All-Time March Chill Bites Syracuse and Onondaga
An extreme cold snap in Syracuse and Onondaga County sets an all-time March low of 16.3 degrees below zero at 6 50 A M. By noon temperatures rose to 11 above zero as a two day cold wave breaks records. Meteorologist Andrew P Keller notes high pressure and calm winds explain the subzero readings with projections of warmer weather tomorrow.
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Syracuse
Onondaga County
Itoday
Andrew P. Keller
Keller
Split Rock
Syracuse University
Hancock Airport
Dewey outlines painless plan to finance Thruway
Governor Dewey proposes a $430 million cross state Thruway funded by annual license fees from zero to 80 dollars per vehicle. A public authority would issue bonds to build the highway with state funds repaid once profits begin, potentially speeding construction beyond the current 34 miles.
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Albany
Dewey
New York-Buffalo
Thruway Authority
Terry Road Man Dies In One Room Fire
Frank Wilbur, 74, a retired farmer, died when a flash fire swept his single room home at 646 Terry rd town of Geddes at about 6 15 this morning. His nephew Lester Wilbur attempted rescue but was driven back by flames. Fire fighters battled the blaze for nearly an hour and could not enter the dwelling.
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Frank Wilbur
Terry Rd
Geddes
Wilbur
Lester Wilbur
Fred L. Wilbur
Lester
Solvay
Fred Wilbur
James Costigan
Soviet Ruble Moves Toward Gold Standard in World Trade
Editorial notes the Soviet Union’s move to transfer ruble exchange toward a gold standard, signaling competition with the US dollar and British pound. Dr Charles Prince provides economic analysis on page 14. Other pages hold comics, horoscopes, crosswords, editorials, and regular features.
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Russia
U. S
Charles Prince
Ida Jean Rain
Dean
Mary Haworth
Basement Dug Up In Hunt for Man
Detroit police prepared to dig the basement floor of a suburban Wyandotte home in a search for Guy J. Moxley a Texas bridegroom missing since March 23 1949. The warrant targeted Mrs Constance Moxley the groom's wife. Texas relatives had asked for a probe when letters from him stopped.
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Detroit
Lonely Hearts” Bridgegroom
Texas
Ralph Garber
Constance Moxley
Guy J. Moxley
Dee
Moxley
Wyandotte
U S Rejects Hungary Request to Cut Budapest Staff
The United States refused to reduce its Budapest legation staff in response to a Hungarian demand tied to spy charges against the U S legation. Washington also kept Hungary travel bans, closed consulates in New York and Cleveland, and rejected claims that Hungarian staff are mostly spies or fascists.
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Washington
United States
Budapest
Hungary
Department
Legation
Foreign Affairs Ministry
Robert Vogeler
Vogeler
U. S
New York
Cleveland
Earth Has a Tail a Red Scientist Says
Soviet astronomers report today that the earth has a gaseous tail 62 000 to 78 000 miles long like a comet. The tail extends from the side opposite the sun and was attributed to gas loss from the upper atmosphere by Vasili Fesenkov of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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London
Vasili Fesenkov
Russian Academy of Sciences
Reed resigns from State Power Authority over St. Lawrence project
George S. Reed of Lowville resigns from the State Power Authority urging vigilance against a proposed TVA style plan to include New York in regional development of the St. Lawrence River. In his letter to Governor Dewey, Reed stresses harnessing river resources and states he is 71, retiring before term end. Dewey accepts with great regret.
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Albany
INS
George S. Reed
Lowville
State Power Authority
New York State
Truman
TVA
New York
New England
St. Lawrence River
Reed
Dewey
New York-Ontario
St. Lawrence
Power Authority
Lehman
Self Lovers Arthur Garnett Echoes Crance on Star Conceit
In a Los Angeles nightclub critic Arthur Garnett likens film star vanity to a remark by Stephen Crane about reformer Frances Willard. He quips that Willard’s affair with Willard should be halted by police, reflecting his provocative critique of public figures.
