Scores Hurt As Jap Mob Stampedes At Palace
A crowd of more than 700000 gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to wish Emperor Hirohito a Happy New Year. Guards failed to hold the line as gates slid open trampling many. early tallies list 16 dead and 43 injured with reports from Asahi and international witnesses describing gruesome scenes and heroic Marines aiding the injured. The imperial household condemned the tragedy and noted the emperor's sorrow.
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Asahi
Imperial Police Guard
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Batchelor converts to homefront as repatriation swells
Cpl Claude Batchelor the second American war prisoner to change sides leaves for Tokyo to reunite with his Japanese wife Hyoko Arkat after his stirring admission that more unrepatriated Americans might seek freedom. He says Communist promises were coercive and urges a raid on the compound for hidden weapons while U. S. guards monitor the area.
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Claude J. Hatchelor
Tokyo
Batchelor
U. S
Kermit, Tex
Hyoko Arkat
Cpl
Edward S. Dickenson
Big Stone Gap
Blome
Seoul
Richard G. Gordon
East Providence
R. I
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Trap Snare Extortion Attempt by Fo mona College Student
Long Beach police say 23 year old Robert Wallace Moen signed a statement admitting he tried to extort 40000 dollars from four wealthy local families to fund his education. He was trapped by detectives who planted a dummy package and arrested him as he approached.
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Long Beach
Calif
William H. Davey
Robert Wallace Moen
Fomona College
Dovey
Moen
Davey
Moon
Farm Director Appointed In Ohio
A. L. Sorensen, 51, longtime agriculture figure from Grandview Heights, named director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture, effective Jan. 4. He succeeds the late Howard S. Foust who died on Christmas Day. Sorensen has served as a U.S. Department of Agriculture field representative in Columbus and previously as a county agriculture agent and state director of the Farm Security Administration.
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Jpi
A. L. Sorensen
Grandview Heights
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Howard S. Foust
Frank J. Lausche
Sorensen
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farm Security Administration
Zanesville Pottery Stock Change Signals Ownership Shift
ZANESVILLE Ohio Mrs Ruscell T Young and family sold 49.8 percent of Rose Ville Pottery Co stock in Zanesville in exchange for two downtown buildings. Mrs Leota Clement now holds 93.6 percent of the stock. The owned properties had previously been owned by the pottery firm.
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Ohio
Ruscell T. Young
Rose- Ville Pottery Co
Leota Clement
Pottery Corporation
American Envoy Presses Reds To Act on the Plan
Washington reports say Ambassador Bohlen urged Molotov to pursue private talks on international use of atomic energy. The U S seeks an informal start to the Eisenhower plan for an international pool, with Dulles coordinating and Berlin talks with Eden and France's foreign minister to follow.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Charles E. Bohlen
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Eisenhower
United Nations
Bohlen
Dulles
Berlin
Eden
France
Driver Crashes Car Off Grays Ferry Bridge
Ed ward Sweeney, 40, lost control on the east ramp to Grays Ferry Ave bridge, rammed a horse drawn wagon, crossed a sidewalk, ripped iron railing, and dropped 60 feet to a railroad siding. He was found dazed, treated for cuts on the head, left leg, and left eye.
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Philadelphia
Jpi
Edward Sweeney
Grays Ferry Ave
Schuy Hill
Bridgetender
Carol Verrecchio
Sweeney
Philadelphia General Hospital
Editor Crash Victim Amputated Both Legs
Rebecca F. Gross editor of the Lock Haven Express remained in satisfactory condition at Williamsport Hospital after a New Year’s Eve two car crash. She lost both legs in the accident while driving to the airport to meet her sister, an irony as she had just completed an editorial on safe holiday driving.
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Williamsport. Pa
Rebecca F. Gross
Lock Haven
Writer of St. Louis Blues Composer Weds at 86
In Yonkers New York W C Handy famed composer of the St. Louis Blues and other tunes, married 31 year old Inna L Logan on Saturday Handy is widowed with great grandchildren. In San Francisco transport arrives with 3714 Army personnel from Korea.
