Six Men Die as B-29 Crashes Near Roswell Air Base
A B 29 bomber crashed while landing at Walker Air Force Base near Roswell New Mexico killing six of the 14 crewmen aboard. Three were seriously injured and five walked away with minor injuries. Rescue crews spent two hours removing bodies from the twisted wreckage. The crash occurred as the aircraft returned from a training flight and smoke spread over miles of prairie.
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Air Force
Walker Air Force Base
Prairie
Roswell
Truman to ignore coal operators letter on Taft-Hartley move
Key West Florida AP report says President Truman will ignore a Southern Coal Producers Association letter urging use of the Taft-Hartley Act to secure full coal production. The aide calls the letter propaganda and notes Truman plans to seek repeal of the act in his State of the Union. Lewis remains a negotiating factor.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Southern
John L. Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Congress
Soft Coal Miners Battle Lewis In Three Day Week Dispute
Soft coal operators fought back at John L. Lewis over a three day work week amid peak winter fuel demand. A full scale strike after Christmas by Lewis' 400,000 miners remains a definite possibility as operators push for injunctions and possible anti trust actions while keeping pay to the welfare and pension fund under December 20 payments in doubt.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
President Truman
Mr. Truman
United Mine Workers
Nationalists Land In Manila May Be Interned
Five Chinese Nationalist crewmen and 31 soldiers landed at Clark Field and faced internment as the foreign office opened a probe. Officials considered denying sanctuary to avoid entangling the Philippines in the Chinese civil war. unless exceptional, all 35 Chinese could be interned.
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Manila
Clark Field
Hainan
Formosa
Foreign Office
Philippines
Cain Sees Eisenhower in 1952 GOP Race
Senator Cain of Washington says the 1952 GOP field will likely include Eisenhower Stassen and Taft even as Eisenhower denies interest He notes Stassen as Penn president and cites GOP leaders predicting a Taft Eisenhower duel Cain urges focus on 1950 battles and endorses anti me tooism stance.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Cain
R-Wash
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Olio
Cain Adde Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Taft
Scott
Ohio
Fort Worth
Texas
Chicago
Senate
Former Columbus Attorney Sentenced for Embezzlement
Chester W. Malin, once a Columbus attorney arrested last October on a 12 year old embezzlement indictment, received a sentence of one to ten years in the Ohio penitentiary. Judge Myron B Gessaman denied probation noting Malin deserted his wife and child and did not surrender himself. Thirty two pleas for leniency were filed. He was arrested in San Francisco and accused of embezzling 5649 dollars from an estate.
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Columbus
Chester W. Malin
Ohio
Myron B Gessaman
Malin
San Francisco
Swift Company Blast Toll 18 at Sioux City Plant
Swift and Company officials said 18 bodies were recovered and all workers were accounted for in the Sioux City plant explosion. Seven of 55 initial missing workers were in critical condition. Two bodies were found yesterday among the concrete debris. about 1,000 employees were in the plant when the blast occurred at noon Wednesday. H. A. Franklin of the Iowa Commerce Commission will lead inspections ahead of a full investigation, with damages estimated near one million dollars.
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Sioux City
Swift and Company
H. A. Franklin
Iowa Commerce Commission
Sabotage Attempt Foiled On Chennault Plane In Hong Kong
In Hong Kong an attempt to sabotage the Civil Air Transport plane carrying Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault was thwarted as 200 CAT employees surrounded the planes and demanded six months pay. A clash over sabotaged hydraulic brake cables led to a police response before Chennault took off for Formosa.
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Hong Kong
Claire Chennault
Taipei
CAT
Chennault
Formosa
Robert Rousselot
Noel, Mo
Toledo student nurse dies of rare brain hemorrhage
Coroner Paul J. Hohly reported Janet Taylor, 18, of Napoleon, O., died yesterday from a subarachnoid hemorrhage at the base of the brain. The death, noted as rare in people under 30, occurred while she was a student nurse at Toledo Hospital.
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Toledo, O
Paul J. Hohly
Janet Taylor
Napoleon, O
Toledo Hospital
Winter Driving Caution Save Lives on Icy Roads
A call to careful winter driving. icy conditions raise fatal crash risk by fifty three percent. The piece urges each driver to slow, avoid skids, and prevent harm to others, ending with thanks to those who save lives on the road.
Six Parachute From C-82, Two Men Are Hurt
Six crew members bailed from a distressed Air Force C-82 near Reno Nevada. One man fractured a leg and another a arm while five others hiked out and were picked up by a motorist on Highway 40. A rescue party was sent to retrieve the injured man as the plane landed safely at Hubbard Field.
