Big Four Fight For France Ends Bidault Says No To Reds
Paris dispatch reports the Big Four talks on Europe’s security end with France rejecting Soviet proposals. Bidault dissected Molotov’s European pact plan, ruling out any chance it would ease Germany’s status or curb US aid. Indochina peace hopes loom as Bidault plans a dinner with Molotov to hear more offers.
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France
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Georges Bidault
Germany
Europe
Bidault
Germ War Confessor Schwable Inquiry Opens
A panel of three Marine generals and an admiral opened testimony to decide if Col. Frank W. Schwable should face court martial for a false germ warfare confession made under captivity in Korea. The court cannot rule on guilt and may consider torture effects in its report to the Marine Corps. Schwable repudiated the confession after release, citing coercion.
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Washington
Frank W. Schwable
Schwable
Korea
United Nations
Arlington
Marine Corps
Lemuel B. Shepherd
Red
Wed Ten Days Bride Unaware She Is Doomed
SCRANTON Pa A state trooper's bride of 10 days Marie Rebar learned she had leukemia two weeks before her Feb 6 wedding. The couple married as planned and honeymooned in New York, but she collapsed within an hour of starting the trip and later was admitted to hospital. Dr Krisanda said she will not leave the hospital alive, perhaps only a few weeks or months.
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Scranton
Paul Chulak Jr
Marie Rebar
New York
Marie
Olyphant
Joseph P. Krisanda
Minister Is Ex-Convict. Passer Of Bad Checks
Ex-convict minister Alexander George Patterson, 57, faced removal to Baltimore after FBI records show he cashed worthless checks in at least eight cities since 1949, totaling about 75000 in twenty years. Police seized him in Wheaton on a Baltimore warrant for passing a $125 bogus check.
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Chicago
Baltimore
FBI
Alexander George Patterson
Wheaton
Guy Banister
Patterson
Rhodes Claims Taxes Help Ohio Democrats in Insurance Ties
Republican governor candidate James A. Rhodes alleged tax funds pay state insurance premiums that support the Ohio Democratic party and its leaders. He named no one, but hinted at Eugene H. Hanhart as a key figure in placing much of the state’s insurance business. Governor Lausche declined to comment.
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Upper
Sandusky
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Columbus
Eugene H. Hanhart
Dover
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Wyandot County
State Liquor Department
Hanhart
Army chief warns of third world war within four years
Maj. Gen. Jesus Vargas told a congressional committee the Philippine army expects a third world war within four years. He urged approval of 91 million dollars for national defense in the 334 million dollar defense budget presented to the House Appropriations Committee.
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Philippine Army
Jesus Vargas
Army
House Appropriations Committee
Crystal Cave Party Finds Stone Flower Paradise
Crystal Cave Kentucky explorers report a 18 by five foot gypsum chamber 300 feet below the surface in Mammoth Cave area. The National Speleological Society advances camp aided seven day expedition with four teams round the clock. William Burke Miller calls the scene an orchid paradise on the ceiling, with stone flowers ranging white to red brown formed by limestone moisture over centuries.
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Mammoth Cave National Park
National Speleological
William Burke Miller
NBC
Eisenhower stands firm on Indochina aid limits
President Eisenhower reportedly resists broader American participation in the Indochina war. He told Republican leaders he will only commit 200 armed services technicians and allow civilian volunteers to fly French planes. Britain and France push for more U.S. help, possibly including naval and air units, as discussions with Senate Foreign Relations Committee explore policy scope. Adm. Radford and Walter Bedell Smith faced lawmakers in a closed session amid questions on strategy. Senator Johnson said Congress must know more about the administration’s plans.
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Eisenhower
Armed Services
Indochina
Malaya
Adm
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter Bedell Smith
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Congress
Senators Fight Over Treaty Plan Ahead of Vote Today
The divided Senate clashes over Bricker’s proposal to constrain treaty power while a roll-call vote on ratifying treaties looms. Key figures Knowland Magnuson and Humphrey clash over whether executive agreements should face Senate voting, amid White House objections to making them operative only with congressional approval.
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Senate
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Sen. Knowland
California
Ange
Sen
Humphrey
Saccet
Sen. Magnuson
D-Wash
Congress
White House
Beck Prefers Bilateral Pacts Over AFL CIO No Raid Plan
Miami Beach. Dave Beck, head of the Teamsters, says he favors negotiating his own private peace treaties with competing unions rather than a proposed AFL CIO no raiding pact. He plans bilateral agreements with AFL sister unions to settle jurisdiction and joint organizing. already near completion with the Upholsterers Union and extending to Machinists, operating engineers, bakery workers, laundry workers and meat cutters. Beck, leading a 1.3 million strong union, opposes the no raid plan and seeks union by union settlements.
