GE reveals high altitude jet fighter tests in Ohio plant
ZOCKLAND Ohio March 1 UP General Electric engineers disclosed experiments that could allow jet fighters to overtake high altitude bombers by testing power plants at simulated altitudes over 70 000 feet The Lynn Massachusetts center will assemble J 47 engines for the B 45 bomber and F 86 fighter with 5006 pounds thrust per engine Maj Gen Fred Hopkins signed the first two engines as 2000 more are on order GE president Charles E Wilson told workers that Russia could not match America’s 100 000 planes built from a standing start in the last war
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UOT Wrens
Army
Eglin_Air Force Base
Fla
U. S
Air Force
G. E
Lynn
Mass
Russia
Woman Found Dead in Creek Near Purvis Mississippi
The broken body of 58 year old Mrs W A Warford of New Orleans was recovered from Black Creek near Purvis. Authorities suspect robbery as rings valued but she wore none. Sheriff reports she likely was beaten before being dumped into the water and weighed with concrete.
China reports largest warship handed to Reds in Nanking
Nanking March 1 A Nationalist dispatch claims the British donated cruiser Chungking, a 490 man warship, disappeared from Nanking and possibly sailed on spurious orders. Shanghai papers report arrests, a plot to abduct acting President Li Tsung-jen thwarted February 18, and mounting pressure on Premier Sun Fo as Reds press for peace terms. The ship, once at Yangtze anchorage, was said tied up at Chefoo before vanishing.
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China
Chungking
North China
Li Tsung-jen
Premier Sun Fo
Aurora
Adm
Kwei Yung
Ching
Kwei
Shanghai
Yangtze
Chefoo
Shantung
Britain
England
Shen Pao
Lil
Navy shrugs off damage in Caribbean war games
The Atlantic Fleet conducts peace time maneuvers on Vieques Island as mock attacks test tactics after submarines and an atomic strike sink the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt. A feint landing is planned with ships withdrawing before any actual landing.
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Little
Vieques Island
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Missouri
Finns to Invite Reds Into Cabinet
Helsinki dispatch reports negotiations to include Communists in the Finnish cabinet next week. A government source and a Social Democratic spokesman warn Moscow could invoke the Soviet Finnish friendship pact to demand new bases if Russia feels threatened. Non Communist parties fear Finland’s stance may draw Soviet pressure amid NATO moves affecting regional security.
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Helsinki
Fiana
Karl August Fagersholm
Jbest
Russia
Unioon
Social Democratic
Norway
Denmark
Pagerholm
Poli- Hcal
Stapo
Thief Slits Pocket to Lift $3260 Roll
A razor-wielding pickpocket slit the pants of Palm Springs car dealer John Nelson, taking $3260 from his wallet after he parked at a cafe. Nelson, from Hermosa Beach, reported losing the money yesterday after noticing the theft in his pocket.
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Etulaywood
Palm Springs
John Nelson
Hermosa Beach
New Orleans Mardi Gras Fete Draws Thousands of Revelers
Mardi Gras parades, masked revelry, and a citywide holiday unfold in New Orleans. Rex the King of Carnival presides as Louis Armstrong returns to lead the Zulus. Dolly Souchon is queen. Torchlit parade, balls, and glittering pageants cap the festive day with visitors numbering around one hundred thousand.
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Dolly Ann Souchon
Edmond Souchon
Rex
Boston Club
Canal St
Louis Armstrong
New Orleans
Impulses and child guidance debate in San Francisco
Dr. Leslie B. Homan argues that how a child's 28 impulses are managed shapes normal or criminal outcomes and faults parents for failing to engage with children during learning. Eugene J. Taylor notes 23 million Americans are disabled by disease or war factors, while two suspects named Flavin are linked to two robbers' cases and a recent furniture store theft.
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AN Francisco
Leslie B. Homan
Hohman
Duke University Neurophsychiatrist
International Council For Exceptional Children
Eugene J. Taylor
New York University
College of Medicine
Bandits Captured After Chicago Furniture Store Hold Up
Police halted a furniture store hold up last night as two bandits were captured after a close range gun battle. Clifford May, 28, of Phoenix, Aziz, and Willard Bartley, 36, of Lookout Mountain Kentucky, were identified and held without charge. Officers Flavin and Doyle reported May fired from behind a stove before surrendering.
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Amer
Maron
Clifford May
Phoenix
Aziz
Willard Bartley
Lookout
Thomas Flavin
John Doyle
Woman who posed as man freed by Denver judge
Morrison, who masqueraded as a man for 20 of her 36 years, was released with a judge’s advice to wear women’s clothing. Municipal Judge Frank Hickey fined her ten dollars, suspended the fine, and acknowledged many women wear slacks. Her daughter Mrs. Leslie Ayers of Amarillo, Texas, also aided police by recounting the disguise during a domestic argument.
