Russia Dared to Expose Her True Strength
United Nations reporting that the United States challenged Russia to undergo a full count of its armed forces to settle claims of military strength. The U N note followed a Russian charge that Western powers held more manpower, with figures debated by U S officials and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Russia
United Nations
N. Y
United States
U. S
Soviet Union
Britain
Frank C. Nash
U. N. Commission For
Defense
James V. Forrestal
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Nash
Greyhound Strike Talks Resume Amid Ongoing Walkout
In San Francisco on March 3 negotiations resumed at 10 am between Pacific Greyhound officials and AFL Motor Coach Employes Union representatives. A union spokesman said pension talks would continue, but the strike affecting about 3600 drivers and station employees could be long. Greyhound vice president M Coley said efforts to settle the walkout are ongoing with no clear progress. The strike, now in its second day, halted operations in seven western states as 3600 members walked off after pay raise demands were not met.
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San Francisco
Pacific Greyhound
AFL Motor Coach
M. Coley
Greyhound
Are Motor Coast
Fragmented Readable Clues From A Troubled Page
A jumble of garbled headings and stray phrases appears across the page. Mentions of churches, obituaries, and various page references hint at a local newspaper layout but give no coherent story or identifiable names, dates, or events.
Bodies found of US troops after Hoengsong ambush massacre
Marines recovered the bodies of American soldiers three weeks after a nighttime ambush north of Hoengsong Korea. Survivors describe a brutal massacre with troops shot in the back and looted gear. Four evacuees were treated at field hospitals.
Rancher survives 17,000-foot crash in Bear Trap Canyon
Georges Maurice Tassell of Vista California, 41, survived a Stinson monoplane crash near Bear Trap Canyon after blacking out at 17,000 feet. He wandered snowbound, barefoot for long stretches, with frostbite and injuries. Rescued by a Marine sergeant and two locals, Tassell was treated at Hemet Community Hospital in "pretty good" condition.
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Georges Maurice Tassell
Vista
Calif
Hetnet Community Hospital
Tassell
Stinson
Bear Trap
Canyon
Yuma
Ariz
Oceanside
Cali
Idylswitch
Tassel
M Tost
Nevada Sky Flash Believed Meteor Seen Near Sunrise Mountain
A bluish light flashed across the sky last night and faded into a reddish glow behind Sunrise Mountain ten miles northeast of Las Vegas. R L Parker at Las Vegas Airport said it was a meteor. A commercial airline pilot also witnessed the bright event.
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Las Vegas
Sunrise Mountain
Here
R.L. Parker
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Blast Hurting Eight Recruits Investigated at Camp Picket
Army officials say an investigation is under way into an explosion at Ganni Range that wounded eight recruits at Camp Picket Virginia. Details remain limited as officials assess causes and incident timeline.
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Camp Pickett
Ganni Range
Thousands Slain in Swatow Cleanup Report
Dispatches from Hong Kong and Canton claim vast Red terror in Swatow with mass executions and house to house searches. Reports allege 60,000 slain and 29,373 captured in Kwangtung area with 9,265 surrendering, as anti guerrilla effort continues in south China amid peasant unrest and travel restrictions.
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Fred Hampson
Ong
Old O
Ching Kai-shek
Wah Kiu Yat Po
Swetow
Swatow
Canton
Kwan
South China
Red
Peiping
Kwangsi
Panter
Kwangtung
Heavy Chinese Fire Slows Marine Push
American Marines push north of Hoengsong on the central Korean front as heavy Chinese fire slows progress. In three days they gain about four miles amid jagged 150 foot hills. Chinese mortar fire slows a Marine column northeast of the road hub while Reds reinforce near the Hoengsong area. Bayonet counterattack repulsed by American Seventh Division infantry near Pangnim. A tank led patrol smashed a Red roadblock along Pangnim Changpyong highway. Second Division troops clear Reds near Haanhung. British and South Korean troops advance toward Yongdu Hoengsong highway. Junction town near Chinese supply route from Hongchon. Continued on page A-5.
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U. S
Hoengsong
Korea
L.A
Harry T. Milne
Dallas
Ore
Virgil Street
Texas
Phil Larue
Los Angeles
Tokyo
Pangnim
William
Buffalo Bil) Quinn
Seventh Division
Pangnim-Changpyong
Haanhung
Yongdu- Hoensong
27Th Commonwealth Brigade
Yong
U S Casualty List Names 54 from Korea War
The Defense Department released casualty list No. 24 naming 54 U S service members. It records three combat deaths 28 wounded 15 missing in action and eight injured in accidents.
