Mobilization Heads Caught In Squeeze
Defense mobilization officials face pressure over a new order to steer defense work to areas with unemployment. Charles F. E. Wilson oversees a surplus manpower committee to identify needy regions and report findings to the Defense Department. Southern leaders warn of potential harm to textile jobs. Wilson cautions the policy is not a cure-all.
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Washington
Defense Mobilization
Lawrence
Mass
Detroit
Mich
Charles FE. Wilson
Defense Mobilizer
Wilson
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Joint Defense Production Committee
Arthur S. Flemming
Sen. Smith
D-Nc
Sen. Maybank
D-Sc
New England
Maybank
Donahey's Son Enters U S Senate Race in Ohio
John W. Donahey of Hudson joins the Democratic field for U S senator, creating a four way race to challenge Republican incumbent John W Bricker in November. Other Democratic hopefuls include Michael V. DiSalle James M. Carney and George L. Mark.
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Columbus, O
John W. Donahey
Hudson
U. S
Vic Donahey
Donahey
John W. Bricker
Michael V. DiSalle
Toledo
James M. Carney
Cleveland
George L. Mark
Polish Legion of American War Veterans
U S Will Agree To Red Proposals For Korean Talks
The United States plans to accept proposed Communist recommendations for a high level political conference on Korea after a ceasefire halts fighting and UN action on the proposals. Gen Ridgway will likely present a counterproposal, differing in some respects but not on the goal of a political conference if Panmunjom talks succeed.
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Washington
United States
Korea
United Nations
U. N. General Assembly
Matthew B. Ridgway
The
Ridgway
Panmunjom
Britain
France
U.N
Formosa
Red
Reds
Come Home Plea From Ike Backers Grips GOP Race
Eisenhower supporters push for his return to lead the fight for the Republican nomination while Taft and Stassen vie in New Hampshire. Senator Brewster predicts Taft sews up the nomination with strong showing there as backers press Congress to have Eisenhower testify on aid policy.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Brewster
R-Me
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
Taft
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Cain
Senate
Eisenhowever
United States
Europe
Truman
Congress
Reds and Allies Narrow Gaps in Korea Talks
In Munsan Korea AP reported Reds and Allies both conceded ground on troop rotation and civilian displacement issues, narrowing the gap yet remaining far apart on key questions blocking an armistice. The Allies dropped demands on civilian exchanges and impartial interviews, while the U.N. insisted all prisoners retain repatriation choice as talks continued. The Communists also showed some concession in troop rotation during the armistice talks.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
Allied raiding parties clash on Western Front in snow
Two UN raids move into Chinese positions west of Chorwon as skies clear. One unit endures two 25 minute snow battles before returning. Another reaches high ground and withdraws. Red infantry probes in center and east are driven back under fire.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
North Korea
U.N
Chorwon
Allies discuss Korean armistice terms and Red airfield rights
The Allies weighed the Communists definitions of coastal waters and reslotted two troop disposition demands. Key clash over Red rights to build and repair North Korean airfields was shelved. U.N. Command studies a Red proposal for a high level political conference within 90 days after an armistice and seeks a new session on the armistice agenda.
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Stice
U.N. Command
Korea
World’s Valentine Girl Jackie Marre Beats Cancer Hopeful Icon
Atlanta 13 year old Jackie Marre once given three months to live now walks and plans to share valentines and kindness on February 4. A flood of 1.5 million pieces of mail arrived last year raising funds for orphanages hospitals and schools. Jackie recalls the joy of giving and hopes postmen bring more cards to help other children in need.
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Margaret and
Bem Price
Atlanta
Jacquelyn Marre
Valentine
Marre
Jackie
Ninth St
N. E
Newsman to testify on Katyn massacre claims in Poland
Henry Cassidy former AP Moscow chief now NBC news editor will tell Congress how Russian authorities claimed Germans killed 10 000 Polish officers in World War II. The Katyn mass graves near Smolensk 33 miles west of the city were first exposed by Nazis in 1943.
