Blizzard Strands 226 Train Riders In High Sierras
Two rescue trains with doctors pushed toward the City of San Francisco streamliner stranded with 226 aboard in the Sierra blizzard. A second relief train carried dogs dog sleds and medical supplies from Truckee as hundreds remained marooned amid avalanches and outages with at least three killed.
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SAN Francisco
Sierras
Colfax
Sacramento
Streamliner
Truckee
Canada
Mexico
Southern Pacific
Carl Olson
Utilities Company
Sodal Springs
Olson
Air Force
Nixon Reopens Fire On Gabrielson Over Chairmanship
Senator Nixon renewed calls to fire Guy G. Gabrielson, demanding action if he does not quit. The speech comes as the GOP weighs the chairman's fate in San Francisco amid a Senate subcommittee probe into Gabrielson and William M. Boyle Jr. and their involvement with government loans.
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Nixon
Gabrielson
Washington
Calif
Guy G. Gabrielson
Economic Club
New York
GOP
San Francisco
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
William M. Boyle
Boyle
Hoey
D-N.c
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Marietta Man Granted Patent on Oil Process
Patents for inventions that speed and improve oil flow into wells were granted to Dr. E. S. Merriam of Marietta College and Frederick Squires of the Illinois State Geological Survey. Both rely on underground heat softening oil and gas evaporation to boost production.
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Marietta
Marietta College
E. S. Merriam
Frederick Squires
Illinois State Geological Survey
Champaign
Navy Patrol Plane Crash Kills Twelve
The U S Navy reports twelve crewmen killed in a four engine patrol bomber crash near Atsugi Air Base Monday night.
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Navy
Yokohama
U. S. Navy
Atsugi Air Base
OSU Coeds Vote Teddy Bear Dorm Survey
Coeds in Mack Hall at Ohio University preferred teddy bears to other animals in an informal dorm survey. Teddy bears received 22 votes, dogs 11, elephants 4, horses 2, skunks 2, giraffes 1, and kangaroos 1.
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Columbus
Ohio University
Mack Hall
Former Spy Bentley To Detail Red Pipeline Link
Elizabeth Bentley the wartime Russian spy courier is summoned by the House Un American Activities Committee to trace Moscow’s alleged pipeline to U S communist agents before World War II. She will testify with Louis Budenz about the Granichs Shanghai activities and possible Kremlin directives reaching U S communists.
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Washington
Elizabeth Bentley
House Un-American Activities Committee
Moscow
Miss Bentley
Louis Budenz
Daily Worker
Max
Grace Granich
Graniches
Wilmington
Communist Party In
China
Shanghai
Voice of
Charles A. Willoughby
Douglas MacArthur
State Department
John Carter Vincent
Clarence E. Gauss
U.S
Pin Curler Feud Ends as Theola Barton Returns
In Antioch California Theola Barton returned to school after a dispute over wearing pin curlers. Theola was allowed to stay in class following a March incident when she was sent home to dress. Her parents Amos and the other Barton were fined ten dollars each for keeping her out of school. they say they will choose jail over payment, while Theola resumes classes.
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Antioch
Calif
Theola Barton
Yates F. Hamm
Amos Barton
Theola
37th Enters U S Service In Nationwide Call Up
About 8000 men of the 37th Infantry Division Ohio National Guard enter federal service. They will depart by train for Camp Polk Louisiana, completing personnel records and packing. the division to reach Polk by January 25, while the 137th anti aircraft artillery battalion trains at Fort Bliss Texas before joining.
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Columbus
37Th Infantry Division
Ohio National Guard
Camp Polk
Ft. Bliss. Tex
Polk
Churchill warns allies will fight if Kremlin sabotages peace hopes
Churchill departs for Washington after pledging Western unity against aggression. He will address Congress and press to split NATO naval command among Britain, the United States, and Canada. He lauded the Atlantic alliance as the West’s surest guarantee of peace and warned of looming threats.
