Coal miners defy court order as strike persists
Fires of defiance linger as the United Mine Workers face contempt after a back-to-work order. Judge Keech extends the deadline to March 3 and warns fines could reach any amount. Idle miners total about 372,000 while tensions rise in Pennsylvania and eastern Kentucky amid the national coal strike.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Pesenery
Richmond B. Keech
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Reech
UMW
Keech
Defendants Appeal To High Court In Hungarian Spy Case
Bert A Vogeler was sentenced in Hungary today on spy charges. Other defendants face death or long terms. Vogeler and British aide Edgar Sanders were expelled and barred from returning. Mindszenty received life. appeals filed by defense and prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Sanders
Robert A. Vogeler
U. S
Bert A. Vogeler
Emre Geiger
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Budapest
Zoltan Rado
Hungary
Ministry of Heavy Industry
Vogeler
Standard Electric Works
Josef Cardinal Mindsventy
Istvan Justh
Kelemen Domokos
Standard Company
Fdina
McCarthy Charges Head for Senate Investigation
Senator McCarthy accuses an espionage ring within the State Department and names a three member group in a five hour Senate speech. Senator Lucas pushes the Foreign Relations Committee to probe 81 alleged Communist ties in the department. The charges center on a ministerial official, a junior aide, and a former top international education official linked to Voice of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lucas
Illinois
McCarthy
Department
Senate
Wisconsin
White House
Daily Worker
Europe
Office of International Education
Voice of America
Sander Murder Trial Delayed by Surprise Conference
In Manchester New Hampshire defense and prosecution convened a surprise conference as the mercy killing trial of Dr Hermann N Sander was to resume. Judge Wescott reportedly investigated a possible leak about juror names after nine of fifteen jurors were chosen. Six jurors are Catholics.
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Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Harold E. Wescott
Diamance
Wescott
Dr. Sander
Truck Driver Held In Death Of Child
Leslie Steele a 21 year old truck driver was booked on suspicion of murder in the beating death of his two year old niece Star Jene Jean Beven. His wife Dorothy Jean 19 sister of the dead child's mother was also booked on murder suspicion. Autopsy reported internal bleeding brain hemorrhage and extensive bruising from face to toes.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Leslie Steele
Steele
Dorothy Jean
Jene Jean Beven
Frederick N Wherr
Two Killed Three Injured In Greenville Collision
Two cars collided head on near Greenville killing Mrs. Thomas F. Venters 28 of Ayden and her mother Rosa Sutton 54 of Grimesland. Venters daughter Ron Marie 7 had a fractured skull and arm while Diane 2 suffered cuts and bruises. A man and a younger child were treated. one child remained unconscious in critical condition. Charles W. Whitfield Jr 24 of Greenville was in good condition.
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Greenville
Here
Fitt County General Hospital
Thomas F. Venters
Rt. 2
Diane
Charles W. Whitfield, Jr
United States Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Bulgaria
Washington announces suspension of diplomatic relations with Bulgaria after attacks on U S Minister Donald R Heath in Sofia. Heath and other officials are recalled, Bulgaria closes its Washington mission, with 12 legation staff likely to depart in March. The move marks the first wartime break in relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Bulgaria
Donald R. Heath
U. S
Sofia
Heath
Er Voutov
Voutov
State Department
Legation
Liewellyn
Thompson
Voutoev
Sofia Legation
Baptists Consider Sites for New Southeastern Seminary
A sub-committee of the Southern Baptist convention met in Birmingham to study invitations from nine cities for a proposed southeastern theological seminary. Cities named include Greenville Spartanburg Charlotte Asheville Martinsville Columbia Atlanta and Baltimore with site and building guarantees required. Recommendations will go to the May Chicago convention for final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Baptist Convention
Birminham
Southeastern Theological Seminary
John Buchanan
Birningham
Greenville
S. C
Spartanburg
D. C
Charlotte
N. C
Asheville
Martinsville
Buchanan
Baptist Convention
Chicago
Claude Bowen
Greensboro
Louie Newton
Atlanta
Wade Bryant
Roanoke
Vernon Richardson
Baltimore
Douglas Hudgins
Jackson
Miss
A. E. Tibbs
Southeast
Guided Missile Program To Be Reviewed
Washington reports Secretary of Defense Johnson orders a full review of the U S guided missile program amid claims by Senator Lyndon Johnson that the Soviet Union leads the United States by at least two years. The defense department research and development board and its guided missiles committee will report directly to Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Johnson
U.S
Defense Chief
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Army
Navy
Air Force
London
Mediterranean
Churchill Makes Election Issue Of Talks With Russia
Churchill presses for high level talks with Russia on atomic control as a central campaign issue in Britain. Attlee backs UN led diplomacy while focusing on domestic policy, arguing for steady recovery and social reform.
