Survivors of Missing Plane Sighted as Search Continues
Johnston Island AP reports a Navy Privateer circling survivors of an Air Force C-54 forced down in mid Pacific 1200 miles southwest of Honolulu and 478 miles southwest of Johnston. The C-54 carried seven crew and 30 passengers amid a 12 plane, 2000 square mile search.
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Pacific
Johnston Island
Honolulu
Okinawa
Spokane
Thomas L. Wiper
Air Force
Allen H. Stotts
Hickam Field
Pacific Air Command
Stotts
Charles Basset
Navy
Western League Demands Penalty For New Franchises
The Western league at its annual meeting in Minneapolis voted that each new member must pay an extra 10 000 dollars as a franchise penalty for entering the league two years after its revival. This sum is in addition to existing assessments. Cedar Rapids and Wichita, two of the four cities seeking inclusion, were present but may forgo a franchise to avoid the unprecedented fine.
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Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Wichita
Grandmother named in kidnapping warrant in California
Police said Kathleen King 50 Venice California abducted four Lynch children aged 6 to 12 by chartered plane after arriving in Coalinga on a Christmas shopping trip. Zoey Lynch the father filed the complaint. He and the mother were divorced in 1946 with custody awarded to him.
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Coalinga
Calif
Zoey Lynch
Kathleen King
Venice
Coaling
Lynch
New York
Decorah Men Beat Grandpa's 10 Mile Hike Time
Two Decorah men Carl Aschim and Walter Hovey each carried 60 pound bags of wheat and finished the 9.6 mile route from Conover to Decorah in 1 hour 40 minutes despite wind and rain. The mayor had offered 50 dollars to the winner and 25 dollars to runners up who tied or nearly tied the grandfather’s old 1 hour 55 minute mark.
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Conover
Decorah
George Baker
Baker
Carl Aschim
Walter Hovey
Aschim and
Hovey
Jerome Einch
Calmar
Joseph Schneberger
Fort Atkinson
Lyle Sacquirie
Carl Christopher
Christopher
At Least 14 Flyers Killed In Weekend Plane Crashes
United Press reports at least fourteen people died in multiple weekend plane crashes across the United States with fears the toll could rise. Salinas California officials list five to six Navy men among the dead in a single engine crash. others include youths in Dubuque and a cherry industry leader Karl Reynolds of Sturgeon Bay found dead near a wreck in Wisconsin. Additional missing airmen from Oregon to Ohio prompted searches while James town airport staff note a flight to Dayton.
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United Press
Salinas
Calif
Dubuque
Wisconsin
Karl S. Reynolds
Cherry
Sturgeon Bay
Clinton
New Yorker
Ohio
Jamestown
N. Y
Dayton
Werner J. Blanchard
Humorous Exchange From Training School Chat
A mother asks about a roommate named Robert at a training school and the reply recalls a night incident. The second line features a quip about a chair in the dark and a humorous misquote on inanimate objects. The exchange captures a playful domestic moment.
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Robert
Berlin vote hands Socialists clear win amid Soviet clash
In Western Berlin 86.2 percent turnout backed the Social Democrats with 585,100 votes to 258,496 for Christian Democrats and 214,224 for Liberal Democrats. Russians barred their sector and Communists urged boycott, while Westerners framed the vote as a stand for freedom against Soviet rule.
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Berlin
Christian Democrats
Liberal Democrats
Kremlin
Communists Claim Encirclement of Suchow Garrison
The Chinese Communist radio said 110000 Nationalist troops from the Suchow garrison are encircled by Red forces after abandoning Suchow in a bid to join the government troops near Suhsien. The report claims 20000 Nationalist troops were annihilated and suggests the trapped soldiers face wipeout if they refuse surrender.
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Nanking
Communist Radio
Red
Suchow
12Th
Suhsien
Hwai River
Ang
Chen Yi
Man Dives 80 Feet from Bridge. Survives With Minor Injuries
Montreal police report a man leaped from a bridge and fell 80 feet through a shed roof. He suffered slight cuts and was taken to hospital for observation.
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Montreal
Loss of 6,000 on Ship Told
Chinese government sources disclosed that 6,000 Nationalist refugees died in a disaster off Manchuria when the refugee ship Yinkow evacuated as the Communist advance neared. Boilers reportedly burst causing ammo explosions. most victims were soldiers. This followed the Kiangya sinking with about 3,000 dead.
