McCarthy Charges Dorothy Kenyon with Communist Ties
Senator McCarthy charged Dorothy Kenyon former State Department official with collaborating with 28 Communist front groups. Kenyon condemned him as a cowardly liar and said she never knew many named organizations. The session also cited Jessup and Acheson as alleged fronts and prompted calls for a federal loyalty review board.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Dorothy Kenyon
State Department
Miss Kenyon
Senate
United Nations Commission On the Status of Women
Smith College
New York
United Nations Commission
New York City
Philip C. Jessup
Far East
American-Russian Institute
Dean Acheson
House UN- American Activities Committee
Congress of American Women
Judd
Malone
R-Nev
Lewis Hard Coal Miners Agree on New Contract
John L. Lewis and Pennsylvania anthracite operators reached a complete agreement on all essential points restoring a five day week. 78,000 hard coal diggers will report to work Thursday as subcommittees finalize contract details for final approval.
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Lewis
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Ralph E. Taggart
New York City
Seaboard
Body of American Pilot Executed in French Indochina
Saigon reports a French military expedition found the body of an American Air Force pilot in a common grave with three French soldiers. The pilot, unnamed, was said to have been shot in the head after three years in Vietminh captivity following a 1945 bailout.
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Saigon
Indo-China
U PR
Government rests case in Bridges perjury trial
The government rested its case Wednesday in the perjury conspiracy trial of Longshore Leader Harry Renton Bridges and two associates in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
U.P
Harry Renton Bridges
Missing German Cannon Shell Found in Couch
Mr and Mrs H T Connold of East Grinstead long wondered what happened to a German plane shell that struck their home in 1943. Workmen cleaning the old couch unearthed the unexploded shell buried in the stuffing on Wednesday.
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London
H. T. Connold
East Grinstead
Cemetery flagpole blamed for Minneapolis crash
A Northwest Airlines Martin 202 crashed after striking a 67 foot high cemetery flagpole near Fort Snelling National Cemetery during a blizzard while landing at Wold Chamberlain. Fifteen people died including children Janet and Tommy Doughty and crew and passengers. among the victims was Donald B. Eberhardt of Birmingham, and the pilot Capt. Donald Jones. Stout and stewardess Mary Alice Kennedy were among the engaged couple set to marry.
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Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
NWA
Fort Snelling National
Tommy
Donald B. Eberhardt
Birmingham
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Donald Jones
Florida
Mary Alice Kennedy
St. Paul
Man Dies 100 Yards From House He Tried to Reach
Erwin H. Doepke, 60, became ill and died 100 yards from the ranch house he sought. Rancher Leslie Finch found his frozen body in a driveway on Wednesday. Tracks in the snow show he crawled about 30 feet before dying, with hay in his clothing suggesting refuge in a haystack or barn. Doepke had worked for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad in Detroit and been an extra gang dishwasher.
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Forsyth
Erwin H. Doepke
Leslie Finch
Lloyd Dowlin
Doepke
Jurors Expected to Get Mercy Death Case Today
The Sander mercy murder trial in Manchester New Hampshire nears jury deliberation after four rebuttal witnesses. The defense rested after 38 witnesses arguing cancer or other causes killed Mrs Abbie C Borreto. Final arguments set for Thursday morning before Judge Harold E Wescott charges the all male jury.
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Richard Ford
Harvard University
Hermann N. Sander
Manchester
N. H
Sander
U.P
Abbie C. Borreto
Harold E. Wescott
Wescott
Department of Legal Medicine
Weather Forecast for Butte and Surrounding Areas
Cloudy and slightly warmer with light snow early Thursday. Highs around 40 on Thursday afternoon and lows near 17 Thursday morning. Totals show .04 inches precipitation. west of Divide expects cloudy with light snow or mix, high 35 to 45. East of Divide mostly cloudy with possible snow, warmer overall, some areas 15 to 25.
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School of Mines
Divide
General Strike Called in France Fails
Government draft orders kept electric and gas services functioning across France during a general strike called by utility unions. About 100000 workers were to strike, but requisitions and night crews kept essential services running in Paris Marseille Nice and Le Havre. The national assembly also approved an anti sabotage bill amid Communist opposition aimed at protecting shipments of American arms under the U S aid program for Europe.
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Paris
France
Commerce and Industry Ministry
Marseille
Nice
le Havre
National Assembly
United States
Dixmude
Norfolk
Americans Held in China Evacuation Efforts Underway
Secretary Acheson said Chinese Communists block permits for key American business leaders to leave Shanghai as part of a broader evacuation. Over 300 Americans and 1,000 foreigners seek exit with consular help. plans call for late month evacuations by landing craft to dodge Nationalist minefields.
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Washington
Acheson
Shanghai
State Department
China
United States
Tsingtao
United Nations
Russia
Senate Votes to Repeal Federal Oleomargarine Taxes
The Senate approved a bill repealing all federal taxes on oleomargarine by 59 to 20, sending it to President Truman for signature. the House had passed it 262 to 106. The tax repeal takes effect July 1 after long-standing duties dating 64 years. Senator Wiley warned the move could paralyze dairy regions and spur grass in city streets.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Truman
Wiley
R-Wis
Supreme Court Ends Quick Divorces for Nonresidents
Mexico City reports the Supreme Court abolished quick Mexican divorces for Hollywood stars and other alien non residents on Wednesday.
