Russia May Absorb European Satellites In Soviet Expansion
Analysts in Washington see possible absorption of Bulgaria Romania Czechoslovakia Hungary and Poland into the Soviet Union as a logical move to simplify control of eastern Europe. The piece notes the Baltic annexations of 1940 and positions the USSR as holding vast agricultural mineral and industrial wealth in these dependencies.
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Washington
Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Baltic
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Oland
Fuehrer
Bulgaria
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
U.S.S.R
United States
British Commonwealth
Europe
Philadelphia Transit Strike Rages Nine Days
Philadelphia on Feb 19 faced a prolonged transit strike with 11,000 workers demanding at least 13 cents an hour after rejecting a seven-cent offer from Philadelphia Transportation Company. CIO leaders warned of national involvement if talks stall, while Mayor Bernard Samuel urged acceptance and PTC insisted a higher raise would bankrupt the firm.
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Philadelphia
National Cio
Michael Quill
CIO Transport Workers Union
S.U.S
Alan Heywood
CIO
Quill
Philadelphia Transportation Company
PTC
MIT
Andrew Kaelin
Bernard Samuel
Charles Ebert
Soviets Set Up No Man s Land In Center Of Berlin
Soviet authorities imposed a no mans land through central Berlin banning pedestrians and loiterers at control points amid border shootings and two deaths. Reports note currency tensions, new “People s judges,” alleged East German market manipulation, and airlift milestones surpassing one million tons of supplies since June.
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No-Man’s Land
Berlin
Russia
Communist “Democratic Women's Federation
V. S. Seminov
Stalin
Kremlin
Truman
Britain
France
Alexander Kotikov
West Berlin
Two Czechoslovak Students Hanged for Espionage
Prague reports two students Miroslav Choc and Slavoj Sadek were executed at Pankrac prison for spying for the United States. They were part of a group convicted last November. others escaped and were tried in absentia.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
Pankrac
Miroslav Choc
Slavoj Sadek
Argentina Stock Market Plunges Amid Peron economic moves
Buenos Aires reports a sharp stock decline with the market closed and traders fearing renewed losses when it opens Monday. President Peron has dismissed the economic czar, reorganized the council, and imposed import limits as dollar reserves dwindle.
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Buenos Aires
Peron
Juan D. Peron
Miguel Miranda
National Economic Council
United States
Argentina
Disinflation and the Economic Mood
Washington reports suggest prices have fallen slightly while living costs remain well above prewar levels. Economists warn against assuming a new deflationary trend, noting persistent inflation compared with 1939 and 1946 benchmarks and hinting at a possible continued rise.
Fresh cold air floods western storm belt with subzero temps
A mass of cold Arctic air plunged temperatures to near zero across the western storm belt. Snow and strong winds spread through northern Wyoming, the Dakotas, Nebraska, and into Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas, easing some flood threats while others faced continued snow and ice.
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Associated Press
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Wyoming
Dakotas
Nebraska
Mercury
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kansas
Falls City
Nebra
Portland
Ore
Timberline Lodge
Mt. Hood
Oregon
Utah
Air Force
Nevada
Midwest
Middle Atlantic
Chicago
Rochester
N. Y
Buffalo
Syracuse
Miami
Phoenix
Ariz
Scott urges lawmakers to think for themselves on taxes
Raleigh Feb 19 Governor Scott told reporters that the general assembly must decide tax plans for programs it favors and that lawmakers should think for themselves. He warned he could do the taxing if they fear confrontation and noted he backs away on some points while inviting public input.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Scott
Joint Finance Committee
Joint Sessions
State Education Commission
Budget Commission
Plane crashes kill 14 in England and 8 in Argentina
In Coventry England fourteen people died when a British air liner and an RAF trainer collided near the city. The Dakota DC-3 was en route London to Renfrew Scotland with six passengers and four crew among the dead. In northwest Argentina a U S Army C 47 transport crash near Salta killed Col Gerald E Williams his wife and six others. The plane was en route from Panama to Buenos Aires and the search continues for wreckage and survivors.
