Severe midwest snowstorm sweeps central states
A fierce storm driven by strong winds sweeps Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska and Kansas with drifts up to two feet and blizzards near Rochester. Snow totals reach eight to fifteen inches in some areas eight inches reported at the airport and temperatures plunge to minus in several towns as communications and travel suffer statewide.
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United Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnewa
Rochester
Yin
Central
U.S
McCook
Neb
Colorado
North Central States
Sanish
N. C
Pembina
Oe Forks
Jamestown
North Pacific
California
Rocky Mountains
Plains
Tax Collector Told He May Not Pass The Pearly Gates
GAFFNEY South Carolina UP tax collector W R K Douglas said his job is risky. A farmer came in to pay back taxes and claimed the Lord told him he owed $1.98, but Douglas billed $6. They settled for $6 with a final warning that the Lord keeps a fat black book of those who will not pass through the Pearly Gates, tax collectors on top.
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Gaffney
S. C
Douglas
Harry Carr Calvin Dies In City At 72
Harry Carr Calvin veteran Dothan telephone executive died in a local hospital from complications after influenza. He was 72 and had led the Standard Telephone and Telegraph Company in Dothan since 1904, later serving as public relations counsel after a 1945 merger. Born in Augusta, Ga, he pioneered underground cables and multiple time saving devices and held a patent on a new type control board plug. Masonic rites will be held at the graveside in the city cemetery with Pythagoras Lodge members attending the service.
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Harry Carr Calvin
Dothan
Calvin
Georgia Tech
Southern Bell
Tuscaloosa
Troy
Standard Telephone and Telegraph Company
United Telephone and Telegraph Company
Augusta
Alcazar Temple
Montgomery
Pythagoras Lodge 659
Pythagoras
Masonic Temple
Truman Heads Home to White House from Kansas City
President Truman departs Fairfax airport Kansas City for Washington aboard the Independence at 10 10 a m in gusty 95 to 30 mph winds and blowing snow. He has an afternoon meeting in Washington with CIO Labor Leader Philip Murray and prepares the State of the Union message.
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City
Kan
Truman
Washington
Independence
Fairfax Airport
Kansas City
Matt Connelly
CIO
Philip Murray
Fairfax
Margaret
Congress
Tar Heels
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
Mews and Observer
Phony $10 Bill Bobs Up In Right Place
A counterfeit ten dollar bill surfaced at Detroit police headquarters cashier cage when an innocent citizen tried to pay for a license. Police said the fake bill matched a type recently circulating in New York and Chicago.
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Detroit
New York
Chicago
Look At Moon And Tell How Far You Are From Sun
New Haven AP reports a method by Prof. Dirk Brouwer of Yale to measure the sun’s distance using the moon’s orbit. He says the sun is about forty thousand miles farther than previously thought, with a new distance of 92,320,050 miles.
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New Haven
Rae
Brouwer
Big Siren To Sound On All Fire Alarms
City Hall siren to be sounded on every fire alarm henceforth. Fire Chief Floyd Harris announced after talks with Health and Safety Commissioner Jim Brennan and Police Chief Eddie D. Kelley. Officials urged motorists to clear intersections and pull to the right curb, stopping until trucks pass.
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Dothan
Floyd Harris
Harris
Health and Safety
Jim Brennan
Eddie D. Kelley
Ashey
Thursday Store Closings Resume in Dothan
The Thursday afternoon closing by all stores in Dothan will be resumed tomorrow by the Dothan Retail Merchants Association. All members will be open on Friday and, following New Year’s Day, will be closed all day Saturday and reopen Monday morning.
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Dothan
Dothan Retail Merchants Association
U N Orders Jewish Troops To Retire From Negev Area
United Nations Security Council orders cease fire in Palestine and a pullback to old truce lines in the Negev after a British report that Israeli forces penetrated into Egypt near El Arish. The council adopts a broad Palestine resolution with eight votes in favor and three abstentions by the United States Russia and Ukraine.
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James F. McGlincy
Paris
United Nations Security Council
Egypt
Palestine
Negev
Harold Beeley
United States
Russia
Ukraine
Washington
Beeley
Egyptain
Cairo
el Arish
Tel Aviv
Khan Yunis
Rafa
No. 14
New Quake Battles Reno Again Today
Power and telephone lines were knocked down and minor slides touched off by renewed earth tremors centered on Reno. The three shocks, starting about 4 55 a m, cut the seismograph at the University of Nevada and were part of a string of quakes that hit Reno Monday night through Tuesday morning, affecting areas from the Sierra to northern California including San Francisco and Fresno. Emergency crews worked to assess damage near the California border five miles west of Reno as Bell Telephone reported lines down.
