Ulster Votes On Union In Northern Ireland Referendum
In Belfast on February 10, Northern Ireland voters, up to 500000 ballots, decide whether Ulster stays with Britain or joins Southern Ireland in a republic. Polls run 9 am to 8 pm with results tomorrow. security on high after clashes at rallies.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Southern Ireland
Republic
Ulster
Eire
Britain
Basil Brooke
Irish Republican Army
Sir Basil
House of Commons
Commons
Availability of RFC Loans Investigated
Senator Hoey of North Carolina announced a senate subcommittee has begun a preliminary inquiry into RFC loan complaints. He said investigators will not name complainants and noted that no definite charges have been made by Strickland Furniture of High Point. The panel includes O Connor Long and McCarthy.
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Washington
Hoey
D-Nc
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Strickland Furniture Company
High Point
N. C
Kenneth Strickland
O'Connor
Long
Dla
McCarthy
R-Wis
MacArthur Report Exposes Bold Russian Spy Ring
A 32 000 word MacArthur dossier claims a daring ring operated from Tokyo with Sorge Ozaki and Agnes Smedley as key figures. It alleges the network warned of Germany’s attack on Russia and helped alter wartime moves before Pearl Harbor, with members still at large in capitals today.
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Washington
Japan
Tokyo
Army
Douglas MacArthur
House un-American Activities Committee
Richardo Sorge
Ozaki Hozumi
Agnes Smedley
Sorge
Ott
Ozaki
Konoe
Ring
Germany
Russia
Siberia
Moscow
Pearl Harbor
China
Miss Smedley
Sean
Shanghai
New York
General MacArthur
Royall
MacArthur
Miss Smedly
Guenther Stein
Stein
Tokyo Ring
U. S. Army
Clash With Russia Looms Over Mindszenty Case
Washington officials foresee a new clash with Russia over Hungary after the treason trial and life sentence of Cardinal Mindszenty. The U S may protest through the United Nations or other means as Moscow defends its satellite regime. Acheson linked Russia to the case and considered actions under the postwar peace treaty.
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Washington
Russia
Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
United States
United Nations
Moscow
Europe
House
U. S
Mindszenty
Senate
Acheson
U. N
Germany
Sorge Worked In Ring Within Master Spy Ring
Tokyo reports say Dr Richard Sorge a Red spy fed Moscow Hitler would attack Russia while operating in a secret espionage ring nested inside another. German sources in Japan describe him as a gallant ladies man and note Soviet embassy fear after his arrest with anxious conferences between German and Soviet officials.
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Tokyo
Richard Sorge
Moscow
Hitler
Russia
Japan
Sorge
Duke Power Bus Collides With Switch Engine in Charlotte
Three people were injured, none seriously, when a Duke Power company bus collided with an A. P. and N. switch engine in Charlotte last night. Those hurt were W. H. Stikeleather, Mrs. E. P. Holmes, and Mrs. Curtis Edwards, all residents of Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Duke Power Company
A. P
W. H. Stikeleather
E. P. Holmes
Curtis- Edwards
Raleigh Hearing Draws North Carolina Road Bond Support
A large Raleigh gathering showed broad farm support for a 200 million dollar road bond. Reported attendance varied, with some attendees admitting political motives to back Governor Scott while officials denied coordinating the show. E B Jeffress, former highway chairman, was among visitors. More on page 2-A.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
Scott
E. B. Jeffress
Highway Commission
Capitol
Neeley Calls for Denham Discharge From NLRB
Sen Neely of West Virginia charges NLRB general counsel Robert N Denham is biased and prejudiced and urges his firing. Taft objects to the accusation as Denham testifies on labor policy amid Senate labor bill hearings.
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Washington
Senate
Neely
D-W.va
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Denham
Woodruff Randolph
International Typographical Union
AFL
Taft
Ohio
United States
NLRB
Overcoat Recovered Quickly After Theft Report
Luther Johnson reported an overcoat theft in Reidsville on February 10. Officers located the garment at a cleaning establishment within minutes and returned it, freshly pressed, about an hour after the report.
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Reidsville
Luther Johnson
Cleaning Is
Four States Still Gripped By Icy Storm
The western states face food and fuel shortages as rescue crews battle wind and snow. Emergency measures are stepped up to reach hundreds reported isolated for weeks. Rail lines and highways across four states are blocked by snow drifts stranding thousands. twenty nine trains with about 6000 travelers are stalled. Wyoming faces its worst conditions since January 2 blizzard. eleven Union Pacific passenger trains halted.
