Tornado Toll Grows Across Four States Forty Seven Dead
Tornadoes tore through east Texas northwest Louisiana southern Arkansas and Tennessee over the weekend leaving at least 47 dead and more than 200 injured. The Red Cross reports eight killed at Grand Cane Louisiana and multiple fatalities in Hurricane Hills Tennessee as dozens of towns faced rapid-fire twisters and repeated damage.
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Shreveport
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Little Tennessee
Hurricane Hills
Ripley
Bossier City
Scott Names Group to Plan Gray Inaugural
Gov Scott named a 10 member committee to plan the inaugural ceremonies for the new UNC president Gordon Gray. The group includes three members from each unit Chapel Hill Greensboro and Raleigh with former Governor Cherry as a member and Senator Umstead as chair. Other UNC representatives include Daniels Bryant and the women’s college members Miller Athrop and Stanford.
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Raleigh
University of North Carolina
Scott
Gordon Gray
Army
Chapel Hill
Woman's College At
Greensboro
N. C. State College
R. Gregg Cherry
Gastonia
Duke University
U. S
William B. Umstead
Durham
UNC
Frank Daniels
The
News and Observer
Victor Bryant
Woman's College
Frances Newsome Miller
Virginia Athrop
Asheville
Charles Stanford
State College
George Coble
Lexington
Hugh Harris
Oriental
B. B. Everett
Palmyra
Auto Plunge Kills Seven At Montana State College
Seven Montana State College students died when their auto plunged off a mountain cliff near Bozeman. An eighth occupant was critically hurt. Victims include Phyllis Birkeland Donaleen McRae W Early John W Harvey M Eide Gerald Stinchfield James Schrumpf Leslie Greenwell.
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Bozeman
Mont
Montana State College
Here
Sigma Chi
Phyllis Birkeland
Fort Benton
Donaleen McRae
Forsyth
W. Early
Laurel
John W. Harvey M. Eide
Scobey
Gerald Stinchfield
Evansville
Ind
James K. Schrumpf
Glendive
Leslie Greenwell
Butte
Charles S. Olson
Helena
Charles E. Rice
U. S. Highway 10
Northerne Pacific Railway
Missouri steersman warned of grounding but kept quiet
Norfolk Virginia February 13 The Missouri steersman said he knew the battleship would run aground but did not report to the skipper because it is not my place to speak up according to his testimony.
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Norfolk
Missouri
Bevan E. Travis
Travis
Naval Court of Inquiry
Big MO
Chesapeake Bay
Thimble Shoal
Slot Machine War May Start
Federal prosecutors from all parts of the country meet with Attorney General McGrath to launch a nationwide community drive against slot machines. The plan follows a closed-door session with U S district attorneys and a forthcoming federal local crime conference, signaling a tightening scrutiny of the so called one armed bandits.
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Washington
McGrath
U. S
Tornado kills three in Texas home family
A funnel shaped storm struck the Windsor just east of Salem Texas flattening their rented single room house. Ten year old Shirley and 36 year old Dick Windsor died from injuries with Davie Windsor and Betty Sue badly hurt Linda 4 escaped with minor cuts. The storm arrived at 10 42 a m setting the clock in wreckage.
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Salem
Texas
Dick Windsor
Davie
East
Shirley
Betty Sue
Linda
Linwood
Windsor
Angelina County Hospital
Lufkin
Here
T. E. Murray
Windsor Home
Windsor House
Carnival Worker Kills Wife and Son at Bronx Shelter
Murray Goldberg, 27, a carnival worker, shot dead his wife Es telle 27 and their year old son Kenneth during a weekly visit at a Bronx children’s shelter before fleeing. Police believe marital discord and a court-ordered separation spurred the attack as witnesses described a bouquet and Valentine card found with the weapons.
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New York
Valenstine
Murray Goldberg
Estelle
Kenneth
Goldberg
Valen
Bronx
Children's Society
Goldbergs
Nathar Chavkin
State Supreme Court
Income Tax Pointers Deadline Nears For 1949 Return
The March 15 deadline applies to anyone with 1949 income of $600 or more, regardless of age or marital status. If you owe tax, pay in full. if under $600 you may get a refund only by filing. The series will explain forms, joint filing, exemptions, dependents, and deductions with emphasis on maximizing exemptions and proper filing.
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James Marlow
Washington
Internal Revenue Collector
North Carolina Violent Weekend Claims At Least 16 Lives
The Associated Press reports a weekend of violence across North Carolina with at least sixteen fatalities. victims include youths, workers, and motorists in multiple incidents from Mount Airy to Concord and Newton. coroner rulings cite accidents, suicides, and a murder–suicide, with numerous injuries and a range of locations and ages.
