35 Likely Dead In C54 Crash Near Tokyo
A US Air Force C54 carrying 35 people crashed into a mountainside about 60 miles south of Tokyo. All aboard were believed killed, including several members of an Allied headquarters trade mission from Manila en route to Tokyo. Crew and passengers were primarily American. Rescue efforts faced clouds and rough terrain with limited details released.
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Tokyo
Allied Headquarters
Manila
Philippine Foreign Office
Allied Supreme Command
SCAP
Air Force
Shining God Mountain
Sacred Mt. Fuji
Here
Hiragatake Mountain
Tanazawa Range
Frank Pickelle
Douglas MacArthur
J. G. Torrens
R. C. O'Hara
B. W Adams
T. M. Temple
O'Hara
Davao
Mindanao
Philippines
Okinawa
Oshima
Tachikawa Air Base
Clark Field
Body Heat Cited As Cold Chief Cause
Boston reports that Dr. William J. Kerr of the University of California Medical School told the American College of Physicians that a person’s own body heat and air-conditioning in the nasal passages largely drive common colds. He noted skin cooling links to nasal mucus temperature, and said no treatment has proven to prevent or cure a cold, while some still advocate the alcohol bottle method.
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Boston
American College of Physicians
William J. Kerr
University of California Medical School
San Francisco
Kerr
Dr. Kerr
Keep Rent Law President Urges Continuation
President Truman urged Congress to extend federal rent controls beyond June 30 warning millions would suffer hardship from a sudden lift. He said low income families would be hardest hit and housing costs would rise, stressing the need to protect tenants while balancing landlord interests amid ongoing hearings.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Scattered Phone Strikes Threaten National Walkout
In a flagging of labor action, scattered walkouts in Seattle Portland Tonawanda and other cities hint at a nationwide phone strike next week. CIO leaders pledge support while Western Electric workers threaten to expand a 10 000 member division 6 walkout unless South Bend workers settle their dispute.
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New York
America
CIO
CIO Communications Workers Union
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
Tonawanda
N. Y
Fargo
N. D
Western Electric
Bell Telephone Company
Ernest Weaver
South Bend
Ind
Niles
Mich
CWA
Washington
Robbers and Burglars Prosper, President Wears Morning Coat
The article recalls a flourishing criminal venture and a president who could don a morning coat to meet clients in his office. It contrasts fortune with a brief downturn and hints at ongoing human interest stories across pages 5 and 7.
Weatherman Forecasts Warm Humid Weekend Picnic Weather
Weather outlook calls for warm humid weekend across East and West Texas. Friday saw a trace of rain with temperatures from 59 to 74 degrees. Saturday and Sunday expected 65 to 88 degrees with cloudy mornings and sunny afternoons.
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Austin Picknickers
Texas
Two More Quit Pharr's New City Government
Pharr reports two more resignations from the new city administration. City Secretary Larry Lyles and building inspector Frank Suttle have stepped down, expanding turnover in the early leadership.
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Pharr
Larry Lyles
Frank Suttle
US Shuts Czech Consulate in Chicago in Retaliation
The United States orders the closure of the Czech Consulate General in Chicago as part of tit-for-tat actions after Czechoslovakia shut USIS and demanded the recall of Embassy Attache Joseph C. Kolarek. Secretary of State Acheson defends free information and notes other measures may follow while Prague retains several other posts in the country.
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Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
Chicago
Soviet Bloc
US Information Service
USIS
Joseph C. Kolarek
Acheson
Voice of America
New York
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Panama Canal Zone
Prague
Bratislava
State Department
Kolarek
Diplomatic Break With Soviet Urged by Angry Demo Solon
Secretary of State Acheson said the Soviet Union seeks trouble in key areas and warned against war while House Democrats clamored for strong action over the Baltic plane incident. Vinson urged maintained armed forces and proposed adding 500 million for new aircraft. The debate followed a new Soviet note repeating their version of events, dismissed as fictitious by Acheson. President Truman voiced confidence Cold War would not turn into world war if the U.S. stays prepared.
