Bombers Hit Vital Red Supply Center In Pyongyang Area
More than 200 United Nations fighter bombers attacked the Kyomipa supply center 20 miles southwest of Pyongyang, destroying buildings and turning the area into flames. Sabrejets claimed 11 MiG-15s shot down or damaged. two Marines plus Lt Harold Fischer and Lt Joseph McConnell Jr among pilots reporting kills or damages. Capt Ted Williams, former Red Sox star, flew his Pantherjet back to base after crash landing without injury.
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Seoul
United Nations
Kyomipa
Pyongyang
Air Force
Bie U.N
U. N
Suiho
Yalu River
U. S
Hoston Red Sox
Ted Williams
North Korea
Harold Fischer
Swea Clty
Iowa
Joseph McConnell Jr
Apple Valley
Calif
James Javara
Wichita
Kan
America
Suiko Reservoir
House Unit OKs Extension of GI Free Mail Law
The House post office subcommittee approved a two year extension of free mail privileges for combat zone GIs through June 30 1955. The bill adds hospitalized veterans abroad from Korea or other overseas service. Authorities said last year about 58 million Korea and Pacific letters were mailed, 50 million of which were all mail.
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Washington
House Post Office
United States
Korea
Post Office Committee
House
Post Office Department
Pacific Area
Navy Plane Crash Kills Three in Pennsylvania
A twin engine Navy plane crashed into a mountainside 16 miles west of Bedford Pennsylvania, killing three men. The dead are Lt. William G Schaffer 29 East Greenwich Rhode Island Lt. Edmund J Stuke 29 Worcester Massachusetts and Lt. Arthur I Rule 29 civilian at Malden Air Force Base Maryland.
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Bedford
Navy
Pennsylvania
Lambert Naval Air Station
St. Louis
William G. Schauffer
East Greenwich
R. T
Edmund J. Stuke
Wellesley
Mass
Arthur I Rule
Malden Air Force Base
Eisenhower Eyes Cabinet Move and Repudiation Plan
Sen Taft says President Eisenhower seeks to create a cabinet level department from the Federal Security Administration and has begun drafting a repudiation resolution of secret agreements of the past. Taft noted Congress would act within a reasonable time, with Marlin and Hagerty present at the briefing.
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Washington
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Federal Security Administration
Taft
Senate
Roosevelt
Trueman
Congress
House
Martin
R-Mass
White House
James C. Hagerty
Painter Strike Halts Work at F-Bomb Plant
A strike by 780 AFL Painters Union members halted construction at the Savannah River hydrogen bomb plant near Augusta Georgia. AEC officials said the walkout stopped all work, affecting about 27,000 construction workers as picket lines formed at plant entrances and other unions honored the pickets.
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Augusta
CSP
Savannah River
Atomic Energy Commission
AFL
AEC
State Line
South Carolina
Twice Anguished Parents Lose Son in Gulf Plane Crash
Coral Gables Florida relatives mourn as Mrs Shaddick and her husband face another loss after their son Second Lieutenant Richard Harrison Shaddick Jr 22 dies in the NAS plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico while his brother Second Lieutenant John Philip Shaddick 25 remains missing from a Korean bomber mission. The mother had previously asked President Eisenhower to bring the boys home.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Eisenhower
Korea
National Air Li
Gulf of Mexico
Richard H. Shaddick
John Philip Shaddick
Richard
Harrison Shaddick Jr
Goodfelow Air Force Base
San Angelo
Texas
Gulf
Shaddick
Survivors Search Ends as Gulf DC-6 Liferafts Found Empty
A National Airlines DC-6 crash over the Gulf of Mexico left 46 aboard with no survivors after four liferafts were located, three empty and the fourth unfated. The wreck occurred during 100 mph winds en route from Tampa to New Orleans. searchers also recovered mangled bodies as the coast guard warned rough seas likely washed survivors away. National's operations chief Capt. E J Kerkshaw cited possible tornado conditions as planes and ships continued the grim hunt.
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Orleans
Natonal Airlines
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Tampa
Fila
New Orleans
Gulf
U. S
Elizabeth
N. J
Miami
Fla
National
E. J. Kerkshaw
Texas Dynamite Blast Hurts 14 at Brownfield
A 200 pound dynamite explosion rocked a burning warehouse in Plains shortly before noon injuring about 15 people, with three in critical condition. The blast shattered windows and disrupted telephone and telegraph service in the West Texas area about 32 miles west of Brownfield.
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Brownfield
Texas
Plains
Mains
Here
Abbreviated Newspaper Page Index Mess
A fragmented OCR index lists newspaper sections and page references across topics like Beach Combing Editorial Financial Obituaries and Sports. It shows scattered page codes such as Page B-9 A-10 and A-2, with misspellings and inconsistent labeling.
