Ally of Benes Wounded In Capital
In Prague the ally of President Eduard Benes, former justice minister Dr Prapok Drtina, was found severely injured outside his villa. Police said a suicide attempt was implied by a broken window latch and that he remained in hospital with head injuries. Benes is described as a close friend of the president.
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Fed
Prokop Drtina
Drtina
Prtmna
Eduard Benes
Klement Gottwald
Ottwald
Jan Mesaryk
Gottwald
Benes
Sezirmovosti
Zdenek Nejediy
Slovakia
Pravo
Declara
Oir
Pan American Clipper Skids in Fire In San Francisco
A Pan American Airways Clipper skidded on a San Francisco runway. The emergency crew tended to two passengers who suffered injuries while the plane sustained fire damage. Fragments suggest routine checks were underway with no fatalities reported.
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SLAN
Francisco
Pan-American Airways
Xunfor
Wallace Move Draws Communist Support, Foster Says
In Philadelphia on February 28, William Z. Foster, national chairman of the Communist party, described the Wallace party as the Communist party and urged backing a third party ticket with Henry A. Wallace. He called for efforts to build the new party against AFL and CIO influence and criticized the Marshall plan as a war plan for Wall Street.
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Wallace Party
Communist Party
William Z. Foster
United States
Foster
Bis Party
Henry A. Wallace
AFL
CIO
Wall Street
Finger Cut Off in Local Car Belt Incident
Anson Cone lost a finger while working on a car belt when a boy accidentally stepped on the starter. Cone had previously lost two fingers in an earlier accident.
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Nixon
Anson Cone
Cone
British Tell of Immobile Warships
In a white paper on navy estimates London says Britain has no battle ships or heavy air craft carriers ready for combat. Three cruisers are listed for high level missions to Honduras and the Antarctic among the largest ships available.
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London
Ain
Mea
Honduras
Antarctic
Visitors Victims Of Thievery Report From Railroad Agent
Two out of town visitors were recorded as theft victims Saturday in Ross Germantown by a railroad passenger agent. They lost wallet containing two roundtrip tickets from Ohio to Mexico checks and cash. A Wichita Falls man, Moral Rogers, missed $200 after leaving a movie theater.
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Germantown
Ohio
Mexico
Moral Rogers
Wichita Falls
Textile workers strike at Manila National Development plant
Manila February 28 workers at the government owned National Development corp s textile plant walked out seeking a fifty cent daily raise and three years back pay. About 1500 employees participated shutting down the islands only modern textile facility.
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Manila
National Development Corp
Ther Islands
Reds Capture Manchuria Port Yingkow
Dispatches report Communist forces seized the southern Manchurian port of Yingkow near Port PHIPING on February 25. The loss undermines government plans to use Yingkow as a springboard for a counterdrive.
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Manchuria
Phiping
Manchurian
Yingkow
No Germs on Glass at El Napal Bakery Case
Pedro Gomez operator of the El Napal bakery and cafe facing sanitation complaints after inspectors found a glass with high bacteria count. The filing date was February 11 and the case concerns unsterilized glass in the facility.
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Pedro Gomez
el Napal Bakery
American woman quits embassy over love for Russian husband
Annabelle Bucar, 33, of Clairton Pennsylvania, resigned as administrative assistant at the American embassy in Moscow citing conflict with U.S. policy and love for her Soviet husband Konstantin Lapshin. She says she has been secretly married for 13 months, a marriage concluded before Soviet bans on foreign marriages.
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INS
Pennsylvania
Konstantin Lapshin
Soviet Union
Walter Bedell Smith
Lapshiy
Rermain
Konstantin
Annabelle
Ruselan
Weekend Weather Forecast For San Antonio
The weather bureau promises mild conditions for the weekend in San Antonio with moderate elements. Saturday’s temperature is expected near 80 degrees and 84 on Sunday with a low not stated. No precipitation is reported in the past 24 hours and a partly cloudy outlook is forecast.
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San Antonians
Weather Bureau
Truman Signs Stopgap Rent Bill Amid Naval Demonstration
President Truman planned to attend a demonstration aboard the 1000 ton submarine Requin to view submarine mounted radar for coastal and fleet defense. He signed a stopgap bill extending rent controls to April 1 and another measure preserving government authority to charter, sell and operate shipping.
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Rey West
Pia
Fev
Truman
Navy
Finland Faces Soviet Pact Pressure Amid Iron Curtain Fear
Finlanders fear Soviet draft mutual aid pact may bind them behind the Iron Curtain. Premier Stalin's invitation prompts cabinet inquiry as all parties except Communists oppose alliance. Russians reportedly seek army standardization and bases in Finland, with a ten day decision window cited by Ita Sanomat.
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INS
Juho Taastkivt
Monay
Gald
Soviet Union
Stalin
Finland
Paasikivi
Generail Sovenenken
Pansikivi
February five Sundays rare, next in 1976
Washington reports a rare calendar quirk as February will have five Sundays this year. The Naval Observatory notes the last time this happened was 1920 and the next occurrence will be in 1976.
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Washington
Naval Observatory
Texas Woman Freed on Bond Co Ed Held in Baby Slaying
An Albuquerque publisher and two ranchers posted 10000 bond for Nickie Mae Pierce 19 formerly of Menard Texas charged with murdering her newborn daughter. Pierce released after bond posted last night by F W Larouche and B C Ringer partners in a Catron county ranch. In Urbana Illinois a coed faces a sanity hearing after release on charges of strangling her newborn with stockings. Grand jury declined to indict student Muriel Ottrowaky of Lawrence NY and recommended confinement in a corrective institution.
