Nazi General Hangs Himself in Paris Prison Cell
Gen Otto Von Stuelpnagel, 69, the German administrator of occupied France, hanged himself in Cherche-Midi prison Paris to avoid war crimes trial. Guards found him in his cell, using a bedding strip noose, dying within an hour. His death follows other Nazi leaders self inflicted deaths and occurred as authorities prepared to question him on charges including execution of hostages.
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Paris
Otto von Stuelpnagel
France
Cherche-Midi
Stuelpnagel
Maurice Albert Aubry
Associated Press
Johannes Blaskowitz
Nuernberg
Germany
Blaskowitz
Hermann Goering
Henrich Himmler
Robert
Karl Westphal
Leonard Conti
Adolf Hitler
Paul Joseph Boebbels
Jean le Gorguillier
Steulpnagel
Hitler
Train Derails Muddyed Tracks in North Carolina
A Norfolk and Western passenger train derailed near Madison North Carolina injuring three crew members. Engineers O D Moomaw and C H Knight witnessed the wreck as the train veered off course and struck a brick yard and rural store. Co P Manuel and C C Meadows of Roanoke sustained injuries with Meadows in very critical condition and Moomaw in critical condition. The 30 passengers aboard were unharmed.
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Madison
N. C
Norfolk and Western
George Lester
Flora
Winston- Salem
Roanoke
O. D. Moomaw
P. Manuel
C. C. Meadows
Meadows
Winston-Salem
Moomaw
Leaksville
Manuel
C. H. Knight
Stokesdale
Pine Hall Brick and Pipe Company
Police Fail To Find Trace Of Fritz Kuhn
Bavarian police searched for Fritz Kuhn after a woman who visited him in Dachau four days before his escape became the only lead. American authorities in Berlin sought help from British French and Russian MPs to locate the former German American band leader who vanished amid denazification court proceedings. Authorities doubted catching him soon as he could have crossed into other occupied zones or left Germany.
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Munich
Germany
Fritz Kuhn
Dachau
Berlin
Kuhn
Jroman
Truman aide misstep nets promotion talk
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan announced a promotion to chief armed forces aide, but White House aides corrected the record saying there was a misapprehension and no change in the presidential staff.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Charles G.ross
White House
Mr. Truman
Ross
Virginia lawmakers seek pay boosts for legislators
The Virginia general assembly proposes cost of living raises for members from 12 to 18 dollars a day and presiding officers from 15 to 21. Senators Norris and Vaden sponsor the senate bill, while Louderback chairs the house measure. Effective date cannot precede 1952. A sick leave plan for teachers is also proposed by VALC along with a broader education department restructuring planned for next week.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Tuck
House
Senate
Robert O. Norris
Lancaster
Robert C. Vaden
Gretna
C. C. Louderback
Page
House Appropriations Committee
Norris
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
VALC
Pearson Libel Suit Is Dropped
In Charles Town West Virginia on February 6 a $10 000 libel suit by columnist Drew Pearson against the Jefferson Republican ended with a settlement letter from editor Raymond J Funkhouser stating the article was published without his knowledge The judge had ruled that calling a person a communist was libel and that further testimony would only mitigate damages noting some damage was done
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Charles Town
W. Va
Drew Pearson
Jefferson Republican
Pearson
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Funkhouser
Decatur H. Rodgers
40 Year Old Mother Delivers Second Set of Triplets
In Syracuse on February 6 40 year old Mrs Margaret Walker gave birth to her second set of triplets in eight minutes. Doctors say such a birth is about one in a million and the babies were reported healthy. The family now has nine children with a 16 year old oldest.
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Syracuse
N. Y
American Medical Association
Margaret Walker
Morris Fishbein
AMA Journal
Michael Walker
Solvay Process Company
Walkers
Vandenberg Signals Possible Reduction in Marshall Aid
Senator Vandenberg warned of a potentially smaller outlay for the Marshall plan beyond the proposed 6.8 billion dollars for the first 15 months, stressing timing may matter as much as the total. He chairs the foreign relations committee and aides say his stance favors funding aligned with expenditure timing over a full immediate sum. House timing for the bill remains unclear while commodity prices influence projected costs. Rep. Cox argued civil rights proposals jeopardize the Marshall plan.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Truman
Marshall
Michigan
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Taft
Ohio
State Department
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
Almond Slated To Be Attorney General
In Richmond Virginia a Democratic caucus will nominate J Lindsay Almond of the sixth district for attorney general. Leaders say the party is nearly united behind the 49 year old former Roanoke judge who has agreed to accept. The caucus Friday endorsed Almond 10 to 2 with two dissenters likely to back him at Monday session after the governor tax program debate.
