Rainy Night In New York City Visions Of A Fading Metropolis
Hy Boyle describes Manhattan under rain as lights flicker and streets glow, turning towers into looming figures. The city hums with restless energy as crowds drift through damp streets, buses, and bars while comfort and hope blur in the downpour. Desolate parks, Bowery figures, and Park Avenue elites observe a city where heat and rain contest an orderly world.
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Hy Hal Boyle
New York
Manhattan
Bryant Park
Washington Square
Sixth Avenue
Enyuse
Bowery
Park Avenue
Temples of
Food convoy reaches Browning to aid snowbound town
Seven trucks prepared to haul essential supplies from Browning to Babb, Montana, to feed 300 residents cut off for three weeks by heavy snow. A gash rotary plow had reached Babb to clear a 40 mile path as two more plows joined the convoy with food mail and hay. Winds threaten delays yet the town remains isolated since December 30 with dire shortages reported.
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Browning, Mont
Browning
Babb
Monana
Randy Manuel
Browning Telephone Company
Tolley
Manuel
Tivestux
Pledge Holy War Against French
President Ho Chi Minh called for a holy war of resistance against the French in a New Year broadcast to Indochina. He said the struggle would bring hardships but a glorious year, with support from China India and other Asiatic peoples, and from France’s colonies, as peace efforts failed. A Viet Nam communique reported French advances toward Hanoi area villages checked by Viet Minh forces.
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Manila
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Indochina
Associated Press
China
India
France
Larcg
Hanoi
Talmadge May Seek Court Ruling On Governor Issue
Atlanta January 22 AP The way is clear for Herman Talmdage if he desires to place the governor issue before the Supreme Court within days, Attorney General Eugene Cook said. He noted Talmage could sue J B Liwards for quo warranto and obtain a speedy lower court ruling followed by appeal to the Supreme Court within 10 days. The dispute over executive power continues as Cook urges a legal test on a nonpersonality basis.
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Atlanta
Hernia Talmadge
Supreme Court
Uts
Eugene Cook
Talmadge
Andrew J. Whitehurst
Thormas County
de Cook
J. B. Liwards
Elis Arnall
Cour
Almadge
M. E. Thompson
Cook
Siice
Thompson
Germany Hit By Pole Yugo Reparations
Poland and Yugoslavia pressed for large reparations from Germany and Austria after World War II. Memoranda urged new German and Austrian treaties with specified territorial and monetary claims. Yugoslavia sought over 11 billion dollars in damages and extensive Austrian territory, arguing Austria bore greater responsibility for wartime atrocities and subjugation of Yugoslavia.
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London
Poland
Yugoslavia
Germany
Austria
Foreign Ministers Council
Schweinemunde
Baltic
Caer
Meisse
Czechoslovakia
Carmot
Rio Voting Indicates Conservative Drift In Brazil Race
Scattered returns from small states and the federal district show a conservative trend taking shape for Sunday elections in Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro district Maria Amarade Ramos leads for senator while conservatives top governor races. Communists lead in Sao Paulo and Minas Geraes. In other states Labor Party candidate Pasqualini gains over Walter Jobim in Rio Grande do Sul. Pebbles on counting tables hint at abacus origins. 1944 U.S. fire losses reach 423.54 million dollars largely due to man’s care.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Maria Amarade Ramos
Sao Palo
Minas Geraes
Communist Party
Rio Grande No Sul
Getulio Vargas
Alberto Pasqualini
Walter Jobim
Labor Party
Vargas
Bills Expand Insurance Investment In Housing Projects
Harrisburg January 22 In a bill before the General Assembly insurance companies would be allowed to invest in housing projects without restrictions for six years. The proposal, introduced in the Senate by Senator Charles R. Mallory would lift limits limiting such investments to blighted areas only and allow construction operation or maintenance of housing projects anywhere including retail stores offices and other services reasonably incident to the projects. Also Senate measures would outlaw under 18s misrepresenting ages to obtain drinks in bars or laprooms with fines or jail time and establish a state rent control law administered by a one man commission.
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Harrisburg
General Assembly
Senate
Charles R. Mallory
Blair
A. H. Letzler
Clearfield
H. Jerome Jaspan
D-Phila
High School Student Home After 26 Hours
A fragmentary report describes a man’s plea and a missing Alice Dean who vanished after class. The text mentions the man posing as a feature writer in a national survey and references salary increases for prothonotaries and county clerks, plus a transfer of jurisdiction for the 28th Division shrine.
