Nanking Under Siege as Open City Hints Grow
Jan 30 dispatch reports Nanking defense largely inactive with Communist forces nearby. Acting President Li Tsung Jen may move Cabinet to Canton by Feb 5 as peace talks fail and negotiations stall. Changes in naval deployments and a shifting foreign diplomatic posture stir questions about Russia’s stance and a potential unified government.
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Nanking
Li Tsung-Jen
Canton
Nanking Kiangnan Evening Post
Yangtze River
20Th Army
Pukow
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yangtze
N. V. Roschin
Camton
Roschin
China
Bloodless Paraguayan revolt ousts President Gonzalez
In Asuncion on Sunday a secret dissident faction of the Colorado Party toppled President J Natalicio Gonzalez after five turbulent months in office. Gonzalez sought refuge in the Brazilian embassy as labor minister Augusto Salvidor announced a new revolutionary government and early elections within two months.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
J. Natalicio Gonzalez
Colorado Party
Augusto Salvidor
Salvidor
National Assembly
Gonzalez
Treasury
Leandro Prieto
Manuel Talavera
Asuncion Radio
Buenos Aires
Liberto Rodriguez
Texas Snow Outbreak Leaves Roads Hazardous and Towns Isolated
A sweeping Texas snowstorm blanketed most regions with up to seven inches in East Texas and nine inches in the Hill Country. Fifty-one towns lost telephone service. several areas closed schools due to danger from icy streets and heating shortages. The death toll rose from exposure, fires, and asphyxiation, including seven named victims in Austin, San Antonio, Beaumont, Midland, and Corpus Christi.
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Texas
Gulf of Mexico
East
West
Texas, and Was Well Over Seven Inches In East Texas
Panhandle
West Texas
Port Arthur-Beaumont-Orange
San Antonio
Lufkin
Tyler
Henderson
Mason
Nacogdoches
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Denton
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Argyle
Blanket
Dodd City
Haslett
Justin
Ponder
Saltillo
C. E. Bergman
Austin
Willie Cook
Nora Hooks
Beaumont
Andres Y. Bellez
Midland
Gracie Mae Mooney
Snowbound Austin Faces Freeze and Snowfall Record
Central Texas awoke to four degree weather as Austin and surrounding areas dig out from a heavy snowfall. Sunday dropped 6.4 inches in the city, part of five to 10 inches region wide. The forecast calls for a rise to 40 by Monday afternoon and another freeze Monday night, with highways reopening but travel still cautious. A federal petit jury in Austin was postponed to Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. by Judge Ben H. Rice Jr.
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Austin American
Austin
Texas
Highway Department
Ben H. Rice Jr
Joe Russell
Texas Highway Department
Russell
C. E. Bergman
Justice of the Peace
Travis Blake
Lee
Bergman
Riverside Drive
Brackenridge Hospital
P. W. Miller
W. C. Meurer
Oak Ridge Sanitarium
C. J. Bergman
Weed-Corley
Austin Transit
Charles Bowman
Greyhound
Continental Lines
Stalin Woulding To Talk Peace With Truman in Mutual Meeting
Prime Minister Stalin said he has no objection to meeting President Truman at a mutually acceptable place to discuss a peace pact between the United States and the Soviet Union. Washington officials took a cold stance as Truman had offered to meet in Washington.
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Stalin
Truman
United States
Soviet Union
Washington
Roosevelt
Teheran
Yalta
Potsdam
Lovett
Berlin
Stalin peace move seen as step toward truce
Warren R. Austin, U N delegate, said Stalin's Sunday statement appears to move toward peace though he cannot judge its extent. Other U N delegates noted the reply aligns with what some view as a Soviet peace offensive.
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Lake Success
Warren R. Austin
United States
United Nations
Stalin
Stalin signals cautious path to postwar accord without meeting Truman
In a Sunday reply to Kingsbury Smith Stalin states no official Soviet plan for a Truman Stalin meeting. He says Moscow could cooperate with the United States toward gradual disarmament and a joint declaration renouncing war. He sees no obstacle to lifting the Berlin Blockade if the Western powers remove a counter blockade and defer a Western German state until a Big Four ministers meeting.
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Kingsbury Smith
International News Service
Moscow
Washington
Russia
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers
United Nations Security Council
Paris
Cold War Moves Prompt White House Soviet Review
Washington reports a joint State Department and White House study of Soviet Premier Stalin's latest moves in the Cold War. Officials weigh objectives and U S attitude while noting no plan for a Truman Stalin meeting and recalling past summit patterns with Roosevelt and Truman.
