January Blizzard Toll Across States Devastates Crops
A sweeping January blizzard and cold snap across 15 states caused at least 112 deaths and millions of dollars in crop losses, with California hit hardest at 30 million. Livestock losses remain undetermined while relief operations intensify across the drought-locked western belt. roads froze, isolated towns endured weeks of snow, and federal aid joined state efforts with planes, snow equipment, and hay drops as relief continues.
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Texas
Lornia
California
Bilizzard Belt
Dakotas
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Talmadge says he is eligible to run again as Georgia governor
ATLANTA GA UP Governor Ter ta Talmadge declared he has never doubted his eligibility to seek a second term in 1950 after two Georgia House bills aimed to clarify qualifications. One bill would make the General Assembly sole judge of gubernatorial qualifications. the other would let a State Executive Committee review candidates. The move follows a 1946 incident where two individuals pressed for the governorship after the death of the incumbent. Nimadae noted administration support to prevent a repeat.
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Atlanta
Terta Talmadge
Georgia
Jamadge
Georgia House of Presentatives
Talmadge
Geral Assembly
60 Persons Left Without Homes In Cave-In Of Mine
CARBONDALE PA AP Sixty persons were homeless after an idle anthracite mine cave-in in Carbondale. A house dropped eight feet into the ground, 13 others were damaged in a three block area. Three were hospitalized, 57 stayed with relatives or in hotels. Damages estimated at $100000. Loud underground rumblings warned residents as water mains burst and utilities failed. Escaping gas added danger.
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Carbondale
Story Of Mule At Liquor Store Renews School Boys Friendship
In Dayton Ohio a liquor store tale revived a long lost friendship between Parrish Hae and a Norfolk Virginia boy from school days. A Norfolk paper prompted Parrish to recall shared childhood memories as letters from Omaha and other places arrived. A local manager said he has no known relation to the writers.
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Creel Par Foud
Meetattive
Dayton
Ohio
Ung
Parrish
Gach
Norfalk
Omaha
Nebr
Ogether
Woods
Norfolk
Adaline Parrish
Furn
Truman Sees Economy Sound With World Planning
President Truman told a National Planning Association dinner that the United States can head off economic disaster and must pursue world planning. He recalled his 1920s habit of easing downturns through practical enterprise and urged efficient government service to stave off a low mood, saying measures will be needed before any future disaster.
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Ernest Vaccaro Washington
Truman
United States
Mr. Truman
National Planning Association
Haberdashery
Kansas City
Malone Loses State Planning Board Seat After Folsom Critique
Malone a longtime critic of Gov. Folsom and banker by profession leaves the State Planning Board as his term ends and Governor Folsom picks George Wallace of Barbour County to replace him. C. J. Settles is reappointed to a four year term. Homer Clayton named to succeed N. L. Boyd on the Water Improvement Advisors Commission.
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Houston County
Wallace D. Malone
James E. Folsom
House of Representatives
State Planning Board
Rep. Malone
Folsom
George Wallace
Barbour County
Malone
Old Planning Commission
Homer Clayton
Marshall County
Water Improvement Advisors Commission
N. L Boyd
Cruiser II Towed In After Night Of SOS
Tarpon Springs fire and coast guard crews towed the 46-foot Mary te Il into Tarpon Springs for repairs after a night of drifting in the Gulf of Mexico precipitating an air sea rescue spanning wide area. Skipper Lester J. Kelly of Green Bay Wisconsin reported all was well and asked only for a tow. In El Paso Texas Ben Hogan, National Open champion, suffered serious injuries in a car crash near Van Horn, 30 miles east.
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Tarpon Springs
Fila
Mary Te Il
Gulf of Mexico
North American
Lester J. Kelly
Green Bay
Wis
Coast Guard
EL Pasg
Tex
Ben Hogan
Amerea
van Horn
Stalin Offers To Meet Truman East Of Iron Curtain
London AP reports Stalin offered to meet President Truman east of the iron curtain citing health prevents travel. White House says Truman will meet only in Washington. Stalin vrije, Moscow or Leningrad venues possible, or Poland or Czechoslovakia if Washington declines.
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Josef Stalin
Truman
Iron Curtain
London
Stalin
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Yalta
Potsdam
Daetare
State Department Says No Comment on Stalin Meeting Offer
United Press reports a State Department spokesman said he had heard unofficially of Premier Stalin’s offer to meet President Truman in Russia Poland or Czechoslovakia. The official declined to comment further. Stalin had signaled willingness to sign a no war pact and suggested locations including Kaliningrad Odessa or Yalta or a meeting in Poland or Czechoslovakia. He did not mention positions west of the iron curtain.
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Stalin
Kingsbury Smith
International News Service
Smith
Kremlin
Truman
Mosecow Radio
Monitor
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
White House
Charles G. Ross
United Fress
State Department
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Itz
Press Association
Kaliningrad
Koenigsberg
Odessa
Yalta
Iron Curtain
Fifth Man Joins Race for City Commission Seat
Do than's race for a city commission seat expands to five contenders. Charlie O Jennett, 32, paid a 95 entrance fee and joins J B Davis Morris Ma lone W H Bush and Jimmie Tones. Jennett lives at 205 Bornegay street with his father in law Jeff Baxley and works as a cook at East Main Drive-in. Deadline to qualify was four days earlier, set for Saturday at six. First primary is March 1 with a March 22 runoff if no candidate wins a majority.
