Berlin Berlin Berlin Ties Ease as Sokolovsky Dines with Robertson
Soviet Commander in Chief Marshal Sokolovsky accepted an invitation to dine with British Commander in Chief Gen. Sir Brian Robertson as tensions over Moscow’s blockade and rail checks near Berlin show signs of easing. Robertson’s private train entered the Soviet zone unmolested. U.S. and French leaders weigh next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Wassily Sokolovsky
Brian Robertson
Robertson
Marienborn
Helmstedt
Sokolovsky
Field Marshal
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Lucius D. Clay
Pierre Koenig
Russia
Clay
Pocatello Ponders Cats and Rats Dilemma
In a lighthearted column residents debate an overabundant cat problem and the city’s surprising lack of rats. Police officer S M Cook muses on animal control ideas while suggesting rats may be deterred by soil chemicals from Red Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
S. M. Cook
Ted Talbot
Ted
Poundmaster Talbot
Cook
Rocky Mountain Area
Red Hill
Cookie
Wreckage Sighted Of Missing Air Force AT-11
A civilian pilot reported seeing the wreckage of a missing AT-11 transport on Stoam Mountain east of Everett. The plane with Capt James E McLaughlin, Second Lt Francis A Geyer, and T Sgt Carl T Fields disappeared Friday on a rain soaked flight from McChord to Seattle. Two dozen search planes and ground teams were sent to the site after the sighting. The aircraft had reported position three miles north of Seattle earlier Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Air Force
Stoam Mountain
Everett
Air Force Reserve
McChordfield
Millard Smith
Washington
James E. McLaughlin
Tacoma
Wash
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Francis A. Geyer
Aberdeen
Carl T. Fields
Puyallup
McChord Field
Envoy Plane Blows Tire Near Medellin Landing
U S Secretary of State George C Marshall and four top delegates narrowly escaped injury when their plane blew a tire on landing in Medellin Colombia The party included Commerce Secretary W Averell Harriman export import bank president William M Martin Jr and delegates William D Pawley and Walter J Donnelly They attended a luncheon hosted by local officials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
U. S
George C. Marshall
Medellin
Marshall
Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
Export Import Bank
William M. Martin, Jr
William D. Pawley
Walter J. Donnelly
Italians View Show Of Strength In Rome Pre-Election Parade
In Rome a 20,000-strong parade of troops and police demonstrated government force ahead of national elections. The display, seen by 500,000 cheering Romans, carried anti-Communist banners and drew foreign military observers. A bystander warned that the army and police would suppress any Communist challenges.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
Alcide de Gasperi
Russia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Britain
France
United States
Christian Democrats
de Gasperi
Via del Impero
Weather outlook from the U S Weather Bureau
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts no relief from gray skies and drizzling rain. Today and tonight will be cloudy and damp. Highs today: 40 to 50 degrees. Sunday highs reached 48 with a 26 degree low.
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U. S
Accountants To Convene In June In Boise
Idaho Association of Public Accountants plans its annual meeting in Boise next June. Agreement on the convention was reached at a special meeting. Arthur G. Ryman of Boise is president P. W. Carlson of Pocatello is vice president W. C. Hancock of Buhl and Fred D. Graff of Boise are directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Association of Public Accountants
Arthur G. Ryman
P. W. Carlson
Pocatello
W. C. Hancock
Buhl
Fred D. Graff
War Threat Due To Politics Avers Taylor
U S Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho tells a Progressive party convention that Washington leaders may provoke a war to swing the new election. He blasted the coal injunctions, warned of wage freezes, and attacked militarist pressures and labor limits amid a broader critique of U S foreign policy and the Marshall Plan linkage to military aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avers Taylor
Huntington
W. Va
Russia
Washington
U.S
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Wall St
Henry Wallace
America
Hitler
Berli
Truman
South
Taylor
Slow Back To Work Movement Seen Likely
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the nation’s coal mines will reopen but miners show little sign of ending the pension strike without John L. Lewis. A federal judge ordered the UMW president to return 400,000 strikers to work by Monday under contempt penalties, with no clear response from Lewis.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Illinois
Lewis
Mathew McGuire
William Blizzard
Charleston
W. Va
Herman Lisse
William Hines
Uniontown
Truman
Tom C. Clark
Matthew McGuire
United Press
Justice Department
Graham Morison
McGuire
War Scare Is Rapped By Rep Buffet
Rep. Howard H. Buffet rebuked the current war scare calling it a crime against American humanity. He cited facts from a top level briefing after a secret meeting with unidentified officials. He said unprovoked war with Russia does not seem probable soon.