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Arthur Garnett
Los Angeles
Stephen Crance
Frances Willard
Crane
Miss Willard
UAW Demands $125 Pensions In GM Contract Talks
Detroit report says the United Auto Workers will seek $125 monthly pensions and a nine cent an hour wage rise as part of a $1.15 per hour package for 235,000 GM workers. The union also pushes for medical plans, fringe benefits, holiday triple time pay, and a union shop while bargaining may start April 1. Chrysler strike actions and pension disputes are noted as context.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Auto Union
Big G.M. Atorthcoming
U.A.W
C.so
Auto and Steel
C.S.O
G.M
U.aw’s
Ford
Chrysler
Miners Celebrate End of Nine Month Coal Contract
Jubilant soft coal miners in Library Pennsylvania celebrate the end of a nine month contract fight with songs and drinks. Merchants report business losses but praise the pay raise as miners recall hardships from strikes and three day weeks while planning to return to digging.
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Associated Press
James Ross
Harold Harmuth
Lygan, Pa
John L. Lewis
Wargo
Piney Fork Inn
Nick Harbutt
Red Signup Bill is OKd by Senate Judiciary Panel
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved 8 to 1 a bill to require Communist and front organizations to register. The Mundt bill defines Communism as a conspiracy to overthrow the government and establish a dictatorship in the United States, sending the measure to the Senate.
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Washington (P
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Mundt
R-S.d
Weather woes in Portland as cold snap hits
Harry Vandernoot faced a dead car in 21 degrees below zero conditions in Portland Maine. He woke U S Weather Bureau forecaster Ernest Kliemann at 5 30 A M to drive him to the station amid the bitter cold and blame for the weather.
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Portland
Harry Vandernoot
Vandernoot
Ernest Kliemann
U. S. Weather Bureau
Christmas Tree Lights Ban Extended to Trucks
Governor Dewey signed a bill extending the ban on colored Christmas lights to commercial vehicles. The measure, sponsored by Senator Seymour Halpern, forbids nonwhite or nonyellow lights on trucks, aligning them with passenger cars.
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Albany
Dewey
Seymour
Halpern
Queens
Strike Truce Vote Called By American Airlines Crews
Ground crews at American Airlines will vote on a truce to end a four day nationwide walkout that has disrupted about 80 percent of flights. The vote follows a Federal Mediation Board pledge of full scale negotiations starting Monday if crews return to work. About 4,600 union members across 19 of 65 cities will participate amid wage and job security demands.
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New York
American Airlines
America
Federal Mediation Board
Washington
CLO Transport Workers Union
American
Spain Recognizes Viet Nam and Indo-Chinese States
Madrid announces recognition of the Viet Nam government in Indo China and the Indo-Chinese states of Laos and Cambodia at the request of France. The new states are admitted as independent members of the French union.
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Madrid
Spain
Indo-China
Laos
Cambodia
French Union
Strachey Denies Communist Ties In War Cabinet Move
John Strachey rebutted Evening Standard charges of never disavowing Communist doctrine saying he repudiated such policies in 1940. He termed the accusations public knowledge and defended his wartime shift to War Minister under Attlee amid Beaverbrook press criticism.
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London
LLP
John Strachey
Strachey
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Clement Attlee
Britain
Train wreck near Madras kills at least 50
A mail train from Madras to Calcutta derailed killing at least 50 people and injuring several hundred. A railway official blamed the wreck on sabotage as reports from the scene reached the city.
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Madras
India
Calcutta
Coal wage accord nears final form as miners seek return
Negotiators push to solidify a 70 cent daily wage boost to 14.75 for 372,000 miners and a 10 cent increase in the 20 cent production royalty for the union welfare fund. Southern operators balk but may yield. Congress delays seizure plans amid Truman push for action and a broader industry study.
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Congress
Lesinski
D- Mich
House Labor Committee
Lewis
Truman
White House
City Awaits Word To Call Off Brownout
Syracuse faces a tentative end to brownouts as state coal administrator Bertram D. Tallamy says New York will lift coal conservation orders quickly. Three Syracuse railroad service cuts were canceled after a coal dispute settlement, with nine rationing orders to end soon.
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Syracuse
Bertram D. Tallamy
New York State
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tallamy
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