Baby Blizzard Forces County School Closures
A blustery baby blizzard roared through Syracuse and Central New York forcing many schools to close. The U S Weather Bureau warned the storm would last into the night while state police said highways were hazardous. At least 24 rural schools shut down and two buses collided with no serious injuries. Between 25 and 30 vehicles were reported stuck by state police.
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Midwest
Syracuse
New York
U. S. Weather Bureau
Cazenovia Central School
Howard Spellicy
DeWitt
54 Passenger Trains Resume Sunday Service
The New York Central will restore 54 steam powered trains starting Sunday nine stop at Syracuse. The service resumes after coal strike disruptions with coal supplies rising to permit the maximum allowed by the Interstate Commerce Commission for railroads with limited fuel. New trains and arrival times in Syracuse include Lake Shore Limited to Chicago at 11 49 PM and Knickerbocker to New York City at 5 21 AM among others with starts set for Monday and Tuesday.
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Syracuse
Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lake Shore Limited
Chicago
Cleveland Limited
Cleveland
Mohawk
New York City
Paul Revere
Boston
Buffalo
Knickerbocker
Albany
Harlem
West Shore
West-Of- Buffalo
Six US Warships Reach Greek Port for Four Day Visit
Five warships of the U S Sixth Task Fleet sailed into PRaleron Bay near Athens for a four day visit after being ordered to stay away from Greek ports during the national elections.
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Athens
Greece
U.S
Praleron Bay
Loyalty program discharges 182 of 2,000,000 Federal workers
In three years of the loyalty program, about 182 Federal employees have been discharged for disloyalty out of roughly two million workers. The note appears in James Marlow's column The Nation Today on the editorial page. Other features and sections are listed for pages 52 to 60.
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James Marlow
the Nation Today
Children Found Starving at Farm Labor Camp in Phoenix
Authorities rushed emergency food and medical aid to a Phoenix farm labor camp where about 100 children were found starving amid a severe crop freeze. Juvenile officers reported days without food, distended abdomens, and families living on flour biscuits and lard gravy.
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Phoenix
Ariz
John E. Thompson
Juvenile Court
Thomas J. Croaff
Thompson
Flames Level Home In Mycenae Area Fire Destroys Two-Story House
Early today a two story wooden home on Mycenae Kirkville Road burned, driving out Frank May and his son Roy May who escaped around 3 30 A M. Deputies Reardon and Ginsburg spotted the blaze as three fire departments Fayetteville Kirkville and Chittenango fought flames. Cause traced to an overheated stove in the living room. Firefighters saved several barns by drawing water from a creek, with about 5000 dollars in losses.
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Mycenae
Kirkville
Frank May
Roy May
Bert Reardon
Harry Ginsburg
Chittenango
Fayetteville
Eastman Kodak to pay $75 million wage dividend
Eastman Kodak announced a wage dividend of about 15.2 million to 46 000 employees to be distributed tomorrow. The 1949 dividend is the largest since the plan began 38 years ago and eligible workers receive 25 dollars for each thousand earned during 1945 to 1949.
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New York
INS
Eastman& Kodak Co
Reds Use New Trick To Fight Religion
A visitor from Stettin reports that Communist teachers train pupils to pray for candy. If denied, they are urged to pray to Premier Stalin for candy and the next day the children receive sweets. This alleged method aims to discourage religious practice.
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Berlin
Stettin
Poland
Josef Stalin
Russia
Harold's Scent Is Irresistible To the Trade
Harold Martin and Carl Lancaster were acquitted by a Superior Court jury of stealing a Great Dane and a collie valued at $10,000 each. Martin testified the dogs entered their car on December 3 and lingered, drawn by his dog food scented clothes which allegedly attracted the animals.
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Los Angeles
Harold Martin
Carl Lancaster
Martin
Million Dollar Fire Hits Boston Commercial District
A fire in downtown Boston caused extensive damage to two commercial buildings and spread to a third, threatening the business core before control was achieved early today. The blaze began in a four story brick structure at 195 201 Congress Street and jumped a parking lot to a six story block at 110 Federal Street before engulfing a Leather Ward building.
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Boston
Congress St
Federal St
Rent Control Battle Opens as June Expiry Looms
Washington (CP) Senate leaders rushed to defend federal rent controls set to expire June 30. A $750 million appropriations bill includes a provision ordering the Housing Expediter to begin paying its 4,000 workers amid plans to close the agency at month end. Senators from large cities vow to fight the amendment as Truman asks for a one year extension.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Truman
Lucas
Illinois
Myers
D-Pa
Appropriations Committee
Clockwork Robbers Haul $63,000 From Sunnyside Bank
Five men robbed the Sunnyside Queens branch of Manufacturers Trust Bank in a meticulously planned raid. They restrained receptionist James Weston and forced 15 employees to act as if working while the vault was opened. The gang seized three money containers totaling $63,933 and escaped with the loot after about 1 hour 20 minutes.
