Mindszenty pleads partly guilty in Hungarian court
In Budapest on February 3 Cardinal Mindszenty told a Hungarian people's court he pleaded partly guilty to most charges of treason spying and black market dealings. He said he did not accept all conclusions of the indictment and opposed destroying the state's democratic system. His former secretary Ondras Zakar also pleaded partly guilty, claiming he only followed orders. The trial marks Mindszenty the first Roman Catholic cardinal tried by a civil court. The court rejected separating his case from six others.
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Ondras Zakar
Mindszenty
Fiveman People's Court
Vilmos Olthys
Cardinal Mindszenty
Indonesian venture ties Fox to 1947 business ruse
Matty Fox, once a Ziegfeld comedic foil, becomes business agent for a projected Indonesian republic of about 70 million. He forms the Worldwide Development Corporation with Maj. Gen. Royal B. Lord, then exits as it shifts from trade to an entry operation. Fox's path spans London, Paris, and Washington, with Bedell Smith approving a captain’s commission for his public relations work.
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Matty Fox
Ollywood
New York
Fox
London
Paris
Royal B. Lord
Worldwide Development Corporation
Brazil
Argentina
Lord
Matty
Worldwide Deelopment Corporation
Bretton Pods
World Bank
General Lord
Military Academy
West Point
Philip B. Fleming
Cambridge
California
Fleming
Young Fox
Washington
War Production Board
Bedell Smith
Eisenhower
Smith
Senators Tackle Housing Shortage
Washington Feb 3 Congress and Senate banking subcommittee chair Sparkman outlined plans to break legislation into parts to ease a housing shortage. He cited low rent public housing slum clearance rural housing and housing research as priorities while stressing separate goals for veterans mortgages and financing. Public hearings with Raymond Foley of the housing agency commenced as leaders aim to finish hearings in two weeks and draft comprehensive legislation.
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Washington
Senator Sparkman
D.-Ala
Aeporter
Congress
Parkman
Delay Seen in Filibuster Test
Southern senators voiced confidence the administration will avoid forcing quick action on anti filibuster and civil rights bills. They expect leaders aim to pass parts of Truman programs before addressing filibuster or anti lynching poll tax and fair employment measures. A top House Republican predicted civil rights proposals likely not become law except possibly anti lynch bill, favoring Hays compromise to curb coercive features. Senate Republicans push to kill the filibuster promptly.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Truman
House
Hays
D.-Ark
Senate Republicans
Baby sitter freed in husband death in Alabama
In Ciblie Alabama February report says a 29 year old mother was acquitted of murder after testifying she was forced to babysit for $6 a week as her husband abused her over an affair with a brunette. Detective Prine testified she shot in self defense while describing coercion into babysitting for the rival’s children.
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Cbile
Ala
Feb. U
William R. Bekars
Recorder’s Court
John J. Foster
Foster
Mary Batchelor
Mercy flight deaths in Nebraska snowbound area
Two civilian airmen died in a mercy mission crash in Nebraska as their plane hit a telephone wire and crashed into a farmhouse while delivering distress materials. The deaths raise the rescue toll to three, with ongoing snowbound relief efforts showing progress as 1,686 people were liberated in 24 hours and 674 bulldozers were deployed.
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Omaha
Nebraska
John Hurt
William O’brien
Fifth Army
Missouri Basin
Lewis A. Pick
Woman Loses Fifteen Thousand In Theaters Savings
Mrs Otto Wilson reported the loss of her life savings at a Huntington movie last night between ten and twelve thousand dollars in cash and five thousand in bonds. She carried the money for years to invest with her husband in Portland tourist cabins. The couple in their late fifties said they were stunned by the theft and notified police after missing the purse upon leaving.
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Huntington
W. Va
Otto Wilson
Portland
Ore
United States Rejects Soviet Peace Maneuver
The United States declared it will not permit any Russian peace maneuver to disrupt unity among non Communist western powers. Secretary Acheson rebutted Stalin’s offer to meet Truman, with Washington emphasizing no direct side deals with the Soviet Union. The Voice of America carried Acheson’s 2,500 word statement globally as Truman planned his weekly news conference.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
State Acheson
Stalin
Truman
Europe
Soviet Union
Voice of America
Acheson
Woman Accused in Neighbor's Death at Bogalusa
In Washington parish grand jury Indicts 43 year old Cola Lemming for murder in the January 23 death of Mamie Topwell Farr. Coroner says Farr died after nausea following a coffee visit at Lemming's home. Lemming held without bond. trial anticipated before summer.
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Franklinton
Cola Lemming
Washington Parish
James T. Burns
Mamie Topwell Farr
Bogalusa
Mrs. Lemming
Retirement Of 72 Ships And 30,000 Reduction In Men Proposed
The Navy plans to lay up 72 ships including 15 major fighting vessels and cut 30,000 sailors to meet President Truman’s 1950 budget. Secretary Sullivan named three Essex carriers nine light cruisers and three anti aircraft cruisers for inactivation. He said reductions begin at once with a small cut in air strength and closure of a dozen air stations. Costs will be covered by this year’s funds to preserve next year’s full 1950 strength.
