U S to Give Away Stored Perishable Food Surplus for Relief
The Agriculture Department plans to distribute perishables from surplus farm products with over 3.5 billion invested, prioritizing federal agencies, relief groups, and foreign organizations under the 1949 act. Commodities to be handed out include potatoes dried eggs dried milk and butter while trade flows and domestic purchases must not be affected.
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Ashington
Agriculture Department
J Bureau of Indian Affairs
Death Toll Rises in Air Force Glider Crash at Fort Benning
At Fort Benning Georgia January 14 an unexplained Air Force glider crash killed 13 servicemen including 11 student paratroopers, a sergeant instructor and the glider pilot First Lieutenant Melvin Minnix. Five men survived, one died later. three of the remaining four survivors were in critical condition at Lawson Air Force Base Hospital.
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Fort Benning
Jan
Uncle Sam
Lawson Air Force Base
Robert D._Henley
Columbia
Melvin Minnix
Starvation Case Indicts Parents in Death of 3-Year-Old
New York January 14 A dapper $75-a-week salesman and his wife Mary Scientzo 29 were indicted on manslaughter charges for starving their three-year-old son Guy Jr who died at 14 pounds. They also face neglect charges for a four-year-old daughter Vincenza now hospitalized recovering from malnutrition. The couple reportedly cared for two other children while starving the son and nearly starving the girl amid unclear motives.
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New York
Guy
Mary Scientzo
Guy Jr
Vincenza
Stroble Refuses to Testify in Defense in Torture Murder
Fred Stroble, 67, a Los Angeles baker, will have the case against him for the torture murder of six year old Linda Joyce Glacott go to the jury after he refused to testify in his own defense. Stroble said he did not think it necessary to tell his story again as authorities detailed the alleged assault.
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Los Angeles
Fred Stroble
Baker
Linda Joyce Glacott
Stroble
Linda Joyce
Bridges Perjury Trial Recessed Over Week End
The longshore leader Harry Bridges and two C I C union officials faced a weekend recess after a government witness testified seeing all three at Communist party meetings. George H. Wilson, a Los Angeles Daily News employee, identified the defendants as Communists during 1944 or 1945 gatherings in San Francisco North Beach. He was cross examined by defense attorney Vincent Hallinan.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Los Angeles
George H. Wilson
Communist Party
J. R. Robertson
Henry Schmidt
C. I. C. International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Wilson
Los Angeles Daily News
Com Tounists
North Beach
Vincent Hallinan
Santa Barbara Doctor Sued Aunt Turned Wife Mystery
Mrs Marie Harrison Foutialahy Loutfallah, 72, reveals she posed as the aunt of Dr Loutfallah, 45, to keep her wealth from a 1925 death and a 1937 Elkton marriage. She says he used her status to fund his medical schooling and now earns a high income as an unmarried man, while she seeks return of $137,500.
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Anta Barbara
Marie Harrison Foutialahy 2
Alfred Craven Harrion
Philadelphia
Loutfaliah
Elkton
University of Pennsylvania
Loutfallah
Santa Barbara
U S Consular Agents Ordered to Leave China Amid Strain
The State Department reported Communist China seized U S consulate property at Peiping and ordered recalling staff. Records and code material were destroyed or removed, with warnings of broader expulsions while British and Russians faced no reported action. About 135 Americans remain in Peiping with evacuation plans for all citizens.
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Jather Red Ieaders
State Department
U. S
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Peiping
China
Angus Ward
Mukden
Jing
O. Edmund Clubb
Red China
Netherlands
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Shanghai
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Nanking
Walton Butterworth
Butterworth
United States
Foreton
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X B. Man
Ward
Washington
Olive
Mesars
Smith and Benders
U. S. Navy
Elmer C. Bender
Navy
Wiliam C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Czechs Find No Trace of U S Pair in Hunt for Field
Washington reports that Czechoslovakia Hungary and Poland offered no trace of Noel Field former State Department official who vanished May 12 1949 and his wife Herta Field. Warsaw later said Hermann Field disappeared Aug 22 en route to Prague. U S seeks clarifications on the gaps in records.
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Washington
United States
Noel Field
State Department
Field
Herta Field
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Hungary
Hermann Field
Cleveland
Ohio
Poland
Hermann
Warsaw
U.S
Atlanta man fined for forcing wife on hot stove
Roy Turner, 50, was fined 27 for assault and battery after pinning his wife to a red hot stove in Atlanta. Mrs Turner said he held her there and she has not slept since. In Torrington, a separate arrest concerns a baby sitter charged with assault with intent to murder after a 2 year old boy died while in her care. Florence Mickalak, 18, admitted placing a pillow over the child's face to stop crying. The infant William Joseph King died Thursday. Florence is held for coroner's inquest and city court.
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Atlanta
Roy Turner
Hugh E
Turner
Meade
Mickalak
William Joseph King
Florence
Wilfred H. King
Dual wedding setup at Los Angeles Marriage License Bureau
On January 14 in Los Angeles a father Edgar R. Schmitz, 60, escorted Mrs. Anna Christian, 57, and mechanic William Bowler, 34, accompanied Schmitz’s daughter Mrs. Lillian Gertrude Hester, 32, a divorcee, to the Marriage License Bureau to arrange a double wedding. The two couples plan to wed tomorrow at Mrs. Christian’s home.
