U S and British clash over Iran in UN Security Council
U S and British officials foresee a sharp debate in the United Nations Security Council over the Iranian issue. Moscow’s stance, Stalin’s remarks, and a Soviet Iran agreement shape expectations as Byrnes Cadogan seek early council action while Gromyko pushes to delay until April 10 unless new instructions arrive.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Stalin
Iran
Council
Byrnes
Alexander Cadogan
Gromyko
Gromyko Fnally
Cadogan
Tehran
British MPs to fly for Iran withdrawal inquiry
Brigadier A H Head and Michael Foot will fly to the Middle East for two to three weeks to inspect Iran and verify reports from Moscow and Tehran about Red Army troop withdrawals. Foreign Undersecretary McNeil says arrangements are made and no major barriers are expected. Stalin claims Russia has solved the withdrawal issue via a Soviet Iran pact. A Tehran dispatch cites Prince Firouz on the ongoing Russian pullback starting last Sunday night.
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London
Britain
Middle East
Iran
Moscow
Tehran
Red Army
A. H. Head
Michael Foot
Labor Party
Daily Herald
Hector McNeil
Stalin
Sovietnion
Russia
New York
Hugh Baillie
United Press
Churchill
Security Council
United Nations Organization
Prince Firouz
Desperate sign at cafe in Idaho Falls prompts marriage quip
A March 26 item from Proposition Idaho Falls notes Colin MacKenzie posted a wall sign in his cafe offering to marry any farmer's daughter who owns her own cow and can churn butter. The sign reads Signed Desperate.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Colin MacKenzie
GM Ready To Call Back 175000 Workers
GM reversed its prior stance and prepared to recall the first of 175,008 production workers idle since the UAW CIO strike began November 21. A spokesman said most GM plants nationwide will issue back-to-work orders, following a telegram from VP Harry Anderson to UAW-CIO leader Walter Reuther in Atlantic City. Reuther promised local grievances in 19 plants would be resolved within days, signaling production resumption after days of negotiation.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Corporation
Harry W. Anderson
Walter P. Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Atlantic City
Einbinder Buys Buchanan Property on Jonathan and Franklin
Albert Einbinder, a well known jeweler and pawnbroker, has purchased the Buchanan property at the northeast corner of Jonathan and Franklin streets. He occupies a storeroom on the Jonathan Street side and plans improvements as materials and labor permit. The purchase price was not disclosed.
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Albert Einbinder
Buchanan
Jonathan and
Franklin Streets
Einbinder
Jonathan Street
Granted Divorce in Sylvan Virginia Summers Case
Sylvan Virginia Summers has been granted an absolute divorce from John Lewis Summers. Attorney K Hartle appeared in the case.
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Sylvan Virginia Summers
John Lewis Summers
K. Hartle
Ribbentrop Pleads Innocent At Nuremberg Defense
Joachim von Ribbentrop told the International Military Tribunal he accepted responsibility for his acts as foreign minister but pleaded innocent on all counts of the war crimes indictment. He followed Goering and Hess in opening his personal defense as the court ruled out evidence about the Versailles Treaty being signed under duress.
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Nuernberg
Joachim von Ribbentrop
International Military Tribunal
Germany
Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hess
David Maxwell Fyfe
Blind Baby Sees With Older Eyes Donated by Heiress
A 14 month old, blind from birth, has gained sight using corneas donated by Eve Tobey of Stamford Connecticut. The eyes were removed after her death last September and shipped to the eye institute at Presbyterian Hospital for transplantation. The operation is deemed successful. the child must return for months of observation. Tobey donated to help a relative with eye disease.
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New York
Eve Tobey
Miss Tobey
Eye Institute
The
Presbyterian Hospital
Deadline Approaching for Liquor License Renewals
The Board of Alcoholic Commissioners warns licensees to file renewal applications by April 1 with protests due the same day. Several licensees have not yet filed, some because they face May 1 eviction notices. Reports say beer scarcity may trigger shorter hours or temporary closures for some establishments.
