Search In High Places Sought For Atom Leaks
Senator Bridges urges a wide probe into American contacts of Klaus Fuchs amid fears of leaks. FBI Director Hoover to testify as Congress weighs how to pursue possible foreign ties and new safeguards for atomic secrets.
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Washington
Bridges
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate Appropriations
Hoover
Fuchs
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Congress
Senate House
House Committee On UN
London
McMahon
D-Conn
Joint Atomic Committee
Leslie G. Groves
Atomic Project
Senate House Committee
Groves
Mee
Flood Dangers Show Decline Across Regions
Rain returns to the Midwest and Pacific coast as winter flood dangers ease in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Most rivers are falling, the Ohio at Cincinnati peaks 59.1 feet before subsiding, while 29,000 remain homeless in Arkansas flood areas. Snow plows clear Cascade passes amid lingering snow drift and stranded ranchers receive aid.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Ohio
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Washington
California
New England
Canada
Plains States
Carolinas
Arkansas
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Cascade Mountains
U S Commissioner Sets Out Policy for Germans
Stuttgart Feb 6 The U S commissioner for Germany rebuked west German officials for criticizing the western allies He outlined a program for Germany ruling out an army or air force and pledged Nazism will not rise again in the country
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Stuttgart
Germany
U.nign
McCloy
Washington
France
Saarland
James F. Byrnes
United States
Duke Chemist Mentioned For AEC Position
The New York Times reported Dr. Paul Gross, vice president of Duke University, was recommended for the chairmanship of the atomic energy commission. Other candidates named include W. Averell Harriman and Wilson Wyatt. Harriman appears to be the leading choice, with Wyatt also under consideration. The chairmanship becomes vacant Feb. 15 with Lilienthal's resignation. Dr. Gross has served on the Oak Ridge Institute board. he is a chemist.
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New York
New York Times
Paul Gross
Duke University
Atomic Energy Commission
Frank P. Graham
D-Nc
the Times
W. Averell Harriman
Wilson Wyatt
Washington, D. C
Dispatch
Harriman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Europe
Truman
David E. Lilienthal
Wyatt
Louisville
Heriman
Senate
Capitol
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Defense Secretary Johnson warns Moscow in strong deterrent speech
AP analysis notes Defense Secretary Johnson declares the United States will deter aggression with a stronger defense and rapid response, signaling readiness for any crisis. He frames the stance as necessary in a cold war context and links it to broader deterrence policies.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Russia
Marshal Stalin
Johnson
Washington
America
Moscow
Hitler
Chamberlain
Berchtesgaden
Godesberg
Munich
Fuehrer
Gordon Gray elected UNC president in unanimous vote
Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray won unanimous election as president of the University of North Carolina. The 40 year old heir to the Reynolds tobacco fortune and publisher was chosen after a year of vacancy and will be available by September 1 1950.
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Chapel Hill
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
Gray
U.N.C
Frank P. Graham
Victor Bryant
Durham
Selection Committee
Washington
Bryant
Trustees
S Trustees
North Carolina
Department of Defense
John J. Parker
Charlotte
Thurmond Chatham
Winston-Salem
Fred Sutton
Henderson
Parker
University
Alumni Association
Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Scott
Graham
U. S. Senate
J. Melville Broughton
Nationalist Bombers Hit Red Storage in Shanghai Raid
Fourteen nationalist B 24 bombers attacked the Chapei power plant in communist Shanghai, dropping seven 500 pound bombs. Heavy anti aircraft fire met the planes but they returned to Formosa. Two other nationalist raids on Shum chun caused about 6 million Hong Kong dollars in damage.
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Formose
Shanghai
Chapei
Formosa
Shumchun
China-Hong Kong
Hong Kong
U. S
China
Defense Ministry
Namoa
Fukien
Kwangtung
Five Violent Deaths Listed In North Carolina
Over the weekend at least five people died in North Carolina due to accidents and violence. Causes include auto crashes near Rocky Mount and Hendersonville, a drowning on Lake Summit, and a fatal car rollover near Gumberry with several injuries.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Winslow McNeill
Broadway
Betty Ann Joyner
Rocky Mount
Geneve Pittman
Nash County
Betty Ann
Richmond
Halifax
Ellis Bears Grady
Benny Grady
Charles B. Page
Hendersonville
Lake Summit
Bruce Cox
Page
Edith Constance Little
Gumberry
James E. Little
Queen Mary Stricken By Severe Sciatica
London reports Queen Mary the 82 year old queen mother is badly crippled by sciatica and has not walked for a week. She remains in her Marlborough House room and refuses bed rest. The sciatic nerve pain hinders sleep and drains strength in the elderly.
