Kenney predicts next war would hit United States from North Polar region
Gen George C Kenney warned at a women's patriotic conference that a future war could launch an assault from the North Polar basin with about 25 million casualties in the first day. He said failure to prepare would be criminal negligence and cited World War II cross memorials.
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Washington
INS
George C. Kenney
United States
North Polar Basin
Kenney
Women’s Patriotic Conference
Strategic Air Command
Marshall Shows His Approval Of Argentina Move
Secretary of State George C. Marshall signaled quick decisive action in his early days in office. He welcomed Argentina's decision to seize 60 Nazi firms, a step long sought by the United States, framing it as a strong diplomatic move.
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Marshall
Argentina
Washington
INS
George C. Marshall
Juan Peron
United States
Pa Newc Observes Early Spring Signs in Town
Pa Newc reports birds chirping and kite flying, with riders seen in the afternoon. Traffic aside, a chicken stand blocks Wallace and Mercer, while eastern cities acquire Sky-View taxicabs and frost thaws leave mud. Snowdrops and hyacinths hint at spring, though blooms await true warm weather.
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Pa Newe
Wallace and
Mercer Streets
Daily Weather Report Summary for two 24 hour periods
The report lists two 24 hour periods. For the period ending 9 am today the high reached 50 and the low 27 with 0.5 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 9.7 feet. For the period ending 9 am Sunday the high was 55 and the low 28 with 0.21 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Showdown Looms in Georgia Governor Fight in Senate
Georgia faces a senate showdown as Herman Talmadge and Melvin Thompson clash over rightful governorship. The senate vote stood 27 to 27 on the issue, with Thompson seeking adjournment and planning to redraft white primary and revenue measures.
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Georgia
Senate
Atlanta
INS
State
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Eugene Talmadge
Assembly
West Virginia Lumber Worker Kills Three Then Self
In Parson, West Virginia a 35 year old lumber worker Walter McCray killed Joseph McManigle 68 Dora McManigle 50 and his wife Anna McCray 25 then shot himself after wounding Troy and Lucella Sneed. Police say he was drunk and ordered from the home Saturday night before returning.
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Parsons
W. Va
Montrose
Walter McCray
Joseph W. McManigle
Dora McManigle
Anna McCray
Troy
McCray
McManigle
McManigles
Louella Sneed
Troy Sneed
American vessel Middlebury Victory runs aground off Planier
The Middlebury Victory, an American vessel, was reported aground today off Planier on the Mediterranean coast. The French tug Hyppotan was said to have gone to the ship's assistance. No further details were reported.
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Marseilles
INS
Middlebury Victory
Planier
Mediterranean
Hyppotan
Blaze Fights Near East Ohio Gas Site Leaves Dense Damage
Cleveland firemen battled a blaze for over two hours near the former East Ohio Gas explosion site. The 1944 disaster killed 130 people. this fire caused property damage and prompted a heavy emergency response.
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Cleveland
East Ohio Gas Company
Mayor Granted Authority to Hire Police Amid Crime Spike
City council gave Mayor John F Haven free hand to hire as many officers as needed to curb a recent crime wave. On Saturday he named Domenick De Leone and Patsy Rozzi to temporary posts after civil service tests. Illness and lockups prompted the provisional appointments pending eligible lists.
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Joseph D. Alexander
D. O. Davies
John F. Haven
Haven
Domenick de Leone
West
Wabash Avenue
Patsy Rozzi
Friendship Street
Civil Service Board
Huge Berg Threatens Byrd Antarctic Base in Bay of Whales
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedition faced a drifting 150000 ton iceberg in the Bay of Whales. The half mile wide mass moved after 36 hours of stasis, forcing ships to navigate carefully to avoid collision. Byrd expected to join his men at Little America. bad weather kept him from flying in from Scott Island.