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Washington
Achesod
Russia
United States
Moscow
House
John McCormack
Mass
Baltic
Alan G. Kirk
Kremin
Kremlin
Vishinsky
Acheson
Vinson
Europe
Trieste
Dardanelles
Truman
Army
Fort Benning
Lattimore ridicules Red Tag charges at news conference
Washington reports Owen Lattimore ridiculed McCarthy era charges he led a Communist cell and dismissed Budenz testimony as gossip. The Senate subpoenaed Dr Bella Dodd and two ex FBI operatives to question Budenz while McCarthy pressed links between Moscow lines and U S policy amid the China red conquest narrative.
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Budenz
Louis Budenz
Senate
Washington
Owen Lattimore
United States
Senator McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Lattimore
Assas
Louis F. Budenz
China
Bella V. Dodd
New York
Dr. Dodd
Red Party
Senate Inquiry Committee
Tydings
Cmd
FBI
John J. Huber
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Mass protest in Austin over bus service exceeds 100 residents
More than 100 citizens gathered in the City Library Auditorium to condemn Austin bus service. A 14 member committee was elected to present petitions at a joint City Council and transit company meeting next Thursday. Protests cited long waits, crowded buses, smoking, and route gaps while drivers were praised for courtesy.
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Austin
City Ibrary
Transit Company
Rudy Rice
Bus Riders Organization Committee
Rice
W. E Carroll
Knox Wright
D. E. Wheeler
Anna Murry
Rob Clift
Pat J. Mendez
S. J. Harrison Beatrice Snow
Clyde Wilson
T. E. Bowles
Harry Hall
W. M Aten
W. Whapperman
Mendez
M. E. Jackson
East Milton
Texas
Todd Lowry
Rio Grande
Alit Avenue
University of Texas
S. L. Brown
East Aus
Lufkin Pharmacist Claims Saucer Burned His Face
Jack Robertson a 28 year old pharmacist from Lufkin says a flying saucer burned his face after he observed a round eight foot object hovering 20 feet above his head nine miles west of Lufkin. He described a dull red glow and heat that singed his skin but did not burn his clothing. He emphasized he was not drinking and noted the craft appeared aluminum with a rounded globe like bottom and emitted a whooshing roar as it departed. Robertson is a University of Texas graduate and part owner of a Lufkin drug store with a wife and three children.
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Lufkin
Jack Robertson
Robertson
Lufkin Daily News
University of Texas
Italian Fascists Demand Trieste Return
Italian fascists press for Trieste to be returned to Italy if Western Allies do not back the move. MSI leader Giorgio Almirante accuses allies of breaking faith to appease Yugoslavia during a Chamber debate. Thirteen deputies demand government replies following Moscow notes on occupation forces.
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Rome
Italy
Trieste
Girogio Almirante
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Chamber of Deputies
Yugoslavia
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
West Europe dislikes both Russians and US says Hoffman
Dr. George Hoffman, UT associate professor and State Department consultant, told a civic club Western Europeans dislike the United States as much as the Russians. He praised the Marshall Plan but warned public opinion favors nonintervention and questioned US recognition of Red China. Hoffman urged awareness that aid serves US interests, criticized propaganda and voiced concerns about Soviet war potential and coercive labor camps in satellite states.
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United States
George Hoffman
University of Texas
State Department
Civic Club
Young Men's Business League
Hoffman
Austria
Western Europe
Army
Red China
Congress
China
Nazi Germany
Soviet Russia
McCarthy
R-Wis
Europe
Voice of America
Voice
Cess
Russia
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Charles Hinkley
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Winter General Hospital
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Philip Murray
Western Electric Company
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Centex Anne One
Tee
Ereese Seeeeeerenee
Winchell
RADIO
Sear
Weatherman
Demo Solon
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Sian
Pell
Aera
Kirk
Solon
Earl Browder
US Communist Party
Communist Party
Browder
Blayne Salyer
Tin
Clara Mae Brown
Rosedale
Ruth Addington
East 41St Street
Dora L. Pendleton
2915
West Avenue
West Europe
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