Marketeer Espionage Claims Shake Embassy
Annabelle Bucar, a former Soviet embassy employee, alleges in a Russian language book that Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith and other ex-associates conducted espionage, currency speculation, and anti Soviet activities. She details a wide system of informers, deals with Soviet currency, and trips to contact U.S. agents across the USSR. The charges name Elbridge Duty Brow, Darbrow, Bender, and others, with accusations of black market operations and anti-Soviet campaigns.
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Moscow
INS
Annabelle Bucar
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Clairton, Pt
Smith
Gennhower
Miss Bucdr
Elbridge Dutybrow
Ays Smith
Bender
Miss Bucar
Darbrow
Poland
Miss Bursar
Soviet Union
Odessa
Byel
Russia
Ukraine
Murmansk
Archangel
UNRRA
Telary
Edward Freer
Urals
Central Asia
Caucasus
Freer
Iss Bycar
U. S
John
Gloria returns to Hollywood in Sunset Boulevard role
The former silent era star, once a $12,000-a-week screen siren of the 1920s, signs a contract with Paramount for Sunset Boulevard. She appears on New York television sets while noting she feels at home on a studio stage, though her last film was in 1938. The referenced comeback traces to 1941 with Father Takes a Wife.
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Hollywood
Has
Paramount
New York
Adolph Menjou
Capital Holds Washington Birthday Observances
The capital marked the 217th anniversary of George Washington's birth with parades and wreath laying at the tomb, honoring the first president.
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Capital
Washington
George Washington
Reich Jobless at Peak in Western Germany
General Lucius D. Clay reported unemployment in western Germany at its highest level since the occupation began. He noted a small but significant drop in prices and a slight decrease in the cost of living across western occupied Germany.
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Berlin
Fes
INS
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Flood Threat Looms Across Nebraska and Plateau States
A flood threat rises as warmer air melts large snow piles across the plateau states and northern Rockies. Heavy rains soak the Pacific coast with no major floods reported yet. Threats of rivers overflowing persist, while temperatures reach 88 in Tampa and 71 in Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Rockies
Peeific
Mercury
Tampa
Miami
Los Angeles
Parade Kick Will Be Aired Over Disputed San Antonio Parade
West side merchants complained their district would not receive parades and sanctions would follow in conference. Ed Goldberg, former board president, said merchants threatened to withdraw from the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Goldberg will confer with Jack White, chamber president, on the issue as officials note parade promotion is not a chamber function.
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West Side
Ed Goldberg
Merchants’ Assay
Goldberg
San Antonio
Com
Taetce
Jack White
Texas City Plant Inspection Requested Amid Strike
Texas City officials asked federal safety inspectors to assess the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals plant after reopening as workers went on strike. Mayor I A Robinson urged a review to ensure public safety during the labor dispute.
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Texas City
Carbide & Carbon’ Chemicis Corp
I. A. Robinson
Esac
Fish License Bill Advances to Senate in Texas
In Austin lawmakers approved a bill to raise the freshwater fishing license to 1.65 dollars, replacing the 1.10 license and ten other special licenses. The measure exempts residents fishing in their home or adjacent counties and outlines new licensing rules for artificial bait fishing. The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration.
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Austin
House
Theti Senate
George Washington Receives Tickets After Stop Sign Violation
Police officer M J Saenz issued two traffic tickets to George Washington at 616 Dreiss St after stopping him at Meerscheidt and Nebraska streets for running a stop sign. Washington could not show a driver’s license.
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George Washington
M. J. Saenz
Dreiss St. Saenz
Meerscheidt
Ne ‘Braskasts
Washington
Saenz
Soviet claims U.S. holding 190000 Soviet citizens in Germany
General Lukanschenko accuses the United States of detaining over 190,000 Soviet citizens in Western Germany while Gen Lucius D. Clay says all who wished to return home have done so. Also reported, Col Harry L Miller becomes first reserve Marine eligible for retirement under the new act at University of Maryland College Park Maryland.
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GS. Lukanschenko
Germany
U.S
Lucius D. Clay
Serlin
Eiest
College Park
INS
Col
Harry L. Miller
University of Maryland
Partial forecast shows mild temps with variable winds
Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change. Tuesday’s high near 73 degrees, low around 63, Wednesday’s high near 75 and low about 62. Monday topped at 70 with 62 low.
Poison Pellets Threaten Children In Kansas City
Police warned children about poisoned meatballs that resemble cookies with white icing. The meatballs have killed about 45 dogs in three days, with four morsels found on a school playground. Sixty pets died from poisoned meat two years ago. Twenty eight of the pellets have been recovered.
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Kansas City
Weather clears after year’s heavy rain and storms
After a day of downpours the city saw clearer skies on Tuesday as the heaviest rain of the year, .61 inch, fell with storms elsewhere including Bandera and Pearsall. Temperatures rise to mid 70s with a deficit easing to 2% inches for the month.
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San Antonio
Chief Says AF Can't Fight Alone
Gen Hoyt Vandenberg told Reserve Officers Association members that the air force cannot fight future wars alone and that land, sea and air will win. He cited a radar fence as the nation’s weak defense link.
