Lost B-29 Not in Manchuria
Tokyo reports Red China accuses a U S B 29 of violating Manchurian skies on Jan 12 and being shot down by Communist fighters as U S Far East air forces confirm the loss but place the event 12 to 15 miles inside North Korea near the Yalu. The Reds claim 11 crewmen were captured or died after parachuting.
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Red China
U. S
U. S. Far East
North Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
Reds
Antung
Yalu
Korea
Peiping Radio
Chou En-lai
Chou
Mao Tze-tung
Central People’s Government
Chinese People’s Republic
America
Far East
U.S
Air Force
Iowa House Urges End of Federal Gas Tax
The Iowa House approved a resolution 102 to 0 urging Congress to end the federal two cent per gallon gas tax and let states collect it instead. If Iowa takes over, state collections would rise toward 60 million dollars yearly, aiding highway funding.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Congress
House
Senate
Iowa
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
M. L. Abrahamson
Mother crawls under moving train to save children
In Corpus Christi Texas a heroic mother crawled under a slowly moving freight train to rescue her baby and then pulled her sister Helen Gomez to safety. Patrolman A E Martin said both women each carried a child and were walking along the Texas Mexican railway tracks when the girl was dragged and the baby hurled under the train. Celia Suarez saved the infant but Helen Gomez may lose her left leg.
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Corpus
Christi
Texas
Celia Saurez
Helen Gomez
A. E. Martin
Helen
Short Term for Durkin Forecast
Detroit reports that John W. Gibson, former assistant secretary of labor, predicts Labor Secretary Martin Durkin will have the shortest tenure in the post’s history. Gibson cites cabinet conduct and says the plumber in Eisenhower’s cabinet will be kept only if he says little and does less.
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Detroit
Sns
Labor
Martin Durkin
John W. Gibson
Dairyman’s Federal Credit Union
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
George M. Humphrey
the Treasury
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Arthur E. Summerfield
Douglas McKay
the Interior
Ezra Taft Benson
Agriculture
Sinclair Weeks
Commerce
Martin P. Durkin
Senate
Number Long So Woman Kills Self
In Southend England coroner's jury found Miss Marion Harries 60 drowned herself after refusing to leave off the final digits of her old age pension form. Her number 15614953 could not fit the last three digits. A pension official said the payments would have continued despite the error.
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Southend
England
Marion Harries
Sergeant Refuses To Sit Out War Returns To Korea
Sgt. Robert J. Ward, a Cherokee Indian, volunteers to rejoin his Fifth Marines unit in Korea for a third combat tour, saying he cannot escape the headlines of battle and casualties. His mother sought his earlier return, noting he was the last surviving son. two brothers died serving in the Navy in World War II.
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Inglewood
Calif
Korea
Robert J. Ward
Fifth Marines
Ward
Glen Peterson
Marine Corps
Discrimination in District Upheld
Washington court of appeals rules five to four that restaurants may legally refuse service to Negroes. The panel found the 1872 and 1873 laws outside the district legislature’s power and notes the laws were repealed when all district statutes were codified in 1991.
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Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Appeals Court
Harold JM. Stephens
Assembly
Congress
Stephens
G I Gets 2 Years In Death of Wife
Annapolis report says Air Force sergeant Homer Allison was convicted of manslaughter in his wife’s death and sentenced Thursday to two years for allegedly running her down with his car.
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Annapolis
INS
Air Force
Homer Allison
G I s Hitchhike to Front in Quest for Combat
Two Marine air shop mechanics, Cpl Warren Watts 18 of Drexel Hill and Sgt John Grassello 23 of Frederick, Md, hitchhiked 200 miles to reach a front line unit. They spent days on a shell scarred hill living in bunkers and sought to join a fighting company. The regimental commander allowed consideration for transfer but warned the act was wrong. Watts and Grassello reiterated their desire to fight with the division.
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Western Front
Korea
Warren Watts
Drexel Hill
John R. Grassello
Frederick
Watts
Grassello
Marine Corps
Seventeen youths escape Kings Park hospital ward
Seventeen male mental patients smashed a second floor door and fled Kings Park state hospital in a snowstorm. Police recaptured 13, mostly at Long Island railroad stations. four remained at large hours later. Doctors described the group as incorrigible and prone to theft rather than violence.