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Fla
Dave Beck
AFL Teamsters Union
Afl-Cio
Teamsters’ General Executive Board
AFL
Beck
International Association of Machinists
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
Teamsters
Aflcio
CIO
Tornado Rips Clarksville injuring twenty in gym collapse
A tornado struck Clarksville Arkansas last night injuring 20 people as the gym at the College of the Ozarks suffered roof and bleacher damage. Mayor Dr George R Siegel said one victim remains critically hurt and students Jenny Burnham and Rev Troy Clinesmith were among those affected as about 150 people sheltered inside.
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Ark
Coloe of the Ozarks
George R. Siegel
Larry Burnham
Ozarks
Troy Clinesmith
Presbyterian School
From Here to Eternity Leads Oscar Nominations in 1953
Hollywood reports 13 nominations for From Here to Eternity dominating the Oscar race. Burt Lancaster is favored for best actor with Brando and Burton also cited among heavy contenders. Supporting nods go to Sinatra and Reed while Katharine Hepburn and Audrey Hepburn vie in leading actress category.
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Hollywood
Burt Lancaster
Deborah Kerr
Audrey Hepburn
Frank Sinatra
Donna Reed
Julius Caesar
Shane
Lancaster
Marlon Brando
Richard Burton
Japan Offers Share Skills to Southeast Asia
Japan will share technical expertise with Southeast Asia to aid agriculture and light industry development. Ceylon begins talks with its minister Dr. Deepal Sustanta de Fonseka in Tokyo as Japan plans expert exchanges and mutual funding. Similar negotiations with India and Pakistan are anticipated.
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Southeast Asia
Foreign Office
Japan
Ceylon
Deepal Sustanta de Fonseka
Kyodo
India
Pakistan
Senator Douglas presses to drop U.S. recognition of Eastern Bloc
Senator Douglas urges Congress to adopt a resolution demanding President Eisenhower withdraw official U.S. recognition of Iron Curtain states seized by Soviet power after World War II. He cites 1940 nonrecognition precedent for Latvia Lithuania and Estonia and argues the Yalta pledges to support freely elected, representative governments remain unfulfilled.
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D-Ill
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Estonia
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Russia
Albania
Poly Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
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Yugoslavia
Moscow
Great Britain
United States
Europe
Baltic
Poland
Train Almost Derailed By Steel Plate
TOLEDO Ohio a large steel plate placed on the tracks nearly derailed the New York Central Mercury passenger train on February 8. FBI and police investigated as the train rocked on a viaduct. Firemen said crew feared a collapse before darkness hid the plate, found next day tied to a wreck plot with bricks and cobblestones nearby suggesting juvenile involvement.
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Toledo
Ohio
New York Central
FBI
Alfred J. Stucker
Berdan Avenue
Gooignene, Yee
Trade Hike Sought Ottawa Ambassadorship Stated
A new Soviet ambassador to Canada D S Chuvakin announces plans to post a special attache to the Soviet embassy in Ottawa to stimulate Canada Russia trade relations. The move signals a push to deepen commercial ties and exchanges between the two nations.
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Canada
Russia
D. S. Chuvakin
South Korea warns India on repatriation of war prisoners
Seoul issued a letter to Lt Gen Thimayya saying additional Indian troops will not depart until assurances of safety for 76 Korean prisoners sent to India. About 3,000 Indian troops left Korea with 3,000 more remaining. 76 Koreans and 12 Chinese POWs sought neutral nations. U N Command protection was cited. Divider limits kept.
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South Korea
India
K.S. Thimayya
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Won Yong Duk
Office of Public Information
Korea
North
U. S. 8Th Army
Inchon
Thimayya
U. N
Maxwell D. Taylor
8Th Army
Roks
Roosevelt Hearing Highlights Family Financial Strains
James Roosevelt testifies in Pasadena as his estranged wife seeks $3,500 monthly support for herself and three children. She alleges missing documents after a break in last August while he claims a $78,000 debt and a $2 million valuation. An attorney introduced a torn document tying Irene Owens to a $2,500 trust and to a co respondent case.
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Pasadena
Calif
James Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Romelle
Arthur E. Schifferman
Irene Owens
Schifferman
Gladys Irene Owens
Weather notes lift Ohio records in February thaw
Vandalia forecasters warn of partly cloudy, cold weather in the Miami Valley tonight and tomorrow. Middletown posted a 73 degree high yesterday and 56 low. tonight's low may drop to 35 and tomorrow's high to 45. Ohio cities set February records in readings from Toledo to Athens, with Athens reaching 76 and Zanesville 72, while nearby towns recorded 74 in Wirt and 73 in Marietta.
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Middletown
Ohio
Toledo
Y Town
Cleveland
Springfield
Colum
Athens
Zanesville
Ton
W. Va
Burg
Marietta
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