Flag Burned As Indian Mob Attacks U S Office in Bombay
A mob of about 300 demonstrators in Bombay tore down the U S information service flag at the U S Consulate library and burned it in the street. Walter D. Shackleton reported the assault and said he would file protests to India and Britain. No serious injuries reported.
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Bombay
Royal Indian Navy
United States
U. S. Information Service Office
Walter D. Shackleton
Ralph Black
U.S.S
New Delhi
Shackleton
U.S.U
U.S.L
Hornby Road
Ton
Reuters
Mohandas Gandhi
India
Villa Hugel shows baronial Krupp wealth built on blood
The World Today describes the Krupp villa Hugel in Essen as a symbol of war profits used to fund German aggression. It notes Alfred Krupp’s role in arming Germany from 1870 onward, its imposing yet oppressive design, and the column’s belief that the price of Krupp power is measured in millions of lives.
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Essen
Germany
Enc
Krupps
House of Krupp
Krupp
Alfred Krupp
Rmany’s
France
Stpp’s
Kaiser Wilhelm
Krupp’s
Hilter
Europe
Mack
Villa Hugel
Durham merit system opens exams for April enlistment
The North Carolina merit system office announces applications are now being accepted for examinations on April 13 to fill vacancies in claims examiners senior examiners and supervising examiners. Exams will be at about eleven national centers. Apply by March 28, 1946, via the merit system office Durham NC O Box 2328.
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Durham
North Line Merit System
Ims
Merit System
O. Box
N. C
Seven Die Violently in North Carolina in One Day
CHARLOTTE February 19 an unusual day of violence left seven dead in North Carolina. Six deaths were highway accidents including Edwin Champion of Sharon South Carolina and Lewis Jones of Lockhart South Carolina in a truck collision near Concord. Sanford saw two deaths and four serious injuries after a two car crash. The victims included Wesley Thompson 33 of Sanford Herbert Crump 21 of Greensboro Hilton Lawrence 10 near Dunn Carl Wishon 37 of near Newton. An elderly watchman John Foster 76 was found shot to death in Durham and Sheriff Belvin died by his own hand.
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Concord
Edwin Lafayette Champion
Sharon
S. C
Lewis Re Jones
Lockhart
Sanford
Wesley Thompson
Herbert Mack Crump
Greensboro
Hilton Ray Lawrence
Dunn
Newton
Carl Wishon
John Foster
Durham
E. G. Belvin
Explosion Rocks New Orleans Housing Block Killing Unknown
An early morning blast wrecked a 14 apartment era housing unit in New Orleans. The brick building collapsed and rescue teams worked hours later to reach the ruins. Eight people were hospitalized, with one critically injured. Police and firemen offered few escapees. Cause under investigation.
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New Orleans
Caravan Of Taxicabs Head To Washington In Massillon Stop
A taxi driver veterans caravan of about 350 people in 148 cabs moves from Massillon to Washington to challenge Chicago cab limits seen as a monopoly controlled by two firms. Edgar Sirles leads the group seeking Justice Department action and aims to camp in the capital until demands are met. General Coxey, 91, previously led protests and is in Washington again to press bonds and employment relief.
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Washington
American Cab Drivers Association
Soldier Field
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Massillon
Coxey's Army
Edgar Sirles
American Cab Drivers Association For
Department of Justice
Sirles
Jacob S. Coxey
Congress
Pera Oyed
Capitol
Anne
Coxey
Pennsylvania
Seversky Foresees Atomic War Across Polar Front
Maj Alexander P. de Seversky, aviation authority and War Department consultant, predicts a future atomic age war sparked by an airborne strike across the north pole from one industrial heart to another. He says victory hinges on air superiority and guided missiles, and warns against overreliance on atomic bonds. He urges American preparation in technology science and psychology.
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Washington
Alexander P. de Seversky
North Pole
Aviation Authority
War Department
Seversky
Pacific
Hirohito Tours Torn Japan After War Destruction
In Tokyo on February 19 Emperor Hirohito toured war wreckage of his empire. He spoke briefly with workers, unguarded aside from American MPs, as he rode through burned industrial zones and seemet factory ruins and rusted huts, signaling a fragile postwar nation.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hirohito
Pauley Denies Top Men Are His Partners
Edwin W. Pauley told the Senate Naval Committee that Postmaster General Hannegan and other officials do not share in his oil and other large holdings. He said he once discussed a potential Hannegan investment in a California oil venture but it never materialized.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Hannegan
Truman
Senate Naval Committee
Tobey
R-Nh
California
Canada investigates secret leak tied to atomic energy
Ottawa reports cabinet regular meeting discussed broader phases of government investigators in the leak of secret information about atomic energy. Royal Canadian Mounted Police lead the inquiry with no authoritative cabinet confirmation. Russia’s right to seek atomic bomb secrets is argued by Joseph E. Davies in Havana.
