Fuchs Pleads Guilty to Betraying Atomic Secrets
Dr. Klaus Fuchs, a British atomic researcher born in Germany, pleaded guilty at Old Bailey to betraying top secret atomic information to the Soviet Union. He received a 14 year prison term after a swift trial, with testimony from security officer William J. Skardon and remarks by Lord Chief Justice Baron Goddard.
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Klaus Fuchs
Jekyll
William J. Skardon
Fuchs
Britain
Fitch
Derek Curtis-Bennett
Lord Goddard
Jekyll Hyde
Truman May Open State Dept Loyalty Files to Senate
President Truman may allow a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee to view secret State Department loyalty files in its inquiry led by Senator McCarthy. Administration aides indicated the move could surpass past bans, with Republicans insisting at least one of their members be present. State Secretary Acheson defended the department while expressing compassion for Alger Hiss and noting disloyalty will not be tolerated.
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Washington
Truman
State Department
Administration
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Appropriations
Ferguson
R-Mich
Congress
Appropriations
Acheson
Alger Hiss
Department of State
Achéson
Hiss
Cancer Fear Triggers Mother’s Disappearance in New York
Mrs Helen Overlander 30-year-old mother of three vanished after fearing she had cancer validated by a doctor’s words. Police in 14 states search as husband Sherrell Overlander reports she feared hereditary cancer after her grandfather’s death.
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Renssfalaer
N. Y.ap
Helen B. Overlander
Overlander
Two Sisters and Brother Die in Ohio Trailer Fire
In Hillsboro Ohio a brother John Albert Rank 70 and two sisters Abs Fannie Runk 77 and Otto Mae Runk 65 died in a trailer fire near their farmhouse. Firefighters arrived after a neighbor reported flames at 2 30 am. Officials cite possible accidental stove-related causes with Chaney noting moved stoves and a late night check.
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Abs
Fannie Runk
Otto Mae Runk
Hillsboro
Otto Mae
Lawrence Chaney
Chaney
Attlee reshuffles cabinet to meet Conservative challenge
Prime Minister Attlee rebuts the Conservative threat by altering his Labor cabinet, keeping Morrison Bevin and Cripps, and creating 15 changes mainly among lower ministers. Parliament opens with a Commons speaker vote as Churchill’s opposition prepares for a fresh election fight.
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Oatis London
Attlee
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Ernest Bevin
Stafford Cripps
Douglas Clifton Brown
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
George VI
Hugh Dalton
Chiang Kai-shek Reassumes Presidency of Nationalist China
Chiang Kai-shek became president of Nationalist China again today after 13 months away. Premier Yen Hsi-Shan, who had led the cabinet, resigned, and Gen. Chen Cheng, a close ally of Chiang, was expected to succeed Yen as premier.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nationalist China
Yen Hsi-Shan
Chen Cheng
Chiang
Yen
Nationalist China Acting President Won’t Step Aside
A high Chinese source in New York says acting president Li Tsung Jen will not resign and will claim he is the actual president, opposing Chiang Kai-shek’s return to power. The source, anonymous, cites Li’s expected press conference this afternoon.
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New York
Nationalist China
Ul? Tsung-Jen
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang resumes presidency as Nationalist leader names new vice president
President Chiang Kai-shek, surrounded by 200 Nationalists including cabinet members and former Shanghai leaders, announced in a seven minute speech that he would resume the presidency from March first. Li Tsung-jen remains vice president, currently in New York for an operation. Premier Yen performed presidential duties during Li’s absence.
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China
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Li Tsung-Jen
New York
Yen
Lustron dealers press case before Senate subcommittee
Lus t r o n prefabricated homes dealers pursue government foreclosure relief as RFC seeks 36.4 million judgment for 37.5 million loans. A Senate banking subcommittee hearing set for 2:30 p m features W W Lobdell of Rockford Ill as spokesman. Lawyers for Lustron and RFC appeared in Columbus federal court. Lobdell says Lustron could profit if allowed to continue. ten dealers project 2,800 sales this year with 232 dealers in the network.
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Senate Banking
W. W. Lobdell
Rockford
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Lustron
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
U. S. District Court
Columbus
RFC
Lobdell
Rhodes Criticizes State Welfare Post as Political Football
Youngstown Ohio AP James A Rhodes Republican candidate for governor called the welfare department a political football and urged abolishing the welfare director post. He proposed a full time bi partisan board of career welfare executives with long appointed terms.
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Youngstown
James A. Rhodes
Union Keeps Up Fight Over Miners Strike Contempt Case
John Owens of the United Mine Workers testified that officers tried to end the coal strike and that two back to work orders issued by John L. Lewis were issued without reservations. The contempt trial centers on miners who continued to strike after a February 11 court order to return to work. Judge Keech denied the defense motion to dismiss while UMW counsel defended the union’s nonparticipation claim.