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Coventry
England
British European Airways
Air Ministry
Midlands
United States
London
Renfrew Scotland
Exhall Hospital
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Salta
U. S
Gerald E. Williams
Presque Isle
Marjorie V. Williams
Arthur F. Parker
Comregidor
Philippines
B. H. Hovey
Panama
Williams
Charles H. Mayo
Greenville
8. C
VU. S
Hugh A Willis
Newton
N. C
Linwood E. Stanton
Canoe
Ala
Uriah Horst
Tecoma
Wash
Robert C. Fracier
Odessa
Tex
Canestari
Cardinal Mindszenty Seeks Peace With State Church
A Rome informed source says Hungary's Cardinal Mindszenty has sent a letter urging peace between church and state. Catholic bishops met privately in Budapest yesterday but did not decide on the letter.
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Budapest
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
GOP Drives For Agreement On Labor Legislation
Senate Republicans push for a united front on three core labor bill issues. Taft lists the closed shop national emergency strikes and secondary boycotts penalties as the main sticking points. Ives says a bipartisan agreement is possible with some Democrats likely to join.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Ives
N.Y
Ive
Senate Labor Committee
Senate Hurdles Loom For Salvage Of Car Inspection Law
Raleigh police and state lawmakers wrestle with a stalled motor vehicle inspection act as the House votes to kill it and sends the bill to the Senate where opposition is expected. Governor Scott is asked to address a liquor referendum at a joint session next Wednesday amid a mass Capitol hearing. A $200 million rural road bond proposal also stirs debate as committees weigh amendments and set timelines.
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Senate
House
Scott
General Assembly
House Roads Committee
Finance Committee
Senate Roads Committee
House Education Committee
Price Tendency Downward Today On Stock Market
New York stock market showed downward tendencies on February 19 with notable losers including General Motors General Electric Sears Roebuck and Paramount Pictures. Advancing issues included Woolworth International Harvester and American Telephone among others.
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New York
General Motors
Goodrich
Sears Roebuck
Glenn Martin
General Electric
Allied Chemical
Santa Fe
Illinois Central
Atlantic Coast Line Standard Oijl
Paramount Pictures
Woolworth
International Harvester
Distillers Corp
American Telephone
Electric Power & Light
Phelps Dodge
Union Carbide
Northern Pacific
Texas Co
AP Commodity Price Index Advances This Week
The Associated Press commodity price index rose for the first time in eight Fridays. The index stood at 167.77 versus 165.76 a week earlier, with gains led by food, livestock and grains and cotton components, while non-ferrous metals were unchanged.
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New York
Chiang Kai-shek pressuring Li Tsung-jen to stay put
Reports from Nanking claim Chiang Kai-shek cannot relinquish control as Li Tsung-jen seeks peace with the Communists. Daily calls with Nationalist leaders reveal Chiang’s restless activity and apparent efforts to influence governance despite his retirement six weeks earlier.
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Nanking
Li Tsung-jen
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Raleigh Honors Dr James Shepard and Elects Carnage to Raleigh Board
The North Carolina General Assembly honored Dr James E Shepard founder and long time president of North Carolina College at Durham who died since the last session. Raleigh city council elected F J Carnage to the Raleigh board of education noting his respected record as a Black educator and lawyer. An observer from eastern North Carolina called these actions a sign of cordial racial relations in the state and warned against outside interference. Dinner plans for the Jackson Jefferson event are tentative with national and state Democratic committees opening headquarters at the Sir Walter Hotel for a late March or early April gathering.
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General Assembly
James E. Shepard
North Carolina College
Durham
Raleigh
F. J. Carnage
Raleigh Board of Education
North Carolina
North
Sir Walter Hotel
Assurance
Lodge Encouraged By Talks On North Atlantic Pact
Senator Lodge says Secretary Acheson left closed door briefing with a hopeful view of progress on the North Atlantic Alliance. No final wording or commitment, lawmakers caution Congress must declare war. pact aims to reassure Western Europe and Canada while preserving constitutional limits.
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Washington
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Canada
United States
North Atlantic
Congress
Lodge
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Rushville
Ind
Seter Baldwin
United Stat
SOS Signals Flash Across Atlantic Mystery Claims Kill Me
A string of cryptic SOS messages, including they are trying to kill me, was heard over the Atlantic as the Army transport Gen. Stuart Heintzelman and the vessel William Phips passed Gibraltar en route to Galveston. British shortwave listeners confirmed the signals.
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Atlantic Ocean
Coast Guard
Stuart Heintzelman
Azores
William Phips
Portland
Gibraltar
Galveston
Tex
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