Million Fire Destroys Michigan State Building in Lansing
A massive blaze engulfed the eight story State Office Building in Lansing, Michigan, injuring two and paralyzing much state government. Firemen from five cities fought in subzero weather, with damages estimated at four million dollars and highway records lost. Gov. Williams ordered an immediate investigation as delays hit spring construction projects.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Capitol
Williams
Lansing Fire Department
Highway Department
Lawrence Meehan
East Lansing
Hugh Fisher
Charles M. Ziegler
Costly Rail Strike Nears End As Army Issues Ultimatum
The nation’s longest rail strike in years neared resolution as the Army threatened to fire striking switchmen who refused to return to work. Chicago reported near full staffing by last night, with 1507 of 1558 on duty. The strike disrupted freight yards and auto plants, with Ford, GM, Studebaker and Nash idling tens of thousands of workers.
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New York Central
Mott Haven
Thomas Lennon
Big Eastern
Associated Press
Chicago
Army
Truman
Railroad Control Board
Detroit
Ford
Rouge
General Motors
Chevrolet
Flint
Studebaker and
Nash
Kaiser-Frazer
Chrysler Corp
Chinese Red Resistance Appears To Be Shattered
American forces reached the Han River near Seoul as Allied shells hit the Korean capital. Western Korea’s Chinese Red resistance seemed shattered with Task Force Myers wetting its feet on the Han. Ridgway praised troops and noted high Red losses amid bitter cold and limited air support.
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Tokyo
Han River
Seoul
Korea
A. W. Myers
Lander
Wyo
U.S. Third Division
Myers
Han
Eighth Army
Inchon
Yellow Sea
U. S
U. S. 25Th Division
Colvin
Yongdongpo
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. S. Eighth Army
Karang
Ridgway
Tom Colvin
Columbus
MacArthur
U.S. Eighth Army
Yaju
Hoengsong
Pyongchang
U.S
Woman Found Frozen But Alive After Subzero Exposure
A 23 year old woman, Dorothy Mae Stevens, was found lying by a south side apartment building in subzero temperatures. Doctors say her body temperature recovered from 64 to about 100 degrees, with a dangerously low pulse and breathing early on. Surgeons warn limbs may require amputation if she survives, while her condition remains critical.
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Chicago
Dorothy Mae Stevens
Harold Laufman
Northwestern University
Laufman
Seven Men Die In Bus Train Collision Near Sudbury
Seven men on their way to work were killed when a Canadian Pacific passenger train hit a bus at a level crossing seven miles west of Sudbury Ontario. The crash happened in 47 below zero weather with heavy fog and visibility under 100 yards.
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Sudbury
Ont
Canadian Pacific
Here
Penny ties to tax return highlights underpayment case
An unidentified Chicago woman mailed a 1 cent income tax payment to the collector of internal revenue. She explained her employer withheld $399.99 from her wages for tax payments, leaving a $400 bill.
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Chicago
Internal Revenue
John T. Jarecki
Taft Plan for Europe Draws Senate Fire
Sen Taft calls for a fixed U S troop commitment to Europe and accuses President Truman of dictatorial powers in defense policy. Sen McMahon calls Taft ratio plan typical and emphasizes U S security over convenience. Sen Sparkman backs Eisenhower in any military clash with Taft.
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Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
Taft
Europe
Sparkman
Dala
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West
North Atlantic
Eisenhower
Ohio
Senate
Truman
Congress
U.S
International Defense Army
Foreign Relations Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Thye
Conservatives fail again to oust Attlee Cabinet
In London the Labour Government survived a Conservative bid to censure its handling of Britain's meat supply. The House of Commons rejected the motion 306 to 298, preventing Attlee and ministers from resigning ahead of a potential general election, with Liberal MPs aligning with Churchill's Conservatives.
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London
Attlee
House of Commons
Britain
Winston Churchill
Air Force Receives First Model of New Aerial Camera
The Air Force has received the initial model of a new type aerial mapping camera described as the most up-to-date in the world. Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp delivered the 85 pound T 11 camera at its Jamaica New York plant to Air Force specifications. The camera holds 400 feet of film enough to map 7000 square miles from 20000 feet.
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Dayton
Air Force
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp
Jamaica
N. Y
Ohio Guard Set for Two-Week Camp Pickett Training
The 37th Infantry Division of the Ohio National Guard will start a two-week summer training period on July 15 at Camp Pickett Virginia. The unit had been slated to train at Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania, now used as an army infantry replacement training center.
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Columbus
37Th
Ohio National Guard
Camp Pickett
Indiantown Gap
Army
Toledo Boy Drowns After Sled Breaks Ice on Swan Creek
An eight year old boy Marvin Carter perished after his sled fell through the ice into Swan Creek in Toledo. Rescue crews recovered his body. authorities investigate the accident.
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Toledo
Marvin Carter
Swan Creek
Truman's Action Revives Reports of 1952 Election
Washington AP report notes President Truman's combative moves in Congress and with rail unions. He challenged the Senate Banking Subcommittee over APC loans and accused its chair of dodging a meeting. He defended unions against being labeled Russians and insisted on democratic rights in settlement votes.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
Senate Banking Subcommittee
APC
Donald Dawson
Fulbright
D-Ark
White House
P. Shields
D. S. Robertson
R. O. Hughes
W. P. Kennedy
Coal Pipeline Demo Planned for Georgetown Surface Mine
The Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co announced a $550000 demonstration pipeline at its Georgetown Surface Mining Operation near Cadiz. The line marks the final stages of the company’s investigation into pipeline transport of coal from mine to market.
