Mindszenty Denies Forced Confession in Treason Trial
Cardinal Mindszenty denied being coerced to confess guilt in treason espionage and black market charges. The court discussed a pre arrest letter about his stance, and Mindszenty admitted plotting to seek aid from U.S. diplomat Selden Chapin to escape, while Chapin denied knowledge of the letter.
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Budapest
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Vilmos Olti
Olti
Hungarian Board of Bishops
Olt
Esztergom
Mindszenty
Ministry of Justice
Mindszento
Hapsburg
Selden Chapin
Chapin
Hungary
Proprietor Away Goods Auctioned in Ohio Case
Mrs Icel Hensler found $295 worth of merchandise from her Mount Vernon general store auctioned during a cider party. She claimed William Welker, left in charge, oversaw the sale. Welker pled innocent to embezzlement and was bound over to the grand jury.
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
Icel Hensler
Salathiel Bumpus
William Welker
Sky Giant Constitution Crosses Nation In 9 Hours 32 Minutes
The navy's Constitution, a 92 ton record breaking jetliner, completed a 9 hour 32 minute coast to coast flight from Moffett Field California to Washington with 90 on board. Aero nautical engineer Hall L. Hibbard predicted commercial airliners will fly similar planes in about five years at low cost. The ship, soon to join navy transport service between Patuxent Maryland and Moffett Field, will carry up to 180 passengers and featured pressurized cabins and a warm interior.
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Ashington
Navy
Moffett Field
Calif
Washington
Hall L. Hibbard
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Constitution
Patuxent Naval Air Station
Northwest Cold Snow Hits Southeast Iowa
Northwest Iowa faced frigid lows as Sioux City reached 17 below and Spencer 16 below while southeast regions picked up snow up to four inches. Oskaloosa saw the heaviest drift with Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids reporting partial inches. Cedar Rapids dropped to 2 below as roads south of Creston Knoxville Iowa City were very slippery.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sioux City
Spencer
Pocahontas
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Iowa City
Highway Commission
Creston
Knoxville
C-97 Troop Transport Crashes at Boeingfield
A C-97 troop transport crash landed at Boeingfield on Thursday with minor damage. All nine aboard escaped injury.
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Seattle
Boeingfield
Socialite Edith Lord Held In Barricaded Home Battle
New York socialite Edith Lord and her six armed private detectives battled authorities and private eyes for 11 weeks after her husband locked her out of their midtown Manhattan home. The couple married in 1933 and split after infidelities. Mrs Lord barricaded rooms and installed bars and floodlights to guard against intruders as the private guards waged a war of nerves with the Lord camp.
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New York
Edith Maria Reuss Lord
Robert P Lord
Lord
Mrs. Lord
Gris
Fuel Barges Drifting Threatens New Orleans Shipping
In dense fog two explosive gasoline barges broke loose from Walnut street wharf and drifted in the Mississippi. Four other barges in tow also broke free, crashing into six ships over 10 miles and damaging a wharf. Tugboats and coast guard vessels hunted a 30 mile area for the two missing barges as harbor police urged slow speed. Three barges were found between New Orleans and Algiers, one at Poydras.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Walnut Street
Coast Guard
Algiers
Poydras
Landlords Plan Washington Trip for Rent Control Protest
Tulsa property owners association announces a special train of landlords to travel to Washington February 14. The trip targets federal rent controls and accompanies a mass eviction program to reduce rental housing. Leaders expect additional cars from Kansas City and St. Louis.
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Tulsa
Washington
Wallace J. Murphy
Tulsa Property Owners Association
Kansas City
St. Louis
Murphy
Landlords
The
American Property Owners Association
Message Sent by Roundabout Way
In Chicago a couple used amateur radio to reach Johannesburg to tell Mrs Ed Beane locked out in freezing weather a few minutes later Beane heard a clipped British voice say let her in The odd relay connected Oak Park residents Beane and Walt Ashton with the South African station during the door incident.
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Chicago
Ed Beane
Beane
Walt Ashton
Oak Park
Johannesburg
South Africa
Ashton
Scientists on plane sought in California
Navy planes searched Friday for five scientists and two aviators whose Beechcraft was believed to have crashed in the California mountains or desert. The plane vanished Thursday on top at 10 000 feet near Walker's Pass. The crew and scientists were all based at Inyokern and were bound for Alameda.