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Richmond
General Assembly
J. Lindsay Almond
Virginia
Roanoke
Assembly
Almond
Washington
Murder suspect escapes hospital in Huntington
Homer Jack Dean described as the No 1 suspect in a Columbus murder case and a dangerous man escaped from a Huntington state hospital while being returned to his ward after a lunacy warrant exam. He faces charges of robbery forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses connected to the Rice killing.
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Huntington
W. Va
Homer Jack Dean
Azel Bryant
Columbus
Huntington State Hospital
Bryant
Dean
Ohio
Elmo Rice
Rice
Reaser
Train To Take Gandhi's Ashes To Rivers
The Indian railway board announced a special train will carry Mohandas Gandhi's ashes for immersion in three sacred rivers next Thursday. The train, of third class coaches Gandhi used, will be limited to non smoking and non betel nut chewing passengers. It leaves New Delhi Wednesday and reaches Allahabad Thursday for the ashes to be scattered at the Rama burial site.
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New Delhi
Indian Railway Board
Mohandas Gandhi
Gandhi
Allahabad
Ganges
Jumna
Saraswati
Rama
Dasaratha
Ayodya
Airport survey planned for Bluefield area feasibility
A preliminary $25 000 survey to locate the best site for a Bluefield area airport will be conducted after a meeting of about 25 local business leaders. H P Beach of Airway Engineering Consultants outlined CAA deadlines and master plan costs while noting progress is needed by April 15 to retain tentative funds.
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Bluefield
H. P. Beach
Airway Engineering Consultants, Inc
Washington, D. C
Beach
Civil Aeronautics Authority
CAA
R. T. Phelps
Elmer C. Barton
Phelps
West Virginia Aeronautics Commission
Emory P. Mitchell
State Commission
Commission
A. Harry West
Vest
Alex B. Mahood
Hugh Scott, Jr
Paul Craft
L. E. Tierney
Frank S. Easley
E. G. Otey
Robly Wood
Senate Panel Delays Rent Curb Decision
The Senate banking committee postponed action on extending rent controls until February 16 as the current law nears expiration. Proposals include automatic increases up to 15 percent and automatic decontrol in cities with vacancies of 1 percent or more, with hearings detailing costs and housing effects across several cities. Cain unit draft would allow rent hikes tied to costs, with court appeals for local board decisions.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Tobey
Jackson
Lincoln
Capitol Hill
Stor Cain
R-Wash
Banking Committee
Cain
Census Bureau
Sparkman
Dala
Denver
Seattle
San Antonio
Memphis
Tulsa
Portland
Ore
Newport News
De Valera's Majority In Parliament Wiped Out
Dublin reports indicate Prime Minister Eamon De Valera lost his outright majority as Fianna Fail held 66 seats while combined opposition won 76 in the general election. Final results depend on five remaining seats in Carlow Kilkenny after a nominee's death postponed voting.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Fianna Fail
de Valera
Carlow
Kilkenny
Wright Letters Reveal Request To Return Kitty Hawk Plane
Dayton report details two secret letters about the Kitty Hawk aircraft. Orville Wright asked the Science Museum in London to return the plane to America, while Col. Ernest MacKintosh of the museum acknowledged the plane belonged in the United States and would ship it when safe during World War II.
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Wright
America
Dayton, O
United States
Orville Wright
Science Museum of London
Ernest MacKintosh
England
Mackintosh
Dodney M. Love
Mgm
Grain Prices Fall For Third Consecutive Day Amid Market Turmoil
Grain prices declined for a third straight day as futures for wheat and corn hit near limit lows. Economists caution the slide may be a wholesome adjustment with a longer leveling period ahead while retail food prices are unlikely to match the exchange sag.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Minneapolis
Baltimore
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Federal Reserve Board
Agriculture Department
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Georgia governor blocks southern Democrats from Truman bid
Gov M E Thompson of Georgia, in a conference of southern governors in Tallahassee, rejects Truman civil rights plans as unnecessary and unwise and vows to keep the party united. He avoids naming James Folsom, though aides indicate the Alabama governor’s bid is the target. Folsom counters, seeking southern support, while Fielding Wright of Mississippi comments as the report moves to page 3.
