UN and Communist negotiators press new armistice push
In PANMUNJOM Korea UN and Communist delegates resume 30 day truce talks after deadline. Both subcommittees deadlocked. no new cease fire line or buffer zone. UN proposes one for all prisoner exchange if 50,000 missing are tallied. lists show 132,474 Communist and 11,559 UN and South Korean captives. Libby presses for full death and burial details of missing Americans and 0,000 other missing prisoners before any major concessions.
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Neek
Sone
Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Matthen B. Ridsay
U.N. Command
Tokyo
U.N
Elimnam
U.S
Teporis
Libby
Racket branding prompts halt of fund drive visit
San Rafael Police Chief Frannie Kelly branded the Comrades of the Purple Heart as a racket and barred four solicitors after a 1949 Better Business Bureau warning. Hayward Police Chief George Forth said the group, claiming a state charter, has briefly operated here and elsewhere, and warned they would be barred if proven a racket. Kelly noted the group had been earning about $0.50 per hour in several areas.
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Comrades of the Purple Heart
San Rafael
Frannie Kelly
Kelly
Span Ra- Tac
San Francisco
Better Business Bureau
Hayward
George Forth
Ben
Forth
Golden Opportunity For Off Street Prowling Readers
Fragmentary page notes cite editorials on off street prowling and a political meeting. Mentions a national committee meeting in San Francisco next month and page references 4 7 8. Content is sparse and lacks clear actions or identities.
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Propery Oyners
Pegram
Coshing Gels GT
San Francisco
UN Jets Down Two Mig-15s in Korea Air Battle
American Sabrejets shot down two Communist Mig-15 fighters and damaged a third in a 62-plane dogfight over Northwest Korea as snow hampered ground effort to retake a Communist encircled outpost. Aerial action included a large Sabrejet sweep through MIG alley with 32 jets battling five MiGs in the afternoon, leaving two enemy jets destroyed and a third damaged.
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Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Street Master Plan Seen With Hiring of Halatyn
Hayward Planning Commission approved a master plan study with Harry Halatyn hired to draft the plan focusing on traffic routes. He begins January 1, serving through June 30, under commission direction, to guide future decisions. The panel also acted on Morrison tract changes south of Harder Road, reserving land for a school and recreation, and set back requirements for Belmar and A streets, plus a variance for a second story extension on a building at 5th and C streets.
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Hayward
Morrison
Harder Road
Western Pacific
Southern Pacific
Western
Harder Roads
Zelma Bistor
Belmar
Jon Belmar
Sth
U S Tightens Export of Critical Goods
The U S government suspended export privileges for A E Ratner Chemical Co of New York and Continental Pharma of Canada and Belgium for shipping strategic materials to Hungary in 1940 without a license. The action, under the Battle Act, also targets Eugene Hecht of Continental Pharma, with penalties lasting through export controls or pending appeals.
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Washington,ur
New York
Hungary
Commerce Depertment
Department
A. E. Ratner Chemical Co
Continental Pharma
Canada
Belgium
U. S
U.S
A. E. Ratner
United States
Eugene Hecht
Montreal
Brussels
Rcal
America
Commerce Department
Comerce Department
W. Averell Harriman
Seaman Survives 50-Foot Plunge On Rainy Highway
Seaman Harvey D. Christensen 19 a Stockton Navy annex apprentice and passenger Julius A. Jiebbinger 27 of USS Taormina Jefferson escaped serious injury when Christensen’s car skidded on a rain slicked highway and plunged 50 feet down an embankment. Christensen was treated at Oak Knoll hospital for severe injuries. Jiebbinger was uninjured.
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Haywars
Harvey D. Chrstensen
Navy Stockton Annex
Christensen
U. S. Highway 50
Greenville Road
Oak Knoll Hospital
Julius A. Jiebbinger
Taormina Jefferson
Bureaucratic Mail Mix Up in Korea Letter Plan
In a district weekly report KP notes a simple idea by Fred, a Purple Heart veteran in the agriculture department, to have office staff write to Korean War soldiers. The plan tangled through agriculture, Marine, defense, and civil offices, facing security limits and transfer moves, ending with chaplains and a reshaped origin tale.
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Washington
Fred
Agriculture Department
Allan Oakley Hunter
Agriculture
Led
Jat Marine Division
Defense Department
Defanas Public Relations Office
Te Civil Affaires Office
Civil Jission” Office
Pred
Eople
Defense
Gia
James Stallings
Agricultur Player Recreation
Hunter
Fd Dougherty
Dougherty
Registration Closes Feb 14 for Hayward City Vote
Hayward registration for the April 9 city election closes February 14. Deputy registrars will operate January 2 until 9 p.m. on deadline day at Hayward Fire Department 878 Castro Street Office of the City Clerk Room 202 City Hall and at 329 Orchard Avenue. Election will fill three four year council seats plus city clerk and treasurer.