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Reno
Nev
Here
Washoe County
Lowry Field
Denver
Alameda
Cal
Hubbard Field
Dry Friday Observed In New York City
New York City residents observe a one day Dry Friday to conserve water. Men shave despite the rule while people skip baths and showers and batch wash to save supplies. Check of reservoir meters after midnight will reveal compliance and whether Dry Friday becomes a weekly practice during the emergency.
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New York
New York City
Administration Cautions On Housing Moves
Senators Sparkman and Johnston urged the Truman administration to slow civil rights housing actions to avoid jeopardizing further home building legislation. Officials said the administration will use executive power carefully to advance civil rights goals, with new covenants ban rules taking effect February 15. FHA will deny insurance where covenants are filed after that date and VA will not back new guarantees for unwritten covenants.
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Washington
Dixie
Truman Administration
New c
Congress
Sparkman
Ala
Johnston
D-Sc
Federal Housing Administration
Public Records
Veterans Administration
Robber Takes $1 000 from East Market Inc
A robber menaced five people and stole about $1 000 from East Market Inc in Columbus Ohio. The incident occurred early in the morning and details remain limited.
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Columbus, O
East Market, Inc
Girl Scout Rescued After Four Winter Nights in Cabin
Ruth Aberle a 16 year old Kelso girl scout waited in a wilderness cabin four winter nights before rescue. A large search with hundreds of volunteers covered northeast Cowlitz County. She said she knew help would come and described finding a dry cabin and shelter behind a door.
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Ruth Aberle
Kelso
Cowlitz County
Ruth
Charles F. Smith
William Aberle
Plan Of Nationalists For Rebel Warfare On Reds Encounters Snag
Planes of resistance crumble as Sikang mutiny jars Nationalists. Rebels link with Szechwang forces around Chengtu and Yunnan mutinies. New Sikang governor Gen Ho Kuo-Dwang strengthens Chiang Kai-Shek’s command while Hu Tsung-Nan regroups 400000 troops to blunt Red advances.
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Chengtu
Sikang
Yunnan
Li Wen-hui
Reds
Ho Kuo-Dwang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Liu
Hu Tsung-Nan
Szechwan Province
Move To Repeal Wartime Excise Taxes
Washington AP strong two party support may back President Truman if he asks to repeal wartime excise taxes. Congress shows much sentiment to drop or sharply cut taxes on cameras furs jewelry cosmetics light bulbs. Truman said Treasury and Congress are studying possible repeal. Leading lawmakers indicate Congress resists tax increases but would back reductions.
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Washington
Congressional
Truman
Capitol Hill
Key West
Fla
Treasury
Congress
West German Parliament Closed Amid Adenauer Criticism
In Bonn the west German parliament again dissolved amid uproar over Chancellor Adenauer’s government being a puppet of the western Allies. Communist Max Reimann accused Adenauer of a German rearmament plan backed by imperialism, while Kurt Schumacher disrupted a session insisting Adenauer is the Allies’ chancellor.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Max Reimann
Adenauer
Prisoners Escape From Fort Sill Barbed by Guard Overpower
Two prisoners overpowered an armed guard at Fort Sill Oklahoma late yesterday and possibly fled in a car owned by Captain Raymond J. Blackwell Hamilton Ohio post athletic officer. Pvt James Soltis 19 Cleveland Ohio Fred J King 20 Cobb Oklahoma Roy C Harrison 19 Dumas Texas Donald Kaptain 20 Cleveland Ohio allegedly aided Soltis but was knocked into a ditch.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Raymond J. Blackwell
Hamilton
Army
Public Information Office
James Soltis
Cleveland
Fred J. King
Cobb
Roy C. Harrison
Dumas
Texas
Donald Kaptain
Soltis
Christmas Parties and Decorations Lead Sunday News
Christmas parties and decorations set to dominate the week with coverage of the Junior Police Club party and other holiday events. Springboro hosts its annual union cantata and a round-up of regional musicals marks the Christmas season.
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Springboro
Christ
Roosevelt Junior High School
News Journal
Steel price hike sparks congressional probe and wage talk
U S Steel increased prices by about four dollars a ton amid industry wide moves. Congress may open a probe into big steel action after Christmas as CIO union leaders warn of higher costs and possible wage demands. Local unions like Lower Cambria 2644 urged a general raise to offset new expenses.
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Congressional
America
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Big Steel
U.S. Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
Fairless
Philip Murray
Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Lower Cambria
Johnstown
Lehem Steel Corea
Ulit
Ion
Mexican plane with 17 aboard overdue near Vera Cruz
A Mexican plane carrying 17 passengers was four hours overdue today. It departed at 8:30 a.m. CST for Vera Cruz via Vera Cruz and Nautla, about 80 miles north of Vera Cruz on the Gulf coast, with an estimated arrival at 6:30 a.m. local time.
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Vera Cruz
Nautla
Gulf Coast
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