Skyrockers Plan Largest Grandad Bluff Fireworks Display
Grandad Skyrockers announce a midnight Wednesday fireworks show atop Grandad Bluff featuring aerial bombs and rockets. The 15 minute display uses no set pieces and crews work Wednesday on the bluff while residents are asked to park away from the bluff and use Losey boulevard and eastern streets. The Skyrockers group, formed in 1928, has funded and organized annual displays since resuming postwar shows.
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Tion
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Skyrockers
Dead and Missing After Philippine Typhoon Toll Rises
Spencer Davis reports in Manila that thirty two from the sunken liner Kina are missing as part of a typhoon death toll reaching 49, with isolated areas delaying a full count. Some Kina survivors are ashore at Calbayog and Dinalo on Samar. crews and one passenger remain unaccounted. Among saved are three American women from the U S war department in Japan who had booked passage.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
Philippines
Calbayog
Dinalo Point
Island
Samar
Aage Hjernan
Efoot
U. S. War Department
Japan
MacArthur Offers Aid After Philippine Typhoon Calamity
General MacArthur pledged any aid needed to the Philippines after a Christmas Day typhoon left 51 dead or missing. The Manila Press called it the greatest calamity since the war and the worst typhoon in 42 years as Roxas expressed shock and distress.
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Manila
MacArthur
Philippines
Manuel A. Roxas
Typhoon Devastates Islands. Losses Mount Across Philippines
A late typhoon crippled shipping in the central Philippines injuring and sinking vessels. Gerald F. Matti and family survived aboard the ue Bakke en route from Hong Kong to Genoa. Eleven dead in Laguna province, five in Manila region, one in Cavite. Kina valued at $2,000,000. F. L. W. Dalberg reported survivors in fair condition. Telecommunication with five provincial cities remained cut off.
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Anne Malek
Louise S. Rosso
Gerald F. Matti
Matti
Hong Kong
Genoa
F. L. W. Dalberg
Danish East Asiatic Company
Manila
Philippines
Laguna
Luzon
Cavite
Kina
South China Sea
Government Bureau of Posts and Telegraphs
Dr Wynekoop Gains Release From Illinois Reform 1933 Murder Case
Dr Alice Lindsey Wynekoop 76, central figure in the 1933 operating table murder of Rheta Gardner Wynekoop, is released after serving 13 years and nine months of a 25 year term with good behavior credits. She is expected to travel to Chicago with no immediate plans for a welcome.
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Alice Lindsey Wynekoop
State Women's Reformatory
Rheta Gardner Wynekoop
Earle Wynekoop
Report First Death From Virus X
Los Angeles reports the first death from the virus X disease amid a local outbreak affecting about 200,000 persons. The victim was a nine month old boy who died yesterday and an autopsy surgeon stated the death was caused by the virus infection now common in the area.
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Los Angeles
Local Weather Forecast Sunday Update
Partly cloudy Sunday with a light chill in the air. The highest temperature is expected in the afternoon around 30 degrees.
Red drive on aid plan alarms Europe in March
Paris reports say Communists plan a coordinated push against the Marshall plan across France Italy Greece Turkey and Austria with March as the action month. Anter is tied to a presumed shift in power and a purge of police and administration signals the seriousness of the coming clash.
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Charles de Gaulle
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Jean Reymond
Moch
Reymond
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L’humanite
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Greek Army Drives To Open Road To Konitsa
Greek forces battled Communist guerrillas along the Ioannina Konitsa road as heavy reinforcements moved into Epirus. Brig. Constantine Dovas was wounded in the fighting while troops repelled multiple assaults and silenced two guerrilla artillery batteries near Hill 915 and the Bourozani bridge.
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Assimakis
Greece
Macedonia
Kalpaki
Las
Robeson to Sing at Wallace Rally in Milwaukee
Paul Robeson, famed singer and actor, will perform and speak at the Henry A. Wallace rally in Milwaukee's auditorium, announced by the Wisconsin Citizens for Wallace committee on Saturday.
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Milwaukee
Paul Robeson
Henry A. Wallace
Wisconsin Citizens For Wallace Committee
Ten Die In Mexican Plane Crash Near Leon
A Panini Airlines two man plane crashed four blocks from Leon public square at noon Saturday, killing eight and injuring ten. The aircraft, en route from Durango to Mexico City, had just left Leon airport when it developed motor trouble and tried to return. Of the dead, five were passengers and three were local residents. four of the injured were passengers.