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North Carolina
Smith Wayne Marion
Siloam
Mount Airy
Charlotte
Clifford B. Stackleather
Willis P. Ginn
Raymond Dixon
Durham
Margaret Sloan
Eno Mills
West Hillsboro
H. J. Walker
Earnest Phillips
Laurel Hill
Seaboard Railway
I. A. Caine
Atlantic Coast Line
Acme
Raymond T. Jarman
Edwin T. Haney
Atlanta
Hazel King Haney
Kinston
Carl L. Register
Dunn
Connie Williams
Louise Howard
Pitt General Hospital
Greenville
Griffin Rouse
Benjamin F. Howell
Newton
Howell
Katherine Williams
Asheboro
Catawba County
China Reds Poised For Advance
A Canton report says Chinese Communists field 150000 men and 300 landing craft poised on the window Peninsula for an assault on Nationalist held Hainan Island after the lunar new year on February 17. The China Mail adds forces possibly ready to quell revolts south of the Yangtze under red leadership.
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Canton
Window Peninsula
Hainan
Liuchow Peninsula
China Mail
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Yangtze
Red China
Russia
Kremlin
China
Red
Lui Po-Chen
East China
Chekiang
Kiangsi
Fukien
Red Gen
Chen Yi
Bus Serves As Mail Carrier During Coal Emergency
In Charlotte area a bus operates as a highway post office for the coal emergency. Southern Railway trains 23 and 24 between Charlotte and Columbia are cut off temporarily. A second bus serves the Seaboard Air Line route between Charlotte Hamlet and Wilson.
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Charlotte
Charlotte- Columbia
S. C
Southern Railway
Seaboard Air Line
Hamlet
Wilson
Einstein Warns Of Annihilation By Hydrogen Bomb
Nobel physicist Albert Einstein warns that the hydrogen bomb could cause annihilation of life on earth through radioactive atmospheric poisoning. He urges a ban on violence among nations and creation of a supra national judicial body to decide security questions, delivered via a NBC TV discussion with Mrs. Roosevelt.
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Albert Einstein
Earth
Einstein
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Broadcasting Company
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
N. J
United States
Russia
Defiance Of Mandates Order Of Day In Coal Strike
Miners in most soft coal pits continue to defy back to work orders from the government and John L. Lewis. Talks with operators remain uncertain as Lewis seeks a contract before resuming work. Senate leaders criticize Truman’s handling while legal actions mount, including a 10 day order and a 80 day Taft Hartley provision.
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John L. Lewis
Lewis
Senator Ellender
D-La
Washington
Truman
Ellender
Humphrey
D-Minn
Richmond B. Keech
Keech
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Ghost Returns With Partner At No 13 Bristol Mystery
In Bristol a haunted house at No 13 Highworth Road again rings with a nightly apparition named Mrs It and an unidentified partner. The ghost, said to be of a woman who died 18 years ago, resurfaced after a Church of England exorcism. The Babers tried a spiritualist and Ouija board but only heard a foreign language or saw a strange reply eehf mev.
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Bristol
England
No. 13
Highworth Road
William Barber
Wresting
Baber
Mrs. It
Francis Maddock
Babers
Eehfmev
United States Led Hydrogen Bomb Race Claim
A Manila report quotes a high Philippines source saying the United States has considered the hydrogen bomb since 1943 and would lead any arms race if development accelerates, ahead of other nations.
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Manila
Philippines
United States
Asiatic Policy Talks Start In Bangkok Embassy
American conferees opened talks on Far Eastern policy behind the U S embassy gates in Bangkok. Roving Ambassador Philip C Jessup led the session with diplomats including David Key Edmund Gullion and William A Gibson. No policy decisions were announced. results go to Washington. Discussed topics include Japan peace treaty and Afghan border tension amid concerns over communism in Asia.
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Bangkok
United States
Philip C. Jessup
David Key
Burma
Edmund A A. Gullion
Vietnam
Indo-China
William A. Gibson
Hanoi
Jessup
Washington
Asia
Afghanistan
Doubts Fuchs Confession Raise in Germany
Frankfurt reports that 75 year old Prof Emil Fuchs questions parts of his son Klaus Fuchs confession. He plans to testify in London on trial set to begin Feb 28 and seeks travel help, while disputing claims of schizophrenia and noting his son’s nerves were strained after two years detention.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Emil Fuchs
Leipzig University
Associated Press
London
Flying Tackler Rescues Girl Friend From Robber
Washington University football player James Grieg used a flying tackle to save his girlfriend Charlotte Obst from a masked armed robber on a country road. Grieg tackled the man after he dragged Obst. Morris Kendall Leonard, the suspect, fled but was captured and jailed for investigation of armed robbery.
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ST. Louis
Washington University
James Grieg
Grieg
Miss Obst
Negro Is Held In Lye Burning Case
Police hold Eddie Russell 26 in connection with a lye burning and robbery at a woman storekeeper in Laurinburg on Saturday. Mrs. Solomon McCormick remains too ill for identification. she suffered severe facial burns as $46 was taken from the register.
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Feo
Eddie Russell
Solomon McCormick
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