Bevin Blasts Soviet as Peace Threat
British Foreign Secretary Bevin told the United Nations Security Council that Moscow and Soviet propaganda endanger world peace. He challenged the Russian charge that Britain imperiled security by keeping troops in Greece and pressed for a straight verdict on whether Britain had endangered peace. A Russian spokesman claimed a White Terror in Greece and urged withdrawal.
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London
Bevin
United Nations Security Council
Moscow
Communist Party
Britain
Greece
Council
Andrei Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Russians split Mecranium atom reported by foreign missions
Atom experts in Moscow and abroad report that Russian scientists have achieved a split of the Mecranium atom, a development seen as a potential step toward building an atomic bomb.
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Atom
Moscow
United States
U. S. SR
Secret observers barred from Bikini tests or viewing atom bomb
Secret observers may be allowed at Bikini tests but will not see the bomb. Security remains tight around the number one secret with two main aims the bomb form and the exact results against military and naval gear. Officials emphasize withholding technical details to prevent replication or misuse by others. Washington date February 1.
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Bikini Atoll
Washington
Wartime Big Three possibly kept secret deals hinted by Truman
President Truman suggested there may be undisclosed agreements among Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin. He indicated most wartime accords have been published but any still hidden would be released at the proper time. In New York an INS report notes discovery of explosives and torpedoes near a war crimes courthouse.
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Washington
Truman
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Byrnes
Yalta
Russia
Kurile Islands
Sakhalin
Japan
New York
London & Ast
U. S
Wewernberg War ‘Crimes
His Future Assured
CHICAGO February 1. Et. Marvin Friedberg 26 of Chicago will not rely on a vague routine after discharge. His wife Mrs Friedberg grasps the possibilities of his army job as mess officer in charge of feeding 222 GI Babies and their English war mothers at Bournemouth England. She says his experience will help with caring for their two year old daughter and chores at home.
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Chicago
INS
Marvin Friedberg
Wrte
Midwest Cold Wave Breaks Across Midwest
Midwest cold wave blankets the region with subzero temperatures. Iowa and Nebraska endure heavy snow drifts as strong winds whip up near blizzards. Disruptions hit bus, train, and air schedules across affected areas.
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Chicago
Midwest
Iowa
Nebraska
Aussie Ace Demoted
SYDNEY Australia February S- Group Captain Oliver Killer Caldwell Australia ace was reduced three grades today to a flight lieutenant for having sold liquor improperly. Caldwell credited with destroying 2712 planes in combat. He refused comment on his conviction last month.
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Sydney
Australia
P Group
Oliver
Caldwell
Forota
Sale Sign Dalllas Doorbell Complaint
Mrs B B Simmons of Dallas reported repeated doorbell rings from a group of boys who posted a for sale sign in her front yard causing upset.
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Dallas
Mns
B. B. Simmons
Army Plans More Slashes
War department planners reveal deep cuts in next year’s army estimates with a tentative budget targeting total forces down from 1.5 million next summer to about 1 million by mid 1947. Officials say approval and congressional review are needed as overseas garrisons face substantial reductions after July 1.
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Washington, Feb. L
War Department
Congress
Brother Held in death by own action Pact
Robert James Hoffman, 39, held in Louisville on a murder charge after the death of his sister, Mrs. Alice Louise McDaniel. He said he and his sister drove to Smith's Grove, Warren County, and decided to end everything by gas poisoning. he rejoined the process, aiding the death, then returned with the body. Coroner Roy L. Carter said she died of gas poisoning.
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Louisville
Robert James Hoffman
Alice Louise McDante
Mason Mittler
Hoffman
Mittler
Smith’s Grove
Warren County
Tvlce
Roy L. Carter
Pickets Block Vets Work At GM Plant
Chicago February 1 CIO pickets blocked all entrances at the Mc Cook ElectroMotive division plant in La Grange as a veteran backed back to work movement failed. About 2000 pickets, aided by county police, kept the line, with two cars tipped and later righted. Veterans Blodgett and Dilworth led the thrust, claiming hundreds of veterans backed the effort, while CIO officials denied such support. Police kept order, and no breach occurred.
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Chicago
INS
General Motors
la Grange
CIO
Dremonstration
McCook ElectroMotive Division
Harry Butcher Jr
Mare
Blodgett
William G. Dilworth
Riverside
Claln
Dilworth
Steel, Packers
C. IT. O. Auto Workers
Bodgett
Arrow
Inf
Parking Meter Inventor Carl Magee Dies at 73
Oklahoma City February 1 Carl Magee inventor of the parking meter and once a leading militant editor in the Southwest died today at age 73.
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Oklahoma City
Oxla
INS
Carl Magee
Southwest
Russian tunnel dream linked to Bering Strait plan
London dispatch reports NBC commentator Robert Magidoli saying Moscow radio described Russian scientists dreaming of a Bering Strait tunnel to connect the Soviet Union with Alaska. The broadcast named Vladimir Obrazov as the sponsor and Russia’s leading railway expert.
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London
Robert Magidoli
Moscow Radio Today
Bering Straits
Alaska
Nnid
Vladimiy Qhbraztov
Russia
Jap General Faces Noose Over 1944 Fliers Execution
Manila February 1 A U S military court commission sentenced Japanese Lt Gen Hikotaro Tajima to hang for the execution of three U S navy fliers on Batan Island in November 1944. Thirteen other Nip officers drew lesser sentences. The fliers were bayoneted and beheaded.
