Weather Kills 34 Nationally Over Weekend
Tornadoes and a blizzard swept across Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma Illinois and Minnesota causing at least 34 deaths and extensive damage. Arkansas alone faced up to 100000 in losses a cross country toll included six communities hit and dozens injured. In Missouri six were killed in Pople Bluff and nearby areas while lightning claimed a child in California or near Modesto.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Illinois
Clinton
Beedee
Velvet Ridge
Cross Roads
Providence
Bradford
Garland Robbins
Nowr
Pople Bluff
Madison County
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Okla
Hannibal
Junia Kay Lovelest
Modesto
Miles City
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Rocky Mountain
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Iowa
Myers reelected president of Jewish federations council
The 500 delegates at the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds general assembly reelected Stanley C. Myers of Miami Florida as president. Delegates rejected a plan to form a national Jewish welfare fund to raise and distribute funds for Jewish needs in the United States and abroad.
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Cincinnati
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds
Stanley C. Myers
Miami
Fila
America
Toledo man seeks cure for long hiccup siege after chicken leg
A Toledo resident, Stutler, says a temporary hiccup relief came after digestive remedies and a chicken leg. He notes the hiccups stopped then resumed hours later and that since November 1 he has relied on neighbors to answer his phone due to constant calls offering cures.
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Toledo
Gordown Stutler
Stutler
Officials Of ECA Freed In Korea After 81 Days
Two emaciated American ECA officials Albert E Willis and Alfred T Metscher returned from North Korea after 81 days in Communist confinement. They were released after negotiations with North Korea as the Soviet regime abandoned its push for US recognition. Willis weighed about 190 pounds at departure and his wife Beatrice said he lost nearly 4 pounds daily. Metscher said they were relatively fit upon return and not physically mistreated, though guards and border tensions remained.
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ECA
Korea
Willim R. Moore
Seoul
North Korea
United States
Economic Cooperation Administration
Albert E. Willis
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alfred T. Meschter
Kinderhook N. Y
Willis
Beatrice Willis
Pusan
Free Enterprise Gets Approval By Landside
SYDNEY Australia AP The Labor government faced a near landslide defeat as vote counting continued The Liberal Country Party coalition appeared poised to control the House of Commons with a large majority Early returns put the tally at 55 Liberal seats 17 Country Party and 46 Labor with three other seats doubtful The Senate effort showed Labor likely to keep a Senate majority though public interest remained low and final results may not be known until late January The system’s complexity and holdovers could affect final party control of the Senate.
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Sydney
Australia
Labor
Liberal-Country Party
House of Commons
Llie
Liberal Party
Country Party
Labor Group
Liberals
Labor Party
Senate
Britons Split Over Labor Defeat Abroad
London observers debate whether Britain’s out-of-office Conservatives will gain from defeats in Australia and New Zealand while Attlee's Labor reflects on their own impending general election. Reynolds News cautions Labour to avoid resting on past gains and to push ceaseless outreach.
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London
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Attlee
South
Bradford
Labor
House of Commons
Commonwealth
Reynolds News
GOP Reaches Political Crossroad On Financial Programs
Republicans face a crossroads in the 1950 campaign with meetings in New York and Chicago addressing finances and strategy. Senators Jenner Bricker and Aiken clash with views on foreign policy centralization while Hoover Taft and Summersfield steer party stance against Truman Fair Deal.
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GOP
Washington
New York
Chicago
Jenner
R-Ind
Vandenberg
Rmich
Ferguson
R-Mich
Congress
Aiken
R-Vi
Bricker
Ohio
Vermont
Herbert Hoover
Cleveland
Taft
Robio
Truman
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
Finance Committee
Sinclair Weeks
Massachusetts
Man Loses Thumb While Trains Pass on Tracks
In Los Angeles George Masnager, 67, sat on Santa Fe tracks when an electric switch snapped shut as a train approached. He crouched beside the rail and held on as the wheels clipped off his right thumb, leaving him with no other serious injuries.
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Los Angeles
George Masnager
Santa Fe Railway
Masnager
Masnacer
Fichter Removal Again Demanded
New demands for the removal of Joseph W. Fichter as master of the Ohio State Grange were received at National Grange headquarters. Grange master Albert S. Goss will hear 17 misconduct accusations from Wade Moreland and others at an executive committee meeting on January 2.
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Washington
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio State Grange
National Grange
Albert S. Goss
Grange
Ohio
Wade Moreland
Goes
Freed by Reds Angus Ward and party aboard Lakeland Victory
Angus Ward and 18 others freed after 18 months in Red China. They endured 28 days in a freezing jail, weight loss, and a six-slice bread daily diet. Ward demanded all members board the Lakeland before signing. ship plans include Kobe, Tokyo, and San Francisco with a future Washington report.
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Lakeland Victory
Tientsin
Angus Ward
Red China
St. Peter
Ward
Mukden
Crecy
U. S. State Department
Onte Ward
Gankyway
Paul Sexton
Lakeland
Rede
Low Incomes Survey Began In Capital Hearings
Washington AP Senator Flanders says some thrifty farm families live on cash incomes as low as 1000 to 2000 dollars a year, challenging the idea that all low income households are ill housed or needy. Senator Sparkman leads hearings to identify who these families are, causes, and possible government actions to help about ten million families. Data already show some farm areas have widespread low income and basic changes in agricultural methods and diversification may help.
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Washington
Flanders
R-Vt
Congress
Senate
House
Sparkman
Ala
Iikfed
Olften
Labor and Business Back Hoover Report
A national conference launched a push for Congress to adopt government reorganization steps from the Hoover Commission. Business leaders and labor groups pledged cooperation at the two day National Reorganization Conference, organized by the Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report.
