West Europe races to revive strength
Western union foreign ministers approved a master defense plan to rearm for a potential summer crisis with Russia. Britain to double jet fighter strength and permit France to start Vampire production. plan calls for France 24 divisions, Britain six, Belgium three, Holland two, Luxembourg one.
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Ondon
Europe
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Western Union
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Rhine River
North Sea
Ex FBI Agent Demands Reopening of Spy Probe
Former FBI officer and congressman Rep. Velde urged the House Un-American Activities Committee to reopen its atomic espionage inquiry. He cited new evidence tied to Operations Los Alamos and Scientist X, a California professor, urging prosecutions of spies including some prominent American Communists. He accused the attorney general of inaction and promised to press for renewed inquiry.
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FBI
Rep
Velde
R-Hl
House un-American Activities Committee
Scientist X
University of California
Congress
Los Alamos Atomic Project
New Mexico
Noth
Ing
uninAmerican Activities Committee
unAmerican Activities Committee
Hotel Residents Sleep Through Fire
Kansas City March 16. Most residents of a 100 family apartment hotel slept through a 200 blaze that burned a basement storeroom. Mrs Irlene Hildebrandt, manager of the Park Central apartment hotel, called the fire department at 532 a.m. when a night desk clerk smelled smoke. Firemen controlled the blaze quickly. A few residents left their apartments and gathered in the lobby, but most did not know there had been a fire. Five pieces of firefighting equipment answered the call.
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Kansas City
Irlene Hildebrant
Park Central
Clery
Alliance faces fight over Truman labor plan in Congress
Washington reports a Republican Dixie coalition threatens President Truman's labor program. Senate leaders may loosen talks rules, risking civil rights bills and possible changes to Taft Hartley Act. Southern Democrats, pleased, gain leverage after a filibuster showdown and a 52 vote compromise.
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William F. Knowland
R.calif
Washington
Truman
Senate
House
Dixie
Sen. Lucas
Illinois
GO. P
Maryland approves strong anti communism curb
In Annapolis on March 16 the Maryland House of Delegates sent to Governor Lane a tough antisubversive bill. It outlaws existing subversive organizations and bars new ones, makes membership a felony, imposes loyalty checks for public employees and teachers, creates an assistant attorney general post to probe subversive activity, and directs grand juries to monitor such conduct and report.
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Annapolis
Maryland House of Delegates
Lane
Baltimore
Frank EB. Ober
Tenacious 13 year old seeks work as fatherhood tragedy joins
A 13 year old from Paw Paw Michigan, Carl Harvey Blake Jr, seeking a job to support his family tells a radio editor work is hard to find due to his age. He left school after the sixth grade, worked in Grand Rapids and a pickle plant, and admitted telling hospital staff he was 18 to be believed. At 176 pounds he lives with his wife and infant son born February 23 at Paw Paw hospital. Later in Tennessee, two flag-draped caskets in a National Cemetery mark the burial of Lt Herman C Austin of Hickory North Carolina and Lt Sgt James H Giffin of Wichita Falls Texas, killed in a Bari Italy bomber crash November 5, 1944. Army officials could not distinguish their bodies, so they were buried in a common grave equidistant from both families.
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Alamazoo
Mich
Carl Harvey Blake Jr
Buree
Ar-Ald
Winifred
Paw Paw
Tony Gaston
Blake
Gaston
Grand Rapids
Lawton
Mblwphis
Tenn
Wational
Texas
North Carolina
Herman C. Austin
Clyde D. Austin
Hickory
N. G
James H. Giffin
Frank R. Giffin
Wichita Falls
Bari
Italy
Austin
Giffin
How to Live With Parents Told at Decatur PTA Session
In Decatur on March 16 a panel of 10 Roosevelt Junior High pupils spoke before about 150 parents, voicing teen complaints. They urged nicer parental criticism, proposed dating age groups 15 and 16, and noted parents once danced and made noise at parties and ice cream parlors.
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Decatur. TL
Roosevelt
Deaf Mute Drops Heart Balm Suit
Deaf mute Miss Lesley Campos dropped an $850000 damages suit against Glea son B. Grizzard, both deaf mutes, alleging feverish promises and a marriage agreement followed by refusal. Attorney James H. Dodgen said the parties reached a settlement, details undisclosed.
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Atlanta
Nute
Lesley Campos
Gleason B. Grizzard
James H. Dodgen
Miss Campos
Grizzard
War Dog Nero Dead After VA Benefit Denial
DES MOINES March 16 Wero a war dog that was denied medical benefits by the Veterans Administration is dead Nero a 6 year old German shepherd served with the German army in World War II until captured by the Americans in Italy in the last days of the war Retrained the dog served with the Americans and received an honorable discharge Joe Gold of Ames Iowa owner of the dog had asked the VA to help pay veterinarian bills for treatment of Nero The dog died from an infection
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Des Moines
Wero
Veterans Administration
Nero
Italy
Joe Gold
Ames
Towa
Vv. A
Man Wants Bath Closer to Home
PHILADELPHIA March 16 Louis Fisher says he is tired of walking two blocks to bathe. He converted his home into two apartments two years ago and installed a bath in the rented second floor unit but none on the first floor. He asked the zoning board to approve a bath at his own quarters.