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London
Queen Mary
Queen Mother
Marltborough House
Coal Dispute Risks Broad Strike Spread Across Coal Fields
The soft coal strike remains unresolved five weeks in with 100,000 miners out and 80,000 anthracite diggers ready to follow. John L. Lewis seeks higher wages to 15 dollars a day, 35 cent ton royalties, and strict work clauses, while operators reject all demands. President Truman fears a national emergency to activate Taft Hartley powers.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Health and Pension Fund
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Truman
Taft- Hartley
Truman assigns inquiry board to coal dispute
President Truman invoked the Taft Hartley act to restore coal production by naming a three member inquiry board led by David L. Cole to investigate the strike threat in the soft coal industry. The board must report within a week as miners face a potential court order to resume work for 80 days.
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Washington
Truman
David L. Cole
Paterson
N. J
William W. Wirtz
John Dunlop
Charles G. Ross
Mediation Presses to Avert Nationwide Telephone Strike
Federal mediation nears a crucial stage with less than 48 hours before a potential nationwide strike. Western Electric and CIO Communications Workers of America wage talks resume under Cyrl S. Ching as unions and AT&T subsidiaries face decades of demands on pay hours pensions and training.
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New York
Company
CIO
Cyrl S. Ching
U. S. Mediation and Conciliation Service
Western Electric Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
CIO Communications Workers of America
Margolis
Ching
Federal Bureau
Washington
A. T. and T
Bell System
A. T
Joseph A. Beirne
VA Prepares To Close Up Free Schools
The Veterans Administration moves to end its free schooling program with a regulatory deadline of April 1 for enrollments by July 25 1951. Changes will limit course changes after completion and bar starting new programs with unused credits. The act requires schooling within four years of discharge or July 25 1947. Estimated total cost ranges from 25 to 30 billion dollars by 1956.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Carol Paight May Learn Fate Sometime Tomorrow
Carol Ann Paight, 21, Stamford mercy-slayer, faces second degree murder for her father Sergeant Caro W. Paight's Sept. slaying. Trial in Bridgeport starts third week. verdict options include second degree murder, manslaughter, or acquittal with possible life, up to 15 years, or mistrial.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Carol Ann Paight
Stamford
Caro W. Paight
Stamford Police Department
Carol
Superior Court
John A. Cornell
Cornell
State Farm
Niantic
Lorin W. William
David S. Goldstein
Carol Ann
Mary Nolan Paight
William Alderson
First Methodist Church of
Weather Blocks Test of Red Blockade in Berlin
Berlin weather froze highway traffic delaying a conclusive test of the Soviet blockade. East west autobahn traffic fell to 80 vehicles per hour while two or three Berlin bound trucks reached the Russian zone checkpoint at Helmstedt. Soviet guards cleared them with no pileup.
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Berlin
Germany
Helmstedt
C. A. Dix
U. S
Alexander Kotikov
Kotikov
Republicans Draft List of Principles
Washington February 6 Republicans draft a 1950 principles statement for approval by GOP leaders. The platform criticizes administration foreign policy and alleged communist infiltration. Senator Vandenberg helped shape the foreign section while Werner Schroeder urges an end to bipartisan policy.
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Washington
GOP
Guy G. Gabrielson
Asia
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Werner W. Schroeder
Illinois
Schroeder
Senator Vandenberg
Rmich
Congress
Europe
Vandenberg
Nationwide soft coal strike shuts in miners across states
Pittsburgh report notes 100,000 idle miners last week rising to at least 330,000 as a nationwide walkout expands. Roving pickets active in several areas. Some 400,000 soft coal workers affected with contracts won in limited mines. Wages rise to 15 dollars daily and welfare payments up from 20 to 35 cents per ton.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Truman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Illinois
Utah
Tennessee
Lewis
UMW Welfare and Pension Fund
UMW
Hotel Blaze Kills Five in Eureka Montana
A pre dawn fire at the three story Montana hotel in Eureka kills five occupants. Authorities attribute the blaze to an oil burner explosion. Victims include John Powell De lano Grayson Browning high school players Charles Cameron William Peterson Ed La France. The fire also destroyed the 25 room hotel which housed the post office bar five apartments and Eureka's only telephone line. Tenants escaped by jumping from windows. The Browning basketball team was staying in Eureka after a Saturday game.
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Eureka
Mon
John Powell
Delano Grayson
Browning
Charles Cameron
William Peterson
Great Northern Railway
Ed la France
The
Montana
National
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Chicago
Eugene
Duke
John J. McCloy
UNC
Red
Carol Paight
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