Three powers condemn Czechoslovak regime as disguised dictatorship
The United States Britain and France denounce the new Czechoslovak government as a disguised dictatorship of a single party. They say a crisis was artificially instigated to seize power and suspend parliamentary freedom, warning the move harms liberty and risks disaster for the Czech people.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
State Department
Hungary
Great Britain
National Union
Moore Dies in City Hospital at 72
Naomi Moore known as Mother Moore of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad died at City hospital at 3 45 pm after a illness. A 35 year car department worker she was a Republican and church member. She was born February 5 1876 in Barbour county and survived by husband Clyde and one son Durbin W. Moore plus four brothers and two sisters. Funeral services set for Bartlett Funeral home with interment at Fairview cemetery.
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Naomi Moore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mother Moore
City Hospital
Republican Party
Baltimore In Ohio Railroad
Evangelic United Brethren Church
White Rose Circle
Barbour County
Sanford H. Moats
Lucy Duckworth Moats
Clyde Moore
Durbin W. Moore
W. B. Moats
Grafton
Warner Moats
Arden
Stephen
Harper Moats
Akron
Ohio
Chloe Duckworth
Lucy Moats
Bartlett Funeral Home
Harry Eckels
Fairview Cemetery
Two U S airmen claim ease in B 17 flight joyride
In a Caribbean misadventure two American sergeants said they faced no real difficulty piloting a B 17 from Caracas to Guayaquil over rough terrain. M Sgt Glen Dye and M Sgts Theodore Havens Jr landed after a 1700 mile unauthorized flight, insisting neither had prior cockpit experience. Austin V Wood of Wheeling filed for Republican convention delegation in West Virginia. Elsley Bardin of Point Pleasant sought reelection to the fourth district post.
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Balboa
America
Glen Dy
Muncie
Ind
Theodore
Haven
Charleston
Austin V. Wood
Wheeling
Elsley, Bardin
Point
Iena Pleasant
Four Killed As B 29 Crashes Near Meridian Texas
Four crew members died when a B 29 bomber crashed after takeoff from Carswell Air Base near Meridian Texas during a routine west coast training flight. Eight crew members escaped by parachute, including Col. Alan D. Clark of Fort Worth, commander of the flight. Names of the dead were not released. the crash site was near Orus Solberg's farm and the burning plane remained there several hours.
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Meridian
Tex
Here
Alan D. Clark
Fort Worth
West Coast
Carswell Air Base
Clark
San Antonio
el Paso
William S. Walthann
Eighth Air Force
Weather Outlook Promises More Rain Tomorrow
The weatherman forecasts more rain for tomorrow after a cloudy cold night. Temperatures have ranged around 51 yesterday and at noon today with a 46 low last night. yesterday’s showers brought .26 inch precipitation per W. D. Myers, local weather observer.
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W. D. Myers
Czechoslovakia Falls Under Communist Rule In Prague
Prague reports a bloodless six day revolution left Czechoslovakia under complete Communist domination. President Benes approved a government led by Communists and sympathizers, ousting 14 anti Communist ministers. The move aims to steer elections and parliament toward a Communist majority.
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A. J. Goldberg
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Klement Gottwald
Eduard Benes
United States
Russia
Social Democrats
Gottwald
UN Takes Breather On Palestine Issue For 24 Hours Today
UN Security Council delegates paused the Palestine partition debate for 24 hours amid lobbying. The lull let delegates rest and plan for a decisive session slated for tomorrow with speculation over Andrei Gromyko's anticipated Kremlin position. In the interim the council turned to Indonesia and Pakistan India cases.
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Palestine
Larry Hauck
Lake Success
Security Council
Palestine Partition
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
Council
Durochers seek custody of four year old girl in Texas
Leo Durocher and wife Loraine Day petitioned 96th district court for permanent custody of a four year old girl. The child, placed by Texas Children’s Home and Aid Society, may have her name changed to Melinda Michele. Cairo telegram notes Arno league warning Arab states will cancel oil concessions to the United States over Palestine partition.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Leo Durocher
Loraine Day
Durocher
Brooklyn Ddgers
96Th District Court
Prestion
Texas Children's Home and Aid Society
Melinda Michele
Cairo
Arno League
United States
U. S
Palestine
League
200 Union Printers Stop Work in Pay Boost Fight Today
A strike by 900 union printers against 28 major commercial firms began today in Philadelphia led by AFL ITU Local 2 president Sinclar Muir. The walkout, the first in 27 years, followed a 1,110 to 58 union vote. The ITU also walked out of a separate National Labor Relations Board hearing, while Allied Printing and its president Howard Thomas condemned the union’s actions. The strike is described as a fight for higher pay and involved printers at local Philadelphia newspapers but not at the main papers themselves.