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Yonkers
N. Y
W. C. Handy
Handy
Inna L. Logan
San Francisco
Nelson M. Walker
Korea
UN Endorses Prisoner Poll and Rebukes ROK
The United Nations Command defended prisoner of war freedom to move, backing the Indian guardian force screening that led to 135 Chinese selecting return to the communists. It rebuked protests from Taiwan and South Korea over the action.
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United Nations Command
South Korea
Pyun Yung Tai
Taipeh
Formosa
George Yeh
Fire destroys six story Columbus warehouse district blaze
A Friday night fire gutted the McClure Tritschier Parrish Co wholesale dry goods building on North High Street, causing an estimated 375000 in damages. Thirty guests were evacuated at the Reid Hotel as walls collapsed and a 15000 crowd watched. Fire Chief Strickfaden put losses at 250000 with 15000 onlookers. Two firemen were injured but not seriously. The cause remains undetermined according to inspectors.
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Broad
McClure- Tritschier-Parrish Co
North High St
Reid
Leon Schottenstein
Walter Strickfaden
Canada Bound Secret Spy Interview Nears
Senators Jenner and Carran departed Washington for a secretly arranged interview with Igor Gouzenko in Canada. They aim to learn if Gouzenko can reveal further Soviet espionage activity in the United States, while acknowledging uncertainty about the interview location and timing.
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Canada
Igor Gousenko
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United States
iState Department
Former Mayor Impellitteri Named Judge in New York
Vincent R Impellitteri was sworn as a judge of the Court of Special Sessions amid speculation of a deal with rival mayor Robert F Wagner Jr. Wagner denied any deal citing prior urging by the City Board of Estimate. Observers noted Impellitteri’s last minute appointments of his opponents from the fall campaign.
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Court of Special Sessions
Robert F. Wagner, Jr
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Impelitter
Janito
City Board of Estimate
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Fast Fall
Police probe missing teen case in Cleveland
Deputy inspector Chester L Burnett of the Missing Persons Bureau hunted Saturday for his son George Burnett a 15 year old who vanished. A schoolmate Jacqueline Kastmer also 15 was reported missing around the same time and location.
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Cleveland
Chester L Burnett
Police Missing Persons Bureau
George Burnett
Jacqeline Kastmer
Eisenhower to Send Five Special Messages to Congress
President Eisenhower will submit five special messages to Congress after reconvening, seeking a revised tax program, changes to Taft Hartley labor laws, an improved farm program, a broad housing plan, and enhanced health and Social Security protections. Hagerty, the press secretary, announced at the holiday headquarters in Augusta, Georgia, noting the messages will arrive within the first weeks.
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Congress
Jarmness Hagerty
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Evils of Video Cited by Pope Pius XII Warning
Pope Pius XII warned television against spreading pleasure, passion and evil as a dangerous instrument. He spoke to Italian bishops on the eve of Italy’s government television network debut, with programs starting today from Milan Rome and Turin. A separate item reports William Sarvarny, 43, killed in a car train collision near Cleveland.
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Pius XII
Pontff
Itely
Milan
Rome
Turin
Jungle police hunt unknown creatures in Malaya
Reports from Perak state describe three hairy, loin clothed beings seen near rubber estates since Christmas Eve. Witnesses say two males and a female, armed with knives, showed curiosity toward workers and machinery. Anthropologists and Kuala Lumpur officials seek to determine if they are missing links, ghosts, or humans in disguise.
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Jpi
Malaya
Perak
G. M Browns
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Department of Aborigines
Kuala Lumpur
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Senate Leader Proposes Armed Aid for Pakistan
Senate Republican leader Knowland urged expanding U S military aid to Pakistan to counter Soviet influence in Asia. He argued aid would strengthen Pakistan’s defense, discourage neutralism, and align more nations with the free world, despite protests from India and Nehru.
