No Strings Attached GOP Bid Sparks Ike Taft Clash
Western GOP leaders pressed for a candidate with no strings attached urging voters to back Taft or Eisenhower. Chicago meeting of 18 state chairmen endorsed the pledge while signaling a shift to empower Republican governors and chairs in party affairs amid debates over Truman policies and Ike prospects.
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Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Midwestern
Rocky Mountain
Chicago
Potomac
GOP
Gen
Eisenhower
Truman
Senator Lodge
Rmass
Duff
R-Pa
Ike
Lodge
New Hampshire
McGrath
White House
Harold E. Stassen
Arkansas
Osro Cobb
Republican State Committee
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Congress
Churchill Returns to U S Welcome Amid Fog and Flags
Winston Churchill arrives in New York aboard the Queen Mary and is greeted with ruffles and flourishes by the First Army Band. He travels to Floyd Bennett Field to board President Truman's Independence for a Washington visit and talks planned with Canadian officials before addressing Congress on January 17.
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New York
U.S
America
Winston Churchill
Brooklyn Army Pier
Coast Guard
Navesink
Queen Mary
Brooklyn
Churchill
New York Harbor
Vincent Impelliterri
Oliver Franks
Truman
Robert B. Landry
Air Force
John Sammons
Ambrose
Washington
Mr. Truman
Blair House
Anthony Eden
Lord Ismay
Commonwealth
Sir William Slim
Imperial General Staff
Lord Cherwell
Brooklyn Army Base
Floyd Bennett Field
President Truman
Independence
National
Chicago Elevated Crash Injures 45
A two-train CTA collision near the 35th Street station left 45 people injured with four in serious condition. Firefighters freed engineer John Brokopp from the rear cab after an hour, as passengers received treatment and were released. Officials offered no cause speculation.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Transit Authority
35Th St
John Brokopp
William A. Sheffert
Frank Martinez
Sam Brown
Brokopp
CTA
Snow Hits Wisconsin and Illinois With Slippery Highways
Moderate to heavy snow fell across southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois on Friday while northern Wisconsin saw little new accumulation. The highway commission reports moderately slippery highways in several regions and clearer main roads in central areas. Clearing and colder weather is forecast tonight, with Sunday partly cloudy and milder temperatures. The temperature was 26 at 11 a.m. in downtown Kenosha.
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Wisconsin
Illinois
The
Highway Commission
Kenosha
Milwaukee Snow Slows Traffic In End of Day Snarl
Milwaukee motorists faced a major slowdown during the Friday rush hour as about three inches of snow slicked streets and intersections. Police reported 60 traffic accidents in the afternoon amid stalled vehicles and lengthy delays.
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Milwaukee
Cigars Whisky Ready For Churchill's Visit
Winston Churchill set to stay at the British embassy during talks with Truman. The 77 year old premier will have whisky cigars and heated towel racks provided, with Anthony Eden and Lord Moran joining him on the embassys third floor. A formal shift from wartime pajama conferences is noted as staff anticipate a lively visit.
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Washington
U.P
Winston Churchill
White House
Churchill
Blair House
Truman
Lord Moran
Anthony Eden
Mystery blast jolts Point Loma near San Diego
Police say a blast in the Point Loma area at 9 43 p m was strong enough to register on a seismograph and set off a flood of calls to the police switchboard. Patrol cars and a coast guard PBY searched the area but found no cause an hour later.
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San Diego
Calif
U.P
Point Loma
Coast Guard
500 Seized In Sweeping Dope Raids Nationwide
Federal agents led a dawn to night sweep targeting narcotics rings with 500 peddlers seized. Narcotics Commissioner Harry Anslinger said the operation aims to capture national racket kings within weeks and halt rising youth drug use. About 100 peddlers were arrested in Texas and others across New York Philadelphia Washington and Chicago with no violence reported.
