Severe East Cold Wave Triggers Ice Roads and Fatalities
A brutal cold snap sweeps the nation from the Pacific Northwest to New England causing icy highways and widespread fires. The United Press tally reports 85 deaths tied to the blast, with 54 from icy roads and 18 from fires. subzero readings stretch from Montana to Minnesota and Illinois, with Chicago near freezing and alarming lows elsewhere.
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United Press
Stontana
Chicago
Amarillo
Texas
Pacific Northwest
New England
West Yellowstone
Butte
Mont
Northern Plains
Midwest
International Falls
Minn
Duluth
Alexandria
Madison
Wis
Moline
Cicago
Julius Badner
Atlantic Coast
New York City
Radner
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Alaska
General Bradley Gives Optimistic Korea Report
General Omar Bradley told Congressional leaders at the White House meeting with President Truman that the Korea situation was becoming progressively favorable. The four leaders would not discuss details but said the briefing left them well pleased with the progress reported by Bradley.
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Washington
Omar Sindiey
Congressional
Korea
Jain Chiefs of Staff
Big Four
White House
Truman
Bradley
Senate
MacFarland
Ariz
Temporary 12th floor bridge spans Pittsburgh skyline
Residents stared as a new 12th floor bridge linked the Frick Building to the Mellon Bank Building across Doustling Fifth Ave in the Golden Triangle. The structure will move office equipment from the old U S Steel offices to the new building and will be dismantled after the relocation.
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Pittsburgh
Doustling
Fifth Ave
Golden Triangle
Frick
U. S. Steel Corp.-Mellon Bank
U. S. Steel
Asians Arabs Seek to Block U S on China
Lake Success Jan 29 AP The Asian Arab bloc revised its Korea China peace formula to block UN approval of US demands for indicting China as aggressor The plan calls for a seven power conference with a closing pact on a firefight arrangement in Korea before further talks US opposition remains strong By noon about 35 nations supported the US stance Japan and India are cited in dissension over Peiping's influence and war avoidance politics
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Korea
United States
China
T. Fu' Tsiang
India
Peiping
Tsiang
United Nations
Fire Kills Three in Hartford Home Blaze
Warren Ohio Jan 29 flames swept a one story Hartford residence trapping two children and a 10 year old baby sitter. Coroner Michael Crista identified the victims as Charles Dauben speck aged three his sister Debra aged one and Linda Baldwin the baby sitter.
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Warren
Ohio
Hartford
Michael Crista
Charles Daubenspeck
Debra
Linda Baldwin
Ex-Postal Official Sentenced for Stamp Fraud Scheme
Harold F. Ambrose was sentenced to two to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a stamp fraud scheme tied to a high post office position. Judge James R. Kirkland denied probation, noting no prior misconduct and the guilty plea as factors. Prosecutors say investors lost about $250,000 and Ambrose mishandled between $600,000 and $750,000 in a Ponzi like setup.
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Ashington
Harold F. Ambrose
U. S
James R. Kirkland
Ambrose
Edward Bennett Williams
Kirkland
Pas Ambrose
M. Himelbrock Sr
Toledo
Justice
James F. O'Brien
Ambroat
Yanks Gain 3 Miles in Korea Front
AP dispatch from KYO reports Chinese Communist forces fighting in foxholes resisted as Allied units advanced within 10 miles of Seoul. The 40 mile western front saw a three mile gain with air strikes napalm and heavy artillery. Maj. Thomas D. Robertson led an assault on hill positions with 60th Chinese units near Suwon and Wonhon as U N forces pushed ahead with infantry, tanks and multinational support amid counterattacks.
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Kyo
Seoul
Korea
A. P
Jim Becker
U.S. Eighth Army
Siuwen
Thomas. D. Robertson
St. Paul Minn
Becker
Suwon
Hecker
Bin
Stan Swinton
U. N
Kumijang River
Wondhon
U. S
Red
8Th Army
Mystery blasts in Utah spark atomic history questions
Reports from Las Vegas recount two Atomic Energy Commission detonations over the weekend near a test range north of the city. Explosions No. 10 and No. 11 drew awe as witnesses noted a noon-like flash, with No. 11 reportedly more intense. The AEC gave few details, noting only No. 11 and an initial survey showing no radioactivity within a mile.
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Here
Cedar City
Utah
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Nevada
Alamogordo
Hiroshima
Nagassaki
Bikini Lagoon
Eniwetok
Russia
Truman
Weather update calls for continued cloudiness
Weather bulletin notes continued cloudiness tonight and tomorrow with intermittent rain and cool temperatures, signaling stable but damp conditions across the region.