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Ottawa
Cabinet Council
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Eldorado Gold Mines, Ltd
Russia
Joseph E. Davies
U. S
Us.s.r
Havana
Cuba
King
Moscow Radio Home Service
Tass
Red Star
Cardinal Mindszenty Lands in Rome After Detention
Cardinal Mindszenty arrived at Ciampino airport via a U S Army plane after Russian Budapest clearance, ending days of detentions. He was among 32 prelates elevated to the purple but received his title in Absentia. Hungarian demonstrations against him continued amid political tension.
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Rome
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Ciampino
Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest
U. S
William S. Key
Hungary
Mindszenty
Mindsentty
Msgr
Francesco Luttor
Henry Ford II to Face Senate Banking Committee
Henry Ford II was invited to appear personally before the House Banking Committee to present his side in the Ford OPA pricing dispute. Bowles defended the OPA while lawmakers pressed the agency over auto price controls and Ford’s claim of production delays.
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Henry Ford
Senate
Bowles
Washington
House Banking Committee
OPA
Spence
D-Ky
Ford
Crawford
Rmich
Young Ford
Ford Motor Company
Buffett
R-Neb
Chester Bowles
Corree
Shane Les
Ford Company
Ford Auto
Patman
D-Tex
White Collar Workers Are Given Praise
Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace told about 400 delegates at the CIO United Office and Professional Workers convention in Cleveland that business can raise pay without triggering price increases or lower profits. He said many white collar workers struggle to maintain health and decency and that their contributions carry value beyond economic measures. He noted about 2,000,000 of America's 12,000,000 white collar workers.
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Cleveland
Henry A. Wallace
United Office and Professional Workers of America
CIO
U. S
Wallace
America
Nazis Accused of Slaughter by Russian Prosecutor
MERNBERG February 19 Russian Prosecutor Colonel L N Smirnov told the international military tribunal that retreating Nazis killed thousands of Russians including POWs during 1943 describing frantic haste in slaughters and mass killings by German forces.
Hunger toll at Leningrad amid siege cited by Soviet prosecutors
Soviet prosecutors told the international military tribunal that 632,253 residents of Leningrad died of hunger during the 900 day siege by German forces.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribunal Today
Leningrad
Russia
Brutal Nazi Atrocity Details Surfaces in Testimony
Smirnov described how Nazi forces sometimes compelled victims to carry wood to a cremation pyre and lie on it before being shot. Another group was forced to pile more wood on the corpses.
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Smirnov
All Corners of World Congratulate New Cardinals
The Vatican honors 32 new cardinals from 19 nations across six continents in a record consistory. U S cardinals Spellman Glennon Stritch Mooney receive well wishers as they begin official visits and prepare for biretta and ring ceremonies before the Pope.
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Vatican City
College of Cardinals
Vatican
United States
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
John Cardinal Glennon
St. Louis
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Chicago
Edward Cardinal Mooney
Detroit
Apostolic Chancery
Pius XII
Vatican Radio
St. Peter’s Church
Hal Friay
Settlement in Philadelphia Ends 12 Hour AT&T Strike
Associated Press reports a 12 hour negotiation in Philadelphia led to a settlement of a 1,000 AT&T long lines workers strike. The union demanded investigation of three promotions, with written grievances to follow and another meeting planned. The Philadelphia agreement averted a potential nationwide strike.
Mississippi levees face acid test as flood threat shifts
Rain eased over the Yazoo River levees in Mississippi fueling hope reinforced banks can hold against a potential flood. Army engineers warned of limits if rains resume, noting the levees can take only so much and weather shifts push rain eastward toward the Atlantic states.
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Associated Press
Yazoo River
Mississippi
Southeast
Middle Atlantic
New York
New England
Great Lakes
Yazoo
Greenwood
Yazoo City
Miss
Missouri
Pacific
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Maj. Seversky
Pole
Pauley
Cardinal
Pope Pius XII
Sacred College of Cardinals
Enrico Dante
Frederico Callori di Vignale
Pope Pius
Diego Venini
Frank Noel
Atlanta
Miami
Tampa
Pauline Chapel
Toraldo di Francia
Philadelphia
Reath
Peter J. Manno
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Manno
Federation of Long Lines Telephone Workers
Ind
J. E. Dingman
John J. Moran
Federation of Line Telephone Workers
Memphis
Edwin R. Hackett
Commercial Telephone Workers Union of
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Hackett
Telephone Legraph Company
Assembly
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Tenn
Joseph A. Bierne
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