British Physicist Charged Over Atomic Secrets Leak
Claus Fuchs, a German-born atomic physicist leading theoretical work at Harwell, was charged in Bow Street with two counts of violating the official secrets act for leaks to Russia. The FBI announced joint British-US efforts, with one alleged leak in 1945 in the United States and another in 1947 in England. Trial set for next Friday. Fuchs remanded to Brixton after court appearance.
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U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
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Bow Street Court
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Churchill on Hess flight signals Stalin doubts and wary plot
Life Magazine excerpts from Churchill reveal Stalin doubted Hess's 1941 peace mission as part of an Anglo German plot to invade Russia. Churchill notes Stalin’s skepticism in Moscow and recounts Roosevelt’s pledge to Britain to win the war at any cost, foreshadowing lend lease and American intervention.
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Russia
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Pearl Harbor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
England
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
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Defense Johnson
Joe Stalin
Johnson
United States
University of Virginia
Floods Leave 46000 Homeless Across Seven States
Flooding in seven central and southern states leaves more than 46 000 people homeless with thousands more facing evacuation threats. Rivers crest and highways blocked as Ohio river nears a new crest while West Virginia reports three drownings. Rain has ended and conditions may improve over the weekend.
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Kentucky
Ohio River
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Atlanta Officers Sought Acid Thrower in Shopping District
Police hunt a young man about six feet tall who fired acid from a water pistol at three women and sprayed a fourth, causing burns to scalp skin and coats. Grady Hospital physicians treated victims, while a Negro woman warned the back of a victim's skirt was being eaten by acid.
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Thurlow Evans, Jr
Atlanta
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Alice ‘Young
Grady Hospital
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Sarah Austin
D. R. Baxter
Lewis Gets Cold Shoulder From AFL Leaders
In Miami Beach on February 3, the AFL Executive Council rejected John L. Lewis pleas for legal aid in his coal strike court fight. They said no action now, citing the case before court and past tensions with Lewis, who also founded CIO. Denham seeks an injunction to end coal strikes and a three day week, with the matter under advisement next week.
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United Mine Workers Union
CIO
AFL Council
Democrats Oppose Immediate Excise Tax Cut Plan
House Ways and Means members vote 14 to 10 along party lines to reject a Republican bid to cut excise taxes now and defer other parts of President Truman's tax program. Secretary Snyder outlines administration excise tax reductions and mentions a potential 10 percent tax on television sets at the manufacturer level.
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Truman
Woodruff
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Treasury
Snyder
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Deadline approaches in coal truce talks with Truman plan
Major coal operators faced a Friday deadline to decide on President Truman's 70 day strike truce proposal. John S Lewis weighing accepting a fact finding board risks losing above-ground coal reserves and may trigger Taft Hartley injunctions if he refuses. Northern and western operators walked out of talks but signaled readiness to resume output, while southern operators and captive mine officials were expected to follow before the deadline.
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Truman
John S. Lewis
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United Mine Workers
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Southern
Steel Company
Coast Guard Answers Odd Questions From Public Logs
Coast Guard search and rescue keeps a running D F book of curious calls. In New York a lieutenant explains methods to remove home permanent waves and a man asks about crossing the Atlantic with a life raft. The tales show the unit’s broad public service and patience.
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Virginia Coast
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Coast Guard Search and Rescue Division
California Chamber of Commerce
New York City
Sweden
Atlantic
Britain France May Join U S In Striking Back at Berlin Blockade
The Berlin crisis escalates as Soviet threats to choke off Berlin bound truck traffic from Helmstedt prompt Western allies to consider joint countermeasures. Western guards report Berlin orders to reject trucks using new cargo invoices issued by West German shippers on Feb 1. Officials say allied talks ensure responses mirror last year's counter blockade to curb trade with the Soviet zone.