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Denver
Maren x Etude Morrison
Frank Hickey
Leslie Ayers
Amarillo
Texas
Mobile Celebrates Holy Days Arrival with Kalypso Parade
Mobile Alabama marks Mardi Gras eve as revelers gather in confetti strewn streets. King Felix, the 23 year old H Austy Pharr Jr, presides over pageantry and public masking while Gertrude Smith Atkinson, a 33 year old debutante, attends the events amid crowds and street dancing.
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Ala
King Felix
Monarch of
Joy
H. Austy Pharr Jr
Air Force
Gertrude Smith Atkinson
Knives Wielded Five Hurt in Oklahoma Riot
A 30 minute riot at the Oklahoma State Reformatory in Granite left three guards injured and two prisoners wounded. Warden Claude Moore said knives, chairs, and crude weapons were used, with tear gas finally subduing the inmates.
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Granite
Okla
Che
Oklahoma State Reformatory
Claude F. Moore
O. W. Blackburn
Reformatory
Moore
J. D. Woods
8. M. Ledgewood
W. A. Bennett
Walters
Winfred Bennefield
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Strike May Spread as New York Bakers Go Silent
New York March 1 A drivers strike has shut six major bak ing firms in the city and may spread to New Jersey. About 1800 driver salesmen and 4500 production workers idled as other bakeries boosted output to cover 70 percent of the area’s wrapped white bread. The walkout began at Continental Baking Co with 30 drivers leaving Sunday night, other plants joined in sympathy. Edward Godfrey of Local 550 AFL CIO said expansion to New Jersey could occur by week’s end.
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New York
Continental Baking Co
Continental
Edward Godfrey
A. F. L. Inter* National Brotherhood of Teamsters
New Jersey
U S Units Clash Over German Shipping Policy
Washington reports clash among government agencies over Gen. Lucius Clay’s plan to let western Germans build and operate ocean-going ships. The debate touches Britain, France, and the Cold War, with Potsdam restrictions and Allied control rules shaping potential German participation in postwar shipping.
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State Department
Germany
Clay
Army Department
Maritime Commission
Navy
Soviet
Russia
Potsdam
Big Four
Al-lied Control Council
Berlin
Britain
France
Douglas MacArthur
Orient
Drug Use Grows Among Youths
The U S Commissioner of Narcotics H J Anslinger testified before the House appropriations panel that illegal marijuana traffic is rising, especially among youths. He cited jazz musicians as a target demographic and noted major seizures at the Mexican border and U S ports, including heroin aboard ships and an Air France flight, with heroin valued at about 32 000 per pound in the underworld market.
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Washington
U. S. Commissioner of Narcotics
H. J. Ans- Mager
Treasury Department
House Appropriations Committee
Anslinger
North Carolina
Chicago
New York
Narcotics and Customs Bureau
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Air France
Marseilles
Husband-killer in Final Plea
Defense for Mrs. Wilma Ybarbo asks a U S military appeals court to overturn a 20 year sentence for killing her husband Set. John Ybarbo of Goliad Texas. Attorney Stanley Gaines argues the lower court lacked authority and that dependents of military personnel should be tried by courts martial not military commissions.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Wilma Ybarbo
U. S
Stanley Gaines
Massachusetts
Sen. Jucius DB. Clay
Ybarbo
Set
John Ybargo
Goliad
Texas
Moscow Housewives Test Stalin Price Cuts In Decree
Soviet housewives in Moscow rushed to shops March 1 to gauge the impact of Stalin and G M Malenkov issued decree cutting prices in 45 food clothing and other goods. Bread butter fish and canned goods shed 10 percent cheese 20 percent and many clothing items 12 to 20 percent. Stores posted new prices after late hours of marking. Public reaction praised socialism while Pravda warned capitalism faltering with unemployment inflation and stagnating wages. Mass meetings formed at night shifts in factories to resist price rise and support increased production.
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Moscow
Stalin
G. M. Malenkov
Communist Party
General Committee
Trad
Soviet Trade Union Paper
Pravda
United States
Gunwoman Convicted of Assault in Slaying Attempt
Louise Sharpe, 23, was found guilty of assault and battery for firing at her drugged boyfriend Paul Streicher, 36, in his Cincinnati apartment on Sept. 30 1947 after he refused to marry her. The jury could acquit or convict on shooting to kill or wound. Sentencing to follow.
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Schneider
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