New Year Hangover Fades But War Looms Across World
The year opens with calls for peace from Truman and Pleven while Korea sees renewed battles. Izvestia quotes warn of a new war as Soviet and American leaders face off. Zhukov directs Chinese operations from Mukden and Lin Piao leads Fourth Field Army in ongoing conflict.
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Truman
Williamsburg
U. S
Germany
Vasily Chuikov
John J. McCloy
Berlin
Chuikov
Moscow
Izvestia
Kim Sung
Kyo
Peiping
Red
China
Grigori K. Zhukov
Korea
MacAr
Mukden
Manthurs
Lin Piao
Zhukov
Russia
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Red Stars
Ivan 3. Konev
Man Endures Months in Filthy Coop Amid Frost and Hunger
Huntington West Virginia January 2 Leo Specek fifty five year old man spent the past months in a filthy unheated chicken coop on his mother in law’s property near Lesage twelve miles from Huntington. Found by health authorities last week too crippled to walk he wore only underclothes a ragged shirt and an Army coat with no trousers. His face and eyes were frostbitten and he had not eaten for days. His wife and mother in law insist he chose the coop but neighbors say he stayed there since last spring after becoming too crippled to walk.
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Huntington
W. Va
Leo Specek
Lesage
Inlaw
Luke W. Frame
Specek
Frame
Water drought grips Southland as rainfall dwindles
Los Angeles reports underground water at a record low with no relief in sight from a seven year drought. Officials warn farms face taps, with irrigation restrictions possible. Only 1.71 inches of rain since July 1, the driest stretch since 1929, threatening citrus and vegetables.
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OS. Angeles
California
Weather Bureau
Wanery
Anne Ee Mentee
Weemer
H. E. Hedger
Hedger
Los Angeles
Mount Etna Stages New Year Outburst
Mount Etna erupts with its most dramatic lava flow in a month. A molten stream advances across snow fields at about 25 yards per hour. Huge rocks are hurled hundreds of feet from craters on the flanks as black smoke towers into the sky.
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Catania
Sicily
Fae
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Klement Gottwald
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Pope Pius
Manchuria
Associated Press
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Mac Frankel
Ll.b. Isi
Wnsowe
Flower Avenue
Center ST
Olive Street
Artesia
Lakewood
Flower Street
Allstate
Alltate
Agres
Oe and Co
Wardege
Medicel
Aleo
RTE
Ferrer
Plas Fira P.D
Nevada
Arizona
Utah
Armel
Chicegy
American Ave
Tons Beach
SEARS
Southland
Eas
W. Castle
Mount Etna
America
Harris & Frank
Gabardines
Ce Ures Te Mee
Crhala
Elf Lotel
Eee
Varias
Reas
Pine Avenue Park
System Auto Park
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