Atom spy trial opens with Sobell named as recruiter
Testimony identifies Morton Sobell as a Communist recruiter for the Young Communist League in the first U S atomic espionage case. Julius Rosenberg Ethel Rosenberg and Sobell face possible death penalties if convicted while witnesses discuss coded meetings and secrecy surrounding secrets about the atomic bomb.
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Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Morton Sobell
Sobell
Atom
Young Communist League
Max Elit
United States
Scdium
League
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel
Russia
Roemed Eliteher
Navy Ordnance Bureau
Occu
Bova Young Communist League
C Er
Min
Senator Virgil Chapman Dies In Traffic Collision
Senator Virgil Chapman of Kentucky died from injuries after a car collision with a trailer truck. The 55-year-old Democrat passed away at Bethesda naval hospital after the 3:20 p.m. wreck on Connecticut avenue. He served in the House 22 years before winning a Senate seat in 1948. his death reduces the Democratic majority to one. Kentucky Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby oversees succession until a new election. Kentucky’s other senator Earle C. Clements was also hospitalized nearby for an old leg injury.
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Washington
Virgil Chapman
Congress
Kentucky
Chapman
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Connecticut Avenue
Ty. Adm
M. D. Willcats
House
Senate
Barkley
Senate Armed Services and Public Works
Lawrence W. Wetherby
Earle C. Clements
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Barringer Beer Case To Be Heard Monday
R H Barringer Beer Distributing of Newton is cited to appear Monday for a hearing on alleged beer licensing law violations. The state ABC malt beverage division will hear the case, with Greensboro and Winston-Salem branches not involved.
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Raleigh
R. H. Barringer Beer Distributing Company of
Newton
ABC Board
Barringer Company
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Malt Beverage
Collazo Doomed to Die for Shooting of Guard
Oscar Collazo, 37, Puerto Rican nationalist, was convicted in federal court of two counts of first degree murder for the Blair House assassination attempt on President Truman. A jury deliberated 1 hour 42 minutes and sentenced him to death, with formal sentencing to come.
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Washington
Oscar Collazo
Truman
Collazo
Blair House
Coffelt
Griselio Torresola
Fong
Leslie Coffelt
Torresola
Co 9
White House
Son 7 Downs
Donald T
Puerto
Stock Market Moves Upward
New York stock prices opened higher with gains under $1 a share. Pacific Western Oil rose after a 3-for-1 split approval. Du Pont posted a record 1950 net income of $307,601,913 or $6.59 a share. Chrysler General Motors Southern Railway Missouri-Kansas-Texas Preferred U S Rubber Sears Roebuck Air Reduction Distillers Corp Sea grams Admiral led advances while American Smelting American Telephone Goodrich Baltimore & Ohio and Sinclair Refining fell.
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New York
Pacific Western Oil
du Pont
Chrysler
General Motors
Southern Railway
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
Air Reduction
Distillers Corp.Seagrams
Admiral, Corp
American Smelting
American Telephone
Goodrich
Baltimore & Ohio
Sinclair Refining
Six Found Eight Missing In Crash Off Anzio
Six survivors from a U S navy Privateer PB-4Y2 were rescued off Anzio by the Italian destroyer Carabiniere. The plane carried 14 men and eight others remained missing as a search for survivors intensified.
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Rome
Anzio
Canada urged compulsory army training to man 60 000 to 70 000 yearly
General H D G Grever, a World War II commander, urged immediate compulsory military training in Ottawa to draft 60 000 to 70 000 young Canadians annually. He warned World War III is a real threat and proposed six months full-time service followed by two years of reserve training. Canada plans to meet its defense program through voluntary recruitment only, targeting 115 000 in services by 1954.
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Ottawa
H. D. G. Grevar
First Canadian Army
Canadian Club
Canada
Army
Navy
Air Force
Greek Women Granted Vote in Athens Municipal Elections
In a historic move Greek women will be allowed to vote and run for office in the April 15 Athens municipal elections. Six women are on one ticket for the 30 seat city assembly in Athens.
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Athens
Big Four talk on Austrian treaty faces hurdles amid Trieste clash
PARIS March 8 Deputies weigh a list of points for ministers to discuss at a possible Big Four meeting on Austria. Western powers push to finish the Austrian treaty while Russia stalls by linking it to Trieste, a move dubbed a pretext by US officials.
