249 Die In Ship Diaster Near Pusan Korea
The crowded Korean passenger ship Chang Yung Ho sank off Pusan after violent winds and mountainous seas. Only seven of 256 aboard survived, including the captain Ha Yong Mo. Rescue efforts continued with no expectation of more survivors.
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Pusan
Korea
Korean Ministry of Transportation
Chang Yung Ho
Ha Yong Mo
Kim Suk Kwang
Yasu
Pusan Harbor
Naktong River
Aged Woman Slays Mate in Batavia
In Batavia Ohio 84 year old Clara B Rice is charged with first degree murder for the early morning shooting of her husband Hayden Rice. A lunacy warrant sent her to Longview State Hospital and she is held without bond after arraignment. Sheriff reports four notes implied she intended suicide but the gun jammed during the incident.
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Batavia
Clara B. Rice
Clyde Dericks
Clermont County
Pontiff Eases Fasting Rules In Catholic Rite
Pope Pius XI issued an apostolic constitution easing Catholic fasting on days of communion and allowing evening mass under certain conditions. The decree states that drinking ordinary water no longer breaks the required fast before receiving the Eucharist, citing modern life demands.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XI
Court Spares Colonel's Wife in Tokyo Murder Trial
Dorothy Kruewer Smith, daughter of a famous general, was convicted of premeditated murder for stabbing Col. Aubrey D. Smith to death in Tokyo on October 3. The nine member court martial took 64 minutes to reach the verdict and sentenced her to life with hard labor.
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Tokyo
Dorothy Kruewer Smith
Hot Soup Blamed In Death Of 16 Month Old Boy
In Le Sueur Minnesota a 16 month old, Blake Osborn, died after a 2 year old brother, attempting to help, fed him hot soup. Doctors said the cause was acute swelling of the larynx from the hot liquid. The mother set a bowl to cool then briefly left the room before returning to find the spoonful given to the infant.
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LE Sueur
Minn
Blake Osborn
Melvin Osborn
Blake
All Escapees Nabbed Accomplice Wounded in Ohio Jail Break
Four men escaped from the Athens County jail were recaptured within 14 hours. Floyd McWilliams, wounded during a pursuit, was held after slipping hacksaw blades to the escapees. The escapees were Walter Humphrey Richard Duncan Earl Caldwell and William Griffis. A gunfight and a dramatic car pursuit followed before all suspects were in custody.
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Meigs General Hospital
Floyd McWilliams
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Joseph McBride
Pomeroy
Ohio
Walter Humphrey
Coolville
Richard Duncan
Glouster
Earl Caldwell
William Griffis
Wells
George Bateman
Police Department
Joseph B. Grogan
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Bateman
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
Frank Joyce
Ronald Masten
Walter Humephrey
Wellston
Bernard Porter
Est
Messenger Newsphoto
Atomic Spies Seek Clemency from President
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg asked President for executive clemency after their death sentences for conspiring to pass atomic secrets to Russia. The appeal, filed with the Justice Department, paused their execution clock until five days after a presidential decision.
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Washington
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
New York
Sing Sing
Russia
Justice Department
Rosenbergs
Irving R. Kaufman
Royal Earl Weds Model Jane McNeill in Edinburgh
In Edinburgh the Earl of Dalkeith married Jane McNeill 22, a fashion model, as Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth II watched with the royal family. The spectacle drew over 50 000 Scottish spectators despite misty weather.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Earl of
Queen Elizabeth
Ohio Youth Admits Seven Armed Thefts
Charles L. Tyson of Canton, 0, admitted with two accomplices to at least seven armed robberies in the past year. He is jailed in Allegheny County. A second Canton youth is hospitalized in Columbus with a hip wound. A third accomplice remains at large. A separate report notes a 12 year old girl in Lecce Italy gave birth to a 6 pound 6 ounce baby, with identity withheld.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Citles
Ohio
Companiens
Charles L. Tyson
Canton
Allegheny County
Columbus
Lecce
Italy
Lausche Inauguration Set With Simple Oath Ceremony
Governor designate Frank J. Lausche will be sworn in at the Ohio Statehouse rotunda at noon. Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt will administer the oath, a first in state history as a four term governor is sworn by a four term presiding judge. The event includes a Columbus girls choir and no speeches.
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Lausche
Frank J. Lausche
Statehouse
Ohio
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
Justice Weygandt
George White
Martin L. Davey
John W. Bricker
Ted W. Brown
Roger W. Tracy
C. William O’neill
James A. Rhodes
Desertions blamed on Truman policy in Korea feud
President Truman links attacks on his Korea policy to 47,000 military desertions, while columnist Doris Freeson cites critics describing young soldiers as taught that peace is not worth fighting for. Gen Douglas MacArthur adds that excessive desertions would reflect on Truman’s policies.
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Washington
Truman
Doris Freeson
New York
UPI
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Safe-Cracker Denies Charge in Multi-State Robberies
Gilén Shelton Orren Jr of Matagorda Texas denied breaking and entering and burglary charges in Common Pleas Court in Chillicothe Ohio. He and co defendant Albert P Johnson of Matagorda Texas are linked to a string of safe cracking jobs in 34 states netting about 150000 dollars. Johnson pled guilty and bond hearings were postponed.
