Labor Party Sees Narrow Lead In Britain Election
The Labor party led by Prime Minister Attlee held a growing lead with 42 percent of returns from 266 constituencies, counting 163 seats to 102 for Conservatives and signaling a possible minority or slim majority. Turnout reached about 85 percent as voters weighed Socialization vs. postwar austerity.
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London
Labor Party
Britain
Attlee
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Liberal’ Party
tBo
Phil Piratin
Commons
Piccadilly Circus
Jess
Churchill
Morgan Phillips
Romford
North Hendon
Woolwich West
Liverpool
Birmingham
Stafford Cripps
Lond
Should U. S. Make The New Bomb
Public debate on building an H-bomb splits party lines as Truman clashes with lawmakers over arms race risks. The article notes mass church protests and local citizens reached by the Sentinel voicing support for producing the hydrogen bomb as a deterrent, while urging disarmament with Russia.
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United States
Truman
Legislative
Senator Tydings
D-Md
Russia
Story Telling Hour Discontinued By Grafton Club
Mrs J Paul Murphy chair of the Story Telling Hour committee announces the Saturday session in the library will discontinue due to widespread illness among children. She says story hour will resume late March or early April.
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J. Paul Murphy
The
Grafton Woman’s Club
Grafton
Sister identifies brother as father’s killer in 1947 case
Mrs Muriel B Smith of Washington phones Clawson police to relay her fears that Marine Sgt Carson James killed his father Stanley James at a Thanksgiving party near Pontiac Michigan in 1947. Police digging bones in a cowshed behind the widow Ruth James’s home confirmed foul play as the sister’s story emerges.
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Stanley James
Pontiac
Mich
Carson James
Muriel B Ssmith
Washton
Clawson
Ruth
James
Sander Murder Trial Over Air Injections In Her Veins
In Manchester a murder trial focuses on whether Dr. Hermann N Sander killed patient Mrs Abbie Borreto by air injections after testimony that she was already dead before injections. Prosecutors claim Sander admitted causing death to end suffering. defense cites medical opinion the patient expired earlier.
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Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Sander
Albert Snay
Snay
Louis E. Wyman
William L. Phinney
Abbie. Borreto
Phinney
Hillsboro County
Josephine Connor
Lewis Turns Down Hospital Plea For Heating Coal
Pittsburgh report shows John L. Lewis refusing a hospital coal plea as roving pickets halt non union mining. Emergency steps spread nationwide with unemployment rising while officials urge immediate resumption of production despite strikes and closures.
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Lewis
Coal-Allied Industries
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
St. Louis
Sten
United Mine Workers of America
Board of Allegheny County Commissioners
Pittsburgh
Guilty Plea Then Bond Posted for Child Support
Isaac Mayle Simpson pleaded guilty in justice court to non support of four children. Magistrate John Snider said Mayle posted bond for ongoing support. Arresting officer was Constable Ray Osborne.
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Isaac Mayle
Simpson
Route 1
Justice Court
Mayles
John Snider
Ray Osborne
FEPC Braced for Senate Fight After House Vote
In Washington, Truman backed a compulsory FEPC bill with enforcement teeth as the Senate faces a delayed action likely due to southern Democratic filibuster. The House passed the bill 240 to 177, creating a fair employment practices commission. Supporters of civil rights anticipate possible cross-chamber disagreement and a stalled session.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Lucas
Illinois
Congress
FEPC
Red Cross Campaign Talks Highlight Service Aims
Mr Isaac Brooks of the Military Welfare Service Washington DC outlined the American Red Cross aims and duties including special services at a Legion home gathering. Fund campaign workers attended with Rr Robert F Gerkins Taylor county chairman presiding and Arnold Knotts FTC spoke on the March 1 campaign. The Gratton chapter received its charter December 31 1917.