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Dothan
Charlie O. Jennett
J. B. Davis
Morris Malone
W. H. Bush
Jimmie Tones
Commission
Maston O'Neal
Jennett Hoes
Bornegay Street
Jeff Baxley
Baxley
Peanut Festival Leaders Chosen
A seven member executive committee to aid General Chairman Richmond Flowers in organizing the Sixth National Peanut Festival was approved by a chamber of commerce festival committee. Members include F A Flowers Jr vice chair Ray Allen Rufus Davis Eustace Bishop Quay Fortner Robert Gulliott and Victor Smith with each drawing workers from one civic club to assist.
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Richmond Flowers
Chamber of Commerce
Flowers
F. A. Flowers, Jr
Ray Allen
Rufus Davis
Eustace Bishop
Truman Labor Bill Could Overturn State Ban On Closed Shop
NLRB Chairman Paul Herzog testified that the Truman administration proposal would restore federal precedence in union security matters including the closed shop, but only for interstate commerce while states could ban such unions in purely intrastate work. He argued for a five member board, claiming greater efficiency and a 23 percent higher disposition rate. The committee met under a hurry on order as Tobin prepared to testify.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Truman
NLRB
Paul H. Herzon
Senate Labor Committee
Tobin
Herzog
Supreme Court
Erd Herzog
Rains Slow Hunt For Missing Boys In Panama City
Heavy rains hampered the four day search for two teens, Robert Earl Lewis, 14, and Rodney Rhodes, 15, who disappeared after leaving a camp near Pretty Bay. Shrimp boats aiding the hunt stayed close to shore near the downport as their bicycles were found across the bay.
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Panama City
Fla
Robert Earl Lewis
Rodney Rhodes
Lewis
Rhodes
Pretty Bay
Witness Refuses Oath On Bible In Axis Sally Treason Trial
Washington AP report says key government witness George Heinrich Schnell refused to take oath on the Bible, citing disbelief in rewards or punishment after death. Prosecutors may call Schnell again, with Judge Curran in a long bench conference. Schnell’s temporary excusal without prejudice follows testimony from Ulrich Haupt about Miss Gillars and a Nazi drama role. Werner Pleck, ex German foreign office official, testified about Miss Gillars travels to a POW camp and arrangements for equipment and mic checks.
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington
George Heinrich Sehnell
Schnell
James J. Laughlin
Mildred EF. Gillars
Iizt
Curran
Johnna M. Kelley, Jr
Ulrich Haupt
Miss Gillars
Evelyn
Kelley
Werner Pleck
Foreign Office
Plack
Chartres
France
Th Plack
Reciprocal Trade Bill Approval Moves to House
Washington reports that a reciprocal trade bill passed approval in the Senate, proposing to reduce tariffs up to 50 percent and enable negotiated trade pacts. President would push for swift House debate next week as GOP advocates say it will boost world commerce and peace.
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Washington
Truman
Congr
House
Powe R
Coe
Atlantic Powers Welcome Norway Pact Talk
United States and other Atlantic powers were expected to win Norway's support for resistance to a projected universal alliance. Several nations were invited to discuss the project, aiming to bind governments and strengthen ties with Moscow. The State Department said talks would continue, with further invitations anticipated.
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John Hightower
Washington
API
United States
Norway
Dai
Sorin
Nore Y Spero
Gole
Maoscou
Erase
Allance
State Department
Cane State Departant
Ice Denmar
No. Wn
Polluted Oysters Blamed For Death In Panama City
In Panama City oysters from St Andrews Bay were blamed for typhoid fever deaths. Iris Mark Seuring, 25, and Pat Scurlock contracted the illness after eating polluted oysters, with Miss Seuring dying and her father improving. Dr. Franklin Reeder and health officials had closed the area to harvesting. Miss Seuring had worked in the Bay County Judge’s office for three months.
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Panama
St. Andrews
Iris Mark Seuring
Lonn Haven
Pla
Miss Scurlock
Pat Scurlock
Franklin Reeder
Far County
Miss Seaplock
Norway weighs Atlantic alliance membership amid security fears
Norway reviews joining a regional defense pact with Atlantic powers as it seeks increased security and interdependence with the West. Oslo cites UN limitations and border proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, noting discussions with Russia about the Atlantic pact and the need for regional defense.
Aged Recluse and Blind Wife Found Dead Amid Wealth
In Newarre, a reclusive man and his blind wife were found dead amid a trove of artwork and treasures valued at twenty thousand dollars or more. Police reported signs of foul play, with the couple discovered in a cluttered upstairs area and the premises indicating a hurried, violent event. The investigation continues as detectives examine the scene for clues and motive.
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Newarre
Capa
Marta Ature
Groundhog Shadow Looms East While Wiregrass Seers Hold
A jumble of unreadable OCR fragments mentions a groundhog shadow in the east and references to Wiregrass seers staying out. Notes include names like Carlton Aman Ure Baene and Lorenzo, with garbled lines about forecasts and a winter race. The piece resembles a weather folklore column with scattered proper nouns and partial phrases.
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Joscoe B. Woodruff
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Pe State Supreme Court
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U. S
Planning Board of State
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Leningrad
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Ross
Statan
Berlin
Gerald Parrish
Jackson
Tenn
Charlie Buntin
Atlantic Alliance
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U. v S
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Halvare Lange
Oslo
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