Heroic Skipper and Mate Rescued From Sinking Freighter
The American freighter Flying Enterprise sank after a two week battle with the Atlantic. Captain Kurt Carlsen and First Mate Kenneth Dancy were snatched from the waves by the tug Turmoil. They stood by as the ship went down, leaping overboard when it was clear it would sink. The rescue team transported them to the destroyer Willard Keith, with plans to reach Falmouth Harbor.
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London
Flying Enterprise
Atlantic
Kurt Carlsen
Kenneth Dancy
Carlsen
Carney
Dancy
Falmoutil
Carlson
Falmouth
U. S. Navy
U.S
Willard Keith
Long Beach
Associated Press
Enterprise
Keith
Col. T
Fuelless Plane Skids in Safely on Mud Flats
An Air Force F-89 Scorpion belly landed on mud flats north of Hamilton Field after fuel exhaustion. The all weather interceptor jet from the 78th Fighter Interceptor Wing had two occupants who escaped without injuries.
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Garland
Air Force
Hamilton Field
78Th Fighter Interceptor Wing
Major effort to end deadlock labeled by Peiping radio
Peiping radio calls the Red armistice proposal a major and final effort to end the deadlock. The plan rejects Allied limits on air field construction while agreeing to replenishment and troops up to Korea war levels. The broadcast cites Burchett’s report as support for the terms and warns that acceptance hinges on U.S. agreement.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Red
U. S
Korea
Red Radio
Wilfred Burchett
de Soir
Paris
Burchett
Kaesong
Brave Dane Writes New Epic of Man vs. Sea
The Flying Enterprise, a 6711 ton freighter captained by Kurt Carlsen, sailed from Hamburg with cargo and 10 passengers. A Christmas gale twisted the vessel into a hurricane, listing badly and breaking up. The ship sank four days after departure, but Carlsen survived, becoming a global symbol of maritime heroism.
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Brave Dane
London
Hamburg
Kurt Carlsen
Carlsen
Atlantic
Enterprise
Carlson
Carlsen's Worried Wife Weeps in Joy
In Woodbridge on January 10, Agnes Carlsen, wife of Captain Kurt Carlsen, broke into tears upon learning her husband had been rescued from the sinking Flying Enterprise. The news came via the family minister after an AP bulletin was read to her by telephone. The wife, ill and in seclusion, was too distressed for further interview.
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Woodbridge
W. J
Agnes Carlsen
Kurt Carlsen
Yescus
Flying Enterprise
Associated Press
Kirkegaard Jensen
St. Stephen's
Perth Amboy
Congress Calls for Economy No More Taxes in State of the Union
Washington dispatch notes election-year Congress seeks economy and no new taxes while backing speedier military buildup. Republicans and southern Democrats aim to trim foreign aid and curb many of President Truman’s social welfare proposals, with some administration foes backing the economy platform. The President urged expanded armed forces, broader Point Four aid to combat communism, tougher inflation controls, and welfare measures including housing, labor law revisions, education aid, medical care, farm price supports, and a $5 monthly Social Security increase. Senator McFarland welcomed plans for a larger Air Force and accelerated defense production.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Europe
Asia
U. S
Sen. McFarland
Arizona
Weather Update Increasing Cloudiness and Showers
Increasing cloudiness tonight with scattered showers likely in the early morning. Warmer with variable winds tonight becoming westerly at 15 to 20 mph tomorrow.
Fiery Plunge Reported Off British Columbia Coast
Two fishing boats sighted a burning plane in BC waters near Hakai Pass and Calvert Island. The Royal Canadian Air Force dispatched a plane to investigate as one vessel reported seeing a plane on fire and another saw it go down off Vancouver Island's northern tip.
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Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia
Royal Canadian Air Force
Department of Transport
Hakai Pags
Calvert Island
Vancouver Island
Betty
Transit Strike Grips Baltimore Public Transport
Baltimore's transit system shut down as 3200 Baltimore Transit Co employees walked out, halting service for thousands. Mediation failed despite urgent efforts by officials. The firm proposed a seven cent hourly pay raise to end the strike. system carries about 375000 passengers daily.
