Russia Charges Allies Pushed Hitler to Attack the East
Moscow reports release of documents accusing Britain and France of aiding Hitler to isolate the USSR and direct aggression toward the Soviet Union. The Soviet information bureau says 1917 ties and Munich policy show Western powers planned war with Germany to curb Soviet influence.
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East
Britain
France
U. S. State Department
Stalin
Poland
Baltic States
Balkans
Europe
Washington
Moscow
Russia
U. S
State Department
Soviet Information Bureau
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Munich
Chamberlain
Daladier
United States
Wallace Is Described As Party Nightshirt for U S Communists
New York lawyer Morris L. Ernst told a House Un American Activities subcommittee that communists use Henry Wallace as a nightshirt to hide activities. Hearings adjourned indefinitely with three members absent, including Chairman Nixon who broke an elbow en route to the session.
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Washington
New York
Commons Approves Nationalization of British Gas Industry
The House of Commons approved a second reading of a bill to nationalize Britain gas industry. The measure would bring under public ownership more than 1,000 gas entities with invested capital of 262 million pounds.
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Commons
London
House of Commons
Britain
Invaders Rule Holy Land Area
British brief to the Palestine partition commission reports about 1,400 invaders in Samaria taking administrative control. About 700 fighters under Fawzi Bey Al Kaukji joined another 700 in villages, forming a liberation army. A U N peace plan and a security council report on partitioning mature by weekend. The United States reportedly moves to create peace keeping machinery.
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Holy Land
Palestine Partition Commission
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Palestine
Samaria
Liberation Army
Security Council
Council
United States
Boreman Files For Governor in West Virginia GOP bid
Parkersburg Feb 11 State Senator Herbert S Boreman announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor describing a plan to restore government to the people and curb extravagance He pledged an itemized budget and a clean administration free of political minions, aiming to let voters decide on the needed reforms.
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W. Va
Herbert S. Boreman
West Virginia
Boreman
Senate
Arthur Ingram Boreman
Wood County
U. S
Filing
Charleston
GOP
Supreme Court
Haymond Maxwell
Clarksburg
Jury Progress Slow In Mine Disturbance
Knox county grand jury made little progress in investigating a disturbance at the Wilton coal mine as Circuit Judge J B Johnson ordered the probe continued. Sheriff Mills could not locate coal company officials or witnesses. only three testified today. Mine superintendent Tudicanni said about 300 men, some armed, forced him and 40 workers to sign union cards but he could not identify the union. Rumors of a Corbin meeting between company officials, union reps, and employees circulated.
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Barbourville
Knox County
Wilton
J. B. Johnson
C. A. Mills
Angelo Tudicanni
Corbin
Tomcat Halts Spokane Mail Train For Nine Lives
A Spokane bound mail train was stopped for nearly an hour by a tomcat who crawled under the train and then wedged between the rail and switch point. The cat did not survive the delay, found dead after a 45 minute search.
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Cat
Spokane
U.S. protests abduction of two American aides in Hungary
The United States charged that Soviet troops abducted two American army officers from Hungary on January 14. The men Bernard Thielen and Peter Kopcsak, attaches to the U.S. embassy in Budapest, were seized after being identified in uniform and later moved to Vienna. The State Department lodged protests with Moscow and Budapest and demanded safeguards for Hungarian sovereignty.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Hungary
Moscow
Budapest
Bernard Thielen
Peter J. Kopcsak
Austria
Vienna
U. S
State Department
Europe
Thielen
Kopcsak
Vet Pays 80 Monthly Rent For A Tent In Hanford Area
Pasco Washington February 11 The Ed Mercers pay eighty dollars a month rent for a 30 by 30 foot tent used as shelter near the Hanford atomic project site. He sold his Idaho Falls home and came to work on the plutonium producing plant. The tent has no flooring and uses bucket water and outside plumbing. Mercers also plan to build an insulated home nearby as more applicants seek tent housing.
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Pasco
Wash
Ed Mercers
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Mercers
Mercer
Timber Strike End In Sight
Farmington Pennsylvania February 11 2 000 timbermen and sawmill workers across three states are returning to work as the tri state lumbermen's association reports 90 percent end of the strike. Henry Holzapfel says Pittsburgh Coal Westmoreland Coal and Bethlehem Steel have agreed to a 20 percent price rise for timber products. Only Ford Collieries Jamieson and Mather coal firms still refuse the increase while less than 1 000 timber cutters supply these firms. The stoppage began January 3 with 11 000 workers in western Pennsylvania northern West Virginia and Maryland seeking 28 percent, later raised to 20 percent with some workers remaining idle due to weather.
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Henry Holzapfel
Tri-State Lumbermen’s Association
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Westmoreland Coal & Coke Co
Bethlehem Steel Corp
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West Virginia
Maryland
Tri-State Lumbermen's Association
British Labor Regime Faces Widespread Wage Demands
London Feb 11 Three threats challenge the labor government's wage policy. Five million workers demand higher pay while 3 million in 37 unions press for a weekly rise of about 15 shillings. Twenty one Labour MPs seek to topple the policy with a motion to withdraw the white paper on wages.
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House of Commons
Attlee
Confederation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Unions
Alreadyi
Florence Hancock
Stafford Cripps
Exchequer
George Isaacs
TUC
Labor
Ejlis Smith
Isolation Of Russia Focus Of Soviet Accusations
The Soviet Union alleged that France and Britain pursued non aggression pacts with Hitler to unite Europe and isolate Russia. It cited captured German documents and claimed Western actions dates back to 1937 show cooperation with Nazi plans.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
France
Britain
Hitler
Europe
Russia
Unite States State Department
Foreign Ministry
Germany
Experts Ponder Break in U S Commodity Markets
Washington reports state department experts study the break in U S commodity markets to see if European aid funds can be cut as prices fall. Secretary of State Marshall discusses the potential effect on a proposed 6.8 billion dollar four year plan and endorses an independent director for the European recovery program.
