Soviet charges Britain and France backed Hitler to strike East
Moscow says Britain and France encouraged Hitler to turn the German army against the Soviet Union before World War II. It cites captured German documents from 1937 and 1938 and accuses the Allies of attempting to isolate the USSR and funnel aggression east. The Soviet information bureau released a second statement in reply to US and British records with no immediate comment from Washington or London.
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Moscow
Russia
Great Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Soviet Information Bureau
German Foreign Office
Red Army
United States
U. S
U. S. State Department
Hitler
Stalin
Poland
Europe
Washington
Foreign Office
Foreign Ministry
London
Britain
Ussr
Viscount
Earl
Halifax
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
Obersalzberg
Berchtesgaden
Bavaria
Nevile Meyrick Henderson
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Berlin
Herbert von Dirksen
Lone Yeggman Nets $2,500 in Fayetteville Burglary
A lone thief used an acetylene torch to break into the Bryan Pontiac company safe in Fayetteville last night and fled with $2,500 in cash. Footprints in the snow showed the burglar acted alone, entering through a side window and using a torch from the firm’s deckery to access the safe.
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Fayetteville
Bryan-Pontiac Company
Weather report fragment from North and South cover
North Carolina forecast notes cloudy skies with rain and higher temperatures today and tonight. Friday to be cooler with freezing rain or sleet possible in west and north. rain in the southeast. Hourly readings list Greensboro and Charlotte temperatures around 34 and 30 with mixed citywide figures across the region.
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North Carolina
Prober to Question Speculator Maynard profit case
E T Maynard of Chicago faces congressional probes over turning grain market slump into a 200000 plus profit with more in wheat and cotton. Committees from Senate Agriculture Senate Appropriations and a House panel race to interview him as watchdogs seek margin details and market practices. Maynard says reading newspapers predicted price declines.
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Maynard
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Washington
E. T. Maynard
Chicago
Senate Appropriations
House
Knowland
Calif
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Young
R-N.d
Agriculture Committee
Gandhi Ashes Immersed in Three Rivers Ceremony
Gandhi's ashes sealed in urn were immersed today at the confluence of the Ganges Jumna and Saraswati rivers in Allahabad. Tens of thousands witnessed the rites with Nehru and other officials in attendance as ashes were sent from across India to mark the leader's funeral.
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Allahabad
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Ganges
Jumna
Saraswati
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
United Provinces
Slush Groggy Carolinians Clear Roads
The Carolinas faced slush and warming weather as teams worked to clear roads before a predicted freeze. Flooding rivers in eastern North Carolina threatened larger areas, while Asheville sought to reopen routes toward South Carolina and Charlotte.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
North Carolina
Asheville
South Carolina
Charlotte
Raleigh
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Flood Threat Increases As Neuse River Rises
In Goldsboro on February 12 the Neuse river surged to eighteen feet with melting snow threatening further rises. Three western Wayne County roads closed earlier this week as floodwater swelled, and forecasts from the Raleigh weather bureau warned of stage readings near 14.5 feet in Goldsboro and 16 feet in Kinston before thaw accelerates.
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Goldsboro
Neuse
Wayne
Raleigh Weather Bureau
Kinston
Carolinas See Warmth Return After Snow Storms
Temperatures rise from freezing to near warm in the Carolinas easing snow and rain. Wilmington reports 36 with warm rain in the forecast as eastern rivers handle current moisture and flood risk remains low.
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Spartanburg
Greenville
Asheville
Carolinas
North Carolina
Wilmington
Raleigh
Weather Bureau
Woman Leads Ticket In Winning Election In Gray County
Pat Hungerford known as the nurse of rural Jones county won a seat on the county commissioners board in Gray, leading the ticket with 1016 votes to 788 for the top male candidate. Her campaign slogan touted caring for children and workers.
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Gray, Ga
Pat” Hungerford
Jones County
Board of County Commissioners
Four-Ply Wallop Dealt By Winter
Winter delivered a four part weather punch across the nation from the Rockies to the eastern seaboard. Subzero readings hit Colorado Montana the Dakotas Nebraska Minnesota Wisconsin and parts of Iowa with double digits below zero at Aberdeen Sioux Falls Minneapolis and other cities. Florida escaped the storm with Fort Myers 85 and Miami 76 while Texas reached 78 in Brownsville. Pacific coast temperatures stayed below normal with freezing in Oregon and Los Angeles at 59.
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Chicago
Rockies
Eastern Seaboard
Kansas-Oklahoma- Texas Panhandle
Mountain States
Gulf Region
North Central
New England
Colorado
Montana
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Aberdeen
S. D
Sioux Falls
Wilmar
Minn
Minnneapolis
Sioux City
Mason City
Panhandle
Kansas
Florida
Fort Myers
Miami
Texas
Brownsville
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Los Angeles
Yuma
Ariz
Phoenix
State of Ohio May Be In Family Way
Former Senator Raymond E. Willis of Indiana introducing Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio at a Gary service clubs meeting said Ohio is regarded as the mother of presidents and perhaps she is in a family way again.
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State of
Ohio
Gary, Ind
Raymond E. Willis
Ind
Robert A. Taft
Gary
Sugar intake drives rapid tooth decay says dentist
Dr. Robert G Kesel a University of Illinois dental school professor told the 83rd midwinter Chicago dental society meeting that American teeth are decaying six times faster than they can be filled and that sugar is the major cause. He noted nine of ten children have caries and that the average American consumes about his body weight in sugar yearly.