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Alice Dean
Rowland R. Mahany
R-Crawford
28Th Division
Edalsburg
Department of Military Affairs
Pennsylvania State Museum Commission
A. H. Letzler
R.clearfield
Polar Photo Expedition Successful
Two PBM sea planes of the Antarctic western group conducted seven hour flights over unknown territory from Little America and Adeligland amid French claims. One pilot crew reportedly photographed unexplored land while another plane ventured within about 250 miles of the magnetic South Pole. An accident ashore killed a seaman during unloading as conditions allowed strong photography. Pilot crews were Lieut. Comdr. W. J. Rogers and Lieut. Comdr. D. E. Bunger. Admiral Cruzen announced a possible emergency winter camp and volunteers to remain if needed. Louis Zeltzer, 21, naval correspondent, Brooklyn, joined as a volunteer.
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MT. Olympus
Little America
Adeligland
Admiral Cruzen
Withesland
Cruzen
W. J. Rogers
Lakeworth
Fla
Tacoma
Wash
D. E. Bunger
Coronado
Calif
Magnetic South Pole
Louis Zeltzer
Naval
Brooklyn
N. Y
Zeltzer
Lou Hart
Navier Cugats
Noon Stock Quotes Mix Of Major Companies
A long list of stock quotes appears with percentages next to many firms including Am Can Am Rad and St, Am Tel & Tel, Boeing, Chrysler, Gen Motors, IBM, Du Pont, General Electric, Union Carbide, US Steel, and Swift & Co. The data reflects trading standings and gains or losses across diverse industries.
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Rad & St
Ty Am Smelt & R
Atcht& F
Balt & Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Briggs Mfg
Budd Co
Case
Colum G & el
Cons Edison
Curtiss Wright
del Luck & West
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de
Cien Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corpany Hercules
Mlinois Central
Int Harvester
Nick Canadie
Tel & Tet
Kennecott Cop
Libby McN & L
Loews Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt
North Ameria
Northern Pac
Param Pictures
Penn RR
Pub
Sve NJ
Pullman
Radio Corps Reading Co
Repab Steel
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roe
Kidnap Plot Unfolds In Sacramento Hotel Stand
Lodi Police Chief Millard L Fore reports a girl was abducted after leaving a studio by a man posing as a feature writer. She was bound and gagged, kept at a Sacramento hotel until noon, then escaped. The kidnapper sent a taxi for the shoots, phoned the DeVine home, and demanded ransom tracked to a Sacramento bar.
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Lodi
Millard L. Fore
Sacramento
Alice Dean
Giles
Devine
Dogs Still Held in Cave Near Waynesboro
Imminent rock slide danger blocks rescue of a fox terrier trapped in a Tuscarora Mountain cave near Waynesboro Pennsylvania since Saturday. James Flood of Mont Alto and six others have labored to reach and feed the dog after it chased a fox into a hidden pocket during the hunt.
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Waynesboro
James Flood
Mont Alto
Tuscarora Mountain
Flood
San
Marion Center National Bank Names New President At Annual Meeting
Curtis A. Oberlin was named president at the Marion Center National Bank annual reorganization. Elected directors include George J. Botsford James S. Gil housen Joseph J. McEthoes Curtis A. Oberlin D. William Oberlin Ralph Oberlin and Bertha M. Thompson. Other officers named were George Hotsford vice president B F Sterling cashier and H Glenn Miller assistant cashier. Tellers named were Harold G Sterling Alice S Long and Mary.
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Marion Center National Bank
Curtis A. Oberlin
George J. Botsford
James S. Gilhousen
Joseph J. McEthoes
D. William Oberlin
Ralph Oberlin
Bertha M. ‘Thompson
George Hotsford
B. F. Sterling
H.glenn Miller
Harold G
Sterling
Alice S. Long
Mary
Babe Saved At Fire Turmoil In Titusvecap Pasten
A baby survived a house fire in Titusvecep Pasten when residents and a nearby reader helped rescue the infant. Firefighters battled the blaze late today with no injuries reported beyond the infant’s protection. damage estimated around 70,000 dollars in the northwest Lionsylvania area near Mineral Springs.
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Etra
Fermerty
Hale
Lionsylvania
Ames
Court Turns Turtle On Mrs. Cote
In Brockton Massachusetts on January 22 the prosecution accused Mrs Bertha Surprise Cote 28 of bluffing and “trickery” after she claimed her husband Rene Cote was killed by her lover Walter Steele 24 The court released Steele due to insufficient evidence as Cote called him her “lover” and accused him of beating her husband Cote’s counsel Eben G Townes said prosecutors would likely proceed to a grand jury The case began after Steele faced murder charges while Cote remained a material witness and refused to testify to avoid self incrimination The victim Rene Cote was a 34 year old garage foreman who died from blunt force injuries at home near a Christmas tree
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Brockton
Mass
Jan
Bertha Surprise Cote
Walter Steete
William G. Rowe
Steele
Rene
Inquest Opened For Elizabeth Short Slaying
Los Angeles coroner opened an inquest into the sadistic murder of Elizabeth Short, 22, with investigators lacking leads and unsure if the verdict will name unknown assailants. Detectives questioned Lynn Martin, Short’s former roommate and aspiring singer, while authorities search motor courts, hotels, and vacant houses for clues about Short’s whereabouts between January 9 and 15 when her nude body was found bisected on a vacant lot. Captain Jack Donahue said the killer may have left trace evidence not yet found.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Short
Miss Short
Lynn Martin
Elizabeth's
San Fernando Valley
Jack. Donahue
Isi
AP Not Victim of Violence In China
Shanghai sources quote Ching Press denying Dr. Tilson L. Harrison death was violent. The 63 year old ANRRA physician on a mercy mission died January 10 near Hotse in Hopeh Shantung after fatigue and exposure, cause not yet determined.
