British Navy Rescues Refuges From Moledeth Off Haifa
In Haifa and Jerusalem reports say British naval vessels rushed to aid a distressed 700 ton schooner Moledeth carrying about 1,600 Jewish immigrants. About 750 passengers were transferred to British ships as engineers pumped water to prevent sinking, with Haifa blacks out in sympathy.
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Haifa
Palestine
Meledeth
San Filipe
Cyprus
Consolidated Refineries
Shell Oil Company
Jerusalem
Mediterranean
Sixth Airborne Division
Moledeth
Britain to Seek Showdown on Arms Reduction
Britain will press Russia on disarmament principles before joining a United Nations program to cut world arms. The move aims to secure a formal record on security and disarmament as the 11 nation commission nears completion of speeches. Sir Alexander Cadogan outlines priorities including international confidence and a UN military force.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Great Britain
Russia
United Nations
Britain
V. M. Molotov
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Andrei A. Gromyko
Alexander Cadogan
Austin
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Security Council
Andrei Gromyko
Sir Alexander Cadogan
A. B. Wirephoto
Mount Hekla Erupts For First Time Since 1845
Dense ash clouds reach six to seven miles as Mount Hekla erupts spilling lava boulders. Farms may lose grazing land and water supplies turn black while authorities plan possible evacuations and geologists forecast months of activity.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Mount Hekla
Two Planes Crash Resulting in Four Deaths in Watertown
Near Watertown airport two private planes collided in the air on Sunday and burned. The victims include Harland Johnson 24 of Hartford pilot and his passenger John Henry 30 of Reville S D. Bill Fox 29 Watertown flight instructor and his student Dick Aschwege 39 of Corona S D. The wreckage fell in a plowed field by Foxs parents farm home.
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Watertown
S. D
Harland Johnson
Hartford
John Henry
Reville
S.D
Bill Fox
Dick Aschwege
Corona
Fox
War Department Clears Ranks Amid Subversive Drive
War Department officials press a sweeping campaign to remove Communist elements from Army ranks and civilian payroll. Officials say cash and trained personnel shortages hinder progress, with reviews of loyalty cases lasting months before action. (Continued on Page 3, Col. 3).
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Washington
War Department
Army
Department
Truman
Paraguay Rebels Launch Two Plane Attacks on Asuncion
Rebel planes from Concepcion attacked Campo Grande outside Asuncion in two raids over 24 hours. Government reports say three civilians, two women and an elderly man, were killed in the Sunday morning strike amid scattered damage and propaganda leaflets.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
U.P
Concepcion
Campo Grande
Lomaputa
Fernando de la Mora
Luque
Higinio Morinigo
High Command
Iripuca
San Pedro
Mutilated Body of Woman Found in Michigan
The mutilated body of Mrs. Margaret Chmiel a 42 year old Detroit bar owner’s wife was found along a road in Van Dyke near the Wayne Macomb border. Coroner Clyne said she died from severe skull fractures with brain punctures and facial lacerations. No rape or robbery motive is suspected.
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Detroit
Margaret Chmiel
van Dyke
Wayne-Macomb
Macomb County
William D. Clyne
Glyne
Wartime Controls Expire As Deadline Approaches
Washington March 30 Wartime controls end at midnight Monday including draft act and solid fuels administration. Rent ceilings may continue and sugar rationing is extended to Oct 31 under Agriculture department. Congress and the White House must act quickly to preserve limited price and allocation powers on several commodities.
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Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
Congress
Senate
House
Office of Selective Service Records
Capitol Hill
White House
Agriculture Department
OPA
Manila
Mr. Truman
Seven Children and Mother Die in Camden Fire
In Camden New Jersey a pre-dawn blaze killed seven children and a 40 year old mother who died after re entering to save them. The Johnson family ran a small store and bakery. an oil stove ignition caused an explosion in a back room of a two story brick building.
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Camden
N. J
U.P
Gladys Johnson
James
Secret Testimony Highlights Turkey as Key to Halting Communism
Secret testimony presented to the Senate foreign relations committee argues Turkey is the linchpin in stopping Communist expansion in the Mediterranean. Ambassador Edwin C. Wilson warned that if Turkey falls, Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia could bow to Moscow, expanding Soviet influence across the region. He noted Turkey is solvent but cannot sustain a large army alone, with about 150 million of 400 million proposed for military needs.
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Washington
Turkey
Greece
Mediterranean
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Edwin C. Wilson
United States
Wilson
Russia
Iran
Iraq
Arabia
Middle East
Man Shoots Wife and Kills Himself in Coffee Shop
Livingston report says Anton Kelsch, 39, shot his estranged wife in the kitchen of a downtown coffee shop then wounded her and fatally shot himself. Mrs. Kelsch, described as extremely critical, was in a local hospital. coroner notes no inquest.
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Livingston
Anton Kelsch
Park County
Robert Franzen
Kelsch
Franzen
Cooke City
Slaying Victim Identified as Lois Hope
Deputy Coroner Howard Pettit said Lois Hope 16 of Canonsburg Pa was identified by sister Laura 20 after viewing the battered body found along a rural road near Washington Pa. Autopsy showed a fatal head blow and clothing torn but no sexual assault.
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Washington
Howard Pettit
Lois Hope
Canonsburg
Laura
Pettit
Here
Urges Admission of Europeans Urges Admission of Europeans
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt urged Congress to pass temporary legislation allowing 400000 Europeans to enter the United States using wartime immigration quotas. At a United Jewish Appeal meeting she backed a plan for the US to pay 75 percent of funds to support relief organizations formerly run by UNRRA.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Congress
United States
United Jewish Appeal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Russia May Bar Settlement of German Problem
Soviet delegates at Moscow press for hefty reparations and insist on ten billion dollars over twenty years plus current production payments. Western allies fear unification with Germany would raise costs and demand ironclad deficit sharing. Molotov signals no settlement without Soviet claims, while UK and US wary of concessions before talks.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Russia
Germany
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
United States
Ernest Bevin
Butte Weather: Partly cloudy with showers Monday
A mixed forecast for Montana west and east of the divide. Butte sees partly to cloudy skies with occasional showers and little temperature change. highs 40 to 50. School of Mines reports 51/22, precipitation .22 inches. airport 47/32 with .08 inches.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Violence Flares Across Bombay Calcutta and Cawnpore
Riots in Bombay left forty dead and 137 wounded amid Hindu Muslim clashes in four city sections. Calcutta and Cawn pore reported deaths and casualties as authorities imposed curfews and mobilized police and lathis to restore order.
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Bombay
Calcutta
Cawnpore
A. A. Caffin
Caffin
Butte Palm Sunday Observances Across Faiths
Butte churches filled for Palm Sunday services marking the start of Holy Week and Lent's closing. Catholic rites with palm blessings recalled Christ’s entry into Jerusalem as unions and Knights of Columbus sponsor Good Friday events and a three hour closing.
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Butte
Jerusalem
Christ
Holy City
Butte Knights of Columbus
Silver Bow Ministers Association
Ministers Association
Mountain View
Committee to Probe Racketeering in Labor Unions
House labor committee forms a special staff to investigate racketeering in unions. Chairman Fred A. Hartley Jr. will have Henry A. Bates, ex US Maritime Commission, head the unit as hundreds of cases come in from across the country.
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Washington
U.P
Fred A. Hartley, Jr
R.N. J
House Labor Committee
Henry A. Bates
United States Maritime Commission
Hartley
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