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Russell Brines
Washington AP
Henry Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
National Broadcasting Co
House
Katyn Forest
Cassidy
Katyn
Smolensk
Berlin
Adeusz Romer
Truman Firm For McDonald In REC Post
President Truman and the Senate Banking Committee clashed over the nomination of Harry A. McDonald to head the Reconstruction Finance Corp. The committee refused to vote amid a House probe into fraud at the SEC, though no charges target McDonald. Senator Maybank said Truman would not compromise, and the President warned he would run the RFC himself if stalemate persisted.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Harry A. McDonald
Reconstruction Finance Corp
McDonald
House
Securities and Exchange Commission
Maybank
D-Sc
White House
RFC
Two Women and 16 Men Rescued From Disabled Schooner Gloria
In Panama City, two women and 16 men stranded for a week aboard the 87-foot Colombian schooner Gloria were rescued after a week of U S Air Force planes and Navy patrol boats search efforts. The vessel, dismasted and rudderless since January 30 after a storm, ran low on fuel, food, and water. Four survivors in a lifeboat were earlier picked up by the Navy ship Johnson, while the remaining 18 were finally located by a patrol bomber on Wednesday.
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Panama
Gloria
U. S. Air Force
U. S. Navy
John F.son
Mrs Pandit Elected To Indian Parliament
India's government radio announced Wednesday night that Jawaharlal Nehru's sister and former U S ambassador Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit has been elected overwhelmingly to the Indian Parliament in New Delhi.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
United States
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Second inmate escapes Arizona State Hospital in Phoenix
A 46 year old inmate, described as unpredictable and possibly dangerous, fled the Arizona State Hospital by scaling barbed wire. This follows four days after Winnie Ruth Judd, the trunk murderess of 21 years ago, escaped and remains at large with no trace found. Authorities have not released his name.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona State Hospital
Winnie Ruth Judd
Prisoner Blaylock Disappears After Fast Break Game
Perry F. Blaylock, prisoner serving 10 years for first degree burglary with McAlester State Penitentiary, used a fast break during a Latin Wednesday basketball game and vanished. Local authorities search for Blaylock.
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Ada
Okla
Perry F. Blaylock
Blaylock
McAlester State Penitentiary
First Witness To Be Called In Red Trials
In Los Angeles the government begins a three week case to prove the American Communist party seeks overthrow by force. The first witness, possibly an undercover agent, will anchor the prosecution against 15 California party leaders. The defense argues defendants were open Communists, never conspirators.
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Los Angeles
Communist Party
California
U. S
Walter S. Binns
William Schneiderman
Snow Covers Northern Ohio After Storm
A snowstorm moved through Northern Ohio leaving Cleveland with a five and a half inch blanket as of morning. One man, Charles Tarka, 59, was killed when struck by a Cleveland Transit System vehicle. Fort Wayne seven inches, Erie seven. Other towns report varying depths from five inches in Toledo to traces in Columbus.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Tarkaman
Fort Wayne
Ind
Erie
Toledo
Mansfield
Findlay
Akron
Youngstown
Columbus
Antioch College to be scrutinized for red leanings
Washington The Ohio Unamerican Activities Commission will investigate Communist activities among Ohio youths, including on college campuses. Harvey Matusow, a 25 year old staff member, said An n College at Yellow Springs is among sites to be examined. Hearings in Columbus start Monday and will cover nearly every corner of the state.
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Washington
Ohio Unamerican Activities Commission
Harvey M. Matusow
Ann College
Yellow Springs
Matusow
Dayton
Columbus
Ohio
Coffee Sweeping Story Is Untrue
Air Force spokesman called a Senate inquiry into a claim that 200 pounds of coffee were used as floor sweeping material at Carswell Air Base unfounded. Investigations found no evidence that coffee was used for sweeping or disposal due to spoilage, and Navy surplus oyster forks story was dismissed.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Carswell Air Base
Fort Worth
Tex
Queen Mary Mourns Third Son Death in Seclusion
London reports Queen Mary grieving in solitude as King George VI dies. Marlborough House flag remains at full staff while police note the personal flag of the Queen Mother. The 84 year old has outlived five reigns and several children, including Prince John and the Duke of Kent.
