World Peace Conference Ends Amid Pro and Anti Rallys
The three day Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace closed at Madison Square Garden with 18700 attendees praising Soviet peace aims while counter protests denounced the event as Communist dominated. Outside, about 2000 pickets marched, and police reported disorderly conduct by three individuals. The State Department labeled the affair a propaganda sounding board, a charge sponsors denied.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
U. S. State Department
National Council of
Domingo Vidlamil
Soviet Union
Jiri Hronek
Ihey
Carmen Pacards
Mark Strauss
Brooklyn
Irving Wagner
Haap Marchak
Barden
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Eight States Hit by Tornadoes Leaves Dozens Dead
Tornadoes and windstorms across eight states caused at least 28 deaths and about 200 injuries with extensive property damage. Red Cross allotted 100000 dollars for storm areas as 300 homes were wrecked or damaged. Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee suffered heavy losses with multiple fatalities in Crowder England Belden and Warren.
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Little Rock
Ark
Washington
Red Cross
Arkansas
England
Mississippi
Belden
Chesterville
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Caruthersville
Paducah
Troy
Ripley
Tenn
Warren
el Dorado
Snow and fog hinder search for B26 wreck on Mount FujiYama
Snow and fog, with four to six feet of new snow, hampered ground teams searching for the B26 bomber that crashed yesterday on Mount Fujiyame. Four crew members were aboard. Wreckage was spotted by search planes.
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Tokyo
Mount Fujiyame
New Home Gifted to Girl Who Saved Four in Fire
Roberta Lee, 14, who rescued four siblings from a February blaze, was presented with a blue ribbon home in Chicago with a gold key and medal. The house, funded by unions and public donations, includes a $10,000 cash fund and will be discharged from hospital soon. Mayor Martin Kennelly attended as a 40 piece band played during the ceremony.
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Roberta Lee
Des Plaines
Ill
Chicago
Leroy
Associated Press
Yueéce
Michael Sexton
Chicago District Council of Carpenters
Martin 7. Kennelly
Roberta
Prisoner George J Escapes From Detroit Police HQ
Detroit March 28 a ninth floor escape led George J 34 year old ex convict and police witness to stroll from headquarters claiming he was going out for a drink He unlocked two doors and vanished as officers blamed a master key amid Sunday visitors chaos He was paroled from Marquette prison for providing information in a $1500 hotel robbery prior arrest Feb 8
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Detroit
George J. George
George
Jobby
Freedom
Marquette State Prison
Newburyport Grocer Albert Parsons Honored by Band
In Newburyport Mass on March 28 a 22 piece brass band played at the funeral of Albert W. Parsons a 73 year old grocer and real estate man whose last wish was fulfilled yesterday The ceremony reflected the community’s respect for the longtime local figure.
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Clementine
Harry Grimes
Central Congregational Church
America
God
Oak Hill Cemetery
Newburyport
Mass
Albert W. Parsons
Normal Weather in Most of Nation
Chicago dispatch reports a return to normal spring conditions nationwide after a weekend of deadly tornadoes in the south. Rain and strong winds ceased in the Midwest, with only a narrow east of the Appalachians seeing showers, and upcoming storms forecast for the plains and Mississippi Valley. Snow noted in the Lake Superior region and high Utah Nevada elevations while temps hovered near normal except the southwest.
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Chicago
Midwest
Appalachians
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Lake Superior
Utah
Nevada
Boy Confession in Slaying Told in Wisconsin
Fond du Lac Wisconsin district attorney Jerold Murphy said a 12 year old boy confessed to killing Michael Strobel two by strangling him with a belt and dangling the body after an incident where they tussled in a bid to put Michael to bed. The boy, Michael's relative, sobbed as he recounted the act saying a bumped head made him mad.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Jerold Murphy
Michael Strobel
Murphy
Michael
Sandwich price boost shocks Philadelphia shop window
A Philadelphia sandwich shop on 48th and Spruce Streets shows a window sign announcing a “Bombshell sandwich” at 1.25 dollars. The owner has raised the everyday sandwich into a higher income bracket, branding it as a complete delicatessen experience with three slices of white or rye.
