Bidault Offered French Cabinet Post Amid Election Law Dispute
Paris March 1 AP President Auriol asked former premier Georges Bidault to form a new French government. He considered Rene Pleven, who resigned with his coalition cabinet over election law, and Bidault planned talks with other leaders as head of the Catholic Republican Movement.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
Georges Bidault
Auriol
Rene Pleven
Hhad
Gain
Bidault
France
Fes
Catholic Republican Movement
CMRP
Bank Robbery Foiled as Five Capture Near Washington
Five armed men robbed Owings of the County Trust Company of about $40,000 at 9 30 a m and were rounded up 30 minutes later in Upper Marlboro Maryland SE of Washington State Police said. The holdup was described as very quiet with no shots fired.
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Upper Marlboro
Washington
County Trust Com
Robert Tichnell
Saway
Expressions that clash with reality in everyday speech
A columnist recalls humorous mismatches between common phrases and real conditions, noting weather in Phoenix and California, the town Hell in Norway, and idioms like Apple pie order, taking candy from a baby, sleeping like a baby, the skin of my teeth, and hog on ice. The piece playfully critiques how language conflicts with experience.
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Phoenix
California
Norway
Hell
Kidder
Arizona Project and Colorado River talks with Reclamation Bureau
Chairman John R. Murdock defended water rights for the Lower Basin arguing the water is legally available for the Arizona Project. Nielsen explained Upper Basin Storage Project figures and the river compact requires 7.5 million acre feet yearly to Lee Ferry before Upper Basin uses. Rep. Miller noted possible curtailments for Salt River Valley Water Users Association as drought bites. The committee planned more testimony from Nielsen, P E Coe, and Arizona farmers and business leaders on the project’s role in preserving agriculture.
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John R. Murdock
Arizona
Bureau of Reclamation
Murdock
Colorado
Arizona Project
Nielsen
Reclamation Bureau
Upper Basin
Upper
Lee Ferry
Engle
California
A. L. Miller
Neb
Gators
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
P. E. Coe
Phoenix Area
Region 3
Truman Plot His Collazo Is Quoted
Oscar Collazo admitted he planned the Nov. 1 attempt to kill President Truman, testified by Secret Service agent Joseph J. Ellis Jr. The witness said Collazo and accomplice Griselio Torresola came to Washington two weeks before and aimed to spark a revolution to free Puerto Rico.
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Oscar Collazo
Washington, D. C
White House
Truman
Collazo
United States
Washington
Secret Service
Joseph J. Ellis, Jr
T. Alan Goldsborough
Leo A. Rover
Ellis
Griselio Torresola
Puerto Rico
Armored Division to Reinforce Ike’s West Europe Command
The First Armored Division will be reactivated at Fort Hood Texas as part of twelve U S regular divisions. Brig Gen Bruce G Clarke will command the new unit joining General Eisenhower’s forces. the Second Armored Division is being organized at Fort Hood.
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Washington
Eisenhower
West Europe
Fort Hood
Tex
United States
11Th Airborne Division
Korea
Germany
11Th Airborne
Bruce G. Clarke
Adams, N. Y
Munich
Largest opal found in Hungarian mine weighs over a pound
The largest known opal was discovered in a Hungarian mine in 1770. It weighs one pound and five ounces, making it the most famed precious stone in historic mining records.
Grand Jury Indicts Wilson in Bribe and Vice Charges
Indictments allege that between 1949 and 1950 Wilson received bribes and vice earnings from Dolores Rains and Alice Miller. The counts include cash payments totaling 500 and 300 dollars, conspiracy to allow vice houses in Pima County, and refraining from arrest of Miller’s operations. Witnesses Dolores Rains and Alice Miller are named.
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Miller
Alice Miller
Wilson
Dolores Rains
Pima County
Young Robber Steals $33,000 From Air Base Payroll
North Texas and Oklahoma officers hunted a about 20 year old gunman in army fatigue clothing who robbed payroll officers Captain Ray D. Harwood of Wichita Falls and Corporal John J. Hersch of Del Norte Colorado of $33,000 cash at an air base. The suspect fled west on US 287 in the 1950 auto after firing at Harwood outside the north gate.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Air Force
U. S
Harwood
Hersch
Highway 287
Arkansas law prohibits altering a mule or horse’s teeth to deceive
The Arkansas statute makes it illegal to change a mule or horse’s teeth with intent to mislead a buyer. It targets deceptive practices in animal sales and carries penalties for violators. The rule underscores protections for purchasers in livestock transactions.
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Arkansas
Air Force tests radio controlled lifeboat for rescue
Dayton news reports a 30 foot all metal A-3 lifeboat that can be guided from an overhead plane. The boat carries 15 men, is dropped by a 100 foot parachute, and after water impact the parachute is released. A five frequency radio from the plane governs stabilizers rudder and engine. Survivors can board from a raft and the system will be installed in all A-3 lifeboats by early 1952.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Equipment Laboratory
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Gracie Fields Plans To Live On Capri
English actress Gracie Fields plans to sell her Santa Monica home and move to Capri Italy. She has kept a small place there for 23 years and will make a few concert appearances en route to Europe via Canada.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Gracie Fields
Island of
Capri
Europe
Canada
Hungary Told Productivity Can Beat Goal
A top Hungarian Communist told the party Hungary can finish its five year plan a year early if farmers overcome backwardness. Erno Gero said industry will meet its goal by mid 1953 and agriculture by four years with extra effort. He urged doubling labor productivity by 1954 and ending worker migration. He warned capitalist elements remain in trade and nationalized wholesale trade signals private shops face takeover.
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Budapest
Hungary
Erno Gero
Gero
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