France Offers Freedom for Saar Coal
Paris reports a Franco-Saar accord trading near autonomy for 50 years in exchange for Saar coal. France retains foreign and military rights during the interim as Saar miners small in number work a 15.3 million ton yearly output. The deal awaits approval by Saar and French parliaments and allied powers.
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France
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Adenauer
Saar Valley
Saar
League of Nations
Saar Republic
Soviets Receiving Atomic Materials, Jordan Testifies
Former Air Force Maj. George Racey Jordan told the House committee that thousands of pounds of thorium cadmium graphite and aluminum tubes were shipped to Russia under lend lease during 1942 to 1944. He said the items could be used in atomic piles though he did not know they were for an A-bomb.
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Washington
U.P
Air Force
George Racey Jordan
Russia
House un-American Activities Committee
Great Falls
Mont
Jordan
Canton's Toll in Major Chinese Air Raid Reported
Hong Kong Standard quoted Canton reports saying 700 people were killed in a single Nationalist air raid on Canton. The raid, described as the war's worst to date, occurred Friday with about a dozen planes seen at once and raids continuing through the day.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong Standard
South China
Canton
Standard
House Votes to Make Alaska 49th State
The House approved Alaska statehood by a 186 to 146 vote, sending the measure to the Senate. Supporters argued it strengthens northern defenses and reflects 34 years as a territory, while opponents warned about readiness and representation. A Hawaii statehood bill followed in the session.
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Washington
U.P
House
Alaska
Bering Straits
Soviet Russia
Senate
Hawaii
United States
Leroy Johnson
Calif
America
New Yorker
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Johnson says full immunity against atomic attack cannot be promised
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson told the Overseas Press Club dinner that the United States cannot guarantee complete protection from atomic raids. He warned a kamikaze-style attack might bypass defenses even with huge spending and urged stronger combat training across services. Wayne Richardson received the Polk award for exceptional reporting aboard the Flying Arrow during a China incident.
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New York
Louis Johnson
America
Johnson
United States
Overseas Press Club
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense Department
Wayne Richardson
Associated Press
Club
George Polk
Richardson
Isbrandtsen
Flying Arrow
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Butte Weather Forecast Saturday Showers and Mild Temperatures
Partly cloudy with occasional light showers Saturday and little temperature change. West of the divide expect cloudiness and light showers with snow in mountains above 6000 feet. high 40 to 50. East of divide partly cloudy, mild and windy. highs 45 to 55, locally 60 in Yellowstone valley.
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School of Mines
Divide
the Divide
Yellowstone Valley
States accuses Russia of forced labor camps
The State department accused Russia of holding American citizens in forced labor camps and sending others to Siberia. The note to Moscow cited about 2,000 Americans seeking to leave the Soviet Union and labeled the actions as repressive measures.
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Washington
U.P
State Department
Russia
Siberia
United States
Moscow
Soviet Union
Poland Begins Expulsion of 125000 Germans From Western Territories
Berlin reports Poland started the expulsion of 125000 Germans from postwar western lands. About 689 people arrived in the British zone, with future groups of 800 to 1200 to follow every four days. The transfers aim to solidify the Oder Neisse frontier, though Allies question the border's permanency.
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Poland
West Germany
Bonn
Warsaw
Soviet Union
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Lower Silesia
Pomerania
East Prussia
Germany
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Whitehall and Sheridan Reach Class C Zone Finals in Montana Mines
Whitehall survived a first half scare from Boulder to reach the district 16 Class C final against Sheridan at the Montana Mines gym. Sheridan defeated Ennis 46 to 24 in the semifinals, while Whitehall rallied past Boulder 63 to 50 to earn a shot at defending the zone crown. The winner faces District 15 winner at Hamilton for a berth to the state finals in Bozeman.
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Whitehall
Boulder
Sheridan
Montana Mines
Ennis
Hamilton
Bozeman
Philipsburg
Corvallis
Stevens
Testimony Tells of Dr Sander Mercy Death Debate
In Manchester New Hampshire a surgeon testified Friday that Dr Hermann N Sander urged an operation on a paralyzed woman to save her life amid a euthanasia debate in a two week murder trial. Prosecutors label the case first degree murder with malice afore thought.
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Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Sander
Abbie Borreto
Robert Rix
Dartmouth College
Insect Infested Insulating Material Suit in Montana
Adri anne and Ruth Browne sue Continental Baking of New York in federal court for 20000 damages claiming beeswing insulating material bought for a 37000 hotel in 1945-46 was insect prone. They allege meal worms and grain beetles invaded the building by 1948 harming property and guest belongings.
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Helena
Adrianne
Ruth Browne
Chargo
Brownes
Continental Baking Company of
New York
Woman who fled home over cancer fears returns to family
Mrs Helen Overlander 30 returns to Rensselaer after a week away to her husband and three children. A medical check showed she did not have cancer though she sought escape from illness and moved to Stillwater Oklahoma to stay with her brother. She said she left to get away from herself and family.