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State Department
U.S
Marshall
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China Aid
China
Greece
Turkey
Nelson Rockefeller
Europe
Quail Dinner Sends U S Attorney General On Medical Test
U S Attorney General Tom Clark, initially declared fit after a routine medical checkup, later faced doctors reporting lead shot in his body from X rays. He recalled no gunfire incident but noted that the quail dinner the night before could explain the source.
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Washington
U. S S
Tom Clark
White House
Judge Rules Tenant's Silence Is Blessing
Milwaukee Feb 11 Judge A J Hedding dismissed an eviction action by Mrs Meta Seeger against silent tenant Oscar Maas The case claimed Maas silence in her presence was a nuisance The judge called such a tenant a blessing indicating no disturbance from quiet behavior
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Milwaukee
Cwil
A. J. Hedding
Meta Seeger
Oscar Maas
Cupid Knitting Socks Messes With Men This Leap Year
Washington February 11 4 week news reports a fad where women knit argyll socks to trap men. Boxes priced 1 40 to 1 85 include two knitting needles ten bobbins and enough yarn for one pair. At George Washington university Delta Gamma house many youths have knitted pairs with Fran Lewis noting she has done 10 or 12. The piece ends with a cheeky line advising, Knit your socks and sock them when your dream feet pass by.
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Ti Week
Cupid
Elizabeth Hamilton
George Washington University
Delta Gamma House
Fran Lewis
Murray CIO Face Labor Law Charge Over 1947 Endorsement
Federal grand jury accuses Philip Murray and the CIO of violating Taft Hartley by printing in CIO News a Maryland July 1947 endorsement for Edward Garmatz using union funds. Murray pledges to test constitutionality as arraignment set for Feb 20.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
Murray
Congress
CIO News
Edward Garmatz
Maryland
Garmatz
Tom Clark
Clark
Taft
Ohio
Gary
Ind
Surpreme
Pittsburgh
Forrestal Proposes Exams for Retired Disabled Officers
Secretary Forrestal urged Congress to require a new medical examination for all armed forces officers retired for physical disability since 1939. The test would determine actual incapacity and disability benefits would be adjusted accordingly. He spoke at a Washington news conference and said Congress must pass legislation to implement the plan.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Congress
Change In Law Favored By Taft
Senator Taft urged a clarifying change to the Taft-Hartley act allowing regular labor papers to carry political opinions to union members on an established subscriber list. He warned against free circulation of labor papers aimed at campaigns and cited the CIO Murray case as related. Taft planned a Chicago stop and a Lincoln Day dinner in St Paul as he campaigns for the Republican nomination.
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Taft
Ohio
Gary
Ind
Washington, D. C
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CIO
Murray
CIO News
Congressional
Hammond
St. Paul
Marathon price drop continues in global markets
Russians monitor ongoing declines in British and American commodity and stock markets with high interest. Soviet commentators warned of an imminent crash, predicting American business leaders would become preoccupied with their own affairs as declines spread globally.
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Moscow
United States
Europe
Name Speculator On Grain Market
Washington reports name of the leading grain market speculator as E. T. Maynard of Chicago who admitted selling 1,000,000 bushels short as grain prices fell. Officials debate insider information and market controls while Maynard downplays profits claiming about $200,000 in recent days.
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E. T. Maynard
Chicago
Congress
Agriculture
Anderson
Maynard
O’daniel
D-Tex
Andersen
Rep
Andresen
Chicago Board of Trade
Wise County Voting Charges Taken To Election Officials
The Virginia State Board of Elections heard GOP charges of irregularities in Wise County's November 1947 election. Earl Lutz presented affidavits alleging widespread violations and asked for an official examination. The board adjourned to review the evidence and will reconvene for an executive session next week.
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Richmond
State Board of Elections
Wise County
Earl Lutz
Republican State Central Committee
Lutz
GOP State Central Committee
Commtee
Central China Cleared Of Reds Says Report
A government spokesman in Nanking reports that central China is cleared of communist forces led by General Liu Po-Cheng. He says most marauding units have been dispersed and civil war favors the government nationwide except in Manchuria where a lull exists.
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Central China
Tony
Liu Po-Cheng
Yangtze River
U. S
Teng Wen-Yi
Manchuria
Washington Hoover Wilson Face Police Court
In Richmond police court Justice Carleton Jewett heard three men named Washington George Washington, Woodrow Wilson, and Herbert Hoover. The report notes two are presidents from Virginia while Hoover is described as an outsider.
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Washington
Hoover
Wilson
Richmond
Carleton Jewett
Virginia
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
World markets reel as major commodities plunge continues
Global price declines ripple through Chicago and world markets with a new grain crash pushing the Chicago Board of Trade to its steepest weekly drop. Wheat hits the daily limit, while corn rye and other grains fall. Stock losses ease in later trading but remain weak.
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Chicago Board of Trade
United States
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Winnipeg
Kansas City
New York
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Manila
Sydney
Copenhagen
Lonon
Swiss National Bank
Bern
Associated Press
New Orleans
Price Plunges May Hit Tax Cut
Plunging prices on commodity markets may force Congress to alter or scrap its tax cut plans. Sen Lucas Illinois warns lower taxes could reduce national income and revenues. Sen Brewster Maine cites recession risks. House Speaker Martin Massachusetts proposes two weeks of watching trends as the bill sits in the Senate.
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Congress
Lucas
D-Ill
Brewster
Senate
Filenance Committee
House
Martin
R. Mass
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