Churchill urges Western Europe unity to deter Moscow threat
London reports Churchill presses for a Democratic union of Western Europe as a bulwark against Soviet expansion and atomic weapon race. He warns rapid integration is vital though fraught with risk, urges cross party support and closer ties with France Benelux Italy.
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Associated Press
London
Winston Churchill
Europe
Moscow
Churchill
Western
Bevin
Anthony Eden
Afrihill
Bey
Mons
Near agreement on aid plan amid Churchill Bevin debate
The article notes expectations that Churchill would call Bevin’s speech too vague yet align with its broad aims. Conservative leaders are cautious about the government’s Palestine policy and expected to address Bevin’s omission of that topic.
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Churchill
Jmain
Bevin
Palestine
Senators Vandenberg Taft Near Plan For European Recovery Outside State Dept
In Washington the leaders Vandenberg and Taft push to run the European recovery program with a separate administrator and cabinet rank, backed by NAM support. They discuss a commission including state treasury and defense secretaries, with the president as umpire and a large independent decision area for the administrator.
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Associated Press
Washington
Vandenberg
Taft
State Department
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Abou
Secretaries of State
Treasury, Commerce, Agriculture and Defense
Michigan
Truman
Record Copyright Change Draws GOP Support in House
In Washington the push to overhaul the 39 year old copyright law gains Republican backing. Rep Hartley and colleagues Kearns and Landis say they favor a bill to grant royalty rights to musicians who make phonograph records, addressing gaps in the 1909 statute.
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Washington
James C. Petrillo
Musicians Union
GOP
House
Hartley
Labor Committee
Kearns
Landis
Ind
GOP Senators Signal Budget Slash Target
Republicans in the Senate hint they may cut up to 3.6 billion dollars from President Truman's 39.669 billion budget. Taft of Ohio chairs the Policy Committee meeting to study a 3 billion cut, while Bridges of New Hampshire resists pledging even that amount. House leaders push for a 5 billion cut, though Bridges warns such a target would threaten funding for the European Recovery Program.
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Taft
Congress
Vandenberg
Ohio
Michigan
van Idenberg
Senate House
Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Senate
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Taber
R-Ny
Appropriations Committee
Thomas F. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Fire Department Blaze Kills Two in Oklahoma City
Two men died early today in a weed patch fire set by Oklahoma City firemen to remove a hazard. Witnesses saw the victims leap away crying as their clothing burned, driven by a cold front that pushed them to seek warmth in the patch.
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Fire Department
Associated
Prew
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Snowman on Ridge Avenue Porch Delights Neighbors
A well built snowman sits peacefully on a Ridge Avenue porch with a small shovel replacing its pipe. A local theater visit inspires a young boy who walks the street making noise like a machine gun.
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Ridge Avenue
Princess Anne Reunites With Ex-Romanian King Mihai in Davos
In Davos Switzerland Princess Anne of Bourbon Parme meets former King Mihai of Romania for the first time since he abdicated. Anne arrives by train with her mother Princess Margarethe as Mihai waits in a Jeep.
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Associated Press
Davos
Switzerland
Anne of
Bourbon-Parma
Mihai
Romania
Margarethe
Michael
Anne
Luxemig
Tragedy as Three Children Die in Tilden Fire
A fatal blaze at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bragg in Tilden Community claimed the lives of three children. The death toll was reported by Mrs. Ezra Baldwin, a local resident. Details of the fire remain unavailable.
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Tilden
Jay Bragg
Ife
Ezra Baldwn
Stassen Presses Charges at GOP Market Hearing
Democratic Senator Tydings accused Republican colleagues of a political hearing as Harold E. Stassen and Edwin W. Pauley faced off at a commodities speculation inquiry. Stassen argued for full access to market records while Pauley defended profits and asked for supporting documents.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tydings
D-Md
Harold E. ‘Stassen
Edwin W.pauley
Stassen
Pauley
Secretary of the Army
Royals
Truman
Tydinas
Fergus Loresh
Appropriations
Tydines
Man Quizzed in Deaths of Two Wives In Seattle Case
A 63 year old retired merchant is questioned as investigators link his third wife Ellen Buckingham Hayton found buried beside a highway to his alleged murders. Neighbors say the second wife Sarah Alice Lane Hayton disappeared in June 1945 during a West Virginia trip.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Kitsap County
Dean Jones
Roscoe Lee Hayton
Sarah Alice Lane
West Virginia
Hayton
Ellen Buckingham
Davie Hayton
Here
King County
Adam Lyskoski
Jones
Haytons
Huntington
W. Va
Winter Snow Briefs Halt County Roads and Buses
Beckley and Raleigh County endure six more inches of snow freezing the night and morning commute. Snow totals include 3.5 inches at Glade Creek and 1.5 inches at Oak Hill with temperatures dipping to 9 to 18 degrees, while road crews and school buses resume service.
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King Winter
Beckiey
State Head Commission
Aeton
George Gadd
Commission
Beckley
Consolidated Bus Lines
Greyhound Bus Line
Raleigh
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Military admits discharging Scot after mix up
The Army acknowledged that a Scottish man mistaken for an American GI was discharged in 1946 and sent home with cash. Records show Fred Phillip Bast, also known as Alistair Nicholson, was not legally inducted but received a discharge from Fort Sheridan. Nicholson, now in immigration custody, claims he was coerced into service by MPs after a Southampton tea shop incident.
