Western officials puzzled by Moscow foreign ministry shakeup
Western capitals weigh Moscow changes from Molotov to Vishinsky and possible shifts toward isolationism or tighter control of Eastern Europe. Officials foresee no basic change in Russia’s goals and prepare to strengthen fronts against Soviet aggression, with George Kennan to play a leading policy role this week.
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BAE
Washington
London
Paris
Moscow
West
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministry
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
Europe
Stalin
Politburo
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
State Department
Germany
Acheson
George Keenan
Senator J. Melville Broughton dies in office
Senator J Melville Broughton of North Carolina died of a heart attack in Bethesda Maryland. A Senate recess was called in his honor and funeral services will be held in Raleigh North Carolina. He had served about two months after being sworn in December 31 and had presided over the Senate last week.
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Washington
Senate
J. Melville Broughton
North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Broughton
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Soviet shifts may spur attempt at Big Four meeting
Observers in Moscow ponder if the recent reshuffle in the Soviet foreign ministry signals no major policy change despite Andrei Vishinsky’s replacement by Andrei Gromyko. Gromyko, Molotov ally and former UN delegate, is viewed as likely to fill Vishinsky’s post, while Molotov remains a key policy figure. The question remains whether a new four power foreign ministers’ meeting to resolve the Berlin and German questions could be revived.
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Moscow
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
V. M. Molotov
Berlin
Molotov
Vishinsky
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
U. S
Russia
Hoover Commission Urges Commerce Dept Control of Transportation
The Hoover Commission recommends moving all national transportation controls to the Commerce Department. It proposes absorbing eight agencies including the Coast Guard and Maritime Commission duties, unifying planning for air rail road and shipping, and stripping some executive powers while weighing airlines against other transport modes. Hoover supported the plan, which aims to reduce waste and overlap and streamline peacetime growth and wartime mobilization.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Commerce Department
Congress
Commission
Coast Guard
Maritime Commission
Herbert Hoover
Department of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Treasury
Customs Bureau
Federal Works Agency
Public Roads Administration
Royall slated to quit post observers say
Key West Florida AP report says Secretary of the Army Kenneth C Royall will resign within ten to twenty days. President Truman vacations at a Florida naval base with plans to fly to Orlando and Winter Park for a Rollins College address and degree. Col Louis Johnson expected to succeed Forrestal on March 31.
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Key West
Fla
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Royal
Florida
Boca Chica
Orlando
Winter Park
Rollins College
Defense Forrestal
Truman
Col
Louis Johnson
Navy
W. Stuart Symington
Air
Mr. Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Washington
Mundt questions UN hiring of fired U N workers
Senator Mundt charges the United Nations employed several people previously fired by the State Department as security risks. He cites files of the House Un-American Activities Committee and urges UN screening of American hires. The remarks follow a weekend spy case involving Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev, with FBI arrests and disclosures of confidential material.
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Washington
Mundt
R-Sd
United Nations
State Department
House Un-American Activities Committee
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Valentine A. Gubitchev
FBI
New York
Miss Coplon
Clark
Beaten to Death: Elderly Mother and Daughter Found in Eldorado
In Eldorado Illinois a 79 year old mother Mrs Ida Davis was found dying in the street in front of her home and her 58 year old daughter Mrs Mildre Gibson was found dead on her bedroom floor. Sheriff Fred Wilmoth reported that Sylvester Denton a 50 year old son by a previous marriage was found about three hours later wandering a gravel road six miles south of Eldorado. Denton was detained for questioning after being told that he had asked the two women for money to buy liquor the day before and was refused.
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Eldorado, Ill
Eldorado
Ida Davis
Mildre Gibson
Fred Wilmoth
Wilmoth
Denton
Death of George Fricke Follows March Traffic Crash
Cincinnati AP reports George I C Fricke aged 79 died yesterday from injuries suffered in a traffic accident on March 2. He was hospitalized after the crash and did not recover. Fricke was a resident of Cincinnati and is survived by relatives. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Cincinnati
George Ic. Fricke
Two Missing Students Sought In Flood Area
Associated Press reports a man died and two Creighton University students are missing as floods threaten hundreds of homes across western Iowa and Nebraska. George W. Johnson, about 77, drowned in his Missouri Valley home. Thomas Nolan and Charles Wermuth, both 22 and 20, vanished during a hunting trip near Limona Beach southwest of Omaha.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri Valley
Missouri
Big Blue
George W. Johnson
Thomas M. Nolan
Charles Wermuth
Creighton University
Omaha
Limona Beach
Red Cross Disaster
Crete
Seward
Elkhorn Valley
Ashland
Nebraska City
German war crimes verdicts approved by Gen Clay
Berlin report says Gen Lucius Clay approved today the sentences of 19 Germans convicted of mass murder, primarily Jews, at a Nuremberg war crimes trial this April. The proceedings resulted in convictions for a range of crimes tied to the Nazi genocide.