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Washington
Howard H. Buffet
Neb
Ciass
Russia
Tragic Wabash River Boat Capsizes Killing Four
Nine aboard an overloaded motorboat capsized in the Wabash near Mount Vernon Indiana. Four men and a boy died Ed Weatherford Raymond Goldman Paul Denning and Robert Uhde all Point Township Posey county. Survivors include Roy Schmitzer John Weatherford Irma Yearwood Mary Ann Moore and William Floyd.
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MT. Vernon
Ind
Wabash River
Ohio River
Ed Weatherford
Raymond Goldman
Paul Denning
Robert Uhde
Point Township
Posey County
Roy Schmitzer
John Weatherford
Irma Jean Yearwood
Mary Ann Moore
William Floyd
Planes Hit Killing Three in Circleville Collision
A mid afternoon air crash in Circleville killed three people when a Taylorcraft piloted by Ruth Swift 30 collided with an Aerona piloted by Bob Newman 21 and his partner Jack Moats in the city center. The crash occurred about 1200 feet above at 5 30 p m EST with one plane bursting into flames on a rail line while the other non burning craft struck a home yard. Police reported all three died instantly and the cause was under investigation.
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Circleville
Ruth Swift
Bob Newman
Newman
Jack Moats
Aeronca
Pennsylvania Railroad
UMW Chief Lewis defies court injunction on coal strike
President John L. Lewis remains defiant as federal marshals seek to serve an injunction ordering an end to the 21 day old soft coal strike. Officials expect a courtroom challenge possibly today as the April 12 hearing looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
UMW
Washington, D.C
NEA
Washington
United Mines Workers
Lewis
U. S
Thousands Pack Temple For Session
Thousands attend the Mormon church conference at Temple Square in Salt Lake City as Church president George Albert Smith marks the 118th anniversary. About ten thousand fill the Tabernacle and three thousand occupy the assembly hall while loudspeakers broadcast services and the grounds fill with listeners. Smith urges a return to Christ and religion, stressing growth and peace. George F. Richards follows, calling for strict observance of tithing as a divine law extending to all churches.
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Salt Lake City
Temple Square
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints
George Albert Smith
Oval Tabernacle
Church Assembly Hall
Temple
Tabernacle
Smith
German Refugees Flee In Border Swings As Rumors Spread
Across the Helmstedt border area refugees moved between British and Soviet zones seeking safety and kin, driven by rumors of flying saucers and sea rafts. Hundreds camped in woods, and frontier posts logged thousands of travelers with guards tightening controls amid tense AlliedSoviet standoff.
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Helmstedt
Germany
Marienborn
FE. C. Glade
Exeter Detchment
Glade
United States
Soviet Zone
Bern
Travemunde
Baltic Sea
Denmark
Sweden
Weather Turns Mild Across Nation Amid Floods in Southeast
The country enjoyed springlike warmth with midwest temperatures in the high 60s to low 70s while southeast residents faced floods. Peach trees bloomed in southern Illinois as floods across southern Georgia and northwestern Florida swamped highways and farmland, forcing hundreds from homes and causing millions in damages including road damage totaling about 3 million.
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Chicago
East
Midwest
Illinois
Georgia
Florida
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Mikhail Dratvin
Dratvin
Charles K. Gailey
Gailey
BY Sam Hanson
Organized Labor
Union
Western
National Coal Association
Wabash
Palmotors
Welly K. Hopkins
Alexandria
White House
Brunswick
Magdenburg
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