Fires claim sixty four lives across North America
A wave of weekend fires in the United States and Canada killed 64 people, including 16 children, with dozens injured and many left homeless. Notable blazes occurred at Mercy hospital in Davenport Iowa, a Medway Maine home, a Duhamel Quebec residence, and other scenes in Fort Dodge Iowa Fulton New York Yorktown Virginia Charlotte North Carolina and South Bend Indiana. Officials cited unknown causes in several cases while gas leaks and accidents were suspected in others.
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United States
Canada
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Iowa
Maine
Grace Jones
Medway
Fort Dodge
James Spitler
Joyce
Danny
Ann Lehman
James Spitler, Jr
Lehman
Caroline
Duhamel
Quebec
Ottawa
Leopold Faubert
Fulton
N. Y
Marion Warren
Jean Davis
Marion
Marion W. Bowen
Cleveland
Margaret Cotton
Maxine England
Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Helzer
James Koflas
Budget Highlights Foresees Debt Near WWII Peak
President Truman outlined a 5.1 billion deficit for the 1951 budget. The fiscal year ending June 30, 1951 would lift the national debt to about 263.8 billion dollars, nearing the wartime high of 279.764 billion reached in February 1946 as taxes were cut and Cold War spending grew.
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Truman
Trman
Congress
United States
Truman asks Congress for $5.86 billion 1950 supplemental
President Truman outlines a $42.44 billion 1951 spending plan and a $5.13 billion 1950 deficit projection. He seeks new borrowing and tax measures to fund defense abroad and domestic programs, warning a higher social security levy and other taxes are likely while stressing war on communism and postwar recovery.
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Truman
Congress
Russia
Senate
House
Nationalist Ship Fires On Freighter Off Shanghai
Chinese Nationalist gunboats shelled the American freighter Flying Arrow off Shanghai rendering her unsea worthy with 30 to 40 shell hits. There were no casualties among the crew of 43 and 12 passengers.
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Shanghai
Hong Kong
David Jones
Chicago
Line
U. S
Yangtze River
Taipei
Formosa
Yangtze
Flying Arrow
Isbrandtsen
Flying Trader
Flying Cloud
Sir John Franklin
Twins Found Dead and Mother Detained in Alamance County
A 36 year old woman, Alice Lashley, is jailed on a charge of concealing the birth of twins whose decomposed bodies were found in an outbuilding at the home where she worked in Mebane. She admits delivering twins on December 26 and claims they were dead at birth, while authorities note normal infant sizes and question her timeline. Sheriff Moore says a hearing will occur after investigation.
One Arm Tying Shoes Becomes Small Problem
Phyllis Detweiller a 12 year old from Willoughby Ohio visits Betty Lou Marbury near Brownsville Tennessee to discuss tying shoes with one hand. Both have right hands amputated for cancer control. Phyllis urged Betty to be independent while meeting Memphis leaders and planning a brief trip home.
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Tenn
Phyllis Detweiller
Willoughby
Betty Lou Marbury
Betty
Phyllis
Ohio
Phyllss
Tennessee
Lake County News-Herald
Memphis
Watkins Overton
Wilson FE
Crosier
Second Coal Pit Walkout Shuts West PA Mines
About 40,000 soft coal miners in western Pennsylvania and nearby states walked out today in a second stoppage in two weeks. Pitt Consolidation Coal and steel company pits were mostly affected with many mines closing and workers staying away at shift start times.
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Pittsburgh Consolidation 1 Company
Pitt Consol
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
George Love
United
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Library
Greene County
United States Steel Corration
Youngstown Sheet
Crucible Steel of America
Robena
H. C. Frick Coke Company
U. S. Steel
Bob Hope Injured As Car Skids In Rainstorm
Comedian Bob Hope and his gag writer Fred Williams were thrown from a car that skidded off a rain slick highway 16 miles south of Riverside California. Hope suffered a dislocation between the clavicle and shoulder and was treated at Riverside Community Hospital before returning to Hollywood.