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Albuquerque
Nickie Mae Pierce
Menard
Miss Pierce
Bond
F. W. Larouche
Albuquerqine News
C.B. Morrison
B. C. Ringer
Catron’ County
Cmarges
Mulriel Ottrowaky
Lawrence, L.I
Leap Year Gals Nab Lone Hubby
In Aurora on Leap Year day 1952, 86 city women in office held bachelor targets to humiliate single men. About 300 bachelors were fined for pretending to be single. The men paid fines to buy stockings candy flowers for the women. The day ended with the wedding of Claude Gillmore and Betty Rebolhain.
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Aurora
Trene Youngen
Claude
B. Gillmore
Betty Re
Bolhain
Thug Slugs Watchman at Coliseum Site
An elderly nightwatchman S W Short, 60, of 407 San Pedro, was beaten unconscious at 2:30 a.m. Saturday by a lone thief at the coliseum site. The intruder robbed him of 9 cents and a $30 check, leaving Short alive with injuries after a surprise strike from behind. Short was taken to Santa Rosa hospital. The thief did not take the pistol or flashlight on the table.
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San Pedro
Santa Rosa Hospital
Short
Day
Tie
Man Takes Extra Change Then Shoots Self in Memphis
MEMPHIS February 28 UP A retired telegrapher apparently distressed after taking an extra collar in change at a liquor store shot himself last night. Det Pete Wiebenga said William B Care left a farewell note begging forgiveness for taking the money.
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Memphis
Pete ‘Wiebenga
William B. Care
Nami Trial Enters Fifth Day At Criminal District Court
The trial of Herman Nami Fer continued on Saturday in Criminal District Court. Charles H Seelnach testified about his legal dealings with Nami Fer over years. Wilbourne Collie an OPA staff member testified an OPA suit against Seelbach was settled for 5560. Seelbach testified Nami said the settlement cost 2000 dollars.
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Nami
Criminal District Court
Charles H.seelnach
Nami- Fer
Wilbourne B. Collie
OPA
Seelbach
Midwest Snowstorm Halts Travel Traps Midwest States
Severe winter storm brings strong winds and heavy snow across the Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin causing highways to close and leaving about 500 travelers stranded en route to a northern Minnesota basketball tournament. Rivers rise in Iowa and Illinois after rain and warm spells, while Galena Illinois floods inundating parts of its business district. Temperatures fall to single digits in North Dakota and Minnesota with lingering cold into tonight and high teens in southern regions yesterday.
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Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Hinds
Iowa
Pacific Coast
North Dakota
Tuliness
Galena
Lone Bandit Robs Citizens State Bank in Buffalo
Texas officers hunt a short stocky gunman who robbed Citizens State Bank in Buffalo. He pressured President Sam Burroughs and Teller A A Raines for cash, then fled in a stolen car found off Highway 75. About 300 officers, led by Ranger Capt. M T Gonzaullas, scour a wide area and suspect a possible confederate aiding the escape.
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Buffalo
Texas
Citizens State Bank
Sam Burroughs
A. A. Raines
Burroughs
Highway 75
Corsicang
Texas Ranger
M. T. Gonzaullas
Couple found dead in Canal Zone base quarters
Captain Jacob Slerer and wife Gladys were found dead at their Canal Zone air base quarters. Anson Byron, 16, survived, staying with a chaplain as relatives travel. Authorities say murder and death by suicide are recorded. no shooter identified and funeral arrangements pending.
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Balboa
San Antonio
Jacob H. ‘Slerer
Gladys
Wennessay
Slerers
Toward Air Force Base
Canal Zone
Sierer
Caribbean Air ‘Command
Glenwood
Towel Left Inside Woman After Caesarean Birth
SAN MATEO Calif Feb 24 A year old mother of six underwent surgery to remove a hospital towel left inside her during a caesarean birth two years ago Mrs Lillian Arkhuy says she has lost about 100 pounds since. The doctor who performed the removal confirmed the incident but did not give his name.
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San Mateo
Calif
Lillian Arkhuy
Greeks Press Retaking Deivinaki Area Near Albanian Border
Athens February 28 Greek troops pressed an offensive in Deivinaki near the Albanian border retaking seven villages from Communist led guerrillas according to dispatches. The operation aimed to consolidate positions and curb guerrilla activity in the region.
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Athens
Deivinaki
Rough Time On Raid Ends With Arrests In San Antonio
State liquor control agents encountered a rough raid early Saturday in the 500 block of West Travis. A man attempted to steal an agent’s car while another officer was robbed of $10 during a case. Police Sgt. Albert Guerrero arrested Frank Hernandez, 19, for attempted auto theft in the 1241 South Chupaderas area.
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Sandor Ambrus
W. Travis St
C. S. Fourion
Albart Guerrero
Frank H. Hernangez
S. Chupaderas Sr
Weekend forecast with warm highs and cool nights
Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy weather Saturday afternoon and night and Sunday with light to moderate winds. Maximum temperatures expect 80 on Saturday and 84 on Sunday with a low around 32 to 48 degrees. Friday's high reached 75 with a 48 degree low.
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