Angry miners refuse to resume work under Taft-Hartley move
President Truman invoked the Taft Hartley Act to end the coal shutdown. A board of inquiry led by David L. Cale with W Willard Wirts and John Dunlop was named to report within a week. The action could push for an 80 day court order mandating miners back to work as idle output rises nationwide.
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Washington
Truman
David L. Cale
Paterson
N. J
W. Willard Wirts
Northwestern University
Wage Stabilization Board
John Dunlop
Harvard University
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Winess
Utah
Tennessee
Alabama
Charles G. Ross
Lewis
Mr. Truman
Souai
Taft - Hartley
Mrs Abbott Testifies as Trial in Murder Case Continues
Mrs Marie Abbott took the stand in Common Pleas Court defending herself against a first degree murder charge in the slaying of Morris Abbott, her former husband of Reilly Township. Judge Collier refused a defense motion for acquittal as the trial proceeded with witness E. L. McSavaney and testimony on alleged collusion with Scotty Gordon. The Hamilton courthouse was packed with spectators as the case moved toward a likely jury ruling tomorrow, with Gordon returning from prison to testify earlier this week.
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Alice Lawler
Dave Regan
Marie Abbott
Common Pleas
Reilly Township
Morris
James J. Collier
William JF. Mophins
Otier Defense
Cyril
Scotty) Gordon
Abbott
E. L. McSavaney
Ohio Bureau of Investigation and Identification
McSavaney
Abbott Farm
Decoration Day
Gollier
Hamilton
Mrs. Abbott
FBI Director Explains Role in Fuchs Atom Case
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover described the bureau s role in the arrest of top British scientist Klaus Fuchs charged with sharing atomic secrets with Russia. Hoover spoke to the Congressional Atomic Committee behind closed doors, with Clyde Tolson and L B Nichols present. Senator Bridges urged a search for American contacts and possible high places related to the case. Authority sources said other individuals may have been involved and atomic documents from wartime are missing. Congress debated which committees will continue scrutiny.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Congressional Atomic Committee
FBI
Russia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clyde Tolson
L. B. Nichols
Hoover
Leslie R. Groves
U.S. Atomic Enterprise
Groves
Bridges
Klaus Fuchs Fuchs
London
Senate Appropriations
Fuchs
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Congress
Ohio Weekend Traffic Mishaps Take 10 Lives
The Associated Press reports ten people died in Ohio traffic accidents over the weekend. Incidents spanned Elyria Columbus Lorain Mt. Vernon Cincinnati Warren and other locations with drownings and fatal crashes including a train collision and a vehicle striking a locomotive. Names ages and places include Patricia Toy Richard Reed Charles Reid John Boskey Glenn Hayslip Herbert Sowder George Huff Dewey Jones Herbert Schiff John Radwansky Everett Walker Delmar Priddy.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Charles Reid
Franklin County
Columbus
John Boskey
Lorain
Route
Glenn Hayslip
Creek
Bentonville
Herbert Charles Sowder
Dayton
George Huff
Mount Vernon
Mt. Vernon
Dewey J. Jones
Eaton
Preble County
Wilmington
Herbert N. Schiff
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
John P. Radwansky
Sharonville
Everett M. Walker
Delmar Priddy
Phalanx Station
Trumbull County
Warren
Rail breakdown derails nine C&O cars in Cincinnati
A broken rail derailed nine Chesapeake and Ohio freight cars in Cincinnati yesterday. No injuries were reported.
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Cincinnati
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hydrogen bomb claim shocks despite lack of proof
London AP report cites Kenneth De Courcy, editor of Intelligence Digest, asserting the Soviet Union has built and tested a hydrogen bomb. He claims three H bombs exist, one exploded, with further tests planned from March 3 to 25. No dates or locations are given, no independent verification.