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Chicago
University of Illinois Dental School
Robert G. Kesel
Ilinois
Iinois State Dental Society
Chicago Dental Society
United States
Kesel
Woman Recovers Savings After Farm Purchase Pursuit
Mrs Gracie Lowery rural Lancaster County sought a farm purchase in Lancaster town drawing 3070 from a bank. Hours later her money vanished. Mr and Mrs Henry Mattox arrived at the Lancaster News with 3020 found. A meeting arranged by the News led to a reward.
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Lancaster
S. C
Gracie Lowery
Lancaster County
Henry Mattox
Taft Backing Marshall Plan And Tax Cuts Draws Applause
Senator Robert A Taft voice a hard bailed approach to the Marshall plan and tax reduction as top issues among Illinois and Indiana Republicans. His remarks in Chicago Bloomington and Gary Hammond drew the largest share of infrequent applause from supporters as he campaigned across the region.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Illinois
Indiana
Chicago
Bloomington
Ill
Gary
Hammond
Ind
Taft
Dewey to Attack Truman in Lincoln Day Speech
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will accuse the Truman administration of failures in foreign policy and propose a constructive plan for lasting peace in a Lincoln day address in Boston. This marks his first major speech since declaring his candidacy and his third New England visit in five months.
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Boston
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
America
New York
New England
Stassen Gains Strong Backing in Minnesota for GOP Nomination
Former Gov Harold Stassen holds entrenched grass roots support in Minnesota as Taft backers fear public opposition until an opportune moment at the Philadelphia GOP convention.
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Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Taft
Ohio
Stassen
Philadelphia
Snow Breaks Skylight in Fayetteville Office
Snow loosened by thaw toppled through a skylight at Fayetteville city hall during a thaw. Several hundred pounds crashed into an interior office three floors below narrowly missing Frances Lee. Damages estimated at several hundred dollars.
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Fayetteville
The
Public Works Commission
Fayetteville City Hall
Frances Lee
Prices Given Breather For One Day
New York prices paused after a week of declines as markets closed for Lincoln’s birthday. Grains and cotton led the drop with broad effects in commodity and securities markets worldwide. Analysts foresee continued price falls, while officials blame mass speculation for the boom and bust.
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New York
United States
Lincoln
Manila
Copenhagen
Sydney
Toronto
London
British Exchange
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
A. W. Zelemek
International Statistical Bureau
Zelemek
Chary
Anderson
AFL
CIO
AFL Meet Cutters Union
Chicago
Lucas
D-Ill
Fayetteville Opens Emergency Kerosene Pool for Residents
Fayetteville acts to ease fuel shortages by launching an emergency kerosene distribution pool run by the city with fuel dealers. The mayor and building inspector approve hardship cases granting purchase rights at four filling stations. Three oil dealers pledge five percent of monthly quotas to the pool.
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Fayetteville
Costa Rica Police Nix Coup Plot Before It Grows
In San Jose troops and police thwart a bid to topple Costa Rica’s government and install former president Rafael Calderon Guardia. Violence erupted after Sunday elections. a police officer was killed and gangs roamed in colored armbands. Calderon alleges fraud. Ulate accuses communists and some army men. Defense Minister Rene Picado backs Ulate.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Rafael Calderon Guardia
Republicano Nacional
Vanguardia Popular
Communist
Calderon
Otilio Ulate Blanco
Union Nacional
Ulate
Eudora Picado Michalski
Rene Picado
Huge Snowslide Buries Three Coaches in Gorge
A massive snowslide swept a tiny gauge Denver and Rio Grande Western train near the Cumbres mountains 50 miles southwest of Alamosa Colorado. Eleven passengers and three crew survived with injuries to two brakemen and a railroad messenger. The slide 100 feet wide and 10 feet deep derailed the train, leaving cars piled in the gorge as the survivors reached safety after a two and a quarter hour trip.
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Alamosa
Colo
Mountain Gorge
Denver and Rio Grande Western
George Ottoway
Railroad Express
Victor Ingle
Cumbres
Colorado-New Mexico
Indictment and factionalism threaten unions in 1948 drive
A federal grand jury indictment cited the CIO and its president Philip Murray under Taft Hartley provisions on political spending. Both AFL and CIO face factionalism within ranks, hampering unified political action as leaders debate league directors and potential third party support.
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Washington
Organized Labor
AFL
CIO
Philip Murray
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Labor League For Political Education
Politica Action Committee
Miami
Bill Hutcheson
AF Carpenters
Dan Tobin
AFI
Henry Wallace
Murray
If Cio
Thi
Girl Will Go Home Sunday Recovered
Betty Lee Woolridge a 21 year old rheumatic heart patient from Ohio is set to go home Sunday. The Canton family funded travel and hospital costs while doctors arranged an operation using animal heart valves. Surgeon Dr Horace G Smith of the Medical College of South Carolina performed the valve repair, improving blood flow and allowing her to enjoy chocolates again.
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Charleston
D. C
Betty Lee Woolridge
Ohio
Cantona
Betty Lee
Associated Press
Th Medical College
Eripled Children’s Society
Tary Club
Canton
Horace G. Smith
Medical Colege
South Carolina
Mon
New York Mayor Ordered To Rest Due To Heart Condition
Mayor William O Dwyer is ordered by his doctor to rest one day each week. He is to stay in bed and avoid night speaking engagements after suffering a coronary heart condition.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
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