Ten Airmen Die In B 29 Crash At McDill Field
Ten airmen were killed and four injured when a B 29 crashed on final approach at McDill Field Tampa in fog and smoke. Pilot 1st Lt Roy M Walsh led the Spokane based crew of the 92nd Bomb Squadron on a navigation training flight from Maxwell Field.
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Tampa
Fla
McDill Field
George G. Byrnes
MacDill Field
Noone
Spokane
Wash
Roy M. Walsh
92Nd
Maxwell Eld
Montgomery
Ala
Bluefield Telephone Firm Recognizes CWA Bargaining Agent
In Charleston West Virginia on March 18 the Bluefield Telephone Company recognized the Communications Workers of America as bargaining agent after agreeing that CWA would sign as about 85 percent of eligible workers. The NLRB will tally ballots in the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone workers election in Baltimore on March 30.
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Bluefield Telephone Firm
SWA
Arleston
W. Va
Independent Communications Workers of America
Bluefield Telephonepany
CWA
A. T. Jones
Bluefield Telephone Company
Communication Workers Union
West Virginia
Jones
Imp
CIO- Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
National Labor Relations Board
Baltimore
House Group Near End Of Study On Aid Plan
Washington reports the House Foreign Affairs Committee nearly finished action on the 5.3 billion ERP and plans to discuss aid to China Greece and Turkey. Final house action on the omnibus aid bill is expected by April 1 with differences to be resolved in a conference.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Rep
Vorys
Ohio
China
Greece
Turkey
House
Senate
Danish Finance Minister Calls for Expanded Defenses
In Copenhagen on March 18 Finance Minister H. C. Hansen fled to support rearmament in Denmark. At a Social Democrat rally he urged expanded defenses to deter any possible communist coup and warned opponents they would face a decisive failure.
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Copenhagen
Nance
H. C. Hansen
Denmark
Hansen
Secret committee links Italy and France communist actions
Premier Alcide De Gasperi said Russia and four other compliant states formed a special secret committee to synchronize communist conduct in Italy and France. Rome reported the claim as part of wartime era intel dispatches.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Russia
Italy
France
Waynesboro Names First Corporation Court Judge
In Augusta county court house C. G. Quesenberg was sworn in as Waynesboro's first judge of corporation court. Outside on the street he received a traffic ticket for overtime parking.
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Staunton
Augusta County Court House
C. G. Quesenberg
Waynesboro
Corporation Court
Arab Spokesmen Charge Russia Aims at Palestine
Faris Khoury Syria's UN delegate accused Russia of seeking to establish a communist nation in Palestine and to control Middle East oil resources. He warned of Soviet influence through Jewish immigrants and the threat of hostages, suggesting a broader Arab United Nations view on partition and communism.
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Palestine
Russia
U. S
Coal Train Crews Cut as Virginia Mines Idle
Virginia railroads report coal stockpiles dwindling with 1 200 train and engine workers reduced to about 300 as mines shut down. Norfolk spokesman says 900 idle workers not laid off, just not called to work due to near standstill in coal shipments. Chesapeake and Ohio mirrors cutbacks as demand drops and crews are released when trains are not needed. The C and O pending DDT service cut 25 percent in coal burning passenger trains, not yet received by offices.
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Virginia
Virginia Railway
Norfolk
Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio
C and O
Oak Ridge Workers Accept Postponement of Strike
Atomic energy laboratory workers at Oak Ridge Tennessee pledged to continue working beyond the Friday midnight deadline if pay and working conditions remain in effect. The commitment was sent to President Truman via the atom trades and labor council AFL and James A. Brownlow AFL metal trades secretary treasurer. Reports had suggested Truman might seek a court order to block the stoppage.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Laboratory
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Truman
Atom Trades and Labor Council
AFL
James A. Brownlow
AFL Metal Trades Department
Snyder Seeks Reelection in West Virginia District
Rep. Snyder is running again for the second district seat in West Virginia. He was first elected in 1946 and defeated Jennings Randolph, a Democrat, in the previous term.
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Washington
Snyder
Wva
Jennings Randolph
Senate Rejects Oleomargarine Tax Repeal Amendment
The Senate defeated a repeal amendment to federal taxes on oleomargarine by 45 to 33, part of a broader $4.8 billion income tax cut plan. Senator Fulbright accused a butter lobby. supporters argued tax relief would boost production and national safety. House action earlier in the week pigeonholed repeal bills 16 to 10.
