Big Three Plan Conference On Western Germany Policy
The United States Britain and France plan a high level conference on western Germany policies. Key issues include occupying powers rights, stance toward Russia, and integrating western Germany into Europe. Meetings aim to unify Western positions amid anticipated Russian moves and a possible German state formation.
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United States
Britain
France
Germany
Europe
Washington
London
Paris
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Molotov
Moscow
George F. Krennan
State Department
America
State Acheson
Berlin
Robert Murphy
Murphy
Lucius D. Clay
Gustave Rasmussen
Copenhagen
Denmark
Acheson
Canada
Belgium
Neitherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Italy
Senate
Vandenberg
Rmich
Connally
D-Tex
Truman
Smiley Receives Two Year Sentence in Manslaughter Case
Smiley Alvin, 26, of Kane, previously acquitted of murdering his wife, has begun a two year term for involuntary manslaughter.
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Smiley
Smeshport
INS
Alvin Smiley
Kane
China Civil War Readies New Armies Amid Peace Talks
March dispatch from Nanking notes both Nationalist and Communist forces plan reinforcements and reorganizations if peace talks fail. The Nationalists aim to raise 30 new provincial armies averaging 15 000 men each, while the Communists absorb surrendered divisions under Lin Piao. Government weapon shortages and waning enlistment temper prospects.
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Seymour Topping Nanking
China
Ministry of National Defense
Communist Radio
Red
Fu Tse-Yi
Peiping
Lin Piao
Grave Digging Of Seminarians Through 3rd Day
Francis Cardinal Spellman leads a moral stand as 100 seminary students guide bodies through a third day of grave digging at Calvary Cemetery in New York. CIO Local 293 workers strike over alleged Communist influence, leaving nearly 1,000 unburied bodies and condemning strike busting by any employer including the Catholic church.
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New York
INS
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New Yorks Calvary Cemetery
International
CIO United Cemetery Workers
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers of America
Cardinal Spellman
Queens Cemetery
Catholic Church
Derailed Cars Demolish Tower in PA Train Wreck
In Wilkes Barre the Hunlock Creek tower operator Gene Stanton jumped from a burning tower as 19 east bound cars derailed, demolishing the tower. He survived with injuries to the back chest and shoulders. An open car loaded with steel pipe derailed and pulled 18 other cars, wreckage blocking the right of way. clearance expected late tonight.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gene Stanton
Nanticoke State Hospital
PRR
Preacher’s Slayer Nichols Executed in Ohio Chair
Lester Nichols a 43 year old Indiana ex convict was executed in the Ohio electric chair for killing his 76 year old preacher father in law. He died Friday night after the 8 03 p m lethal injection eight minutes later at the state penitentiary. Nichols had killed the Rev Lewis Whitaker May 6 1947 near Lima at West Newton. He appealed to the U S Supreme Court but was denied clemency by Governor Lausche who sealed his fate Friday.
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Columbus
INS
Lester Nichols
Indiana
Ohio
Richard Brooks
Nichols
Lewis Whitaker
West Newton
Lima
U. S. Supreme Court
Lausche
Landlords Press Washington to End Rent Controls
Reverend Wallace J. Murphy predicts 1500 to 2000 small landlords will travel to Washington to urge Congress to end rent controls. Murphy says about 400 000 owners are represented by organizations and will testify at a Senate banking subcommittee on an extended two year control period. Delegations from many cities including Tulsa Des Moines Kansas City St Louis Portland Alameda Phoenix Dallas Indianapolis and Boston will attend without testifying.
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Wallace J. Murphy
Congress
Murphy
Property Owners Association of America
Senate
House
Tulsa
Okla
Detroit
Chicago
Des Moines
Kansas City
St. Louis
Portland
Ore
Alameda County
Calif
Phoenix
Dallas
Indianapolis
Boston
No Pig In Poke Marshall Plan Appropriation
Senate debates require clearer outlining of the European recovery program before final approval. Senator George says the Economic Cooperation Administration lacks detail on spending and demands new facts. House hearings continue as Rep. Vorys pushes for a Western Europe union approach. Fulbright seeks a political union resolution.
