Molotov declares Russia seeks lasting peace amid world tension
In Moscow on March 10, Vice Premier Viacheslav Molotov warned that war remains likely while capitalism endures and urged peace-minded action. He assessed Russia's stance toward western powers, Germany, eastern Europe, and China and noted Russia would pursue genuine negotiations for peace.
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Moscow
U.P
Viacheslav Molotov
Russia
Molotov
Germany
China
Truman
Georgi M. Malenkov
Malenkov
Express Rates Authorized Boost by Railway Express
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a 10 percent rate increase for most Railway Express Agency shipments in less than carload quantities. First class covers general merchandise, second class covers food and drink. Applies after 30 days public notice. other express classifications are unchanged. A separate 10 percent rise for newspaper shipments awaits a hearing on April 3. This marks the fourth postwar increase.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railway Express Agency
Express Company
British Labor Faces New Confidence Vote Test
London reports Prime Minister Attlee’s Labour government survived a tough confidence vote and faces a new Conservative motion from Winston Churchill criticizing exchequer overspending. The prior session saw Labour fend off a 14 vote loss 310 to 296 over iron and steel nationalization.
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London
Britain
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Senate to Begin Voting on Housing Bill Next Week
The Senate plans to start voting next Wednesday on a housing bill aimed at families with moderate incomes. An amendment by Senator Bricker would remove a second provision to aid cooperative housing, which he calls inflationary. Chairman Maybank says the bill has been revised to be not inflationary.
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Washington
Senate
Bricker
Ohio
Maybank
D-S. C
Banking Committee
Republicans Call Acheson Unfit For Post In Spy Case
Two Republican lawmakers charge Secretary of State Acheson with unfitness for recommending deportation over imprisonment for Valentin A Gubitchev a Soviet spy. They say the move obstructs justice while noting Coplon received 15 years. Acheson did not comment. Herald Tribune reports Gubitchev will return to Russia and sail for home.
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Washington
Acheson
Valentin A. Gubitchevy
Wherry
R-Neb
Fellows
Maine
Gubitchev
United Nations
Russia
New York
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
United States
State
Justice Departments
Miss Coplon
Nebraskan
Europe
Alexander S. Panyushkin
State Department
Panyushkin
The
Herald Tribune
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Batory
Gerhart Eisler
Abraham L. Pomerantz
Sander Awaits State Board Verdict in New Hampshire
Dr. Hermann N. Sander, 41, returns to his Candia farm with his family to await the New Hampshire State Board of Registration in Medicine hearing over his handling of the December death of Mrs. Abbie Borreto. Health officer Dr. John Wheeler states the board will decide independently.
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Candia
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
New Hampshire
State Board of Registration In Medicine
Sander
Abbie Borreto
John S. Wheeler
State Board
Testimony Ends in Bridges Perjury Trial in San Francisco
The Harry Bridges CIO Longshoremen's Union president saw the 46th and last witness testify as the perjury case continues. Prosecutors say he lied about Communist Party membership during his 1945 naturalization. A verdict is not expected for at least a week as the trial nears its jury phase.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Bridges
CIO Longshoremen's Union
Communist Party
German Parties Rally Behind Bonn Over Saar Pact
Bonn protesters unite behind the government as Adenauer pledges to complain to western allies over the French Saar pact granting autonomy in exchange for coal output to France for 50 years. Schumacher urges Germany to reject European Council entry with Saar. occupation bill totals 4.049 billion marks.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Kurt Schumacher
Saar
France
Paris
West Germany
United States
Washington
Adenauer
Wolfgang Hedler
Schumacher
Council of Europe
Council
Strasbourg
15th Sandia flash fire victim dies at base
The 15th victim of the Sandia base flash fire died Friday night from internal lung damage caused by fire and smoke. Pvt. Harry C. Handley, 23, of Hamilton Ohio, died as his wife Mary C. Handley watched. Col Hertford said the origin of the guardhouse fire may never be known.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Sandia Secret Weapons Base
Harry C. Handley
Hamilton
Ohio
Mary C. Handley
K. F. Hertford
Youths in Germany Fight at Red Rally
In Berlin a clash erupted between communist and anti communist youths during a Red rally addressed by Gerhart Eisler. About 150 teenagers fought in the streets as Eisler announced the planned march of 500000 Communist youths into West Berlin May 27 30 was canceled. Police from both sides dispersed the brawls and rock throwing after a Western officer fired a warning shot.
