Three Confess Spying In Vogeler Trial
In Budapest on February 17 the court heard that Briten and two Hungarians confessed to spying. The Belgian born defendant reportedly admitted involvement in counter espionage with ties to the British military in the east. He linked his actions to obtaining Soviet and Hungarian military information and described contact with collaborators.
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Vogeler
Budapest
Hungary
Ment
Vienne
Santer
Trains Collide Headon In Rockville Centre Killing Five
Rescue squads race to the scene as two Long Island Railroad trains collide near Rockville Centre. At least five dead and about 50 injured as ambulances ferry victims from wreckage along the Jamaica to Montauk line.
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Long Island
Rockville Centre
N. Y
Long Island Railroad
Vallee
Lynbrook
Manhattan
Nassau County
New
James O'Donnell
Taxi Histrier
New York
Headon
Pie
Jamaica To
Montauk
South Nassau Communities Hospital
First Reaction Raises Doubts About Compliance
John L. Lewis ordered a nationwide soft coal strike halt to head off court fines but initial reactions from the eastern production areas suggested uneven compliance. Union officials offered cautious and skeptical comments amid unresolved contract talks with operators.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Richmond B. Keech
UMW
Frustrated Salesman Purchases Snowball Payments
A garbled local item notes a salesman paying for a snowball purchase with a total amount of 621.89 dollars. The fragment mentions Manchester and a vacuum cleaner context but details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keene
Manchester Vacuum Cleaner
Selverman
Jagged glass baffled Charleston burglar case
Charleston police puzzled over a home burglary in which a thief entered an east end house, stole 304 dollars, and left by reseating the broken window glass with adhesive tape after reassembling the shards.
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Charleston
W. Va
East End
Ingrid Bergman Leaves Hospital and Hides in Rome
Ingrid Bergman slipped from Vil la Magherita hospital with her son before dawn and went into seclusion in a penthouse. Film director Roberto Rossellini claimed paternity and commented on changes to his film.
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Rome
Ingrid Bereman
Villa Magherita Hospital
Roberto Rossellomni
Doy
Peter Kol
Miss Bergman
Rossellini
War veteran braves ice bath for ten dollars at college
George C. Dinsmore, 26 year old Elkview resident and Morris Harvey College senior, stripped and dove into a icy Kanawha river shore flurry on campus after a $10 bet. He reportedly emerged unharmed after the frigid swim amid snow flurries.
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Charleston
W. Va
Brrh
George C. Dinsmore
Elkview
Morris Harvey College
Kanawha River
Dinsmore
Cambria Lad, 12, Killed By Truck Near Radford
Cambria boy Carl Loyd Bailey, 12, was killed when a gravel truck struck him on route 114 eight miles east of Radford Virginia. Driver Obed R. Bedwell, 29, of Galax, was hospitalized after the wreck, claiming he swerved to miss the youth who appeared to be looking back as he ran across the highway.
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Radford
Carl Loyd Bailey
Cambria
Here
Obed R. Bedwell
Galax
Bedwell
Bank Robbers Hit Washington Branch for 27800
A three man crew robbed the Hamilton National Bank Shepherd Park branch at 7731 Alaska Avenue near the Maryland border. About 27800 was taken with 25000 in ones. one robber scattered coins and sacks. The heist ended when the trio fled in a dark four door sedan.
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Washington
Maryland
Hamilton National Bank
Shepherd Park
Alaska Avenue
H. R. Bauckman
Roanoke Mother Slaying: Son Questioned in Murder Probe
Roanoke police questioned 24 year old Clarence Ellis Decker for about an hour as they search for a motive in the brutal killing of 50 year old Nettie Myrtle Decker. The suspect offered little information while investigators ready laboratory tests on blood stained shoes and clothing. Norman Jackson Decker, 15, described finding his mother slain with a knife in the kitchen as he returned home. The coroner says head injuries likely caused death and the slayer stamped the victim.
