Plot to Take Over Los Angeles by Five Syndicates
San Francisco dispatch reports five gambling outfits plotted to seize city government in Los Angeles. The plan aimed to oust Mayor Fletcher Bowron, gain control of police, and run illicit gambling and prostitution networks. Sam Rummel, once Mickey Cohen’s lawyer, was among those named. he was shot dead last December. Details to be revealed at a Senate hearing next month.
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Mickey Cohen
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Laurel Canyon
Fletcher Bowron
Hollywood
California
Estes Refauver
D.tenn
Senate Committee
Bowron
Worst cold wave grips U S with widespread ice and snow
The deep winter chill spreads from the southeastern states to the west Gulf Coast and Midwest. Temperatures plunge below freezing in the Rio Grande Valley and 40 below in Cadillac Michigan. Readings reach 53 below zero at Lone Rock Wisconsin as ice storms and travel disruption mount nationwide.
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Midwest
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lone Rock
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Cadillac
Michigan
John Budewitz
Arctic Circle
Canada
U. S
Houston
Texas
Mercury
East
Central Arizona Project Bill Wins House Unit O.K.
Senate interior committee approved a 700 million dollar Central Arizona water and power project bill and favorable report is expected. California opposition and prior House public lands committee inaction loom. Sen. O Mahoney and Sen. McFarland voiced support while Sen. Nixon warned California resistance on the Senate floor.
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D.ariz
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House Public Lands Committee
Congress
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Sen. Nixon
Calif
State Holds Off on Construction of Bomb Shelters
Sacramento January 30 Governor War announced California would pause community bomb shelter construction. Governors at Chicago civil defense talks cited insufficient time to build shelters. federal plan now targets air raid protection by July 1952. Shelving delays about 100 million dollars in state and local funding. Warren will seek federal plan and share before proposing state money. He urged citizens to consider family shelters in backyards while basements in buildings are labeled as shelters. Washington still supports family shelters.
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California
Chicago
Millard Caldwell
Warren
Congress
Alti Celals
Washington
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and tomorrow
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and tomorrow with west to northwest winds of 10 to 20 mph.
Sickly Walkout Stalls Freight Across Major Rail Centers
In Chicago and Detroit many railroad switchmen stayed home labeled sick, hindering freight moves. Indications point to possible spread to Washington DC, Portland, Atlanta, and Pittsburgh as wage and hour disputes persist. Army and union spokesmen clash over responsibility while defenses cite binding memorandums.
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Detroit
Brotherhood of Railroad
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Ore
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
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Truman Administration
Soo
Ice-coated Firemen Curb Million-Dollar Blaze
Ice coated firemen brought a predawn fire under control in Childress Texas after it razed six downtown businesses. The loss was estimated at one million dollars. Temperatures near five degrees above zero hindered eight Texas panhandle cities from fighting the blaze.
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Childress
Texas
Texas Panhanale
Truman Pleven Accord Reported
The White House said President Truman and French Premier Pleven are in complete accord on North Atlantic problems. Pleven said France is steadily strengthening to play her full part in the alliance against Communist aggression.
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Frendh
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France
Premider
National Press Club
One Man Slain in Manila Cat Gasoline Can Row
A cat trapped in a gasoline can sparked a neighborhood brawl in Manila on January 30. Hugo Hidalgo, 38, cousin of the cat owner, was stabbed to death. Two others injured, including Ino macio Catanay, 26, who was charged with homicide.
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Hugo Hidalgo
Inomacio Catanay
Missouri Battleships Lead Philippine Coast Bombardment
The Missouri and rocket ships bombarded Kansong on the Korean east coast with carrier planes in a day-long assault. The UN launched attacks on Kangnung as Eighth Army progress toward Seoul slowed to a crawl amid heavy casualties on both sides. Naval bases reported 1200 enemy supply vehicles destroyed or damaged and Chinese artillery striking near Suwon.
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Manchester
News High Lights OFF THE TELETYPE
A terse page note lists various sections and page references for the newspaper, including politics on tax deductions, Nevada weapons tests, and standard features like bridge, classifieds, comics, obituaries, and sports. It acts as an index to sections such as Editorial, Financial, Theaters, and Weather.
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Boyle
Woran
Postponement Denied as 32 to 10 Vote Leads U N Debate
LAKE SUCCESS Jan 30 AP The Soviet bloc failed to delay a United Nations vote on indicting Communist China as an aggressor in Korea. The UN committee rejected adjournment 32 to 10 with 12 abstentions. Polish delegate Juliusz Katy Suchy sparked a long attack on the United States.
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Korea
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Katz-Suchy
Ford to Assemble Trucks Here for Army Contract
Ford Motor Co will assemble about 600 light and heavy trucks at the Long Beach plant under a $31 million government contract. Plant manager Aubrey L Edwards announced the project, noting it is unclear whether the 400 additional vehicles will come from regular production or be added to the current schedule.
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Ford Co
Long Beach
Ford Motor Co
Aubrey L. Edwards
Death at Door Surprises Detroit Sister in Long Beach
A Detroit woman visiting Long Beach, Sallie Nimmon, came to the home of her sister Feyster Lucille O Bannon after a 22 year separation. O Bannon opened the door and collapsed dead, with police noting heart trouble as a factor.
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Long Beach
N. Y
Detroit
Sallie Nimmon
Feyster
Lucille O'Bannon
Girl Sold for Five Dollars and Gas at Filling Station
A Los Angeles report says Shirley Brien, a year old girl, told police she was sold by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William O'Brien, for five dollars and a tank of gasoline. The couple, with four other children, were said to be hitchhiking toward San Francisco when authorities intervened. Shirley is now in juvenile custody.
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Shirley Brien
Elizabeth Eggleston
William O'Brien
Cecil Glover
O'Briens
Shirley
Glover
Bakersfield
San Francisco
O’briens
Shirley O'Brien
Irene Gardner
Los Angeles
O'Brien
Wirephota
Draft of Men 18 Seen Within Two Years
OPA former undersecretary Voorhees predicts both young married men and 18 year olds will be drafted within two years. He favors taking teenagers first, noting it would mostly affect timing. Current 19 through 25 bracket largely exempts married men without children under existing rules. Continued on Page Ai Col. 4.
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OPA
The
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Whitness
Tracy S$. Voorhees
Senate
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Voorhees
Vanneval Bush
William C. Men
January Industrial Output Highest Since End of War
The Federal Reserve Board reports January industrial production near the wartime peak, up one tenth since the Korean War started and five percent above a year ago. Output reached 220 percent of the 1933-39 average, avoiding price effect distortions, with durable goods recovering after winter weather.
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Federal Reserve Board
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