Americans freed after 40 days in Hungary
Four U.S. airmen jailed by Communist Hungary for 40 days crossed the Austrian frontier at 5 01 p m and were sped toward base at Erding Germany. Washington officials said the United States paid a 120000 fine as part of release arrangements. The four men, including C 47 mechanic Sgt Jess Duff, appeared tired but said they were treated all right as they moved to Tallin air base.
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Austria
Hungary
Long Beach
Erding
Germany
Washington
United States
Budapest
U. 5 S
Tallin
Vienna
Jess Duff
Spokane
Wasi
Dowm
Steel Strike Put Off Three Days by Union Huddle
PITTSBURGH December 28 The CIO United Steelworkers wage policy committee voted to defer a work stoppage for at least three days delaying a nationwide strike until after the Atlantic City convention decides. The union will also respond to President Truman’s appeal and submit the dispute to the Wage Stabilization Board. If accepted, the board will study arguments and offer nonbinding recommendations as a new contract is at stake.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Atlantic City
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Wage Policy Committee
National Defense
Blame Mine Blast on Cigaret Spark Says Officials
The Bureau of Mines reported preliminary findings that an electric spark or a lit cigarette may have touched off the Orient Mine disaster in West Frankfort Illinois killing 319 miners. Investigators believe methane sparked coal dust ignition spreading through the mine while warning that inadequate rock dusting allowed propagation.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
West Frankfort
Ill
Orient Mine No. 2
Pursuit of divine aid for beaten Texas boy
Dallas reports say 4 hospital officials warn recovery will require more than resources to save year old Tommie Yates beaten into unconsciousness on Christmas Eve in Vernon Texas. His mother and stepfather Mr and Mrs Robert Dale Simpson face assault with intent to murder charges and have been moved to an undisclosed jail. Vernon Record notes high emotions but no further violence. Dallas Baylor Hospital attendants report Tommie remains semiconscious after surgery and blood donors call in. County Attorney Tom Davis files suit to remove parental rights, potentially making Tommie a state ward.
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Dallas
Tommie Yates
Vernon
Texas
Robert Dale Simpson
Vernon Record
Wilbarger County
Fd Luttrell
Baylor Hospital
Tommie
Barger County
Tom Davis
Rain Forecast Again in Soggy Upstate California
Northern California remains soaked as a new Gulf of Alaska storm pushes intermittent rain through Sunday. Lower temps expected, Sierra snow levels around 5000 feet. Flooding persists near Red Bluff and Vina. slides disrupt transport in Mendocino and Humboldt counties. coast and Bay Area see rain totals from Fort Bragg to Oakland with several inches in 24 hours.
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California
Weather Bureau
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Gulf of Alaska
Sacramento
Red Bluff
Iron Canyon
Vina
Humboldt County
Northwestern Pacific Railway
Mendocino County
Willits
Eel River
Humboldt
Ferndale
Fortuna
San Mateo County
Devil's Slide
Skyline Blvd
Sharp Park
Half Moon, Bay
Los Angeles
Fort Bragg
Berkeley
Mt. Shasta
Oakland
American planes awarded to Reds in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by an American partnership claiming ownership of 40 former Chinese Nationalist transport planes. The court awarded the planes to Comate China. Whiting Willauer indicated a possible appeal to the Privy Council in London.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong Supreme Court
Comate China
Whiting Willauer
Copartner
Claire Chennault
Privy Council
London
Dish for Dish Judge Keeps Pay at One Dollar
Detroit December 28 Judge David C Vokes ruled that Dr John F Franklin may receive one dollar per hour for dishwashing while his wife recovers from injuries. he argued for two hundred fifty dollars but the court denied a higher rate saying the maid's wage set the floor. The suit also involved a collision claim against Arthur A Crowell and John W Smith, resulting in seventy five dollars for injuries and eleven hundred two dollars and twenty seven cents paid by the insurer.
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Detroit
David C. Vokes
John
F. Franklin
Franklin
Kaye
Officers Seek Old Car as Phantom Clue
GARVEY Dec 28 AP authorities searched for an old two door sedan as a clue to a phantom sniper who wounded a woman yesterday. Audrey Murdock 42 is the sixth target in five months with one killing. All shootings in southeast Los Angeles and a .22 caliber gun is suspected.
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Garvey
Audrey Murdock
Los Angeles
Murdock
Alma A. Megrdie
Patricia Bryant
Lois Kruezer
Nita Marie Rice
Lloyd M. Walter
Curved-barrel submachine gun shoots around corners
Detroit army engineers announce a curved barrel for the M 3 submachine gun that can deflect a 45 caliber slug up to 90 degrees and pierce a pine board at 100 yards. It fires 450 rounds per minute and costs about 18 dollars to manufacture enabling quick barrel changes to shoot left right up or down.