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Sen. Knowland
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Dulles
India
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Red Rowdies Rampage Across Poland Blamed on Vodka
Vienna reports hundreds of teenagers arrested in Poland amid a surge of hooliganism by roving bands in Warsaw Krakow and Lublin. Western diplomats view the unrest as a colonial spillover of Communist restrictions and antipathy to authority, reflecting broader restlessness in the south.
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Austria
Poland
Warsaw
Krakow
Lublin
Truck Upset Near Route 35 Hurts Couple
A small pickup truck driven by Carl Higley 43 of Bidwell Route 2 lost control on Route 35, rolled over into a berm and embankment. Higley suffered head injuries and a shoulder blade fracture while his wife Flavie Higley 39 had a forehead laceration and possible skull fracture. both were admitted to Holzer Hospital after the Saturday incident.
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Holzer Hospital
Batra
Carl Higtey
Bidwell
Higtey
Higley
Flavie Hig 39
Nearly Six Million Draw Security Pay
About 5, 9700 persons were drawing monthly social security payments as of Dec 31. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare estimated Saturday. The average monthly payment for retired workers without dependents was $19. Payments to remarried workers averaged 73 a month. Widowed mothers with two minor children covered by the program were getting a monthly average of $111.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Coast to Coast Jet Speed Mark Broken
New York AM An Air National Guard commander flew his Sabre jet coast to coast in a little over four hours on Saturday, shaving five minutes from the record. Col Willard Mile man landed at Idlewild four minutes after, saying he ran out of fuel after crossing the finish line at Floyd Bennett Field.
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Eisenhower
Paul Douglas
D-H
America
New York
Air National Guard
Willard W. Mileman
Idlewild
Jearoy Floyd Bennett Field
Noted British Diplomat Dies
Lord Sure, eminent British political figure and man of letters, died aboard the French liner Colomne off Vigo at 63. Former MP for over 26 years, he served as minister of war and first lord of the Admiralty. His career ended after his opposition to Chamberlain's appeasement and the 1935 Munich pact. His wife Diana Manners, a former actress, was with him.
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Lord Sure
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Colomne
Vigo
Spain
Lord Norsich
Alfired Duff Cooper
Mis Canin
Jamaica
Diana Manners
England
Place Toda
Nerash Wreted
Admiralty
Miimester
Chamberlain
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Hitler
Admralis
Pulspnen
Ohio Republicans plan Taft memorial gathering
A group of Ohio party leaders gather in Columbus on January 7 to take initial steps toward establishing a Taft memorial. Senator Robert A. is associated with the effort and the plan signals a formal move by the Ohio Republicans.
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Ohio Party
Taft
Columbus —' Ohio Republ
Traffic Death Toll Across Nation Reaches 136 So Far
The Associated Press reports New Year holiday traffic fatalities total 136 by 6 p.m. Thursday local time, well below the Christmas peak of 523. Fires and miscellaneous crashes push total violent deaths to 180, with projections suggesting the final toll could stay under 300 if rates hold. Ned H Dearborn, council president, cautions about pace.
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Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
Holiday Toll Light On Ohio Highways
Motorists on Ohio highways faced a light holiday toll as the Safety Council projected fewer accidental deaths than recent New Year counts. By Saturday AP tally listed 10 deaths across traffic, fire, and miscellaneous categories. For the 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday period the council estimated 26 traffic, 3 fire and 2 miscellaneous fatalities.
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Associated Press
Safety Council
FBI Arrests Couple Tied to Bank Robbery in New Orleans
FBI agents captured a young Houston couple, James David Mitchell aged 22 and Lola 18, in New Orleans on Friday night. They were wanted for the 357000 robbery of the National Bank of Houston, Texas.
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New Orleans
Houston
Tex
Natonal Bank
Rey L. Faisst
James David Mitchell
Lola
Burned to Death in Fire at Two Story Building
A clerk identified as Cennatt Edward ons, aged 24, was burned to death when a fire struck a two story building. Firefighters battled the blaze as bystanders watched, with authorities investigating the cause of the incident.
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Edward Ons
Gearndas
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