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Senate
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations
Tee
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
House
Rep
Vorys
Ohio
United States of Europe
Paul Hoffman
Hale Boggs
D-La
Congress
Boggs
Europe
Western Europe
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Fulbright
D-Ark
Western
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Committee
Navy extends duty of Somerset doctor
Mrs. Wilbur W. Westfall of West Main street received word that her husband Commander W. W. Westfall has had his temporary assignment extended. Westfall, a U. S. naval reserve member, left in February for a month's assignment at the naval air station in Oakland California.
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Wilbur W. Westfall
West Main Street
W. W. Westfall
Westfall
U. S. Naval Reserve
Naval Air Station
Oakland
Calif
Gromyko Appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Signals Policy Continuity
MOSCOW March 6 Andrei A. Gromyko named first deputy to Andrei Vishinsky in the foreign ministry a move seen as showing no sweeping change in Soviet policy. Gromyko long served as Molotov's spokesman since 1943 and was ambassador to the United States from 1943 to 1946. Molotov remains first deputy prime minister and politburo member, with no shift in leadership at the ministry.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
Foreign Ministry
Gromyko
Vyacheslav Molotov
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Molotov
United Nations
Russia
Security Council
Iran
United States
Maxim Litvinoff
Washington
Foreign Office
Vishinsky
Moscow reshuffle tightens grip on policy makers
London dispatch reports that the Moscow foreign office shakeup aims to bolster the politburo by removing Molotov and Mikoyan from foreign affairs and economic administration to focus on policy making amid the east-west tug of war. Bevin and aides review the confidential report from Ambassador Peterson.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Politburo
V. M. Molotov
A. I. Mikoyan
Molotov
Andre Vishinsky
Andrei Gromyko
Ernest Bevin
Maurice Peterson
Soft Snow Harms Travel With Icy Roads
A light snowfall turned hazardous Sunday evening as roads iced over while snow clung to vehicles and trees. The Pennsylvania Highway Department deployed 25 plowing trucks and cinders crews, and motorists were urged to drive cautiously. no accidents were reported by midnight in the Somerset area.
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Pennsylvania Highway Department
Somerset
Pair Jailed for Burglary After Guilty Plea
Richard Emert of Liozsville and Kenneth Gindelsperger of Gray faced a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace H. S. Whipperman. Both pleaded guilty to burglary and larceny and were placed in county jail awaiting the next court term per state police Pvt. Paul O'Mara.
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Richard Emert
Liozsville
Kenneth Gindelsperger
Gray
Justice of the Peace
H. S. Whipperman
Pvt
Paul O'Mara
State Police
Missouri River threat shifts south as floods worsen
The ice blocked Missouri River floods threaten new areas from Iowa to Kansas City and Leavenworth. Two deaths and over 1,200 homeless reported as Nebraska City area flooded. towns like Missouri Valley Iowa suffer loss of gas and water. Evacuations and farm damage continue amid rising concerns.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas City
That City
Leavenworth
Kas
Nebraska City
Neb
Towa
Missouri Valley
Boyer
Ashland
Nekt
K. E. Harris
Hamburg
Crete
Wilbur
Atchison
Weather Bureau
Plattsmouth
Ralph Aldrich
District Weather Bureau
North
South Dakota
Lake Michigan
Upper
Lower Michigan
New England
Grand Forks
N. C
New Orleans
Denver
Miami
Burbank
Calif
Lynch Prospect Escapes as Lynching Attempt Reported
A 22 year old Edward Honeycut was abducted by three unidentified armed white men from St. Landry parish jail and driven west of Krotz Springs. He escaped during a coin toss to decide who would kill him and was found clinging to a tree by the Atchafalaya River. He is in East Baton Rouge jail for safekeeping as parish authorities pursue the assailants. District Attorney J Y Fontenot calls it an attempted lynching and says the case will be reviewed by the parish grand jury.