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Isaac Brooks
Military Welfare Service
Washington, D. C
American Red Cross
Legion Home
Robert F. Gerkins
Taylor County
Arnold Knotts
Gratton Chapter
AFL Chief Green Communists Enter Coal Controversy
Washington reports a court hearing on the coal strike as John L. Lewis’s United Mine Workers face contempt charges for defying a 10 day injunction. Talks with operators stalled, President Truman urges court action, and AFL’s Green seeks seizure of mines while Communist front group claims surface.
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AFL
Green
UMW
Washington (P
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Truman
United Mine Workers
Richmond B. Keech
Reech
David“. Cole
Coat
Federal
Cyrus Ching
Capitol Hill
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John D. Battlé
National Coal Associations
Beizure
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
The
Daily Worker
Matthew. Cyetic
Pittsburgh
Grafton Man Aboard USS Newport News On Four Month Cruise
Robert A. Day electronics technician third class USN of 642 I Maples Avenue is on duty in the Mediterranean aboard the heavy cruiser USS Newport News. The ship has begun a four month cruise visiting ports along the Mediterranean under Vice Admiral John J. Ballentine and Admiral Richard L. Conolly.
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Robert A. Day
USN
Maples Avenue
Mediterranean
USS
Newport News
Flsg
Sixth Task Fleet
John J. Ballentine
Richard L. Conolly
Atlantic
Fire destroys Cypress home leaving family homeless
In Cypress California John Ogle borrowed a 10 party line to call the fire department after a neighbor joked about the line being an excuse. He ran to a nearby ranch to finish the call, and his house burned down yesterday leaving the Ogle family and five children homeless.
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Cypress
Calif
John Ogle
Ogle
Ogles
Yesterda
Roach death probes expand boxing inquiry in New York
Boxing probes press for answers after Lavern Roach perishes from a brain injury two days after being knocked out by Georgie Small at St. Nicholas arena. NYS Athletic Commission finds no rule infractions. DA launches broad inquiry with hospital and patient records reviewed. In Kentucky, Schenley Distilleries halts whisky production at 12 plants to save coal for emergencies, citing need to keep schools and hospitals open.
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New York
Ring
Lavern Roach
Plainview
Texas
Nes-Lgence
St. Nicholas Arena
Georgie Small
Brooklyn
Roach
New York State Athletic ‘Commission
Edward Eagan
District Attorney's Office
St. Clare's Hospital
Louisville
Kentucky
Schenley Distilleries, Inc
Wathen R. Knebelkamp
Schenley
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
Missionaries Released in Moravia
The American embassy reports two missionaries Stanley E Ab bott of Lehi Utah and C Alden Johnson of Idaho Falls Idaho were released from jail in Clouv cuc central Moravia They were placed on a train with two plain clothes men taken to Prague and flown to Zurich Switzerland President Truman may tour the northwest before adjournment to press Congress on his air Deal program and to dedicate Grand Coulee Dam Irene Rich plans to marry George H Clifford a Utilities executive in what would be her fourth marriage
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Stanley E. Abbott
Lehi
Utah
C. Alden Johnson
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Clouvcuc
Central
Moravia
Prague
Zurich
Switzerland
Washington
Truman
Congress
Northwest
Grand Coulee Dam
Washington State
New York
Irene Rich
George H. Clifford
UitiltHles
Miss Rich
David Blankenhorn
Commuter Skates to Station with Shoes Under Arm
Passersby in Roselle Park New Jersey watched a dignified commuter slide along icy streets yesterday. He carried his business shoes under his arm as he headed to the railroad station, turning a routine trip into a peculiar spectacle.
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Roselle Park
N. J
Protest H bomb rally at Church of New York
A marathon meeting at the Community Church of New York tonight protests the hydrogen bomb. An Interdenominational Church sponsor and peace groups will hold a discussion session followed by a 36 hour prayer vigil with some staying through Saturday and Saturday night until services at 11 a.m. Sunday.
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New York
Community Church of
The
Interdenominational Church
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