Batista Seizes Power in Cuban Revolt Blink of an Eye
In Havana on March 10 AP reports Fulgencio Batista's forces took over Camp Columbia and the presidential palace amid a revolt. President Prio fled and vowed resistance as two palace guards were killed in a drive by. Batista, a former strongman, claimed he acted to curb corruption and gangsters ahead of planned June elections.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Carlos Pilo Socarras
Cuba
Piio
Batista
Camp Columbia
Bastista
Prio
TV Ami
Pino
Salas
Cuban Army General Staff
Clearing House
Sabres Down 7 Mig Fighters In Korea Air Battle
In Korea near Sunchon and along the Yalu River, U S Sabres claimed victory over Communist MIGs. Seven fighters were shot down and three more damaged amid a major air engagement involving about 60 MIGs from Manchurian bases. Ground action was limited and U S Eighth Army censors disclosed two American divisions.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S
Fifth Air Force
U.N
Sunchon
Air Force
Weather Alert From Pt Conception To San Diego
Intermittent rain tonight with a few showers then gradual clearing tomorrow. Winds expected up to 30 mph along the coast from Pt Conception to San Diego.
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Pt. Conception
San Diego
Soviet weapons supply Korea war throws UN stance
Tokyo dispatch reports Gen Ridgway stating Soviet and satellite materiel form the bulk of weapons used by Communist forces in Korea. The UN regards Russia as not neutral and opposes it as a truce supervisor. Prewar and older Soviet models dominate, with some Chinese equipage from many countries.
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Tokyo
Fia
Russia
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
U. N
Inchon
I WN
CCF
Safecrackers rob Horace Green Store in Pine Avenue heist
Horace Green of the Sons hardware store at 528 Pine Ave reports $10,000 in cash and customers checks stolen after burglars fought a double-door safe with drills chisels and a sledge hammer. They broke a rear window unlocked the safe and left by the rear door. The loss is insured.
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George W. Green
Horace Green & Sons Hardware
Pine Ave
Jnstight
Horace Green
Sons! Hardware
Truman interrupts vacation for New York speech
President Truman cuts short a Florida vacation to fly to Washington for an overnight stay and then to New York City for a 2:30 p.m. Saturday address before the Columbia Scholastic Press Association at the Waldorf Astoria. He will return to Key West after the speech.
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Key West
Pla
Truman
Washington
New York City
Joseph Short
New York
Florida
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Waldorf Astoria
Short
Blair House
National Farmers’ Union
Dallas
Texas
United States
James G. Patton
Patton
Trueman
Ex-Sennett Beauty Dead in Hollywood Case
Marjorie Page once a Mack Sennett bathing beauty is dead from head injuries after a confrontation with Stanley Wassil a real estate man who says he pushed her during a reconciliation dispute Wassil 32 is jailed on suspicion of murder Page 41 known as Marjorie Zears was married to Michael Cudahy and died hours after being found unconscious following a disturbance call in her apartment.
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Hollywood
Marjorie Page
Mack Sennett
Stanley Wassil
U S Tells Russians Travel Limits Across U S
The United States imposes a 0.25 mile travel limit on Soviet officials and families from Washington and New York, retaliating for Soviet restrictions on Americans in Moscow. About 237 people affected, including embassy members and Tass and Amtorg staff, with note promising possible reexamination.
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Washington
United States
New York City
Russia
Moscow
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Netherlands
c . _ State Department
S A
Tass
Amtorg
New York
U. S
Soviet Union
United Statae
U. N
U.S
Hunt Escaped Con in Death of Informer
New York police hunted for Frederick J Tenuto an escaped convict linked to the death of Arnold Schuster the man who helped capture Willie Sutton. A self styled avenger theory was considered as more than 150 officers searched Brooklyn and Manhattan while Sutton expressed gloom over the murder of Schuster and its impact on his own trial.
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New York
Willie Sutton
Frederick J
Angel Tenuto
Philadelphia
Sutton
Tenuto
Brooklyn
Arnold Schuster
Young Schuster
Schuster
Railmen defy Army and tie up NYC line
Strikes paralyzed New York Central inland service, snarling connections near St. Louis for a second day. Engineers firemen and conductors defied Army orders, causing wholesale layoffs and train cancellations west of Buffalo as unions threaten wider action and possible spillover to other lines. officials warned about possible escalations and future notices.
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Chicago
New York Central
St. Louis
Buffalo
Karl R. Bendetsen
Army
Firemen's’ Brotherhood
NYC
Central
New York
Cleveland
Roy O. Hughes
James FP. Shields
David B.‘Robertson
Bus Men Strike in East
Boston March 10 46 about 2006 AFL drivers and mechanics from two bus lines walked out crippling service for roughly 800000 commuters across 97 eastern Massachusetts communities. 1800 workers at Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co and about 200 at Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Co walkout seeking a funded pension plan with company costs. A separate New York Central railmen strike west of Buffalo further disrupted travel from Boston to Chicago and St Louis.
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Boston
AFL
Massachusetts
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co
Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Co
New York Central System
Buffalo
Chicago
St. Louis
Finding It All in The Daily Chronicle Sections
A brief guide lists where to locate sections such as Beck Combing on B-1, Anti on A-31, ads on 8-3, Crossword on 6-8, Editorial on A-10, Financial on B-6 and B-7, Obituaries on B-3, Radio and television on AB, Shipping on 8-7, Sports on A-12 and A-13, Theaters on B-5, and Women's activities on 8-2 and 8-3.
Morris firm goes to work $847000 fine shrinks
Washington reports Senate investigators said a firm associated with Newbold Morris settled for 8000 after revealing that foreign radio operators were used on ships in the Red oil trade. The FCC had levied penalties, and records suggested consular pressure reduced fines. Col. Arthur Syran and others testified about ties to United Tanker Corp and alleged Chinese-Soviet connections.
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Washington
China
Newbold Morris
Francis D. Flanagan
Senate Investigations
Flanagan
Federal Communications Commission
Tanker Corp
Morris
United Tanker
Atock
Oes S. Cope
Em Joseph
Bzsineta Aes
Sas
Harald
Ei Lest
New York
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Palace
Carlos Prio
Sabres
Meutral
Green
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Sennett Beauty
Hunt
Con
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East
Morris Firm
Arthur G. Syran
Transportation
the Mutual Security Agency
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