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Alcoholic Beverage Lcensees
Board of Alcoholic Commissioners
Panama financed trip for brain surgeries to Baltimore
A Panama financed charter brought blind fisherman Carlos Madrid and baby Ruben Brower Perez to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore for free brain operations. Dr Walter Dandy agreed to operate. Madrid and the infant were admitted as patients, with funds raised by Panama Lions Club and Liga Patriatica Femenina supporting their journeys. The child’s hydrocephalus was diagnosed after early head expansion.
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Baltimore
Panama
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Carlos Madrid
Ruben Brower Perez
Emma. Sechi
Walter E. Nandy
Madrid
Panama Lions
Liga Patriatica Femenina
Dandy
Santo Tomas Hospital
Santo Tomas
Celia Perez
Government Moves To Speed Up Home Construction For Vets
The government imposes drastic limits on new commercial and industrial construction to free materials for 2.7 million homes planned over two years. The order, effective immediately, allows only preapproved or already begun projects to continue and sets cost thresholds for various building types including houses, hotels, farms, churches, schools, and factories.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
National Housing
Wilson W. Wyatt
CPA
John D. Small
Used Car Black Market Draining Hagerstown of Vehicles
A Hagerstown dealer says out of town buyers from North Carolina to Texas and private locals are draining the city’s used car supply. He notes ceiling-price evasion with transfers filed at the OPA office and reports private sales above ceiling prices. Four to five cars leave the city weekly in tandem with drivers, reducing local availability.
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Hagerstown
North Carolina
Texas
Florida
CPA
Miami
Fla
OPA
Sears
Henson Held For Manslaughter
Alfred Henson aged 24 of Hagerstown was arraigned in City Court on a manslaughter by automobile charge after a January 19 crash on Pennsylvania Avenue that killed Barbara Clever and injured five others. He requested a jury trial and is held on $1000 bond for the May term. witnesses said he was speeding and suffered a fractured skull.
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Alfred Henson
Hagerstown Rt. 2
Harry Snyder
Ace
Pennsylvania Avenue
Barbara Clever
Greencastle
Henson
Washington County
A. C. Castle
Sylvester Palmer
Hagerstown
Tydings Hospitalized For Foot Infection In Bethesda
Senator Tydings has entered the Naval Medical Center at Bethesda Maryland for a checkup. His secretary Miss Corinne Barger said he has suffered for seven days with a foot infection and doctors are seeking the cause. She added he is feeling fine and will stay several days.
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Washington
Tydings
ShMd
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Corinne Barger
Parger
Showers Spread Over Southeast Statewide Storm Outlook
Showers and thunderstorms hit large portions of the Southeast today, with Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky Louisiana and Eastern Texas in the storm zone. Mild rains extended into Indiana Illinois and Iowa as a Pacific coast storm develops. Fair cool weather in the Southwest and Rockies. The East stays warm with widespread clouds. Thunderstorms expected in Georgia and the Carolinas this afternoon and tonight. Rain in the Northeast tomorrow with cooler weather tomorrow night and Thursday.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Louisiana
Texas
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
North
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Georgia
Carolinas
Police Called To Westinghouse Plant In East Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on March 26 state police were summoned by Allegheny County Sheriff to assist at the Westinghouse Electric plant in East Pittsburgh after a crowd bolted and jostled supervisors entering the facility. Earlier the sheriff said state police from Greensburg would be brought in as a precaution against disturbance.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Walter C. Monaghan
Westinghouse Electricc Corporation
Monaghan
Greensburg
U S Will Curb Army Practice In Relief Mission
The United States urged UNRRA’s 48 members to bar militaries from requisitioning food and fuel under the relief program, aiming to stop liberating forces from living off the land. The plan targets the Red army but covers all armed forces, and calls for an immediate ban on impeding equitable distribution of imported relief supplies.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United States
Red Army
UNRRA
Reds Moving Out Winter Reports
Russians begin evacuation of Red Army troops from Karaj near Tehran as garrison loads trucks and moves 12 tanks toward Kazvin and the north, signaling a withdrawal from the northern gateway to Iran’s capital.
