Beria Celebrated On 50th Birthday By Soviet Press
The Soviet press and radio mark Lavrenti Beria's 50th birthday with praise. Pravda and Izvestia display a two column photo of him as head of state security and a possible Stalin successor. Central Committee and Council of Ministers extend congratulations calling him a Lenin pupil and Stalin colleague. Beria, a Georgian, is a high ranking Politburo member and former security minister.
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Order of Lenin Oy
Supreme Soviet
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Izvestia
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Soviet Union
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Politburo
Central Committee
Communist Parity
Airmen Return with Bodies of Nine Comrades
Twelve days to scale Santa Inez Peak and bring back nine corpses from a B 29 crash. The rescuers, led by Capt M O Beck, endured jungle perils, bees and leeches, with survivors ferried to Kwajelein and Clark Air Base expected by Thursday payday.
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Mahibena
Philippines
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Mr. Caladang
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Gense
Cala‘G@ang
Clark Air Bafe
M. O. Beck
Cameron
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William C. Bowers
India
Glenn A.renner
Canfield
Norman C. Queen
Portsmouth
Beck
Clark Air Base
Niagara Falls Mass Duck Die Off
Conservation Officer Roy Munne reported about 250 dead ducks found in the Niagara Gorge after a foggy night left them trapped in a greasy sludge on the upper river. The birds plunged over Niagara Falls to their watery graves.
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Niagara Falls
Roy Munne
Change in Aid Bill Doubted
Washington reports that the $55.58 billion European Recovery bill for a second Marshall Plan year remains intact despite GOP pressure to cut. Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair says it will pass in current form. House to take up its $5.38 billion foreign aid bill tomorrow.
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Conally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
New York City Faces Taxicab Strike Over Union Recognition
A city wide taxicab strike is set for 4 30 AM Friday after night shift drivers and inside workers vote to strike. Day shift members vote at 5 30 PM with union officials warning the strike will proceed if the afternoon vote follows the morning trend.
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New York
Diamond Queen of Wild Era In Hospital Mental Illness
New York reports Mabel Bell once dubbed Queen of Diamonds has been committed to Manhattan State Hospital from Bellevue on March 15. She married Theodore Cella, her fifth husband, at Fort Lauderdale in January. Her sensational life included high profile social appearances, a 1920s roaming fortune, a bid to fly the Atlantic with Levine and Acosta, and a famous 1934 shooting incident by George Charlot outside her home.
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Mabel Bell “Society
Bellevue Hospital
Mabel Cella
Manhattan State Hospital
Bellevue
Mabel Bell
Theodore Cella
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Pee
Charles A. Levine
Atlantic
Bert Acosta
Acosta
Levine
Mrs. Bell
Newfoundland
Count Boleslav de Pocceri
George Charlot
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Pope Pius XII Masses to be Broadcast by Vatican Radio
Vatican Radio will air two Masses by Pope Pius XII on Sunday marking the 50th anniversary of his priesthood. The broadcasts will run on shortwave at 31.06 and 50.26 meters starting 8:35 AM and last about an hour and a half.
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Kaiser Frazer cuts prices in postwar sales bid
Kaiser-Frazer Corp., the industry’s fourth largest producer, cuts prices across the Frazer and Kaiser lines by 138 to 333 dollars effective immediately. Edgar Kaiser is elevated to president, succeeding Joseph W. Frazer, and Jean Wheelock, 24, Boonville High School student, dies in separate accident near Boonville as Mrs. Bessie Storms is killed by a train near Schuyler Rickett crossing. coroner terms death accidental.
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Frazer
K-F
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Herald-Journal Wire
RTICA
Jean Wheelock
Boonville High School
C. C. Whitnemore
Mion
Herkimer County
Truman Attends Johnson Dinner
President Truman said he is building a cabinet to meet Americas great age and that he is succeeding. About 250 top government leaders attended a testimonial dinner for Louis Johnson after his swearing in as secretary of defense, succeeding James Forrestal.
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Washington
Truman
America
Defense
Louis Johnson
Unidentified Subs Reported Off Luzon
Gregorio Santayana of Quezon Province reported the appearance of unidentified submarines off the east coast of Luzon Island. Philippine constabulary headquarters said similar reports have been frequent for the last three months but confirmatory efforts have been fruitless.
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Manila
Sears Announces Midseason Spring Catalog Price Cuts
Sears, Roebuck and Company unveils a 282 page midseason spring catalog featuring widespread price reductions. The supplement to January’s catalog highlights new items including a flat bed utility farm wagon, an aluminum summer lawn house, vinylized plastic roof coverings, and a seven horsepower twin outboard motor.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Company
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