Britain Accused of Developing Atomic Bomb in Mirror Dispatch
The London Daily Mirror suggested Britain has an atomic bomb finished for testing at a secret Australian rocket range, citing government statements and past announcements. A Ministry of Supply spokesman refused comment, noting security restrictions and that Britain is advancing atomic research as part of its arms program.
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U.P
London Daily Mirror
Britain
the Mirror
Ministry of Supply
Mirror
United States
Canada
Eniwetok
American Proving Ground
Mirror Dispatch
Washington
Defense
A. V
Alexander
Harwell Research Establishment
Bridges Had Special Red Role In Communist Plot Trial
San Francisco report states Manning R. Johnson testified that Longshore Leader Harry Bridges received special status from top Communist leaders for security reasons. Johnson said Bridges’ 1936 rise to the party national committee and protection by Jack Stachel were noted amid Bridges’ 1945 perjury case and related trials of CIO officials J R Robertson and Henry Schmidt.
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Harry Bridges
Manning R. Johnson
Bridges
Communist Party
Pacific
Jack Stachel
National Committee
International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen's Union
CIO
J. R. Robertson
Henry Schmidt
Johnson
James MacInnis
MacInnis Johnson
Italy Strike Shuts Down Major Civil Services
Italian state workers staged a 24 hour strike for higher pay led by anti Communist and Communist unions. Government employs over a million, but early figures on how many joined were unavailable. Vital services and railroads were largely affected with Rome postal offices closed and mail not delivered. Interurban telephone service halted.
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Rome
General Confederation of Labor
CGIL
Boulder Selected for $4.5 Million Radio Lab
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer named Boulder Colorado as the site for a 4.5 million dollar Bureau of Standards laboratory for radio research with construction slated to begin in summer 1951. Southern coal operators urged President Truman to use the Taft Hartley act to secure full production or prosecute John L Lewis miners on antitrust charges. The International Court of Justice ordered Communist Albania to pay Britain 843957 pounds for the Corfu Channel incident that killed 44 British sailors.
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Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Boulder, Colo
Bureau of Standards Laboratory
Southern
Truman
John L. Lewis
the Hague
International Court of Justice
Albania
Britain
Corfu Channel
Jury gates to hear final arguments in Sheriff suit
Final arguments were to be heard today in the $50,000 damage suit against Sheriff Jerome P. Martin and his son over the death of 12 year old Teresa Mendibles on Oracle road February 3. A coroner's verdict had named Thomas Martin the driver as the car struck Teresa.
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J. Mercer Johnson
Teresa Mendibles
Oracle Road
Martin
Thomas
William Dunipace
Teresa
Dunipace
Great American Indemnity Co
Johnson
Charles McCarty
Robert L. Frazer
Thomas Martin
Young Martin
Three Hunted In Ruins Of Iowa Building
Associated Press reports three people are missing after a building collapse in Iowa. Rescue teams search the ruins for survivors as authorities cordon the area.
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Iowa
Truman Stays Silent on Tax Repeal Amid Emergency News
Nationwide disasters claim lives and injure many as gas explodes wrecking stores in Detroit and Sioux City. In Iowa, Swift & Co plant collapse leaves 16 dead and 16 more missing with hundreds treated. Texas fire wipes out a farm home killing 11 family members. President Truman held a brief news conference in Florida offering no tax decision, citing budget timing and ongoing study by treasury experts.
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Swift & Co
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Fla
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White House
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Charles Sawyer
Treasury Tax
House
Wars and Means Committee
80Th Congress
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Navy Department
Washington
Raleigh A. Burke
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Mary Bennett
Spiritualist Church
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Dana Hutchinson
County Welfare Board
Bennett
Arthur Hayes
Paul Hohly
Wyoming
Schoolcraft Avenue
Greater
Wyoming Market
Tom's Grill
K-John
C. A. Douthit
Basilio Perez
Manuel Perez
Manuel , Perez
Alfredo Castillo
Frost Lifts as Tucson Welcomes Brisk Spring Morning
After a four day cold spell in Tucson a brisk sunlit morning arrived. Winds felt warmer than the thermometer showed briefly but sunshine cleared the gloom. The U S weather bureau forecast clouds tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change. Overnight around 40 with daytime highs near 50s.
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Tucson
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lawsuit Against Yuma Health Office Delayed
UR H E Tedlock gains a January 20 continuance in his $35 000 damage suit against Yuma county over the destruction of cantaloupe on property in Yuma county. Tedlock alleges due process violation while the state argues the cantaloupe posed a health nuisance and was destroyed as a public nuisance.
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H. E. Tedlock
Yuma County
Charles Rogers
State Attorney General's Office
Tedlock
California
Rogers
Uma
Congress weighs swift probe as steel price rise looms
Forecasts of higher steel prices spark a likely congressional inquiry. Senators and representatives divide on justification while industry leaders cite higher costs from new pension plans and rail and material costs as the cause. Fairless of U S Steel confirms a price structure revision. Republic Steel notes inevitable increases.
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Washington
CIO
Sen. O'Mahoney
D-Wvyo
Senate-House Economic Committee
Hoffman
R-Mich
Brown
Ohio
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel
Chicago
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Philip Murray
CIO Steelworkers Union
O’mahoney
Everett Kassalow
O'Mahoney
Fairless
Jessup Sets Two Month Tour To Fight Reds
Washington December 15 P lip C Jessup top administration adviser on far eastern policy leaves for a two month survey of Communist menaced lands around Red China He travels by train to San Francisco then sails for Japan arriving January 5 He plans to confer with General Douglas Mac Arthur in Tokyo and meet American diplomats in Bangkok India and Pakistan before returning by ship He aims to help develop an effective stop communism program in the Far East with Formosa peace talks and Indo China and Burma measures under discussion.
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Washington
Lip C. Jessup
Red China
Jessup
Far East
San Francisco
Japan
Tokyo
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Bangkok
Siam
India
Pakistan
United States
Mediterranean
China
Formosa
Gen. MacArthur
Indo-China
Burma
State Department
Acheson
Vote Today on Cotton Acreage Limit Referendum
Cotton farmers vote in a 20 state referendum on production controls to curb an unmarketable surplus. Approval would maintain price supports. rejection could trigger lower futures prices and a drop in farm buying power.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Deputy's Car Fired On In Eloy Shootout In Cotton Town
Deputy A V Queen trailed a blue sedan with Texas plates through Eloy last night. Two shots tore through the windshield and side window of the patrol car, the driver sped away and vanished down a side street. Authorities searched for the occupants.
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Eloy
Pinal County
A. V. Queen
Queen
Santa Claus Fails To Arrive In Time
Doris Ann Simmons died after a dress fire sparked by an oil stove. Her parents rushed home with gifts but could not reach the hospital in time. Her father, an army sergeant, tried to return from Alaska for the holidays.
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Gaffney
S&s. C
UPR
Doris Ann Simmons
Doris Ann
Santa Claus
W. P. Simmons
Alaska
Television Aerials Ordered Put Inside
London county council orders television set owners to move aerials indoors, citing safety or zoning concerns. Authorities issue the directive amid urban planning efforts and municipal rules.
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London
London County Council Today
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