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O—Pi
Western Union
Common Pleas
Gilén Shelton Orren, Jr
Matagorda
Tex
Albert P. Johnson
Johnson
Howard Goldsberry
Blaze and blast wreck Indiana power plant
Lawrenceburg Indiana Electric Co reports a mechanical failure in a turbine unit triggered an explosion and fire at the 300000 kilowatt Tanners Creek plant Friday. Officials say damage runs just under one million dollars and half the plant is knocked out of service.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Tanners Creek
Indiana Electric Co
Seek To Spur the Decision On Stalemate
House Armed Services members expect early action to break the Korean stalemate if Eisenhower does not propose a solution. A survey of six Republicans and four Democrats shows consensus that the situation is tough though not hopeless. Rep Short says Congress will wait for Eisenhower but will press for a remedy if none occurs.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
Democratic Committee
Omar Bradley
Defense Lovett
Rep
Short R-Mos
Cole
Unpaid nurse to inherit half million from banker estate
Miss Eva Stone a housekeeper and unpaid nurse for Charles E. Aldrich's invalid mother is named principal beneficiary in the will admitted to probate Friday. Aldrich, a retired Boston banker, leaves approximately a half million dollars to Stone.
Bevo Francis Nets 136 Points in Rio Grande Victory
Clarence Bevo Francis, a 6'9" Rio Grande center, poured in 136 points as Rio Grande crushed Ashland College 150 to 85. The Redmen also set a national team scoring record and extended their unbeaten streak to 18. Francis' feat broke the 87-point mark by Jack Duncan set in 1941.
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
Ashland College of Kentucky
Clarence
Bevo) Francis
Rio Nets
Redmen
Francis
Sevo
Jack Duncan
Reuther Seeks Changes In Auto Workers Pacts
Walter Reuther urged major auto firms to revise five year contracts before March 1 to reflect inflation and adjust wage indexing. He pressed for 20 of 25 cost of living gains since 1950, higher company funded UAW pensions, and a 4 cent per hour annual improvement factor tied to living standards.
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Detroit
Walter Reuther
Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Allantie City
UAW
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Storms Take Thirty Lives Across Regions
The death toll from snow wind rain and sleet rose to 30 as storms weakened nationwide. New England led with 16 fatalities and up to 20 inches of snow. New Jersey 6 deaths. Indiana 4. New York upstate 3. Oregon 1 casualty from a wind toppled tree. Unseasonal January heat kept many record highs.
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Associated Press
New England
New York
New Jersey
Indiana
Oregon
Gardner Defense Move I Scheduled This Week
Arguments on a defense motion to set aside the guilty verdict in the murder trial of Osher Gardner Jr. will be heard Monday or Tuesday in Point Pleasant. Gardner was found guilty by a jury of killing Roy Jackson last October.
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Point Pleasant
Osher Gardner, Jr
William Bardin
Gardner
Roy Jackson
Dry Cleaner Slain as Police Question Suspect
A German refugee immigrant, Arnold Levy, 49, was beaten to death Saturday at his Lorain Avenue dry cleaning shop in Cleveland. Detectives, two hours later, questioned a 40-year-old railroad employee as a suspect. Levy was found on the shop floor, partly covered by a coat, with head injuries confirmed by the coroner.
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Cleveland
Lorain Ave
Railrroad
Arnold Levy
Eisenhower Adds Smith and Mashburn to State Dept Aides
President-elect Eisenhower named Gen Walter Bedell Smith as undersecretary of state and Lloyd A Mashburn California labor commissioner and AFL official as assistant. Smith, 57, led CIA chief roles in WWII and postwar Europe while Mashburn, 55, headed the AFL Plumbers Union in California. Their appointments follow a weekend at the Commodore.
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Eisenhower
Truman
Walter Bedell Smith
Lloyd A. Mashburn
California
AFL Wood, Wire and Metal Lathera Union
Ae “Eanersneotery
Iabor
Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
Hisenhower
Moscow
Anes
James C. Hagerty
Mashburn
Martin P. Durkin
Labor
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Durkin
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
AFL Plumbers Union
AFL
Annex
Cid
Detroit
Walter Reuther
CIO
Washington
Joseph Beirne
CIO Communications Workers
Commodore
Elderly man found in Bailey Run near Chauncey
Athens County deputies identify the man as Leon James Dermont 71 of Newark New Jersey after his Social Security papers are found He was found sitting in the creek by a child and a dog seen barking Neighbors rescued him then he was taken to the village hall and Mount St Mary Hospital with poor condition
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Athens County
Bailey Run
Chauncey
George Bateman
Leon James Dermont
Newark
N. J
Bateman
Athens
Larry Grigsby
Mount St. Mary Hospital
U S Officer Reports 16 Artillerymen Killed in Korea
A U S officer reported that 16 U S artillerymen were killed in a strafing and bombing attack by an unidentified plane behind the Western Korean Front last Thursday. The figure was not confirmed. The attack occurred just north of Sinanju about 65 miles southeast of the Yalu River frontier amid a large flyover by warplanes.
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Tokyo
U. S
Korea
Seoul
Marine Armeda
Northwest
Washington
Red Manchuria
Sinanju
Yalu River
State Dept. Botched Loyalty Vetting Of UN Staff
The Senate internal security subcommittee charged the State Department with failing to screen Americans employed by the United Nations and urged further investigation. The report precedes President Truman's executive order creating a new loyalty checking system for UN staff. The panel led by Sen. McCarran documented months of inquiries and noted 26 witnesses invoked privilege against self incrimination during New York hearings.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security
State Department
United Nations
Truman
United States
International Organization
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
U. N
New York
Red
Rail Conductor Dies After 1500 Foot Plunge at Colorado Crossing
Conductor Harry N. Rolston of Denver died after stepping from his train and falling 1500 feet into Rock Creek Canyon in Northwestern Colorado. The incident occurred as the train from Craig to Denver struck a rock. engineer halted the train but Rolston vanished into darkness amidst the wreckage search.
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Colo
Harry N. Rolston
Denver
Rock Creek Canyon
Colorado
Craig
Lancaster
UPI
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Boston Post
Rolston
Peake & Ohio
Investi- Tanaada
aAnnecine
Raston, Cae Te
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