Amerasia’s New York headquarters. Charges against five others varied from conspiracy to illegal possession to dropped counts amid questions of warrants and possible political interference.
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Jaffe
Senate Foreign Relations
Amerasta Magazine
New York
Congress
Justice Department
Senate Inquiry—Committee
James. W. ‘Forrestal
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McCarthy
Hill
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
House
Mississippi River
China
Soloman
Talmadge and Thompson
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Mafia
Sicily
Benitur Wherry
Banking Committee
Cain
R-Washa
Lucas
Reds
Allegheny
Gen. Clay
Amerasia
Philip Jaffe
Forrestal
Edgar Hoover
Mawauee Sentinel
Aton
Res
Amerasie Cage
New Hampshire
BOARD
Sander
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