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Philadelphia
Louis Fisher
Fisher
City Zoning Board
Man Helps Stranger Ends Behind Bars in Detroit
Detroit March 16 UP Thomas Jenkins 30 aided a stranger who fell. Two policemen misread the act as robbery and searched him, finding gambling house slips. He was brought to court and ordered to pay 100 fine or 90 days in jail, which he has not paid.
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Detroit
Thomas Jenkins
Jenkins
Store Fined Fifty Dollars Over Ounce of Fat
Detroit, March 2. Former Congressman Harold Youngblood won a court suit over an ounce and a half of fat in a steak purchase. He claimed overcharge of seven cents after weighing 17 ounces at home showed 16 on delivery. Store official showed fat as part of packaging. Referee Oscar Riopelle upheld the store’s weight as legitimate and fined the store $50.
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Detroit
Maren In
Harold Youngblood
Youngblood
Oscar Riopelle
Ripopelle
Left handed check books issued in Framingham bank
Framingham National Bank in Massachusetts announces left handed check books are now available for its left handed customers. The bank official stated the new check books simplify spending for left handed depositors.
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Framingham. Mass
Framingham National Bank
Famed Oklahoma Blind Ex Senator Gore Dies at 78
Washington report says Thomas Pryor Gore, 78, longtime Oklahoma Democrat and the first blind U S senator, died at his home after a cerebral hemorrhage. Gore served three terms, helped shape early Oklahoma politics, and remained outspoken on war and New Deal issues. Survivors include wife Nina Kay Gore, daughter Mrs Robert Olds, son Thomas N Gore, and brothers E E Gore and Richard Gore. Burial expected in Oklahoma.
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Washington
Thomas Pryor Gore
Gore
United States Senate
Oklahoma
Union
League of Nations
Wilson
Nina Kay Gore
Robert Olds
Thomas N. Gore
el Faso
Texas
E. E. Gore
Altus
Ohio
Richard Gore
Miami
Fla
Tarbell Widow Inherits $75,000 Estate in Probate
The estate of Arthur Jay Tarbell valued around $75,000 will pass to his widow under a will filed in probate yesterday. Tarbell died February 27 aged 58 and was a member of Irwin Welding Co. A Los Angeles native, he moved to Long Beach, locating on Signal Hill to start a welding business as one of the area’s early field welders.
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Arthur Jay Tarbell
Tarbell
Irwin Welding Co
John 0 Ailsin
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Stray Dog Gives Birth at Nursery School in Mesa
A stray collie wandered into Chery-Lyn Nursery School in Mesa Arizona and gave birth to seven puppies on a bed. The event occurred yesterday drawing attention from staff and neighbors. Local authorities reported no injuries and the dog remains nearby with its new litter.
Mother sheltering captive son in dungeon room case postponed
In Boston area court, Anna Sullivan 43 faces ongoing neglect charges for allegedly keeping her son Gerald, 14, in a dungeon like room for 12 years. The hearing was continued to Monday after a private conference with Judge Miles as spectators awaited her testimony.
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Oston
Anna Sullivan
Daniel O'Connell
Roxbury
Frankland W. L. Miles
Gerald Sullivan
Kremlinites Again Campaign Against Tito
Devotees of the Kremlin renew efforts to oust Premier Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia. Reports from embassies and sources suggest internal strife in Yugoslavia, with mentions of Macedonia and Cominform propaganda. Diplomatic and intelligence notes speak of possible upheaval, while Yugoslav and neighboring presses exchange sharp criticisms.
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Yugoslavia
Astra
Macedonia
Belgrade
Altimissimo
Tstanbul
Kremlin
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Stalin
Soviet Union
Borba
Albania
Salin
Bulgaria
Romania
Removal of Reich Plants Debated
London reports that on March 10 U S Ambassador Lewis Douglas met with Britain and France to settle German dismantling and reconstruction issues. They discussed how many factories to dismantle for war reparations and which industries to prohibit such as ship building and chemicals. The United States faces congressional pressure to curtail dismantlement further to aid Western European recovery.
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London
U.S
Lewis Douglas
Britain
France
United States
China Peace Talk Nearer
Nanking March 16 Premier Ho Ying-chin predicted peace negotiations with the Communists would open very soon after March 13 passed without word from the Communists. Former Premier Sun Fo aims to form a cabinet acceptable to both Communists and the government to present a united front. Chang Chih Chung agreed to join the cabinet, while Hasad Wa Techen contemplates a post. The premier may take the defense ministry himself, a role he has held several times.
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Ho Ying-chin
Sun Fo
Peiping
Chang Chih-chung
Northwest
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Sun
Chang
Hasad Wa Techen
Defense Ministry
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