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Joseph C. Goodwin Kuraj
Iran
Marel
Tehran
Kazvin
Karaj
Boy Hurt In Farm Tractor Accident Seeks Care
Gary Lynn Buharp two year old son of Pfc and Mrs Nathaniel Buharp of Williamsport was injured last Friday when a tractor rolled. He was removed to Washington County Hospital for X rays and a minor operation after being thrown to the ground during a Hoffmann farm ride ordeal. Mrs Hoffman leaped to aid him as a wheel passed over her shoulder and chest. The child suffered facial and scalp cuts and possible internal injuries were initially feared.
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Gary Lynn Buharp
Pfc
Nathaniel Buharp
Williamsport
Washington County Hospital
Hoffman Farm
Firecracker Burns Youth On Oak Hill Avenue
Jimmy Snyder son of Mr and Mrs G M Snyder of 803 Oak Hill avenue suffered painful burns to his ankle when a firecracker tossed by a companion landed in his trouser cuff and ignited the trousers. He required medical attention after the blaze was extinguished.
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Jimmy
G. M. Snyder
Oak Hill Avenue
Snyder
R and G Store Looted Overnight on West Irvington St
A night break in at the R and G Department Store on West Irvington Street yielded 108 dollars from two cash registers. Detectives Wayne Sellman Leroy Karns and J B Brown investigated, noting a heavy bar forced the front door and 81 dollars in one register 23 in the other. Police also reported a burglary at Martin Feed and Implement Company on 60 Pennsylvania Avenue where four thieves stole six flashlights valued at 3d while yesterday morning’s break in yielded no loss.
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Westiington Street
Wayne Sellman
Leroy Karns
J. B. Brown
Sellman
Martin
Martin Feed and Implement Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fund Sought To Ferret Out Secrets Of Enemies Nations
The Appropriations Committee asked the House to approve a 400 fund to enable Commerce Department tech teams to search Germany and Japan for industrial secrets. The program, started by the War Department, aims to expand and continue the effort. Commerce officials cited valuable data found in German plants and interviews with German technicians, noting sources include Farben and Krupp operations.
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Washington
Mareh
Appropriations Committee
House
Commerce Department
Germany
Japan
War Department
Commerce Affcuts
United States
Farben and
Krupp
House Approves Fund to Pursue Tax Evasion Tips
Washington lawmakers back a 16,135,000 fund within a 233,179,153 deficiency bill to boost the Internal Revenue Bureau. The agency has 40,000 leads on evasion, with expected more tips, aiming to increase revenue from higher assessments in the current fiscal year.
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Washington
March
Internal Revenue Bureau
House Appropriations Committee
House
William T. Sherwood
Sherwood
Bureau
Lewis Announces End of Coal Operators' Contract
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, said he would end the current contract this Sunday at midnight and 400,000 miners would stay home next week. He warned there would be no miners’ blood spilled and that negotiations with soft coal operators would continue for a new agreement.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
All News Tipsters Are Awarded Prizes
Six Lipsters share prize money for tipoffs last week. First prize split between a Funkstown woman who phoned the first word of a fatal accident at the New York Central Iron Works and a West End resident who reported a body found at a local coal yard. Second prize shared by a Hagerstown Rt. 1 man who alerted to a tractor incident on West Antietam street and another West Antietam resident who reported an injured girl. Third prize divided between a Main avenue woman who reported a deadly copperhead sighting and a Maryland avenue woman who reported a robbery at Cearfoss.
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Lipsters
Funkstown
New York Central Iron Works
West End
Hagerstown
Main Avenue
Maryland Avenue
Cearfoss
Auto Crash Victim Dies At Hospital
William Linen a Brunswick auto dealer died at 2 40 am today at Washington County hospital from injuries suffered Friday night in an automobile crash on Rt 40 below Funkstown. He was driving the car with his brother Russell beside him and said they were crowded by an approaching car before the collision. Both men were sent to the hospital.
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William Linen
Brunswick Auto
Washington County Hospital
Rt. 40
Funkstown
Litten
Russell
Harvey Maugans
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