Romanians Excommunicated Over Bishop Conviction
Vatican decree says Pope Pius XI excommunicated Romanians who aided the communist trial and conviction of Catholic Bishop Augustin Pacha in Bucharest. Pacha received 38 years in solitary confinement and a monetary fine for illegal currency transfer. nine co-defendants got 10 years to five years. Major excommunication targets Romanians involved, issued minutes after the sentence was announced.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Augustin Pacha
Vatican
Bucharest
Pacha
Fife
Iran Plans Russian Trade Pact Amid Britain Oil Blockade
Iran moves toward a barter deal with the Soviet Union to bypass Britain's economic crackdown. A trade delegation is set to sign an agreement to swap scarce goods for oil and other essentials as Iran eyes Moscow after Britain cut shipments. Poland and Czechoslovakia have also placed oil orders, signaling a broader communist strategy to pressure Britain. The British ultimatum to reopen oil talks remains, with Harriman not delivering the deadline.
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Tehran
Iran
Russia
Britain
Moscow
Bossely Fatemi
Beitain
Irah
Poland
Czechoslovakia
London
Mohammed’ Mossadegh
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Ultematum
Writer Brands Former State Official as Communist
Mrs. Alice Widener of New York testified before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee assessing subversive influence in U S Far East policy. She said she believed Julian R Friedman, a former State Department employee, was presented to her as one of the top brains of the Communist Party, but later called that description a practical joke.
U S Army Frees Malmedy Massacre Convict
Landsberg Germany authorities announced the release of Heinz Friederichs a Malmedy massacre convict from American war crimes prison here Friedrichs had been sentenced for the notorious killing of U S soldiers and is now freed by military authorities
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Landsberg
Germany
S.army
Heinz
Friederichs
U.S
Friedrich
Graft case features Gross testimony against 18 Brooklyn officers
New York prosecutors quote Harry Gross as identifying each defendant in a Brooklyn graft trial involving a multi million dollar bookmaking empire. He faces questions about bribes and gifts to police while James McElroy outlines the department’s structure as the trial continues.
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New York
Harry Gross
Brooklyn
Gross
Tuning
James Reardon
Westport
Conn
California
Kings County
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Connecticut
Reardon
Edo” Reardon
Faeer
James McElroy
Police Department
Lila
Mickey
Gail
Atlantic
Beach
Long Island
Base Building Approved by Congress for Military Installations
Congress gave final approval to a 3.904 billion military construction program to shore up U S defenses against Russia. The measure authorizes hundreds of air bases depots training camps and other installations at home and abroad but Congress has yet to appropriate funds. The Air Force receives the largest share about 3.48 billion including roughly 1 billion for overseas bases encircling Russia.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
House
Senate
Truman
NATO Delays Greece Turkey Admission Debate
Denmark asks delay as NATO defers action on Greece and Turkey joining. The Atlantic Council suspended debate for about a day while Denmark and Norway seek instructions from Copenhagen and Washington. Some criticism surfaced but most governments favored the approach, with Nordic allies cautious.
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NATO
Greece
Turkey
Ontawa
Atlantic Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Den
Mark
Copen-United States
Fragen
Denmark
Norway
Council
Ottawa
Americans Living Longer Says Metropolitan Life
New York reporters note Americans now live longer than 50 years ago with women comprising the majority among the long livers. Metropolitan Life Insurance reports about 12.3 million people have reached 65, roughly one in 32 of the population. The age 65 plus ratio is about 146 women for every 100 men, and most long-lived individuals fall in the 5 to 69 dollar life expectancy range.
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New York
QNS
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Air Force Grounds Planes in Alaska
Alaska note shows the Air Force grounding several aircraft amid unclear safety or maintenance concerns. Officials cited base operations and weather considerations as reasons for flight suspensions affecting multiple units.
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Air Force Grounds
Alaska
Satellites Cut OFF CARE List Reported Across Europe
A dated wire note reports CARE packages halted for multiple countries including Romania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia and Hungary as satellites curtail aid shipments in a shifting European relief scene.
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Rome
Romania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Tax Hike Action Due in Senate Tomorrow
Chairman George predicts formal version of the 5.96 billion tax bill for Senate action tomorrow after lawmakers approve report detailing tax increases from closed meetings. House passed a 12.0 billion year tax measure. President asks for 16.0 billion. George expects to start sessions earlier to move the bill this week.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
House
Omma
Georgia
Senate
Gandhi's Son Tests Africa Race Laws
Manilal Gandhi, son of Mohandas K Gandhi, announced in Durban that he will challenge South African authorities by deliberately breaking laws that do not violate moral law. He urged Europeans and non Europeans to join a crusade against injustice and oppression in South Africa.