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Churchill
Kremlin
Ottawa
Britain
Winston Churchill
Washington
Congress
Canada
United States
Atlantic Alliance
Mother Held In Belleville Shotgun Death
In Mansfield prosecutor Harold Lutz delayed charging 21 year old Daisy Lakey in the shotgun killing of her husband Woodrow 29 at their Belleville home Saturday night The case awaits grand jury action later this month and the infant son Daniel remains in private care Daisy Lakey says she shot him as he sat counting in a chair.
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Mansfield
Harold Lutz
Bellville
Lutz
Daisy Lakey
Woodrow
Lakey
OPS Okays Boost For Beer Sellers
OPS allows increases for malt beverages starting January 28. Brewers wholesalers and retailers may raise prices, averaging about one cent per 12 ounce bottle or can, to reflect higher federal taxes and material costs.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Father charges kidnaping as medals are returned
Glenn Fiedler of Green Bay says he is sending back his son James Fiedler’s Purple Heart and presidential scroll to President Truman. He claims fraudulent medical records allowed James to join the Marine Corps and be sent to Korea where he was killed as a machine gunner on June 1, 1951.
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Green Bay
Wis
Marine Corps
Korea
Truman
Glenn Fiedler
James
Fiedler
Navy
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Corps
O Connors Attack On Government Socialist Tendencies
Maryland Senator Herbert O Conor released a seven minute Baltimore TV address as he announced plans to leave public office this year. He condemned trends toward socialism government handouts and expanded government intervention arguing it erodes constitutionally protected rights and individual freedoms.
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Baltimore
Herbert R. O’conor
Great Britain
Twenty-One Planes Hunt for Missing Freighter Crew
In the North Pacific an air search of twenty-one planes was launched to find the 45 crew of the Pennsylvania. Weather improvements widened the hunt while storm effects reduced sea vessels involved. Only two ships remained at sea with the Canadian patrol ship Stone Town released due to storm damage and the California ordered to cease searching because of rough seas.
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Seattle
North Pacific
Pennsylvania
Stonetown
California
Akron blast damages plant. $50,000 loss reported
A blast at the B. F. Goodrich Chemical Co. plant in south Akron caused about $50,000 in damage and slight injuries to two men. Plant Manager Fred Hantz said a leaking gas from a reactor was the cause, with many windows blown out in the three story building.
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Akron
B. F. Goodrich Chemical Co
Fred Hantz
Funeral set for Riley Wortman in Defiance
The funeral for Riley W. Wortman 89 past grand commander of the Knights Templar of Ohio will be held Wednesday afternoon in Defiance. Wortman died Monday.
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Defiance
Riley W. Wortman
The
Knights Templar of
Ohio
Wortman
Inmate Attack Kills Two San Quentin Guards
Two San Quentin inmates armed with a 12 inch scissors blade and a double edged ax killed two guards during an attempted escape. Guard Charles D. Wiget, 31, died in the library. Guard Vern A. Mackin, 38, died in the movie projection room. Two other guards and one inmate were injured. Marin County District Attorney Richard M. Sims Jr. named Eugene Burwell of Los Angeles and James Rogers, jailed for attempted murder in San Francisco, as the killers.
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San Quentin
Calif
Charles D. Wiget
Vern A. Mackin
Richard M. Sims Jr
Marin County
Eugene Burwell
Los Angeles
James Rogers
San Francisco
House Votes Today On 10 Percent Service Pay Boost
Backers push a 10 percent pay raise for active and retired servicemembers amid election year jitters. Debate limited to 40 minutes with no amendments, requiring a two thirds majority. Critics cite cost and target limits for high paid generals and officers above captain or major. Speaker Rayburn predicts passage to the Senate despite Republican and Democratic opposition.
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Washington
Armed Services Committee
Taber
R-N.y
Smith
D-Va
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Senate
Reds Claim U S Bombs Killed Allied Prisoners In Korea Camps
The UN command checks a communist report claiming Allied bombs killed at least ten prisoners and wounded 60 in Kangdong camp near Pyongyang. North Korea cites hospital hits and lists 1591 prisoners. UN reviews accuracy amid stalled POW talks and disputes over repatriation and South Korean soldiers in the Red army.
