Churchill Opens Fire On Attlee
Winston Churchill attacked the Labour government over its policy on nationalization urging a pledge not to nationalize steel until after the next general election. He challenged Attlee and discussed the shaky Labour majority as the Tories push for a vote on dissatisfaction with Labour policies and the planned nationalization of steel and housing construction.
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London
Winston Churchill
Labor
Churchill
Attlee
Rty
Moss Sidestrict
Manchester
House of Commons
Florence Horsbrugh
Ministry of Health
W. R. Casasola
E. P. Atkin
Labor Gova Tng
Non
Commons
Industry Revives Fast As Soft Coal Mines Resume Production
Pittsburgh March 7 Soft coal production surged toward normal as full crews returned to pits nationwide. The steel industry revived, retail coal regions reported better sales, and United States Steel Corp said most curtailed operations would reach near capacity by week’s end. About four fifths of western Pennsylvania miners were back. Coal states like West Virginia and Kentucky saw rising mining, with full resumption delayed in parts. Safety inspections and local grievances slowed some returns. The Rohena local in western Pennsylvania returned to work after a four minute meeting. one miner, Joseph Dickman, refused, declaring he would quit the mines amid alleged dictatorship by John L. Lewis.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C. and O
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
UMW
Rohena
Joseph Dickman
Library
John L. Lewis
Dickman
Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chyysler
General Motors
Truman
Phil
Dust And Fire Strain Plains Farmlands In Massive Outbreak
A sweeping dust storm and prairie fires plague wide Plains regions. Dust reduces visibility in Texas and New Mexico while Kansas reports two traffic fatalities. Fires in Texas Panhandle near Dumas burn for hours. 700 people fight the blaze. Nebraska crews battle a nine hour grass fire near Angora destroying haystacks.
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Associated Press
Plains States
Texas
New Mexico
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Tennessee
Kentucky
Kansas
Nebraska
Choice Ranch
Texas Panhandle
Dumas
Leroy Little
Sunday Fire Department
Frank Carter
Angora
J. G. Thavent
Scottsbluff
Nebr
Tobacco Supplies Could Rank as Export Demand Grows
Raleigh March 7 The resident of Tobacco Associates J B Hutson of Washington said at the group’s third annual meeting that unless the 1950 crop of flue cured tobacco is large exports may not meet demand. He noted 1949 exports reached 436 million pounds, up from 393 million in 1948 and 359 million in 1935 39, while stocks for export were small.
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Raleigh
Tobacco Associates
J. B. Hutson
Washington
The
Associates
Hutson
U. S
Wife and Nurse Testify To Sander's Condition
Mrs. Alice Dewitt Sander testified at the mercy death murder trial of her husband Dr Hermann W. Sander. The nurse and wife described his dedication to patients and the long hours of medical work. She recalled meeting him in Montclair New Jersey and said he respected the poorest patients and was very conscientious.
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Manchester
N. H
Alice Dewitt Sander
Fef. Langdell
William L. Phinney
Sander
Montclair
N. J
Richard Ford
Harvard
Searchers Find Forest Fire But No Plane
State troopers hunting for a large plane crash near Albion Oklahoma found a forest fire in the Kiamichi Mountains instead. They had followed reports of a plane passing over the town and exploding into a mountainside but the scene showed only burning woods and no aircraft.
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Albion
Okla
Oklahoma
Kiamichi
Here
Judith Coplon Found Guilty in Espionage Case
Judith Coplon and Valentin A. Gubitchev were found guilty by a federal court jury of conspiracy and attempted espionage in New York. Coplon, 28, faces up to 25 years and a $10,000 fine. Gubitchev, 33, up to 15 years and a $20,000 fine. Both remanded for sentencing.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Soviet Russia
Brunette
Miss Coplon
FBI
Gubitchev
United States
Washington
Officials Predict Steady Decline In Unemployment
Washington reports March outlook for unemployment after February total of 4 684 000 the highest since 1941 and 36 percent above February 1949. Officials cited seasonal labor force rise and a 556 000 gain in nonfarm jobs from 1949 to last month with farm openings down 770 000 from 1949.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Commerce Chief
Barden Criticizes Cardinal Spellman Over Education Aid
Rep. Graham Barden accuses Cardinal Spellman of injecting religion into federal aid to education debate and labels him a cruel authoritarian. Barden’s remarks, at a conference, target Spellman’s criticism of FDR and advocacy for tax-supported schools. Spellman’s office offered no comment.
