France Ready for U S Arms as Morale Slumps in Paris
Paris dispatch describes low French morale awaiting the first U S military aid shipments amid Communist threats to block landings. The AP chief notes French weakness postwar defeats and concern over authorities and allies, with secrecy over shipment dates and a tense political climate.
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U. S
Associated Press
Paris
Preston Grover
France
America
Russia
Ho Chi Minh
Fires Kill Eight More Across Nation in Freezing Weather
Fires in scattered sections of the United States killed eight children and three adults, lifting the 48 hour fire death toll to 30. Victims include whole families and a baby suffocated after a smoke misidentification by a fireman. In Washington DC an oil stove blast claimed five children. New York and Massachusetts deaths followed as cold weather hampered firefighting.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
James Jones
New York
Audrey Baskin
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
New England
Egwin Rawson
Whitinsville
Mass
James F. McCormack
Hopkinton
Lawrence
Philip Largo
Largo
Defense Surgeon Admits No Medical Reason for Injecting Air Into Blood
Manchester case proceeds as Dr. Dwinnell testifies no medical basis for air injection. Dr. Sander is charged with murder by air injection of Mrs. Abbie Borreto, age 59, amid defense claims the injections occurred after her death. The defense notes Sander acted under emotional strain and not with intent to kill.
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Manchester N. H
Hermann N. Sander
George F. Dwinnell
Elliot Hospital
Manchester
Sander
Abbie Borreto
William L. Phinney
Dwinnell
Swinnell
Ralph E. Langdell
The
Langdell
Dr. Sander
Gambill Sentenced to Life for Pistol Slaying
John Worth Gambill, 18, was given life in prison after a Surry County jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the December shooting death of Claire L. Brown, 32, a pie salesman who befriended him near Elkin. The judge imposed the automatic sentence.
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Brown
Winston-Salem
Gambill
Wintry Blasts Freeze Eastern U S Winter Grips Nation
The Arctic air swept from Minnesota to the Atlantic causing schools to close and travel to slow. Central New York saw a blizzard with motorists stranded while temperatures plunged well below zero across New England and mid-Atlantic states. Winds toppled a tugboat in Chesapeake Bay and freight operations faced delays as western Maryland reported heavy snow.
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Minnesota
Atlantic Seaboard
Georgia
Midwest
New York State
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Albany
N. Y
Caribou
Burlington
Carolinas
Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
Florida
Jacksonville
Miami
Birmingham
Ala
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Mt. Summit
Fayette County
Newark
N. J
New York City
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
International Falls
Wausau
Wis
Chicago
Special Treatments For Stricken Boy
Duke hospital specialists planned special treatments for nine year old Jesse White, burned in a Christmas day fire five years ago. He arrived from Shriners Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina after 40 skin grafts, two operations, and 86 blood transfusions with grafts less successful than hoped.
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Durham
Mar
Duke Hospital
Jesse White
Shriners Hospital
Greenville
S. C
Duke
U S Missionary Nurse Maxville Slain After Kidnapping in Burma
U S embassy reports American missionary nurse Selma Maxville was tortured and killed by Burmese bandits after her kidnapping near Moulmein on February 18. Ballard R. Donnell said rescuers and villagers pursued the gang. ransom demands were made but villagers attempted a rescue prematurely.
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Rangoon
U. S
Selma M. Maxville
Washington
Senatoria
Miss Maxville
Moulmein
Ballard R. Donnell
Donnell
Mama
World Peace Delegation Barred From Entry by U S
The United States refused to permit a 12 member World Peace delegation headed by Pablo Picasso to visit, saying the group includes known communists or fellow travelers and passports visas will be denied. Senate leaders pressed to block entry, labeling the group a communist front.
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Washington
United States
Pablo Picasso
State Department
Capitol Hill
World Congress of Partisans of Peace
Senate
GOP
Congress
Lucas
Illinois
Connaly
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Wherry
R-Neb
Paris
Canterbury
Hewlett Johnson
Ivor Montague
Atomic
Max Cosyns
Eugene
Missing Woman Returns Home After Week Long Absence
Mrs. Helen B. Overlander 30, mother of three, returned to Rensselaer from Stillwater Oklahoma where she had visited her brother Wieser G. Bates. She claimed to have left due to a mistaken belief she had cancer and was not at home when her husband Sherrell Overlander 33 a truck driver arrived. Police quoted her as hoping her husband would take her back.