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Rensselaer
N. Y
Helen Overlander
Overlander
Rail Traffic Cut Again in Coal Crisis
The coal strike drives a third rail traffic cut, forcing 15 percent reductions in passenger and freight services by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Government limits, factory and school closures, and rising unemployment accompany the fuel shortage as United Mine Workers refuse pits without a contract. The South faces growing steel and allied industry layoffs.
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Pittsburgh
Interstate Commerce Commission
United Mine
Barr Jury Returns Verdict of Criminal Homicide
A coroner's jury in Butte rules criminal homicide in the death of Roy Barr a 50 year old truck driver. Evelyn Thomas 42 pleads innocent to premeditated murder and bail is set at 1000 dollars as she faces trial next month.
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Barr
Butte
Roy Barr
Evelyn
Gladys Newman
Ed Molthen
Police Department
High Court Asked to Close Walker's Social Club
Attorney General Arnold H. Olsen asked Montana's Supreme Court to shutter Walker's social club in Butte, claiming the establishment runs a lottery through bordo games tied to punchboard drawings. He filed for a temporary injunction during an appeal after district judges refused to close the venues citing constitutional bans on lotteries.
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Helena
Arnold H. Olsen
Butte Lotteries
State Supreme Court
Walker's
Butte
Olsen
Bordo
Montana
Supreme Court
Second Dr Fuchs Reported Sought
War office intelligence agents and American FBI men are hunting a second Dr Fuchs a scientist spy who is providing secret information to Russia The Daily Mail reported the search followed talks between MI 5 chief Sir Percy Sillitoe Prime Minister Attlee and other leaders The man sought is known for anti British sentiment and arrived in Britain after Klaus Emil Fuchs the atomic spy returned from the United States after the war.
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London
U.P
War Office
FBI
Fuchs
Russia
Daily Mail
The
Percy Sillitoe
Clement R. Attlee
Stafford Cripps
MI-5
Klaus Emil Fuchs
United States
Seek to Extend Rent Controls
The Truman administration mounts a bid to extend federal rent controls through mid-1951 as the current law nears expiration on June 30. Senate leaders Lucas and Myers sponsor the bill, while Senator Cain predicts a Senate majority will oppose any extension amid appropriations committee moves to limit funding and require cleanup of obligations for 4,135 workers.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Senator Myers
Pennsylvania
Senate Appropriations Committee
Cain
Rwash
Myers
Appropriations Committee
Senate Battles Over Displaced Persons Law
In Washington on March 3, lawmakers pressed the displaced persons program with critics charging moral deceit and betrayal by DP officials in Europe. Alex E. Squadrilli, European coordinator, denied charges of lax administration, weak screening, and wholesale fraud.
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Washington
Senate
Jenner
R-Ind
Displaced Persons Commission
Eastland
D-Miss
Commission
Europe
Alex E. Squadrilli
Truman Board Hopes to Get Men Back Into Pits by Monday
The presidential fact finding board announced a pact on fundamental principles for a new coal contract to end the soft coal strike. Negotiators for northern operators and steel companies with about 350 million tons yearly proposed a draft. details remain, and a joint committee meets Saturday. The aim is to finish a contract by weekend and have miners back to work Monday.
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Washington
Presidential
White House
John L. Lewis
David L. Cole
Cole
Lewis
George H. Love
Sheen
Northern
Western
Harry M. Moses
United States Steel Corporation
Love
Moses
Northern and Steel Company
Truman
Southern Association
French Communist Deputies Ousted From Assembly
In Paris on March 3, mobile guards cleared the French National Assembly after Communist deputies seized the rostrum. The clash involved Rightist and Catholic allies, with over 150 guards entering to eject the squatters and two injured Rightist lawmakers.
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Paris
U.P
National Assembly
Chamber
Assembly
Gerard Duprat
Duprat
Edouard Herriot
France
Vinge Brothers Slug Deputy Escape From Polson Jail
Harold and Alvin Vinge, charged with burglary, escaped from the county jail in Polson after slugging a deputy sheriff late Friday. Authorities across western Montana and the state patrol set roadblocks while uncertainty remains over whether the pair are armed or have a vehicle.
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Polson
Harold
Alvin Vinge
Wallace Beaudry
Montana
State Highway Patrol
Beaudry
Vinges
Superior
Boettcher
Harold Vinge
Albert Besancon
Besancon
Vinge
Alvin
Omar A. Pinson
Elmer Lee Payton
Russia Receiving U.S. War Material Warned by Congress
A congressional report states Marshall Plan nations are shipping items banned by the United States to Russia. The Senate House watchdog committee staff says the Economic Cooperation Administration failed to stop western Europe from sending commodities valuable to the Soviet war effort.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
Senate House
Committee
Economic Cooperation Administration
Western Europe
United States
Labor Party Refuses to Back Down on Steel Nationalization
London reports say the Labor government will not retreat from nationalizing steel despite pressure from Beaverbrook's anti labor press. Unions threaten a one pound weekly pay hike vote, risking a major strike that could idle up to three million workers. The Trades Union Congress weighing a wage freeze policy meets next week. John Strachey denies being an avowed Communist amid calls for his dismissal.
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Labor Party
House of Commons
Lord Beaverbrook
John Strachey
Beaverbrook
Strachey
Economic Front
Trades Union Congress
TUC
Labor
British Press Association
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