Fuchs Confessed Atomic Data Theft in Wartime Spy Case
The Crown presents that Fuchs admitted passing atomic energy information to the Soviet Union through Communist contacts during 1944 to 1947 with rendezvous signals and varied nationalities. He allegedly received 100 pounds for data and claimed the motive was aiding Russia. authorities cite confessions to British Security Service and police after arrest.
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New York
Los Alammos
London
England
Humphreys
Fuchs
Union
Russia
Communist Party
United States
British Security Service
Lord Portal
Britain
Truman Rejects Plan To Woo Reds In Broad Support
President Truman won solid congressional backing for his Baruch Plan while rejecting calls to fund a wide economic aid program. He affirmed maintaining international atomic inspection and tied disarmament to atomic controls, signaling no bid to woo the Soviet Union without agreed inspections.
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Acheson
Baruch
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Hussia
United Nations
Bernard M. Baruch
Russia
Kmiz
Harold P. Ambrose
Post Office
McMahon
D-Conn
Tydings
D-Md
Chasrap? N Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committe
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Senate House Atomic Committee
Knowland
R-Calif
Lta
Ives
R-N.y
Two Army MPs Confess Helping Red Kidnap Ring
Two U S Army MPs, Sgt John Frankey and Corp Paul Abel, confessed to abducting Oswald Eder in Vienna for a Soviet directed ring, receiving 7000 shillings. They said they acted after meetings with ring members in the Russian sector and will be tried on charges yet to be filed.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Austria
U. S. Army
John Frankey
Brockton
Mass
Corp
Paul Abel
Bolivar
Oswald Eder
Eder
Romania
W. K. Liebel
Abel
Frankey
Lieber
Ring
Weather forecast for West Virginia region signals mixed precipitation
Cloudy with rain likely in East and South portions today and tonight with lows around 30 to 35. Saturday remains mostly cloudy and cooler by afternoon. Extended forecast through Tuesday predicts near normal temperatures with colder spells and rain or snow late Sunday and again Tuesday, total precipitation about a half to three quarters inch.
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Five youths charged with kidnaping and assault in Dedham
Five youths, ages 19 to 23, were arrested in Dedham on charges of kidnaping and assault. Ann McCarty, 22, a college librarian, identified the suspects after being thrown from a car. Her father, Police Sergeant John T. McCarty, aided the investigation and provided the first definite clues to last month's Brink's robbery.
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Associated Press
Dedham
Mass
Y Witrin
LO Comune
Cape Wee
Ann McCarty
Cee. A Te Noone
John T. McCarty
Columnist Tells All About Stamp Deal In Post
Washington Post columnist Jerry Kluttz said he was an investor in a stamp deal that led to a Post Office Department official’s resigning. He reports putting in 21,600 of his own and friends’ money and netting 825 in profit. two friends who lent the funds earned 2,875.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jerry Kluttz
Washington Post
Post Office Department
Kluttz
Countermeasures Planned in Berlin
U S High Commissioner John J. McCloy warned that allied countermeasures could follow if the Russian backed slow down of Berlin highway trade continues. He denied the move as a reprisal while noting the steel embargo to the Eastern zone stems from a breach of trade terms. Soviet frontier guards intensified delaying tactics on trucks bound for Berlin.
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Associated Press
Berlin
U. S
John J. McCroy
East Germany
McCloy
Here
Stamp dealer Ambrose pressured to resign over large losses
The narrative outlines Ambrose involved in stamp investment schemes with Kluttz, who says they earned $2,700 on a $6,600 stake and later withdrew when payments slowed. Authorities say no federal laws were violated and no federal funds were involved.
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Sivas
Kiuitz
Kluttz
Klutz
Klutte
New York
Kitt
Kluitz
Ito
Slate Man Leaps 120 Feet and Lives
A 23 year old West Virginian Paul Lee Metheny of Fairmont leaped about 120 feet from a Baltimore bridge into a narrow shallow stream. His overcoat acted as a parachute and two unidentified men rescued him as he neared a cement conduit into Baltimore Harbor. He was unconscious but regained consciousness and doctors reported no fractures and stable condition. Metheny had recent stay at Johns Hopkins Phipps Mental Clinic.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Paul Lee Metheny
Fairmont
W. Va
Jones Falls
Metheny
James Jenkins
Phipps Mental Clinic
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Marathon Revival at Wheaton College Surges Past 36 Hours
A spontaneous revival at Wheaton College in Illinois grew into a marathon prayer meeting with about 1,500 students and 110 faculty jammed in Pierce Memorial Chapel for nearly 36 hours. Many testified to spiritual cleansing, and no immediate end was in sight as classes were canceled.