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Churchill
Russia
London
Winston Churchill
Clement Attlee
Anha
Attlee
United Nations
Edinburgh
Labor
Record Cold Grips Northeast as Wave Extends South
A brutal cold front from Canada swept the northeast with sub zero readings near spots and 20 to 55 below in parts of Maine. The weather bureau warned below normal temperatures may persist for three weeks from New York to New Orleans while the south stayed chilly but improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Canada
United States
New England
Maine
U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
New York State
New Orleans
Church Union Blocked by New York Court Ruling
New York State Supreme Court Justice Meier Steinbrink permanently restrained the general council of Congregational Christian churches from pursuing a consolidation with the Evangelical Reformed church. Cadman Memorial Congregational Society and Cadman Memorial Church of Brooklyn won the suit, with the court declaring the general council had no authority to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches
New York State Supreme Court
Evangelical Reformed Church
Meier Steinbrink
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Cadman Memorial Congregational Society
Cadman Memorial Church of
General Council of
Cadman
Loren M. Wood
General Council
Wilson Woman Killed At Washing Machine
Wilson records a 62 year old Mrs. Mattie Batts Driver dying after her shawl became tangled in a washing machine wringer in a back wash house. Coroner R E Goudy said she died almost immediately and the setup prevented grasping the power cord. James W Driver found her body. funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Wilson
Wilson County
R. E. Goudy
Mattie Batts Driver
Driver
James W. Driver
Fire kills father and seven children in Addison home
A fire roared through a two story farm house near Addison Michigan early today killing farmer Gerald Beagle 44 and his seven children aged 14 to 1 with the mother Dorothy Beagle severely burned. Fire officials said the blaze likely started from a defective basement furnace and the house collapsed into the basement trapping the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison, Mich
Gerald Beagle
Geraldine
Barbara Jean
Eloise
Norma Mae
Paul
William
Linda
Dorothy Beagle
Addi
Hargrave Military Academy Building Destroyed by Fire
A fire at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham Virginia last night destroyed the main building housing laboratories library dining room PX classrooms six dormitories and Col A H Camden's offices. About 100 cadets were reportedly unharmed and the structure valued at roughly 500000 with the blaze occurring after 730 PM between the third and fourth floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Hargrave Military Academy
Col. A. H. Camden
Two Baby Sisters Die in Lawrence Fire
In Lawrence Massachusetts on February 21 a basement fire damaged a four story tenement at 6 Elm Street killing Arlene Hussell aged two and Janice Hussell two months old. Their mother Grace Hussell 23 and brothers Robert 3 and Arthur 6 were seriously burned. The first floor apartment was the only one badly damaged as tenants escaped in subzero temperatures.
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Lawrence
Mass
Arlene Hussell
Janice
Grace Hussell
Robert Hussell
Arthur
Hassell
Elm Sstreet
Willis Smith Expected To Enter Senate Race Soon
Raleigh, Feb. 21 Willis Smith is near announcing his bid for the United States Senate in the May 26 Democratic primary to fill the unexpired term of the late J M Broughton. Graham holds the seat by appointment and seeks four more years with Governor Kerr Scott backing him. Reynolds Dunaway and Boyd are also in the race amid broad voter discontent with the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
Willis Smith
United States Senate
J. M. Broughton
Frank P. Graham
Kerr Scott
Graham
Scott
Hoffman Seeks 3.1 Billion for European Recovery Plan
Paul G. Hoffman of the Economic Cooperation Administration asked Congress for 3.1 billion dollars to fund European recovery for the year starting July 1. He sought 2.95 billion in new cash plus 150 million authority to spend from the current fund, saying the move is key to blocking communism and sustaining recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Congress
Huffman
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs
Europe
Continent
Stock Market Is Coasting Today
New York trading today shows caution with many leading issues barely moving. Admiral Corp led gains around a point on a 1949 earnings report while others like U S Steel and General Motors moved lower or were flat.
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New York
Admiral Corp
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Studebaker
Boeing
Emerson Radio
Zenith
Eastman Kodak
American Can
N. Y. Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Gulf Oil
Johns Manville
Page Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Oyster
U. S. Rubber
Douglas Aircraft
Union Carbide
General Electric
American Tobacco
Sante Fe
Twentieth Century-Fox
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Upper Marlboro
Ray Hanberry
Maryland
Hanberry
Crawford
Turner
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Rado
Sanders
High Court
Sander
Red Bulgaria
Baptists
Great Britain
Church Union
N. Y. Court
Son
Hugh Dennis
Hargrove Academy
Robert R. Reynolds
Manly Dunaway
Olla Ray Boyd
Pinetown
North Carolina
Boyd
Dunaway
Reynolds
Hoffman
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