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New York
Graham Barden
D.-N.c
Barden
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Committee On Federal Aid To Public Education
Cardinal Spellman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Italy
Bradley and Kentucky Lead 1 and 2 Seeds for NIT Tourney
New York March 7 Bradley the nations top ranking quintet Kentucky Duquesne and St John s of Brooklyn were seeded in that order for the National Invitation Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden beginning Saturday afternoon. The four top seeds advance directly to the quarterfinals and skip Saturday play.
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New York
Bradley
Kentucky
Duquesne
St. John's
Brooklyn
Madison Square Garden
Earth Tremors Reported From Rocca Di Papa and Philippines
A slight tremor was felt at Rocca Di Papa near Rome at 5:04 a m local time. In the central Philippines an earthquake frightened residents as the main shock struck at 10:07 a m local time, felt on at least nine islands with Mindanao experiencing 43 minutes of shaking.
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Rome
Rocca di Papa
Manila
P. L
Philippines
Mindanao
Hair Indicted For Slaying On Wake Forest Campus
Wake county grand jury indicts 23 year old pre medical student Raymond Hair for the murder of Roy Coble 20 a former Wake Forest student. Coble was found shot in Hairs car on campus and died hours later. Hair was detained after being located in Los Angeles. The arraignment and potential continuance were discussed by Solicitor Bickett and Hairs attorney J Wilbur Bunn as the docket filled.
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Raleigh
Wake County Grand Jury
Raymond Hair
Hair
Wake Forest College
Roy Coble
Wake Superior Court
Coble
Los Angeles
Calif
William Y. Bickett
Superior Court
Bickett
J. Wilbur Bunn
Greek Conservatives Win Vote But May Lose Power
Near final returns show the conservative populist party ahead in Greece but not guaranteed a coalition. The leftist national progressive union rose to second place, while Venizelos’s liberals placed third, complicating Tsaldaris’s potential leadership.
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National Progressive Union
Sophocles Venizelos
Venizelos
Constantin Tsaldaris
French Carrier Arrives to Aid Western Europe Forces
A French aircraft carrier, the Dixmude, docks at Norfolk Virginia to begin a 1 billion dollar program rearming Western Europe. It will receive France initial cargo of about 40 naval fighters and bombers after ceremonies. Communist opposition in France targets dock workers handling U S aid supplies but officials insist aid proceeds.
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Washington
Norfolk
Europe
France
No Man's Land to Middle North Carolina Population Center
The piece explains Kerr Scott's perception of eastern and western North Carolina and states the population center, based on census figures, lies near Ramseur in Randolph County. It recounts how James S. Burch of the state highway commission determined the geographic center with a cardboard map, a pin, and level strings.
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Lynn Nisbet
Kerr Scott
No Man's Land
Alamance
Eastern Judicial Circuit
The
Methodist Church
Burlington Times-News
Raleigh
Randolph County
Ramseur
North Carolina
James S. Burch
State Highway and Public Works Commission
House Approves Hawaii Statehood Move in Congress
Washington reports indicate the House is set to definitively approve a bill admitting Hawaii as a state as debate ends. Alaska statehood also cleared the House by 186 to 146, but Senate action remains uncertain this year.
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Washington
House
Hawaii
Senate
Senate Interior Committee
Alaska
Rep
Johnson
Calif
Farrington
Fee
Isla
Congress
Stock Market In Cautious Attitude
New York traders opened cautiously and stock prices slipped about a point as selling grew, with motors and steels leading declines while some leaders held Monday’s levels. Lower prices touched General Motors Chrysler Studebaker U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Youngstown Sheet Santa Fe and others, while some issues like Pack Woolworth Caterpillar Glenn Martin and Standard Oil (NJ) remained steady.
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New York
Geeral P Lotors
Chrysler
Studebak U. S. Steel
Bethlehem St
Youngstown Sheet
Santa Fe
Y. Central
Chesapeake & Ohi Consolidated Vultee
Lockheed
S. Rubber
Schenley
Swift & Emerson Radio
Dow Chemine
Texas Co
Packa Woolworth
Caterpillar Tracto Glenn Martin
Consolidated Edison
Homestake Mining
Gener Electric and
Standard Oil
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