California flood threats raise levee watch as damages rise
Two California flood zones face new threats from muddy overflow while a Sacramento area levee patrols 150 workers. Modesto and Marysville evacuees brace as Don Pedro and Mokelumne rivers threaten lowlands. State of emergency declared with $16 million to $20 million in damages expected.
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California
Nevada
Sacramento River
Sacramento
Calif
Modesto
Don Pedro
U. S. Weather Bureau
San Francisco
Reno
Truckee
Reno Chamber of Commerce
Army
State Public Works Department
Marysville
Yuba
Lodi
Earl Warren
18 Die As Trains Crash In Canadian Mountains
Rescue teams searched the snowbound wreckage after two trains collided head on 312 miles west of Edmonton. Eighteen people were killed, including 14 Korea bound Canadian soldiers, and 53 were injured with twenty two in serious condition. Twelve soldiers were confirmed dead and two more soldiers and four train crew remained unaccounted for. The troop train carried 340 officers and men en route to Fort Lewis Washington.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
United Nations
Korea
Canadian National Railways
Canoe River
British Columbia
Japier, Atla
Gosnell
Edmonton
Alta
CIO Attacks Mobilization in Domestic Economic Policy
The CIO attacked the home front mobilization plan in a national convention resolution. It urged against unequal sacrifices for workers, across the board civilian production cuts, credit restrictions harming low income groups, and loopholes favoring certain commercial interests. The measure, though not acted on, was expected to pass.
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Chicago
CIO
Medina County Leads 59 Percent Property Value Rise
Ohio Board of Tax Appeals reports Medina County posts the largest jump in real property value, rising 59 percent from 1949 to the current reappraisal year. The board approved 15 counties abstracts of evaluation with Medina County showing the greatest increase.
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Columbus
Medina County
Ohio
Board of Tax Appeals
Army Cadets Get Work Invitations
West Point cadets collected un wanted invitations dropped over the academy after four Princeton students used a private plane to scatter leaflets about a Princeton Dartmouth football game. icy conditions forced the plane back but the leaflets were released over West Point, a quartet member said the cadets would have to pick up the papers creating a morale boost.
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West Point
N. Y
Princeton
Dartmouth
Hanover
N. H
Tax Would Raise Prices as Excess Profits Tax Sought
Washington witnesses warn that the proposed 75 percent excess profits tax would lift natural gas rates. William G. Woolfolk of American Natural Gas Co says earnings tax would push rates from 45 to 63 percent, forcing higher charges to the public or halted construction and gas rationing.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
William G. Woolfolk
American Natural Gas Company
Woolfolk
Truman
Treasury Department
Higher Farm Income Seen for Next Year
Mervin G. Smith of Ohio State University extension economist told a five county conference that net agricultural income next year may rise 10 to 14 percent despite higher production costs. The speech was given in Xenia.
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Xenia
Mervin G. Smith
Ohio State University
Casualties Listed in Korean War Report No 158
The Defense Department released casualty list No 158 showing 164 casualties including 12 killed 117 wounded in combat and 25 injured in accidents.
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Washington
Defense Department
Typhoon Displaces 3000 in Central Philippines
A typhoon swept into the China Sea today leaving 3000 homeless and destroying 453 houses in the central Philippines.
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Manila
China Sea
Philippines
Blast probe flags Coast Guard shipment amid South Amboy disaster
In South Amboy New Jersey the May 19 munitions explosion killed 31 and wrecked the waterfront. A congressional committee heard dispatchers say the Coast Guard okayed the shipment despite a prior ban. Dispatcher Phillip J Denning cited Ernest R Stacey of the New York Coast Guard district.
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South Amboy
N. J
Congressional
Coast Guard
Phillip J. Denning
The
Healing Co
Stacey
Third Coast Guard
New York
Denning
Ernest R. Stacey
Bavaria Votes Amid Western Europe Rearmament Debate
Bavaria voters head to the polls to decide whether the state parliament will back rearmament and influence whether West Germany joins a unified western defense. Allied officials note past anti-rearmament wins in Hesse and Wuerttemberg Baden, affecting Bonn parliament prospects.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
Bavaria
Russia
Hesse
Wuerttemberg-Baden
France
Bonn
Plane Burns on Mountain In Wyoming
A missionary plane carrying 21 people including eight children reportedly crashed and burned on Mount Moran in Grand Teton National Park Wyoming. Rescue units moved toward the scene as officials warned of slim chances for survivors. The New Tribes Mission aircraft bound Chico California to Billings Montana disappeared after radio contact near Idaho Falls Idaho.
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Moran
Wyo
Mount Moran
Grand Teton National Park
Chico
Calif
Billings
Mont
New Tribes Mission
South America
Venezuela
Paul W. Flemings
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Here
Working Coalition Claimed for House Dominance
A spokesman for the Republican-southern Democrat coalition claimed a working majority of at least 45 votes in the next House. In the Senate, southern Democrats lined up behind Senator McFarland for majority leader, signaling a strengthened position after losses by northern and western Democrats.
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Washington
House
Capitol
McFarland
Dariz
Senate
Wage Price Break In Steel May Come This Week
New York dispatch says a wage price shift in the steel industry could arrive this week. The Iron Age reports labor and management talks were heated yet adjourned. If wages rise, steel prices will rise too with expected increases of 1 to 17 cents in wages and 6 to 10 dollars in price.
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New York
Iron Age
Conference Date Set for Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys
The Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Ohio set December 15 to 17 for their winter conference in Columbus. The meeting will gather Ohio prosecutors to discuss legal practice, policy, and statewide issues.