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Wyoming
Union Pacific
Frozen Milk Flown To Marooned Family
Eight year-old Lynda Campion on Peavine Mountain received fresh milk via parachute drop as snowbound residents of the Campion family benefitted from 12 quarts quick frozen by Reno Civil Air Patrol. Her father James Campion ran the KWRN FM transmitter at the time. The milk arrived intact and was thawing after the dramatic delivery.
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Reno
Lynda Campion
Lynda
Peavine
James Campion
Kwrn-Fm
Reno Civil Air Patrol
Campion
American Novelist Accused as Soviet Hoax Spreader
The Army linked Agnes Smedley, American novelist, to a wartime Soviet spy ring in Japan and to spreading the claim that Chinese communists were not real communists but local agrarian reformers. High American officials reportedly hear the hoax repeated and may doubt alternative explanations.
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Washington
Japan
Agnes Smedley
Radar Screen Is Proposed To Shield U S
Maj. Gen. Gordon P. Saville urged swift approval of a 161 million plan to create a nationwide radar screen with outposts at sea and abroad under the Air Force. The plan aims to give the Air Force full responsibility for air defense as Congress holds hearings.
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Washington
Air Force
Gordon P. Saville
Air Defense Command
United States
Rep
Durham
D-Nc
Governor Scott to Air Views on School Funding Tonight
Governor Scott will address a joint legislative session on teachers salaries and state aid for counties to build schools. Backers of higher funding claim broad support and a multi million dollar program may pass. The message will be broadcast at 10 pm on Dixie FM WHPE FM 95.5 Enterprise Station. The session includes committee meetings and a public hearing next Thursday on justice of the peace reforms.
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Raleigh
Scott
North Carolina
Dixie FM
Whpe-Fm
Enterprise
House
Senate
J. H. McMullan
Chowan
McMullan
Shelley B. Caveness
Guilford
Bulwinkle Returns to Navy Hospital in Bethesda
Rep. Bulwinkle of North Carolina is back in Naval Hospital Bethesda Maryland on the serious list after reentering yesterday. He had been treated for a back ailment for about two months and returned to his regular apartment just last week.
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Washington
Bulwinkle
North Carolina
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Oynegate
Astonishing if Ulster votes for union in election
A 1930s portrait recalls Lord Craigavon vowing never to join with Southern Ireland. The piece notes Northern Ireland’s general election over union with Eire, citing religious, economic, and historical tensions, including Eire’s push for merger and support from Irish leaders for unionist candidates.
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Lord Craigavon
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Irish Free State
Eire
Southern Ireland
Craigavon
Emerald Isle
Edly
United Kingdom
England
Eamonn de Valera
United Ireland
Northern
Hill and Graham Oppose Road Bond Issue Hearing Draws Tar Heels
The North Carolina legislature held a hearing on Governor Scott’s proposed 200 million road bond, drawing about 1200 residents to the Memorial Auditorium after the capitol hearing was relocated. Protesters and supporters clashed as 39 witnesses spoke, with Harry Caldwell urging support and A H Graham opposing. John Sprunt Hill argued for road work without a bond. boos interrupted him.
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Raleigh
Scott
Joint Roads Committee
State Capitol
Memorial Auditorium
Harry Caldwell
Greensboro
John Sprunt Hill
Durham
Boos
A. H. Graham
Atom bomb ball sized unit could equal massive TNT force
Lt. Col. William R. Stark described an atom bomb the size of a golf ball as the equivalent of 270 ten ton TNT bombs. He warned the blast, flash heat and radioactivity would cause widespread damage including three mile heat burns and radioactivity accounting for a portion of wartime deaths.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
William R. Stark
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Japan
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Liverpool
London
Royal Albert Hall
Duke of Norfolk
MacArthur Report
By Douglas B. Cornell
Ray Bailey
Brownsville
Karen Lee
Kerry
Bailey
Dr. Sorge
Ring Within
Capitol Square
By Lynn Nisbet
Neeley
Associated Press
Navy Hospital
MacKenzie
Union
Dewitt MacKenzie
Ireland
Hill
Graham
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