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Tallahassee
Fla
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
Truman
Thompson
Alabama
James Folsom
United States
Folsom
Wall Street
State Department
Southern Governors’ Conference
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Coal Production During Period Drops
Washington reports a one week drop in coal output blamed on frozen rivers slower car unloading and mining interruptions from zero temperatures. The National Coal Association estimates 11,340,000 tons produced that week down from 12,000,000 the prior week and 13,760,000 in the same week of 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Coal Association
Association
Top U.S. General To Help Greeks
The United States names Maj. Gen. James A. Van Fleet to command all American forces aiding Greece. Maj. Gen. William G. Livesay remains head of the mission, focusing on supplies, with plans for a spring offensive to quell the guerrilla revolt and aid postwar recovery. Submarine activity in Greek waters prompts Athens to order attacks on unidentified subs. Yugoslavia reportedly has submarines. arms smuggling supplied guerrillas. Economic adviser Eugene Clay warns recovery hinges on restoring order.
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Washington
United States
Greece
James A. van Fleet
William G. Livesay
Livesay
U.S
Guerrila
U. S
van Fleet
Remagen
Germany
Athens
Yugoslavia
Jane's Fighting Ships
Marshal Tito
Eugene Clay
Foreign Demand For Coal Decreases
Washington reports that European buyers are passing up part of American coal offered, slowing exports to about less than the export allowance through March. Officials cite mild European winter, demand shifting to other needs, and improved domestic European coal production in Britain, Poland, and Germany.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Britain
Poland
Germany
Seven Jews and two Arabs dead in Palestine clashes
In Palestine, seven Jews and two Arabs were killed as fighting flared across communities. casualties included a Jewish messenger shot in Haifa, with $2,400 taken, sniping near Jaffa Tel Aviv, and attacks in Jerusalem and Hadassah area.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
United Nations
Partition
Haifa
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Hadassah Hospital
Wires Break Under Load Of Snow And Ice
Telephonic service largely restored after a wet clinging snow caused widespread wire breaks among Bluefield and Appalachian Electric lines. Four inches fell Thursday night into Friday, freezing the wires and halting routes to Welch Bramwell Matoaka and Beckley. Power lines recovered with outages reducing. Mullens Hinton still out. total 41 circuits inoperative. Weather data show 32 inches season total since November 8 with 24 snowy days. temperatures hovered near freezing as King Winter covers McDowell.
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Appalachian Electric Power Company
Bluefield Telephone Company
Bluefield Prover
Bluesfield-Welch
Bramwell
Matoaka
Welch
Keystone
Charleston
Beckley
Richemond
Roanoke
Giles County
Radford
Tazewell
Richlands
Mullens
Hinton
Appalachian
Princeton
Tooka
Mullens Field
O. C. Keeney
Weather Recorder
Keeney
King Winter
McDowell County
Weekend Storm Targets Large swath of Nation
The weather forecast warns of snow and cold across much of the United States this weekend with light snow starting in Illinois and spreading to Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin then into Iowa Minnesota and upper Michigan. Ohio Pennsylvania Kentucky and New York face Saturday night snow while the northwest sees rain and drifting snow causing school closings in Kentucky and eastern Washington.
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Chicago
Gulf
Weather Bureau
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Lower
Michigan
Iowa
Minnesota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
New York
South Central
Northwest
Middle Atlantic
Washington
Sabraton Volunteer Fire Quarters Damaged by Fire
In Morgantown West Virginia on February 6 Sabraton volunteer fire department headquarters were damaged by a blaze. Morgantown departments including Westover helped bring the fire under control. Damage estimated at 3000 dollars. The building had just been sold Monday to the state and used as shop quarters for equipment.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Sabraton
Ga Westover
New
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Virginia Solons
London
Church of England Assembly
J. C. Wand
Smithsonian Institution of Washington
Langley
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