Pressure For Peace Pushes Coal Strike Negotiations
Washington reports the government pressing the contempt case against United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis to a decision as a nationwide coal stoppage strains the economy. Labor talks resume amid wage disputes and potential fines for 372,000 striking miners while Carnegie Steel cuts Pittsburgh output further fueling unemployment concerns.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Justice Department
Richmond B. Keech
Wort
Wweech
Lewis
UMW
Ail A.m
Keech
Carnegie Hines Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Expensive New York Lawyers Involved In Miller Marital Dispute
The discussion centers on three costly New York lawyers who intervened in a marital dispute between New York state trooper Karl Miller and his wife Simone Miller. The piece details interwoven names, patrons, and a chaotic web of memoirs and gossip surrounding Roosevelt era figures. The text mentions legal maneuvers, hidden confidences, and a later maritime distress flare report off Cameron Louisiana.
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New York
New York State
Karl Miller
F. D. Roosevelt
Eleanor
Simone
Belgium
Pensacola
Mla
Miller
Imperial Circle
Harry Hooker
F. C. Roosevelt
Sam Jacobs
Vr. Miller
State Police
Naval Reserve
Navy
Defense reads statement on Abbie Borreto death in murder case
A physician said Abbie Borreto died before Dr Herman Sander reached her side. Dr Albert Snay testified he found no pulse or heart sounds and believed her dead. Snay claimed Sander admitted the patient was dead and that nothing could be done. The case involves first degree murder charges against Sander.
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Manchester
Abbie Borreto
Herman No Sander
Albert Snaw
Sander
Snax
Snay
Dr. Snax
Hillsboro County Hospital
Borreto
Dr. Sander
Fuchs
Britain
Drilling Rules Change Studied in Rapides Parish Fields
In Baton Rouge on March 1 to 4, the commissioner of conservation L Digby reviewed proposed amendments to oil drilling regulations for the big island fields in Rapides Parish. Union Producing Co testified that high water from swollen streams and rain hindered drilling under current limits and asked to allow 200 feet from center of drilling units instead of 100.
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Baton Rouge
Big Island
Rapides Parish
Commissioner of Conservation
L. Digby
Union Producing Co
Russians Use Ruble as Weapon in Diplomacy
Washington reports officials say Russia’s currency shift signals a new period of Ruble Diplomacy aimed at exploiting Communist satellites. Moscow cut prices on staples, switched ruble to gold standard, and raised its value from about 14 to 25 cents ahead of elections, seen as timed to influence outcomes.
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Washington
Russia
State Department
Kremlin
Moscow
Jurors hear full day of testimony in Kitchens murder retrial
Mason Smith testified he saw C. Kitchens fatally wounded after hearing shots at Kitchens grocery. He described Ross entering the shop and leaving quickly before Kitchens collapsed. Authorities presented photos of the store, while defense claims self defense. Ross, 41, faces retrial after a mistrial last November.
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Joseph Ho Ress
C. Sl
Kitchens
Mason Smith
Smith
Ross
Cooperative Dairies
Ouachita Parish
J.T. French
Warren Sievers
Fred Fudickar, Jr
Monroe
E. L. Glacny
Henry Montgomery
James Madison
Bastrop
Convicted Rapist Paul Lafleur Goes Trial Again
In Newton Texas on March 11 the trial of Paul Lafleur, a convicted rapist, opened with state testimony accusing him of shooting and robbing a teenage Orange boy. Jury selection completed yesterday and jurors were qualified for the death penalty.
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Newton
Tex
Paul Lafleur
Senate mulls emergency flood funds for United States
Senator Russell Long introduced an amendment to an existing deficiency bill to free 54,000,900 for urgent flood control by the Army Engineers in flooded areas including Louisiana. Funds would aid levee repair along the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers.
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Washington
United States
Louisiana
Senate
Russell Long
Long
Army Engineers
Concordia
Catahoula
Mississippi
Atchafalaya
Ssississippi
Ohio Valley
Wabash River
Indiana
Irene Rich Weds Fourth Husband in New York
Irene Rich, 48, married her fourth husband, Atlantis Executive George Henry Clifford, 68, in a Sherry Netherland Hotel ceremony. She vows to retire from acting to care for him, marking a shift after a career of stage roles and more than 200 films. Clifford’s first wife died in 1935, and Rich’s prior marriages ended in divorce.
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New York
Irene Rich
Atlies
George Henry Clifford
Sherry-Netherland Hotel
Miss Rich
Mr. Clifford
Clifford
Cash Customers Hold Up Nite Club in New Orleans
Three men who had spent hours as cash customers held up the Dog House nite club in New Orleans about 3 15 a m and escaped with about 400 dollars. Barmaid Helen Hayes 40 and two women plus two men patrons were forced into the ladies area during the holdup while two gunmen herded customers and the other pair took the money.
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New Orleans
Helen Hayes
Truman may open secret state files to McCarthy inquiry
Washington report says President Truman may allow a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee to view loyalty files at the State Department as part of the anti Communist inquiry. Administration aides note Republicans may demand a member accompany any viewing. The testimony cited that hundreds of agency officials have accessed loyalty records. Cont from third page.
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Washington
Truman
GOP
State Department
Administration
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Appropriations
Ferguson
R-Mich
Five Die in Head-on Crash Near Arrowsmith Illinois
A farm couple Chalmers Craig 31 and Bernadine Craig 26 and three teenagers Ralph Bell 18 Norman Resser 17 Gale Kirkpatrick 19 died when Craig's car collided head-on with another on a country road two and a half miles northeast of Arrowsmith Illinois. A young girl was seriously injured.
