Coal Production Nearing Normal Amid Steel Revival
Pittsburgh dispatch reports soft coal production surging as full crews return to pits nationwide. United States Steel says curtailed operations will be near capacity soon, with roughly four miles of western Pennsylvania miners back at work within hours. Virginia and Kentucky diggers flock to mines as safety inspections precede full reopening. others remain delayed by local issues and planned inspections.
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United States Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Pitt
Kentucky
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
Wey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alabama primary ballots list 651 candidates for May 2
Alabama voters face a May 2 Democratic primary with a record 651 candidates certified by Party Chairman Gessner T. McCorvey. The list runs 23 legal pages and includes governors, state and district offices, and county posts, amid a nine district contest between States' Rights and National Party loyalists.
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Mobile
Alabama
Gessner T. McCorvey
Secretary of State
McCorvey
Democratic Executive Committee
National Party
Bng
States’ Rigbts
National Democratic Party
Neel Baby Holds Own After Blood Exchange
In Marianna a three day old son of Mr and Mrs E D Neel of Malone survived an exchange transfusion performed Sunday. Doctors drew 509 cc of blood and replaced with 600 cc from the father as erythroblastosis fetalis was treated in the incubator. The infant was expected to be out of danger tomorrow.
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Marianna
E. D. Neel
Malone
Attaghes
Civil Rights Campaign Sparks Alabama Primary Clash
Presidential civil rights policy dominates Alabama as Governor candidates Connor Persons and Sparks open campaigns. Connor backs States Rights and denounces federal moves. Persons promotes congressional action while criticizing the president. Party leaders and national figures weigh in as the race begins in Selma and Montgomery.
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Associated Press
Truman
Alabama
Birmingham
Eugene
Bull) Connor
Connor
Dallas Caun
Selma
Gordon Persons
Alabama Public Service Commission
Montgomery
Congress
Chauncey Sparks
Eufaula
Sparks
U.S
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Democratic Party
National Democratic Party
Patty
French Ship To Take First Arms Load From US
A French aircraft carrier arrives at Norfolk to begin a 1.0 billion aid program for arming Western Europe against possible Soviet aggression. The Dixmude will lift around 40 Navy fighters and bombers, with ceremonies tomorrow, amid Communist threats in France. Additional shipments to France and seven other nations move secretly to sea ports for fast unloading by regular merchant ships.
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Norfolk
Europe
Dixmade
France
Karoub
Tunisia
Newsreel Comedian Jayy Lehr Dies at 54 in Massachusetts
Jayy Lehr, 54, famed newsreel and vaudeville comic known for quirky lines and Fox Movietone commentary, died yesterday at his New Canaan home. A Philadelphia native, he had a 71 year career in music, theater, and film before retiring from Fox.
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Bookline
Mass
Jayy Lehr
Philadelphia
Lehr
New Canaan
Fas Wate
Anna Leonhardt
Fox Movietone Newsrella
Leo Lehr
Carpal
Tvork
Fox Movies Voice
Man Jailed In Ozark On Blackmail Charge
Ozark Sheriff James R. Dykes states Jon Pharps of Montgomery is jailed on a blackmail charge filed by M. A. Moring. The sheriff said he knows no details of the case. Moring is described as an Ozark office employee.
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Ozark
James R. Dykes
Jon Pharps
Montgomery
Dlackhall
M.A. Moring
Sheritt Dykes
Moring
Smathers Campaign Hits Pepper and FEPC in Panhandle Tour
Congressman Smathers addressed crowds in Chipley Bonifay Graceville and Cottondale declaring support for Social Security while opposing Pepper and FEPC. He urged realistic aid for the elderly, attacked Communist fronts, and promoted farm relief and crop support, criticizing his rival as backing radical groups.
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FEPC
Reds
Chipley
George Whittington Chipley
George Smathers
Holmes
Washington
Jackson
Claude Pepper
Bonifay
Gracevile
Cottondale
Red Front
Riva
Congress
Sront
Smakers
New City Claims On Airport Filed In Dothan
The City of Dothan moves to file a $40,591 restoration claim with the U S government for Munic ips Airport now leased to the government during the war. The filing follows a route not yet cleared by all channels and seeks runway resurfacing, grass area sodding, and fence repairs claiming Army neglect. Commissioners also approve an ordinance to stiffen penalties for lottery activity with a $50 to $100 fine and begin urgent sanitary and water mains work to Hedstrom Union factory, with Mayor Adkins directing the engineering department toward rapid completion.
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Dothen
U. S
Municips
Dothan
Chamber of Commeree
Hedstrom Union
Jotn Adkins
Raymond Spann
Harry JP. Hall
Hedstrom-Union
Dornan
Belts Singlott
Horacefall
Adkins
Siamese Twins Born Joined By Heads in Tasmania
Reported by Dr John Starr two Siamese twin girls joined at the tops of their heads were born near Burnie Tasmania to a timber cutter and his wife. The babies are head to head and may not be separable. Mother and children are said to be doing well.
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Sydney
Australa
John Start
Tira
Erskine Smith
Burnie
Tasmania
Mastle
Starr
Ead
Timbercutter
Natone
Man Accuses Kid Nabbing Ruse At Drive In
Deputies captured a man after an excited caller reported seeing a boy placed in a car trunk at a drive in. The suspect claimed he planned to take children to a movie and avoid a fee, denying any harm or intent to abduct.