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Mexico City
Brooklyn
Eugene G. Schultz
New Jersey
Wallander
Senate GOP moves to study inflation curbs
The Senate Republican Policy Committee plans further anti inflation proposals as it meets early next month. Taft outlined a heavy agenda including rent control extensions and bank credit limits while President Truman weighed signing the voluntary inflation bill. Budget decisions and long range aid to Europe factor into timing with February 1 budget readiness.
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Expects Few Strikes In 1948 Optimistic Labor Peace Outlook
Washington reports Cyrus S. Ching director of the federal mediation service says he is very optimistic that employers and workers will settle disputes in 1948 without crippling strikes. He notes rising understanding between unions and management and expects no large work stoppages despite upcoming wage negotiations in several major industries.
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Cyrus S. Ching
Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
John L. Lewis
James C. Petrillo
Musicians Union
Prisoner Kills Officer in Florence Jail Incident
A Florence city jail shooting left Officer Grady Martin dead and two other officers wounded before the gunman was killed by fellow officers. The assailant was identified as a black prisoner named James Taylor.
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Florence
B 29 downed after Alaska search near Seward peninsula
At Ladd Field Alaska officers report a B 29 Superfortress missing since Tuesday with eight aboard sighted Saturday on the Seward peninsula. Weather varies from clear to snow with temperatures about 20 below. Pilot First Lt. Vern H. Arnett is among the crew. his wife lives in Fairbanks.
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Member of Famous Distiller Family Dies
BARDSTOWN Ky James B Beam 59 of the Beam distilling family was found dead in his bed at home. A physician said he had been dead about two hours and death was due to a heart ailment. Beam was president of the James B Beam Distilling Company at Clermont Bullitt County until retirement three years ago.
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Beam
Clermont
Bullit County
Oldtimer Says The People Not Times Make The Difference
Sylvania Georgia reports 103 year old Richard Bryant says the times are not decisive. good or bad times depend on people. He reflects that when people do right and treat others well, times are good, and when people are bad, times are bad.
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Sylvania
Richard Bryant
Fires Hit Portland Waterfront Coal Plant In Snow
In a northeast storm, two fires destroyed a large waterfront coal plant and a 250 foot stockyard stable. A 400 ton loading tower collapsed onto four tied boats at Randall & McAllister Wholesale Coal wharf, causing millions in damage. Authorities cite wind and short circuits as factors.
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John F. Sullivan
F. J. O'Hara Fish Company
Oliver T. Sanborn
Franken Back In Cell After Escape From Prison
Waupun Wisconsin Roman Roy Franken who escaped from the state prison Christmas morning was recaptured and returned to a cell on Saturday.
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Waupun
Wis
Roman
Roy) Franken
Rule In Loyalty Cases Emphasizes Secrecy
Washington chair Seth W. Richardson announced a policy of strict secrecy in handling government employees suspected of disloyal acts. He stressed acts, not opinions, are the board’s concern and warned staff to ignore differences of opinion. The statement outlines that advocacy for change is not disloyal unless tied to unconstitutional methods or foreign allegiance.
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Washington
Seth W. Richardson
Loyalty Review Board
Supreme Court
America
Richardson
United States
Mother Tosses Baby To Safety In Snow Bank
In York Pennsylvania a young mother trapped by flames on the second floor of her home Saturday hurled her five month old daughter Carla to safety into a foot deep snow bank. The child suffered burns while the mother Mary Moose aged 19 broke her left leg and dislocated her shoulder when a falling window forced her to jump.
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York
Carla
Mary Moose
Mayor O'Dwyer Returns to Lead Snow Removal Effort
Mayor William O'Dwyer flew from California to NYC to direct the effort to clear a record snowstorm that dumped 25.8 inches. 100000 city workers were ordered back, sanitation crews mobilized, and emergency plans activated as New York, New Jersey and neighboring states faced widespread disruption and 51 deaths.
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William O’dwyer
California
New York City
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Sanitation Department
New England
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Long Branch
Arthur W. Wallander
Department of Sanitation
Wallander
City Disaster Control Board
Army and Navy
CIO Urges Wallace To Run For President
A Detroit telegram from CIO local union officials urged Henry A. Wallace to seek the presidency. The message said only his candidacy could mobilize the people's vote to enable a progressive congress, and Wallace was urged to run on an independent ticket.
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Henry A. Wallace
CIO
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James Couser
Ford
United Auto Workers
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