Allies Check Story Of POW Camp Bombing
The UN Command reviewed a Communist report claiming a bombing of a North Korean POW camp at Kangdong 18 miles northeast of Pyongyang. The site housed American Sgt. Tadashi Kaneko and 1,591 South Koreans. Officials studied tactical air reports to verify the allegations as talks on prisoner exchanges stalled.
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Munsan
Red Truce
Kangdong
Pyongyang
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
Lee Sang Cho
Lee
Tadashi Kaneko
First Cavalry Division
California GOP Leader Raps Gabrielson
Senator Nixon demands the firing of Republican National Chairman Guy Gabrielson as the GOP meets in San Francisco to discuss the chairmanship. The Senate investigations subcommittee weighs findings from a prior probe into Gabrielson and former Democratic chairman William M Boyle Jr. regarding influence over government loans and related negotiations.
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Washington
Nixon
Calif
Guy G. Gabrielson
Gabrielson
Caie
GOP
San Francisco
Senate
William M. Boyle Jr
Boyle
Senator Hoey
Reconstruction Finance Rp
Canadians Die In Worst Mine Disaster In 11 Years
In Stellarton Nova Scotia eighteen Canadians died in a gas explosion at the McGregor mine and two more fatalities were confirmed, with all workers in the blast area killed. Fire and rescue crews recovered burned bodies Monday night as officials worked to prevent further danger.
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Stellarton
Canada
McGregor
Rescue Team Bucks Storm To Reach Stranded Train
An Army rescue unit pushes into the blizzard torn High Sierras to reach 226 people stranded on the City of San Francisco luxury streamliner. Weasels amphibious jeeps with treads lead the convoy carrying food for 2000 meals and medical supplies as avalanches and floods disrupt communications.
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San Francisco
Sierras
Canada
Mexico
Southern Pacific
Carl Olson
Utilities Company
Sodal Springs
Demo Senator Defends Blunt Talk On Policy Direction
In Baltimore on January 15 Senator Herbert O Connor D Md announced he will leave public office this year to speak freely without party pressures. He warned the country trends toward socialism government handouts and heavy government intervention as threats to liberty and the cold war fight against Communism.
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Baltimore
Herbert O’conor
D-Md
Great Britain
Farm Wife Delivers Quadruplets in Arkansas Home
In Nashville Arkansas on January 15 a 38 year old farm wife Mrs Naggai Ponder gave birth to quadruplets three boys and a girl. Doctor M D Duncan said he expected twins. Leonard Ponder drove to a Nashville hospital with the infants as neighbors assisted. The babies were incubated and reported to be doing well.
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Nashville
Ark
Naggai Ponder
M. D. Duncan
Ponder
Duncan
Leonard Ponder
Eight Thousand 37th Men Enter Federal Service
About 8,000 members of the 37th Infantry Division Ohio National Guard entered federal service. They will train at Camp Polk, La, with arrivals to be completed by January 25. The 137th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion will train at Fort Bliss before joining Polk.
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Columbus
37Th Infantry Division
Ohio National Guard
Camp Polk
137Th
Ft. Bliss
Seks
Polk
Navy Patrol Plane Crash Kills 12 Near Atsugi Air Base
The U S Navy reports twelve crewmen died in the crash of a four engine PB4Y 2 Privateer near Atsugi Air Base on Monday. Three bodies were recovered from the wreckage and nine others were recovered Tuesday after the aircraft burned in a dry rice paddy.
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Yokohama
U. S. Navy
Atsugi
Tax Payments May Soon Top Food Spending
Washington report notes Americans spend more on taxes than food, with Paul S. Willis of Grocery Manufacturers of America estimating per capita tax bills rising from 376 in 1950 to over 450 in 1951. Advice includes keeping a tax notebook and tracking deductibles such as sales and real estate taxes, mortgage interest, and auto fees.
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Washington
Paul S. Willis
Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc
Willis
Logan Man Reports Possession of Exploding Type Sweaters
A Logan resident turned in two so called exploding sweaters to Sheriff Waldron after learning of similar cases nationwide. The man and two others bought six sweaters from a traveling salesman for sixteen dollars, and one sweater was tested by the sheriff with a match showing a quick flash. Officials warn others who bought similar brushed rayon garments to dispose safely and avoid flames.
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Logan
A. J. Waldron
Waldron
Prison Inmates Kill Two Guards at San Quentin
A 12 inch scissors blade was used by inmates to kill two guards at San Quentin on Monday night. Charles D. Wiget 31 was slain in the prison library and Vern A. Mackin 38 in the movie projection room. Eugene Burwell of Los Angeles and James Alonzo Rogers serving a term for intent to murder were identified as the killers.
