The New York Times / March 1953

Wednesday, March 4, 1953

STALIN GRAVELY ILL AFTER A STROKE

PARTLY PARALYZED AND UNCONSCIOUS
MOSCOW DISCLOSES CONCERN FOR HIM
USE OF LIMBS LOST
MOSCOW, Wednesday, March 4 — The Government announced shortly before 8 A. M. today [Tuesday midnight, Eastern standard time] that Premier Stalin had suffered a brain hemorrhage Sunday night with paralysis of the right hand and leg, loss of speech and loss of consciousness.

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Stalin’s Illness Similar to Paralysis That Brought On Death of Lenin

Soviet Founder Was First Stricken in 1922, Then Rallied Briefly — Ultimate Cause of Death in ’24 Was Brain Hemorrhage
The ailments from which Premier Stalin was reported to be suffering resemble in a marked degree those that caused the death twenty-nine years ago last January of his predecessor, Lenin, founder of the Soviet Government and the Communist International.

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Thursday, March 5, 1953

STALIN’S CONDITION BECOMES WORSE

HIS ASSOCIATES DIRECT GOVERNMENT

EISENHOWER AND EDEN MEET HASTILY

PREMIER IS FAILING Doctors Report Relapse Despite Their Efforts to Prolong Life SECOND BULLETIN GLOOMY Old Comrades of Soviet Chief Take Control of Regime — Churches Join in Prayer

MOSCOW, Thursday, March 5 — Physicians fighting for Premier Stalin’s life used leeches, oxygen and special drugs in the last twenty-four hours, but a special bulletin told crowds waiting in Moscow’s falling snow and cold that their leader continued to sink.

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Friday, March 6, 1953

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Saturday, March 7, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Sunday, March 8, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Monday, March 9, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Tuesday, March 10, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Wednesday, March 11, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Thursday, March 12, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Friday, March 13, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Saturday, March 14, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Sunday, March 15, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Monday, March 16, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Tuesday, March 17, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Wednesday, March 18, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Thursday, March 19, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Friday, March 20, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Saturday, March 21, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

MALENKOV GIVES UP A TOP PARTY POST

KHRUSHCHEV NAMED

Premier Yields His Secretariat Position but Retains Job in Communist Presidium FIVE-MAN GROUP CHOSEN Dulles Says U. S. Received No ‘Great Comfort’ From Peace Overtures by Moscow MALENKOV YIELDS A TOP PARTY POST

MOSCOW, Saturday, March 21 — Premier Georgi M. Malenkov has relinquished, at his own request, his post as a secretary of the Communist party, and a plenary meeting of the party’s Central Committee has elected a new five-member Secretariat.

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Directorate Held Ruling

The announcement that Premier Malenkov is now no longer a secretary of the Communist party appears to be the strongest evidence yet available that he has not fully inherited the power held by Stalin, and that the Soviet Union is ruled today by a group of leaders rather than by Mr. Malenkov alone.

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Sunday, March 22, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Monday, March 23, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Tuesday, March 24, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Wednesday, March 25, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Thursday, March 26, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Friday, March 27, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Saturday, March 28, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Sunday, March 29, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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Monday, March 30, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

Einstein Offers New Theory To Unify Laws of the Cosmos

EINSTEIN DEVISES A UNIFIED THEORY

Albert Einstein, named by George Bernard Shaw as one of the eight “Universe Builders” in recorded history, has returned from a three-year sojourn on the lonely summit of his scientific Sinai with a new set of laws for the cosmos.

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Tuesday, March 31, 1953 – The New York Times Front Page

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