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Arrowsmith
Illinois
Chalmers Craig
Bernadine
Ralph Bell
Norman Resser
Craig
Gale Kirkpatrick
Bloomington
Frequency Change Asked for WIHL Hammond La
Station WIHL at Hammond Louisiana asks the FCC for permission to shift from 730 to 1390 kilocycles and to operate past sunset, extending to unlimited hours.
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Washington
WIHL
Hammond
Federal Communications Commission
Flood danger diminishes as Louisiana evacuees return
The Louisiana National Guard reports evacuation of flood refugees near east central Louisiana is nearly finished. Brig. Gen. Raymond Hufft says feeding livestock remains the main issue as 10 000 people were moved and 5 000 head of cattle and swine inoculated. Mississippi River stages are dropping and the crest is expected at New Orleans around March 18.
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New Orleans
Louisiana National Guard
Louisiana
Raymond Hufft
National Guard
State Department of Agriculture
Baton Rouge
Charles Holle
Mississippi River
Cairo
Natchez
Miss
Mississippi
Atchafalaya
Ferriday-Jonesville
Marksville
Three Men Sentenced to Life for Armed Robbery in Mississippi
In Ackerman Mississippi on March one three men Ben Tomblin Albert Wood and Jimmy Gulledge pleaded guilty to armed robbery in a $33 000 theft from Jim Kennedy and family. Judge J P Coleman sentenced them to life imprisonment shortly after indictment by a Choctaw county grand jury. Tomblin rented the Kennedy home and was arrested in a converted store. Wood and Gulledge were arrested in Mobile Alabama.
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Ackerman
Miss
Ben Tomblin
Albert Wood
Jimmy Gulledge
Mobile
Ala
Choctaw County
J. P. Coleman
Jim Kennedy
Tomblin
Kennedy
Wood
Gulledge
Pleads Guilty To A Bomb Betrayal
Dr. Klaus Fuchs admitted betraying top atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union and was sentenced to 11 years in prison in London. The case marks a dramatic exposure of espionage in British atomic research by a noted scientist.
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Londos
Klaus Fuchs
British Atomic Research
Russia
Ptire Old Bailey Court
Baron Goddard
United States of America
William J. Skardon
Fuchs
Leopard Dies After Return From Freedom
Oklahoma City reports a leopard captured after escaping Lincoln Park Zoo died in its cage hours after being fed horsemeat laced with a drug. The 175 pound feline roamed brushland overnight before being found groggy and later dead despite veterinary efforts.
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Oklahoma
City
Mar. IL
Oklahoma County
W. O. Bowerman
Army investigators say Karpe death may be accidental
Army investigators suggest US Navy Captain Eugene S. Karpe of Delhi Louisiana could have fallen from the Amberg express in a tunnel accident during a test run. The probe followed his death last Thursday and notes no foul play. Karpe had served as Naval Attache in Romania and was linked to Robert Vogel, a U.S. businessman imprisoned in Hungary.
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Vienna
Salzburg
Navy
Eugene S. Karpe
Delhi
Karpe
Robert A. Vogel
U.S
Hungary
Truman cousin claims presidential kinship in Long Beach
Rolland Truman, a Democratic contender for Congress in Long Beach California, asserts he is the president's third cousin and descendant of William Truman, while presidential secretary Charles Ross dismisses the claim as unsubstantiated.
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Long Beach
Calif
Rolland Truman
Charles Ross
Rolland Trumann
Congress
Harry
William Truman
Williams
Anderson Shipp Truman
Mystery surrounds death of Mrs Ruby Foreman Lutz
The body of Mrs Ruby Foreman Lutz aged 31 of Richmond California will arrive here in days. Initially thought a suicide her death is now suspected to be foul play. The body is held as investigators review the case. She leaves a mother four sisters and a brother. The Hall Funeral home will handle arrangements.
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Hooker
Miller
White House
Madame Chiang
Eleanor
Potikee Chinee Babe
Rung
Contucius
Confucius
China
Newport
Lawrence Washinston
Lawrence
George
Paul Revere
Ruby Foreman Lutz
Richmond
Calif
Lutz
Eres
California
Nannie Foreman
Mattie Brown
West Monroe
Pearl Feazel
Alexandria
Ruth Salmon
Rosie Cook
A. L. Foreman
Hall Funeral Home
Brahney Named to Orleans Council Victory in New Orleans runoff
Thomas Brahney defeated T Fitzpatrick in a runoff primary for a seat on the New Orleans city council. Brahney got 9889 votes to 6535 for Fitzpatrick in the first district race. He joins the opposition faction on the seven member council with backing from the old regulars and Loyalist Democratic association. Fitzpatrick was backed by the Crescent City Democratic Association of Mayor deLesseps Morrison.
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New Orleans
Thomas Brahney
T. &. Fitzpatrick
New Orleans Commission Council
Brahney
Fitzpatrick
Severn
Loyalstatte Democratic Association
Karl Long Fitzpatrick
Crescent City Democratic Association
debLesseps Alorrison
Bradley Plans Blimp Ride in Key West
Gen Omar N Bradley chairman of the joint chiefs of staff plans his first blimp ride today in Key West Florida. He arrived on a combined business and vacation trip and yesterday rode in a submarine for the first time in his army career. He said nothing when the sub returned to base.
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Key West
Fla
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
Senator McMahon to Speak on Atomic Hydrogen Weapons
Senator McMahon, chairman of the joint Senate-House Atomic Committee, plans a major speech today in Washington on atomic hydrogen weapons and world peace. He outlines the theme as linking arms science to global stability and the pursuit of peaceful uses.
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Washington
Boykin
D-Ala
House
Ways and Means
Tha Beity
Alard T
McMahon
D-Coin
Joint
Senate House Atomic Committee
Senate
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