Soviet Demands In German Reparations Clash At Moscow Talks
Moscow sources report a bargaining drive at the Foreign Ministers Conference as the Soviet Union seeks continuing reparations from German production. The United States and Britain resist a current reparations compromise while talks drag into an all night session. Vishinsky and Slay led sharp exchanges as the coordinating committee failed to reach a consensus on Ruhr control and German economic terms.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Foreign Ministers Conference
United States
Great Britain
V. M. Molotov
Big Four Council
Iaar
McAns
Andrei ¥. Vishinsky
Britain
Germany
Vishinsky
Lucius D. Slay
Ruhr
Foreign Ministers Council
Inland Steel Donates Land for Raleigh County School Site
The Raleigh County Board of Education accepted nearly five acres on Route 15 in Trap Hill District from Inland Steel Company for a permanent school building to ease crowding in Trap Hill Elementary. Coal and mineral rights and mining rights remain reserved. the land is to be used solely for public free school purposes.
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Route 15
Bolt
Glen Daniel
Trap Hill
Raleigh County Board of Education
Inland Steel Company
E. R. Price
Trap I Hill 13
Raleigh County
Snowy Street Scene With Salt Sprinkling Girls
Two high school girls sprinkle salt on snowy streets to ease a path for a younger Indy. A man leaps into deep drift on South Kanawha Street to create a walkable corridor along the icy way.
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Kanawha Street
Young Indy
Harrow
Starvation Widespread in Four Regions of Soviet Union
An informant in Paris with close knowledge of 1947 Russia reports thousands of peasants killed by famine across Ukraine Lower Volga Upper Volga and Western Siberia due to drought and severe rains. Dispatches quote A A Andreyev praising collective farms for averting famine and noting lower wheat and cattle shortages amid embezzlement concerns. The Paris source says authorities slaughtered cattle at Christmas to avert total loss of livestock.
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Paris
Russia
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Lower Volga
Upper Volga
Siberia
Moscow
A. A. Andreyev
Central Committee of
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Communist Party
Andreyev
Mine Disaster Defies Hope as Death Toll Reaches 111
Rescue teams in Centralia Illinois fought danger to finish probing the No 5 mine after an explosion left 111 dead. Sixty seven bodies were recovered with 44 miners unaccounted for as coal chunks and wreckage hampered efforts. State workers, posted across the region, pressed on amid rising danger.
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Associated Press
Centralia
Ill
Centralia Coal Company
Ilinois
Louisiana Dairy Strike Continues in Amite Area
The Florida Parishes dairymen strike in Southeastern Louisiana enters its fourth day with no side backing down over the wholesale raw milk price. FBI investigates train stoppages and milk dumping as talks fail before a deadline. Amite Local 16 head C L Russell says losses reach about $20,000 daily and milk prices will rise to cover them.
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Associated Press
Amite
Florida
Louisiana
New Orleans
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Amite Local No. 16
Russell
Jeweler Wounded In Pistol Battle Near Ronceverte
In Ronceverte a jeweler resisting an eviction notice brandished a pistol and chased away a constable. A gunfight erupted with two deputy sheriffs who arrested him. he was critically wounded. Deputy C. Henry Dunbar named the suspect as N. A. Canterbury, about 35, with a chest wound in serious condition at Greenbrier Valley Hospital.
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Associated Press
Ronceverte
A _ Ronceverte
C. Henry Dunbar
Dunbar
N. A. Canterbury
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Barkley
Y 7 of Agriculture
DeWitt McClung
Ceol
Canterbury
Senate Returns Sugar Proposal To House Amid Debate
The Senate sent back to the House a seven month extension of sugar rationing and price controls through October 31 with amendments guaranteeing 35 pounds per person for home use and setting aside 30 000 tons for new industrial users. The vote was 46 to 34 after a bitter debate amid fears of hoarding and profiteering.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Tobey
R-N.h
Metichel Yal
Tobey Blames Republicans Over Extended Controls Fight
Senator Tobey chairman of the banking committee berates Republican members for failing to extend banking controls for a full year. He denounces a “clique” he says wants to capitalize on the issue and accuses Republicans of political maneuvering.