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Washington
Harry J. Anslinger
Anslinger
San Antonio
Texas
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
United States
Lost Hills Retaken as Allied Forces Drive Reds Back
Allied infantry on the western front recaptured all hilltop positions lost December 28 near Korangpo after a heavy artillery barrage. In the air 20 Sabrejets beat off 40 MiG-15s. ground forces repelled a four hour enemy attack, boosting total Communist deaths to about 1,057 as UN lines return to pre December 28 positions.
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8Th Army Headquarters
Korea
U.P
G.i.’S
Manchuria
Korangpo
Insults Fly as Truce Talks Stalemate at Panmunjom
Across Panmunjom the Allies and Reds traded insults with the Allies accusing the Reds of acting dumb and the Reds calling the Allies bandits. No progress occurred in supervising armistice or prisoner exchanges. The talks stalled, with both sides blaming the other for the stalemate as meetings were set to resume.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.P
United Nations
R. E. Libby
Pyongyang
Peiping
Moscow
Libby
Lee Sang Cho
U. S
Howard M. Turner
Hsieh Fang
Republic of Korea
Hsieh
Turner
North Korea
Favor Talk On Cold War Discussed By Western Powers
Western powers tentatively accept a Soviet proposal for a prompt high level UN Security Council meeting to discuss the cold war but not Korea armistice talks. They may join only after a Korean cease-fire is achieved, amid Western caution and U.S. fears of jeopardizing Panmunjom negotiations.
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Paris
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Security Council
United States
Panmunjom
Building Burns At Union Grove Wis Fire Gutting Tavern and Apartment
A two story tavern and apartment building in Union Grove Wisconsin burned early today. Firefighters from Union Grove Yorkville and Kansasville fought the blaze over more than two hours. The brick walls remained with Macs tavern inside destroyed. An apartment on the second floor occupied by high school principal William Homburg burned out. No injuries reported though Homburgs dog was killed. Cause of the fire undetermined.
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Union Grove
Wis
U.P
Mac
Yorkville
Kansasville
William Homburg
Homburg
Guatemalan Gov Bans Anti Communist Demonstrations
Guatemala interior minister Ricardo Chavez says the leftist government will ban anti Communist protests as organizers plan a national convention in the capital on January 27. Chavez spoke last night amid the build up to the event.
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Guatemala
Ricardo Chavez
Chavez
Truck Skids Into Train. West Bend Man Dies
Bernard Stoffel fifty six? no 46 of West Bend was fatally injured when his truck slid into a Soo Line freight train at a crossing near West Bend Wisconsin yesterday.
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West Bend
Wis
U.P
Bernard Stoffel
Rt. 5
Hear
Soo Line
Danish Captain Masters Tow of Stricken Flying Enterprise
Valiant Captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen aboard the Flying Enterprise wins a key early victory as the tug Turmoil secures a tow line at 9 am GMT. The crippled freighter, listing heavily, begins the perilous journey toward Falmouth with Carlsen refusing to abandon ship despite hours of peril.
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London
U.P
Henrik Kurt Carlsen
North Atlantic
Enterprise
Carlsen
Falmouth
Air Ministry
Kenneth R. Dancy
Carlson
Dancy
Dane
U. S
Willard Keith
Mate
Carlsen Jubicant
Flying Enterprise
Abeille 25
France
Marriages In Headlines Across Nations And States
United Press reports on a string of marriages and separations from Tennessee to New York and Athens. An 11 year old bride endures an illegal union with Arvel Ott. he vows to wait till she is of age. A 14 year old mother Geraldine Hudson and Sanford 19 elope to Virginia. Tassoula Petrakoghiorgi returns to her father after a near Trojan-war crisis with Costas Kefaloghianis. Billy Rose sues Eleanor Holm over access to shared property while Sheppard King and Samia wed in Cairo amid a globe straddling romance.
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United Press
Tennessee
Eva Dean Baggett
Arvel Ott
Ott
New York
Geraldine Hudson
Sanford
Virginia
Geraldine
Athens
Greece
Tassoula Petrakoghiorgi
Tassoula
Costas Kefaloghianis
Costas
Billy Rose
Eleanor Holm
Rose
Eleanor
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