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Little Wheaton College
Pierce Memorial Chapel
Gil Dodds
Edwin S. Johson
iSeattle
Y. Raymond Edman
Weakness for Sirens Lands Man in Prison
A 72 year old Chester man James Weight was jailed for disordery conduct after repeatedly fleeing traffic with sirens active. He had prior heart issues and received a thrill ride to hospital from a rescue squad before being sentenced to 90 days in Delaware County Prison without sirens.
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Associated Press
Chester
James Weight
Franklin
Chester Hospital
Wright
Delaware County
Trison
Beckley C&P Not Hit by State Layoffs
The Beckley Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone office reports no state layoff impact on its operations. Luther Miller of Beckley received a building permit for a four room frame house on Russell Street, estimated at 3000 dollars, per city records. The post card rate hike to two cents is tied to a broader measure to raise postage revenue but awaits Senate and President Truman approval.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Beckley
Cheasapeake
Potomac Tele_phone Company
Luther Miller
Crigler
Russell Street
A. F. White
City Recorder
HSM CE
Aus
Douglas
Tydings
Grataphy
Boone County Coal Corporation
Shacples
G. C. Combs
Logan County
Island Creek Coal Company
Holden
C. C. Chambers
Island Creek
Mingo County
Lenore
Delbirton
Missouri
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Williamson
Pond Creek
Court ruling narrows UMW contract dispute in coal strike
A federal judge limited four John L. Lewis contract demands, raising hope for a quick settlement of the soft coal strike. The ruling could speed talks between the United Mine Workers and coal operators, though some fear it may harden resistance. An injunction against certain terms was issued at NLRB General Counsel Denham’s request, delaying until the NLRB rules on unfair practices. UMW faces potential appeal as talks pause under pressurized deadlines.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
NLRB
Robert N. Denham
Richmond B. Keech
United Mine Workers
Niners
Denham
Reech
UMW
White House
Truman
West Virginia
Kentucky
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Keech
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
UALW
Leaders Say Miners May Ignore injunction in strike
Charleston dispatch reports UMW President Joe Serdich says miners will not be forced to work by a federal injunction, possibly feigning work while resisting contractless demands. District 31 chief Cecil Urbaniak echoes skepticism, withholding official comment until seeing back-to-work orders, noting miners resist being pressured into jobs.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Joe Serdich
Grant Town
United Mine Workers
Hen Heagen
Mater
Serdich
Cecil J. Urbaniak
UMW
Seredich
Urbaniak
Bat
Congress Debates Bedroom Size in Military Housing Bill
In Washington the Senate weighs military housing costs with figures from builders. Senator Tydings argues for a 13 000 average price per three bedroom home, while Senator Douglas says 9 490 suffices. The dialogue over bedroom counts leads to no vote as violence reports surface in coal fields and factories brace for coal shortages.
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Arthur Edson
Washington
Senate
Senator Tydings
D-Md
Senate Armed Services Committee
Douglas
U-Hs
Tydings
Railroads Slash Service Nationwide Amid Coal Shortage
The ICC ordered a 50 percent cut in coal burning rail service effective tonight, with hundreds of trains idle from 12 58 p m local time. Thousands of rail workers face furloughs as soft coal stocks run one to three weeks. mining unions and other industries brace for broader layoffs. The B and O and Boston and Maine report large cuts, while diesel conversions ease some job losses as states consider rationing. Governors await Washington moves in response.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Interstate Commerce Commission
John L. Lewis
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New England, Boston and Maine Railroad
ICC
Indiana Fuel Commission
Henry F. Sehricker
Washington
Higgins Says Coal War Tops Bombs and Reds
Huntington Kentucky Higgins, secretary of the New River Coal Operators Association, warned that the domestic coal situation demands immediate attention and warned of wage losses to miners and communities dependent on coal. He spoke at a Ky Q Va Traffic Club meeting and stressed coal as a social industry supporting civilization.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Russia
Stanley C.higgins
New River Coal Operators Association
Higgins
Ky-Q-Va
Coal Tonnage in Week Before Walkout Estimated
Washington reports soft coal miners produced 6,550,000 tons in the week ending Feb 4, down 710,000 from the prior week and 4,835,000 from the year-ago period. Miners worked three days versus five last year. Year to date production reaches 34,380,000 tons. the 1949 figure stood at 56,760,000 tons.
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Washington
National Coal Association
Unis
The
Coal Association
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