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Paris
Austria
Britain
France
United States
Karl Guber
Russia
Trieste
Adriatic Sea
Italy
Andrei Gromyko
Philip C. Jessup
Gromyko
U. S
Reams
Aliis
Depu
Jessup
Dean Acheson
Pravda Accuses U S of Frustrating Paris Peace Talks
Pravda reports that the United States seeks to derail the Big Four Paris peace talks by delaying andSabotaging progress. Yuri Zhukov notes Western resistance to including Potsdam demilitarization on the agenda while accusing the West of flooding press with distorted Soviet positions.
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Moscow
Pravda
Paris
United States
U. S
Sabota
Miisters
Yuri Zhukov
Soviet Union
Tass
Negotiated Peace Talks Revived by MacArthur
Washington reports that General MacArthur’s claim of a stalemate in Korea revived talk of a negotiated peace. Officials say China must be persuaded UN command understands the situation, then a basis for settlement could exist as both sides see no clear victor.
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Washington
MacArthur
United Nations
Rebautes
China
Appendicitis Fails To Delay Marriage
Mrs Howard Louis Kahn had an appendectomy hours before her wedding to an Indianapolis physician. The operation and ceremony occurred in reverse order with the vows at Mount Sinai hospital and the bride in white nylon pajamas.
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Cleveland
Howard Louis Kahn
Lana
Indianapolis
Wade Park Manor
Mount Sinai Hospital
Dying six year old seeks mail from strangers
The New York Times prints a letter from a grieving father describing his six year old son Robert Hiftline dying of cancer at Fairlane Farm. He asks for kind people to send cards to brighten the boy’s lonely days and notes the farm sits on a quiet side road.
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New York
New York Times
Robert Hiftline
Bobbie
Hiftline
Fairlane Farm
Free Mich
Fairfield
Conn
Labor Would Boost Size Of Mobilization Board
Labor leaders met with Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston to push for expanding the wage stabilization board to 18 members with authority to settle wage disputes. The talks also touched on a broader United Business Policy group and the labor policy balance with industry groups. Government orders included car price pass through for a 3 percent increase and a 20 percent cut in steel purchases for about 150 steel-using products, with some price ceilings rolled back.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
National Association of Manufacturers
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Council For Economic Development
United Business Policy Committee
United Labor Policy Committee
ULPC
John L. Lews
United Mine Workers Union
Lization
Charles Eilson
Wilson
AFL
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
Auto Workers
USPC
Final Death Of Referendum Predicted
Raleigh March 8 The liquor vote question is viewed as dead after House action. Senate propositions and grievances committee slated to meet at 2 30 p m to act on two bills for a state wide liquor vote and a liquor only vote. A public hearing on the bills was held February 20 before committees. The joint finance panel planned a 2 30 p m session on raising the sales tax from 15 to 30 percent for a single item, Gov Scott backing. Lawmakers paused yesterday to tour Camp Lejeune Marine base.
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Raleigh
House
Senate Committee
Senate
Joint Finance Committee
Scott
Camp le Jeune
Cracked Out for Something Else M L P
Poetic line recalling identity and destiny with the phrase you were cut out for. L P M L appears as initials. The fragment suggests reflection on purpose and self in a brief verse-like line.
Governor Escapes Helicopter Crash At Military Base
Governor Scott and four newsmen were aboard a helicopter that crashed two hours after a marine training center demonstration. The craft struck wires in a residential area, causing minor injuries to Co Pilot Major Matt S Ober Jr who was seated where the governor had sat earlier. All five occupants survived with only scratches.
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Camp Lejeune
Governor Scott
Scott
Matt S. Ober, Jr
Communists Pull Back In Face Of Assault
Allied forces pressed a major offensive in Korea with U S and British divisions driving across the Han and toward key Red positions. Front dispatches report advances north and east of Yongdu and Taemi as crossings at the Han were secured amid mortar fire and continued ground pursuit of retreating Communist units.
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United Nations
Seoula
Soames
U. S
Hongchon
Yongdu
Seventh Division
East Central
Taemi
No Man’s-Land
Son Geenevnn
Pukhen
25Th Division
Weather forecast notes cold night and warm day ahead
The low tonight is expected to be 4 degrees with a high near 52 tomorrow. Tonight’s low was 48 degrees.
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David Greenglass
Harold M. Phillips
Irving R. Kaufman
Hi Blitcher
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Irv H. Saypol
Barringer
Margaret Teachout
Rosa
Seaborough
Leo A. Rover
W U. S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
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Red Jets
By John M. Hightower
Korea
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Manchuria
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