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State Department
Yanks Rescued From Burma
A plane evacuated American and British civilians from Bassein in Burma as fighting raged in the town during the civil war. Two Americans were left behind, including Mrs. Charles Conrad, while missionary Erville E. Sewards from Granville, Ohio, remained in Bassein with locals risking danger through the flames to aid the evacuees.
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Burma
Bassein
Charles Conrad
Erville E. Sewards
Granville
Ohio
Here
Irrawaddy River
Moscow Press Claims Chiang Still Ruling
Moscow reports that Chiang Kai-Shek continues to govern China despite retirement. Articles based on Chinese News Agency dispatches claim Chiang seeks a three month window to regroup forces and renew civil war, with agents rounding up opponents for possible execution if necessary.
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Moscow
Moscow Press
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chian
Chiang
Shanghai
Ellender attacks new labor bill over strikes
Democratic Senator Ellender warned the administration measure would leave the country defenseless against national emergency strikes and please leaders like John L. Lewis. Senator Morse praised the bill for replacing the Taft Hartley Law injunction with a 30 day cooling off period, aligning with Truman’s pledge to repeal the act and restore Wagner Act provisions with improvements.
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Washington
Jan
Ellender
John L. Lewis
Morse
Ore
Congress
Truman
Mr. Truman
Fire destroys Houston cotton warehouses causing $400000 loss
A Sunday blaze in Houston damaged cotton and warehouses of the Ship Channel Compress Company. Manager John H. Flavin put losses at 300000 in cotton and 100000 in buildings. Fire started at 3:37 am and burned into the afternoon.
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Houston
Ship Channel
John H. Flavin
Scandinavian talks fail as Norway leans West
Oslo reports failed defense talks among Norway Sweden and Denmark after Soviet pressure. Norway favored linking to Western defense while Sweden held neutrality and Denmark wavered. The Soviet stance on a North Atlantic alliance intensified pressure on the neutrals.
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Oslo
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Pakistan Opposes Recognition of Israel
Pakistan government said recognition of Israel is constitutionally wrong morally unwise and amounts to endorsing armed aggression and brute force according to a foreign ministry press note from Karachi dated January 30.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Israel
Foreign Ministry
Spike Jones Named Man of the Year by Hardware Association
Hollywood report states Spike Jones, orchestra leader, was named man of the year by the National Retail Hardware Association. The honor followed Jones’s popular televised kitchen performances and music contributions amid a mass audience.
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Hollywood
INS
Spike Jones
National Retailware Association
Kitchen Jones
Crash Ticket Controversy Sparks Snowy Street Debate
Traffic Sergeant Ed Garrison urged officers to ticket drivers in accidents during an early Sunday meeting. Moments later his patrol car was involved in a crash at Sixth and Nueces Streets. He joked he had to be out in the snow and cold.
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Ed Garrison
Sixth
Nueces
Atlantic Alliance Debate Expected
Washington dispatch notes that negotiators for the North Atlantic pact plan a strong U S commitment to defend Western Europe, signaling a Senate debate on war powers during ratification and a push in talks with Britain France Belgium The Netherlands Luxembourg and Canada.
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Washington
Jan
United States
Western Europe
Senate
Culbertson Says U S Holds 200 Atom Bombs
Paris report quotes Ely Culbertson bridge expert and UN reform advocate stating the United States maintains a reserve of 200 atom bombs for a potential new war. He heads the Citizens Committee for United Nations Reform which he says has 7,000,000 members.
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Paris
Ely Culbertson
United States
Culbertson
Citizens Committee For United Nations Reform
March of Dimes drive boosts city fund with diverse events
The March of Dimes in Austin shows $16,500 of a $50,000 quota raised as anonymous donors contribute daily. Local figures host events all week, with proceeds from Tue and Wed activities at New Septic Oak Cafe and Longhorn Waffle Shop, plus a charity dance at The Windmill and a double header basketball game at Gregory Gym supporting polio research.
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Travis
Menora James
New Septic Oak Cafe
Gunathen
Stamps Friendly City
KTBC
Gospel Tabernacle
Ibar
March of Dimes
Joe DeWitt
Longhorn
Wiethee Tower
S. Congress
Thomas Rhysen
Longhorn Waffle
Gregory Gym
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Austin Maroons
Victoria High School
Reynolds-Penland
University Co-Op
C Sporting Goods Co
Windmill
San Antonio
Polio Fund
Texas Melody Boys
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