News High Lights OFF THE TELETYPE
A brief teletypesummary highlights multiple features with page references including local life and war news. The item notes a mother bitter over six soms going to war and lists sections from Beach Combing to obituaries and sports across pages A and B in the publication.
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J. Boyle
Wage Board to Lift Freeze on Pay Increases
Washington dispatch reports Price Director Michael DiSalle signals plans to end the wage freeze for millions of workers and allow automatic pay increases under existing contracts. A 10 percent overall rise planned, with 31.60 daily rise for coal miners and possible price rollbacks to accompany higher wages. Authorities expect defrosting announcements soon and broader policy to replace the freeze.
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Washington
Michael V. di Salle
John L. Lewis
DiSalle
Irwin Powers
Chicago
John H. Hoover
Miss Berling Death Vow Told Jurors
Beatrice Erickson testified that Violet Berling vowed she would rather die than reveal what happened to Kay Frances Erickson, the 10-year-old victim. The mother described injuries as not self-inflicted, countering the defense theory, in a sensational trial before Judge Fred Miller.
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Violet John Berling
Kay Frances Erickson
Beatrice Erickson
Fred Miller
Owouita
Todey
Attlee unveils giant British rearming plan in Commons
Prime Minister Attlee announced a vast rearmament effort to meet Communist threats in Europe. He outlined 30 percent defense spending growth, a labor draft if needed, and 250,000 reserve fighting men to be trained this summer, with 235,000 Army, 10,000 RAF, 6,000 Navy personnel called up.
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Ondon
Attlee
House of Cominons
Britain
Europe
Free World
United States
Labor
Winster
Churchill
House
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
U. S
Poison Cheese Spread Searched as Botulism Ties Reported
Health officers swept grocery stores and delis for jars of Borden's liederkranz cheese spread linked to deadly botulinum bacteria. Los Angeles death blamed on suspected poisoning, prompting confiscation and a nationwide warning to destroy or return affected jars.
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Borden
Irving D. Litwack
Los Angeles
Borden Cheese Co
California
Roy O. Gilbert
C. A. Eckburg
T Borten Co
U. S. Public Health Service
Eckburg
Truman Pleven Open Cold War Talks at White House
President Truman and French Premier Rene Pleven began talks to align American and French strategy in Europe and the Far East. Pleven seeks assurance the United States would use the atomic bomb if Russia invades France, as aides and top officials join the first meeting in the White House cabinet room.
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Washington
Truman
Rene Pleven
Europe
Far East
United States
France
White House
Pleven
Mr. Trumong
Union Station
Henri Bonnet
Alphonse Juin
Alphand
Alex
Jandre Parodi
Solons Eye Hiking Age Limit to 28
The House armed services committee debated drafting veterans and single men up to age 28 while considering a shift to drafting 18-year-olds. Hearings in both chambers examined Defense plans to set 18 as the start, 27 months service, and universal military service, amid calls to draft childless husbands and thousands in 4F. Senator Johnson urged enlisting 1,000,000 Western Europeans to ease domestic shortages and international issues.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Capitol
Senate
House
Defense Department
Edwin C. Johnson
D.colo
U. S
Johnson
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Committee
Defense
Anna Rosenberg
Department
Rep
Cole R-N
U.S. Bars travel by Hungary diplomats near capital
The United States forbade Hungarian Communist diplomats to travel beyond an 18 mile zone around the White House. The step mirrors restrictions imposed on American diplomats in Hungary on January 2 and follows similar limits placed on Romanian diplomats in this country for eight months.
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Ellen Estrin
Ellen
Press-Telegram
Bert Resnib
Washington
United States
Hungary
White House
Romania
District of Columbia
Truman to Speak at Memorial Chapel Dedication
President Truman will address the dedication ceremony for a Memorial Chapel in Philadelphia honoring four World War II chaplains who died aboard the Dorchester. The chapel commemorates a Catholic, a Jewish, and two Protestant chaplains perished in the sinking. The White House announced the trip plan.
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Washington
Truman
Philadelphia
Dorchester
White House
Trosoa
Midyear College Graduates Get 30 Day Deferment
Selective Service ordered an extra 30 day draft postponement for about 30,000 college men in midyear graduating classes to allow time to secure essential industry jobs. Graduating seniors may work and report status to draft boards, showing job essentiality for further deferment.
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Ashington
Selective Service
Lewis
Hershey
U. S Office of Education
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U.S
Michael DiSalle
Miss Berling
Solons Eye
Reds
Memorial Chapel
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