Mars Invasion Hoax Triggers Quito Disorder and Destruction
Panic erupted in Quito after a radio dramatization of a Martian invasion. Twenty people were killed or injured as mobs attacked the newspaper building and radio station, a tanked army quelled riots, and damage reached $350,000. Officials investigated editors and arrested others. the broadcast echoed Orson Welles 1938 hoax.
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Quito
Ecuador
Mars
Onit
H. G. Wells
Orson Welles
United States
Welles
New Jersey
Willmar
Minn
Radio
Fl. Commercio
Counselor Denham Denies Bias In Labor Law Fight
Washington February 14 AP) Robert N Denham general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board faced Senator Neely D W Va today and denied Neelys charge of bias in the Senate labor committee hearings on the administrations bill to repeal Taft Hartley The exchange included Denhams remark you have never had a biased partisan in this man Denham Neely pressed questions about Denhams notes and the Taft Hartley Act Denham asserted support for the act and noted the presidents hand on his collar during enforcement and the hearings continued into a second phase likely extending into May or June keeping Taft Hartley on the books with its closed shop ban and injunction powers against workers The story notes pending steel contracts and extended contractual implications
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Washington
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Ae Neely
D.-W. Va
Neely
Senate Labor Committee
Denham
Sen
Pepper
D-Fla
NLRB
Senate
Pilotless Army Plane Hunted in Tacoma Clouds
A small Army scout plane lifted from Gray Field Fort Lewis at 11 20 a m with no one at the controls Lt Herbert A Winters attempted to start it by hand and reportedly left the throttle. A rear passenger jumped clear before it left the field Two hours of fuel remained and the craft was sighted in clouds above American Lake west of Gray Field about 16 miles south Coast Guard PBY flying boat joined in locating and following the unmanned ship
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Tacoma
Wash
Here
Gray Field
Fort Lewis
Herbert A. Winters
American Lake
Coast Guard
Greek Ship Sinks With 19 Lives Lost Near Hydra
The 500 ton Greek freighter Areti carrying 20 aboard sank today near Hydra at the entrance to the Gulf of Athens. All hands were lost except one. The vessel is believed to have struck a wartime mine.
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Athens
Areti
Hydra
Gulf of Athens
Supreme Court weighs Gulf oil land suits authority
The Supreme Court ordered argument on whether the Justice Department can file original actions to claim federal control over submerged lands under the Gulf of Mexico near Texas and Louisiana. Attorney General Clark seeks permission to bring suits to assert federal rights over lands and minerals underwater.
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Texas
Louisiana
Supreme Court
California
Clark
Gulf
Bitter Cold Returns Across Plains States After Weekend Blizzard
The weekend blizzard waned to biting cold across the Great Plains with new windsurges marooning travelers and delaying transport. Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas saw heavy rain and ice, while North Dakota and Nebraska faced continued storms. Relief work resumed, with better progress in South Dakota and Wyoming and minor damage reported in Edna Kansas and Alvarado Texas. No fatalities were reported.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
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Maybell
Colo
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Wyoming
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Alvarado
Texas
Lend lease cost set at 50 billions in Truman report
President Truman told Congress the wartime lend lease shipments to 38 Allies cost the United States 50 205 228 783 dollars in his 27th report covering March 11 1941 to March 31 1948. Aircraft and aeronautical supplies totaled 8 763 827 000, the largest category. vessels and water craft reached 7 519 519 577 including 23 frigates and three icebreakers to Russia. Russia has not retained the ships despite demands and promises to transfer them.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
Russia
Marymansk
Congress Urges 3000-Mmile Missile Test Range
Congress heard a push for a 3000 mile long range proving ground to test guided missiles. Gen. Muir S. Fairchild and Dr. Karl T. Compton described ranges up to 500 up to 5000 miles as feasible, with testing possible by 1949 contingent on control accuracy. Rep Coles pressed for feasibility and need.
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Washington
United States
Howse Armed Services
Congress
Muir S. Fairchild
Air Force
Karl T. Compton
Research and Development Board
Rep. Coles
RN. Y
Hoover Group Urges Central Buying Unit reforms
The Hoover Commission urged creation of a new Office of General Services to centralize housekeeping purchases, records, and building management under the President. It calls for merging the Treasury Bureau of Federal Supply and National Archives, cutting red tape, and expanding bids and storehouse systems nationwide.
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Ashington
Hoover Commission
Congress
Office of
General Services
Commission
Ec Wees Oki Ae Ah
Ane
Ollie Wouw
Pentagon
Treasury
Bureau of Federal Supply
National Archives
Herbert Hoover
News High Lights Identity Of Two Women Found
Two women identified in a hotel remains mystery mystery unfolds as investigators pursue clues at the scene. Officials release scant details while local authorities urge patience as questions linger about motive and connections to the hotel crime.
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Southland
Fenech
178000 Animals Dead in Four Icy States
The Agriculture Department reports about 178000 meat animals perished by February 1 across South Dakota Nebraska Wyoming and Colorado due to blizzards. Cattle and calves led with 81000 deaths, sheep and lambs 97000, with higher losses possible as severe storms persist.
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Agriculture Department
South Dakota
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Pontiff denounces Mindszenty trial as artificial and rushed
In Rome on February 14 Pope Pius XII told cardinals Mindszenty of Hungary was forced to confess and called the trial artificial and captious. He asserted the sentence aimed to undermine the Catholic Church in Hungary and condemned the rapid, opaque proceedings and alleged coercion. The cardinal was sentenced to life imprisonment for treason, with six co-defendants receiving prison terms. The Pope praised Hungarians for defending religion amid hardship and urged defense of religious liberty worldwide.
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Rome
Pius XII
Joseph Cardinal
Minde Azenty
Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest
Itr
Mindszenty
Vatican
Cardinal
Hungarian Minister Gets U. S. Guard
Washington reports an around the clock police guard was set up at the Hungarian legation after threats against Minister Andrew Sik. Three uniformed officers on eight hour shifts were assigned since Wednesday as diplomats said the U.S. might sever relations if needed while Budapest cites the ouster of a minister and the legation remains serviceable under Counselor William P. Cochitan Jr.
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Washington
Andrew Sik
Legation
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
John Florian
United States
Cais Vu
Angies
Ine Gory
Budapest
William P. Cochitan Jr
Chapin
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U. S
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