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Baltimore
Public Transportation System of
Baltimore Transit Co
Truman Says He'll Keep Ike on NATO Job
President Truman defended Eisenhower’s role as top commander in Europe and said he will remain in the post until he asks to be relieved. Truman indicated he would not support any Republican candidate and noted he has dropped the idea of a special commission to probe government wrongdoings. A committee to prevent hiring discrimination by firms with government contracts was named, with Dwight heading the panel.
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Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
United
Europe
J. Howard McGrath
Dwight
Fresh Cold Wave Grips Central U S Weather
An Associated Press report details a new cold wave sweeping the central United States with subzero temperatures in northern states. The chill extends to New England and gulf states, with readings in the Dakotas and Minnesota at subzero levels and light snow across the Great Lakes region.
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Associated Press
New England
Gulf States
Alabama
Dakotas
Minnesota
Canada
Alexandria
Minn
Jamestown
N. D
Aberdeen
S. D
Houston
Maine
Mississippi and
Ohio
Central Plains
Rockies
Great Lakes
Spanked Wife Leads to Los Angeles Divorce
Mrs Nadiné Romoli Roden testified that former Los Angeles councilman John R Roden spanked her during a political dispute. The judge ruled the conduct cruel and granted the divorce citing cruelty and a February altercation at a dinner party.
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Los Angeles
Nadiné Romoli Roden
John R. Roden
Gunman in Auburn shoots self during standoff
A fugitive identified as Daniel Walker, 22, of New Jersey, held an elderly woman hostage as about one hundred officers surrounded a barricaded house in Auburn New York. After five hours he talked with a girl brought to the scene and shot himself in the stomach from a second story window.
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Auburn
N.Y
New York City
Daniel Walker
New Jersey
Walker
Jacqueline Cooper-sman
Los Angeles
Syracuse
James Wadsworth
Soule
Bob
Jamile Jong
Newspaper Page Index of Sections and Pages
An index listing where to find daily sections such as Beach Combing Bridge and Obituaries across pages A and B. It notes where to locate Classified Ads Comics Editorial Financial Obituaries Political News Radio and television Sports Theaters Tides and Temperatures and Women’s activities.
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Boyle
Freighter Pennsylvania Tragedy Sparks Coast Guard Search
The 7800 ton Pennsylvania sank in the North Pacific with 46 crew aboard. The Cignet II radioed seeking the abandoned vessel and survivors as a storm hindered rescue. Coast Guard PBM Mariner aircraft began dawn patrols, with flares dropped to aid locating survivors near 695 miles west of Seattle.
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BULLE
Seattle
Pennsylvania
Coast Guard
North Pacific
PBM Mariner
Washington
Vancouver Island
B. C
Queen Charlotte Islands
States Steamship Co
Portant
Ore
George Plover
PBM
President Seeks Action on Pacts
President Truman urged Senate approval of the Japanese Peace treaty and the Greece Turkey inclusion in the North Atlantic pact. He called for favorable action on the U S Japan security treaty the Philippine mutual defense treaty and the Australia New Zealand security treaty. He urged expanding NATO to Greece and Turkey as a necessary step toward peace objectives.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Greece
Turkey
U. S.japan
Republic of the Philippines
U. S
Australia
New Zealand
Free World
Truman confusion over Eisenhower precinct work claim
Abilene Kansas January 10. Henry Jameson president of the original Hisenhower-for-President grass roots club says President Truman was confused on his facts when he claimed Eisenhower was a Democratic precinct worker at 18. Jameson notes Eisenhower spoke nonpartisan at a high school address to a Democratic state convention.
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Abilene
Kan
Henry Jameson
Grass Roots Club
Truman
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jameson
Eisenhower
Reflector-Chronicle
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New York
Isbrandtsen Line
Hans J. Isbrandtsen
Peiping Radio
William Jorden
England
A. W. Greeley
Navy
Long Ar
Ls. Press-Celebram
Calif
LXIV
Ike
NATO
L. A
Flying Boat
Backer
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