Severe Panhandle Cold Impacts Schools and Transport
Amarillo area faced heavy school absenteeism as illness and travel barriers keep students home. Sanborn School grapples with an mumps epidemic, while Chas M Rogers reports illnesses and influenza. Meteorologist Winburn says arctic conditions persist with a slow warmup expected tomorrow. Snowfall halted and 4 to 6 inch blanket covers the Panhandle. Highways open, cattle auction canceled due to cold, and rail and bus services running late but functional. Telephone lines contracted, half circuits between Amarillo and Dumas and Borger down.
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Amarillo
Chas. M. Rogers
Sanborn
H. C. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
Winburn
Panhandle
J. M. Harris
Texas Highway Department
Harris
Highway Patrol
Dumas
Borger
A. O. Thomas
Texas Struck by Deep Freeze Causes Massive Damage
A severe cold wave blankets Texas with snow and ice, knocking out utilities, isolating towns, and harming cattlemen and growers. Death toll rises with at least 28 lives lost across traffic, fire, exposure, and suffocation incidents. Temperatures plummet statewide with record lows possible.
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Texas
Mercury
Tulsa
Seminole
Gaines County
Houston
Mexico
Tropic of Cancer
Tropics
Panhandle
South Pleins
Indochina Reds Fire On American Ship In Saigon River
Vietminh guerrillas fired mortars at a US Navy vessel in the Saigon River as it moved toward downtown Saigon. A later grenade attack by Vietminh patrols struck at sailors. five French Marines accompanying them were wounded. No Americans were hurt. The attack occurred during the Windham Bay's mission to deliver planes and support in Indochina.
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Windham Bay
Saigon
Indochina
A-Blast Lights Nevada Sky At Test Range
Las Vegas reports a third atomic explosion in a week at a government test range northwest of the city. The flash rattled windows, but police filed no alarms. AEC officials confirmed another test while withholding specifics. The blast was timed with prior detonations and caused distant glow as observers measured the shock reaching about 70 miles away.
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Las Vegas
Here
Atomic Energy Commission
New Mexico
Los Angeles
AEC
Gordon Dean
Nevada
Nev
Globe
Associated Press
UN labels China as aggressor in Korea vote
The United Nations assembly voted 44 to 7 to brand Communist China as an aggressor in Korea. Britain urged caution on sanctions while the Soviet bloc nations India and Burma opposed the move. eight countries abstained and Saudi Arabia did not participate. The decision follows Gen. MacArthur's report of Chinese intervention 12 weeks earlier. The assembly also asked a five nation committee to study collective measures.
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Douglas MacArthur
China
Korea
Texas House approves Communist registration bill
Austin Feb 1 A measure clamping from public controls on Communists gained overwhelming approval in the Texas House. The bill would require registration of all Communists who have been in the state five days or longer to thwart possible sabotage during wartime.
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Austin
Texas House of Representatives
Ike says Europe will resist Reds in decade of decision
President Eisenhower told a joint Senate House gathering that Western Europe has the will to resist a Soviet drive and urged the United States to back a long term defense buildup. He praised European morale, noted France will field 25 divisions by 1952, and called for stronger arms and an improved information service to tell America’s story abroad. He warned the cost of peace will be high but the cost of total war is civilization’s destruction.
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Eisenhower
Senate
House
Library of Congress
America
Europe
United States
Fisenhower
France
Striking Rail Switchmenparalyze War Production Nationwide
United Press reports a wildcat strike by about 5,000 switchmen across 44 rail lines in 28 cities, halting road duties and shutting down numerous industrial plants. Embargo steps rise as Post Office, Railway Express, and Federal Defense Transportation Administration prepare actions against disrupted shipments.
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New York City
New Jersey
Knoxville
Southern Railroad
Post Office Department
Railway Express Company
Federal Defense Transportation Administration
Fed- See
Reds Take Beating in Hand-to-Hand Battle
In Tokyo, United Nations forces push toward Seoul with brutal hand to hand fighting. Eight Army units sweep 47 hills and 46 valleys on the western Korean front. Turkish troops report gains as Reds retreat across the Han River amid heavy artillery and minefield actions.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Seoul
Sinchon-Chipyong
Yoju
Korea
Han River
Anyang
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Brecit
RSI
Amarilis Livestock Auction Company
Eddie Johnson
Fern Brannen
Broadmoor
North Pole
Miss Brannen
West Texas
East Texas
West
East
Gulf Coast
Anahuac
Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Piver & Wiggins Lbr, Co
UN Tabs
Bulletin
Ike
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United Press
Rail
Suwon
Secu
Peres
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