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Durban
South Africa
UPJ
Manilal Gandhi
Inte
Mohandas K. Gandhi
United Nations pushes operation killer in Korea eastern front
United States and South Korean troops renewed Operation Killer in eastern Korea with four American divisions and the South Korean First Corps attacking log-covered caves and blockhouses. They seized three strategic hills, repelled communists’ counterattacks, and pressed toward a hill west of Kansong as air force struck rail lines and supply convoys.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Siegfried Line
First Corps
Ulines
Inje
Yanggu
Kansong
38Th Parallel
5Th Air Force
Coluian W
Structure Ready in April 1952 for Syracuse VA Hospital
Syracuse officials warn completion is delayed to April 1952 due to a skilled worker shortage caused by the Korean War. The ten story 500 bed Veterans Administration hospital in Syracuse faces interior work delays while brickwork nears completion. Firms report few qualified terrazzo workers and plasterers, with bricklayers once brought in from Canada.
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Syracuse
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
John A. Johnson Construction Co
Washington
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Cincinna Mall
East Orange
N. J
Nd Arbor
Mich
Ifrom Defense
Canada
Irving Av
Port Jervis Police Chief Cleared of Gambling Charge
An Orange County grand jury found no criminal charge against Port Jervis acting police chief John Jichief for permitting open gambling. The report assigns blame to the department’s leadership and to Port Jervis officials, noting the city’s gambling issue and the need for state investigation. The presentment highlights responsibility but stops short of charging the chief.
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Goshen
Orange County
Port Jervis
Jervis
Clare J. Hoyt
State Supreme Department
Elbert T. Gallagher
Sio
John Jichief
Principwrie
Port
Fair Weather Rumors Touch On Lizards And Betsy Estate
Weather outlook remains fair with a high pressure system centered in Missouri and temperatures in the upper sixties. In Philadelphia detectives raided a bookmaking operation, arresting George Hart for bookmaking and related charges as part of nationwide directives. Natal reports Beatrice Kellett left $56,000 estate. items included 37 sheets of paper listing 1,574 bets tied to seven pet lizards.
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Missouri
George Hart
Beatrice Kellett
Betsy É
Not the Same We’ll Hold or Die Roks Said
A fragmentary report describes a brutal engagement near Yonkers involving Company G of the 1396 Regiment of the South Korean Army. Soldiers reportedly fought valiantly, weapons expended, then used improvised means as combat continued.
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Roks
Yonkers
Kota
1 396 Regiment
Sun-A
Korean Republic
Fatal Crash Aboard Carrier Essex In Navy Losses
Two men died and five are missing after a Banshee jet crashed on the deck of the aircraft carrier Essex. Fifteen were injured as four other planes were destroyed and four damaged in the ensuing fire. The fighter, returning from Korea, struck barriers during landing and plowed into nearby jets on the forward flight deck. Casualty details were not disclosed.
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Tokyo
Essex
Navy
Korea
Explosion at Shell refinery kills eleven, injures twenty
A terroristic blast at a large Shell Oil Co refinery killed eleven workers and injured twenty, six critically. The night crew was cleaning a cracking wall when the explosion and ensuing flash fire sent flames over fifty feet into the air as company firefighters battled the blaze and rescue teams cleared the debris.
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Shell Oil Co
Airliner Crashes Near Tuba City Killing All on Board
A Brazilian airliner crashed about 90 miles south of here near Tuba City at night. Police report all 10 people on the plane were killed. A team is pushing toward the wreckage to reach the site.
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Zitians
Tuba
Here
Abouke
Tovreach
al Abo
Braziilan
Italy intensifies hunt for hidden Communist arms
Rome reports police expanding a campaign to seize concealed Communist weapons and explosives. Officials reference large quantities found to date while debating a two year extension of farm control laws. Several alleged Communists are said to have been arrested as the crackdown proceeds under the government led by Mario Scelba.
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Rome
Mario Sceltia
al Hun
Three Old Folks Die in Colesville Fire
A fire swept a Montgomery County Maryland home for the aged killing three residents. Firemen earlier reported three bodies recovered with others seen in the burning building. The home housed 59 patients at the time. at least ten were taken to Washington Sanitarium for treatment with some in bad condition.
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Colesville
Washington, D. C
Jessie Proctor
Jolliffe
A. Forton
Thomas
Thomas, Director of Thhe -Montgomery
County Department of Inspection
Washington
NATO Partnership in Bonn Defense Organ
In Bonn Bonn Germany the defense organ Adenauer notes Western policy and a stated aim to escape Communism. The report cites Chigelier asserting a form of partnership to strengthen NATO and Western unity amid Cold War tensions.
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NATO
Bonn
Germany
Adenauer
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