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France
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Helmstedt
U. S. State Department
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Germany
Europe
United States to join Britain and France in Berlin blockade response
Washington reports Britain and France will join the United States in retaliation against Russia's new Berlin blockade. Soviet limits on transport between Berlin and western Germany prompted the allied move as talks continue on the response to the restriction.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Berlin
Germany
Train Wreck Near Saukville After Broken Rail
A broken rail on the Milwaukee road Chippewa Hiawatha near Saukville Wisconsin sent a speeding train into a ditch killing one passenger and injuring 35 others, 15 seriously. Engineer M L McFarland said the rail snapped as the engine passed at about 65 mph.
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Rib Lake
Milwaukee Road
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Milwaukee
Clarence C. Stern
Ozaukee County
M. L. McFarland
Green Bay
Fort Bragg to Get New Airborne Center
The army announced a new airborne center will be set up at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, within two or three months. The move follows a January 25 panel creation and aims to develop airborne doctrines in cooperation with the air force and navy, focusing on tactics, training, and transport aircraft needs.
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Pthe Army Today
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J. Lawton Collins
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Navy expands Far East activity with hunter-killer drills
U S Navy to run hunter-killer anti-submarine exercises in the Pacific this year. Admiral Sherman says Sicily escort carrier and six destroyers will move into the Pacific to boost the fleet. World War II lessons shape current plans amid broader Far East discussions with General MacArthur.
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Forrest P. Sherman
Sicily
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Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
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Public Housing Vote Set for Next Monday
A Senate Banking subcommittee delayed a final vote on the administration housing program for moderate income families until next Monday. The delay follows agreement on changes to the multi billion dollar measure including a provision to prevent excessive fees or under the table payments on all government insured projects.
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Washington
Senate Banking
Ocean Liner Washington Struck By Gales At Southampton Dock
A 30 000 ton U S Liner Washington was hurled against a Southampton dock by a fierce gale across western Europe. Most of the 622 passengers were shaken but unharmed. the second hold flooded with cargo including automobiles. Longshoremen helped seal a hole below the waterline with mattresses. Meanwhile the Cunard Liner Queen Mary with 1848 passengers rode out 60 mph winds in Cherbourg. The gale disrupted shipping and flooded coastal areas across Britain with rivers rising and fields submerged.
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Cherbourg
Great Britain
Capus Waynick Considers 1952 North Carolina Governor Run
Ambassador Capus Waynick, then serving in Nicaragua, says he may run for governor of North Carolina in 1952 and will not seek the Senate this year. He plans to visit Gov. Kerr Scott before returning to Nicaragua and will support Senate candidates who share his views. Waynick notes strong U.S. stance for free enterprise and democracy and mentions opinions on Reynolds Hoey Graham and party policies.
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Capus Waynick
Nicaragua
North Carolina
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State Department
Kerr Scott
Democratic
Robert Ynolds
Frank P. Graham
D.-N.c
United States
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Sen
Hoey
Graham
Sen. J. Broughton
Guilford County
High Point
U S Rejects Soviet Bid to Try Hirohito and Generals
The State Department rejected Russia’s demand to try Emperor Hirohito and four Japanese generals as war criminals. It cited Soviet failure to explain the fate of more than 370000 Japanese prisoners and disclosed the Russians’ December note alleging a wartime biological program.
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State Department
Panyushkin
Khabarcsvk
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Douglas MacArthur
Melchoir Bids Met Farewell
Lauritz Melchoir, longtime Metropolitan Opera star, announces he will not return next season after conflicts with new general manager Rudolf Bing. He performed Lohengrin last night and wished the company well while expressing affection for audiences and colleagues.
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Metropolitan Opera
Met
Rudolf Bing
la Compagnie
Melchoir
Bing
Ming
Melchair
Auto and Steel Stocks Edge Higher in Muted Market
Trading in New York on February 3 saw a tepid session with little overall progress as investors focused on radio television auto and steel shares. Emerson and Motorola slipped while Philco Zenith Magnavox remained in the spotlight alongside gains for Geneva Motors Chrysler Studebaker U S Steel Republic Steel and several others.
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Emerson
Motorola
Philoco Radio Corp
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Magnavox
Geneva Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
U S. Steel
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet N. Y. Central
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