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Opelousas
St. Landry Parish
Clayton Gilbeau
Edward Honeycut
Krotz Springs
Atchafalaya
East Baton Rouge Parish
Baton Rouge
J. Y. Fontenot
Fontenot
S S Conferences Set Dates for Spring Gatherings
The Sabbath School executive board met at Calvary Methodist Church to announce three spring district conferences in Windber on May 1 Salisbury April 24 and Confluence on May. The county Sunday school convention will be held in Confluence with Dr Guy N Hareman president setting June 1 and 2 as all day meetings. Rev Ivy Shuss is named as a state speaker and June 1 designated as young peoples day.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Windber
Confluence
Salisbury
Guy N. Hareman
Ivy Shuss
Sofia pastors trial verdicts due Tuesday
A Sofia dispatch reports the trial of 15 Bulgarian pastors ending with a final plea for clemency for defendants charged with treason and other offenses. Verdicts are expected to be announced at 3 p.m. Sofia time Tuesday.
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London
INS
Sofia
Reuters
Parents Of Miss Coplon Defend Her
In New York on March 6 INS reports Judith Coplon's arrest by the FBI. Her parents react with shock, defending her as a good American while awaiting details. Her mother Iris Coplon insists they are all good Americans and born here.
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New York
INS
Judith Coplon
Samuel Coplon
Iris
Bertram G. Copion
Agintii An
Coplen
Communist Party
Coplon
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
I.N.S
FBI
Barnard College
Justice Department
Washington
Lawless Strike Sought Closed Shop in A P
The National Labor Relations Board ruled unanimously that a strike aimed at obtaining a closed shop contract violated the Taft-Hartley Act. AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 421 found guilty. unions ordered not to seek closed shop. About 45 butchers left A and P stores in Los Angeles in 1947 and did not return for months.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union
Los Angeles
William E. Spencer
Spencer
Prepared for death it came at Sunnyside hospital
Dr. Orville Rockwell faced disaster during an emergency appendectomy in Sunnyside Washington. He asked Dr. Robert P. Hall to finish the operation if he died, then collapsed and died midway through the procedure.
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Sunnyside
Wash
INS
Orville Rockwell
Robert P. Hall
Windber Plans Tax on TV Sets and Wages
Windber borough council advances a tax on television sets in public places and clubs and a one percent wage tax on salaries wages compensation and net profits effective May. The plan follows a school board announcement to place the wage tax.
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Windber
Board of
School Directors
Spy case ties Justice Dept employee to Russian engineer
FBI arrests in New York involve Judith Copler 27 a justice department worker and Valentine A. Gubitchev 32 a Russian engineer. Subpoenas issued for a federal grand jury amid alleged theft of secret documents from U S government files.
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Judith Copler
Justice Department
Washington
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations Secretariat
U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York
International
United States
Judith Coplon
FBI
Manhattan Island
United Nations
the Herald Tribune
Department of Justice
Gubitchev
Russia
State Department
Wilder Foote
U. N. Press Section
Raymond P. Whearty
Thomas Donegan
Tom Clark
Mu Coplan
Ferguson Bill Would Limit Reds
Senator Ferguson announces a plan to introduce anti subversive legislation to the Senate. The bill would require US Communist organizations to register and reveal propaganda, ban actions aiding a totalitarian foreign control, and impose penalties up to $10 000 fine and ten years in prison. Ferguson cites world Communist leaders and the U S Communist party in supporting his claim of a coordinated threat.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Communist Party
Russia
United States
U. S
Michigan Republican
Gifts Total 32000 For Charleston Firemen Kin
The F Woolworth Company announced a 25000 gift to the firemen relief fund in Charleston to aid the seven families of firefighters who battled a million dollar blaze in Charlestown yesterday. Mayor R C Andrews had already given 500.
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Charleston
W. Va
INS
F. W. Woolworth Company
Charlestown
R. C. Andrews
Weather Outlook for the Mid-Atlantic States
Western Pennsylvania shows fair and cold Monday. Tuesday turns windy and clouds by night. Eastern Pennsylvania expects not warm Monday a little colder Monday night. Tuesday fair and warmer. West Virginia forecasts fair and not as warm Monday. colder Monday night. Tuesday fair with rising temperatures. Maryland reports fair and not as warm Monday. colder Monday night. Tuesday fair with rising temperatures.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
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