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London
Soviet Union
Kenneth de Courcy
Russia
Havin
de Courcy
Truman
Moscow
Washington
Paris
Kazakh
Winter flood dangers wane across the nation
Rain returned to the midwest and pacific coast while Ohio and Mississippi valleys cleared. Light rain and fog touched several states as heavier rain moved from Washington to southern California. Most rivers fell and the northwest opened routes in the cascades. Marooned ranchers and Indians in northern Montana received supplies. Aberdeen Washington faced water shortages eased by emergency deliveries.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Ohio
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Washington
California
New England
Canada
Plains States
Arkansas
Cascade Mountains
Montana
Aberdeen Wash
Bids Opened For Cincinnati Veterans Hospital Project
Washington AP reports sealed bids for a 500 bed Veterans Hospital in Cincinnati will be opened March 28 by the Veterans Administration. The facility is to be built near the University of Cincinnati medical school on a 19 acre site.
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Washington
Veterans Hospital
Cincinnati
Veterans Administration
University of Cincinnati Medical School
Bomb wrecks Mickey Cohen home in dawn blast
A forward blast at Mickey Cohen’s Los Angeles residence wrecked the $100,000 home, but Cohen his wife and a maid escaped unharmed. Police suspect a bomb. the incident follows prior assassination attempts on Cohen, a gangland figure in Southern California.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Mickey
Cohen
Kathryn Jones
West
Miss Jones
California
Sherry
Sunset Strip
Neddie Herbert
Vice
Phone Dispute Talks Reach Crucial Stage
Water recedes at Cincinnati as Ohio River crest falls from 59.1 to 58.8 feet. About 1,200 lowlanders prepare to return home with no major damage reported. In New York a nationwide telephone strike looms as federal mediation nears, affecting 100,000 Western Electric and AT&T workers and potentially 320,000 more. A two-week truce may be sought if progress stalls.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Oe Weather Bureau
NEW York
CIO
Cyrus 8S. Ching
U. S. Mediation and Conciliation Service
Western Electric Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
CIO Communications Workers of America
Ching
William N. Margolis
Mediation
Servce
Washington
A. T. and
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
Young Bandit Arrested After Mountain Hold-Up Hoard
A 23 year old man identified as Andrew Cecil McCauley holed up in a mountain cabin stocked with machine guns food check writing equipment and a mink coat. He faces two kidnappings and three auto theft charges and is accused of a $250 000 bad checks spree across 12 states. Barbara Jean Carroll 28 of Houston was arrested with him after a five hour chase. FBI agents questioned McCauley though officials said there was no link to the Brinks Boston holdup.
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Golden
Colo
Andrew Cecil McCauley
Carl Enlow
McCauley
Easy Livin Then and now the cold is easy to bear
The piece contrasts modern comforts with a bygone winter mornings. It recalls coal oil lamps, chopping wood, gathering kindling, lighting a stove, and heating the house by hand. Today a thermostat and rapid heat make mornings feel effortless, prompting critics to overlook progress since earlier winters.
Explosion Shakes Houston Suburbs. Source Unfound
A mysterious blast rattled windows across Houston suburbs and reached towns up to 25 miles away last night. Police could not locate a source. Deputy Sheriff J. M. Crabb said Crosby that pipelines were checked and found to be OK, noting the area was shaken but nothing identifiable found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
J. M. Crabb
Crosby
Okeh
Republicans Draft 1950 Platform Statement
GOP drafters issued a 1950 platform outline described as critical yet constructive. The foreign policy section criticizes Administration consultation and Asia decisions, while the anti infiltration plank targets Alger Hiss. Senator Vandenberg aided the foreign portion, signaling a two party national policy with Republican backing in advance.
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Washington
GOP
Guy G. Gabrielson
Asia
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
M.riebers
Werner W. Schroeder
Illnois
Schroder
Vandenberg
Re Mich
U Nations
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Kentucky
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Dave Fowler
Virginia
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Hopkins
Gordon
Atomic Committee
Elyria
Patricia Louise Toy
Richard H. Reed
Black River
REDS
Ocean
Atlantic
R. L. Beasley
Midway
Beasley
Helicoter
Herbert
Frank Niccoli
Dave Ogul
Ernest Weaver
CIO Communications Workers
Young Bandit
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