Stalin signals possible Washington talks amid UN disarmament clash
Acheson pressed Stalin on meeting Truman and disarmament at the UN. Stalin said no objection to a Washington talk but added the United States must include representatives of other nations in discussions. State Department viewed Stalin's remarks as propaganda with dual aims.
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Russia
Stalin
Akhenom
United Nations
Acheson
Truman
Washington
Achenon
United States
State Department
Four Escapees Captured Today
Four escapees were tracked to a barn on a penal farm where guards found them. The men Clarence Welford, John J. Nelligan, Edward F. Bray, and Robert E. Lee Brinn were recaptured after mission attempts in Baltimore Norristown Washington DC tied to assaults stores and forgery. Two other escapees were caught within 48 minutes by guards. Three of the escapees were hospital patients and three were orderlies.
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Penal Farm
Fleide
Clarence Welford
Baltimore
John J. Nelligan
Norristown
Edward F. Bray
Robert E. Lee Brinn
Washington, D. C
Norman Walker
Princess Ann
James Owens
Hungarian Catholic Party Leader Flees for Refuge
Istevan Barankovics head of Hungary’s opposition Catholic Party fled the country after dissolving his party amid government pressure linked to the Mindszenty case. He said officials hinted at a Vatican influenced dissolve and warned of reprisals, while Budapest expelled Stephen Kozak, second secretary at the American Legation, within 48 hours.
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Vienna
Hungary
Istevan Barankovics
Democratic People's (Catholic) Party
Vatican
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Barankovics
Matyas Rakosi
Vaticatt
Mindesenty
Rome
Barankovicz
Stephen Koczak
Legation
Budapest
Kozak
Regation
Chewsville Team Set for Night Meeting and Elections
The Chewsville baseball club convenes at Chewsville School tonight at 7:30 to elect officers for the coming season and plan applications to join the Washington County League for 1949. Last season the team won 35 games and lost 5, developing several standout players.
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Chewsville Baseball Club
Chewsville
Maryland Legislature Debates Tax Reform and Regulatory Measures
The Senate advanced bills on tax relief for families and new House tax exemptions. Debates touched on weapon admissibility from prisoners and licensing for law fur dealers with annual reports. Public Service Commission expansion faced rejection, while a privacy bill on aliases for hotel registrations drew attention. House measures target sales tax exemptions for food and infant clothing with committee referrals.
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Senate
Judiciary Committee
Balch
D-Talbot
Legislative Council
Goldstein
Commmittes
Phoebus
Somerset
House
Reeves
R-Montgomery
Bertorelli
D-Balto
Ways and Menna Committee
Sklar
Derkens
Turnbull
D-Balte County
Job Situation in City Shows Mixed Postwar Trends
During a one week period in January this year 307 veterans filed claims. Although discharges have fallen, employment opportunities declined slightly, less sharply than in other cities. Industry cut back due to seasonal business. retail price resistance also factors. Maryland State Employment Office active files rose from about 1,300 a year ago to 1,400 in January 1949.
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Shilling
Maryland
Senators Say No Fear Of Immediate War After Briefing
Senators on the Armed Services Committee met with Secretary Forrestal and top military leaders at the Pentagon for a briefing on defense problems and conditions. They warned secrecy prevents discussion of plans but agreed that nothing heard suggested imminent war, despite talks of trouble spots like Berlin and China.
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Washington
Russia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Weather Dips to Zero Across Northern States
The mercury fell near or below zero in Dakotas Montana Minnesota and Wisconsin with lows around minus 20 to minus 23 at Grand Forks North Dakota. Some readings also dipped in northern New England while southern states reported milder weather. Rain and snow fell in Texas Oklahoma Minnesota Wisconsin and California with some freezing drizzle in eastern Kansas and snow in western Nevada and Oregon.
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Dakotas
Montana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Grand Forks
N. D
New England
Florida
Miami
Texas
Oklahoma
Kateas
Wiseconsin
Neva
Idaho
Oregon
California
Norway to Decide Its Own Path on Defense Alliance
Oslo February 2 Foreign Minister Halvard Lange said Norway will choose its course on joining any Western Atlantic alliance based on Norwegian interests not others wishes. He noted no decision until after further investigation and discussions with invitees. Lange also accused Norwegian Communists of feeding Moscow with false information.
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Oslo
Norway
Halvard Lange
Tange
Moscow
President’s new labor bill sparks Senate clash over injunction power
The article reports an 80 day injunction feature being scrapped in favor of a 30 day cooling off period. Clark asserts presidential powers to obtain stay orders, while Taft and Tobin challenge and defend the administration’s approach amid a heated Senate labor committee session.
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Clark
Senate Labor Unit
Tobin
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Taft
Ohio
United States
Access to Federal Courts Preserved in Critical Situations
The remarks emphasize that the United States maintains access to its courts in emergencies unless a specific statute bars it. The speaker notes that even when a bill imposes ongoing or resumed operations within a set period, it does not aim to limit federal rights to seek judicial relief.
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United States
Prosecution Moves to Admit Edwards Statement in Murders Trial
Baltimore February 3 The prosecution nears admission of an alleged statement by Thomas A Edwards 23 in the Glen Burnie double murder case. It followed a lengthy foundation led by 18 witnesses and police interviews after his November 8 arrest. The defense pledges to challenge the admissibility before the three-judge panel.
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Baltimore
Thomas A. Edwards
Glen Burnie
Edwards
Cardinal Mindszenty pleads partly guilty to red charges
Cardinal Mindszenty appears in court relinquishing his royal title and admits partial guilt to charges of treason and currency speculation. He faced a small crowd with heavy security as prosecutors describe leading a group aimed at overthrowing the state in connection with Archduke Otto of Habsburg and Tibor Eckhardt.
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Jared E. Dawson
Potomac Edison System
Cumberland
Quarter Century Club
Kosi
Esztergom
Archduke Otto of
Hapsburg
Tibor Eckhardt
United States
Cardinal Mindszenty
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New York
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