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Washington
Navy
Truman
Sullivan
Senate
House Armed Services and
Catholic Priest Dies in Fire at Mt Clemens Sanitarium
The Rev. Father Thomas Barry, 52, of Wickliffe Ohio, died in a fire at St. Joseph Sanitarium in Mt. Clemens Michigan. The blaze began about 1 30 a.m. trapping 25 guests and staff in freezing temperatures. Fire Chief Clayton E Dubay attributed the cause to Father Barrys careless smoking.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
St. Joseph Sanitarium
Father Thomas Barry
Wickliffe
Cleveland
Clayton E. Dubay
Father Barry
Seven South Koreans Killed in Paekchon Raid
Seoul reports say seven South Koreans died when raiders crossed from the north and burned the border police station at Paekchon. About 150-200 raiders wore police uniforms, fired grenades, and took some prisoners before retreating. Home Minister Sihn Sung Mo warned cross border forays persist but not a full invasion, calling for better South Korean arms.
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Seoul
Paekchon
Chongdan
Sihn Sung Mo
North Korea
South Korea
Fliers killed as two B-25s collide near Shreveport
Two air force men died and five others were injured when two B-25 bombers collided about five miles southeast of Shreveport Louisiana as they conducted instrument approaches to the Barksdale field. Captains George E. Johnson and David R. Powell were killed. Survivors included Capt. A L Jones and five others. Powell had served since 1942 and piloted the Hump in China Burma India theater earning the DFC and air medal.
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Shreveport
Air Force
CS. T
Barksdale Air Force Base
George E. Johnson
Minneapolis
Minn
David R. Powell
Baldwin
Long Island
A. L. Jones
Oakland 3
Calif
John L. Roberts
Akron
Ohio
Calvin Ramsey
Box 33
Columbus
N. C
Byron B. Boon
Linden
Texas
Robert W. Welch
Oakland
Stalin Believed In Good Condition
Moscow February 3. Stalin said doctors would not let him undertake a long trip. The Soviet press rarely mentions his health. The remark sparked speculation abroad, but many here doubt the illness claim and see no weakening in Stalin’s position.
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Moscow
Stalin
Harry Hopkins
Morse Says It Can't Be Passed In Senate Labor Fight
In a chaotic senate labor committee session Senator Morse asserts the administration labor bill has no chance as written and that compromises are needed. The debate centers on court injunctions to halt national emergency strikes and whether such authority exists without Taft Hartley provisions. The CIO endorses the Truman labor bill as furious crossfire over governmental powers to block strikes continues in Washington.
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Washington
Morse
R.-Ore
Senate Labor Committee
Labor
Senate
Tom Clark
Clark
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Donnell
Missouri
Tobin
United States
Congress
Arsthur Goldberg
Debated 'hot' atomic issue on public release
Washington lawmakers scrutinized the top secret atomic energy commission quarterly report amid a heated debate over public disclosure. Sen McMahon urged full openness on stockpiles, while others pressed for tighter censorship and third party review before any release.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
David KE
Lilienthal
Senate-House Committee On Atomic Energy
Dconn
America
McMahon
Atomic Commission
U. S
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Connally
Pepper Proposes Leprosy Research Measure
Senator Pepper of Florida introduced a bill to expand leprosy research and public education, fund hospital construction in four states plus one non-endemic state, and provide grants for studies and patient aid. The measure aims to promote examinations to determine contagion and treatment needs, with officials barred from using the disease name in statements.
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Washington
Pepper
D.-Fla
Carville
Florida
California
Louisiana
Texas
Public Health Service
Far East
Mass eviction ban eyed in new rent control bill
Washington Feb 3 Congress may ban mass eviction in the administration rent control bill. Chairman Spence said hearings begin Monday on extending strengthened controls for two years. The bill would empower the federal housing expediter to prevent illegal evictions and take action against noncompliant landlords.
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Washington
Congress
Spence
D.ky
House Banking Committee
Oklahoma
Calhoun teen seriously injured in Monore intersection crash
A 14 year old Calhoun man, James C. Simms of route 1, was seriously hurt near 7:39 a.m. Thursday when struck by a car at the South Grand Grammont intersection in Monroe. He suffered a broken left leg, broken right wrist, facial lacerations, a lost tooth, and eye and brow injuries. The car, driven by Robert Jones of West Monroe, turned east as Simms tried to cross. Jones filed an accident report with Monroe police. no charges were listed Thursday morning.
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Calhoun
South Grand
Grammont Street
Monroe
James C. Simms
Route 1
Hixson Brother's
St. Francis Sanitarium
Simms
Robert Jones
South Fourth Street
West Monroe
Grammont
Jones
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