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Roanoke
Frank H. Webb
Clarence Ellis Decker
Nettie Myrtle Decker
Decker
Captain Webb
Norman Jackson Decker
Charles M. Irvin
World government plan sparks clash at Senate hearing
At a Senate foreign relations subcommittee hearing on steps toward a world government to avert atomic conflict, witnesses urged varied paths. Rep. Smith defended Hull as opposing world government, while James Warburg argued world governance will come, by consent or conquest.
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Solons
World Unity Senate
Washington
Senate
United States
Lawrence H. Smith
Wisconsin
Cordell Hull
United Nations
Senate Foreign Relations
Earth
U. N
Clare E. Hoffman
Rmich
Coplon Changes Lawyers in Spy Conspiracy Trial
Judith Coplon switched lawyers during her espionage trial. Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan assigned three attorneys to replace Archibald Palmer, who defended her in the Washington case and during weeks of courtroom turmoil in New York. Coplon, 28, and Valentin A. Gubitchev, 33, are accused of plotting to pass U S defense secrets to the Soviet Union. Palmer commented that a person has a right to change her mind.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Sylvester J. Ryan
Archibald Palmer
Washington
Miss Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
U. S
Soviet Union
Palmer
Ace
Co-Pilot Subdues Berserk Passenger In In-Flight Struggle
Co-Pilot T. C. Sallee, 32, wrestled a hysterical 38-year-old woman named Willie Jane Frost of Coral Gables, Florida, subduing her after a 15 minute fight aboard a New York to Miami charter at 3000 feet. The plane diverted to Washington National, landing at 4:55 p.m., and Frost was hospitalized in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Washington
T. C. Sallee
Bill Odom
K. H. Dubanowich
Washington National Airport
Willie Jane Frost
Coral Gables
Fla
Los Angeles
Alexandria
Sallee
New York
Miami
Satlee
Dubanowich
Washington Airts
Floods Hit Southern Areas Amid War-Wide Coal Crisis
Farmlands flood across the south as 35,000 homeless rise. Mississippi tributaries swell in Louisiana and Arkansas while guardsmen deploy boats and tent settlements. In Missouri and Kentucky flood conditions ease. Marksville and Jonesville face isolation threats as unions wrestle with Taft Hartley court orders and potential mine seizures amid stalled negotiations.
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Misssissippi
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
S. Francis
Cache
Ouachita
Missouri
Kentucky
Back To Work Command May Be Ignored
West Virginia mining regions report John L. Lewis's return-to-work order unlikely to alter the strike, as miners demand a new contract. UMW officials in Fairmont call the directive ineffective while locals plan discussions and potential continued stoppages despite the order.
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Truman
Lewis
Keech
David S. Cole
Clarksburg
W. Va
John L. Lewis
West Virginia
Harry Bennett
United Mine Workers District 31
Fairmont
International Umw
Washington
Lewis Order
Bennett
S. C. Ballard
Briery Knob
Cherry River
Nicholas County
Justice of the Peace Pitney Arbuckle
Lewisburg
Virginia Rail Layoffs Mount Amid Miner Strike
The Associated Press reports rising unemployment in Virginia railroads as coal miners ignore John L. Lewis’s back to work order. Norfolk and Western and Virginian Railway cut crews and schedules, with 1,900 Roanoke N&W shop workers furloughed and overall N&W layoffs reaching 5,400.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
Virginia
United Mine
UMW
Norton
Russell Owens
R. H Smith
Norfolk and Western Railway
Lewis
N&w
Roanoke
F. D. Beale
Virginian Railway
Norfolk
Virginian
Abingdon
West Jefferson
N. C
Blacksburg
Heeo Christiansburg
Senator McCarran Seeks Major Cut in European Aid
Washington Feb 17 Senator McCarran called for a 1 billion dollar reduction in next year’s Marsh funds to ease the shock on European economies as the aid program nears 1952 end. He argued recovery goals may not be met by the deadline and urged a rapid tapering of U S dollar supports. He warned England and Italy need American aid for economic and political stability amid the Cold War struggle.
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Washington
McCarran
New
America
United States
England
Europe
Italy
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Wilmer Waller
Hamilton National
Stymie
Roanoke Police
Atlantic Union
Tobey
RNH
Burl A. Whitney
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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Judy
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Union
UMWA
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