Soldiers Get $250 In Deal With Russians
Vienna report says two American MPs Sgt John Frankey and Cpl Paul Abel sold their services to Soviet agents by kidnapping Oswald Eder a former German prisoner and turning him to Soviet authorities in a lucrative ring. They admitted taking Eder in Vienna on Nov 11 and delivering him to the Russians for 7000 Austrian schillings.
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Noted Leaders Comment On War, Welfare And War Readiness
In Princeton Governor Dewey says life is more than unemployment sickness and old age. In Atlanta ex governor Clay warns war could come quickly if European aid ends. In Omaha Air Force general LeMay asserts atomic bombs allow rapid delivery of tonnage equal to all WWII ally efforts.
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le May
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McCloy vows to block Berlin storm threat
United States High Commissioner John J. McCloy said Communists cannot seize West Berlin and promised countermeasures to the Soviet blockade at Helmstedt where 150 trucks impeded traffic. He spoke at a crowded press conference in Berlin amid reports of a May youth congress plan and possible East Berlin police actions.
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Charles Dix
Court Issues Writ Against Lewis Terms
Washington February 10 AP a court ruling narrows the legality of four John L Lewis contract demands and a federal injunction may hasten a settlement of the soft coal strike. NLRB Chief Denham urged the judge Keech injunction to end the dispute and a presidential board face to report to the White House. Meantime the coal pits have shut down with stocks dwindling and workers laid off as roving pickets hinder operations in West Virginia and Kentucky.
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NLRB
Robert N. Denham
Richmond B. Keech
United Mine Workers
Denham
Judge Reech
UMW
White House
Truman
West Virginia
Kentucky
Archbishop of York Calls for New A-Bomb Accord
York England February 10 AP The Archbishop of York urged Britain to renew efforts for an international A-Bomb agreement before disaster looms.
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York
Britain
Temperatures Today Sky Harbor Readings
Temperature readings from Sky Harbor show varying figures across the morning and early evening hours. Notable values include 53 at 12:30 am, 33 at 1:30 am, 54 at 6:30 am, and 59 at 9:30 am, with other times recording values around the 50s.
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Police And FBI Search In Vain For Trail Of Bank Robbers
FBI and Phoenix police probe a record Arizona bank heist that yielded 116000. Five clues remain: a black Dodge, a money can, a cotton bag, a size 36 sweater, and rope. Authorities suspect no link to a January 31 1947 Valley National Bank robbery.
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Unique Horse Rodeo To Open Tomorrow
Scottsdale hosts a two day Unique Horse Rodeo featuring horses as competitors with cash prizes totaling 1000 dollars and ribbons. Parade starts at noon with 400+ horses expected led by Grand Marshal Oscar Strobel. Festivities begin at 10 am with a breakfast on Scottsdale streets and a parade to Loveland Polo Field.
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Jacque Mercer
Minotto Appointed To Rome ECA Job
Phoenix rancher James Minotto is appointed special assistant to the chief of mission for the U S Economic Cooperation Administration in Rome for a two year term. He will depart for New York then sail on the Queen Mary to take duties. Minotto will be based in Rome but oversee ECA efforts in other European nations. He aims to boost European dollar earnings by exporting goods, not grants. A former Arizona senator and 1934 Democratic gubernatorial candidate, he returns to service after a European tour.
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James Minotto
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Three Killed As Plane Hits Mountainside
GREAT FALLS Mont Feb 10 AP An Air Force C 54 transport plane from Great Falls Air Base crashed into a mountain about 40 miles southeast of here last night killing its three crew members The crash occurred less than 100 feet below the crest of a 7640 foot peak five miles north of Raynesford Wreckage scattered parts were flung to the other side of the mountain Burned bodies were found by a rescue party around 1 am today Names were to be released later A parachuting rescue team departed at dawn to retrieve the bodies The plane was part of a search for a missing U S C 54 with 44 aboard led by Lt Wallace Boyd Rancher Gus Loberg at the foot of the mountain heard the crash and said it rattled his windows
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Cotton Field Holdup Man Still Sought
Lawmen seek a Negro gunman who robbed Martin Garcia of $700 and a pickup near a cotton field five miles southwest of Litchfield. Garcia, 42, and Waddell Rasch foreman, described a 1947 green pickup, a revolver, and a suspect about 30, 5'8", 160 pounds, in dirty denim and a light sweater.
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Waddell Rasch
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Litchfield
Gillespie Dam
L. C. Botes
Second Snowslide Kills Five Persons
Five people were killed when a snowslide buried homes of power plant workers near the Tignes Dam in Savoy France. Two others were believed buried under snow. This followed another avalanche earlier in the week that claimed twelve miners at Alpe d Huez.
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Tignes
Savoy
Alpe d’Huez
Fuchs Admits Selling Atomic Secrets Since 1942
London February 10 AP Klaus Fuchs a German born British atom scientist confessed since 1942 he knowingly passed on vital British American atomic secrets to Soviet Russia. He faces trial at Old Bailey on two Official Secrets Acts charges with up to 14 years possible. The crown witness described him as a political fanatic on a foreign payroll and noted a symbolic 100 pound payment in 1946. He led Harwell wartime research and headed the theoretical physics section.
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Klaus Fuchs
Soviet Russia
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Christmas Humphreys
Harwell
Quick Vote on Formosa Aid Seen
The House approved an $88 million aid package for South Korea and Formosa. The plan allocates $60 million to Korea and $28 million to Formosa defenders, to be spent over five months. Senate leaders expect rapid approval after yesterday’s 240 to 134 House vote.
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Formosa
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Republic of Korea
Korea
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Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Chute To Plane Radio Distress Reaches Yukon Rescue
Whitehorse reports loss of radio contact with 10 crewmen of a wrecked C-47 and five parachutists who leaped to aid the scene in treacherous Yukon terrain. Two ground parties also lose contact as rescuers pursue the crash site where a C-54 disappeared 15 days earlier with 44 aboard. Five parachutists including two Americans and three Canadians jumped from a Royal Canadian Air Force plane, landing safely after perilous 1000-foot drops.
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