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Philadelphia
48Th and
Spruce Sts
Ex-empress Fawzia Weds Egyptian Noble Jamail Shirine Bey
Cairo reports Princess Fawzia former empress of Iran married Jamail Shirine Bey a relative of Egypt's royal family in a simple private Moslem ceremony. Farouk as head of the family led the rites and a royal luncheon followed. The couple will reside at a house near Maadi.
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Cairo
Fawzia
Iran
Jamail Shirine Bey
Egypt
Farouk
Tran
Allah
Ismail Shirine Bey
Kouba Palace
Mamoun el Shinawa
al J Azhar University
Mos
Jems
Palestine
Maad
Shirine Bey
Heshe
United Nations
Israel
120 year Search Finds Son to Pay Him 968
Manhattan Beach reports Harvey Mauck Jr an aircraft worker is 968 richer after a 20 year search for a lost beneficiary. His father took out a policy in 1909 in Salt Lake City and used it as loan collateral in 1923 before fading from records. The company located the son yesterday and presented the check.
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Manhattan Beach
Harvey Mauck Jr
Youth arraigned in Milwaukee girl murder stands mute
Milton Babich faced a first degree murder charge and remained silent in court as prosecutors plan to present an unsigned statement alleging he killed Patricia Birmingham a 16 year old West Allis High School student on Feb 10 after she mocked his wife’s pregnancy. The preliminary hearing was set for April 12.
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Mina AtKee
Milton Babich
Patricia Birmingham
Wise
Harvey L. Neelen
William McCauley
Babich
Cus
Bee Land Oo
Slomy Witagur Wun
Arthur Richter
Richter
Kathleen
Patricia
Milt
McCauley
Fabian Babich
Hiehter
Pat
Milwaukee
West Allis
Mel Cauley
Holdup Suspect Faces Trial for Killing Policeman
Dominick Sanantonio, 22, unemployed shipper, accused of killing Patrolman Anthony Oetheimer and wounding two others in a subway holdup. He faces homicide and robbery charges and possible electric chair, after claiming self defense. Also linked to a $200 liquor store robbery. Ruth Kazee, 19, had planned to marry the slain officer.
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New York
Dominick Sanand
Tonio
John A. Dwyer
Queens
Oetheimer
Sanantonio
Giannattasio
Maggio
Joseph Tracey
Ruth Kazee
Catonsville
Polish Budget Approved for 1949 Armed Forces Seen Rising
Warsaw March 28 parliamentary finance committee approved a national budget of 1.52 billion dollars for 1949. Formal adoption expected at a session opening tomorrow. The 1948 budget stood near 700 million. Proposed 1949 armed forces expenditure is about 140 million, up from 85 million previously.
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Warsaw
Poland
Plane Rescues Airmen From Arctic Waste
A U S Air Force Dakota ski plane rescued seven American airmen stranded on Ellesmere Island in the Arctic. The men, seven aboard a C-82 cargo plane, were forced down 700 miles off course during a flight from Frobisher Bay to Resolute Bay. Officials identified six: Harold B. Murray Gerland D McCrea Walter L Kemp Edward L Blatz Alvin H Griffith Samuel C Lilly. Evacuation was declared successful.
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Edmonton
Alta
U. S. Air Force
Dakota
Ellesmere Island
Arctic Circle
Frobisher Bay
Baffin Island
Resolute Bay
Cornwallis Island
Greenville
S. C
Harold BH. Murray
Gerland D. McCrea
Walter L. Kemp
Edward L. Blatz
Alvin H. Griffith
Samuel C. Lilly
Hth
Martin Costello
Royal Canadian Air Force
U. S
Thule
Greenland
Smith Sound
Baffin Bay
Kane Base
North Magnetic Pole
Goose Bay
Labrador
Clay Insists on Rights of German State
Berlin reports that U S Military Governor Gen Lucius D Clay stated the Germans could form a separate Western German government if they so choose, despite Soviet demands to abandon plans for a West German state and a new foreign ministers conference. He warned the West German state would be created with or without the blockade.
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Berlin
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Clay
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