Hoover Taft urge troop aid for Formosa
Hoover and Taft push naval and air power to defend Formosa against Chinese Communists. They advocate a three part program including military defense, cessation of recognition for the Beijing government, and continued support for Chiang Kai Shek's forces. Senate leaders await State Department reactions as Congress returns for the 6th session.
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Don Whitehead Washington
Herbert Hoover
Taft
Chin
U. S
Formosa
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Hoover
Aintes Mad
China
U.S
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pacific
Asia
Knowland Rooley
Jaoter Tat
State
Department
Administration
Senate
White House
State Department
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Philip Jeax
Japan
Conner Urges State Aid In School Fight
Birmingham's Bull Connor, candidate for governor, urged Alabama to join Southern states in a Supreme Court appeal over school segregation. He directed Gov. James E. Folsom and Attorney General Albert Carmichael to take clear positions and wire other officials to back a unified state stand.
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Birmingham
Bugera
Bull) Connor
Govermar
Alabama
Conor
Birminghamt
Abbert Carmichael
James E. Folsom
Secretary Denies Receiving Radio From Perfume Maker
Washington January report states Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder denies receiving a radio from Chicago perfume maker David A. Bennett as a Christmas gift. The denial follows a columnist claim of gifts to high government officials and a congressional inquiry into such gifts.
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Washington (Lp
Secretary of Treasury
John W. Snyder
David A. Bennett
Chicago
Dennett
Decn
Chicago Sun-Teek
Beaver
Sun
Snyder
DRT
Plane crashes into car injuring five near Salt Lake City
An AP report says a 21 passenger airliner veered after landing at Lots Lake municipal airport and struck a car, injuring five of the car occupants and four others nearby. The 사고 left the vehicle wrecked and the plane partially damaged. investigation follows.
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Salt Lake City
Lots Lake Municipal Airport
Cs Craw
Alienger Airlines
Malone Quits City Board Citing Doctor orders
Commissioner Morris B Malone resigns from the city commission after an executive session citing medical advice. He served a short, roughly three month term begun last October and notes projects like the jail and police headquarters as areas he hoped to support. John Adkins and Jimmy Thrower face the task of selecting a successor while Clark Roy Drigges serves as interim city clerk auditor.
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ED Driggers
Morris B. Malone
Malone
Jetter
John
M. BH. Malone
James M. O'Neal
Ikewise
Adidas
Jim Brennan
Commission
Cothar
John Adkins
Jimmy Thrower
Audior
J. L. Vaughn
Asst
Clark Roy Driggees
Elba Man Faces Murder Charge After Shooting
John Maund, a farmer near Enterprise, was arrested in Elba today on a murder charge for the fatal shooting of W. A. Whigham, another local farmer. Whigham, about 50, was found dead in a driveway off the Geneva Highway after several shots were heard. He leaves a widow and several children. funeral arrangements will be announced by Searcy Funeral Home of Enterprise.
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Elba
John Maund
Enterprise
Whigham
Geneva Sghway
Tilman
Tillman
Highway Patrol
W. A. Norris
For & Main
Titman
Searcy Funeral Home
Enter+ prise
Foul Play Suspected In Disappearance Of Enterprise Cab Driver
Enterprise police chief Curtis Bull suspects foul play in the December 13 disappearance of cab driver Robertson. A burned taxi found near a Panama City garage led officials to question motives while authorities coordinate with multiple agencies. Robertson, a veteran and former 42 Taxi Co. driver, left work that night after call to his wife at a movie. investigators say no clear motive or legal violation has emerged.