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Riverside
Calif
Bob Hope
Here
Fred Williams
Palm Springs
Hope
Williams
Riverside Community Hospital
Hollywood
Clergy Split On Mercy Killing Case in Manchester
In Manchester New Hampshire clergymen debated mercy killing amid the murder charge against Dr Hermann N Sander for injecting air into a dying patient. Sander, 40, free on 25000 bail, faced varied sermons from First Unitarian and Catholic, Methodist and Jesuit officials.
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N. H
Hermann N. Sender
Sander
Dartmouth College
Abbie Borreto
William W. Peck
First Unitarian Church
Napoleon J. Gilbert
St. Jean the Baptist Catholic Church
Franklin P. Frye
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Charles Francis Potter
The
Euthanasia Society
Boston
Ford Hall
Potter
Michael J. Ahern
S. J
Weston, Mass
North Carolina Finance Companies Open Three Day Convention
Charlotte hosts a three day annual convention of the North Carolina Association of Finance companies. Commissioner Waldo Cheek of the state insurance department is slated to speak tomorrow.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Association of Finance Companies
Waldo Cheek
Insurance
Raleigh to be three ring circus for gathering of top Democrats
Raleigh hosts January 28 as national Democratic leaders descend for the Jackson Jefferson dinner and a southern regional conference. Vice President Barkley headlines with a parade of cabinet officials and party leaders from Maryland to Texas, risking a crowded event and shift of focus from state to national affairs.
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Lynn Nisbet
North Carolina
Old City
Jonathan Daniels
Alben Barkley
Congress
Maryland
Texas
Truman
Washington
William Boyle
C. W. Tillett
Agriculture
Charles Brannon
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Defense
Louis Johnson
Interior
Oscar Chapman
Army
Gordon Gray
Webb
Lindsay Warren
Paul Aiken
John Graham
the Treasury
Lamar Caudle
James Bruce
Charles Murphy
David Stowe
Georgia Neese Clark
United States
Leslie Biffle
U. S. Senate
O. K. LaRoque
Hame Loan Bank
Jack Reading
India Edwards
Daniels
General Assembly
Sir Walter
Raleigh Auditorium
Everette Jordan
Democratic Party
Fire destroys Rominger furniture store in Winston-Salem
A blaze gutted the Rominger furniture company at 423 North Liberty Street in Winston-Salem early today. Fire Chief M G Brown reported a high early loss estimate and extensive damage to the block-long brick building, while nearby firms sustained only smoke and water damage. Firefighters battled in freezing temperatures with fourteen streams of water as Salvation Army provided hot coffee to crews.
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Rominger Furniture Company
North Liberty Street
M. G. Brown
J. Wilson Cuningham
Chicago
North Liberty
North Main
Brown
Salvation Army
Truman budget plan breaks down 1942 billion dollar proposal
President Truman lays out a 42.439 billion dollar budget for the coming fiscal year. The plan allocates 32 cents for national defense and 11 cents for international affairs. Other major shares cover interest on the federal debt veterans benefits and social welfare.
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Washington
Truman
Maree Oig
Obe
Acca
Social Welfare
Truman budget shows per person cost of government rising
President Truman's budget outlines a 12 month per person cost of 282.17 dollars starting July 1, based on 150.4 million Americans. The figure compares with 287.87 for the prior year and 101.14 for the year ended June 30, 1941, when population was about 132 million.
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Washington
Truman
Pearl Harbor
Klan Session In Gastonia Fails To Draw Big Crowd
The Ku Klux Klan held a public meeting in Gastonia with about 200 spectators, far below the 1,000 to 1,500 hoped for. The event took place in a garage operated by Tommy Panther, with about 50 robed but unmasked Klansmen and Samuel W. Roper of Atlanta as the main speaker. Roper alleged federal bureau control over law enforcement and Panther announced plans to form Klaverns in many North Carolina and Southern Virginia communities.
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Ku Klux Klan
Tommy Panther
KKK
Panther
Roper
Federaly Bureau
Acy
North Carolina
Virginia
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By Charles Molony
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Black Swan
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Royster
Arch T. Allen
W. Frank Taylor
Goldsboro
Twin City
Klan
Samuel W. Roper
Atlanta
Imperial Wizard
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Association of Georgia Klans
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