Nations workers begin UN human rights mission at Lake Success
The United Nations Human Rights Commission opened in Lake Success on January 27 as it begins a major effort to safeguard rights worldwide. The 18 member panel, including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Gen. Carlos Romulo, aims to draft an international bill of rights and definitions, with later sub-commissions to specify guaranteed freedoms across race sex language and religion.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Tiiled Nationa
Commission On Human Rights
U. N
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippine Republic
Charles Dukes
Commission
Dukes
Britain
International Court of Appeals
Women Hear Big Guns On UN Defense
Washington dispatch reports at the 21st Women’s Patriotic Conference on National Defense three top military leaders urged universal military training a strong air force and a robust navy as essential to defend the United States from surprise attack. Secretary Patterson defended not cutting the army budget warning against reducing forces while Gen. Kenney warned of a polar attack with atomic weapons and mass destruction. Vice Admiral Blandy urged a navy capable of keeping sea lanes open amid future conflicts. The conference gathered leaders from patriotic and veterans auxiliaries with the American Legion and VFW backing Patterson’s universal training concept.
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Washington
United States
Women's Patriotic Conference On National Defense
Patterson
George C. Kenney
Hitler
Adm
W. J. P. Blandy
Navy
Gold Star Mothers
American Legion Auxiliary
American War Mothers
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Marine Corps League Auxiliary
American Legion
National Defense Committee
Kenney
British Banker and Judge Abducted in Tel Aviv
British banker Windham and Judge Windham abducted in Tel Aviv during a conference on kidnapings. Police report no clues to their whereabouts. The abandoned car tied to the case was found in Ramat Gan as authorities tighten control and troops search the city.
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Tel Aviv
Windhaa
H. A. S. Collins
Jerusalem
Windham
Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Groner
Mediterranean
Kidnap Threat Notes Target Cincinnati Family
Police guard the Stuart Murphy home after a note threatening the kidnapping of a daughter appeared in the mailbox. The note demanded $1000 by Monday and was signed the X. No FBI involvement reported. Murphy has three daughters under ten.
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Cincinnati
Stuart Murphy
Clifford Yockey
Hamilton County
G. Taylor Handman
Murphy
A. E. Ostholthoff
FBI
Cincinnatti
Niot
Non-Stop P-82 Flight From Hawaii to New York Planned
A North American P-82 two fuselages two engines fighter plane known as the Betty Jo will attempt a 5000 mile non stop flight from Honolulu to New York soon. Lt Col Robert E Thacker and Lt John M Ard of Wright Field will pilot and co pilot the mission at 20000 feet tracing a route near San Francisco Reno Ney Rock Springs Detroit Erie and LaGuardia. Estimated time about 15 hours. The flight aims to guide future research and development for long escort missions at high altitude.
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Honolulu
New York
Army Air Forces
Robert E. Thacker
John M. Ard
Wright Field
Ohio
Betty Jo
Thacker
Hickman Field
California
Point Arena
San Francisco
Reno
Ney
Rock Springs
Wyo
Detroit
Erie
LaGuardia Field
Swedish Prince Gustaf Olaf dies in airliner crash
The 20th century Swedish royal tragedy reports the death of Prince Gustaf Olaf and 20 others in a Holland bound airliner crash in April 1930. The king grieves as infant Karl Gustaf becomes second in line. dolls gifted by Juliana of Holland survive with luggage. Broad notes include related figures and mistaken identifications in Copenhagen.
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Victoria
Sweden
Sibyalla
Juliana of Holland
Margaretha
Christina
Desiree
Brigetta
Prince
Miss Moore
Valentin Parera
Copenhagen
Paris
Legation
Jive Man Stabbed In Pasadena Affray
Louis Jordan 38 was treated for stab wounds after an affray at a Pasadena home. His wife Fleecie Ernestine Jordan 37 was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. Jordan suffered cuts to the face arms and chest.
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Pasadena
Louis Jordan
Hand Jender
Fleecie Ernestine Jordan
Jordan Yx
Friends
Push Hunt For China Plane
In Sze-Siwan Province, search planes probed the rugged area southeast of Chungking for the CNAC airliner missing since Saturday while 18 aboard on a Canton to Chungking flight. Pilot listed as Jack M. Blackmoore of West Los Angeles. CNAC ordered full flight details as officials reassessed earlier wreckage reports.
