Orkney Isles Devastated by Record Hurricane Winds
Jan 15 KITREWALL Orkney Islands AP reports a hurricane with gusts up to 130 mph battered the Orkneys causing widespread destruction. No deaths reported locally though Dundee area gale sank a sandboat with six aboard, one missing. Farmhouses barns and haystacks destroyed, cattle poultry killed, telephones down, roads blocked.
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Kitrewall
Orkney Islands
Scotland
Orkneys
Scottish
Here
Dundee
John Robertson
Kirkwall
Grimsetter
British Air Ministry
British Isles
Pembroke
Wales
No More Christmas Cards Needed
The Long Beach community sent an overwhelming response to supply old Christmas cards for Day Nurseries. Petri's Gleanars collected enough for the need, with an oversupply of about 50,000 cards to be shipped to the United Cerebral Palsy Association in New York.
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Long Beach
Petri
United Cerebral Palsy Association
New York
Patri
Toll Set at 12 in Navy Plane Crash in Japan
The U S Navy reported 12 crew killed in the crash of a four engine patrol bomber near Atsugi Base last night. Three bodies were recovered from the wreckage after the aircraft PRAY2 Privateer with two engines dead crashed and burned in a dry rice paddy. Nine others were recovered today. Names were withheld. The plane was returning from a 1400 mile patrol over the Sea of Japan.
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Yokohama
U.S. Navy
Atsugi
Sea of Japan
Kefauver Sees Truman and Keeps His Intentions Private
Senator Kefauver met with President Truman for thirty minutes and declined to state whether he will run for president or if Truman will run again. He said a definite statement would come on February 4. The Tennessean influence and Ohio primary discussions figure in the backdrop, with Republican options like Taft and Eisenhower noted.
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Washington
Sen. Kefauver
D.tenn
Truman
Rep
Hays
Ohio
Kefauver
Senate
Special Crime Investigating Committee
Tobey
New Hampshire
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
City Rodeo Stray Bull Lassoed on Main Street
In downtown Los Angeles on January 15 a stray Brahma bull and five steers escaped from Cudahy Packing Co. yards. Motorized cowboys and fifty bystanders chased through city streets until animal control officer Joe von Slomski, riding with an assistant, lassoed the bull atop a truck on Main Street.
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Los Angeles
Cudahy Packing Co
Animal Shelter
Joe von Slomski
Latine Bell honors Capt. Carlsen at Lloyd's ceremony
At Lloyd's of London Capt. Kurt Carlsen received the silver medal for meritorious services at sea from 2000 underwriters and staff. The Flying Enterprise skipper, modest about recognition, noted the award honors unique seamanship, with the Latine Bell rung for good news.
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London
Bell
Lloyd's of London
Kurt Carlsen
Eea
Insurance House
Carlson
Falmouth
Father Returns Medals Claiming Kidnaped Soldier
Glenn Fiedler of Green Bay says his son James 18 was fraudulently entered as fit for service to join the Marine Corps reserve, later killed in Korea June 1 1951. He plans to send the Purple Heart and Presidential Medal to President Truman, alleging deceit and misrepresentation by Marine Corps officials.
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Wis
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Korea
Truman
Glenn Fiedler
James
Fiedler
Green Bay
Marine Corps Reserve
Navy
Camp
Pendleton
Calif
Corps
Camp Pendleton
Flier Reaches 32 250 Feet Before Fatal Glider Crash
Karl Ovgard Swedish teacher and University of Sigtuna instructor flew a glider to an unofficial 32 250 foot altitude on December 19, 3 000 feet above the Swedish record he aimed to beat. The film shows instrument-panel images and arrived from Los Angeles processors before the crash in a field north of Independence. Ovgard's body was found after a three day search.
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SUSMP
Karl Ovgard
Ovgard
Los Angeles
Independence
University of Sigtuna
Sweden
Warren Foes Parley at S F Party Meeting
San Francisco January 15 AP insurgent California Republicans formalized a four member executive panel to back convention delegates opposing Gov Earl Warren s bid for the Republican presidential nomination Speakers at an anti Warren rally claimed he is more Democrat than Republican and San Francisco lawyer John Francis Neylan said most California Republicans favor Taft or Eisenhower The anti Warren gathering drew about 250 at a six dollar dinner led by Hank Trobel with Edward H Tickle er coordinating an independent delegation lineup
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Earl Warren
Thomas Werdel
Bakersfield
Warren
California
John Francis Neylan
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Gen
Eisenhower
Hank Trobel
Salinas
Associated Farmers
Arthur B. Langlie
Washington
GOP
Republican National Committee
Edward H. Tickle
Monterey
Tan
Douglas A. ‘MacArthur
Tickle
Loyd Wright
Los Angeles
Racing Commission
C. Arnholt Smith
San Diego
Highway Commission
Keith McCormac
Kern County
Stormy Weather Strikes Wide Area Across Regions
A major storm centered in upper Michigan unleashed strong winds across the Great Lakes to the Dakotas and Ohio Valley. A cold wave and snow swept northern Rockies and plateaus, with subzero readings in Montana and northern Dakota. Rain spread from the Ohio Valley to the Appalachians and eastern Great Lakes, while the Pacific Coast saw more rain. Mild conditions persisted from the Gulf to the middle Atlantic.
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Associated Press
Upper Michigan
Great Lakes
Dakotas
Ohio Valley
Rockies
Plateau States
Sierra
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Montana
Dakota
Lake Superior
Appalachians
Pacific Coast
Gulf States
Middle Atlantic States
House Approves 10 Percent Military Pay Raise
The U S House passed a 10 percent pay raise for active and retired military personnel in a 269 to 89 roll call vote. The measure, sent to the Senate, faced no amendments under a procedure ban that limited debate. Critics warn of high costs estimated at 832 million dollars annually, while supporters want immediate action despite upcoming reelections.
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Washington
House
Senate
Representatives Taber
R.N
Smith
D-V.a
Taber
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D.-Ga
Sam Rayburn
Armed Services Committee
Fumes Kill One Two Sent to Hospital
In Los Angeles on January 15, Ronald Dean Satterwhite, 19, was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. His wife Janet, 19, and friend Robert Lindell, 21, were hospitalized in serious condition after being discovered by their apartment manager Vine Pie. Lindell was visiting from Camp Pendleton. The couple had wed less than two months earlier in Cashmere, Washington.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Dean Satterwhite
General Hospital
Satterwhites
Mavine Pie
Robert D. Lindell
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Satterwhite
Janet
Cashmere
Wash
Man Held to Answer Burglary Charge in Superior Court
Lumis H Hopkins, 28, was held to answer burglary charges in Superior Court yesterday after a preliminary hearing in Municipal Court before Judge Harry F Keeler. Arraignment set for January 29. He allegedly stole a suit of clothes from a local store.
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Lumis H. Hopkins
Harry F. Keeler
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