Relief efforts continue as Dakotas face snowbound crisis
Snow depths reach up to six feet as hundreds of farm families in North and South Dakota remain isolated. The Army surveys the stricken region and plans to deploy manpower and bulldozers if needed while the Red Cross designates disaster zones. Weasels are used to reach medically needy residents and negate road blockages amid subzero and near freezing conditions.
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California
North
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George T. Mickelson
Oren
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Pembina
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Hope Renewed For 44 Missing
Lt. Charles R. Harden of Graham North Carolina crawled eight miles through waist deep snow on stretcher-sleds to report a Yukon firebase near tragedy after a C 47 crashed into trees and mountain base 21 miles south of the air base. The pilot and six men were aboard including Capt. Peter M. Berry Anchorage Alaska T Sgt Forrest W Hudson Three Rivers Texas Eugene Cole Centrahoma Oklahoma Cpl Bruno J Przydzial Philadelphia and Jack Borges Anchorage radio editor.
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Charles R. Harden
Graham
N. C
Yukon
Tragey
Peter M. Berry
Anchorage
Alaska
Forrest W. Hudson
Three Rivers
Tex
Eugene Cole
Centrahoma
Okla
Bruno J. Przydzial
Philadelphia
Jack Borges
Missouri Battleship Freed From Shoal In Swift Salvage
The battleship Missouri refloated after a coordinated tow using six heavy tugs and beach gear cables. Admiral Smith credited rapid organization and efficient power use, with a plan to drydock at Portsmouth and a naval court of inquiry set for February 4 at Norfolk. Seaman Apprentice Joseph Smith, 21, of Danville Virginia, voiced relief as the ship moved to open water.
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Portsmouth
Admiral Smith
Missouri
Admiral Blandy
Kentucky
Smith
Naval Court of Inquiry
Norfolk Naval Base
Lees
Windlass
Joseph Smith
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Horton Dies at Home in North Carolina Political Scene
W P Horton dies at home in North Carolina as J Melville Broughton and A J Maxwell are named in dates. Horton, a Democratic national committeeman from 1944 to 1947, resigns to chair the state Democratic Executive committee. He later steps down as state chairman after W Kerr Scott’s 1948 nomination.
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J. Melville Broughton
A. J. Maxwell
Eton
Horton
North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
Capus Waynick
Scott
Mediators Press Fast Amid National Union Threatened Strikes
Government lawyers note no prohibition in Taft Hartley law or the communications act for such tactics. Unions plan 100000 workers to strike February 8 and 200000 more on March 1 in scattered locations. Beirne warns the period between will see a general strike as nonstrikers may refuse to pass picket lines.
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Beirne
Raleigh Highway Bid Opening Sets Record Project Scope
The highway commission expected to tabulate 402 bids on 48 road-building projects totaling 384 miles. The openings occurred yesterday in what officials consider one of the largest settings in commission history.
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Raleigh
Highway Commission
Commission
Staff Chiefs Seek Power and Nuclear Race Fears Rise
The article notes a mid February diplomatic meeting in Bangkok to discuss southeast Asia communist threats. It describes a Russian boycott on the four power council over missing Japanese POWs and mentions Western and British reactions to Truman’s hydrogen bomb decision. Berlin reports cite a creeping blockade and the only U S brucite deposit near Gabbs Nevada.
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Far East
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Thailand
Southeast Asia
Sonce
Tokyo
Kuzma Derevyanko
Derevyanko
Truman
United States
British Society of Friends
Quakers
Russia
Soviet Union
Britain
Washington
Congress
Berlin
Doughton Announces Reelection Bid Amid District Demand
Doughton, a tireless worker who typically arrives at his office by 7 am and often works late, declares he will seek reelection in the upcoming primary. He is widowed and says he had hoped to retire at the end of his current term on December 31, 1950, but yields to urgent demand and the district’s sentiment.
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Froom
Doughton
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