Wallace Denounces Red Taint In Progressive Party
CHICAGO Feb 25 Henry A Wallace and supporters sought to purge the progressive party of a communist taint. He urged adoption of a convention move condemning Soviet influence while stressing progressives welcome communists who share reformist goals. He warned against endorsing any nation’s foreign policy and urged a campaign for peace.
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Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
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Soviet Russia
Philadelphia
Rome
Moscow
London
United States
Russia
Progressive Rty
Communist Party
Enemies of
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Upchurch Takes Publicity Post for Graham
Raleigh February 25 UP C A Abie Upchurch Jr veteran newsman today became publicity director for U S Senator Frank P Graham He resigned as director of the ABC Board beer division which he organized last April C W Satterwhite will serve as acting director Upchurch praised for cleaning up beer outlets and resigning to return to public relations work
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Raleigh
C. A.abie) Upchurch
Today
U. S
Frank P. Graham
Upchurch
ABC Board
Malt Beverage Control
Ralph
Pittsburghers Get Coal Without Picket Trouble
Pittsburgh workers received coal relief without picket disturbance as state police escorted truck convoys. United Mine Workers braved 10 degree cold at the Imperial strip mine to peel coal from frozen ground.
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Pittsburgh
Imperial
United Mine Worker
R D W Connor Succumbs To Brief Illness
Durham February 25 R D W Connor historian and former US archivist died at Watts hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage at home in Chapel Hill Funeral services will be held at Chapel Hill Episcopal church tomorrow at 3 30 P M with burial in Chapel Hill cemetery Connor organized the North Carolina Historical Commission and was its first secretary He later served as UNC faculty member
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Chapel Hill
Connor
North Carolina Historical Commission
Hearne to Be Irish Ambassador to the United States
Dublin reports John J Hearne named Ireland first ambassador to the United States. The appointment follows a U S Ireland decision to upgrade diplomats from minister to ambassador. Hearne has been high commissioner in Canada for 12 years.
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Dublin
Ireland
John J. Hearne
United States
Hearne
Canada
Irving Bacheller Dies At 90 In New York Hospital
Irving Bacheller, famed American novelist of the turn of the century and author of Eben Holden, died after a long illness at 90 in the Westchester division of a New York hospital. He also edited the old New York World from 1898 to 1900 and founded the first American newspaper syndicate in 1884 before selling it to Cosmopolitan after 12 years.
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White Plains
N. Y
Irving B Bacheler
America
Westchester
New York Hospital
Bacheller
Eben Holden
Yearcheller
New York World
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Labour Wins Narrow Victory in Britain Defining a Century
Britain’s Labour party secured a record smashing return to power with a slim 10 seat majority in the House of Commons. Prime Minister Clement Attlee plans to maintain government as Conservative challenger Churchill’s bid neared the threshold. King George VI remained at Windsor Castle as Labour readies a birthday celebration and faces a threatened broader socialist program.
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London
Britain
Socialist Labor Party
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
House of Commons
Attlee
George VI
Windsor Castle
Winston Churchill
Labor
Five Wounded In Greenwich Village Night Club Standup
Five people were wounded in a gun battle at the Moroccan Village club in Greenwich Village New York. Detectives exchanged fire with a holdup band as patrons ducked under tables and fled. Three men were captured after a wild chase including a cab commandeering suspect.
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New York
Greenwich Village
West Sth Street
John O'Neill
Such Cabbage Has Seldom Been Seen
Mrs. John O. Peterson found a bag of $86.75 in cash after shopping at George Munson's grocery in Los Angeles. An absent minded clerk had stuffed the money into her bag and the police recovered it for the store.
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Los Angeles
John O. Peterson
George Munson
Crough
Smith and Graham Race Shapes North Carolina Senate Fight
Raleigh biographical note on Smith entering the U S Senate race against Frank Graham. The piece compares liberal Graham with conservative Smith, notes Reynolds’ entry as a fringe challenger, lists other hopefuls Manley Dunaway and Olla Boyd, and mentions campaign headquarters plans and timing.
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Reynolds
Graham
University of North Carolina
Senate
Long
Raleigh
State House
American Bar Association
Scott
J. Melvinne Broughton
Manley R. Dunaway
Charlotte
Olla Ray Boyd
Pinetown
Superior Court
Jeff D. Johnson, Jr
Broughton
I 1Ng
Republicans See Rightward Shift From British Vote
Washington February 25 Republicans praised Conservative gains in Britain as a sign of a rightward swing in the western world. GOP lawmakers predicted a favorable impacto on November elections with Rep Halleck asserting Republicans will regain control of Congress. Democratic leaders urged caution noting British results may not translate to U.S. politics.
