Court Decrees Mine Union Innocent
United Mine Workers were found not guilty of contempt of court in the 25 day soft coal strike. Judge Keech ruled there was no clear evidence the union ordered the miners to strike and noted differences from the 1948 contempt case. Government officials eyed mine seizures if production does not resume.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Today
Richmond B. Keech
Reech
Keech
Truman
The
Evening Star
Congress
H. Graham Morrison
Welly H. Hopkins
UMW
Capitol
Cox
Cold March Winds Sweep Across Nation
Blustery, cold March winds whip from the Dakotas to the South Atlantic states. Temperatures drop to mid winter levels in the north central region with Minnesota at 2 below and readings below freezing in the Carolinas, Virginia, and Tennessee while some southern readings stay above freezing. Winds 20 to 40 mph shift into the south and east as the U. S. Weather Bureau forecasts diminishing gusts.
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Dakotas
South Atlantic
North Central
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Midwest
Carolinas
Virginia
Tennessee
U. S
Weather Bureau
Unified U.S. economic policy plans under White House review
A White House led proposal seeks interdepartmental coordination of domestic and foreign economic policy with a White House coordinator. Secretary Acheson advocates tariff reductions to boost Western Europe trade and asks study of agricultural surpluses for anti communist aims. Officials aim to align domestic programs with postwar European recovery.
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Washington
White House
Truman
State Department
Acheson
United States
State Treasury, Commerce, and Agriculture
Europe
ECA
Paul Hoffman
American Airlines Planes Grounded Across the Nation
New York March 2. Most American Airlines planes stood idle at airports nationwide while a coast to coast strike by ground crewmen throttled operations to a fraction of normal. The CIO transport workers union predicted all aircraft would be grounded by nightfall. The walkout affects more than 4,000 maintenance and supply workers in 34 cities and began yesterday after contract talks failed.
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New York
UPI
American Airlines
CIO Transport Workers Union
Crgo
Local blizzard forces closure of rural schools in central New York
A bluebird? bluesard. A fierce local blizzard hit central New York on March 2, with winds around 40 mph and snow reducing visibility. At least 50 rural schools closed as buses could not operate due to drifts and poor conditions.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Midstate
Weather Bureau
Cold snap grips central region with scattered snow
Day over the frosty midcontinent area with little relief in sight and a low-temperature trend into tomorrow. Snow flurries mapped across the Great Lakes and southern reaches with sub freezing readings from Asheville to Roanoke and Knoxville, while other cities posted varied early morning temperatures.
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Gulf States
Asheville
N.C
Roanoke
Nashhille
Great Lakes Region
Knoxville
Tenn
New York
Pennsylvania
New York City
Mercury
Buffalo
Miami
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Boston
Truman Still Seeks One-Year Extension of Rent Controls
President Truman said at a news conference that rent controls should be continued for another year beyond their June 30 expiry. He would only comment on congressional moves to let the controls die.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Sub-freezing pains deepen soft coal emergency nationwide
Sub free temperatures push the soft coal emergency toward a crisis as unemployment swells with over 200000 newly idle in addition to 372000 striking United Mine Workers. Massachusetts gains wartime powers to seize and ration coal while utilities and industries cut power use and heating demand rises amid a cold spell across several states.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Massachusetts
Massachusetts State Executive Council
Paul A. Dever
Devers
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
Bank Cashier Confesses Theft In FBI Case Near Milltown
Kenneth W. Boldt a 46 year old cashier at First National Bank Milltown admitted faking a burglary to cover theft of 21779. He led officers to 19099 hidden in jars and a pipe on his farm and said the rest was deposited in his account. He is held on 25000 bond awaiting grand jury.
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English
Ind
FBI
Federal Grand Jury
Kenneth W. Boldt
First National Bank
Milltown
Harvey G. Foster
Indianapolis
Boldt
Foster
Thirteen Dead Today As Flames Raze Two Homes
A flash fire in Kenosha killed five in a two room cabin and left a man, woman and three children dead. Fire blamed on an oil heater. sheriff reports victims found in bed as crews fought near zero cold. A separate blaze in Monson killed eight in a two story house, injuring a ninth. victims include Elwood Smith his mother Harriet and six children. Norma Smith severely burned.