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Byrd
Antarctica
Richard E. Byrd
Bay of Whales
Admiral Byrd
Philippine Sea
Little America
Rendez- Vous Point
Scott Island
Three Alarms Answered No Fire Found
Firemen answered three alarms over the weekend but located no fires. At 9 45 p m Sunday the Johnson Bronze company automatic alarm rang to Box 55. Two false alarms occurred early Sunday morning with Box 33 at 2 30 and Box 312 at 3 35.
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Johnson Bronze Company
Senate conducts hearings on atomic energy nominees
The Joint Atomic Energy Committee opened public hearings on President Truman’s six nominees to the Atomic Energy Commission. David E. Lilienthal, former TVA chairman, testified as the morning witness amid questions from Senator McKellar who signaled opposition to Lilienthal’s appointment. Bernard Baruch is slated as a top witness later in the week.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Joint Atomic Committee
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Bernard Baruch
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Commission
Lilienthal
Sen. McKellar
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
McKellar
John
Hopeful outlook for New Castle theatre construction
Andrew Askounes of the Monessen Amusement Company said work on the new South Jefferson street theatre in New Castle will begin once building materials are available. He noted the setback is material shortages, and the site has already been purchased. the finished theatre would be among Western Pennsylvania’s most modern venues.
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New Castle
Monessen Amusement Company
Andrew Askounes
Katherine Marousis
Peter G. Petrides
Mr. Askounes
South
Jefferson Street
Askounes
Pennsylvania
Steelworkers CIO Talks Open in Pittsburgh on Wage Demands
In Pittsburgh negotiators from CIO United Steelworkers and Big Steel resume talks with cordial expectations. The union cites seven non money issues while labor cites a pending, large wage increase from a reclassification deal affecting 140000 to 146000 workers across five subsidiaries with retroactive pay totaling 32000000. The April 30 contract postponement remains in effect as bargaining shifts to non wage topics.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Cio-United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Philip Murray
USW
CIOF
Anser
Murray
American Steel and Wire Company
National Tube Company
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Columbia Steel and Tennessee Coal, Tron and Railroad
National Labor Board
Efforts to Cut Spending Pressed by U S Republicans
Republican lawmakers move to slash new spending requests and recapture unspent appropriations. They aim for a balanced budget by June 30 with a potential surplus next year, citing over five hundred million already unneeded funds and seeking cuts exceeding a billion dollars.
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Washington
INS
House
Truman
Appropriations Committee
Taber
N. Y
House Public Works
Dondero
Mich
Communists Balk at Peace Parley Demands in Nanking
A Reuters report from Nanking states the Chinese Communist party will not join peace talks with the Nationalist government unless the current constitution is scrapped. The party also demands to reclaim armed forces to positions held a year ago.
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London
INS
Reuter
Nanking
Chinese Communist Party
UN Begins Week of Talks on International Bill of Rights
The United Nations opens a week of sessions with the human rights commission drafting an international bill of rights. The Security Council plans hearings on the British Albania Corfu Channel minings case, and discussions hinge on disarmament and atom control. Warren Austin urges support for the Baruch plan, while Andrei Gromyko reiterates positions as the page one report notes continued coverage.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
Human Rights Commission
Security Council
Albania
Corfu
Woman injured after fall from Empire State Building
Mrs Frances Coover 51 Ames Iowa remained critically injured after a 1050 foot plunge from the Empire State Building. Doctors at St Vincent’s hospital report severe shock possible neck fracture and skin torn from the left foot. Her sister Mrs Hazel De Happ of Norwalk Conn was unhurt. Her husband Mervin Coover heads the electrical engineering department at Iowa State College.
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New York
Frances Coover
Ames
Iowa
Empire State Building
St. Vincent's Hospital
Coover
Hazel de Happ
Norwalk
Conn
Nurses Graduate From Cadet Corps Program at New Castle
The first mid year Cadet Nurses Corps class will receive diplomas at New Castle Hospital School of Nursing on February 25 in Ben Franklin Junior High pool auditorium. Fourteen student nurses will participate as Sister M Dolorosa leads the program with Fr Albert Inteso and I Nathan N Ginsburg among the speakers. Studies began February 21, 1944.