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Florida
Curtis Bull
Hoyt
Robartson
Bull
Panama City
Aghtaue
Fansma
Enterprise Regiment
Howard Lindsey
Harageman
Te 42 Taxi Company
Robertson
Hubertson
Bul
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Robartion
Robortson
Axi
Four Alabamians Die in Weekend Wrecks
Four Alabama residents died in weekend accidents reported by TE Associated Press. Leslie Blackmon, 30, of Brantly was killed when his lumber truck hit an embankment. Noah Otis Caldwell, 28, of Ashland perished when his car overturned near Ashland. Chatley Baker, 76, of Birmingham died after being struck at a crossing by a switch engine. Thomas Sims burned to death in Mobile when his rooming house bed caught fire.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Leslie Blackmon
Brantley
Ala
Andalusia
Mobile
Thomas Sims
Sims
Noah Otis
Caldwell
Ashland
Chatley Baker
Birmingham
Baker
Illinois Miners Stay Out Of Pits
Illinois coal miners balked at returning to work while the nation’s 490000 diggers resumed digging. Rumors that John L Lewis would press a new contract prompted idleness in West Frankfort Taylorville Springfield and Canton. About 4000 miners in Taylorville Springfield area idle. 2500 in West Frankfort stayed home. Ten surface mines closed about 1500 idle. UMW total miners around 23000 in Illinois.
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Taylorville-Springheld
Taylorvilla
West Frankfort
Strin Miniz
Canton
NLRB
Lewis
Golnars
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Washington
Spur Of Moment Attack On Club Bowls Em Over
Cleveland report describes John Ayexwa a 45 year old man who attacked an American Legion Post after being refused a drink. He rammed a 21 2 ton truck through the club walls causing substantial damage before fleeing. Ayexwa later told a jail cell interview he acts on impulse and could be handy with tools if needed.
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Cleveland
John Ayexwa
Hycana
American Legion
Fender
Hyexwe
Hyenwa
Mercy Death Grand Jury Warned Not To Let Feelings Sway
Ye Rhodeon Grand Jury in Manchester, New Hampshire, warned against letting personal feelings or petitions influence its decision in the murder case of Dr Hermann Sander. The 21 jurors must weigh evidence to indict or clear the 41 year old physician for the fatal injection of a dying cancer patient.
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Stan Calderwood
Manchester
N. H
Hermann Lancer
Harold Z. Weargott
All Mate Sins
Wescott
Dr. Sander
Haid
Abpie C. Borreto
Manchaster Dee
New Hampshire
Ray
Sawyer
Sander
Athersts
Atomic Leaks and Lobbying Probes Ready For Solons
Congress returns with a wave of investigations including Soviet atomic espionage, with hearings planned on atom shipping, leaks, and wartime Lend-Lease. Figures like Jordan and Groves to be recalled, Wallace to be questioned. new probes on lobbying, antitrust, steel pricing, and aviation safety also loom, as committees scrutinize government lending and producer consumer price gaps.
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W. BR. Rigginbotham
Washington
Congress
House
Unr American Activities Committee
Russia
George Racey Jordas
Air Force
Leslie H. Groves
Jordan
Groves
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Lobbyimg
Houé Judiciary
Congress Sonal Economic Committee
Pricas
Senate Agriculture
Guy
M. Gillette
D. Ta
Senate Executive Expenditures Committee
Éurplane Safety
Reoert Crossar
Tnterstate ‘Commerce Committee
Armed Services
House Armed Services Committee
Navy
Senate Banking
Plang
Reconstruction Finance Corp
J. William Pulbright
Ark
Kaiser-Frazer Corps
Jeeos K. Jarvis
N. Y
Asher L. Burdick
Parole Granted to Film-Flam Artist Melhman
A third temporary parole was granted to Albert Melhman, a Birmingham man convicted in 1941 for swindling a woman of $6. He had been housed in a Montgomery hotel after an initial Dec 7 release, receiving additional time extensions. Pardon-Parole Board member Bill Drinkard indicated a permanent parole hearing may occur this month.
