China Forces In Merger Push To Modern National Defense
Chinese government and Communist military representatives signed a merger in Chungking with General Marshall present. The plan reorganizes forces into 50 divisions for government troops and 10 for Communist troops within 18 months, forming 20 armies under the president as commander in chief, signaling unity and reduced Soviet presence in Manchuria. In Shanghai, demonstrators surrounded the Russian consulate with posters demanding the Red Army quit the territory.
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Soyuieveu Ifes
Chungking
Marshall
Republic
Manchuria
Shanghai
Re zoning proposal near city airport eyed by panel
Real estate operator asked to re zone property near Municipal Airport. Zoning commission to consider at 3 p m Tuesday. Hirschfeld seeks change from B residential to I commercial to permit erection of an alley depot.
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Penton Ouaimece Huvachtel
Hirschfeld
Aly
Building Permits Total for Week Rise to $630,676
City building inspector Carl Wideman announced that permits issued in the past week totaled 630,676 with the largest at 30,000 for a one story structure by J B Martin, contractor, on Broadway. Also notes King Christian X ill with a slight fever in Copenhagen palace bulletin.
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Carl Wideman
J.B. Martin
Te Broadway
Copenhagen
Christian X of
Denmark
Baby Hippo Has Keepers Guessing
CHICAGO June 25 The 40 pound bundle of joy born to Bebe the hippopotamus at Brookfield Zoo has attendants and visitors guessing its sex. Keeper Eli Mark thinks male from head shape while visitor Gil bert Scheel suspects female as calf appears smaller than three male siblings. The youngster is yet to surface from the pool where it arrived two days late. Prolide Reno, who has two female calves, praised Tama aiding the calf to breathe. Papa Toto, Bebe’s mate, was banished after a January spat and was seen cadging peanuts far away.
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Chicago
Ren
O Bebe
Brookfield Zoo
Eli Mark
Bebe
Gilbert Scheel
Oak Park
Carls Bebe
Reno
papa_ Toto
Bebs
Storm Brews In Midwest and Atlantic States
A weather desk report notes above normal temperatures in the western U S while an east of the Rockies storm develops. Mostly cloudy conditions persist in the northeast. Snow falls in Virginia and Maine. Atlantic states stay cool, Florida sees 50s. The coldest readings challenge the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley with near 20 and 18 degrees.
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Rockies
Virginia
Maine
Atlantic States
Florida
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Bulldozer Runs Away in Dallas Feared Rampage
Dallas police faced a rogue bulldozer incident as three youths played on a parked machine. One started it, another shifted into gear, and the driverless tractor rolled four blocks breaking a fence and riding a car before stopping atop the vehicle. Police sought safe retrieval.
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Dallas
Cameron
E. P
Sims
Mutiny Ends as Bombay Quiet Returns to Normal
British report says mutineers who joined last week have returned to duty and Bombay is nearly normal. Strikes ceased at shore installations and most of 66 cotton mills, though Air Force personnel refuse work. Army measures blocked student protests, no disorders reported, Congress leaders urged cancellation. Death toll cited as 190 by army. other sources warn higher, with cremations on ghats.
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Hombay
Feo
Royal Indian Satora
Bombay
Royal Indian Air Force
Congress Party
Bombay Student Congress
Egyptians postpone mourning day after Sidky Pasha warning
Cairo February 23 Egyptians postpone a day of mourning for those killed in February 21 disturbances. The postponement follows a warning by Premier Ismail Sidky Pasha that demonstrators would be prevented. The move comes after student and Inhor leaders called for the protest.
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Cairo
Inhor
Ismail Sidky Pasha
Levant Troop Withdrawal Talks Accepted by Lebanesegov
The Lebanese government announced it accepted Britain and France proposals to negotiate troop withdrawal from the Levant. The move follows international pressure and aims to end the foreign military presence in the region.
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Eyrouth
Briain
France
The
Levant
Yarbee Sees Rain Forecast From Weather Forecaster
Weather forecaster J H Yarbee predicted occasional rain showers for Monday afternoon and night and Tuesday. He noted the day would be mostly cloudy following Sunday's spring weather.
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J. H. Jarbee
Drowning toll rising from Hamburg steamer sinking
A Reuters dispatch from Hamburg reports 103 people believed drowned when the river steamer Litchark sank in the Elbe estuary yesterday. Thirteen bodies have been recovered and only eight passengers were reported rescued.