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London
Mary
George VI
Marlborough House
Queen Mary
Duchess of Cornwall
York
Queen Victoria
Princess of Wales
Edward VII
George V
Prince John
Duke of Kent
Princess Mary
Earl of Harewood
Britain
Royal Party
Churchill
Duke of Edinburgh
Clarence House
Hiccuper Jack OLeary Receives 1132 Letters
Los Angeles resident Jack O Leary who hiccups at least once a second has drawn 1132 letters of support after an Associated Press report on January 29 noting his weight drop to 78 pounds. His mother Margaret O Leary says an anonymous New York doctor may help and funds are being raised to seek treatment eastward.
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Los Angeles
Jack O'Leary
Associated Press
O'Leary
Margaret O'Leary
Jack
New York
Blood Clot Died King George VI in Sleep
Court correspondents reported King George VI died of coronary thrombosis, a heart blood clot, after medical sources earlier suggested this cause. The king passed away in his sleep on Wednesday at Sandringham, England.
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Sandringham
Eng
George VI
San Francisco Tax Probe To Be Resumed In Secret
Congressional tax probers reopen secret sessions in San Francisco to examine a troubled Internal Revenue Office tied to a Democratic clique. Witnesses William E. Frank and H H. Stikefeather accuse bureau leaders of mismanagement amid ongoing hearings on the $935,943 Samish fund and related charges.
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San Francisco
Wiliam E. Frank
Seatte
Treasury
Tax Office
H H. Stikefeather
Oklahoma City
Internal Revenue Bureau
House
Ways and Means
Arthur Samish
Kefauver Senate
Samish
Aet
Cecil King
Calif
Thomas J. Deolan
Tax Bureau
Frank
Stikeleather
Elizabeth Becomes Queen and Buries King George VI
Elizabeth returns to Britain to ascend the throne and oversee her father King George VI’s funeral. The 25 year old Queen arrives in London from Nairobi as crowds gather while security and royal rituals begin. The King’s oak coffin is prepared at Sandringham and a Windsor Castle burial planned next week.
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London
Elizabeth
George VI
United Kingdom
Dominions
Nairobi
Kenya
Princess Elizabeth
Winston Churchill
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
Duke of Windsor
New York
Churchill
Clarence House
Buckingham Palace
Privy Council
Table Yard
Te House
Sandringham Royal Estate
Sandringham
St. George's Chapel
Windsor Castle
East Africa
Elizabeth II
Woman Killed In Auto Crash Near Blanchester
Mrs. Ethel Griffith, 48, of Mt. Washington, wife of George Griffith, operating a women’s Turkish bath at a Cincinnati hotel, was killed when her car left State Route 28 near Blanchester, ran into a ditch, and overturned. The State Highway Patrol reported she was alone in the vehicle.
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Cincinnati
Ethel Griffith
Mt. Washington
Blanchester
State Highway Patrol
Griffith
George Griffith
State Rt. 28
Racketeer Squad to Check Gambling Tax Stamps
The Racketeer Squad will investigate individuals who obtained $50 federal gambling tax stamps since the Navy. Harry F. Busey, district internal revenue collector, said the squad will review records to see if recipients were engaged in gambling between the deadline and stamp issuance. About 127 people in the district, mainly from Columbus and Zanesville, have taken stamps. bookies numbers writers operators and punchboard sellers require them.
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Columbus
Internal Revenue
Navy
Harry F. Busey
Zanesville
Anderson Chilled By Strike Of CLO
Anderson Indiana saw little disruption overall as city utility workers striked. Downtown buildings stayed cold due to reduced steam heating from the municipal plant though water pressure and most electric service remained near normal. A brownout occurred where heat depended on city steam.
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Anderson
Ind
Municipal
Foe Of Chicago Gangs Slain In Ambush Near Humboldt Park
Charles Gross 56, a Republican ward committeeman in the 31st Ward, was killed by seven shotgun blasts from an automobile in Humboldt Park near North and Kedzie. Police found seven 12 gauge shells. Spokesmen link the slaying to hoodlum encroachment in ward politics. Gross lived nearby and had been ward committeeman since last June. His widow Ethel commented that she was aware of the violence. opponent James Mesi expressed shock and said the killing puts him in a difficult position.
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Chicago
Charles Gross
31St
Humboldt Park District
Gross
North
Kedzie Avenues
North Avenue
Ethel
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