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San Diego
Navy
California
Walker's Pass
Alameda Naval Air Base
Inyokern Naval Rdvance
11Th Naval District
J Army
Coast Guard
Inyokern
Cmdr
Alphonse Minn- Ville
C. V. Matus
Pittsburgh
Dr . L. MacDonald
Stanley
Nova Chemi
John J
Plane Crashes Near Tripoli After Flight From Khartoum
A chartered plane carrying 44 passengers and eight crew members crashed near Tripoli airport during a flight from Khartoum to Tripoli. An official stated one cable indicated the pilot was killed, but no other casualties were mentioned and passengers were presumed safe.
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Try of Civil Aviation
Tripoli
British War Office
Khartoum
Sudan
Minnesota Solons Have Close Call
ST. PAUL UP Several state senators narrowly escaped death or serious injury Thursday when 500 pounds of ice crashed to a corridor from the capitol dome roof. The near miss occurred as they were about to break up a meeting after a doorman moved his chair from the skylight spot.
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ST. Paul
Capitol Dome
Philippines Facing East Attacks In Landmark American Series
The Cedar Rapids Gazette begins a five part series on February six exploring how the Philippines, fighting Japanese conquest and occupation, views Communists at home and the possible effects on defense. Howard Handleman of International News Service gathered insights from Philippine leaders, military officials, and civilians about uprisings, defenses, and the island nation’s path to independence amid American security interests.
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United States
Japan
Islands
Philippine
Cedar Rapids
Philippine Islands
Sharp Rise in Unemployment Across January
Washington AP reports January unemployment jumped 700000, the largest postwar rise. Total employment fell 2000000 from December, with 2650000 unemployed and 57.5 million employed, down 600000 from January 1948. Many unemployed were veterans and youths, with seasonal and factory-cutback factors. Farm jobs declined to 6.75 million, 2.5 million below last summer’s peak.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
The
Nourse Downplays Unemployment Upswing and Food Price Drop
Dr Ed win G Nourse, head of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, said the current unemployment rise is not alarming. He argued that falling food prices reflect record 1948 crops and are near ending their impact on overall prices, while acknowledging a potential worsening of unemployment but denying a fundamental reason for it.
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Washington
INS
Edwin G. Nourse
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Nourse
Long Walk of Expectant Mother in Blizzard Ends in Birth
SARGENT Neb UP The tale of Mrs Albert Spanel 21 and her husband walking three miles in blizzard drift to reach a doctor before their baby was born The Nov 18 storm trapped them three miles northwest of Sargent The couple started walking Nov 20 in heavy snow and arrived at noon the next day Ronald Lee Spanel was born that night
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Sargent
Neb
Albert Spanel
Here
Ronald Lee Spanel
East German traffic from abroad halted by embargo
The United States and Britain ban all motor freight into Eastern Germany from neighboring European countries, effective Sunday. The embargo covers highway shipments from Belgium France Switzerland the Netherlands Luxembourg and Denmark into the Soviet zone via the American British Bizone. Officials say the move aims to pressure the Soviet zone over the Berlin blockade and that traffic will be considerably affected.
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Bhrlin
United States
Britain
Germany
Belgium
France
Switzerland
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Berlin
Bulldozer Push in Storm Belt Won’t Stop
Nearly 1,000 pieces of heavy equipment bulldozers snowplows graders and weasels battled drifts in the western blizzard zone. Maj Gen Lewis A Pick reports 1 097 miles of road opened 4 856 people freed and 150 000 head of livestock fed in 24 hours, likening the effort to wartime missions.
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Omaha
Army
Air Force
Navy
Guifard
Red Cross
Fifth Army
Lewis A. Pick
Pick
Burma
Story of Goldfish Has Glad Ending
Oscar the goldfish leaped from his bowl and landed on the rug where he appeared dead. Mr and Mrs James P Vernan found him, dried and dull, and then restored him to water. He revived and swam again, with Mrs Vernon declaring him as good as new.
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Moline
Oscar
James P Vernan
Vernon
Pact Changes Remove Automatic War Commitment
In a revised North Atlantic Treaty draft the automatic duty to go to war for any attacked member is dropped. Legislative bodies retain power to decide actions in a contingency while still upholding collective defense.
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TAWA
Draf
Fridander
Prices of Grain Fall as Corn Leads Broad Decline
Prices of grain declined sharply in Chicago trading as corn finished five to seven cents lower after two major selling waves. Oats rye and soybeans followed with unsettled trading and deliveries tumbled to new seasonal lows.
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Chicago
Truman and Taft Clash Over Labor Powers
Washington AP report outlines a fierce dispute between President Truman and Senator Taft over authority to curb strikes. Truman cites inherent presidential powers, while Taft warns such powers threaten liberty. CIO counsel Arthur Goldberg supports some limits and clarifications.
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Taft
Washington
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Clark
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
United States
CIO
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