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Kings Park
N. Y
Kings Park State Hospital
Long Island
Manhattan
Charles Buckman
Menital Institution
Here
Egyptian Government Suspends Two Newspapers
Cairo authorities suspended two papers Al Manara and Al Wataniyah without giving a reason. The government did not explain the action.
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Cairo
al Manara
al Wataniah
Eisenhower To Convene First Cabinet Meeting Friday
Washington based report states President Eisenhower will hold his first cabinet meeting Friday as White House officials confirm attendance by Vice President Nixon and key aides. Secretary-designate Charles E. Wilson or Acting Secretary Wilfred J. McNeil may represent the Defense Department.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Defense Department
Charles E. Wilson
Wilfred J. McNeil
Hagerty
Richard M. Nixon
Herman Adams
Oveta Culp Hobby
Harold E. Stassen
Joseph M. Dodge
Stassen Seeks Minimal Yet Effective Foreign Aid
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Harold E. Stassen, incoming Mutual Security Director, urged aid be the smallest figure compatible with U S objectives. Senator Wiley reported Stassen refused a time limit on aid while the Soviet threat endures and pledged a security division to work with the FBI to prevent security risks.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
U. S
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Stassen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Wiley
Pay Boost of 5 Cents for Cedar Rapids Road Workers
Cedar Rapids Linn county road workers reluctantly accepted a five cent an hour wage increase on Thursday from the board of supervisors. Foremen received ten cents, raising their pay to at least 1.70 dollars per hour while regular workers move from 1.50 to 1.55 an hour. The vote favored by Board Chairman Martin Wiley and Supervisor Miles P. Sutera, with Henry J. Hood opposed. Union spokesmen sought a 10 cent raise for all 57 workers, but the board rejected that compromise. The raise will appear in January pay checks.
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Senate
Iowa
Harry Weichman
Newhall
Weichman
G. E. Whitehead
Perry
Carl T. Anderson
Wellman
Fox
Wolf
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Martin Wiley
Miles P. Sutera
Henry J. Hood
Hood
Wiley and Sutera
AFL
Paul Baker
Jim Moubry
Francis Gaines
Lloyd Davis
Wiley
Sutera
Cedar Rapids considers restoring assistant police chief post
The Cedar Rapids city council approved a plan to restore the assistant chief of police position, abolished about five years ago, with Civil Service procedures to precede appointment. The measure follows Chief Kudina's suggestion and aims to provide a top deputy to the chief, as the inspector of detectives remains the second in command.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward A. Prochaska
William Kudina
Kudrna
Uniformed Police
Cedar Rapids’ Legal Department i
Prochaska
Rejection Looming Over Wilson for Defense Post
President Eisenhower pressed ahead with meetings to clear Wilson for defense secretary despite stock ownership. Senator Taft and Byrd weighed Wilson’s GM shares as a possible eligibility issue, while aides debated whether he must sell stock to win Senate approval.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
General Motors
Byrd
Senate
White House
James Hagerty
Ower
Benson Acts For Agcept Streamlining Agency Coordination
Washington AP report notes Secretary Benson reorganized the Agriculture Department to improve coordination and efficiency. He announced a four group structure, kept the solicitor’s office separate, and urged a full day’s work for a day’s pay amid high federal spending.
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Washington
Benson
Agriculture Department
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Snow and Freezing Rain Forecast for Iowa
A cold front moving east across Iowa brings fog snow and freezing rain. Noon readings show mid thirties statewide, with colder skies and clearing conditions tonight. Freezing drizzle expected across the state as the front passes, with scattered flurries possible and an overnight low around 32.
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Iowa
Indiana Has One Too Actor Finds
An audience of 4 000 waited 35 minutes for actor Raymond Massey to begin a dramatic reading of John Brown's Body in Bloomington Indiana. Massey had driven from Chicago 100 miles away and reached the Indiana town only to discover the engagement was in Bloomington Illinois.
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Bloomington
Ind
Raymond Massey
John Brown
Massey
Chicago
Il l
Indiana
ColomBians Bar Josephine Baker From Appearances
In Bogota Colombia Negro singer Josephine Baker was barred from a series of personal appearances. Theater impresario Carlos Reider canceled her contract after many Colombian theater and broadcasting companies refused to book her.
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Colombia
Josephine Baker
Argentina
U. S
Carlos Reider
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