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Eagle
Southland Cities
Execution date set for Rosenbergs amid clemency clash
Federal Judge Irving Kaufman set a new execution window for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in Sing Sing with an anticipated date around March 12 at 11 p.m. The appeals for clemency were rejected by President Eisenhower amid nationwide protests and renewed pleas from clergy. The couple were convicted of conspiring to pass atomic secrets to Russia during World War II.
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New York
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Irving R. Kaufman
Russia
Sing Sing
Rosenberg
Hisenhower
White House
Roman Catholic Apostolic
Washington
Bernard Loomer
University of Chicago
Divinity School
Inspiring Series Tells Christ Trip Journey to Jerusalem
Julien Ayer, noted by churchmen, writes a series of lyrical interpretations based on Christ journey to Jerusalem. The work, drawn from historic events and teachings, will appear daily in the Press-Telegram throughout Lent. Read it beginning Wednesday for inspiration in troubled times.
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Christ
Jerusalem
Julien Ayer
Churchman
Russia Could Send 400 Bombers Against US Defenses
The Federal Civil Defense Administration warned that 400 Russian planes could strike any U S location and unleash atom bombs causing 110000 casualties per blast. Attacks would arrive with little warning during work hours and target crowded industrial areas with psychological and biological warfare to induce panic. The agency sent its annual report to President Eisenhower and Congress as he urges stronger civil defense.
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Washington
Federal
Civil Defense Administration
Russia
U. S
Civil Defense Agency
Sen
Eisenhower
Congress
James J. Wadsworth
Wadsworth
America
Air Force
Tideland Hearing Opens Navy Role Defined
Washington Attorney General Brownell said a January Truman order did not create a naval reserve over offshore submerged lands. The Senate Interior Committee opened hearings on land ownership with Sen Holland and 39 others reintroducing Truman vetoed bills. Truman commented in Kansas City there was no remark on the opinion. Hearings in the House judiciary committee follow on Tuesday.
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Washington
Brownell
Truman
Sen
Cordon .Rore
Senate Interior Committee
McGranery
Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Kansas City
Texas
Holland
D.fla
House Judiciary Committee
Weather Report Forecast Mostly Clear Tuesday
The forecast calls for mostly clear skies on Tuesday with continued fair conditions and a high near 72 degrees. Stronger daytime warmth is expected later in the week with dry air and light winds.
Slumbering Alaskan Volcano on Rampage
In Kodiak Alaska a long dormant volcano erupted sending a smoke column about six miles high. Ash drifted into nearby valleys echoing Mount Katmai’s 1912 eruption. Officials could not confirm which peak was active among Katmai Trident Mageik and Kadlak with no immediate word on village threats. Military fliers first reported the eruption from the vicinity of Mount Katmai.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Mount Katmai
Katroai
Mount
Katmai
Smoking Mountain
Trident
Mageik
Toyne
Katmnal
Kadlak
Defense Department Lists New Casualties in Korea War
The Defense Department today identified 12 killed 57 wounded and three missing in the Korean War. It also reported two men previously listed as missing in action as captured.
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Difense Department
Blizzard Weather Ends Mild Winter Across Midwest
A weekend of severe weather shut down towns from Kansas to New York, with dust storms in the plains and blizzards in the midwest and southwest. Subzero readings, gusts to 65 miles per hour, and heavy snow interrupted travel, knocked out power lines, and caused school closures and postponements of ski events. In Oklahoma City gusts reached 72 mph while Chicago and Omaha reported new snowfall totals.
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Midwest
Southwest
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Kansas
Hill City
Kan
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Chicago
New York State
New York
Oklahoma City
Arkansas
Steamboat Springs
Montana
Illinois
Omaha
Neb
Moline
Rules Group to Pigeonhole 10 pct Tax Cut Bill
The House ways and means committee approved a 10 percent personal income tax cut for midyear 1953, but the rules committee signaled it will pigeonhole the plan until at least May 1. Speaker Eisenhower’s caution on rapid tax cuts is noted as the bill moves through committee and potential floor action faces delays and budget balance conditions.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Rules
Eisenhower
Reed
Allen
Ril
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Ipower
Imust
Doly
Hisenhower
iSteps
Rep. Camp
Georgia
Kean
N. J
Holmes
Wash
Byrnes
Wis
U S Planes Engage Russian Fighters Over North Japan
U S Thunderjets clashed with two Russian LA-11 fighters near Nemura on Hokkaido. One LA-11 was hit, both intruders fled toward the Kurile Islands, and the chase ended to avoid entering Soviet-held territory.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Kurile Islands
Far East
United States
Mig Alley
Air Force
Nemura
Hokkaido
Kuriles
Army corporal charged after wife found dead in bathtub
San Francisco coroner reports seven throat wounds and strangulation in Aryls Watson's death. Philip Patrick Watson, 26, a corporal, told police he found his wife in a half filling tub after returning home with chocolates. He claimed innocence as investigators described a brutal attack.
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San Francisco
Philip Patrick Watson
City Prison
Cpl. Watson
Aryls
Half Moon Bay
Salaithe
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Reed Committee
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