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Dallas
Air Force
Hoyt Vandenburg
Prices Earnings Seen Stabilizing in 1949 Forecast
Detroit Feb prices and earnings expected to stay stable with a readjustment not violent or extreme, says government expert Commissioner Ewan Clague of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He notes it does not appear to be a price collapse like 1920. Holiday Lake Success February 22 reports the GN suspended activities for George Washington's birthday observance.
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Detroit
Ewan
Clague
Bureau of Labor’statistics
Toeen
Holiday Lake Success
George Washington
Solons Seek Stronger Pledge in Atlantic Defense Pact
Washington Feb 22 AP A group of senators prepared to press for the strongest possible pledge backing European allies against Communist aggression. Five foreign relations committee members urged a robust commitment short of automatic war, while others fear overreach could imperil two thirds approval. Senator Vandenberg warned about the pact's psychological value and its political signals, as Donnell pushes for no implied military commitment.
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Washington
Senate
Senate, Foreign ‘Relations Committee
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sec
Acheson
U. S
Vandenberg
Sen
Vandenberg AB Stich
Canada
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
U.S
Donnell
Salt Poison Cases Suspected In Weekend Reports
Washington reports mention many suspected salt poisoning cases surfacing over the weekend as the Food and Drug Administration notes up to four deaths linked to a salt substitute tablet, per American Medical Association statements.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Air Force Aide to Take New Post
Assistant Air Force Secretary Whitney will resign soon to become under secretary of commerce, per The Washington Times Herald report dated February 22, from INS dispatches.
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Air Force
Washington
Fev
INS
Washington Times
Herald
Air Force Sec
Whitney
Solons to Eye Arsenal Site in Texas Cities
A senate finance subcommittee will visit San Antonio to inspect the arsenal property proposed as a UT medical college site and survey Dallas. Senators Hardeman Proffer and Carney will join the San Antonio plan with a report pending legislative action on a medical school.
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Senate
San Antonio
Arsenal
University of Texas Medical College
Dallas
Dorsey B. Hardeman
San Angelo
R. L. Proffer
Austin
Southwerter Medical
Howard Carney
Allacta
Dr Strong on Her Way
Anna Louise Strong, American journalist deported from Russia, left Warsaw today for an undisclosed destination. A Warsaw hotel reported she arrived secretly Saturday and the arrival was not mentioned in Polish newspapers. She was deported by the Soviet Union on charges of being a spy.
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Warsaw
Anna Louise “Strong
Russia
Soviet Union
Fritz Kuhn Freed By Court
Fritz Kuhn former leader of the German American Bund was freed by an appellate court in Munich Feb 22. He said he will seek restoration of his American citizenship. The court reduced his 10 year sentence to two years factoring in 25 months already served in prison camps.
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Munich
Fritz Kuhn
Bill Proposed Fire Control Funding in Southern States
Rep. Beckwerth of Texas has introduced a bill proposing 5.8 million dollars for fire control in the southern states through the forest service's southern region.
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Beckwerth
Texas
Forest Service
Britons in Frantic Tizzy Over Case of the Painted Fish
London reports a nationwide debate over whether a kippered herring should be painted or varnished. Arthur Vizand sparked the row with a Times letter arguing shellacking is unhealthy and wrong. Lords and MPs clash over taste, health, and policy, with editors weighing preservative claims.
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London
Arthur Vizand
Times
Land's End
John O'Groats
Tragedy at Aurora Hotel Inquest Reveals Self Destruction
Mrs Flora Ullman a San Antonio resident in her seventies died after leaping from the ninth floor of the Aurora apartment hotel at 599 Howard Street. Justice of the Peace B D Puck Jones returned a verdict of death by own action. She lived alone on the ninth floor and was last seen alive early Tuesday. Gordon Manning found the body on the terrace near the lobby entrance. Mrs Ullman from Cincinnati had lived in San Antonio since 1923. widower formerly with Union Central Life Insurance. no children. Bertha Williams, an employee, fainted at the scene. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Porter Loring.
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Asa Funnceeeren
San Antonio
Aurora
Howard St
Flora Ullman
Justice of the Peace
B.D
Puck Jones
Ae B
Ah Wiedermann
Ullm
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Ullman
Amid
Bertha Williams
Center St
Porter Loring
Soviet Rocket Lands in U. S. Zone in Germany
Soviet rocket fired during maneuvers landed in the American zone of Germany. Officials say it caused no damage or injuries and the incident was kept secret as it served no public purpose.
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Berlin
Germany
Log Pilferer Trapped in German Woodpile Trap
A German set a chemical trap to catch a thief robbing a woodpile by hollowing a log and lining it with magnesium. The incident tied to a neighbor's stove explosion the following day, providing a chain of risky misfortune and a captured suspect.
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Hamburg
Yangtze Move Perils China Peace
Acting President Li Tsung Ja warned that efforts to unify his crumbling government will fail if the Communists cross the Yangtze River. He spoke at Canton on February 22 as he seeks to solidify leadership amid the civil crisis.
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Canton
Peite
China
Yangtze River
Li ‘Fsung- Ja
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