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Washington
Senate
Fulbright
D - Ark
America
Treasury
Millikin
R - Cole
Truman
Congress
United States
House Agrical Committee
Butter Price Boosts Target Of Inquiry By House Committee
Washington reports that Representative August H. Andresen chairing a special House committee says investigators will probe sharp butter price increases. He cites possible manipulation in New York as butter rises five cents a pound on the New York wholesale market with Chicago gains noted. First hearings to be held tomorrow with Jesse B. Gilmore as the inaugural witness.
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Washington
H. Andresen
Rminn
Andresen
House
New York
Chicago
Jesse B. Gilmore
Meat Strikers Call Mediation for Wage Dispute
Chicago March 18 AP meat handlers urged a presidential fact finding board to arbitrate their wage dispute as packers refused support. Meat prices rose in wholesale and retail markets with nationwide strikes reaching day four as unions push for 29 cents per hour while offering 19 cents in some talks. The board must report to President Truman by April 1 and could trigger Taft Hartley injunctions to halt the strike.
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CIO
Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Safeway Chain
New Jersey
Ralph Helstein
Helstein
Swifts
Truman
Wallace Candidate Makes False Start
Wallace backed Progressive party candidate Henry L. Harvey from Welch filed for the state senate in the sixth district including McDowell and Mingo counties. Chief Clerk said the certificate would be returned and Harvey must seek petition signatures to appear on the general election ballot. The Progressive party will not appear on the primary ballot.
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Charleston
W. Va
Progressive Party
State Senate
Henry A. Wallace
Henry L. Harvey
Welch
McDowell
Mingo
D. Pitt O’egan
Harvey
Progressive Party of
West Virginia
Georgia Governor Presses to De-Hood Klan Movement
Atlanta March 18 Governor M. E. Thompson urged legislation to remove hoods from Ku Klux Klan members wherever found. He called for statewide resistance to the Klan, aligning with actions against masked night riders in three mid and south Georgia towns.
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Atlanta
Georgia
M. E. Thompson
Mid
South Georgia
Train Auto Collision Fatal To Huntington Couple
A man and his wife were killed when their automobile was struck by a train about 50 yards from their home in Huntington West Virginia. The couple were identified as 48 year old and Josie Mae Stringer, 4.
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Huntington
W. Va
Tease Oer
Josie Mae Stringer
Wallace Attacks Truman Policy in Radio Debate
Wallace denounced President Truman's anti communist program as threatening the world while Truman's camp hailed strong reaction to tougher Russia stance. Wallace posed three questions on crisis, peace to end cold war, and Soviet aggression. Senators Connally and George criticized Wallace and defended hardline policy.
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Washington
Henry A. Walace
Truman
Wallace
Russia
Agriculture Anderson
White House
Senator Connally
Texas
George
D-Ga
Henry
Chamberlain
Five British Soldiers Slain By Arab Guns Near Haifa
In Jerusalem on March 18 Arab gunners killed five British soldiers and three Jewish electricians near Haifa. The attack occurred as tensions flare across the region and notes of vigil remain.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Five powers approve European economic unity plan
The sixteenth Marshall Plan powers agreed to create a permanent economic commission for a European customs union and speed up work on the Western European pact. Deputies from Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg begin next week to implement the accord while a Brussels spokesman voiced U S support. Field Marshal Montgomery may visit Brussels in two weeks prompting talks on defense. Canada may join the Brussels pact if others do.
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Belgium
Economic Commission
Europe
Western European Alliance
Truman
United States
Britain
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg
New Alliance
Lord Montgomery
European Union
Union
Consultative Council
Ottawa
Canada
Blast Wrecks Tavern Trapping Patrons in Centralia
An explosion flattened a downtown tavern in Centralia Illinois trapping an unknown number of patrons. Eight people were removed to hospitals after the blast which also leveled two cars. Fire teams heard two muffled explosions as debris littered the railroad right of way in this coal mining town of about 16000 residents.
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Centralia
Ill
Illinois Central
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Illinois
French Legislators Resort To Fists
In Paris on March 18, a session of France's upper house ended in fighting after a rightist deputy demanded the expulsion of communists from the atomic research council. Communist and rightist members clashed in the chamber and in the corridors for about thirty minutes before guards restored order.