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Washington
Defense Department
U. S
Korea
Samish says he kept no records of million dollar lobbying fund
San Francisco March 3. United Press reports Artie Samish told the Kefauver crime committee he threw away stubs and canceled checks from a million dollar liquor industry lobbying fund. Sen Kefauver called the claim fantastic as the committee probes 8900000 spent over six years, reviewing auditor Harold Hoertkorn’s records showing monthly balances but no clear destinations for funds.
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San Francisco
Artie Samish
Senate Crime Committee Today
Est Kefauver
D.-Tenn
Samish
Kefauver
Harold Hoertkorn
Auto workers win pay raises as cost of living climbs
More than a million workers, mainly in autos, gain 4 to 5 cent hourly raises under escalator clauses as the cost of living hits a new high. BLS reports index at 181.5 of 1935-39 average, with 760,000 more to be affected in coming months amid estimates prices rise 5 to 6 percent by mid-summer. CIO United Auto Workers among those affected.
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Ashington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Michael V. DiSalle
CIO United Auto Workers
DiSalle
Pinicatea
Policeman's Kite Knocks Out Texarkana Power
Texarkana Texas March 3 A policeman's kite fell across a high voltage line and cut electric service to about 75 percent of homes and businesses. L P Perdue of Southwestern Gas and Electric said tinsel string in the kite harness caused the short circuit. The falling wire burned fences and started a grass fire. Policeman William H McGee was flying the kite for his young son and did not detelye current as he held ordinary string at the end of the tinsel line.
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Texarkana
Texas
L. P. Perdue
Southwestern Gas and Electric Cap
Perdue
William H. McGee
GIs Kill German Reds at Frontier in Gun Fight
FRANKFURT Germany March 3 1B American border guards killed two East German Communist police last night near Obersuhl on the East West German frontier. The U S Army said the two Communists were shot by a U S constabulary patrol when discovered on the western side and resisting arrest. Further details await investigation.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Fire Destroys Knife Plant in Maryland
CRISFIELD Md March 3 02 fire fanned by brisk winds destroyed a two story knife plant here. Loss at the Charles B Briddell knife plant was estimated at more than 4 million dollars.
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Crisfield
Charles B. Briddell
Weather bulletin warns west to north winds increase
Small craft warnings remain in effect until 8 p m for west to north west winds of 15 to 25 miles per hour. Expect decreasing cloud cover and a temperature drop tomorrow.
U N Palestine Agent Killed by Gunman
AMMAN Jordan March 3 A UN Palestine Refugee Agency official Khalild Busseini was shot dead by an unknown gunman while driving near Jerusalem. Lerner of the mutt Portedly aive rode with the Iranian chief of for the area.
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Amman
Jordan
Khalild Busseini
United Nations Palestine Refugee
Worst Storm of Season Hits Middle West
A midwestern blizzard crippled travel with 10-foot drifts and 50 mph winds, trapping hundreds from Minnesota to Ontario. Snow depths reached 18 inches in Aberdeen and 15 inches common, with freezing rain disrupting buses and highways. Deaths included Edward J. Pieper and Nick Breier, while many workers were marooned in plants and 12 Minnesota basketball tournaments were canceled. Center of the storm sat near Des Moines, Iowa, moving northeast across the region.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Midwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Ontario
Aberdeen
5. D
Ilinois
Indiana
Missouri
Weather Bureau
Edward J. Pieper
St. Paul
Nick Breier
Twin Cities Arsenal
Duluth
Superior
Wis
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
S. D
Utah
Madison
Des Moines
Iowa
Dubuque
Green
Citurch
Drifts Trap Snowmakers Who Overdo Snow Seeders
Santa Barbara March 3 two scientists Joseph Vowels and Joseph Vittini became snowbound on Aeroa Mountain after seeding clouds with silver iodide at 15 minute intervals. A rescue party retrieved them late yesterday amid four foot drifts. they were famished but unharmed.
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Santa Barbara
Joseph Vowels
Joseph Vittini
Engaina
Aeroa
Santara
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U.S
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Stanley Cohen
Senate Crime Committee
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U. N. Palestine
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