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Cadet Nurses Corps
New Castle Hospital School
St. Vitus Church
I. Nathan N. Ginsbure
Mother and two young children die in home fire
Boston January 27. A mother Rose Meyers 30 and children Lee Myers 5 Bertram Eugene Myers Jr 2 died in a three story Dorchester duplex fire. Father Bertram Eugene Myers 30 Navy veteran and baby Pearl three weeks old were critically burned as fifteen others escaped. Fire Chief Boutilier said the blaze started in the living room and spread to the kitchen. an explosion occurred when flames reached the oil burner.
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Boston
INS
Dorchester
Rose Meyers
Lee Myers
Bertram Eugene Myers
City Hospital
Pearl
Napeen Boutilier
Myers
Death notices list local residents and ages
Death records list Mrs Antoniella Viggiano 65 of 515 Cunningham Avenue Herman Newton 56 of Wampum R D Miss Deve Hartsuff 213 Fast Street F G Lucas 74 of West Middlesex Terry Lee Mickley five Box 1268 Mahoningtown
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Deve Hartsuff
Fast Street
F. G. Lucas
West Middlesex
Terry Lee Mickley
Mahoningtown
British Judge Kidnapped in Tel Aviv During Palestine Raid
In Jerusalem two shoots and a rapid capture, ten armed men abducted British judge Ralph Windham from Tel Aviv court as 5,000 British troops hunted a prior kidnap victim. Windham is heir to a Bowyer-Smyth baronetcy. the other victim is former Major H. I. Collins.
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Jerusalem
INS
Tel- Aviv
Palestine
Jewish Underground
Ralph Windham
District Court
Bowyer-Smyth
England
H. I. Collins
Plan To Inspect Water Hydrants By City Officials
Safety Director D O Davies announced a system for regular fire hydrant checks by fire department members and New Castle Water Company workers. George Harper will name the department inspectors after several old type hydrants failed during fires last week.
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D. O. Davies
Department of Fire
Fire Department
New Castle Water Company
George Harper
Davies
Davis
Hunt Wreckage Of Missing Plane Near Chungking
Search was underway for the wreckage of a Chinese National Airways plane carrying 19 on board. The craft, en route from Carton, disappeared after reporting it was fifteen minutes from Chungking. The pilot was Jack M. Blacmore of Los Angeles.
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Shanghai
INS
Chinese National Airways
Chungking
Jack M. Blacmore
Los Angeles
Carton
Probing Crash Kills Grace Moore in Copenhagen
Danish and Dutch aviation officials opened an inquiry into the Kastrup crash that killed American opera star Grace Moore Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden and 20 others. Dutch Royal Airlines noted the plane carried 1500 pounds less than the permitted maximum as investigators examined the cause.
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Copenhagen
Grace Moore
Gustav Adolf
Sweden
Kastrup
KIM
Dutch Royal Airlines
Aviation official cites possible gear entanglement in Dakota crash
An airport official suggested that a 1 percent chance exists the Dakota Airliner’s steering or elevating gear could have entangled with the automatic pilot mechanism. He said such a fault might explain the aircraft’s sharp ascent and apparent loss of maneuverability before it plunged and exploded. Court mourning ordered in Denmark and Sweden for the dead Swedish prince.
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Denmark
Sweden
Boy Dies From Kick Of Horse At Farm
Five year old Terry Lee Mickley son of Mr and Mrs Howard Mickley of Mahoning town died at 11 this morning in New Castle hospital from a fractured skull received when accidentally kicked by a horse while playing on the Mickley farm Saturday afternoon. He was taken to the hospital promptly and had been improving until his death. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Terry Lee Mickley
Howard Mickley
Box
Mahoningtown
New Castle Hospital
Mickley
No public speaker fails to sway timid townsman
Arthur Mometer delivers a lengthy speech admitting lack of oratory skill. The crowd, including the observer, notes his doubts and his performance grows weaker as he proceeds, revealing the speaker’s perceived ineffectiveness.
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