Blizzard shuts roads and schools in Central New York
A fierce blizzard cripples Central New York with heavy snow and gale winds. Onondaga County bears the brunt as transport lines fail and rural and Syracuse night schools close. The sheriff orders all nonemergency passenger travel off county roads amid impassable conditions and a spike in weather related calls. Snowdrifts rise up to ten feet in places as New York Central trains struggle to operate.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Onondaga County
Syracuse
Sheriff's Office
New York Central
Weather recollection marks warm window open day in Syracuse
Charles W Seeley of 328 Willow Street recalls a March 27 memory when his sister Mildred Entz was born in Syracuse. He says 56 years ago the weather was unusually warm and women kept windows open for spring cleaning.
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Charles W.seeley
W. Willow St
Mildred Entz
Williamsport
Syracuse
Blizzard disrupts air travel and shuts rural schools
Inferior coal delays flights by up to two and a half hours as poor visibility worsens conditions. Colonial Airlines operates one plane while a Montreal to Washington flagship sits grounded awaiting clear weather for Hancock Field. American Airlines cancels landing due to a ground crew strike. Airport visibility drops to about 100 yards as a blizzard blankets Onondaga County with gusts to 50 mph. Over 60 rural schools close and Syracuse night schools suspend while city streets ice over and traffic crawls.
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Colonial Airlines
Montreal
Washington
Watertown
Hancock Field
American Airlines
Newark
al Sadowski
U. S
Onondaga County
Government rests in Coplon case in spy conspiracy trial
The government rested its case today in the spy conspiracy trial of Judith Coplon and Valentin A. Gubitchev in federal court. The ex-Government employee and the Soviet engineer have been on trial since January 24.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Russians hold line despite peace threat from Finns
Editorial notes Russia has not denounced the Soviet Finnish peace pact, praising Finnish nerve under terror propaganda. This pushes readers to pages 54 and 55 for comics, horoscope, features, and other regular sections.
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Marquis Childs
Ida Jean Kain
Dr. Dean
Mary
Haworth
Blizzard Grip On Syracuse Slows City Traffic and Walking
King Winter unleashed a heavy storm in Syracuse causing stalled traffic and trudging pedestrians as winds and snow disrupted daily life. City scenes showed vehicles stranded and sidewalks crowded with commuters seeking shelter from the blizzard.
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King Winter
Trial Evidence Links Air Injection to Woman's Death
New York medical examiner Dr Milton Helpern testified that Abbie Borreto died from an air embolism caused by 40 ccs of air injected into her arm by Dr Hermann N Sander at a Dec 4 mercy gesture. Prosecutors say the amount and rapid injection could reach the heart and pulmonary artery.
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Manchester
N. H
Abbie Borreto
Hermann N. Sander
Milton Helpern
New York City
Sander
Western Germany Said Full of Communist Spies
Lt Gen Clarence R Huebner, commander in Europe, warned Western Germany is honeycombed with Communist agents after word of missing officer documents and the arrest of a 22 year old Soviet national suspected as a confusion agent. Rumors also spread over a training program to update U S troops and key civilians on radioactivity after atomic tests.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Clarence R. Huebner
U. S. Army
Europe
Huebner
Tear Gras Thwarts Holdup of Bank
Four bandits attempted a hold up at Maybrook National Bank but were thwarted when a bank official released tear gas. The incident unfolded in Maybrook, and no injuries are reported. Local police investigated the attempted robbery.
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Maybrook
May‘brook
Egyptian official Hussein Fahmi Sadek dies of heart attack
Hussein Fahmi Sadek secretary-general of the Egyptian Communications Ministry died last night of a heart attack. He was the father of Narriman Sadek a 16 year old beauty reportedly chosen by King Farouk as his next bride.
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Cairo
Hussein Fahmi Sadek
Egyptian Communications Ministry
Sadek
Narriman Sadek
Farouk
Czech Official Milan Reiman Dies After State Papers Probe
Prague reports Milan Reiman, an official in Premier Antonin Zapotocky’s office, died by his own hand after questioning over alleged possession of top secret State Department papers without authorization. The death follows inquiries into the material and his role.
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Prague
INL
Antonin Zapotocky
State Department
Milan Reiman
Tough Cop Seeks Court Protection From Wife
Los Angeles police officer Clarence I. Wahl, 32, filed for divorce on cruelty and intemperance charges and asked Superior Court for protection. He said his wife harasses him on his patrol, insults him with vile names and threatens bodily harm.
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Los Angeles
Clarence I. Wahl
Superior Court
Wahl
Fire ruin yields $20,000 loss at Blecker home
In Catawisssa Pennsylvania firefighters battled a blaze that destroyed the Blecker residence. Inside the kitchen a frozen meat locker held meat that had partially cooked in the heat. George Blecker, estimating the loss at $20,000 including $4,000 cash, shared the cooked meat with weary firemen as sandwiches from the wreckage.
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Catawissa
George Blecker
Bleecker
Blecker
Work is Advocated For Handicapped
A Senate finance subcommittee was told by Paul A. Strachan of Washington that the first government concern for the physically handicapped should be how to help them earn a living. He argued that a straight pension is not the answer and urged rehabilitation to aim at putting individuals to work.
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Washington G
Senate
Paul A.strachan
Washington
Strachan
American Federation of the Physically Handicapped
Truman rules out trip to Moscow while president
President Truman said he will not travel to Moscow during his presidency but will cooperate with any UN led peace efforts. He noted openness to peace talks in the United States and said he would visit Moscow only after leaving office, refusing to specify a timeline.