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Berlin
Lucius Clay
Nuernberg
Hexed widow recovering from spell in grave ritual
In Altoona Pennsylvania a widow, Rosella Rock, recovers from a spell allegedly cast by her deceased husband Pvt Reuben Rock. Authorities opened the grave, burned his U S Army uniform, sprinkled salt, and wrapped the body after a February 22 ceremony that concluded her alleged torment.
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Altoona
Bedford County
Reuben Rock
Arthur Dively
Rock
Rosella Rock
U. S. Army
Dively
Rosella
American Communists Plea for Peace and Pact With Russia
New York AP Two top leaders of the American Communist Party urged President Truman to sign a pact of friendship and peace with the Soviet Union likening themselves to Lincoln and Jefferson as advocates of peace. Foster and Dennis criticized a North Atlantic pact as anti Communist and defended the US Soviet bond as key to peace and security. They asserted responsibility for world tension rests with Wall Street and its bipartisan puppets. Truman dismissed the statement as from traitors. Foster and Dennis face federal charges of conspiracy to advocate forcible overthrow. Dennis stands trial with other leaders, while Foster’s trial was separated due to health.
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American Communist Party
United States
Soviet Union
William Z. Foster
Eugene Dennis
Truman
Lincoln
Jefferson
Foster
Dennis
North Atlantic
U. S
Russia
America
Wall Street
Bill to shield U. S. spies moves before House panel
A tightly guarded bill to grant permanent CIA authority and secrecy moved before the House today. It would allow the CIA to hide budgets and payrolls, admit up to 100 aliens annually for information, and assign agents for training domestically or abroad with Attorney General approval. Debate was limited and details withheld amid national security concerns.
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Washington
U. S
House
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
House Rules Committee
Rep
Short
R-Mo
Central Intelligence Agency
Attorney General
Sasseer
DMD
Armed Services Committee
Rules Committee
Brooks
D-La
Oleo Conflict To Be Renewed In Ohio Senate
In Columbus AP states first efforts to revive the oleo margarine bill will occur in the state Senate tonight after a 16 to 14 defeat. Sen William M Boyd plans a reconsideration motion after switching his vote to against the bill. The measure would legalize colored oleomargarine, but Democratic floor leader Margaret Mahoney did not vote to keep the requirement at 17 for passage.
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Margaret Mahoney
George Davies
Fulton
David McK. Ferguson
Guernsey
Fire Rates Store In Kentucky Town
In Whitesburg Kentucky a downtown fire destroyed one three story building and threatened others. Fire crews from Hazard Neon Cumberland and Jenkins fought the blaze for five hours before dawn. Damage estimate around 200000. Hobbs five and ten store Quillen drug store offices and apartments burned as Kepper department store and Western Auto suffered heavy smoke and water damage. Low water pressure hampered efforts and origin of the fire was undetermined.
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Whitesburg
Hazard
Neon
Cumberland and
Jenkins
Letcher County Court House
Hobbs
Five and Ten Cent
Quillen
Kepper Department Store
Western Auto Store
5 285 Mile Trip Half Completed In Small Plane
Bill Odom presses toward New Jersey in a light plane with a brisk tail wind. He reports being ahead of schedule and past the worst of a Pacific storm, with more than 1300 miles covered and under 1100 miles remaining to San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Bill Odom
California
Honolulu
New Jersey
Teterboro
N. J
Coastguard
Odom
Hawaii
KGO
Tno
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Changes in proposed vet pension bill spark debate
A large veteran pension bill faces sharp changes and House debate after a Rules Committee morning briefing. The plan would grant $90 monthly pensions for World War I and II veterans at age 65, with $120 for those with certain disabilities, but costs loom. Rankin wields power to force a March 14 showdown, while critics push capping to World War I veterans.
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Washington
Rules Committee
Rankin
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Congress
Ohio weekend traffic toll drains many lives
A weekend of Ohio traffic crashes claimed sixteen lives across the state. Notable fatalities include Beverly Smith 19 Virginia Hetrick 19 Theodore Stetzel 20 in Ottawa County's Oak Harbor area and several others in Me dville Harrisville Windsor Mills Columbus Yellow Springs and Piqua.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Oak Harbor
Ottawa County
Beverly Smith
Virginia Hetrick
Theodore Stetzel
Fremont
Carl Wolf
Shirley Fought
Kenneth Carnicon
Wolf
Miss
Carnicon
Chardon
Darwin Redmond
Meadville
Emil Meir, Jr
Harrisville
Frederick A. Button
Laura Button
Windsor Mills
Ashtabula County
Button
Pennsylvania
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