Reds Seize Dutch and French Property in Peiping
The State Department says Chinese Communists have seized Dutch and French diplomatic property in Peiping and took over a major American consulate. British officials worry over US-China property seizures and seek possible joint protest as Nationalists in Formosa press to hold UN seats amid ongoing East-West tension.
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Peiping
State Department
Washington
Red Police
Red Capital
China
London
British Commonwealth
Britain
Kuoy Formosa
Formosan
Lake Success
UN Little Assembly
UN Security Council
Acheson
Sunpoight
Iraq
Jordan
Egypt
Javits
Rlib-Ny
Middle-East
Hoover Defends FBI Wire Taps
In a Sunday night statement, FBI Director J Edgar Hoover cites 170 tapped telephones in the United States and possessions to counter claims that wire tapping is unrestricted. He argues modern techniques are needed against treason, espionage, sabotage, and child kidnapping amid ongoing DOJ criticism and debates with figures like J Lawrence Fly.
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Washington
FBI
United States
J Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Four Vacationers Die in Private Plane Crash in Alabama
Four travelers from Chanute Kansas died when a private four seat plane crashed on a mountain east of Birmingham Alabama during a Florida vacation. The victims were E L Collins 38 and his wife 32 and Bedford Miley 34 and his wife 32. Collins was a farm equipment firm owner and Chanute school board member. The wreckage was found after smoke was seen from the air by Southern Airways pilot George Hanes.
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Birmingham
E. L. Collins
Bedford Miley
Chanute
Kas
Palm Beach
Fila
Southern Airways
George Hanes
Civil Aeronautics Administration
W. E. White
Hanes
R. L. Thomas
Southern
Collins
Miley
Florida
Springfield
Memphis
Columbus
Board of Education
Mileys
Caucus Backs One-Shot Tax For Hospitals
Governor Shivers and 19 House members including 17 of the revenue and taxation committee favored a one shot tax to fund immediate state hospital and special school needs. Funds would accrue to Aug 31 and support mental health reforms after a U S Public Health Service report. The group discussed the plan at a Sunday Capitol meeting with legislators and Shivers to present to the Legislature.
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Allan Shivers
House
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Shivers
Durwood Manford
Revenue and Taxation Committee
United States Public Health Service
Texas
American Psychiatric Association
T. M. Collie
Eastland
A. W. Mourland
Johnson City
Dolph Bristoe
Uvalde
L. P. Caston
Leonard
Hiram Childress
Sweetwater
J. F. Gray
Three Rivers
J. M. Heflin
Houston
Jim T
Spear Pierced Bodies Found of Two Hikers in Philippines
Dr. Robert F. Conklin and Professor Marvin Pittman, University of the Philippines faculty, were found slain in a canyon in Ifugao province. Suspects from the local Igorot community were reported, with robbery named as motive. US officials and Mrs Pittman traveled to scene amid a lengthy search.
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Manila
Robert F. Conklin
Marvin Pittman
Ifugao
Luzon
Air Force
Manila Bulletin
Myron M. Cowen
13Th Air Force
Pittman
State Department
Washington
University of the Philippines
Christamas
Wild Mountains
Baguio
Philippines
Conklin
Springfield College
Springfield
Mass
X Ray Box Score Report At Rosewood Park
The mobile X ray unit was at Rosewood Park on Tuesday with 535 X rays performed Friday and 5 413 total to date. The small community health effort uses a mobile unit to screen residents and provide imaging services.
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Rosewood Park
One Day Delay in Bell Telephone Strike
Union officials postponed a Southwestern Bell strike for at least one day after a request from international officers. Division 20 covers Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and part of Illinois. A Monday meeting will decide further action as the strike truce expires tonight.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Frank P. Lonergan
Division 20
CIO Communications Workers
Lonergan
Southwestern Bell
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Ilinois
Forrest Smith
Lonergar
City Launches 1950 March of Dimes Polio Campaign
Wanda Wiley 8 of Austin opens nationwide drive from New York City steps of the Sub Treasury Building. Travis County and Austin rally with a noon Monday kickoff at Seventh and Congress. Goal is 50000 with half staying local for polio patients and half supporting national research.