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Cadiz
Harrison County
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Georgetown
Post Office Department Lifts Mail Service Restrictions
The Post Office Department ordered immediate restoration of normal mail service nationwide. All post offices were directed to resume standard operations without further delays.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Charred Cloth Tells Woman's Death Story
Columbus fire investigators reconstruct a tragic death from charred clothing. Mrs. Margaret E. Warren, 43, died last night after flames spread from her clothing when she opened the furnace door. She fled to the basement, then the bathroom and bedroom in a desperate bid to halt the fire.
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Columbus
West Side
Margaret E. Warren
DiSalle supports parity price law amid price inquiry stance
Price Controller Michael V. DiSalle says no immediate change to the Defense Act to remove farmers' parity protections. He testifies to the Senate House mobilization committee with Eric Johnston as prices for groceries rise and a slaughtering license regime nears finalization.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Senate House
Committee On Mobilization
Eric Johnston
Office of Price Stabilization
Congressional Committee
Agriculture Department
Action Hints for 18-Year-Old Draft Under UMST Plan
The Senate committee signals agreement with Secretary Marshall on universal service for 18-year-olds. Johnson says two sessions remain to finalize service length, now 21 months, with talks at 24 or 27 months excluding leave. The plan would keep reserve officers’ rights to exempt some 18-year-olds and mobilize more from the current 19 to 25 draft pool.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Pentagon
Subcommittee
National Guard and Reserve
Marshall
Meat Price Analysis Cites Handling Costs
The Agriculture Department reports marketing charges added to meat cost after the farm now exceed World War II levels. Farm price is up 63 percent, and the average meat price spread was 226 cents per pound on Dec 1, far above wartime 1.03 cents. The spread reflects processing and distribution costs to the consumer.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Office of Price Administration
Richard O. Been
Agriculture Department
Stray Bullet Kills Girl in Raleigh Music Class
A nine year old girl aboard Lucille Hunter School died from a .22 caliber head wound during a music class as a gun battle between brothers erupted half a mile away. Norman Giles 22 fired at his brother Joe 37 who was fleeing toward the school. Both men are jailed on an open charge as ballistics tests are ordered to match the slug that killed Annie Delores Martin.
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Raleigh
N. C
Lucille Hunter School
Norman Giles
Joe
R. E. Goodwin
Norman
Annie Delores Martin
Legislature Seeks to Double State Patrol Powers
In Columbus yesterday, lawmakers introduced bills to double the State Highway Patrol size and grant it power to enforce gambling laws and other state statutes. Rep. John J. Lynch Jr. said the move would aid Governor Lausche in the fight against commerce gambling.
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Columbus
Highway Patrol
John J. Lynch, Jr
D-Mahoning
Lynch
Frank J. Lausche
Marine Races Arraignment
Private Albert Daly is to be arraigned on a first degree murder charge for the shooting of his estranged wife Virginia Hebb Daly in a Grosse Pointe home. Daly claims the death was accidental but prosecutors say fingerprint tests show only his on the gun.
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Detroit
Albert Daly
Daly
Virginia Hebb Daly
Wayne County
Gerald K. O'Brien
Grosse Pointe
FBI catches suspect in sixty stolen cars case
Anthony Ulrich Holleran, 47, described as badly wanted by the FBI, is jailed in Lucas County. Authorities say he stole 60 autos over five years and sold them for about $120,000. He was arrested Wednesday in Tiffin on charges of driving a stolen car across state lines.
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Toledo
FBI
Anthony Ulrich Holleran
Lucas County
R. J. Abbaticchio
Cleveland
Holleran
Tiffin
Ohio
Fostoria Blast Kills Five at Atlas Heat Plant
Authorities seek the cause of a propane gas explosion at Atlas Crankshaft Inc. in Fostoria that killed five men and injured two others. The blast damaged the new heat treating plant, blew out the roof and walls, and shattered windows in nearby homes.
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Fostoria
Atlas Crankshaft, Inc
Earthquake Felt in Santiago Chile at 12 38 AM
A moderate quake was felt in Santiago Chile at 12 38 a m this morning. Residents reported tremors near the city center and surrounding districts as the event registered on local seismographs. No immediate damage reports were confirmed.
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Farthquake
Santiago
Chile
Hoover to address U.S. on foreign policy tonight
Former President Herbert Hoover speaks to the nation at 9 p.m. on Mutual Broadcasting System in a 30 minute radio address titled We Should Revise Our Foreign Policies. He argues Europe shows no war hysteria and that governments have not declared emergency.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Europe
United States
Hoover
Mutual Broadcasting System
Silk Screen Studios Destroyed by Fire in Columbus
Fire suspected from an overheated coal stove destroyed Silk Screen Studios in Columbus yesterday. Firemen estimated damage between 27000 and 30000 dollars. The company produced advertising materials.
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Silk Screen Studios
Columbus
Silk Screen
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