Weather Delays Hunt for Missing B-36 Crew At Sea
Snow and wind hindered searchers on Princess Royal Island for five airmen missing since the B-36 crash off the British Columbia coast. Parachute debris and S O S signals spotted, four parachutes found, survivor Lt. Charles G. Pooler reported. Royal Canadian Navy and US forces press on as weather improves tonight and tomorrow.
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Mcchord Air Base
Wash
Princess Royal Island
British Columbia
Royal Canadian Navy
Esquimalt
B. C
United States
Charles G. Pooler
Beloit
Kan
Cayuga
Royal Canadian Air Force
Vancouver
McChord
South Korea President Seeks Japan Accord
President Syngman Rhee of South Korea signals willingness to patch relations with Japan amid rising communist threat in the Orient. He announced the stance on arrival with his wife to visit General MacArthur, who greeted the couple at the airport.
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South Korea
Japan
Tokyo
Syngman Rhee
Gen. MacArthur
President Truman Bypasses Red Lights with Escort
Washington February 17 UP President Truman sped through 20 red lights on a four mile drive to a Democratic dinner. His car had a police and Secret Service escort, waiving traffic rules. A day earlier he warned a crime conference not to disregard signals even with presidential prerogatives.
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Washington
Truman
Ted
Rescued B-36 Survivor Reunited With Buddies
ACHORD AIR FORCE BASE Wash Feb 17 The Brooklyn born S Sgt Vitale Trippodi reunited with his B-36 crew after a 10 hour cliff rescue on Princess Royal Island. He was frostbitten bruised and shocked but said his friends would have returned if possible. Capt Harold Barry and Lt Raymond Whitfield Jr visited and consoled him stating they would have done more if they could. A Canadian rescue party reached him six hours after a fishing boat rescue. His feet are frostbitten but treated and expected to be saved.
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Achord Air Force Base
Wash
Brooklyn
Vitale Trippodi
Fellows
O. K
Princess Royal Island
S. EB. Neely
Navy
Neely
Trippodi
Raymond P. Whitfield Jr
Eek Antonio
Texas
Barry
Fire damages plant for Industrial Oil Co.
Fire swept the Industrial Oil Co plant in Los Angeles causing an estimated 75 000 dollars in damage and the loss of 50 000 gallons of fish oil. Fire officials reported no injuries. The blaze began in the afternoon and forced evacuations nearby. Investigators will determine the cause.
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Industrial Oil Co
Los. Angeles
Congress Urged to Back One World Government Plan
Washington February 17 AP Congress heard a plea to approve a move toward world government as a path to peace but opponents warned it would destroy free America. Seventeen witnesses including a former banker a grandmother two Congressmen and a New Yorker named just plain Joe Citizen testified before a Senate foreign relations subcommittee studying resolutions to strengthen the United Nations and end the Cold War with Russia. Hoffman warned the plan would resemble Communist aims stripping away sovereignty and constitutional freedom. Smith argued the Tobey resolution would destroy the UN and that Americans would not support such a shift. Hull reportedly agreed with the fear of killing the United Nations.
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Washinggton
Congress
Free
America
Joe Citzen
S Senate
United Nations
Russia
Hoffman
Clare E. Hoffman
Rmich
Atlantic Union
Sen. Tobey
R.N. H
Lawrence H- Smith
R- Wis
Tobey
U. N
Smith
Cordell Hull
Hull
Truman
Horse in Custody Sneers at Police Car
Two Long Beach officers found and captured a large bay horse on West List Street at around 7 am after failing to start their patrol car due to a dead battery. They called a second unit for a push and took the animal to the city animal shelter where the horse appeared to display a superior attitude toward the officers and their mechanics.
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Long Beach
James C. Naylor
William C. Stroud Jr
W. List St
City Animal Shelter
of Pir
Mechanica
Truman Denial of U S Socialism Draws Sharp Byrd Attack
Senate critic Byrd accuses President Truman of steering the nation toward socialism with his fair deal proposals. He cites health insurance, farm subsidy, and housing as steps toward socialism while Republicans urge voting on the issue in November. The president defends his program as non socialist and touts faith in free enterprise amid a dispute that echoes in national politics.
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MERCY
Hermann N. Sander
Candia
N. H
Manchester
Associated Press
Truman
U. S
Byrd
Virginia
Brannan
Sen. Taft
Ohio
G. IO. P
Americans For Democratic Action
Political Action Com
Mediation Push Aimed at Settlement by Monday
Washington Feb 17 AP President Truman asked his fact finding board for a personal report tomorrow as mediators pursue a settlement in the coal dispute by Monday. The talks involve 370,000 coal miners defying a federal court order to return to work.
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Washington
Truman
White House
David Cole
Cole
Congress
Mr. Truman
Eben Ayers
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation Service
John R. Steelman
News High Lights OFF THE TELETYPE
A compact listing from a local paper notes sections and page numbers for content such as Beach Combing Boyle Bridge Comics Crossword Editorial Radio and Television and Sports across pages A-2 A-11 A-12 A-14 A-15 A-16 A-17 and Women s Activities on pages 5-2 to 5-3 with tides and temperatures.
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Boyle
Ask Comics
Woman Goes Berserk In Plane Aboard Washington Flight
A 37 year old platinum blonde Miss Willie Jane Frost of Coral Gables Fla staged a love riot aboard a chartered four seat plane from Washington National Airport to Palm Beach. She attacked Pilot K H Dubanowich and Co pilot T C Sallee mauling them in the aisle and later kissed and mauled the crew. Police took her to Alexandria hospital for observation after the flight touched down.
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Washington
Washington Area
Willie Jane Frost
Coral Gables
Fla
Washington National Airport
Palm Beach
K. H. Dubanowich
T. C. Sallee
Sallee
National Airport
Alexandria
Abe
Aid to Accused Yank in Hungary Confesses Spying
Bud a pest Feb 17 two Americans and three Hungarians confessed in court to spying for the west on Hungary's military economic and political situation. Robert Vogeler an ITT executive was skipped on day one as Edgar Sanders testified to guilt while Imre Geiger and Zeltan Rado admitted spying and sabotage.
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Budapest
Hungary
Robert Vogeler
Vogeler
Edgar Sanders
International Telephone & Telegraph Company
Sanders
Britain
Imre Geiger
Zeltan Rado
U S Claims Hungarian Fix in Trial
The State Department charged that Hungary fixed the Vogeler spying trial. A pretrial speech by Prime Minister Matyassi 100 days earlier declared Vogeler guilty. The department questioned coercion or mistreatment since his arrest in November.
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Washington
State Department
Robert Vogeler
Budapest
Matyassi
Vogeller
Vogeler
Druga
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