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Nanking
INS
Manchuria
Yinkow
Car Theft Foiled By Crying Infant
In San Francisco a thief abducted Mrs. Maxine Baker’s car but fled after the infant daughter aboard began crying. He phoned police to say he would abandon the stolen vehicle in nearby San Bruno, unaware the child was inside. The crying baby alerted authorities and thwarted the theft.
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San Francisco
Maxine Baker
San Bruno
Berlin power split as labor ousts Communist Witte
In Berlin the effort by Communist Hans Witte to seize control of the electrical administration failed as he resigned from the board. The power authority split between sectors, with anti-Communist sentiment rising in West Berlin and a threatened strike. Non Communist workers were ordered to report to duty in the British sector as shifts changed. Witte signaled willingness to take a Soviet post as commissar for all Bewag plants in the Soviet sector.
New York AFL Bartenders Strike Opens Across City
The first of 2000 AFL Local 15 bartenders walked out in Manhattan after breakfast over hours and conditions. Bars stayed open as owners filled in behind the bar while some patrons avoided picket lines by visiting hotels or other venues.
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New York
AFL
Manhattan
Local 15
West Side
Fifth Avenue
42Nd
112Th Streets
Winter storm batters Iowa with high winds and snow
A northwest storm swept into Iowa on Sunday bringing near sixty mile per hour winds and snow. The storm caused six deaths across the state, with four in an airplane crash and two in automobile accidents. Traffic was slowed by icy roads but main highways recovered by noon Monday. Cedar Rapids reported scattered outages and about 75 trouble calls, while several cities remained accident free. Snow depths reached up to three inches in the northwest with drifts forming. precipitation totals varied widely across counties.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Iowa City
Tipton
Mt. Vernon
Belle Plaine
Marengo
Manchester
Waukon
Elkader Vinton
State Highway Patrol
Weather Bureau
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Ames
Council Bluffs
Mason City
Charles City
Spencer
Cedar Rapids Names New Police Chief Amid Turmoil
Cedar Rapids appoints Capt. Jesse Clift 47 as chief, succeeding Fred Carstens who resigned after 95 days. Carstens returns to captain on day shift. Tom Condon had sparked earlier protests over promotions. Police association plans a Monday meeting to set reply to the city council.
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Cedar Rapids
Fred A. Carstens
Jesse Clift
Carstens
Tom Condon
Clift
Hughes
Fred Carstens
Condon
Juvenile Bureau
Supreme Court to Hear Japanese War Crimes Appeals
The court granted a Dec. 16 hearing for Gen. Kenji Dohihara and Koki Hirota, delaying the execution of seven Japanese wartime leaders. Justice Jackson provided the deciding fifth vote in a 5-4 split, with opinions differing on the proper path to review.
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Washington
Jackson
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Rute
Vinson
Reed
Frankfurter
Burton
Kenji Dohihara
Koki Hirota
Japan
International Military Tribunal
Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
Doshihara
Hirota
Supreme Court
Hideki Tojo
MacArthur
Dohihara
China
Manchuria
Pearl Harbor
William Logan, Jr
New York
Davis F. Smith
Washington - Jackson
United States
Robert Walker in Topeka Destroys Glass Panels in Police Station
Hollywood actor Robert Walker, detained on a drunk charge in Topeka, smashed three glass panels at the police station during a melee before being subdued by Sgt. Russell Purdie. He suffered severe lacerations to both hands, treated at a hospital with about a hundred stitches. Walker, linked to Menninger clinic, faces destruction of city property charges and had bail set awaiting court.
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Topeka
Robert Walker
Hollywood Star
Russell Purdie
Walker
Purdie
James Bowen
Fred M. Tatzlaff
Menninger Psychiatric Clinic
Menninger
Hollywood
Iowa approves 1.6 mill levy for WWII veteran bonus
Des Moines reports the state tax commission set a 1.6 mill levy to fund the first year of the Iowa World War II veterans bonus. Gov Blue named two new members to the service compensation board and noted the bond plan totals 6.375 million dollars.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Robert Larson
Robert D. Blue
Blue
Service Compensation Board
Iowa
J. Lyle Musmaker
Greenfield
Ed McNeil
Montezuma
Larson
Merrill Smith
Elkader
County Auditors Association
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Pat Harmon
Gazette
Grandpa
Eighth and
Mission Streets
The
N.Y
Telephone Company
van Horne, Atkins
Troy Mills
Keystone
Walker and
Newhall
Art Heusinkveld
Gordon Hughes
Policemen’s Protective Association
Howard Walsh
Walsh
Edgar L. King
J. H. Clift
High Tribunal
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