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Detroit
Army
Joseph C. Soma
Detroit Arsenal
Korea
Donald D. Rector
Muskegon
Mich
C-47 Crashes at Itagake Hangar Kills Four, 27 Hurt
Four killed and 27 injured in a C-47 transport crash at Itagake Air Force Base in southern Japan. Most casualties were U.S. Air Force personnel. one injured Japanese. The plane, carrying 23, crashed into a hangar during takeoff. six seriously hurt. Names withheld.
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Tokyo
Itagake Air Force Base
Japan
Far East Air Forces
Air Force
Where to Find It Beach Combinga-Page B-1
A reader guide lists sections and page numbers for the newspaper. It shows where to locate Beach Combing on Page B-1, Boyle on Page A-11, and other departments such as Classified Ads on Pages B-7 to 11, Sports on Pages A-12 and A-13, and Obituaries on Page B-12.
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Beach Combinga
Boyle
Radia Pnd
Governor appeals for March of Dimes support
Governor Warren urged Californians to join the March of Dimes campaign opening January 2 to fund the fight against infantile paralysis. He noted 1951 saw California's worst year with over 3000 cases, an increase of more than 1000 from 1950, and disclosed his daughter Nina, recovering from polio, had recently been affected.
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Sacramento
Warren
Six of Family Die in Car Train Crash
Daytona Beach Florida dispatch reports six members of a Jacksonville family died in an auto train collision at a crossing. Engineer T L Norwood said the freight train was about 25 feet from the crossing when the car appeared. he believes they did not see the train. The victims named Manck Cooner, 40, his wife, and their four children.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Jacksonville
Gotewey
T. L. Norwood
Florida East Coast Railway
Manck Cooner
Nis
Truman Returns to Daily Duties
President Truman returns from Christmas trip to Missouri and declines to discuss anticorruption plans. He landed at 1 42 pm aboard the Independence and then went to the White House for a briefing with mobilization officials. The budget for the next fiscal year is expected to be set for Congress in January.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Independence
Acheson
White House
Trumen
Congress
Weather update with rain and cooler temperatures
Occasional rain tonight and tomorrow with lower temperatures. Southwesterly winds 10 to 20 mph tomorrow after noon. Cloudy conditions throughout tomorrow.
Foe Hints All Living Have Been Reported
MUNSAN Korea December 28 AP The United Nations Command reports at least 450 American soldiers died in North Korean prison camps. This figure, 77 percent of UN troops known imprisoned in rear areas, does not match the 11,559 prisoners listed by the Communists. The UN says many more Americans die from disease or exposure in the camps, with a note that the Communist roster omits these deaths. Major General Lee Sang Cho hinted at Panmunjom that more Americans may have died. Rear Admiral Libby cites climate and disease as factors. The UN communique emphasizes the high fatality rate among captured troops.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N. Command
United Nations
U. N
William P. Muckell
U.N
Lee Sang Cho
Panmunjom
Reds
Jury Deliberating Case of Former Maid to Tallulah
A 12 member jury began deliberations in New York on whether Evyleen Cronin, former maid secretary to actress Tallulah Baptie, forged and raised checks. If found guilty, Cronin faced a potential sentence of 85 years.
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Tallulah
New York
Evyleen Cronin
New Year's Holidays Road Blocks Planned
Los Angeles dispatch notes New Year road blocks planned by California Highway Patrol. Judge Harold A Stevens trimmed indictments to 10 counts and outlined a simple trial, while inspecting the case of Mrs Cronin charged with larceny of 4284.60. The article cites 44,764 car stops and 403 arrests for drunk driving during Yuletide.
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Harold A. Stevens
Los Angeles
Cronin
Russell H. Emmett
Tate
California Highway Patrol
Stevens
California
Juana
Sabres Sink MIG 15s in Korea Fight at Christmas Hill
In Korea near Christmas Hill, U S Sabres engaged MIG-15s in a 20 minute air battle. The Fifth Air Force reported one Red jet destroyed and two MIGs killed with one damaged, amid ongoing ground fighting on the snowbound front. United Nations infantry retook the hill and repelled Chinese assaults after a two hour 20 minute clash.
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Seoul
Korea
Christmas Hill
Fifth Air Force
Mundung Valley
Heartbreak Ridge
U. S. Eighth Army
United Nations
Seventeen Seamen Reach Safe Harbor After Week at Sea
Thirteen haggard seamen ashore in St John s after seven days aboard the disabled Mayfall. The 521 ton vessel, en route from Bonavista to St John's, had fuel pump failure and no wireless. In a brutal Atlantic storm the crew used furnaces for heat as water and food ran low. Tow from the motorship Algerine, then taken in tow by the Swedish liner Anna Salen near St John s.
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ST. John's
Mid
Algerine
Mayfall
Bonavista
St. John’s
John Rose
Anna Salen
St John’s
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D. H. Henderson
James A. Elam
Jess A. Duff
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Gulf
March of
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