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Berlin
U.P
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Eisler
Soviet Zone
West Berlin
East
Canton as Center of Terror and Crisis in Communist Canton
Canton, city of over a million in south China, is depicted by independent Chinese reporters in Hong Kong as a center of terror and government crisis. Red troops commit shootings and force labor as a financial panic runs wild with currency devaluation. The Red mayor has left for Kukong, and forced draft of coolies for government goods fuels fear of further upheaval.
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Hong Kong
Canton
South China
Wah Kiu Yat Po
United States
Yen Chien-ying
Kukong
Fuel Restrictions on Railroads Will End Sunday
The Inter State Commerce Commission announced that railroads may use coal freely after midnight Sunday ending January fuel limits. The decision follows the settlement between John L. Lewis and mine owners and allows restoration of passenger service to about 75 percent of normal after a period of reduced operations.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
John L. Lewis
ICC
Lie Defends Plan to Admit Red China to UN
Secretary General Trygve Lie defended his proposal to admit Red China to the United Nations as upholding international law and common sense. He rejected claims it bowed to Russia, insisting the move reflects legitimate seats based on principle rather than Soviet pressure. The remarks followed criticism and Russia’s walkout from a Big Five session.
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Lie
China
Russia
Butte Faces Frigid Cold After Snowstorm
After a week of heavy snow, Montana and nearby states see bitter cold with Montana reporting subzero readings and winds. Butte reported zero at the thermometer as West Yellowstone and other towns cling to snow depths around 42 inches. The temperature is forecast to fall further into the 15 below range locally.
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Butte
Thursby
Lewistown
Cut Bank
Superior
West Yellowstone
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Canadian
Montana
New England
Savannah
Oregon
Rockies
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
International Falls
Minn
Butte Weather Forecast Partly cloudy and cold with snow
Partly cloudy and continued cold Saturday with occasional light snow. After noon highs around 15. From Thursday midnight to Friday 5:30 pm, School of Mines max 9 min -2, Airport max 15 min -4, West of Divide mostly cloudy with light snow and colder highs 5 to 15, East of Divide partly to mostly cloudy with scattered snow flurries southwest and continued cold highs 0 to 10.
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School of Mines
Divide
Max Min
Pep Billings
Man's Request to Be Known as Jesse James Rejected
UNION Missouri circuit judge dismissed J Frank Daltons bid to change his name to Jesse Woodson James the outlaw famed from 70 years ago The judge called the request a potential fraud if not James and said Daltons surname cannot be restored to what it was without legal change
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Man
Jesse James
Union
Missouri
J. Frank Dalton
Jesse Woodson James
Ransom A. Breuer
James Gang
Dalton
James
Plane fuel tank tested at Boeingfield with gunfire bursts
Seattle report says a bulletproof leakproof and fireproof aircraft fuel tank was tested Friday at Boeingfield. A machinegun fired bursts and two fire department crews controlled a blaze in about thirty minutes.
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Seattle
Wash
U.R
Boeingfield
Hungary demands recall of three U S military attaches
Budapest issues demand to recall Col. James Kraft Lt Col John Hoyne and Maj Donald E Griffin after Vogeler espionage trial links them to his activities. Hungary's Communist government declares them persona non grata and Washington studies the request amid possible reciprocal action.
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Budapest
Hungary
Robert A. Vogeler
United States
James Kraft
John Hoyne
Donald E. Griffin
Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hoyne
Griffin
Kraft
Vienna
Washington
State Department
National Officers of Lodge Indicted in Ottawa Case
Three grand aerie officials and an Ohio state Eagles officer were indicted on nine charges including blackmail and lottery publicity. The Ottawa lodge split from the FOE to form Freedom Eagles No 1 after expulsions. Bonds of $2000 each were posted. arraignment set for April 10.