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Washington
John Owens
United Mine Workers
Owens
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
H. Graham Morison
Richmond B. Keech
Welly K. Hopkins
Morison
Hopkins
Juddwe Reech
International Union
Keech
Warriavge Ends Stage Career Of Trene Rich
NEW YORK AP Lovely Irene Rich aged 58 wed her fourth husband George Henry Clifford 66 and quit her 30 year acting career. The couple tied the knot at the Sherry Netherland Hotel and plan to live there. Rich said she is giving up acting to care for Clifford who has been widowed once before. Rich is known as a stage leading lady and for more than 200 films including the Broadway musical As The Girls Go which closed last month.
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New York
Irene Rich
Utilities
George Henry Clifford
Sherry-Netherland Hotel
Miss Rich
Clifford
Dynamite damages Ohio coal tipple at Bergholz
An early morning dynamite blast wrecked the Rebel Coal Company tipple in Bergholz Ohio closing the plant temporarily. No injuries were reported though three nearby homes lost windows and damage was pegged at 300 dollars. The non union mine normally employs 22 men.
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Ohio
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Jefferson County
United Mine Workers
American Steel and Wire Company
Cleveland
United States Steel Company
Missing Physician Sought By Patrol in Newark
The Ohio Highway Patrol aids in a search for Dr. Robert M. Wingard of Newark missing since February 20 He is assistant medical examiner for the Newark division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Dr Wingard was last seen acting strangely and his abandoned car with empty gas and luggage was found on Route 36 west of Delaware
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State Highway Patrol
Robert M. Wingard
Newark
Wingard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
D. T. Willins
Alliance Approves $150,000 City Hospital Bond
Alliance voters approved a $150,000 bond to expand the City Hospital in a 5,803 to 580 ballot tally. The measure passed amid local support for improved healthcare facilities.
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Alliancce
You’re urged to plant a tree for beauty and posterity
The text extols planting a tree as a lasting gift to the country, to beautify the land and provide shelter for birds and children. It speaks of choosing a good spot, tending the sapling through seasons, and hoping for a long, healthy life for the tree as a personal legacy.
Court Told Air Injections Killed Mrs Borroto in Mercy Case
In Manchester New Hampshire the defense read a fellow physician’s statement that Mrs Abbie Borroto was dead before Dr Hermann Sander arrived. Dr Albert Snay said he found no pulse or heart sound and concluded she was deceased before Sander allegedly injected air. The trial concerns first degree serious case charges against Dr Sander with defense arguing the patient was already dead.
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N. H.ap
Abbie Borroto
Hermann N. Sander
Sander
Hillsboro County Hospital
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Dr. Lan
Dr. Bireh
William L. Phinney
Biron
Ford 30 Year Men Retiring Pension Plan Takes Effect
Hundreds of Ford workers, long-time artisans of Model T and the early wage era, retired yesterday as the company’s pension plan begins. Starting today they receive about 100 dollars monthly with social security, though five dollars today is not what it was thirty years ago. About 5,000 Ford employees meet the age and service requirements for a 65 year old pension with fifty years of service.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
Knisley backs $60 pensions for Ohio seniors
Clarence H. Knisley, Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Columbus, urges $60 monthly retirement for Ohioans age 65 and older. He pledges to push legislation to raise old age retirement to a maximum of $60 and to preserve home ownership for beneficiaries. He also proposes returning all property in state possession to legal owners.
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Columbus
Clarence H. Knisley
Columbus Man Sentenced to Life for Murder
Judge Dana F. Reynolds sentenced Cecil B. Red Martin, 34, to life in Ohio Penitentiary for first degree murder of Theodore B. White. Martin was found guilty of beating White to death on June 4. jury recommended mercy, making the life term mandatory.
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Columbus
Dana F. Reynolds
Cecil B
Red) Martin
Ohio
Theodore B. White
Martin
White
New CIO Electrical Union Wins In Vote
The CIO International Electrical Workers Union won collective bargaining elections at two General Motors plants in Dayton Ohio Delco and Frigidaire plants. The results announced by NLRB supervisors Rosemary Macks and Virginia McElroy. The CIO-IEW succeeds the United Electrical Workers Union expelled after a factional battle.
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Dayton
CIO International Electrical Workers Union
General Motors
Delco
Frigidaire
Rosemary Macks
Cincinnati
Virginia McElroy
Baltimore
National Labor Relations Board
Cio-Iew
United Electrical Workers Union
CIO
Jury Deliberates Verdict in Bigger Wife Murder Case
A jury of eight men and four women began deliberations on Vernon O. Bigger after his testimony that his wife Helen was accidentally shot in January. The trial, overseen by Judge Russell Maxwell, centers on the fatal shooting and Bigger's role.
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Iuy
Vernon O. Bigger
Russell Maxwell
Bigger
Helen
Canton voters reject three tax levies for Canton University
Canton Ohio residents vote against three ballot measures to fund a new Canton University. The plan to establish a Canton branch of Kent State University collapses as the district cites lack of funds leading to the closure of the Canton a branch at the end of the school year.
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Votre Down College
Canton
Canton University
Cantona
Kent State University
Good Year For Steel Is Seen By Iron Age
The Iron Age reports a week of sharp steel price drop and steady mill operations at about 70 percent capacity. Coke and pig iron lays off more than steel, with higher scrap use to keep output. Demand remains high and a gray market returns as buyers press for delivery.
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Ilron Age
Metalworking Trade Weekly
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