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Nanking
Szeesiwan
Chungking
Chinese ‘National Aviation Corp
Canton
Chung -King
Chinese Bureau of Civil Aviation
CNAC
Jack M. Blackmoore
West Los Angeles
A. D. Haskell
The
Los Angeles Times
Chinese Central News Agency
Jagency
Rubber Workers Hall New Contract in Rubber Industry
In Cincinnati on January 27 officials of U R W and URO rubber announce a company wide contract for about 30,000 U S Rubber Co. employees across 18 plants. It is the first such contract in the rubber industry and perhaps the first negotiated by a CIO union. Buckmaster calls it a milestone while Cushing says it should improve relations between company and union.
Offer To Sell Eye Aids Pa Woman
EDINBORO Pa Jan 27 Mrs Marie Didion a one year old mother of 12 children offered to sell her eyes to the highest bidder but today she had nearly $500 in hand to buy food and comforts after sympathetic readers sent in checks. She said a week ago she would sell an eye to aid her family adding she would not hesitate to sell any eye if it would ensure her children's security and spare them the poor house later.
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Edinboro
Marie Didion
Didion
Rooney Split Rumors Fly Over Birmingham Family Feud
Mrs E M Rase confirms Mickey Rooney and wife to live apart with their two young sons, Mickey Rooney Jr. and Timothy, remaining with the mother in Birmingham. Property settlement talks are reportedly under way. no legal action has been filed.
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Birmingham
Aula
APJ
E. M. Rase
Mickey Rooney
Rase
Mickey
Timothy
Rose
Rooney
Atlantic City
Camp Sibert
Ala
Chance Meeting Led Grace Moore To Operatic Career
Chattanooga memorial recalls how a chance meeting with opera star Mary Garden redirected Grace Moore from missionary hopes to global fame. The Chattanooga native died in a Copenhagen plane crash. she spoke often of her father’s initial opposition, her early stages in Washington and New York, and her eventual pursuit of the Met stage.
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Grace Moore
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mary Garden
O Day
Miss Moore
Copenhagen
Richard L. Moore
Richard
James
Richard E. Moore
Iis
Fom Jellico
Cot. Moore
Fashionable
Belmont School
Nashville
Nn Jellies Choir
Wilson-Greene Music School
Washington
Footlights
France
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
North Dakota
Riverview
James Moore
Valentin Parera
Mougins
Parera
UAW Keeps Rights After Allis Chalmers Election
Milwaukee January 27 Local 248 of the CIO United Auto Workers on strike at Allis Chalmers in West Allis retained bargaining rights despite a failed election. The union polled 4122 votes, Independent union 4014, and 116 for no union with 50 ballots challenged. disputa issues include union shop grievance procedure and a 25 cent wage increase amid the long strike.
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Milwaukee
CIO
United Autoworkers Union
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co
West Allis
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Independent Workers of
Alliss Chalmers
UAW
Independent Union
Wisconsin, Employment Relations Board
WERB
National Labor Relations Board
R. J. Thomas
UAW International
Allis Chalmers
Thomas
Walter E. Peterson
Local 248
Robert Buse
Joseph Dombek
Georgia Gov duel puts state finances at risk
Georgia faced a fiscal crisis as rival governors Talmadge and Thompson battled for authority. State Treasurer Hamilton halted disbursements to department heads until a court ruling, leaving only four weeks of funds. Tax collections from the revenue commissioner are also awaiting clearance, while the General Assembly returns with a white primary bill and probes bribery allegations tied to Talmadge's election.
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Atlanta
Georgia
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Fred Hand
Assembly
Herman Talmadge
George B. Hamilton
Supreme Court
Talmadge
Gay. M. E. Thompson
Thompson
Hamilton
Senate
B. E. Thrasher, Jr
U S Seeks to Strengthen Arctic Bases in Iceland Greenland
Moscow radio states the United States will not withdraw troops from Iceland and Greenland but is strengthening bases as part of Arctic military measures. The broadcast notes continued strong U S interest in these locations and in Arctic defense strategies.