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Ottawa
Ohio
Order of Eagles
National Lodge
Grand Aerie
Ohio State Eagles
J. Harry Leopold
Ottawa Lodge
Matthew L. Brown
Springfield
The
James Kellner
Ohio Eagles
Joseph Gunderman
St. Mary’s
Grand Worthy
Barnett H. Goldstein
Portland
Ore
Goldstein
Leopold
Ottawa Eagles Lodge
Freedom Eagles No. 1
Gunderman
Becker
Progress in Airlines Strike Talks Made
Francis A. O'Neill, chairman of the national mediation board, reported substantial progress toward settling the strike of American Airlines maintenance workers. About 4,600 CIO Transport Workers union members have been on strike for 10 days over wages, with mediation conferences suspended and the next move by the company and union.
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Chicago
Francis A. O'Neill
National Mediation Board
American Airlines
CIO Transport Workers Union
Washington
O'Neill
Bombing Sparks IRA Talk in Belfast Week
Northern Ireland faced a fresh bombing in Belfast as a bespectacled man threw a bomb at Roden Street police station, wounding windows and following a Wednesday attack that critically injured a sergeant near Springfield station. Reports point to the Irish Republican Army behind the violence amid pre US visit tensions with Prime Minister Sir Basil Brooke.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Roden Street
Springfield
IRA
United States
Sir Basil Brooke
Montana Murder Victim Named Onstard Identified by FBI
The FBI identified 30 year old Ervin Lavern Onstard as the gunshot murder victim found near Toston last Saturday. Identification came by fingerprint analysis and a message from J Edgar Hoover to Helena Police Chief Rosencrans. A Carnation Washington paper bearing the name Clifford Pierce was found with the clothing. Police seek leads from the public.
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Helena
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Toston
Ervin Lavern Onstard
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Harvey W. Rosencrans
Onstard
Spring Grove
Minn
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Clifford Pierce
General Delivery
Carnation
Wash
Pierce
Seattle
Onsrard
Alaska
Montana
Rosencrans
George Kieckbusch
Townsend
French Communists Extend Strike Across Marseille Port
Communist led unions widened a nationwide walkout by calling longshoremen off duty at Marseille, affecting about 15 000 dockers. Officials fear spread to other ports as U S arms shipments are targeted. Marseille operation is effective with limited staff reporting for work.
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Paris
U.P
Mediterranean
Marseille
United States
Atlantic
Bordeaux
Indo-China
Air Chief Warns of Soviet Power
Gen Hoyt S Van denberg warned at the San Bernardino Orange festival that Russia will soon launch an intercontinental atomic attack in considerable strength. He said the grave question is whether the Soviet capability will grow faster than U S defenses to resist such an attack.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Russia
Air Force
Aero car owner pays $1 fine for parking too long
Longview Washington March 10. Moulton B. Taylor paid a $1 parking fine Friday for parking his aero car on a downtown Longview street too long. The vehicle is a combination automobile airplane his firm plans to mass produce.
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Longview
Wash
Moulton B. Taylor
Taylor
McCarthy Attacks State Dept Loyalty Board Leaders
Washington reports Deputy Undersecretary John E. Peurifoy defends the nine member loyalty board against Senator McCarthy's insults as McCarthy vows to present thoroughly documented disloyalty cases. Kenyon, cited by McCarthy, denies Communist ties and will testify before the subcommittee.
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Washington
John E. Peurifoy
State Department
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Peurifoy
McCarthy
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations
Dorothy Kenyon
New York
United States
United Nations Commission On the Status of Women
Miss Kenyon
Billion Dollar Tax Cut Considered
Democratic members of the House ways and means committee discussed a potential one billion dollar cut in federal excise taxes on furs jewelry cosmetics luggage travel tickets and telecom bills. They aim to offset with revenue changes but expect little chance to raise the amount Truman requested while income taxes were not on the table.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Robert L. Doughton
D-N, C
Two Army Planes Crash near Steubenville Kill Two
Two single engine Army planes crashed and burned near Steubenville Ohio Friday night killing both pilots. Investigators considered midair collision as a possibility. One victim tentatively identified as Lt. William Drazie of Steubenville. Planes were en route from Selfridge Field Michigan to Columbus Ohio.
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Steubenville
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Clarence Ebert
William Drazie
Selfridge Field
Mich
Columbus
Ebert
Tremor Shakes Mexico City Momentarily
A sharp tremor struck Mexico City Friday night causing light fixtures to swing and chinaware rattle. No immediate damage reports followed the brief quake, which lasted only a few seconds.
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Mexico
Mexico City
U.P
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Prober
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