Freezing Storms Kill Dozens Across Nation and West
Weather system sweeps from coast to coast with winds up to hurricane force. At least 30 dead and four missing as blizzards pound the West and brutal winds hit the East. Cascading damage includes shattered glass, toppled trees, power lines, and stranded motorists.
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Five days or nothing sparks coal miners revolt
At least nine locals representing more than 11,000 bituminous diggers reject UMW leader Lewis's call to end the strike with a demand of five days work or none. The walkout follows a year of stalled talks and a light contract renewal, leaving miners and operators uneasy amid a tight coal supply.
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U. S. Steel Corp
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Duquesne Light
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Weirton Steel
West Virginia
Pursgrove
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
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Harrison County
W. Va
Virginia
UMW
Grant Town
Springfield
Ill
Anna Louisa Lewis
Local State And Federal Payrolls Hit Twenty Two Billion
Government payroll costs for federal state and local governments approach 22 billion dollars annually, an Associated Press survey shows. They total about one dollar in every six paid out in wages and salaries and were highest outside wartime during 1943 to 1945. The survey lists 7 685 000 official records.
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Gold Being Flown From Japan To New York
Oakland dispatch reports four planes carrying about 43.7 million dollars in gold from Tokyo via various routes to Oakland and then New York. The gold, earmarked for Siam, was unlocked by U S occupation forces after a 1945 order to release. Flights continue for about a week, with some routes across the Aleutians and Pacific.
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New York
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Siam
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Aleutians
Mid- Pacific
Rumors of West German Rearming Stir War News
American and German sources in Frankfurt report secret talks on arming West Germany with an infantry division by June and an armored corps by 1951. Adenauer’s office denies law talks with generals. Allies say the plan was submitted without approval but the government may request proposals.
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Konrad Adenauer
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United States
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Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Japan
Colombo
Ceylon
Burma
Humboldt County Quake Felt From Offshore Tremor
A sharp earthquake struck Humboldt County at 11 53 a m shaking lighting and jolting the seismograph at Ferndale. No damage reported though the quake was felt over the region. A smaller shock was felt yesterday. UC Berkeley seismologists estimate the quake occurred about 100 miles at sea off Cape Mendocino.
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Truculent Sub Crew Reported Lost in Thames Collision
Frogmen confirmed today that only the dead remain in the smashed hull of the submarine Truculent, but one man listed as a victim turned up alive. Admiralty revised figures to 64 lost, 10 known dead, 54 missing officers and dockyard workers, and 15 were rescued.
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Middle Income Housing Bill Faces Senate Battle
Senator Sparkman backed a new housing plan offering government mortgage guarantees up to 2.25 billion dollars to cooperatives and non profits to undertake construction. He anticipated broad public support despite opposition from the United States Savings and Loan League as critics warned of taxpayer costs. Sparkman said the bill would cover at most 250 000 homes from about 4 7 million families.
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Loan League
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Russell
Furniture Men Are Optimistic About Midwinter Show
Chicago reports a hopeful mood at the midwinter home furnishings show as buyers register near 20 000 with optimism for record first six months. Dealers expect high competition after a strong first week and note few truly new items like steel framing, foam rubber and plastic upholstery.
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Byrnes Announces Run for South Carolina Governor
Spartanburg S C January 14 Former Secretary of State James F Byrnes announces he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor of South Carolina. He notes his past service in Congress and his decision followed urging from supporters statewide to run for governor.
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South Carolina
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Communists Seize Peiping Consulate in Deep Diplomatic Rift
In Peiping the Chinese Communists seized the U S consulate ignoring protests. The State Department ordered official staff out of Red China and condemned the act as a flagrant violation of treaty rights. U S lawmakers denounced the move and some urged no recognition of the regime.
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United States
Peipin
State Department
Red China
Truman
U. S
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Knowland
W. Walton Butterworth
Acheson
Peiping
Acheson Faces Hard Fight To Make Policy Effective
Washington reports a new Far Eastern strategy after the United States orders all officials out of Communist China following Peiping property seizures. The plan aims to block then reverse Asia's Communist tide, with Acheson clashing with Johnson over Formosa and bipartisan Senate opposition complicating early action.
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Peiping
O. Edmund Clu
State Department
Amecans
Tod
America
Acheson
John M. Hightower
Washington
Communist
China
U. S
Truman
State Acheson
Asia
Far East
Secrary Johnson
Johnson
Formosa
Achison
Senate
Aria
Miner Brothers Trapped in Mine Cavern Reach by Rescue
John Becker, a veteran miner and rescue party member, relayed that Burda, 30, trapped since yesterday, spoke to rescuers and asked the shovel be placed above a chute 40 to 50 feet from a parallel shaft. Edward, 25, still unaccounted as efforts continue amid blasting and digging underground.
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John Becker
Burda
Becker
Edward
Joseph
Spain seeks grain shipments to ease famine
Madrid reports a public appeal to any country to ship 500 000 tons of grain with payments in American dollars. Spain also reportedly sought Soviet aid to bolster grain stocks and sold oil to Czechoslovakia for dollars.
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