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Manila
Hikotaro Tajima
Nip
U. S. Navy
Batan Island
Luzon
Homma Crying At War Crimes Trial Debated
Testimony from witnesses in Manila describes former lieutenant general Masaharu Homma as kindhearted toward Filipinos while he faces war crimes charges. Ridemi Kon testifies to Homma's alleged benevolence as emotions rise during proceedings.
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Manila
Masaharu Homma
Filpinos
Tefé
Philippines
Ridemi Kon
U. S
Homma
The Bull YOKOHAMA War Crimes Trial Admission
Ko taro Ishida known as the Bull admitted at his war crimes trial in Yokohama that he beat a prisoner three times with a thick hambon club for failure to salute him.
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Yokohama
Kotaro Ishida
the Bull
War crimes trial in SE Asia sentences Japs to hang
Norse Singapore reports that Nakaroora Kaniyaki was sentenced to be hanged for beheading an Indian prisoner of war. The ruling closes the first war crimes trial in the South East Asia Command theater. Eight other Japanese received prison terms. Death sentences were also passed at Kuala Lumpur on two Japanese enlisted men for bayoneting civilians.
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Singapore
Nakaroora Kaniyaki
South East Asia Command
Kuala Lumpur
Untaxed Property Collection Approved by County Court
The Bexar county commissioners set a contract enabling Fagan Dickson to sue for and collect taxes on real and personal property not on the books from 1919 to date. The plan, approved unanimously, fixes Dickson’s fee at 15 percent of taxes due, with no county expenditure.
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Bexar County
Commissioners’ Court
Fagan Dickson
John R. Shook
Dickson
Spears
J. Franklin Spears
Charles Wy. Anderson
Sam Anderson
Robert F. Uhr
John ©. Zeller
Real Estate Board
War Department eases medical officers discharge rules
Washington February 3 the War Department eased discharge requirements for medical officers to permit the release of 700 additional doctors within five months Secretary Patterson said by that time about 4000 of the 41000 physicians who joined the army would be home The schedule cuts the discharge score by five points and shortens service by three months Dentists and physicians with 60 points or 45 years of age or 39 months active duty are to be released with scarce specialists excluded
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Washington
War Department
Patterson
Milady May Wear Daring Gowns
Hollywood designer Renie predicts American women will wear evening gowns with exposed bosoms. She notes fashion movements after wars and says transparent coverings for the bosom may appear in cocktail and evening wear as a historical precedent for such daring styles.
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Hollywood
Renie
RKO
No Comment On Bowles Rumors At White House
Washington February 1 The White House declined to confirm or deny reports that Chester Bowles would resign as head of OPA. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Rosse replied that all he knows is that Bowles meets the president tomorrow.
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Washington
White House
Chester Bowles
OPA
Charles G. Ros
Mrr. Bowles
Sugar Price To Rise Slightly Soon
Washington reports Stabilization Director John C Collet announces retail sugar price will rise by slightly more than a half cent per pound. The move signals ongoing measures to adjust consumer costs amid market changes. The decision affects general households and suppliers nationwide.
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Washington
John C. Collet
San Antonio Forecast: Partly Cloudy and Warmers Weekend
Five day outlook shows below normal temperatures with a warming trend into Sunday and another cool turn by Wednesday. Friday peaks at 64 with a Saturday low of 46 and a Saturday high of 68. Light to moderate variable winds accompany a mainly dry north portion with moderate precipitation elsewhere including rain along the Texas coast Saturday and Sunday and again Tuesday or Wednesday.
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San Antonio
Texas
West Loutelana
Engineers Okeh Vote On Strike Likely to Paralyze Rails
Cleveland February 1. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to strike vote authorized unanimously among 78000 members. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen polling 215000 members with results due around February 30. Leaders predict walkout would paralyze railroads. wage and working-rate cuts sought since last July. If called, federal board would be appointed to investigate the dispute.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Alvanley Johnston
A. F. Whitney
Sould
Secret Navy Map Ties Patrol Vessel to Pearl Harbor Strike
Pearl Harbor investigators learned of a December 5 1991 secret navy map placing an American patrol vessel in the area from which Japan attacked Hawaii two days later. Vice Admiral William W. Smith said the chart appeared to vanish from the following day’s ship location chart. Representative Murphy of Pennsylvania demanded the navy name the patrol vessel and disclose its movements between December 5 and December 7. Smith once served as chief of staff to Admiral Kimmel in 1941.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
William W W. Smith
Murphy Dpa
Navy
Smith
Admiral Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Legion seeks ouster of Bradley and full VA probe
The American Legion demands Gen Omar Bradley be removed as Veterans Administration head and Congress launch a full inquiry. National Commander John Stelle cites a “tragic breakdown” in VA administration delaying disability payments for about 500,000 veterans and calls for urgent hospital measures and faster regional staffing. He faults medical record delays, scattered offices, and incompetent help, urging immediate action and new leadership.
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American Legion
Omari N. Bradley
Congress
Veterans Agency
Legion National
John Stelle
Bradley
Stelle
Veterans Administration
Legion
American People
Washington
Stella
Veterans’ Administration
Army
Navy
New Yorks
Europe
Romania Fascists Slay Red Colonel
Bucharest reports the assassination of a Russian lieutenant colonel attached to the Soviet section of the Allied control commission. Unknowns reportedly threw hand grenades into his car on a highway north of Bucharest on January 28. An anti Communist paper called the authors enemies of the country and vowed punishment. British and American officials and Russians attended the funeral. the Soviet ambassador gave the oration and blamed fascist remnants.
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Bucharest
Romania
Leutenant
Allied Control Commission
Erst
London
Peter Nekrasielwitsh
Jurnalu] de Dimentata
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Bowles
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Okeh
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