U S Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Bulgaria
The United States suspended diplomatic relations with Communist Bulgaria after a dispute centered on American Minister John Heath. Sofia recalled its mission in Washington, and the Bulgarian envoy Peter Voutov and staff were ordered to leave. The move ends all U S representation in Bulgaria and follows Bulgarian claims tied to Traicho Kostov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Bulgaria
Donald R. _eath
U. S
Sofia
Heath
Peter Voutov
Voutov
State Department
Legation
Llewellyn Thompson
Thompson
Sofia Legation
Ath
Traicho Kostov
Coal Processing Plant Planned in Marion
A $700 000 coal preparation plant will be built in Marion to process coal from small William son county mines. The plant will size and wash 6 000 tons daily for mines too small for own plants. It will employ 50 to 60 workers with a payroll of 100 000 to 150 000 annually. The company plans a loan of 420 000 from the Reconstruction Finance Corp with the rest from stock sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Williamson County
William Harris
Community Coal Preparation Co
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Wife of Anna Hospital Librarian Dies Today
Mrs Jimmie Austin 68 wife of the Anna State hospital librarian died today at Metropolis Do P Austin has been librarian at the hospital for more than eight years Funeral arrangements are complete
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Austin
Anna State Hospital
Metropolis
Do. P. Austin
S. I. U. Seeks to Save Dwindling Coal Supply
Southern Illinois University urged faculty staff and students to conserve heat and energy as coal reserves total 250 to 300 tons, possibly three weeks, amid curtailment of late afternoon and night activities. Measures include home work nights weekends closed doors and re scheduling classes to heat efficient buildings. Temporary heat added to the new training school building while extra coal shipment awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
D. W. Morris
Parkinson Laboratory
University
W. A. Howe
Howe
Tragic rural fire claims seven children and father
Addison Michigan February 21 A two story frame farmhouse burned in the early morning blaze killing a father and his seven children. The mother survived badly burned and seriously injured after escaping through a window as flames collapsed the house.
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Addison
Mich
Here
Beagle
Geraldine
Barbara Jean
Eloise
Norma Mae
Paul
William
Linda
Dorothy Beagle
Weather summary with cold clearing and temperatures
Weather report notes clearing and colder conditions tonight and Wednesday with a low near 35. Temperatures slowly fall to 24 tonight and 7 em today. Highs around 52, noon today 49. Sun up 6 46, set 5 41. Precipitation 0.10 inches, wind 3.7 mph on average. Craba Orchard Lake eight inches above spillway, Little Grassy Lake six inches below, Mississippi River at noon seventeen feet with a 1.2 foot drop in 24 hours.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Mississippi River
Index and World News Summary Highlights
The publication outlines sections for today including National page 1 Local News page 3 Editorials page 4 Sports pages 7 8 9 Comics page 9 Classified ads pages 10 11 Markets page 11 and a note on page navigation. No specific events or names are provided in the readable text.
War Bride Slayer's Conviction Upheld
Colorado Supreme Court upheld the conviction and life sentence of David A. Downey for the 1947 strangulation of his English war bride Mrs. Lolly Lile Downey. Downey, a former air force navigator from San Francisco, was convicted in October 1947 after her body was found on a mountain road north of Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
David A. Downey
Colorado Supreme Court
Air Force
San Francisco
Lolly Lile Downey
Colorado Springs
Illinois May Impose 25 Percent Electric Cut Next Monday
The Illinois Commerce Commission proposed a 25 percent reduction in electricity use by consumers, likely effective Monday if the mine strike continues. The panel summoned 23 utility firms for a Thursday hearing to report coal reserves and consumption. Governor Stevenson urged strict energy cuts as unions threaten a midnight strike, with emergency measures to preserve essential services.
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Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Commerce Commission
Progressive Mine Workers Union
Illinois United Mine Workers
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Walter T. Fisher
Stevenson
Commission
Frank G. Reed
Chicago Coal Merchants Association
Rex E. Hieronymus
Building Managers Association
United States Court House
Galesburg
Airmen report invasion of Hainan by Red troops
An airliner crew on a Hong Kong to Hanoi flight reported spotting combat on Hainan Island during their passage. They described violent fighting on the Nationalist-held island as Red troops were alleged to have invaded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hainan
Hanoi
Indochina
Hong Kong
Tragic Mt. Carbon Fire Claims 15 Month Old Agatha Bennett
A 15 month old girl named Agatha Diane Bennett died when an overheated stove sparked a fire that razed the Bennett and nearby Crabtree Batty homes in Mt. Carbon near Murphysboro. Her sister Andrea survived. firefighters faced delays as trucks failed en route. Funeral services are set for Wednesday in Murphysboro.
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Mt. Carbon
Big Muddy River
Murphysboro
Agatha Diane Bennett
Andrew Bennett
Andrea
Bennett
Curtis Crabtree
Harry Batty
Crabtrees
Crabtree
Etherton Switch
St. Louis
Crawshaw Funeral Home
Joliet
Amanda Bennett
Lela Toler
Cobden
Woman shoots at ex husband’s tavern apartment
Mrs Mary Pemberton 32 was jailed on assault with intent to murder after firing through a door at the apartment of Marion Pemberton in West City striking Mrs Moneva Ross 28. Ross is in serious condition at Union hospital West Frankfort. Pemberton admitted going to the tavern premises to tell him to leave her alone after a reported reconciliation quarrel.