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Los Angeles
Edgar R. Schmitz
Anna Christian
William Bowler
Schmitz
Lillian Gertrude Hester
Christian
Ohio Clergyman in Georgia Kidnapped and Beaten for Alleged Interracial Living
Atlanta dispatch reports Selden preacher Michael Picard was abducted from a Cairo Georgia church by six or more masked men who flogged him with a metal tipped belt and beat him with a button gun after accusing him of living with Negroes. Picard, touring to raise funds for a Columbus Ohio church, said he was dragged from the pulpit, stripped, and beaten as a car sped through the night. Sheriff H Strickland said authorities investigated and FBI noted the case was referred to Justice Department.
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Atlanta
Taller Breaches Reportere & Group
Picardi
Associated Press
Piccardi
North
Cairo
H. Strick
Tand
FBI
Justice Department
Northwest Blizzard Fells Nine in Northwest Region
A powerful blizzard sweeps eastern Idaho and eastern Utah as roads close and states brace for continuing cold. The Ohio River flood threatens Shawneetown with levee failure as 65 families evacuate. National guards assist in monitoring the 1 foot levee and aiding displaced residents. The Red Cross reports about 5000 homeless in Illinois from Ohio River flooding and tributaries. Buffalo suffers widespread wind damage with gusts near 90 mph.
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Utah
Ohio River
Old Shawneetown
Ohio
Evansville
Ind
Cairo
Ill
Red Cross
Illinois
Shawneetown
Midwest
New York
Buffalo
N. Y
Ex-conheld Stepson Beaten. Foster Father Arrested
In Pascagoula Mississippi a four year old stepson was savagely beaten with rope causing severe injuries. The boy, details given by Police Chief E E Blakeney, was in poor condition at Jackson Hospital. Foster mother also injured. suspect Alvin Bostick, parolee from Pennsylvania, held on an open charge as investigation continues.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Charles B. Doncererux I
Jackson Hospital
Alvin Bostick
E. E. Blakeneyld Bostick
Pennsylvania
Blakeney
Fire damages Beverly Hills Lutheran Church roof interior
Beverly Hills church fire destroys roof and much of the interior. Pastor Rev. Guy L. Hudson estimates damage at about 50000 dollars.
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Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills Lutheran Church
Guy L. Hudson
Cross Relic Flown From Mexico City to Los Angeles
A cross alleged to hold a fragment of Christ’s cross will be flown to Los Angeles after Mexico’s largest religious demonstrations. Sixty injured as 200000 worshipers jammed the Guadalupe basilica to kiss the relic, with church officials counting over 1000 kissings during the exhibition. Catholic priests escort the cross on a touring display.
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Mexico City
Los Angeles
Calif
Basilica of Guadalupe
British Radio Bars Jokes About Politics
The British Broadcasting Corporation banned all jokes about the government until after the February general elections to ensure complete fairness during the campaign. The move was announced in London as voters prepare for the upcoming polls.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation Today
Lots of Offers as Mike Considers Dog Business
Oklahoma City on January 14. Mike Mason weighs venturing into the dog business after a Associated Press photo shows his pet Pat a black cocker dog killed. Parents Mr and Mrs Claude Mason suspect poisoning. Pat found blocks from home amid a flood of offers from coast to coast for a replacement dog.
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Oklahoma City
Mike Mason
Syearald
Associated Press
Pat
Mike
Claude Mason
Mason
Son 50 Tells of Killing Mother 80 Father 76 After Business Dispute
New York January 14 Fifty year old Camilo Leyra confessed to the police that he killed his mother aged 80 and father aged 76 in their six room Brooklyn apartment after a bitter business quarrel over taking over a family typewriter and carbon business. Detectives found tea cups and a new suit and necktie suggesting an interior act. Leyra said he struck his mother with a hammer at the kitchen sink and then killed his father at the front door after he returned.
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New York
Camilo Leyra
Leyra
No Leyra Sr
Frooklyn
Toudhy
North Bergen
N. J
Leyla
Immunity request clouds Formosa testimony in Congress
Congress discussion centers on Formosa policy with Gen Omar Bradley and Secretary of Defense Johnson set to testify January 26. President Truman says no military aid to Chinese Nationalists, while Brewster urges immunity for witnesses and administration assurances of no reprisals. Senate debate looms as Southern Republicans pressure rules reform linked to civil rights legislation and the Daniels plan.
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Senate
Brewster
Adm
Louis E
Naval Operations
Defense
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Johnson
Formosa
Truman
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Big Island
Joint Chiefs
House
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Acton
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Forbe
Military Men Relations Committee
Denfeld
Alger Hiss Trial Resumes Monday Murray on Stand
New York report notes Dr. Henry A. Murray Harvard psychologist will testify Monday as the government continues its cross examination of Whittaker Chambers. Murray labels Chambers a pathological case while clashing with prosecutor Thomas F. Murphy. juror illness forced an early adjournment.
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Alger Hiss
Murray
New York
Henry A. Murray
Harvard University
Whittaker Chambera
State Department
Thomas F. I Murphy
Chambers
Lazy Man Leaves Note Then Jumps to Death
Detroit January 14 A. P. report says Frank M Curtis a 51 year old book keeper wrote a note to his wife declaring he hates his job and would become lazy then leaped from a bridge into the Detroit River. He was found an hour later.
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Detroit
Frank M. Curtis
Detroit River
Tides and Temperatures at Long Beach Lifeguards
Sunrise 6 58 a m Moonrise 4 47 a m Moonset 2 33 p m High tide 6 19 a m 64 ft, low tide 1 57 p m 2 ft Water temperature 51 degrees. Foregoing statistics by U S Coast and Geodetic Survey.
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U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Long Beach
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