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Paris
France
Atomic Research Council
Five Of Her Six Children Given Away By Young Mother
Springfield Ohio March 18 A 27 year old woman Mrs Rozilla Whitacre Fenton was charged with neglect after authorities found she had given away five of her six children in the past eight months. She pleaded innocent and was held on 500 bond for hearing March 25. Judge Harry Gram noted she had given a two year old, a five year old, a four year old, a six year old and a one day old to families in Westville Logan county Dayton Urbana and Dayton in recent months. The baby was allegedly delivered by a physician to juvenile authorities before missing. The woman claimed she did it to place them in good homes and said she took no money. The judge said she had been receiving 156 dollars a month war widow pension for the children. Her second husband died in 1946. she and her first husband were divorced.
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Springfield
Rozilla Whitacre Fenton
Harry Gram
Westville
Logan County
Dayton
Urbana
Gram
Coal mine walkout spurs government train cuts and export curbs
Government orders slash passenger train service about 11 percent as coal mine closings intensify. The office of defense transportation bans coal-burning cars and circuses, while the export bank limits shipments to future quotas. Major steel plants warn of production cuts as unions press for pension guarantees amid stalled talks with Cyrus Ching.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Office of Defense Transportation
Baby Born To Wife Of 81 Year Old Man
The 25-year-old wife of an 81 year old man gave birth to a baby boy here. Officials said the child is their third. Dr. Carle Beyes attended the delivery.
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Mullins
8. C
Carl Bewes
Senate panel approves coastal land ownership bill
A senate judiciary subcommittee voted 2-1 to approve a bill granting states clear ownership of land and oil under submerged coastal waters after four weeks of hearings, pending committee approval.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Tuck Attacks Politicians in Richmond Speech
Governor Tuck wound up and lashed out at politicians he dislikes in Richmond. He derides New Deal flugelmen and political thimbleriggers, describing a flugelman as a guiding pattern and a thimble rigger as a cheater at cards.
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Richmond
Tuck
Soviet backed brigades poised to strike into Greece
Washington reports three Soviet linked international brigade divisions totaling about 30 000 men are concentrated in the Balkans near the Greek border. An Albanian directed attack on Ioannina is most likely with air strip refurbishments and suspected Soviet aircraft and medical personnel in Tirana.
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Washington
Balkans
Greece
Athens
State Department
Russia
Balkan
Truman
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Ionnina
Epirus
West Virginia Coal Strike Halts Rail and Barge Coal Movements
The statewide strike reduced coal transportation as C and O and B and O rail yards see heavy layoffs. At Hinton and Peach Creek yards only a few shifter engines run while 300 to 200 workers furloughed in Logan. Baltimore and Ohio reports 158 of 379 mines closed. Only Elk River Coal and Lumber at Widen keeps 600 workers employed amid widespread stoppage.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Hinton
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
C. & O. Guyan Division
Logan
Raailroad
Peach Creek
Cleveland
R. J. Bowman
Bowman
Huntington
Ohio River
Island Creek Fuel and Transportation Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Maryland
Peerless Coal and
4 Company
Vivan
Elk River
Russian Army Stays At Full War Strength
The state department said Russia maintains armed forces at full strength despite a decree freeing men over 22 from service. Officials say Soviet propaganda aims to show the U S increasing its army while portraying Moscow as peaceful.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
Draft And UNIT Face Hurdles In Congress
Congress faces hurdles as military leaders back a revived draft and higher armed forces ceilings while debates over universal military training and troop expansion stir Capitol Hill. Officials warn Russia could exploit any delay as Europe reels from postwar shifts. The White House argues the draft is essential to sustain a free world.
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America
Strck
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
Russia
Europe
State Department
Free World
Forrestal
Germany
U. S
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
House Rules Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congressional
House
Arab Legion Troops Enter Palestine to Take Over Security
Hebron reports that Trans-Jordan's Arab Legion moved into Palestine and assumed security control in two Arab districts under Arab League authority. The mayor of Hebron said the troops act under the Arab League, marking a shift from British mandate policing to local Arab army presence. The UN partition date looms in context as the unofficial death toll rises to 1,830.
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Hebron
Palestine
Trans
Trans-Jordan
Falls Three Floors Saved By Awning In Charleston
Sterling Welch, 32, window washer, fell from a hotel third floor to the marquee in mid town Charleston. He likely survived due to striking a hotel awning. Hospital staff reported X rays were taken to assess injuries.
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Charleston
W. Va
Sterling Welch
Charleston General
Seine Ona
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