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U.S
North Korea
Munsan
Korea
Kangdong
Pyongyang
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
Lee San Cho
Lee
Tadash Kaneko
First Cavalry Division
R. E. Libby
Ilam
Libby
Red Army
Tax Bureau Plan Faces Slim Chance in Congress
Congress weighs President Truman's proposal to reorganize the Internal Revenue Bureau with a 60 day deadline. The plan would cut collectors from 64 to 25 and place them under civil service, subject to Senate confirmation. House and Senate members foresee rough sledding and hearings to follow.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Executive Expenditures Committee
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
House
Jurors Split Delay Verdict For Costello
New York jurors split after six hours of deliberation on whether racketeer Frank Costello was contemptuous of the Senate crime committee. Costello and his lawyers awaited a verdict that could bring acquittal on 11 counts or a first criminal conviction in 37 years, with possible penalties including up to 25 years in prison and a $11,000 fine.
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New York
Frank Costello
Senate Crime Committee
Costello
George Wolf
Victor Feingold
Wolf
Nine candidates vie for Louisiana governor as Longs back rivals
In Louisiana, a nine candidate governor race unfolds with 981000 voters registered. Gov Earl K Long backs Carlos Spaht while his nephew Senator Russell Long supports another contender. Seven candidates run to challenge both Long kin in the contest. The constitution bars a second consecutive term for the sitting governor.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
Russell Long
D-La
Huey
Long
Carlos Spaht
Baton Rouge
Burns fatality from kerosene stove blast
ZANESVILLE Mrs Katharine Essex aged 36 died Monday after kerosene she poured into a coal stove exploded burning her. The incident occurred in her home and the cause was attributed to the stove ignition.
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Zanesville
Katherine Essex
Soviet West Buriel Plan Faces UN Disposal By Commission
Soviet delegate Kuzman Kisselev accused Western powers of burying Moscow's atomic control plan by moving it from the United Nations General Assembly to the disarmament commission. He linked the proposal to Stalin directives and urged continued inspections of Russian facilities. Jean Chauvel said Eastern and Western plans show closer alignment as Britain France and the United States urged study by the commission, joined by Canada and the 11 Security Council members.
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Paris
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
Disarmament Commission
Kuzman V. Kisselev
Assembly
Joseph Vissarionovitch Stalin
Kisseler
Jean Chauvel
France
Britain
United States
Canada
Security Council
Five Day Weather Outlook Sees Warmer North and Colder South
The forecast calls for average temperatures to be normal in the north and about three degrees above normal in the south. Colder conditions expected Wednesday, warmer Friday, and colder again Saturday night. Precipitation around half an inch likely as rain and snow late Thursday and Friday and again late Saturday.
Major Crusade Opens Spiritual Defense Drive for Soldiers
Soldiers at Fort Monmouth join a five day religious revival as part of a national campaign to bolster service members faith. The event features Lt. Col. Lisle Bartholomew and Maj. Gen. Kirke B. Lawton among attendees with ministers from Protestant groups guiding services for troops and families.
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General Commission On Chaplains
National Council of Churches
Air Battles Flare as Sabres Clash Over Korea
American Sabre jet pilots damaged two Red MIG-15s in four hours of air combat over a 145 mile front in northwest Korea after clearing weather ended snow and storms. UN troops repelled a Red company east of the Pukhan River while F-84 Thunderjets burned a Pyongyang area grenade factory three quarters destroyed.
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Seoul
Korea
Pukhan River
Pyongyang
Canada Mine Blast Kills 19 in Nova Scotia Disaster
In Stellarton Nova Scotia a gas explosion at the McGregor coal mine killed 19 miners, with all workers in the blast area perishing. Three men survived from farther sections as authorities documented the deadly event and prior gas warnings as rescue crews worked.
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Stellarton
N. S
Canada
McGregor
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