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New York
Sunnyside
Queens
James Weston
Weston
Manufacturers Trust Co
Theodore D. Sands
Five Floor Mangel Store Fire Damages Front Section
Extent of damage from a transformer fire at Mangel's store 331 S. Salina st. shortly after 10 A.M. today. The blaze confined to a false front between the first and second floors caused smoke and water damage to the front portion of all five floors. Firemen from Engines 1 6 16 Trucks 1 6 and the Light Squad under Acting Deputy Chief Robert Kramer and District Chief Thomas McMahon fought the blaze for over an hour using booster lines. Partitions around the transformer area were charred. The store is owned by Saul Mangel of New York City. Ray Cole, the manager, could not estimate damages at this time.
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Mangel
S. Salina St
Robert Kramer
Thomas McMahon
Saul Mangel
New York City
Ray Cole
Bare Letters To Mussolini Revealed By Interior Ministry
Claretta Petacci’s letters accuse Benito Mussolini of neglect and jealousy as World War II rages. The Interior Ministry released the correspondence despite protests from the Petacci family. The papers recount her fear of a double affair and note Mussolini’s unwavering attention to her until their capture by partisans near Lake Como in April 1945 and their execution in Milan.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Claretta Petacci
Interior Ministry
Petacci
Mussolini
Lake Como
Milan
Dewey Undergoes Shoulder Surgery
Governor Thomas E. Dewey underwent surgery for acute bursitis at Presbyterian Medical Center New York City. Doctor Harrison L. McLaughlin operated on the right shoulder removing a calcium growth and the governor rested comfortably after entering the Columbia University Medical Unit last night.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Presbyterian Medical Center
New York City
Harrison L. McLaughlin
Dewey
Columbia University
Jury Will Get Case Late Today In New Hampshire Murder Trial
In Manchester New Hampshire state and defense ended closing arguments in the trial of Dr Hermann M Sander accused of murder for injecting air into the body of cancer patient Mrs Abbie Boroto The prosecutor argued the act killed her while the defense contended she was already dead and Sander acted irrationally The jury was to retire for deliberations after a court recess and the judge would instruct them on the law including the death penalty rules
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Manchester
N. H
Hermann M. Sander
Louis E. Wyman
Phinney
New Hampshire
Wyman
Boo
Richard Ford
Russian girl held in Germany freed
Frankfurt Germany American authorities said Regina Rowiskeija a 22 year old Russian girl arrested as a possible Soviet confusion agent will be freed for lack of evidence The district attorney W Fred Johnson announced the release date as today or tomorrow A US Army notice at the time of her Heidelberg arrest said she was suspected of being a confusion agent defined as a person who purposely acts suspiciously to divert attention from real spies.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Regina Rowiskeija
W. Fred Johnson
U. S. Army
Heidelberg
Not All Right Newton Heber At Baton Rouge Banquet
Milwaukee economist Newton Heber told a Baton Rouge banquet that the Treasury plans cutting expenses by a billion. Heber compared the Treasury to a husky theater patron asking a neighbor if he fell over his feet, then declared the row was all right.
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Newton Heber
Milwaukee
Baton Rouge
Treasury
Mamie
Oil-Fueled Fire Kills 14 Prisoners at Sandia Guardhouse
A Sandia Base guardhouse fire killed 14 military prisoners and critically wounded two others. flames from oil heated stoves raced through the tinder dry wood structure in about 25 minutes after the 7 45 p m alarm. Guards and officers were overcome by smoke as investigators probe how and why the blaze started.
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Albuquerque
N. M. GP
Sandia
N. M
Coplon Gets 15 Year Term for Espionage
Judith Coplon was sentenced to 15 years in prison for spying for Russia. Her former associate Valentin A. Gubitchev received a 15 year suspended sentence and deportation to the Soviet Union within two weeks. The judge imposed five years on the espionage charge and 15 years on related counts.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Russia
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Soviet Union
State Department
Attorney General's Office
Sylvester J. Ryan
Brunette Little Miss Coplon
Washington, D. C
State Dept Hints Exile Offer to Aide Gubitcher
The State Department indicated Valentin A. Gubitcher may be offered departure from the United States to avoid Soviet retaliation against American citizens in Russia and other Eastern European countries.
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Washington
State Department
Valentin A. Gubitcher
United States
Russia
Espionage standoff ends with concurrent sentences for Coplon and Gubitchev
Miss Coplon, 28, and Soviet official Gubitchev faced prison terms after pleas for leniency were denied. Coplon received a prison term with potential fines while Gubitchev faced up to 15 years and $20,000 in fines. State department and attorney general support influenced the sentencing as Saypol urged the court.
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Samuel A. Neuberger
Miss Coplon
Gubitchev
Abraham Pomerantz
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