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London
Moscow Radio
United States
Iceland
Greenland
Arctic
United States War Department
Fritzsche Tells Court Betrayed In Denazification Trial
Hans Fritzsche told a German denazification court he was betrayed by Nazi leadership he once trusted. He pleaded innocent to charges and argued he was not a major offender under the denazification law, echoing his defense at the international tribunal. Also on trial is former, Rintnmat Beas Van Banen.
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Mernberg
Hans Fritzsche
Grid
International Tribunal
Fritzsche
Rintnmat Beas van Banen
LCI Returns To Dairen Amid Soviet Interlude
LCI 1090 visited Dairen last week transporting supplies to U. S. Consul General H. Merrell Benninghoff. The Navy said the visit occurred without incident and noted friendly relations with Soviet authorities. Comdr. Edgar Yates reported cordial Soviet attitude during the stay.
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Shanghai
Dairen
U. S
H. Merrell Benninghoff
U. S. Navy
Navy
Tsingtao
LCI
State Department
Comdr
Edgar Yates
Benninghoff
Reds Reject Peace Plans For Germany
London Jan 27 An informed source said Russia rejected an informal American push for a peace statute on Germany. Instead Russia proposed a complete treaty drafted by the Big Four, approved by all nations that declared war, then ratified by a reconstituted German government. The plan envisions an international conference, a foreign ministers council, and signature by a new Central German authority.
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Jack Smith
London
Russia
Germany
Greman
U. S
Robert Murphy
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council
Convict Canuck On 2 Spy Charges
OTTAWA Jan 27 AP Dr Henry Harris a Toronto optometrist was convicted on two conspiracy charges tied to Russian agents seeking a false Canadian passport He received ten five years in prison Harris 54 native of New York was the 16th defendant in the espionage probe and ninth to be imprisoned. Six others were acquitted and one fined Judge A G McDougall ruled there was ample evidence he sought a false passport in a case described as extreme danger to the country.
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Ottawa
Henry Harris
Toronto
Harris
New York
A. G. McDougall
Tougher Physical Standards At West Point
The Army will require all West Point applicants to pass a one hour fitness exam in addition to existing tests starting July 1. Benchmarks include jumps, sprints, pushups, rope climbs and ball throws to measure neuromuscular coordination and endurance.
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Washington
Army
West Point
Congress
War Department
Firemen Battle Six-Hour Blaze at Plant in Reading
More than 100 firefighters fought a six hour fire at the Bowers Battery and Spark Philb Company plant in Reading Pennsylvania. Est damage listed at 500000 by president Clarence P. Bowers. Water supply from a nearby creek hampered efforts. No injuries reported. The two story building housed offices and storage while an adjacent production section employing about 500 people was saved.
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Reading
Bowers
Battery & Spark, Philb Company
Clarence P. Bowers
Bilbo Out of Bed After Second Operation
New Orleans report that Senator Theodore G Bilbo of Mississippi is up and walking at Touro Infirmary after a month long operation a week earlier. Doctors say his condition remains satisfactory and he is not receiving visitors for several days as he recovers from a second surgery for malignant growth.
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New Orleans
Theodore G. Bilbo
Touro Infirmary
Bilbo
Scout Program At Kiwanis Club
The Indiana Kiwanis Club meets this evening devoted to Boy Scout and Girl Scout activities. Speakers Mrs. Arthur Russell and Mr. Harold Keck will share information on group achievements and future plans. Guests will include selected members from local Indiana troops.
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Indiana Kiwanis Club
Arthur Russell
Harold Keck
Indiana
Archery Club To Be Reorganized
A meeting to reorganize the Penn Indian Archery Club will be held at the Indiana Courthouse grand jury rooms on Wednesday January 29 at 7 pm All archers are urged to attend and bring interested friends President R Markle spoke of continued archery activity The note ends with an obsolete culinary adage about fruit byproducts.
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Penn-Indiana Archery Club
Indiana Courthouse
Grand Jury Rooms
R. Markle
Acid Tossers Busy In India
Five people were stabbed and several scared by acid throwers in Bombay during India's independence day celebrations. Police fired on rioters and snipers patrolled temple rooftops with orders to shoot acid throwers on sight. Dispatches from Lahore reported seven Moslem League leaders released after arrests in a raid, and others freed after protests.