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Germany
London
INS
Reuter Hamburg
Litchark
Elbe
Airstrip Opened in Japan Named for Col Johnson
IRUMAGAWA Feb 25. Johnson Field, the first American built airstrip in Japan, has opened. The field is named in honor of Col Gerald Johnson of Eugene Ore, a Fifth Air Force ace killed in a crash near Tokyo last November. The strip will be operated by the Fifth Air Force.
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Irumagawa
Johnson Field
Japan
Col
Gerald 2. Johnson
Fifth Air Force
Club Owner Loses $1800 in Baltimore Kidnap Plot
Two masked gunmen abducted Sam Governman, night club owner, robbed him of 1800 dollars and taped him to the steering wheel of his car in Baltimore. He freed himself after residents alerted by honking his horn with his chin.
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Baltimore
Sam 1
Goverman
Sim
Governman
Truman to Get Princeton Degree
President Truman will receive an honorary degree from Princeton University on June 1 at the bicentennial convocation marking the university’s celebration.
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Truman
Princeton
N. J
INS
President Truman
Princeton University
Gun Battle Leaves One Dead in Glencoe Standoff
In Glencoe on February 25 an early morning gun battle between officers and a man attempting a Glenese State bank robbery resulted in a fatality. Sheriff Schroeder of Payne County said the suspect exchanged shots with officers and an undersheriff before being killed.
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Glencoe
Olga
Eg, Schroeder
Payne County
Glenese
Hank
Schroeder
Hin
Spellman Sees War Martyrdom Not Bring Universal Peace
Cardinal Spellman of New York told services marking his new role as titular head of Sts. John and Paul that the martyrdom of American soldiers has not achieved universal peace. He urged protection of freedom of religion and recalled Pope Pius XII’s encyclical condemning Russian persecution of Ruthenian Catholics.
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Hull, EN
Spellman
New York
Church of Sts. John and Paul
Pius XII
Pope Pius XII
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Holy Father
Speillman
Rome
Madrid
Lisbon
Azores
Newfoundland
Francis Spellman as Vatican secretary of state rumored
The London Evening Star reported that Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York would be announced as Vatican secretary of state within days but provided no source for the information.
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Vatican London
INS
London Evening Star
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Vatican
Nts
Boy 14 Held In Tot's Death In New York
A 14 year old Forest Hills High School student was held on a homicide charge in the death of three year old Sybil Gurfein. The assistant district attorney said Turk was hired by the child’s parents to care for her while they were out. He said the boy admitted stuffing a maze in the child’s mouth, taping it shut, tying a cord around her neck and placing her in a tub partially filled with water.
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New York
Wack Turk
Forest Hills
Sybil Gurfein
Victor Levin
Queens County
Jack Gurfelh
Levin
Turk
Texas physicians to learn latest developments in physical medicine
The University of Texas renewed an invitation for Texas physicians to update their knowledge on physical medicine. The University of Texas medical branch at Galveston will host a graduate course from March 4 through March 7, as announced.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
University Medical Branch
Galveston
Weather outlook for Monday into Tuesday
Forecast from the local station calls for mostly cloudy skies with occasional light rain Monday afternoon and night and on Tuesday. Temperatures reach a high near 70 Monday and a high around 74 Tuesday with a cooler low around 40s.
Unions Call Mass March in Houston Over City Policy
In Houston on February 25 unions allied with the AFL urged a one day work holiday and a mass march on City Hall to protest officials. About 700 city workers joined a strike after 500 to 600 attended a union meeting at the Labor Temple. Mayor Massey warned no concessions and threatened to dock workers a day for participating.
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Houston
Houston Chronicle
All Trades
A.F.L
A.fll
Perinoord
Otis Massey
Broken Donbass Tow Report Stirs Aleutian Coast
In a Janesville format updated from a February 24 dispatch, the Donbass tanker fragments lie in tow after Russian and American ships took up the rescue effort near Adak Alaska. Navy tugs reported no immediate danger with the bow aboard Belgorod and the stern to Puente Hills.
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Avjulas
Alaska
Donbass
Adak
Alaskan Frontier
Sarsl
Gear
Belgorod
Seattle
Portland
Wife Denies Slaying in Madison Court Appearance
Mrs La Vera B Conner 48 pleaded innocent through her attorney at a Madison Wisconsin Superior Court arraignment on a third degree manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of her husband Marlowe 48 Saturday in the apartment of a Madison divorcee who was brought to court from a hospital after shock. Judge Roy Proctor set bond at 2500 and scheduled a preliminary hearing for March 5.