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Tobey
Legion
New Hampshire
Terrorists Blow Up Haifa Oil Line
British officials report five Jews dressed as Arabs blew up an air pipeline near Haifa oil docks at 9 05 am. The blasts caused a major fire in air and benzine installations as police, navy and Shell brigades fought the flames for over an hour. Several suspects were questioned. connections to the blasts were not disclosed. Haifa residents heard two explosions and saw a smoke pall over the port.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Haifa
Palestine
Mediterranean
Shell of Company
Navy
Oil Company
Austin to declare UN will be helped by Truman policy
The U S representative to the United Nations will tell the Security Council that Truman’s plan to aid Greece and Turkey against totalitarian pressure strengthens the United Nations The 3000 word address to be delivered in New York was drafted with input from Senate leaders and previews an American stance on Greece Turkey and UN relations as well as the Greek aid program worth 400 million dollars.
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Austin
Arthur Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Tom Conally
D.tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Security Council
United States
Greece
Turkey
U. S
United Nations
Council
Balkans
Mediterranean
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N
Moscow
Congress
America
World Organization
Jackson Calls for New Rules for War
Justice Robert H. Jackson, who helped prosecute Nazi leaders, urged a new framework for warfare arguing current conventions are obsolete. He noted changes in warfare and the rise of new powers, but declined to propose specific rules, saying only military and diplomatic experts should decide.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
United States
Nuernberg
Soviet Union
Russia
Senate Hesitates On Tax Cuts Until Budget Clarity Emerges
The Senate Finance Committee shelved a House tax-cut bill awaiting clarity on government costs. Chairman Millikin signaled hearings on a proposed 30 percent cut for 25 million in the lower incomes and 20 percent for higher brackets may take weeks. The measure, backed by 40 Democrats and 233 Republicans, passed the House 273 to 137 but faces White House opposition and possible compromises.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
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R-Cola
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Happe
White House
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Truman
Finance Committee
Taft
Ohio
G.O.P
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cale
Hollywood Probe To Be Launched By Un American Activities Panel
Rep J Parnell Thomas heads the House Committee on Un American Activities and signals a probe of Hollywood. Witness ERIG Johnston of the Motion Picture Association testifies that Communists are present but urges orderly methods and prosecutions for illegal acts. The panel plans to explore Communist influence in the movie capital and debates keeping government and labor unions as priority targets.
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Associated Press
Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
Nwj
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Hollywood
Rep
Nixon
ERIG_JOHNSTON
Motion Picture Association
Johnston
Communist Party
Thomas
Snowy closures persist as county schools shut again
Heavy snowfall blanketed dialeigh County with 13 inch drifts closing schools. The Board of Education ordered closures after a meeting last night, while officials noted 160 day requirements for state aid and possible make up days. Beckley College stayed open and main highways were passable with chains advised for motorists. Crews worked overnight to clear roads though some secondary routes remained blocked. Temperatures rose and no new snow fell after 1 a.m.
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Dialeigh County
Board of Education
W. W. Trent
Bee
George Gadd
Gard
Flat Top
Dusseldorf Turmoil as Germans Attack British Occupation
In Dusseldorf a crowd of about 100000 stoned British occupied buildings and attacked military cars over food shortages. Two military cars were overturned. one thrown into a park lake. A third car carrying British and American correspondents was targeted as traffic halted. Police stood by unseen.
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Associated Press
Dusseldorf
Germany
Ruhr
Hitler
Jail Escapees Sentenced Today
Nelson Carson Nidiffer 21 Bolt and Orland Edgar McKinney 20 Callaway Heights each receive one year plus five years in prison for jail escape. They pleaded guilty to escaping on February 27 while awaiting transfer to Moundsville for breaking and entering Modern Furniture Co. on Neville Street. Judge Riffe imposed the sentences. A continuance was granted for Cecil Collenn Cooper appealing a drunken driving charge. Charges of maiming and illegal pistol possession were dropped.
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Bolt
Orland Edgar McKinney
Callaway Heights
Dudee W. A. Rille
Nidiffer and McKinney
Thursday
Moundsville
Modern Furniture Company
Neville Street
Riffe
Cecil Collenn Cooper
Amagistrate
Idesal
Weather outlook for Middle Atlantic states through April 2
Partly cloudy and warmer today. Clear and cold tonight. Saturday increases cloudiness and warmer. Five day forecast March 29 to April 2 194%. Temperatures four to five degrees below normal in the north and two to four below in the south. Rain in the south and rain or snow in the north Sunday or Monday, with light snow flurries in the north and up to a half inch in the south. Sunday will be warmer, then cooler Tuesday and Wednesday.
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West Virginia
Middle Atlantic
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