Georgia Convicts: Cut, Maim Selves
Buckled by Christmas Day riot at Rock Quarry Prison in Buford Georgia guards report inmates slashed heels with safety razors to force work stoppage. About one fifth of inmates participated after a Christmas dinner with tensions over visiting rules reading material and radios. Warden says act aimed to avoid work not escape.
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Buford
State Prison
Georgia
New Rock
Quarry
Rock Quarry
Miners Idle but No Mass Stoppage After West Frankfort Blast
West Frankfort Illinois December 27 A few miners paused work in memory of the blast victims but no mass stoppage occurred. Investigators search for cause of the explosion that killed 119 men as John L Lewis aides discuss but do not elaborate. Congressional inquiry prep underway with Senator Humphrey directing public hearings early next year.
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West’ Frankfort, II
West Frankfort
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Lewis
Sen
Humphrey
D.minn
Senate Labor-Management
Curtis Johnson
Fire Chief Rescues 83 Year Old Woman in Blaze
Murray Utah dispatch reports a county fire chief aided by his crew crawled through heavy smoke to pull an 83 year old woman from a burning home. The rescued woman, Phoebe Candland, was transported to Salt Lake General Hospital for treatment.
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Murray
Utah
Phoebe Candland
Salt Lake General Hospital
Salt Lake County
Jack Clay
Candland
U.S. Silent Over Chiang Army Ferrying Claim
Reports from Formosa claim the U S Seventh Fleet ferries 70,000 Nationalist troops to the mainland. Maj Gen William C Chase and Capt Henry T Jarrell declined to comment feeding the Peiping broadcast naming them. The broadcast cited Brig Gen John T Cole arranging overland movement to Thailand and northern Burma. A separate item notes Salt Lake County Fire Chief Jack Clay rescuing Mrs Candland from a burning home.
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Taipeh
Formosa
U.S. Seventh Fleet
William C. Chase
U. S. Military Assistance Advisory Group
Henry T. Jarrell
U.S. Naval
Seventh Fleet
Peiping
Chase
Thailand
John T. Cole
Burma
China
Riots in Egypt Lead to Police Fire on Students
In Cairo and Alexandria protests against royal politics left 15 students injured by buckshot in Alexandria. Police used tear gas on a 5000-strong crowd in Alexandria. streetcars were set ablaze near Parliament. Universities in Cairo and Alexandria ordered closed indefinitely.
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Cairo
Egypt
Alexandria
Parliament
Fouad
Mohammed Ali Pasha
Farouk University
al Mob
Hafez Afifi Pasha
Farouk
Atifi
CIO Gives $10,000 to Kin of Miners
The CIO donated 10000 dollars to aid families of 119 victims of the West Frankfort coal mine explosion in Illinois. Philip Murray said funds go to Local 1265 of the United Mine Workers as a gift to help Jessen and ease the suffering caused by the disaster. He urged stronger mine safety laws.
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Washington
CIO
West Frankfort
Philip Murray
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