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Wis
la Vera B. Conner
Superior Court
Roy Proctor
Marlowe
Corner
Mayor to Speak to Texas Medical Technology Group
Mayor WuUs B Mauermannsan day accepted an invitation to deliver an address of welcome before the Texas Society of Medical Technology, meeting at the Pinza hotel April 12 and 13. Sister M Bridgetine of Santa Rosa hospital extended the invitation.
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WuUs B. Mauermannsanday
Texas Society of Medical Technology
Pinza Hotel
M. Bridgetine
Santa Rosa Hospital
Powder Blast Kills Two Near Matamoros
Two men died and 24 were injured when a box of gunpowder exploded in a railway passenger coach west of Matamoros. Officials said the powder was aboard a train en route from Matamoros to Monterrey and loaded by railroad staff and a passenger.
Missouri Soldier Arrest Ends Monthslong Slay Probe
Missouri rangers arrest a soldier in Chillicothe ending the nationwide search for Sgt. Johny W. Murphy a Dodd Field military policeman found dead in a Texas corn field two weeks after his disappearance on November 5. Sheriff W A Doc Scholl files murder charge against Harding Charles Hubert Simmons 23, discharged from the army at Dodd Field and reenlisted stationed at Greensboro N C. Autmobile Murphy borrowed and missing found in Simmons possession along with three pistols as extradition papers prepared by Ranger Capt Pred Olson and Sheriff Scholl with New Braunfels jail awaiting grand jury action.
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Johny W. Murphy
Doddfield
State Rangers
Chilliclothe
Murphy
San Antonio
New Braunfels
W. A. “Doc” Scholl
Comal County
Hardin Charles Hubert Simmons
Missouri
Simmons
Greensboro
Sherif Scholl
Pred Olson
Austin
Olson
Ranger Trueman Stone
Scholl
Mayor Appeals To CiO President Over NYC Strike Threat
New York City mayor William O'Dwyer asked CIO President Murray to use influence to avert a transit strike due to threats against subways buses and streetcars. Murray declined comment but earlier showed willingness to explore prevention. Separate labor actions hit Detroit Pittsburgh and other cities with wage disputes and service disruptions.
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J. QO
Philly Murray
New York City
William O'Dwyer
Murray
C. O. Transport
Metropalis
O'Dwyer
TWU
Detroit
New York
Flier in England Warned Against Exertion After Injury
A dazed airman, unnamed, was found near an elevator shaft in England. Newspapers and radio warned him that undue exertion could be fatal. He was taken to a hospital but left before X rays were processed. Medical films reportedly showed a broken spine.
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London
Spotland Yard
England
Redio
Italian On Trial For Illegally Buying U S Army Materials
Yokohama Feb 25 Italian former secretary to the air attache at the Italian embassy in Tokyo faces trial tomorrow before an 8th Army tribunal on charges of illegally buying U S army materials. Three American soldiers convicted for selling army materials are to testify. A regular school board meeting is set for 5 p m Tuesday at the board offices.
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Yokohama
Marino Bocca
Tokyo
8Th Army
Id al
Bocca
Supreme Court Rules On Trials
The Supreme Court ruled that military courts established under martial law in Hawaii after the Pearl Harbor attack lacked authority to try civilians.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Nawaii
Rush On For Auto Tags In 1846 Heensts Era
Monday brought smiles to P. E. Dicks-Son county tax assessor-collector and staff as 18,000 car licenses and 2,000 truck licenses were issued, surpassing last year's 14,899 at this date. A long line formed in the tax office lobby while many owners mailed checks for their licenses.
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P. E. Dicks- Son
Dickigon
Baby's severed legs found near Clementon dump
Police search for an infant’s body after two severed legs were found on a Clementon dump. Eight-year-old Thomas Clarke found one limb while playing. the other was later recovered. Coroner Gardner said the legs came from the same baby, estimated to be 7 to 12 months old.
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Clementon, N. J
Peb
INS
Clementon
Thomas Clarke
East Clementon
Lim
Camden County
Edward C. Gardner
Mad Pianist Wins Concert Acclaim
Detroit February report on a 43 year old pianist from Wayne County General Hospital who performed Chopin Mozart and Beethoven at a Music Teachers association conference. Doctors and conductor Howard Hanson praised the act as exquisite while a hospital aide turned pages.
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Detroit
Music Teachers’ Association
Wayne County General Hospital
Toa M. Altschuler
Howard Hanson
Wastman School of Music
Rochester
N. Y
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