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Washington
Truman
Moscow
United Nations
McMahon
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
M’mahon
Senate
United States
Abandoned Amboy Airport Sold to Allied for 150000
The Abandoned Municipal Airport at Amboy sold at public auction to Allied Chemical and Dye Corp for 150000. Solvay Process Co affiliated with the buyer will use the site for sludge dumping. Wiliam A Maloney bid 140000 after J Howard Hahn offered the Allied bid. Acquisition by the city cost 71954.18, ending a long zoning dispute with Solvay over airport use.
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Amboy
Allied Chemical and Dye Corp
Solvay Process Co
Wiliam
A. Maloney
Assemblyman
Sharon J. Manhs
Cobleskill
Maloney
J. Howard Hahn
Navy Rescues Bomber Crew After Atlantic Downing
The U S Navy reports the rescue in good condition of all 10 aboard PBM patrol bomber during Operation Portrex. Destroyer Palou picked up the crew about 500 miles north of the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic after the two engines failed. Pilot Lt. W H Westray of St. Louis led the mission.
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San, Juan
U. S. Navy
Atlantic
Palou
Dominican Republic
W. H. Westray
St. Louis
Yard workers thaw frozen shipment with coal fire
In a local yard workers built a fire under a cargo to thaw a frozen shipment so it could be unloaded. Water extinguished the fire and refroze the coal to prevent further melting.
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Buffalo UP
Attlee halts nationalization push in new cabinet
Prime Minister Clement Attlee told his Socialist cabinet he will pause nationalization of British industry for now. He cited opposition from the left and the slim Labour majority after last week’s election as signals the country has had enough nationalization at present.
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London
Clement R. Attlee
Attlee
Labor
Labor Party
State Keeps 10 Percent Tax Cut
Final approval of Governor Dewey's budget means New Yorkers get a 10 percent forgiveness on their state income tax this year. The first quarterly payment is due April 15 and is calculated by applying the normal rate then subtracting 10 percent before sending 90 percent to the State Tax Commission.
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Albany
Dewey
State Tax Commission
Montreal Chinatown Fire Claims One life
A three story brick building in Montreal's Chinatown caught fire causing at least one death. Lin Shen aged 60 died after leaping from the top floor. About 20 people were hospitalized with others feared trapped as flames swept the block and debris hindered a full search.
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Montreal
Lin. Shen
Gem Theft in Nashville Million-Dollar Jewelry Heist
Pittsburgh jewelry salesman Greying Jacob Davis, 51, was robbed in a mid-town Nashville holdup last night. A handgun fired near his chest as he tried to cling to a briefcase containing unmounted diamonds valued at $100,000.
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Nashville, Tenn
Pittsburgh
Jacob Davis
Yonto
Verdict Comes as Surprise in Loft coal strike case
United Mine Workers were found not guilty of contempt of court on both civil and criminal charges after Judge Richmond B. Keech ruled the 372,000 miners quit by individual choice, not union direction. The verdict shocked a packed courtroom and may prompt government action to restore coal production. The decision ends a 25 day strike that previously saw fines totaling over two million dollars.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Today
Richmond B.keech
Reech
State to Plant Record 24 Million Trees This Spring
The State Conservation Department announced about 24 million trees will be planted this spring by individuals and private groups, an unprecedented total. Private demand will consume most supplies, causing the state to drop its plan to plant 8 million trees in state forests.
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Albany
State Conservation Department
Telephone Strike Parley Urged by Federal Mediators
Federal mediators sought to set fresh peace talks as the threatened telephone strike loomed. Western Electric and Communications Workers representatives were invited to an afternoon meeting with Conciliation Director Cyrus S. Ching and other mediators. The company previously refused to send negotiators to confer with the union.
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Washington
Western Electric Co
C.L
Conscollation
Cyrus S. Ching
Twenty Children Hurt In School Bus Milk Truck Crash
Twenty children were injured, four critically, in a collision early today involving a school bus and a milk truck in Poyntelle Pennsylvania. State police at Honesdale had no details on the accident. Poyntelle lies about 40 miles north of Scranton.
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Poyntelle
Tate Police
Honesdale
Scranton
Family of eight perishes in Monson fire
A devastating blaze in Monson Maine killed Elwood Smith 35 a teamster his wife and six children ages from baby to 10 years five children and their grandmother were trapped on the second floor the fire started in the kitchen and Smith reentered the home to rescue relatives as his wife was taken to Dover Foxcroft hospital in a dying condition Names include Carolyn Patricia Malcolm Robert Judy and the infant.
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Carolyn
Patricia
Malcolm
Robert
Judy
New Damage Suit Slapped on Lewis in Ohio
United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis faced another $1,150,000 damage suit as he traveled through Ohio. The suit brings the total against him and the union to more than $10 million. Defiance County Deputy Sheriff Donald V. Kehnast served papers on Lewis as the Capitol Limited railroad train crossed into Ohio from Indiana.
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Defiance, O
INS
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Ohio
Defiance County
Donald V. Kehnast
Lewis
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Capitol Limited
Indiana
The Soviets and Oil Wages Mention in Quoted Exchange
A dialogue quotes actor Peter Olson claiming Soviets are seizing oil wells and raising oil workers’ pay. He likens the Soviet strategy to a prison visit where a roses bearing lady encounters a hoarse voice at a cell. A separate note says a suspect in a ham theft is shifted to 42 G.
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Peter Olson
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