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Nev
Sierra
California
San Francisco
Fresno
San Joaquin Valley
University of Nevada
Bell Telephone Company
Here
Man Who Bombed Tokyo To Preach First Time There
The Rev. Jacob Deshazer, once part of the Doolittle raid on Tokyo, will preach his first sermon there this Sunday. He arrived with his wife and one-year-old son, after being captured in China and later given a Bible by a Japanese guard. He says reading the Bible led him to Christian faith and to choosing love over hatred.
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Tokyo
Jacob Deshazer
Peshazzer
China
Deshazer
State Funeral Set For Egypts Premier Victim Of Assassin
More than 70,000 Egyptians lined Cairo streets for a state funeral of assassinated Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha. Premier Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha led a crackdown against underground terrorists as officials planned the mausoleum ceremony at Abbassia and mourners included foreign dignitaries and King Farouk’s representative. The government closed Fuad University to quell student agitation amid accusations the turmoil stems from Communist agents.
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Ahmed Maher Pasha
Khedive Ismail Square
Cairo
Abdel Latif Talaat Pasha
Farouk
Faud University
Egyptain
Egypt
Air Force rescues 12 marooned airmen on Greenland ice
Washington AP reports the Air Force rescued 12 airmen stranded on a 7,000-foot Greenland ice cap. Lt. Col. Emil Manchester Jr. landed a C 47 transport in 22 minutes, delivering seven to the base and signaling a successful operation. The men, stranded since December 4, endured icy conditions and lived in cramped shelters, later sharing stories with families via portable radio.
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Washington
Air Force
Greenland
Safa
J. Beaudry
Norlland -Ald
Emil Manchester, Jr
Fraser Womhland
Shear Greenland Bose
West Faght
Chiang Kai-shek calls top men for war or peace talks
Nationalist leaders from across China gather in Nanking to debate the war with the Communists as Chiang Kai-shek faces pressure to quit. A Red underground threat near the capital and military shifts hint at possible government relocation if Nanking falls. Rumors say Li Tsung-fern could lead a peace push, but officials deny any decision.
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Yangtze
J Peiping
Tientsin
Tu Li-ming
Suchow
Li Tsung-fer
Western Germany Leaders Criticize New Ruhr Agreement
Western Germany's political leaders voiced sharp protests against the Western Allies plan to form a Ruhr Authority. Parties across the spectrum denounced the six nation proposal, with strong criticism from the SPD and major unions in the Ruhr region. The statement warned the Ruhr status would stifle wartime expectations.
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Ruhr
Socialist Democratic Party
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SPD
Kurt Seenumiener
Flying Professor Dies At Age In Worcester
Fragmented OCR reports a death of a professor described as a flying professor. It references World War II service and civil air patrol but the text is garbled with many misreads. It notes age around seventy and connection to Worcester.
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Worcester
Mla
Sarcuel
Griafter
Mindszenty Arrest Viewed as Serious Move
UPI reports U.S. officials view Mindszenty arrest by Hungary as part of a broader Eastern European Catholic church crackdown. Diplomats say the charge of monarchist plotting aims to split Cardinal Mindszenty’s Hungarian supporters, with Spellman denying any contact about such plans.
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Washington
United States
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenny
Hungary
Iis
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Otto
Hapsburg
Chicago
Archduke Felix
Oltu Wen
Paris
Aladar Szegedy-Maszak
U. S
Budapest
New York
Cardinal Mindszenty
First Atom Ship Planned By Navy
Westinghouse Electric Corp officials predicted it would take two to six years to design and build an atomic engine to power warships. The Argonne National Laboratory will design and engineer the naval power plant, with Westinghouse handling detailed engineering and operation. About 600 engineers and scientists will work on the project at a special Pittsburgh plant, with a letter contract approved by the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Chicago
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Alfonso Tammuaro
Commission
Westinghouse
Atomic Energy Commission
Argonne National Laboratory
Navy Department Bureau of Ships
Argonne Laboratory
Naval Power Plant
Pittsburgh
Charles Weaver
Westinghouse Corporation
Atomic Power Division
Cosyns Says Belgium Leads Atom Research
In Brussels a Communist newspaper quoted Belgian scientist Max Cosyns saying Belgium leads the United States in some atomic energy research fields. The paper Drapeau Rouge reported he claimed Belgium has an advance of one to two years in certain areas.
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Max Cosyna
Belgium
United States
Drapeau Rouge
Cosyns
Cosyn
New Congress Eyes End to Closed Shop Ban in Taft-Hartley Statute
Washington editors report that labor and management camps foresee Congress potentially erasing the closed shop ban. Taft suggests a substitute “closed union” ban, while explaining union shop rules and how they differ from a true closed shop as lawmakers weigh changes.
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Max Hall
IGTON
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Geome
Olicais
Tre Courier
Comrerte
United States
Taft Rais
Taft Qaiguy
Vo Vs Simoussime
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