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Haywarn
Trene Templeton Jamieson
Hayward
Truman corruption clean-up plans due in Independence
President Truman’s plan to purge corruption from his administration was anticipated in Independence Missouri with some sources predicting a Washington return and public disclosure as early as tomorrow. The briefing aimed to outline anti graft measures and reform steps.
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Truman
Independence
Brfarr
Washingtonomorrow
Ransom Offer Delayed as Hungary Deliberates Fliers’ Release
The State Department said Hungary will answer the U S offer to pay the 120000 ransom for four U S airmen once its authorities review the proposal. Officials reported no news on when the fliers will be freed, and added Hungary has not yet informed Washington of any decision. Senator Madsen urged a Senate investigation into the arrests as the fliers face a forced landing and border violation conviction from a Soviet-backed Hungarian court.
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Washington
State Department
Hungary
U. S
Department
George Abbott
Budapest
U.S
Michael J. McDermott
Abbott
Foreign Office
McDermott
United States
McPermott
Wayne Matse
Senate
Oregon Republican
Senate Armed Services Committee
Special Post Office Set for Prisoner Mail
MUNSAN Korea APG to handle mail for American POWs in North Korea. Relatives should address letters to APG 100 care of Postmaster San Francisco California.
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Munsan
Kores
United Nations
Ao Special Army Post Office
North Korea
Jetters
San Franeigea
Planes search California for missing MATS C 47
Red Bluff and Susanville area brace as 67 planes search high Sierra passes for the missing MATS C 47 from Spokane to Fairfield. Eight aboard include three crew and five passengers. Weather hinders visibility with snow on the Siskiyous and mountains near Mount Shasta. Ground teams from Hamilton Field stand by. search to continue despite rain and fog as officials review sightings of an orange aircraft crossing Highway 395 near Reno.
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Red Bluff
Military
Air Force
Klamath Falls
Ore
Spokane
Wash
Fairfield
Calle
Clarence Mulder
8Th Air Rescue Squadron
Hamilton Field
Susanville-Klamath Falls
Mount Shasta
Siskiyous
Horsisi
Wayne Kranig
Molder
Fairchild Air Force Base
Klanrath Falls
Qre
Travis Air Sores
California
Travis
United Air Lines
Seattle
Klamatha Falls
8. Welch
Reno
Nev
Aturas
Susanville
Calif
Relief Seen In East As Chill Weather Eases
Forecasters predicted Saturday relief from cold and heavy Midwest snow. Temperatures rise to near 32 in Chicago by Saturday as warmer air spills east, cutting drifting conditions though no general thaw. Chicago Mayor Kennelly urged residents to move cars from streets, aiding snow removal amid widespread cold.
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Velief
Midwest
Chicago
Kansas
Iowa
Spencer
Lake Michigan
Mercury
Joliet
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Martin Kennelly
Princeton Star Plans Stanford Enrollment Next Year
Princeton star Dick Kazmaier, named to several all American teams and Player of the Year, says he will likely enroll at Stanford University next year. He is at Santa Clara with Shriner's East preparing for the East-West game in San Francisco and will have four years of Princeton eligibility used. He aims to study business administration and favors Stanford due to the school and climate.
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Stanford
Princeton University
Dick Kazmaier
Stanford Lniversty
Badfieldsman
Santa Clara
Shriner
San Francisco
Kermaier
Ntill
Indians
Princeton
Kaamaier
Review
Harvard
Juoday
Pato Alto
Unlucky Groom in Castro Valley Day of Mayhem
Castro Valley dog doctor Cobb Cohn, on the eve of his wedding to Renee Lay, faced a string of incidents in Castro Valley and Hayward. A masked robber demanded cash at his clinic, then Cohn drove with deputies near him, leading to a traffic stop and a ticket for driving without due caution and a license. The events culminate with a court date in Hayward on January 8 to answer vehicle code charges.
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Mexico
Bill Keller
Castro Valley
Leland Cohn
Mexico City
Cobb
Renee Lay
Castro Valeley
T. L. Foley
Hayward
Castro Valley Boulevard
Cohn
Galg
J. J. Helm
Daniel Vohi
Colin
W. B. Osburn
Retar
Con
Osburn
Haygard
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Showpale Net
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United Press
Princeton Star
Palo Alto
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Acts Glass
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