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San Quentin
Calif
Charles D. Wiget
Vern A. Mackin
Eugene Burwell
Los Angeles
James Alonzo Rogers
Even Beer Cost Slated For Hike
Washington officials say beer prices may rise after January 28 as the Office of Price Stabilization allows brewers wholesalers and retailers to adjust malt beverage prices. OPS estimates the average increase about one cent per 12 ounce bottle or can.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Pin Curl Feud Ends at Antioch High School
In Antioch California on January 15 the pin curler feud ends as Ola Barton is allowed to wear pin curls at school. She returns Monday for the first time since last March after teachers sent her home to get dressed. Parents Am os and are cited and fined ten dollars each by Justice Yates F Hamm. they threaten jail over payment.
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Antioch
Calif
Theola Barton
Yates F. Hamm
Amos Barton
Costello Jury Split Over Contempt Verdict
New York January 15 report says a divided jury could not reach a verdict after six hours of deliberation on Frank Costello contempt charges. Jurors later were housed in a mid town hotel as the case proceeded, with potential penalties up to 11 years in prison and $11,000 fine if convicted on all counts.
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New York
Frank Costello
Senate Crime Committee
Costello
UnAmerican Panel Questions Bentley on Moscow Spy Pipeline
Washington January 15 The House UnAmerican Activities Committee called Elizabeth Bentley wartime Russian spy courier to trace Moscow secret pipeline to U S Communist agents before World War II. Bentley was to testify with Louis Budenz former Daily Worker editor and Grace Granich identified as propagandists for the Communist Party in China.
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Washington
Elizabeth Bentley
House UnAmerican Activities Committee
Moscow
Miss Bentley
Louis Budenz
The
Daily Worker
Re- Grace Granich
Max
Communist Party
China
Stand Up For Jesus New Army Fight Song Debuts
At Fort Monmouth New Jersey a five day religious services series opens with aStand Up For Jesus chorus as soldiers gather in the fieldhouse. The program is part of a national drive by church groups and backed by military leaders and President Truman to bolster servicemen's spiritual defense with civilian pastors preaching in guardhouses and hospitals. Maj. Gen. Kirke B. Lawton attends the opening service alongside Lt. Col. Lisle Bartholomew, noting religion's stabilizing role.
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Truman
Col
Lisle Bartholomew
Benson, Vt
Oldest Medal of Honor recipient helps son enlist in Air Force
An 86-year-old retired Army captain, Allen Walker of Laredo Texas, escorts his 17-year-old son Devil to San Antonio to enlist in the Air Force. Walker is a two time Medal of Honor recipient with prior service in the Indian and Philippine campaigns. His other two sons Servando and Albino serve in the military, one in Korea and one in England respectively.
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San Antonio
Air Force
Allen Walker
Laredo
Tex
Devil
Servando Walker
Korea
Albino
Bill) Walker
England
Bill
Walker
Pecos River
Texas
Philippines
Sabres Damage Two Red Jets in Korea Air Battle
American Sabrejet pilots damaged two Communist Mig-15s in the first air clashes in four days over Northwest Korea. Weather cleared after snow and storms as UN forces counterattacked east of the Pukhan river in a four hour fight.
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Seoul
Northwest
Korea
Red Company
Pukhan River
10 Percent Pay Raise for All U S Servicemen Passed
The House approved a 10 percent pay increase for active and retired military personnel by a 269 to 89 vote. The bill moves to the Senate under a tight 40 minute debate, with no amendments allowed and a two thirds majority required. Backers expect election year sentiment to help passage despite differing views on scope.
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Washington
Jan
House
Senate
Blood Donors Sought For Louis Levine
Local Red Cross appeals for blood donations to help Louis B. Levine of Logan Foundry and Machine Company who is in critical condition at St Francis Hospital Columbus after a November auto crash. The drive aims for 125 pints with 126 pledges so far and will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Evangelical United Brethren Church with a special slot 2 to 3:30 p.m. for walk ins and nonappointed donors urged to come between 2 and 3:30 p.m.
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Louis B. Levine
Logan Foundry and Machine Company
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Red Cross
Logan
Levine
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Britain wary of sudden progress on Soviet atomic plan
Paris January 15 British Minister Selwyn Lloyd welcomed the Soviet proposal for international atomic control but warned UN observers not to expect a rapid or dramatic easing of East West tension. He urged more study by the UN Disarmament Commission as Moscow seeks simultaneous ban of the atom bomb and ongoing inspections.
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Paris
Selwyn Lloyd
Soviet Union
United Nations Political Committee
Lloyd
Disarmament Commission
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
Kisseler
Jean Chauvel
France
Britain
United States
Canada
1Th Security Council
Shakeup Plan For Tax Men Met With Cold Reception
Washington January 15 Congress reviews President Truman’s Internal Revenue Bureau reorganization with a 60 day deadline. An anonymous senator says it lacks support while the Expenditures Committee under McClellan prepares to vote on hearings. The plan cuts internal revenue collectors from 64 to 25 and places them under civil service with broader duties.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Executive Expenditures Committee
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
House
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