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Associated Press
Washington
England
Fred Phillip Bast
Glasgow
Alistaire Nicholsson
Army
Nicholson
U.S
Southhampton
Wallace Controversy Splits C10 Politically
Washington CIO politics erupt over Henry Wallace third party bid for the presidency. Executive Board rejects Wallace entry as politically unwise while a dissident group vows support. GOP circles discuss a “stop Eisenhower” push amid uncoordinated primary prospects. Major candidates deny any planned coalition to block an outsider.
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Associated Press
Washington
CIO
Henry Wallace
The
Labor Organization
Roosevelt
Wallace
Wharat
Oeeter
Harry Bridges
International Longshoreman's Union
Truman
Eisenhower
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wendell L. Wilskie
Million People Idle in Hunger Demonstration
Bavaria ground to a halt as up to 1,000,000 workers walked out in a general strike over food shortages. The action began at midnight and aimed to last 24 hours with strong Communist support and broad participation across Munich and other Bavarian cities. Local trains ran erratically and some areas saw continued protests through the weekend.
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Associated Piers
Munich
Germany
Bavaria
German Day Shift Factory Workers Ordinarily Go To Work, Reports From Throughtout
Sia
Communist Party
I Nuernberg
Cologne
Nuernberg
Wuerzberg
Augsburg
Passau
Coburg
Iol
Adolf Hitter
Olo
Tiberly
U. S
Russia Rejects UN Visit to Northern Korea
An anonymous source says Russia refused a United Nations commission request for a courtesy visit to the Soviet commander in Russian occupied Northern Korea. The commission may depart tonight without seeking access as North Korea prepares for a national election urged by the UN Assembly to restore independence and end foreign troops.
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Associated Press
Seoul
Russia
United States
Korea
North Korea
U. N. Assembly
U.N
Beaver Man Seeks School Board Seat in May Primary
J M Collins of Beaver a Raleigh County school teacher filed for member of the non partisan board of education ahead of the May 11 primary. He has been on leave from Shady Spring High School to run TAFT AND DEWEY allied efforts and operate The Beaver Locker Service with partner Fred L Delp.
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J. M. Collins
Beaver
Raleigh
Circuit Clerk
Nonpartisan Board of Education
Collins
Shady Spring
Taft and
DEWEY
Fred L. Delp
Vo Ag
Trap Hill High School
Siassen
Tafticamp
Ohio
Beaverton native Collins seeks Raleigh County Board of Education seat
Collins, a former Greenville teacher with three years experience, ran a Shady Spring Canning Center operation and holds degrees from Virginia Tech and WVU. He has pursued graduate work at Brad sley Tech and New River State College. He seeks one of two six year terms on the Raleigh County Board of Education, succeeding Dr. Robert Chambers and Jesse C. Daniels.
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Shady Spring High School
Collins
Greenville
Monroe County
Shady Spring
Virginia Poly- Heenic Institute
Blacksburg
West Virginia University
Bradsley Tech
Peoria
TIL
New River State College
West Virginia Institute of Technology At
Montcomery
Beaver Man
Raleigh Countrry Board of Education
Robbers Strike March of Dimes at Page Mining Store
A robbery at the Page Mining Company store netted about 28 dollars from March of Dimes collection banks plus a table model radio and a flashlight. Entrance was gained by breaking the front door lock, marking a second theft in three months. Deputy Sheriff B C Madison led the investigation.
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Register
Oak Hill
March of Dimes
Page Mining Company
B.C. Madison
Water Company Worker Dies During Late Shift
A Water Company employee, John Wright, died after retiring from a shift at the town water works. He had started with the company about a year ago and was among those involved with a new fleet of buses designed by Jack Craft. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Jack Craft
Bluefield
Consolidated Bus Lines
Tutwiler
Wet
John Wright
Willy By
Raleigh
Kaymoor
New River Mers
Wyoming
Fa and
Pocahontas Coal Company
He Counties
Spots on Wall Bring Divorce
Mrs. Ward W. Smith told a judge in Los Angeles that spots on a wall became a symbol of her troubled marriage. She testified her husband blamed her housekeeping, tried to scrub the spots with soap until they grew larger, then struck her in a rage.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Ward W. Smith
Solons Probe Follansbee Steel Stock Grab Plan
New York reporters detail a probe into an attempt to seize Follansbee Steel Corp of Pittsburgh through a 9.5 million stock maneuver. State Attorney General Nathaniel Goldstein and Congressional grey markets investigators pursue options to buy 183000 shares at 50 alongside witnesses including bankers and a beer baron.
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Associated Press
New York
Follansbee Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Nathan
Lel L. Goldstein
Follans
Egbert R. Ferguson, Jr
Jin Steel
Fergusson
Goldstein
Francis X. Clark
Means
Philip J. Kurens
Brooklyn
Retired Brakeman Found Dead In Bed
Tracy Kanode a former Virginian Railway brakeman was found dead in bed at a Moran Avenue hotel after a maid reported the room at 11 a.m. Dr J F Biggart said death occurred hours earlier and attributed to a heart attack. Hotel clerk C T Alley said Kanode sought a doctor but none was available. Funeral rites held today for Kanode, who lived in Mullens.
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Mullens
Tracy Okus Kanode
Moran Avenue
Yestern’ Iday
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Virginian Railway Company
J. F. Biggart
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