Governor Dewey seeks emergency power for state defense
Albany January 6 Gov Thomas E Dewey urged the state legislature to declare a defense emergency and grant him broad authority to conscript manpower confiscate private property evacuate residents and regulate resources as U S officials warned of a potential Soviet attack He asked powers including property seizure conscription rationing and control of communications and utilities while directing civil defense mobilization.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Soviet
Russia
Wil
Civil Defense Coun
Civil Defense Coun Tancaster, Pa. Jan. ( Vm)made Along the Route For Emercil
Civil Defense Commission
Thomas Fassnacht
Baltimore
Fasanachi
Christian C. Rudy
Lancaster County
National Fundation For
Rudy
Harrisburg
Iron Lung Polio Patient Assured Utmost Treatment
A badly ill polio patient will be transported to a Respiration Center at the Children’s Hospital by an expert team including doctors nurses electricians and state police. The child cannot live outside the iron lung and will travel in a moving van with a full size iron lung and portable generators.
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Respiration Center
Children's Hospital
Baltimore
Harrisburg Polytechnic Hospital
Fassnacht
Ford Estate Enriches U S Government With Taxes
The Henry Ford estate near final settlements as fourth accounting filed for an $80 million estate. Federal estate taxes total $32,758,930 and Michigan $8,057,059 with $2 million paid to widow Clara Bryant Ford and $920,814 to estate administrators. Ford grandchildren and Ford Foundation received $7,636,086 in dividends from 381,410 Ford Co. shares, valued around $125 each.
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Etroit
Henry Ford
James H. Sexton
State of
Michigan
Clara Bryant Ford
Ford
Henry II Benson
William and
Josephine
Ford Foundation
Ford Co
Tte
Ford Family
Henry I. Armstrong Jr
League of Cities Civil Defense Parley Urged to Promote Bomb Shelters
Sacramento reports that the League of California Cities held an emergency civil defense conference with 500+ mayors and officials. State director Robertson stressed need for 3.5 million first aiders, $210 million local-state funding, and public bomb shelters while cities designate shelter sites and signage.
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League of Cities Civil Defense Parley
Sacramento
Sust
League of California
California
Walter M. Robertson
Warren
League
Robertson
Eisenhower Rejects Royal Paris Welcome
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower declines a grand Paris reception for his first Atlantic Pact visit adopting a restrained plan. He will meet top ministers and military leaders and honor President Vincent Auriol before heading to Brussels. This follows Paris authorities arranging a royal style welcome now scaled back to a skeleton schedule.
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Aris
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Europe
Vincent Auriol
Brussels
Return of Ships May Be Demand of U.S. to Russia
The United States may demand Russia return lend-lease equipment rather than pay, focusing on C47 aircraft and naval and merchant vessels. Russia agreed to start negotiations January 15 for a general settlement, with U.S. officials signaling a likely demand for return of unconsumed items and services from the war period.
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Washington
United States
Russia
U.S
Compton Man Killed in Mississippi Crash
An automobile speeding around a curve on Hwy. 90 near Ocean Springs killed one airman from Keesler Air Force Base and critically injured another. Homer Wayne Martindale of Compton California, 18, died in the crash.
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Miss
Ocean Springs
Keesler Air Force Base
Homer Wayne Martindale
Compton
Calif
Eva Fay Martindale
Culver St
Nation's Cattlemen Convening in S F
Cattlemen from all sections of the United States begin gathering in San Francisco for the 54th annual American National Livestock Association convention. More than 2000 leaders are expected to attend the sessions running Monday through Wednesday, signaling what may be the most important meeting yet held by the association.
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San Francisco
United States
American National Livestock Association
Burmese Mutineers Surrender Announced at Yenangyaung
Rangoon reports the surrender of 500 Burmese army deserters at Yenangyaung, Burma's largest oil center, the biggest surrender among mutineers. About 2000 mutinied in 1948, later joined by Karen riflemen and military police, with Yenangyaung located 360 miles north of Rangoon.
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Rangoon
Burma
Yenangyaung
Here
Film-maker Wanger Faces Bank Action
Bank of America filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against movie producer Walter Wanger claiming he owes 178 476 43 dollars and has transferred property to creditors while insolvent.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Bank of America
Walter Wanger
Britain Exports Rubber to Russ
Britain shipped 9878 tons of raw rubber to the Soviet Union in 1950s first eleven months, valued at £2,236,429. The figure shows a massive rise from 1949 and 1948. Officials note the rubber was imported then exported to the USSR without processing, under exports of imported merchandise.
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London
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Russia
Iperiod
Board of Trade
Britain
Malaya
Siamese Twins Die at Age of 10 Months
Siamese twins born March 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Smith of Natone Tasmania died in a Melbourne hospital last night within five minutes of each other. The twin girls were joined by their heads and no separation was attempted.
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Melbourne
Australia
Erskine Smith
Natone
Tasmania
Storm Drains Considered for Atomic Air Raid Shelters
Los Angeles officials studied converting major storm drains into a shelter system after Councilman Harold Harby proposed the idea. A 4000-foot Westwood Sawtelle drain section with thick concrete walls prompted the request to evaluate entrances and exits for protection in an atomic attack.
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Los Angeles
City Board of Public Works
Harold Harby
Harby
Venice
Westwood-Sawtelle
Balky witnesses gain time in Senate crime probe
Senate crime investigations committee leader Kefauver said three recalcitrant witnesses may now testify, delaying contempt actions. The panel gave two weeks to decide if they will cooperate, amid questions about Accardo and other underworld figures. Contempt could bring fines up to 1000 dollars and a year in jail per count.
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Washington
Kefauvér
D.-Tenn
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Kefauver
Senate
Joel Adonis
Anthony J
Tony) Accardo
Congress
United States District
Accardo
Youths Crowd S F Recruiting Stations
Youths packed San Francisco recruiting stations as officers called it the greatest enlistment burst since Pearl Harbor. Reasons cited include higher January February calls, volunteers delaying since year end, and lifted enlistment ceilings for Navy Air Force and Marine Corps. Backlog of Northern California applicants estimated at 1000. daily intake capped at 35 until Feb 1 when larger headquarters open.
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AN Francisco
Atu Iy
Pear
Harbor
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
California
Court Enjoins Feuding Unions Over Lumber Trade
A federal injunction restrains the A F L Sailors Union of the Pacific and the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union from a jurisdictional dispute that halted lumber loading in south Oregon ports. The NLRB obtained the order from Judge Michael J. Roche and they must appear to show cause why it should not become permanent. The dispute began December 11 over loading rights aboard the S C Trader, owned by W R Chamberlin Co, affecting Coos Bay North Bend Marshfield Reedsport Florence Newport and Bandon.
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San Francisco
A. F. L. Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
International Longshoremen's and Warehouse Nen's
Oregon
National Labor Relations Board
Michael J. Roche
W. R. Chamberlin Co
Coos Bay
North End
Marshfield
Reedsport
Florence
Newport
Bandon
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