Hainan Invasion Sidelined as Nationalists Sweep Island
Nationalist forces claim control on Hainan after mopping up remnants of 17 000 communists. Air and naval units report sinking 2000 communist crafts massed at Liuchow. Peiping radio reports communists seize foreign properties in China prompting U.S. recall of officials. Roving ambassador Jessup says China needs broad international aid for development.
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Associated Press
Hainan
South China
Liuchow
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Peiping Radio
Tokyo
China
United States
State Department
Peiping
Far East
Turkey
Philip C. Jessup
Hong Kong
NLRB seeks court order to restore five day coal mine week
Robert N Denham general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board said he will seek a court injunction to force coal miners back to a normal five day week He charges John L Lewis and his United Mine Workers with unfair labor practices under the Taft Hartley act A hearing will be set by the court before any order is issued and a temporary restraining order is not sought He alleges Lewis has coerced miners and coal operators by pushing three day weeks and other demands and urges the court to bar coercive methods and production cutbacks while negotiations continue The move signals a possible breakthrough in the stalemate and comes amid growing pressure for presidential action under the Taft Hartley law
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Washington
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Denham
John L. Lewis
Lewis
NLRB
Denhams
Truman
Attlee Party Vows Socialist Course in Election Platform
London reports Prime Minister Attlee’s Labour Party pledges to nationalize industries maintain rationing and price controls and pursue full employment if returned to power in the February elections. The manifesto attacks Churchill’s Conservatives for opposing socialist policy and warns of unrest from free enterprise.
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London
Attlee
Labor Party
Britain
Winston Churchill
Conservative
Churchill
Paasikivi Re elected Amid Communist Vote Rise
Finland re elected President Juho Paasikivi as results from the national poll came in on January 18. Communists led the people’s Democrats with about 21.5 percent of the presidential electors vote, a gain over 1948 parliamentary shares, signaling potential coalition shifts as conservatives also increased strength and a cabinet change was anticipated.
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Helsinki
Finland
Juho Paasikivi
Moscowite
People's Democrats
Social Democrats
Karl-August Fagerholm
Tle
Five Percenter Inquiry Reprimands General Vaughan
A Senate committee report reprimands Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan for accepting seven home freezers gifts and distributing them to friends including Mrs. Truman. It also denounces John F. Maragon, indicted for lying to the panel, and notes Vaughan interceded with agencies on Maragon's behalf.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Senate
Vaughan
John F. Maragon
Maragon
White House
Gen
Harry
Reds Explain Seizure of U S Consulate in Peiping
Radio Peiping quoted by Kyodo News saids Chinese Communist forces seized American French and Dutch properties in Peiping citing military necessity and saying the governments consented then later claimed the former consuls yielded to demands. The broadcast noted US records at the Peiping consulate were seized and promised further details.
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Tokyo
Peiping
United States
State Department
Red China
Kyodo
Red Radio
Peking
Britain
France
China
Netherlands
Army
Army Sends Heavy Earth Machines to Flood Areas
The army deployed bulldozers to the Bird Point New Madrid floodway levee tops as the Mississippi flood threat nears 1937 levels. Vincennes Indiana mayor William Betz issued a call for 400 to 500 volunteers to shore a leaking dike near Kelso Creek. The floodwaters drive evacuations across Missouri and into Illinois with rising rivers and 13 year high levels.
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Associated Press
Vincennes
Ind
Wabash
Birds Point
New Madrid
Mississippi
Cairo
William L. Betz
Indiana
Ohio
Ohio River
Old
Miss
Missouri
Father of
Chrysler Workers File Strike Notice
The CIO United Auto Workers served Chrysler with a seven day strike notice during regular negotiations in Detroit on January 18. UAW Chrysler director Norman Matthews called Chrysler pension offer unsound and inadequate and worth about five cents per hour in total benefits.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Norman Matthews
UAW
Matthews
Stock Prices On Upward Trend
New York stock market edged higher on light buying with most price moves up, coal miners walkout weighing on some issues. Investors await potential government action while major names like U S Steel, Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Chrysler, Sears Roebuck, Boeing, Dow Chemical, DuPont and several others advanced.
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New York
Financial District
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Boeing
National Distillers
American Telephone
Commonwealth Edison
American Smelting
Dow Chemical
DuPont
American Can
International Paper
American Tobacco
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Gulf Oil
Eastern Air Lines
Coal Rationing Ordered by Pittsburgh Retailers
Pittsburgh reports coal rationing ordered by retail dealers as the soft coal miner strike tightens supply. Essential users such as hospitals and food processors receive priority while efforts to resume production by United Mine Workers district five continue.
