Allies Aim To Eliminate Reds South Of Han River
Allied forces pressed north toward Seoul with the Firth Army driving through light resistance after a heavy air and artillery campaign. Two tank task forces of the American 25th Division reported 1259 enemy dead and many wounded or captured as South Korean troops seized Kangnuns near the 38th parallel while North Korean resistance faded in that sector. An air strike involving over 100 United Nations planes crippled key northbound communications just south of the Siberian and Manchurian borders.
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Seoul
United States
Firth Army
Han River
Kangnuns
38Th Parallel
United Nations
Siberian
Manchurian
North Korea
Fire destroys Michigan State office building in Lansing
A massive blaze tore through the top floors of the Michigan State office building in Lansing, burning for more than 12 hours. Fire officials pegged damage at at least 2 million dollars to the structure, with losses to records and equipment expected to be far higher. Gov Williams toured the site and warned of greater catastrophe if a worse disaster occurred.
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Lansing
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Michigan State Office
Arnold Renner
Gus Langius
State’ Building Division
G. Mennen Williams
Woman survives extreme freezing at Chicago alley scene
Dorothy Mae Stevens, a 23 to 1 year old woman found frozen in an alley, survived with a body temperature of 64 degrees. Doctors at Michael Reese Hospital said she was warming to 91 degrees and could feed via tube. Recovery and prognosis remain uncertain as experts note this would be the first known survival at such a low temperature.
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Cihcago
Feb. S
Michael Reese Hospital
Erature
Dorothy Mae Stevens
Harold Ser Frozen
Fog and Smog Promise Another Day Overcast in LA Area
Weatherman notes morning fog and afternoon smog across the region with a forecast high near 78 in Long Beach. Yesterday Los Angeles logged the worst smog of the year, visibility dropped to about an eighth of a mile due to a temperature inversion, while Long Beach saw seas breezes ease but harbor fog delayed the S S Lur Une with 350 passengers docking after four hours.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
Air Pollution Control
S. S
Regulated Life and Rising Controls Debate in US
A columnist argues for a long term regulated life with price wage and potential rent controls. The piece predicts extended freezes across commodities and services, noting current exemptions such as advertising rates for media and theaters. It suggests policy shifts affecting Long Beach and Los Angeles as controls expand.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Rochester to Arrive in San Francisco From Korea
The heavy cruiser Rochester will arrive in San Francisco tomorrow after 198 days of operations in Korea. The ship and crew fired 3265 eight inch shells and 2339 five inch shells in support of United Nations forces.
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San Francisco
Rochester
United Nations
Korea
HST Orders Move and Attacks on Union Chiefs
A survey shows freight movement mostly restored with Knoxville Tennessee as the sole holdout where 20 of 250 switchmen reported for duty. The Army acted on President Truman accusations against four large rail unions for blocking operations in what he called a Russian like refusal to serve.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Army
Truman
Hunt Mystery Man in Killing
SAN BERNARDINO February 8 Investigators hunt a swarthy young mystery man who may be the accomplice of confessed killer Rose Marie Birdsall 24 year old Kay killed her brothers in law near Mt Baldy January 29 as District Attorney Lowell Lathrop says he has strong suspicions another person was in the vicinity between mid January and early February page four
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San Bernardino
Warren
Tuffy) Eddenfield
Rose Marie Birdsall
Miss Birdsall
Long Beach
Kay
Mt. Baldy
Lowell Lathrop
Hoover to Speak on U S Foreign Policy
Former President Herbert Hoover will address U S foreign policy tonight via Southern California radio, heard on KAJ from 7 to 7 30 and KEY from 8 80 to 9. Tomorrow Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, a Republican policy leader, will critique U S foreign policy.
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Herbert Hoover
America
California
KAJ
Key
Hoover
U. S
Robert A. Tait
Ohio
Printer Strike Delays Three Weekly Papers in Bellflower
Three Bellflower area weeklies the Bellflower Herald Enterprise Lakewood Enterprise and the Compton Journal appeared 24 hours late due to a printing trades strike and picket line. Union printers walked off after protracted negotiations and picketers accused the company of unfair wages and conditions while the paper denounced the union as feather bedding.
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Bellflower
Bellflower Herald Enterprise
Lakewood Enterprise
Compton Journal
Herald Enterprise Co
Flower St
Herald Enterprise
Long Beach Allied Printing Trades Council
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Harry P. Finch
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