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Washington
Prepublicans
Waldshiers
GOP
Senate
House
Rep
Halleck
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Arends
R-N
Lucas of
Tallinois
Army rules Karpe death accidental in Austrian tunnel
U S Army authorities said Captain Eugene S Karpe died accidentally Thursday in a railroad tunnel south of Salzburg Austria After an unscheduled stop near Golling investigators suggested he failed to re board as the Arlberg express moved The ballast near the tunnel wall was found freshly burned indicating a possible fall or struggle by Karpe a friend of Robert A Vogler now jailed for espionage and sabotage
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Vienna
Austria
U. S
Eugenes
Karpe
Salzburg
Arlberg
Golling
Annapolis
Robert A. Vogeler
Army
Influenza Cases Rise Across United States in Week
The U S Public Health Service reports 16 223 influenza cases in the week ending February 18 up from 7 967 the prior week. Year to date total reaches 49 640 versus 32 208 at this point in 1949. The early year high was 147 779 in 1946.
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Washington
United States
U. S. Public Health Service
Dead Woman's Husband May Be Called to Defend
Manchester New Hampshire February 25 1939 Doctor Hermann N Sander faces a murder trial for killing his cancer patient Abbie Borretto by lethal air injections Counsel Louis F E Wyman challenged a state claim that Borretto husband Reginald Borroto had no part in his wife death The defense may call Borroto as a witness if the state fails to do so
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N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Sander
Abbie Borreto
Louis FE. Wyman
Thomas FE. O'Brien
Borroto
O'Brien
Reginald Borroto
Dr. Sander
Four Czech Soldiers Escape Across Border
German police reported that four Czechoslovak soldiers in uniform fled from near the border into West Germany on Wednesday. They said they were assigned to cut wood and fled due to heavy work and poor rations. The soldiers were not armed.
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Hof
Germany
West Germany
Pitts Given 21 Year Sentence in Salenm Crossroads Robbery
Robert Pitts, 39, labeled the man without fingerprints, received a 21 year prison term for armed robbery and highway robbery in the theft of 41 350 from J Wash Ladd at Salem Crossroads last Aug 13. Peggy Jean King 21 got five years and Harry Russell 34 received 10 for acting in the crime. Russell testified Pitts and him bound the 72 year old Ladd and hid the money in a fishing tackle box. Fairfield county jury swift in conviction after 20 minutes of deliberation.
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S. C
Robert Pitts
Charlotte
N. C
J. Wash Ladd
Salem Crossroads
T. B. Greneker
Peggy Jean King
Harry Russell
Russell
Pitts
Ladd
Fairfield County General Sessions Court
Miss King
Cold Wave Hits Midwest and East With Frigid Readings
A late February cold wave chills a wide area from the Dakotas to Virginia with subzero readings in Bemidji and Pembina and 7 below in Chicago suburbs. The Midwest suffers the coldest marks while the Rockies stay mild and light snow flurries touch Iowa Missouri and parts of the Dakotas.
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Dakotas
Virginia
Bemidjs
Minn
Pembina
N.D
Illinois
Chicago
Mississippi River
Atlantic
New England
Rocky Mountain
Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Pacific Northwest
Bank Assets Frozen By McGrath Bank
The United States froze assets and halted payments held in this country by Bulgarian Hungarian and Romanian citizens. Acheson signaled potential breaks with Hungary and Romania while McGrath cited delaying American claims as the reason. Vogeler’s Hungary espionage case loomed as a possible factor in the broader diplomatic shift.
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Washington
United States
Bulgaria
McGrath
Acheson
Hungary
Romania
Justice Department
Robert Vogeler
Budapest
Vogeler
State Department
United
Three Killed as Locomotive Explodes Near Tarboro
An Atlantic Coast Line freight engine boiler exploded last night near Tarboro three miles west of town. Engineer C. E. Boyette Brakeman J. H. Carson both white and fireman Bud Tillman a Negro of Rocky Mount died. The 23-car local freight ran from Plymouth to Rocky Mount and trackside telegraph lines were damaged. Conductor H. T. Gunn and Flagman H. R. Speight survived.
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Tarboro
Atlantic Coast Line
C. E. Boyette
J. H. Carson
Bud Tillman
Rocky Mount
Plymouth
Here
Hlomes
H. T. Gunn
H. R. Speight
Stock Market Open Downgraded on Dividend News
New York stock market opened lower on February 25 as unfavorable dividend news hit several issues. Packero fell after a block of 12,000 shares, dipping to 4 and Chesapeake & Ohio dropped after directors took no dividend action. Other decliners included Anaconda Copper New York Central Pennsylvania U S Steel Westinghouse and Twentieth Century Fox.
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Packaro
Chesapeake & Ohio
Anaconda Copper
N. Y. Central
Pennsylvania
U. S. Steel
Westinghouse Pd
Twentieth Century. Fox
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