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Montgomery
Albert Melhman
Melhman
Pardon-Parole Board
Bill Drinkard
Birmingham
Metitans
Dagghter
Earthquake Rocks Utah and Idaho Notable Tremor Felt Widely
A sharp quake rocked northern Utah and southeastern Idaho yesterday with Preston and Salt Lake City among affected areas. Corinne in Box Elder County recorded the strongest shaking lasting a few seconds, but officials report no major damage.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Dom
Preston
Corinne
Box Eider County
Indicted Maragon for Lying to Probers in Senate Inquiry
John Maragon once a White House visitor and former bootblack faces four counts of lying to Senate investigators about government contracts and payoffs. He allegedly claimed no government work, denied other employment, and said he did not borrow from relatives while engaging in covert dealings linked to grants and influence.
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Washington
John Maragon
Bootblack
Senate
White House
Maragon
The
Union Trust Company
State Department
Greece
Farry Vaughan
Truman
Vaughan
Florida Reports Five Million Dollar Deficit in Red
Florida closed its books showing a deficit of 5 728 137 with a cash balance of 6 518 311 on January 1 and outstanding bills of 12 266 448. Comptroller C M Gay warned debts would be paid again by January 15 after tapping the building fund and agency budgets. He noted 5 713 60 was withheld from allocations under an emergency measure and 5 219 082 drawn from the building fund. He expected improvement within two weeks and planned to report sales tax collections due December 20.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Gay
Ty. Sey
Automcolle Lis
Midwest Braces as Freeze Deepens Across Plains
The Associated Press reports a deepening cold blast across the central and western United States. Temperatures plunged below zero from the Dakotas to Colorado, with blizzard conditions predicted in several regions. Utah saw road closures and hundreds of cars stalled near Salt Lake City as heavy snowfall affected the Cold Belt.
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California
Illinois
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
Central
Rygions
Montana
Mercury
Harvre
Dakotas
Western
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Point of the Mountain
Salt Lake City
Parleys Canyon
Salt Lake Gty
Nese Heber
Freighter Crew Set For Shanghai Trip
AP report from Hong Kong says most of the Flying Arrow crew planned to sign off or stay aboard as the ship nears Red Shanghai. A New York owner spokesman says no crew member signed off here, with an assistant engineer possibly leaving. The U S Consulate has been advised to authorize departures for crew wishing to leave. The ship, set to sail Thursday, requires 314 crewmen to prove passage back home.
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Hong Kong
Isbrandtsen Line
Flying Arrow
Shanghai
New York
Hne
U. S
Lore
State Department
Red Shanghai
Wright Denies Resignation Rumor From Mississippi
Gov. Fielding Wright dismissed a circulating report that he would succeed James Eastland as U.S. Senator and Lt. Gov. Lumpkin would become governor. Wright said there is nothing to report and called the rumor news to him. Eastland and Lumpkin also denied knowledge of the shakeup.
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Gav.ram Lumpkin
Tupelo
Wright
Eastland
Lumpkin
Hillman
Solons Await Truman Plan For Fair Deal
Washington AP reports Congress opens a new session as President Truman plans a State of the Union style address and a follow up budget and tax plan. Democratic leaders express optimism while Republicans prepare a party platform statement linking to wartime taxes and health insurance debates.
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White House
Jetess
Truman
Congressional High Command
Democratia
Rayburn
Texas
Barkley
Senate
Lucas
House
McCormack
Mass
Cotgrese
Congress
Republican Policy Committee
Republican National Committee
National Presbyterian Church
State of the Union
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
National Health Insurance
Explosion Kills Six Miners In Vienna Province Mine
An early report says a gas explosion in a provincial coal mine in Vienna killed six miners and injured two others. Mine officials say more than 100 workers escaped as the blast occurred. the cause was not yet determined.
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Vienna
Lamberth Clarifies Old Age Pensions Rules in Alabama
MONTGOMERY AF State welfare director Broughton Lam berth outlined eligibility for old age pensions and explained the distinction between old age assistance and old age insurance. He stressed that insurance benefits require payroll taxes and employer participation, and that farmers are disqualified. He urged eligible individuals to apply despite confusion and noted income and asset limits, residency, and prior year presence in Alabama as factors.
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Broughton Lamberth
Lamberth
Alabama
Pengrata East
Deast
Pete
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