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Columbus
Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Ohio
World Peace Congress calls for broad peace council
In Warsaw the Russian supported World Peace Congress urged a fire power conference including China to ease tensions. Delegates voted on a manifesto. resolutions praised and called for an international court to probe responsibility in Korea led by Gen MacArthur. A world peace council proposal would admit any peacelike nation or group.
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Warsaw
Poland
World Peace Congress
China
Korea
Indochina
Gen. MacArthur
United Nations
World Congress of the
Partisans of Peace
World Peace Council
Army to Serve Turkey Feast Across Far East Front Lines
The Army announced a robust Thanksgiving dinner at regular stations in the Far East and field kitchens near the Korean front. Front line troops unable to receive hot meals will get feasts soon after. The Quartermaster Corps estimates 15,000,000 pounds of turkey will feed troops at home and abroad for Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year.
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Washington
U.S
Far East
Korea
Quartermaster Corps
Nation's families spend more than they earn
The Federal Reserve Board reported that over a third of U S families spent more than their income last year. Most shortfalls occurred in lower income brackets while the top tenth saved more than the rest combined.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Encircling threat near Korea front edges
Encirclement threats spread across Korea front as US 7th Division advances from Chosan to Hyesanjin and Marine and ROK units swing westward from Chosin and Fusen reservoirs. Reds threaten to enclose north central Korea while defending roads toward Sinuiju and Suiho. British and US forces patrol north of Kunu as ROK divisions push north and east of Tok.
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Hyesanjin
Manchuria
U.S. 1St Marine
ROK
Chosin
Fusen
Korea
Slyonacoa
Sinuiju
Suiho Reservoir
Kunu
Tok
Seventh Division
Samsu
Kyohang
Central Mountains
First
Changjin Reservoir
Sinhung
Yongwon
Second Corps
Tokchon
U. S. First Corps
Chunchon
Seoul
B 29 Bombers Hit Communist Bases as Front Probed in Korea
US bombers blasted Musan and Chongjin as infantry patrols probed the front from the east coast to the Manchurian border. UN forces reported advances along the line while Reds reorganized at Musan and along Chosin area.
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Korea
SEOUL
Musan
Chongjin
United Nations
Siberian
Hyesanjin
U. S. Seventh Division
Yalu River
Red Manchuria
MacArthur
Tokyo
Manchurian
Seventh
Yalu
Taft Hartley Revision Gains Favor at Capitol
Washington lawmakers debate amending the Taft Hartley Act with supporters like Senator Ives backing changes while Senator Taft plans to press the same amendments previously approved by the Senate. Senate and CIO remarks hint at retention of core provisions with selective revisions.
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Washington
Capitol
Congress
Taft
Ives
Senate
House
Britain and United States clash over China at UN
The UN political committee debates Nationalist China’s charge of Russian aggression. T. F. Tsiang urges a fact finding mission while the United States supports study by a commission. Britain and Syria counsel delaying action or referring to the Hague. The panel adjourns overnight for consideration.
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United States
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
China
Britain
E. Coulson
Red China
Coulson
Faris el Khoury
Syria
National Grange Elects Indiana Man Master
Herschel D. Newsom an Indiana farmer active in the National Grange for 35 years was elected to fill the one year expired term of Albert S. Goss. Newsom was chosen by delegates at the 84th annual meeting in Minneapolis. He will be installed Friday following Goss death in New York last month.
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Minneapolis
Herschel D. Newsom
Indiana
National Grange
Newsom
Albert S. Goss
New York
Americans Rescued After Tank Breakthrough Near Yongbyon
Four medium tanks crossed into Red Korean territory near Yongbyon and rescued three American cavalrymen Cpl. Edward Pacheco Pfc. Lawrence L. Hines and Sgt. James S. McCoy who were cut off when enemy overran Eighth Regiment positions on November 2. They described attackers dressed in new uniforms and using American weapons. A friendly farmer hid them and delivered a note to American lines leading to the rescue.
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Tokyo
Yongbyon
Edward Pacheco
Taunton
Mass
Lawrence L. Hines
Woodsfield
Ohio
Monroe County
James S. McCoy
Chester
Pacheco
Hines
McCoy
Navy Rocket Reaches Speed and Altitude Record
A Navy Viking rocket reached 3600 mph climbing 107 miles into the upper atmosphere over New Mexico. The 50 foot long, 5 ton craft set a new single stage mile record but a German V-2 reached 114 miles at White Sands. The WAC Corporal released at peak flight is recorded above 250 miles.
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Washington
New Mexico
White Sands
N. Mex
WAC
Job Lay Offs Rise Slightly in Early November
The Labor Department reports a small uptick in unemployment for the first two weeks of November with initial unemployment insurance claims averaging 186,000. Analysts note the trend is typical for this season, though defense program dislocations and material shortages are emerging in some civilian industries.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
GOP Senators Choose Roscoe Walcutt as Leader
Republican state senators in Columbus chose Sen. Roscoe R. Walcutt of Franklin County as Senate majority leader in Ohio’s 99th General Assembly. The 26 to 7 GOP caucus vote also named him president pro tem for the new Senate with the election set for January 1.
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Columbus
Roscoe R. Walecutt
Franklin County
Senate
Ohio
99Th General Assembly
Walecutt
Army Calls for 3000 Nurses and 250 Women Medics
Washington issued a second call for volunteer nurses and women medical specialists to meet expanded wartime needs. It asked for 3000 nurses and 250 women medical workers through June 30. A prior Aug. 9 call had drawn 477 nurses and 17 specialists.
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Washington
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Ill
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