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Austin
Travis County
Wanda Wiley
Wanda
New York City
Sub- Treasury
Lewis F. Hatch
Travis County Foundation
New York
Washington
Associated Press
Boston
Taylor Glass
Seventh Street
Congress Avenue
Steve Heffington
Charles L. Sandahl
National Foundation For
Sandah
Seventh and
Congress
Capital National
Austin National
American National Banks
Scarbroughs
Woolworth
Norther brings cold as Texas faces freezing week
A Northwestern blizzard pushed into Texas Sunday dropping temperatures from the 60s and 70s to near 40 by Monday morning with a hard freeze expected Tuesday. Amarillo fell from 58 to 37 and Fort Worth from 70 to 53. Violent winter storms across the nation killed dozens and disrupted travel.
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Texas
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Great Lakes
Washington
Oregon
Montana
New England
Midwest
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Canada
Northwest
Minnesota
Dakotas
Pacific
Seattle
Portland
Omak
Wash
Oshkosh
Wis
Lake Winnebago
Houghton Lake
Vincennes
Ind
American Red Cross
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Third Smithwick Trial Start Scheduled Today
Belton Texas January 15 Sam Smithwick goes on trial again for the third time in the slaying of radio commentator Bill Mason. Mason 51 was shot to death on an Alice street last July 29. The trial was postponed twice due to witness absence.
Second Heart Attack Fatal In California
Sonoma Calif Jan 15 General Henry H Hap Arnold aged 63 dies at his ranch in the Valley of the Moon after a heart condition since 1944. He retired June 30 1946 to a 5 acre ranch 40 miles north of San Francisco. Burial at Arlington National Cemetery Tentative funeral Thursday at 2 pm. Air Force requests flowers omitted and gifts to the Air Force Aid Society.
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Sonoma
Calif
Air Force
Henry H
Hap) Arnold
Valley of the Moon
Army Air Force
San Francisco
Russell V. Lee
Palo Alto
R. L. Mollenhauer
Arnold
Colla
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Air Force Aid Society
Remov Tod Hates
Evans Morty
Hamilton Field
Lois
Ernest Snowden
Corpus Christi
Texas
David L. Arnold
March Field
Henry H. Arnold Jr
Command and Staff School
Leavenworth
Kas
William B. Arnold
Banana River
Fila
Gladwyne
Wright Brothers
Army
Western Pennsylvania coal miners vote to stay on strike
In Pittsburgh on January 15 a large group of striking western Pennsylvania soft coal miners voted to remain out. About 22 000 United Mine Workers would stay home as local unions ignored calls to return to work. Some districts in northern West Virginia planned to resume digging.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Fayette County
Uniontown
Lewis
William Hynes
UMW
West Virginia
United Mine Worker
District Four
United Mine Workers of America
John Busarello
UMW Pittsburgh District 5
No Sign of Life From Brother in Mine Rescue
Bare handed rescuers freed Joe Burda after 40 hours entombed in a Mahanoy City coal mine. He crawled through a narrow shaft at 5 16 am and was brought to the surface. Eddie Burda, 25, is believed crushed under coal and rock deeper in the galleries.
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Mahanoy City
Joe Burda
Eddie
Burda
Dallas white demonstrators protest real estate work in South Dallas
Police dispersed a Sunday demonstration by white homeowners blocking real estate agents showing houses to Black clients. Officers reported threats but no attacks as residents complain of Negro movement into a two-block area where one Black family now resides. agents say they will continue efforts in defiance of the protest.
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Dallas
Ethel Bradshaw
Nora Kennemar
C. W. Grubbs
Kennemar
Cicero Mullins
Mullins
Ashenhurst
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