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Houston
Price Fixing On Steel By US Charged By Taft
Taft says report from Senate Economic Committee hints at price fixing for steel. Objections rise among Republicans led by Senator Tat IR Obie Toda while Senator O'Mahoney defends the panel, which also could study public utility status for the steel industry. Proposals include pre-approval hearings and a 30 day hold on price increases.
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Jacek Bell
Washington
Tat
Tati
Senate
House Economic Committee
Ohio
O'Mahoney
O’mahoney
Taf
Priea Central
Taft
Five-vehicle pileup after Hartford crash on bridge
A head on collision on Hurricane Creek bridge near Hartford triggered a chain reaction in dense fog. Five vehicles were involved and three people were injured including Kenneth E. McEntyre and Alfred Able Hughes. authorities noted low visibility and ongoing relief efforts.
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Hurricane Creek
Here
Highway Patrol
Fred Draughon
Kenneth E. McEntyre
Collins Street
Dothan
McEntyre
Draughen
Alfred Able Hughes
Columbus
James Columbus Bradaw
Slocomb
Oney Morris
Draughon
John W. Childs
Geneva
Morris
Hughes
Former U S Employe Admits Espionage
Michael Shipkov former Bulgarian translator at the U S legation confessed to spying for America under former U S Minister Donald R Treath. He testified at a Peoples Court as four co defendants pleaded guilty and confirmed written confessions amid Bulgaria’s severed ties with the U S last month.
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Bulgaria
Michael Shipkov
U. S
Peoples Court
America
Donald R. Treath
U. S. State Department
Shipkov
Kiyka Rindova
Legation
Stefan Kiruskov
Indla Tzunov
Vaspil Nalchev
Heath
Minster
Sofia
United States
Greek polls show Tsaldaris' Populists lose ground in vote
Returns from Greece's 146,000 polling stations place Tsaldaris' Royalist Populists second to the National Progressive Union led by Plastiras. Experts foresee a fragile coalition path or a shift to Plastiras with Liberal Venizelos, amid a complex proportional system and possible new government formations. More than 80 percent of votes counted. Populists lead later margins marginal.
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Traldaris
Tualdaris
Greeces
Tsalderic
Plastiras
Sophocles Venizelos
Tsaldaris
Tealdaria
Foreigd
National Progressives
National Progressive Union
Forest Fire Found During Plane Search In Oklahoma
State troopers hunting for a reported plane crash in Albion Oklahoma trekked through the Kiamichi Mountains to a fire sighted early today. They found a forest fire, not an aircraft wreck, while airlines and Tinker Air Force Base reported all planes accounted for.
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Okla
Oklahoma
Kiamichi
Pont
I Commercial Airlines
Oklahoma City
Tinker Air Fare Base
Highway Patrol
City Polls Open For Florida City Election
Polls opened in New Smyrna Beach for a city primary to choose a candidate from each zone for the March 26 general election. Candidates listed include Robert Alen Hert Farr Bruce Sweatt L. Z. Batz and Bob McCarthy in Zone Two Hanna Bennett and B C Thrrnell in Zone Three.
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Fila
City Commission
Robert Alen
Hert Farr
Bruce Sweatt
L. Z. Batz
Bob McCarthy
Hanna Bennett
B. C. ‘Thrrnell
Bechuanaland Chief Charges British Bribe over Exile
Bechuanaland Bamwengwa chief Seretse Khama alleges Britain offered a $15,000 five year bribe to stay abroad with his white wife Ruth Williams. He says he was lured to London for talks and told he must not return home to Bechuanaland. Khama mentions a cabinet decision and fears public exile.
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Barold Guard
Seresse Kbamne
Khama
Bechuanaland
Patrice Gordon Walker
Danis
Majen
Seretse
Parla
Russia
Ruth Williams
London
Tricked speaker defies fee rule on page two
A quoted line says a person claims freedom to speak despite breaking the rule of sul fee, noted on Tarn Ts Ne. £ Oe page 2. The fragment hints at a dispute over enforced restrictions and personal liberty within a citation from the newspaper page.
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Mae
Woman and Russian Face Sentence In Espionage Conspiracy
A federal jury found a former government employee and a stocky blond Russian guilty of conspiracy and attempted espionage in New York. They were convicted of removing classified government files and defrauding the United States. Sentencing ranged from two years to ten years, with potential fines, in a high-profile spy case related to Soviet intelligence.
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Sit Mon
New York
Soviet Russia
She
United States
Ber ‘Anpaiuat Services
Ware Gamandes
Wallington
Officials Predict Unemployment Drop From February High
Washington AP reports government officials expect unemployment to fall from February’s 4.684 million peak. They cite a small rise in job openings from January to February and note seasonal factors in the overall labor picture. Secretary of Commerce Sewey cites seasonal labor-force effects and nonfarm employment holding steady versus last year’s factory cutbacks.
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Washington
Cengtiz Bureau
Festry
Commerce Sewyer
Car theft case pinned by a gum evidence in Bristol
In Bristol, George Law claimed the stolen auto mobile he identified three years later matches a car he said was altered with a new paint, engine and chassis numbers. A single piece of chewing gum identified the vehicle, according to the AP report.
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Bristol
England
George Law
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