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Bombay
Dan
India
Lahore
League
National Guard
Clearfield Farm Fire Destroys Barn and Livestock
The Haskell Kuhns farm in Keewaydin Clearfield County suffered a blaze Saturday causing 15,000 to 20,000 dollars in damage. The barn and equipment were destroyed along with 15 head of beef and over 11,150 chickens. Firefighters called it the worst fire in the area for years.
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Haskell Kuhns
Keewaydin
Clearfield County
Clearfield
Noon Stocks Air Reduction and Major Industries Roundup
A condensed snapshot lists numerous company tickers and prices from a noon stock reading. Names include American industries such as Anaconda, AT&T, Boeing, General Electric, Chrysler, IBM, Ford, Packard, Penn, Studebaker, and US Steel with various percentage indicators and notable firms like Reynolds, Westinghouse, and Warner Bros. Pict. The compilation reflects a broad market snapshot across steel, oil, chemicals, autos, and consumer goods sectors.
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Smelt & R
Bo Am
Tel & Tel
Balt & Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel Aaya
Boeing Air
Briggs Mfg
Budd Co
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G & Ellis Coms Solvents
Cons Edison
Cont Can
del Lack & Westay
Douglas Air
du Pont del
Eastman Kodak
el Auto
Lile
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors Sry
Greyhound Corp
Hercules Paw
Central
Nick Can
Tel & Telci Johns Manville
Kennecott Cop
Kresge
Lehigh Port Daly Lehigh Val Coal
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Stand Brands 36
Ltd
Oil Ind
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co A
Texas Co
United
Air
A&m
US Steel
Warner Bros
West UN Tel A
Woolworth
Slay Yoo Sh & T BR
Obituaries for Shaeffer Coleman and Furgiulio deaths
Obituary notices report the deaths of Harry A Shaeffer and Ira E Coleman in Huntington Park and Miami, with funeral details for Coleman. Also noted is Guy Forgiulio of Mentele, Italy, a memorial with burial in St Nicholas Cemetery Nicktown. Surviving relatives listed include spouses and many siblings across multiple states.
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Guy Forgiulle
Mentele
Pine Two
Alverda
St. Nicholas
Nicktown
Dominic
Italy
Nunzziato Furgiulio
Antonica Furgiulio
Matilda
Eugene
Beaver
Emilie
Beaver Falls
Vincent
Windber
Frank
James
Richard
Anada Delfonso
Fred
Samuel
Philys Gaston
Alaska bases need upgrades says Yukon sector commander
Brig. Gen Frank F. Everest, Yukon sector commander of the Alaskan Air Command, warned that no base in the Yukon sector is fully adequate for B-29 operations and that there is no adequate aircraft warning system in the area. He noted Ladd Field as the only B-29 base in the sector and discussed plans to station three full groups next winter, with overall forces totaling three squadrons.
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Clarke Beach
Fairbanks
Alaska
Frank F. Everest
Yukon
Alaskan Air Command
Anchorage
Aleutians
Everest
Ladd Field
Strategic Air Force
Hannegan To Stay In Dual Roles Amid Health Rumors
Boston January 27 Robert E. Hannegan says he has no plan to resign as Postmaster General or Democratic National Committee chairman. Burke Jr says Hannegan will stay in both posts unless the president asks him to quit. He is at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital for a routine physical exam in good condition and plans to return to Washington soon.
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Boston
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
William H. Burke, Jr
Hannegan
Truman
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital
Burke
New Florence Miner Injured at Kopper Coal
Bruce Ewen a 61 year old New Florence miner suffered a serious hand injury while working for Kopper Coal Company on Friday. He was transported to Johnstown Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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Bruce Ewen
Florence
Kopper Coal Company
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
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Betty Hensel
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China
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Rooneys
Durham
Great Britain
Allis Union
Reds
Ireland
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Kiwanis Club
Clearfield Farm
Cloupr
Harry A. Shaeffer
Huntington Park
Calif
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Margaret Shaeffer
Homer City
Helen
Clyde W. Shaeffer
Asbury Park
N. J. Thomas
Shaeffer
Ethel Wilt
Ruth Shaeffer
Washington, D. C
George Wedderburn
McKeesport
John Gilbert Shaeffer
Vandergrift
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Fuhera
Ira E. Coleman
Miami
Florida
Elmer Fyre
George Funeral Home
South Fork
New Florence
Ambu
Lance Bell
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