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Kenosha
Wis
Edward Maxwell
Betty
Jimmy
Steve
Patricia
Maxwell
Pleasant Prairie
Frank Freely
Sheriff's Department
Monson
Elwood Smith
Harriet Smith
Smith
Norma
Dover-Foscroft
Piscataquis County
Bangor
Eugene Bickford
Waoden
Navy Flying Boat Ditches Off Puerto Rico Invasion Mission
A Navy PBM flying boat disappeared after its engines failed while seeking an invasion fleet in broad maneuvers. The plane was ditched about 300 miles north of Haiti. All ten crew members were rescued from liferafts by two Navy surface craft.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Atlantic
Haiti
Yugoslavia Receives Second US Loan Amid Cold War Strains
The export import bank approved a $20 million loan to Yugoslavia responding to Premier Tito's urgent pleas. The move comes amid Tito's battle with Russia and satellite pressure, with observers noting continued US support and expectations of further aid within six months. In Greece, election shifts may influence regional alignments affecting Tito as Greece tilts toward moderate parties. Nationalist China’s Wang Chung-hui affirmed Chiang Kai-shek's legal right to resume leadership as Li Tsung jen contests and plans a return to China to challenge Chiang.
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Yugoslavia
United States
Max Tito
State Department
Tito
Russia
Ayers
Bac
Greece
Athens
Constantin Tsaldaris
China
Wang Chung-hui
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Li Tsung-jen
New York
Bush Seen as Head of New National Science Foundation
Rep. Priest urged President Truman to appoint Dr. Vannevar Bush to lead a proposed national science foundation approved by both houses. Bush, wartime head of O S R D, would guide peacetime basic science research and a scholar ship program while funding training of scientists to bolster America in global scientific leadership. The bill limits atomic research to the AEC and covers physics biology medicine engineering and mathematics with emphasis on theoretical work.
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Priest
D-Tenn
Truman
Vannevar Bush
National Science Foundation
Senate
House
Bush
America
Foundation
Dr. Bush
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Carnegie Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Federal Science Foundation
Roosevelt
Congress
Erica
Atomic Energy Commission
Stock Market On Even Keel Today
Selective buying kept the market on an even keel with small advances and some declines. Investors priced in fuel concerns amid talk of possible government mine seizure, lifting some names such as U S Steel and General Motors while others showed modest gains or losses.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
General Motors
American Era California Edison
Kennecott Cooper
General Electric
Ex-Cell- O
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania R. A
Barnsdall Oil
Certainteed
Youngtown Sheet
Chrysler
Goodyear
Schenley
McIntyre Porew
International Paper
Sou Pacific
Standard Oil
Paramount Pictures
U. S. Gypsum
Truman rules out Moscow trip while president
President Truman stated he will not travel to Moscow during his presidency but would cooperate with peace efforts under the United Nations. He expressed willingness to visit Moscow after his term and supported U N based peace initiatives while declining to comment on McMahon’s plan for a U N session in Moscow. He also signaled readiness to cooperate with a Senate inquiry into alleged Soviet spying in the State Department and defended the loyalty program and civil liberties.
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Washington
Mar
Truman
Moscow
United Nations
McMahon
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Senate
U. N
United States
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tydings
D-Md
McCarthy
R-Wis
Fellow Physician Takes The Stand For Dr Sander
A physician testified that Dr Hermann N Sander told him Mrs Abbie Barrote eyes were open and staring when air was injected into her veins. The 41 year old Sander faces first degree murder charges in the mercy killing of the cancer patient. The witness said he believed the air injection killed Barrote and noted Sander said there was no other reaction.
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Hester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Abbie Borreto
Sander
William J. King
Candia
Christina
Manchester
Abbie Barrote
Milton Helpern
New York City
Parker House Maternity Division Case Details Testimony
Parker House at Elliot Hospital in Manchester figures in testimony about a patient case. Dr Sander allegedly discussed the terminal cancer, weight loss to 70 to 80 pounds, and large drug doses to ease pain. King described prior drug dosing before an air injection and noted the patient was very still before the event.
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Parker House
Elliot Hospital
Manchester
King
Sander
Ing
One-Time Czech Communist Victim Dies by Own Action
Prague reports reveal in a government note that a former high ranking Czech communist suspected of Titoism killed himself in a prison cell. The document also notes the former editor of Rude Pravo confessed to betraying state secrets and Milan Reiman, former chancellor in Zapotocky’s office, committed suicide during an investigation.
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Prague
Mar
Communist Party
Communist Central Committee
Rude Pravo
Milan Reiman
Antonin Zapotocky
Westcott Faces Pressure as Utilities Commissioner Pick
New utilities commissioner Harry Westcott faces a bold demand from Governor Scott to support the governor’s phone expansion plan. The oath ceremony drew over 75 spectators as Scott urged loyal resignations to remake the commission and warned of public dissatisfaction with progress.
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Scott
H. Godwin
Utilities
Westcott
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