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Pittsburgh
Retail Coal Merchants Association
John L. Lewis
John P. Busarello
United Mine Workers District Five
Lewis
Coalney Power Companies
Bradley Calls for Views On New Atomic Project
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, the nation’s top military official, is expected to testify behind locked doors before the Senate-House atomic energy committee tomorrow. Lawmakers seek military views on the hydrogen bomb dangers versus the A bomb in a tense prelude to policy decisions.
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Bradley
Washington
Jan
Omar N. Bradley
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Long Fight To Repeal Oleo Tax Ends After Years
Washington reports a lengthy battle to repeal federal oleomargarine taxes dating to 1886 neared a victorious climax. Senator Wiley left the city as aides predicted the measure would pass quickly, despite civil rights amendments and a separate effort to add an excise tax cut. Fulbright forecasts a top-heavy Senate majority once the bill clears hurdles, while House-passed terms differ in some details from the prior measure.
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Washington
Wiley
R.-Wis
Langer
R.N.D
McCarthy
Butler
R.-Neb
Fulbright
D.-Ark
Senate
House
Congressmen Have Many Ways of Killing a Bill
James Marlow outlines how the House Rules committee’s power can stall legislation. He notes the 1949 rule change allowing a bill to be brought to a vote after 21 days, and warns that Southern Democrats and Republicans seek to restore indefinite sitting. He highlights Truman era politics and party dynamics in Congress.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Evers
House Rules Committee
House
Rules Committee
Congress
435
Acheson Affirms U.S. Commitment to International Atomic Control
Secretary of State Acheson said the United States would pursue tight international control of atomic energy even if a super A bomb is developed. He stressed no current U S weapons project would alter this policy and spoke cautiously at a news conference. The comments reinforced continuity in U S nonproliferation aims.
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Washington
State Acheson
United States
Acheson
Govt Pushes Pork Buying to Aid Farmers
The Agriculture Department announced a federal pork buying program to prop up hog prices and buy unannounced pork portions such as bacon and smoked ham. The move could raise consumer pork costs and touch off political reactions around farm price supports and broader food programs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Truman
FBI Joins Hunt For Bandit Gong
FBI agents joined the manhunt for a bandit gang that seized 1 million plus dollars in cash in the nation’s largest robbery. Boston police searched for clues after the seven gunmen, wearing Halloween masks and navy pea jackets, vanished with the loot leaving little to go on.
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Boston
Cra
FBI
Edward J. Fallon
Million dollar theft tops American crime records
A National Security Corporation spokesman called the Boston robbery the largest cash heist in U S history. The report recalls other big heists including the Rebel Ice Corp theft of 427 950 in Brooklyn in 1984 the Westinghouse F Sturtevant unit robbery of 107 997 in 1947 and a 1934 Lincoln hold up that yielded 2 268 700 but only 24 276 cash. A Gerald Chapman gang holdup in New York on Oct 26 1926 netted two million in bonds.
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New York
Boston
National Security Corporation
Annals of America
Brooklyn
Rebel Ice Corporation
F. Sturtevant
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Lincoln
Neb
Gerald Chapman
Desperate Gunmen Loot Vaults In Six-Door Break In
The assault involved $300,000 in GE funds as five gunmen slipped through six locked doors to reach a transportation firm vault. Alarm spread along the eastern seaboard prompting a major police roundup led by FBI agents and local detectives to pursue the suspects. Police Supt. Edward W. Fall ordered a wide net, dispatching all available detectives to the case after a 20 minute precision raid.
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Seaboard
FBI
Sta
Edward W. Fall
Broyhill and Jonas Among Prospective State GOP Chairmen
Charlotte January 18. Names of possible Republican state chairman candidates include J. E. Broyhill of Lenoir and Charles Jonas of Lincolnton advancing as successors to Sim A. Delay of Lexington. Delay retires after eight years while party leaders note Clapp as a tireless worker and consider new headquarters options.
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Charlotte
J. E. Broyhill
Lenoir
Charles Jonas
Lincolnton
Sim A. Delay
Lexington
State Republica
Delapp
Minh
Republian Party
Delar
Clapp
Greensboro
Broyhill
Jonas
A. E. Ferre
Asheboro
Clinton
Herbert Sewell, Jr
Carthage
Hampto Howerton
Wort Senderson
Bufor Henderson
Winston-Salem
B. Brock
Mocksville
Pressle Brown
Wilkesboro
Walter F Chambers
Marion
Fran Patton
Morganton
Miner’s Body Found in Mahoning City Mine Tragedy
The body of Edward Burd was recovered at noon today from the anthracite mine where he was trapped last Friday. Doctors at the scene said he apparently suffocated.
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Mahanoy City
Edward Burd
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