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Mexico City
U.P
Supreme Court
Storm Lashe Blasts Great Lakes Region With Blizzard
A massive blizzard swept northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan on Wednesday, with strong winds across the Midwest to the South. The storm dumped two to nine inches of snow from the Dakotas to upper Michigan, caused car freezes in Nebraska, and triggered storm warnings from New Jersey to Florida as cold air moved south.
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Upper
Michigan
Midwest
Texas
Great Lakes
Canada
Lake Huron
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
The
Weather Bureau
New Jersey
Long Island
Miami Weather Bureau
Charleston
D. C
Vero Beach
Fla
Atlantic
St. Marks
Fort Myers
Gulf of Mexico
Plains
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
Upper Michigan
Admiral Boone Testifies He Was Canned
Rear Adm. Joel T. Boone testified before a House Armed Services subcommittee that he was removed from his post over his resistance to hospital cuts. He said Navy Surgeon General Swanson notified him on Feb. 28 that Dr. Meiling sought his removal. VA medical director Magnuson supported Boone, noting beds for veterans fall short of need, with 3,585 beds available versus a 5,300 request.
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Washington
Defense Department
Adm
Joel T. Boone
Boone
Department
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Richard Meiling
Military Medical Services
Meiling
White House
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Johnson
Daniel Boone
Boone Family Association
House Armed Services
Clifford A. Swanson
Navy
Swanson
Joe
Defense
Veterans Administration
Paul Magnuson
Senate delays action on displaced persons bill to March 31
After eight days of wrangling the Senate agrees to postpone further consideration of displaced persons legislation until March 31. Senate Majority Leader Lucas of Illinois had failed in repeated attempts to bring the measure to a vote.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Solons Approve More Funds to Aid Farmers
Congressional committees sign off on a 2 billion dollar CCC funding rise to support farm prices. If approved, total CCC commitments could reach 6.75 billion by year end with potential extra limits. Magnuson and Morse push an amendment to curb foreign agricultural imports under price supports.
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Brannan
CCC
Federal Treasury
House
Senate
Magnuson
D-Wash
Morse
Truman
United States
Export Controls Tighten On 600 Strategic Goods
The Commerce Department announced new export controls on 600 strategic items including electrical, mining, and construction machinery, industrial chemicals and alloys. The rule, effective March 20, bans shipments outside the Western Hemisphere without license, and expands earlier limits to cover all destinations except Canada. Agencies including State Defense AEC and NSRB collaborated on the move to curb potential wartime use.
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Washington
Commerce Department
China
Western Hemisphere
Australia
Canada
State and Defense Departments
Atomic Energy Commission
National Security Resources Board
Europe
Mediterranean
Britain Seeks Harsh Postwar Treaty With Japan
British officials disclosed a secret memorandum detailing a harsh peace for Japan. It calls for years of Allied control and unspecified war reparations to nations harmed by Japan. The memorandum reportedly outlines general principles for shaping a Japanese peace pact.
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London
Britain
Japan
United States
Italian Red Says Moscow May Drop Peace Theme
Italian Communist Leader Palmiro Togliatti indicated in an interview printed on the front page of L Unita that peace may not remain a Communist theme within a month or two. He did not specify a new propaganda line or explain why the Moscow directed peace theme could be scrapped.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Togliatti
L'Unita
Bradley Urges U S To Hold Strong Against Unilateral Disarmament
Gen Omar Bradley told the Women's National Press Club that any immediate unilateral disarmament could threaten lasting peace. He defended current mobilization plans and budget cuts, stressing the need to maintain strength with allies to deter or win a potential war.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
United States
Four Star
Women’s National Press Club
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Tydings
United Nations
Defense Department
Johnson
Radium Stolen in Ottawa By Children, NRC Probe
Royal Canadian Mounted Police and scientists race to recover 20 containers of radium feared taken by children from a storage shed behind NRC laboratories. The needles, resembling finishing nails, were last seen Friday afternoon through Wednesday morning, with police noting a broken window entry and a group of children seen nearby.
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Ottawa
U.P
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
National Research Council
NRC
Rogge Urges Peace in Soviet American Talks
Former Assistant US Attorney General O John Rogge spoke in the Kremlin calling for less name calling and seeking areas of agreement in Soviet American affairs. He addressed representatives of the Supreme Soviet and defense of peace committees during a ceremony for a World Congress of Partisans of Peace petition.
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Moscow
United States
O. John Rogge
Kremlin
Rogge
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Committee For Defense of Peace
Permanent Committee
World Congress of Partisans of Peace
Fire at Sandia base kills fourteen prisoners
At Sandia secret weapons base near Albuquerque on March 8 a flash fire swept a temporary building housing prisoners from three armed forces blocks. Fourteen prisoners died, two were critically injured, and two guards were hurt as rescue workers unlocked cell doors and evacuated inmates.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Armed Forces
Sandia Secret Weapons Base
Sandia Base
Atomic Energy Commission
Kenneth Kolster
Lie Suggests Giving Red China UN Seat
Secretary General Trygve Lie released a memo proposing seating the government ruling the bulk of China’s population in the UN. Nationalists see it as a move to replace them with Mao Zedong’s Communists, amid a standstill caused by the Soviet walkout.
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Peiping
China
Formosa
T. F. Tsiang
United Nations
United States
Russia
Lie
Man Frozen Himself to Death in Snow Grave in Unionville
Norman Carver, 60, from Seattle, shoveled a shallow grave in deep snow over the weekend and lay in it to die from freezing temperatures. A note addressed to his Seattle family asked for cremation. Police report unusual case from Unionville Ontario dated March 8.
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Ontario
U.P
Norman Carver
Seattle
Wash
Carver
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