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Philadelphia
Fes
Sinclar Muir
AFL International Typographical Union
Philadelphia News
Muir
ITU
Benjamin R. Simon
New York
MLRB
Howard Myers
NLRB
Howard Thomas
Allied Printing Employes Association
Truman's Last Campaign Vacation Start Near Key West
President Truman began what could be his final extended休vacation before the 1948 race, relaxing at the naval base in Key West after a Caribbean trip to the Virgin Islands. Southern Democrats oppose civil rights proposals including poll tax repeal anti lynching laws and desegregation in interstate travel.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fla
Truman
Naval Submarine Base
Virgin Islands
White House
Congress
Tax Commissioner Begins Work In Taylor County
State Tax Commissioner office in Charleston says work to revise state aid to schools funds will start in Taylor County within ten days. A 1947 act required a county valuation study to create an equitable distribution of school funds beginning 1948. Appraisers and valuation engineers have been active across the state since September.
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State Tax Commissioner
Charleston
Taylor County
Augustine Gym To Be Constructed At St Augustine
A modern gymnasium for St Augustine school will be erected here with estimated funds between 75000 and 80000 raised by pledges. The steering committee formed last week met at the Knights of Columbus Hall and named a planning committee to secure an architect and lay plans. The brick structure will include a gym floor and basement with showers lockers and equipment, plus kitchen facilities and social rooms in the basement.
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St. Augustine School
Knights of Columbus Hall
Father M. J. Hannon
Harry Tinney
William J. Hussion
Richard Robinson
John H. Bradford
Germain R. Coughlin
T. D. Moran
J. V. Flanagan
Elmer E. Behan
Frank Gerkin
ST. Augustine
Bridgeport Man Killed By Train Near Crossing
Cecil M. Kester a 67 year old Bridgeport resident was struck by a westbound Baltimore and Ohio freight about 300 yards east of the U S Route 50 crossing while returning from Ocean Mine. He was knocked from the embankment and died at the scene. Police and the coroner investigated the fatality.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Cecil M. Kester
Bridgeport
John Horsney
Kester
Ocean Mine
George Reicner
Harrison County
Kenna’ Jackson
Engel Predicts Passage Of Waterways Program
Rep. Engel of Michigan, head of the appropriations subcommittee, said the 539 million waterways program to fund flood control and rivers and harbors work for the coming year will pass in the House. The bill covers 244 projects, 183 flood control and 61 rivers and harbors, and would be the largest authorization if approved by Congress and the president.
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Fred J. Zaly
Washington
House
Rep. Engel
R-Mich
Congress
Rebel Democrats Block Judiciary Action In House
Southern Democrats used a rule technicality to block House judiciary committee action on anti lynching legislation. The bill backed by President Truman and the Republican majority would let the federal government prosecute lynching participants. A 3 to 2 sub committee vote approved it, and full committee action was expected soon before adjournment.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Truman
Judiciary
Michener
R-Mich
Leo Allen
R-Il
House
Baltimore and Ohio reports January net income of 923 406
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad announced January net income of 923 406, down from 1 034 030 in January 1947. Operating revenues rose to 31 080 852 from 28 215 489, while operating expenses increased from 22 970 682 to 25 861 957, reflecting the month’s financial results.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Virginia Governor seeks special legislation to bar Truman on ballot
Virginia Governor William M. Tuck urged the General Assembly to pass laws removing the presidential and vice presidential names from the ballot, designating party preference instead. He also targeted Henry Wallace's party, linking the move to southern unity against civil rights programs and inflation. He urged Dixie states to withhold electoral votes to protest federal policies.
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Richmond
William M. Tuck
Virginia General Assembly
Truman
America
Hitler
Stalin
Tuck
Dixie
Virginia
Blaze damages Grafton Senior High field house
A fire at Grafton Senior High on Riverside Drive damaged equipment in the field house locker room. Fire officials say a rack collapsed and toppled onto a gas stove, causing smoke but not total loss. Uniforms were washed and hung to dry. the room was not dangerous to the rest of the building. Principal Kenneth Ham
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Grafton
Ee House
Riverside Drive
John Proctor Grafton
Kenneth
Sam Spade The Secret Service on the Loose
An ex naval officer traveling under Navy orders was found strangled in his West 571 street hotel room. The 35-year-old victim, bound hand and foot with bed sheet strips knotted at his navel, was identified as Har haberle from Falls Church Virginia, a civilian Navy employee stationed at Anacosta. The Navy noted Haeberle served as a contact man with commercial studios filming training movies for the Strand. The case details appear on page 3.
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New York
Navy Department
West 571 Street
Har
Gratton Bentinel
Hacberle
Falls Church
Navy
Thayer Street
Anacosta
Washington, D. c
Haeberle
James Cagney
Strand
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