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Labor and Business
Hoover Report
Washington
Congress
Hoover Commission
Citizens Committee
Five Die In Antique Shop Blast In Birmingham Suburb
Five persons were killed when a violent blast shattered the Mother and Son Antique Shop during a gas search. Wilson Jones and Ruth Bramson were among the dead or missing, with several others injured as flames engulfed the three story building. The blast rocked a quiet Birmingham suburb near Detroit, breaking windows across three square miles.
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Birmingham
Mich
Edith Jones
Wilson Jones
Lee Carroll
Ruth Bramson
Bloomfield Hills
Arthur B. Wilson
Dearborn
Wilson
Florence
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Pontis
Detroit
Bramson
McGinley Blows Fuses Repairing Lamp at Home
A man named McGinley tried to fix a reading lamp after arriving home to darkness. He installed a fuse, blew it again, and despite his wife’s warnings, repeated the repair until all fuses were gone. His stubborn insistence on continuing the lamp repair led to repeated outages.
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McGinley
Chang Chun Freed by Communists After Kunming Capture
Hong Kong AP reports former Premier Chang Chun arrived by plane after his release by a Nationalist deserter in Kunming. He had traveled to hold Yunnan Governor Lu Han with Nationalists as troops seized the city. Chiang Kai-shek narrowly missed going to Kunming. reason for the release was not explained.
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Hong Kong
Chang Chun
Kunming
Yunnan Province
Lu Han
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chong Chung
Supreme Court upholds 1949 Rent Control Act ruling
Canton Ohio AP reports that the 18 day Timken Roller Bearing factory strike involving 10,000 workers across five Ohio cities was settled. Workers will return to their jobs tomorrow as talks concluded and the dispute ended.
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Supreme Court
Canton, O
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Ohio
Toledo Group Vets Three Seek Taft Opponent in 1950
Toledo figures lead the field with three men weighing a Senate challenge to Senator Robert A. Taft in 1950. Frannexy Reams, ex state welfare director and former Luc as County prosecutor, is the latest name. Mayor Michael V. De Salle and attorney Edward Lamb had already been mentioned as possible Democratic nominees, with Burke, Ferguson, and William L. White also among potential contenders if Reames runs.
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Cleveland
Toledo
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Frannexy Reams
Lucas County
Michael V. de Salle
Edward Lamb
Reames
Burke
de Salle
Lamb
Joseph T. Ferguson
William L. White
Newark
Gambling Club Data Will Go To Governor
CHARDON Ohio AP Albert A Woldmen state industrial relations chief will report to Gov Frank J Taueche today on his unsuccessful attempts to close the Pettibone Club near here He will also confer with Atty Gen Herbert S Dulty The club dubbed largest gambling joint in Ohio Friday three representatives of his department ordered its immediate closure for violating the state building code The club operated and Saturday night warrants were prepared charging superintendent Jack Lewis and manager Abe Goldberg with ignoring the citation Both posted $50 bonds for a hearing before a Bainbridge Township justice of the peace
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Jack Lewis
Abe Goldberg
Wage rise for AFL truck drivers in Cincinnati pact
About 2,000 AFL truck drivers in Cincinnati approved a contract providing total wage increases of 15 cents an hour over 26 months. The agreement was announced yesterday and marked by labor officials and participants.
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Cincinnati
AFL
United States Britain and Canada plan atomic energy tie up
Washington reports that the United States Britain and Canada have nearly completed broad outlines for a cooperative atomic program. The plan would keep weapon manufacture concentrated in the U S with British and Canadian scientists involved. Congress must authorize the arrangement for it to move forward.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Canada
State Department
Congressi
Congress
Congressional
U. S
Chemical Warfare Service
Belgian Congo
Roof Collapse Kills Workman at Wheeling Steel Plant
In Steubenville area report a roof collapse at the Mingo Junction Wheeling Steel plant killed William Stoodard 41 of Mingo Junction who ran the pump machines feeding wind to three blast furnaces. Ralph Debacco 35 of Mingo Junction was injured with a compound leg fracture lacerations and shock and hospitalized. Firemen said the pump room metal reef collapsed, suspending plant operations.
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Steubenville, O
Mingo Junction
Wheeling Steel Corporation
William Stoodard
Ralph Debacco
Mintego Junction
Ohio Valley Hospital
Dayton Union Picketed by Another Union Dispute
Dayton AP report says one union picketed another with Local 801 of the United Electrical Workers holding a meeting while the 801 group affiliated with the IUE picketed the gathering. The brief incident underscores intra union conflict and labor activity in Dayton.
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Dayton
Dayton, D
United Electrical Workers
IUE
New Une
Strangulation Death Shocks Iowa Coed, Rooming House
Iowa City police investigate the strangulation death of Margaret Ann Jackson a 20 year old University of Iowa student found in a men s rooming house called Empty Arms Robert Emil Bednasek a senior student is charged with murder and arraigned Bednasek denied the killing saying he was in love with her and that his mind is a blank The autopsy ruled murder Bednasek recalls little of the events leading to the discovery and a diary found in his room will be studied by authorities
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Bednasek
William F. Jackson
Iowa Parole Board
Miss Jackson
Olga Bednasek
Cedar Rapids
Miss J Son
Si Phi Epsilon
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Cook County
Cicero
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Capone Syndicate
Fichter
Party of 19
BY Tom Lambert
Kobe
Japan
Tokyo
Far East Lines
Do. W. Evans
Taku Bar
South Korea
General MacArthur
President Wilson
San Francisco
Teffell R Ward
Allegan, Mich
Capital
By Gordon Martin
Martin
Chun
Bulletins
Tafts
Bainbridge Townsship
George D. Callahan
Johnson County
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