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Shanghai
Ching Press
Tilson L. Harrison
ANRRA
Hopeh
Shantung Province
Hotse
Getting Even? Ettore Fights to Keep Peace After Abuse Claim
Al Ettore former heavyweight boxer, now a bartender, was held to keep the peace after his wife Norma Ettore testified he struck her knocking her from a room. She said he followed a visit to her mother she had not seen in 26 years. Ettore testified his wife lied about origins of their marriage in 1941.
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Urper Darby
al Ettore
Joe Louie
Albion Murray
Ettore
Norma Ettore
Murray
Isla Bie
Wace
Tin
Aitore
iPilots Get Boosts At Wage Talk
A three man arbitration panel raised overseas first pilots pay to 925 to 1100 dollars a month and co pilots to 290 to 400 as domestic service first pilots reach about 1000 while co pilots rise to 280 to 400. The award affects about 200 pilots immediately with 1400 total pilots and co pilots in scope across Skymasters and Constellations.
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Robert N. Buck
Westfield N. J
Buck
AFL
Airline Pilots Association
TWA
Pilote Union
Arbitration Board
Mediation Board
Labour Party adopts hands off stance on United Europe Committee
London Jan 22 The British Labour Party executive chose a private approach to the new all party United Europe Committee headed by Winston Churchill. A spokesman said the leadership would not publicly disapprove while the group aims to support voluntary regional groupings of nations. The move comes as speculation of an official stance fades, with Russia condemning the federated United States of Europe concept. Two deadly poisons sodium and chlorine form table salt.
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Spitsbergen
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Scalbard Group
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Labor Party
Thirteen American Airmen Reported Safe After Forced Landing
Thirteen Americans missing since Saturday were reported en route to Canton after an army transport plane made a forced landing at Linping, 100 miles northeast of Shanghai. Only two men, Warrent Officer Harry Fair and Cpl Joseph A. McDavitt, have been identified. Food and supplies to be dropped to the passengers if found.
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Shanghai
Canton
Linping
U. S. Army
Ettie Sherman
Harry Fair
Associated Press
Wayne Richardson
Hong Kong
RAF
F. R. Martin
M. S. Kelly
Boston
Army Graves Registration Service
Fair
Cpl
I Joseph A. McDavitt
Suits seek dismissal of portal to portal actions
Five companies move to dismiss CIO United Steelworkers portal to portal suits in federal court asserting illegality and public safety risks. They label retroactive wage claims totaling about 80 000 as champerty and barratry and seek dismissal of certain employee plaintiffs unless names and identifying data are added. The filing also moves to require the union to provide specific information backing the suits.
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Pittsburgh
Public Safety
Federal District Court
Cio-United Steelworkers
Champerty
Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co
Aluminum Seal Co
Allegheny- Ludlum Steel Corp
Portable Products Corp
Obituaries: Mrs Mary Tiffany Allison at Logan Ohio
Obituary items list Mrs Mary Tiffany Allison who died of a heart attack in Logan Ohio at her daughter’s home. Services planned Thursday at 2:00 pm at Streams Funeral Home with Harry Boyd officiating. Interment Oakland Cemetery. Other notices include Frederick Lott obituary and funeral details in Indiana, Gerald Downer death in Detroit from car crash with services Friday.
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Mary Tiffany Allison
Marion Abell
Logan
Ohio
Streams Funeral
Harry
Utter Boyd
Oakland Cemetery
Gerald Downer
Detroit
Wilbert Mo
Eva
Watkins) Downer
Ity
Ruth Balls Powner
Ernest
Lucille
Geralgine
Elizabeth Ann
Robert
Dancy
Hows
Eugene
Macontawn
Wilper
Indiana
Masonic Lodge
Urge Japs Give Up Feb Strike Plans
Tokyo dated dispatch reports Welfare Minister Yoshishige Kawai urging government workers to abandon a general strike planned for February. The Congress of Industrial Unions backs a 2,500 to 9,000 worker action against Yoshida’s conservative government, citing the knifing of its president Kikunami and alleging reactionary forces. Kikunami recovering as police say two New People's Party youth surrendered. Parrot species tally noted in regional biodiversity line.
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Tokyo
Yoshishige Kawai
Yoshida
Congress of Industrial Unions
Shigeru Yoshida
Congress
Ratu Kikunami
Kikunami
New People's Party
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