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Rensselaer
N.Y
Helen B. Overlander
Stillwater
Okla
Wieser G. Bates
Sherrell Overlander
Overlander
Charles Stewart
Burdette Resigns as Asheville City Manager
Pat M. Burdette resigned after 15 years as Asheville city manager. He will join White Transportation as an executive, a firm now operating Asheville buses and recently taking over Raleigh’s bus franchise. The resignation takes effect April 1. J Weldon Weir is named as likely successor.
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Asheville
Mar
Pat M. Burdette
White Transportation Company
Raleigh
J. Weldon Weir
President Seeks Immediate Report on Coal Dispute
President Truman asked the fact finding board for an immediate report on the coal contract dispute and cancelled most engagements to focus on the crisis. David Cole scheduled a meeting to outline each party’s position on remaining issues, with public release decisions left to the president. Senate Labor Committee at standstill.
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Washington
Mar
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Aertain
Ross
Cole
David Cole
Paterson
N. J
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Congress
United Mine Workers Union
Justice Department
Tem
Flu And Mumps Prevalent In Eastern Counties
An epidemic of flu and virus infections was reported in Wilson and Nash counties. Wilson health officer Dr H W Stevens said about 20 percent of rural and 25 percent of city populations are in bed with no fatal cases. Nash health official Dr J S Chamblee reported 1701 cases in two weeks, with many more likely. Red Oak school in Nash county tallied 56 mumps cases.
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Wilson
N. C
Nash
H. W. Stevens
J. S. Chamblee
Red Oak School
Nash County
Navy Comes to Rescue Of Coal-Hungry Southeast
The navy aided coal-short institutions in seven states by supplying 17 000 tons of coal from Charleston base to the sixth naval district. Maine asked to use stored coal for schools as shortages worsened. Industry layoffs rose as Ford and Kaiser warned of broader shutdowns, and curtailments hit Packard Electric and East Ohio Gas.
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Navy
Southeast
Maine
Federick G. Payne
Air Force
Presque Isle
Allied Industries
United Mine Workers
America
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
Montana
Calif
Kaiser Steel Corporation
Warren
Packard Electric
General Motors
Ohio
Youngstown
Cleveland
East Ohio Gas Company
New York State
Bertram Tallamy
Tallamy
Tension Mounts in UN East West Split and China Crisis
Informants report growing East West tension at the United Nations with a possible mid May special session to address the China question and the atomic bomb. The Soviet bloc continues a boycott since January as Chiang Kai-shek's government represents China.
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United Nations
U. N
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Coal Scarce In Carolinas Amid Cold Snap
Carolinas face coal shortages as an ice cold snap continues. Winston-Salem declares a state of emergency. Gov Thurmond names a state fuel coordinator. Charleston naval base offers 17 000 tons to public institutions in the Sixth Naval District. Distribution and conservation urged to aid needy.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Marshall Kurfees
Winston-Salem
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Charlotte
Charleston
Naval District
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Brown- Williamston Tobacco Company
Mount Airy
Surry Counery
E. H. Talbert
Reesearch, Planning and Deverment Board
Stock Market In Cautious Trend
New York March 3 Prices scarcely budged as traders faced a cautious day ahead of potential coal mine seizures. Paramount Pictures led gains while several industrials and utilities rose. declines included Gulf Oil Kennecott and Westinghouse as the market absorbed lingering uncertainties.
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New York
Paramount Pictures
Hercules Motors
U. S. Rubber
National Distillers
Ex-Cell-O
Consolidated Edison
Allied Chemical
General Electric
N. Y. Central
Southern Railway
Missouri Pacific Preferred
Texas Co
Goodrich
J. I. Case
Admiral Corp
Columbia Gas
Kennecott Copper
Air Reduction
Westinghouse Electric
International Paper
Pennsylvania R. A
Standard @i (NJ
Gulf Oil
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Panther Creek
Springfield, Ill
Phinney
Dwinnnell
G. A. Soord
American Baptist Mission Society
Burdette
Senate Labor Committee
Buchanan
Mich
Pittsburgh
S.C
Labor
John Strachey
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Evening Standard
Attlee
Strachey
Britain
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