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Mary Pemberton
West City
Justice of the Peace
John N. Andras
Benton
Moneva Ross
West Frankfort
Marion Pemberton
Pickle City
Franklin County
Joseph Hickman
Pemberton
Ross
Hickman
Contempt Citation Targets UMW Treasury Over Coal Strike
Washington reports say the United Mine Workers faced contempt for defying a back to work order. Judge Keech set a Friday deadline to show cause why the union and leaders should not be penalized, with possible fines and a renewed order through March 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Richmond B. Keech
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Reech
U.M.W
Keech
White House
Vogeler Draws Prison Term Of 15 Years
American businessman Robert A. Vogeler was sentenced in Budapest to 15 years for spy charges. Co-defendants received death, 13 and 10 year terms. The court ordered Vogeler and his aide expelled, their assets confiscated, with appeals noted by defense and prosecution.
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Budapest
Hungary
Robert A. Vogeler
Imre Geiger
International Telephone & Telegraph Co
Zoltan Rada
Ministry of Heavy Industry
Egar Sanders
Vogeler
Standard Electric Works
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Istvan Justh
Kelemen Domokos
Feandarc
Sanders
Drunken Driving Gets Year in Vandalia Court
William Leonard aged 28 of Cobden received the maximum one year sentence at the Illinois State Farm Vandalia from Union County Judge L B Tuthill after pleading guilty to drunken driving. Leonard was arrested Friday night near Cobden when his car left the pavement and hit a tree. He was jailed at Jonesboro before pleading guilty without an attorney. Judge Tuthill called him an ex convict and noted an earlier car theft charge had been changed to drunken driving. He said Leonard waived a jury trial. The judge warned that drunken driving is not tolerated in the county and cited state penalties for first and subsequent offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Leonard
Cobden
Illinois State Farm
Vandalia
Union
L. B. Tuthill
Jonesboro
Leonard
Ewing Gates
Tuthill
Tuhill
Illinois
Hoffman Seeks 3 Billion for European Aid Marshall Plan
Secretary Acheson urged Congress to sustain the Marshall plan with 3 billion dollars for the next year to counter Soviet expansion. ECAs Paul Hoffman warned lawmakers the energy of Europe's recovery hinges on continued U.S. funding and warned against trimming the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Acheson
Congress
Russia
Western
Europe
Kremlin
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs
Paul H. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Hoffman
E.C.A
Missouri Captain Faults Officers After Grounding in Chesapeake
Norfolk Feb 21 The skipper of the battleship Missouri tells a naval court of inquiry his team of officers failed him in his hour of need. Captain William D. Brown, new to the ship, says he depended on his officers who did not assist when the ship ran aground in Chesapeake Bay on January 17.
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Norfolk
Missouri
William D. Brown
Naval
Chesapeake Bay
Brown
Jurors Picked In Sander Mercy Killing Trial
In Manchester New Hampshire British born Albert Baines, 72, a retired gas worker, was dismissed after a belated prosecution challenge. Dr Hermann Sander faces a murder charge for allegedly injecting air into Abbie Borreto to end her suffering at Hillsborough County Hospital last December.
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Machester
N. H
Sander
Hermann N. Sander
Albert Baines
Manchester Gas Co
Baines
Abbie Borreto
Manchester
Hillsborough County Hospital
Vatican
Rome
Train Drags Car In East St Louis Collision
A woman left in serious condition after a freight train dragged her car for over a quarter mile in East St Louis. Police identified the injured driver as 37 year old Mrs Ma ble Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St. Louis
Mable Clark
Severe Cold Grips Northeastern States Rationing Underway
Frigid conditions with biting gales hit the coal short Northeast for a second day. Sub zero readings prevailed with Benson mines at minus 36, Canton minus 30, Water Town minus 22, and six New England states under sub zero. New York and Massachusetts began coal and solid fuel rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Massachusetts
New York State
Benson Mines
Canton
Watertown
New England
New Jersey
Stokes State Forest
Sussex County
Flood Control Funds Urged for Lower Mississippi Valley
A Southern delegation pressed Congress to back President Truman’s flood protection plan for the lower Mississippi. Witnesses from Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Louisiana, and Illinois urged speeding approved projects to prevent further damage in what they described as the area’s third major flood in recent years. They called for $72 million in relief and highlighted levee raises near Cape Girardeau and the importance of Army engineers managing civil functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Mississippi River
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Missouri
Louisiana
Ilinois
Senate Appropriations
P. B. Oliver, Jr
Cape Girardeau
Peyton Bergling
Cairo, Ill
Army Engineers
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U.S
Anna Hospital
Awe
Little Grassy Lake
War Bride Slayer
U.M.W. Treasury
Yvette Madsen
Frankfurt
Germany
Andrew Madsen
Oakland
Calif
Alfred Noack
Elmo Gower
Cumberland, Md
Endre Marton
The
Associated Press
Vilmos Olthy
Capitol Hill
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