Massing of Motorized Junks Signals Quick Change in Crisis
AP dispatch from Formosa reports Red China assembling more than 70 armed motorized junks off Matsu amid tensions after the Tachens evacuation aided by the United States. The U S Navy and Air Forces will resume normal patrols while remaining ready to act if Chinese forces threaten Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
Red China
Matsu
Defense Ministry
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
China
Foochow
Formosa Strait
Washington
State Department
U. S. Navy
Jim Becker
Estes
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Yikiangshan
Tachens
Yu Shans
Pishan
46Th Division
U. S. Tth
Okinawa
Manila
Saigon
Hong Kong
Derailment injures 40 on Western Star in Minnesota
In subzero weather near West Union Minnesota the Western Star passenger train derailed with all 12 cars leaving 40 of 190 aboard injured none seriously. A rail break in 14 below weather caused the crash as two mail cars and two passenger cars toppled onto their sides and zigzagged. Soldiers returning from Korea helped free others from the wreckage.
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Sauk Centre
Minn
Western Star
Great Northern Railway
West Union
Here
John Obert
Alexandria
Korea
Railcar Plunge on Rain Hit Kennebec River
A Boston to Bangor passenger train in Augusta Maine derailed in heavy rain, with 114 passengers and 6 crew unharmed. Two rail units and seven cars were damaged as four coaches slid off tracks and down a 15 foot embankment into the ice covered Kennebec River. Passengers described a frightening event as lights flickered and the cars bounced.
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Augusta
Maine
Boston
Bangor
Kennebec
Jane Lauten
Wgan-Tv
Portland
Bender Blames Yalta for U S Dilemma in Formosa
U S Senator George H. Bender from Portsmouth contends the 1945 Yalta agreement explains the current crisis and the United States finds itself in the straits of Formosa. He argues the postwar pact constrained U S options amid rising tensions with China and regional security needs.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
U. S
George H. Bender
Yalta
United States
Straits of Formosa
Three Babies Born During Tachens Evacuation
Three babies were born as three elderly died on Tuesday during the Tachens evacuation. Thousands of Chinese civilians fled Communist threats aboard evacuation ships, many mothers carrying infants on their backs.
Academy Award Nominees Will Be On TV Tonight
Hollywood reports the first televised Oscar nominations with winners on screen at NBC Burbank Romanoff's Cocoanut Grove and four spots. Judy Garland Jane Wyman Bing Crosby Katy Jurado Humphrey Bogart Brando Kelly Hepburn Holden March among nominees and absences discussed.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Colony
Jan Sterling
Nbc-Tv
NBC Burbank
Ciro’s
Romanoff's
the Cocoanut Grove
Judy Garland
Jack Webb
Burbank
Will Jane Wyman
Humphrey Bogart
Romanoff’s
Cocoanut Grove
Bing Crosby
Katy Jurado
Marlon Brando
Brando
Grace Kelly
Audrey Hepburn
Sabrina
Bill Holden
Fredric March
Rats Sweep Tachens as Nationalists Evacuate Islands
The Tachens north of Formosa are deserted after a six day evacuation of over 25 000 Nationalist troops and civilians under US Seventh Fleet protection. Explosions and fires left burned houses as the islands lie silent awaiting Communist arrival.
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Estes
Tachens
Formosa
U. S. 7Th Fleet
North Island
Chou En Lai Signals Easing Tension in Formosa Standoff
U N reported Chou En Lai in an oral message to Dag Hammarskjold expressed support for relaxing tension in the Formosa area while denying participation in a Formosa cease fire. He reiterated Peiping would attend Security Council talks only with Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist seat vacant.
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United Nations, N. Y
Chou En-lai
Formosa
Peiping
U. N
Chou
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
Hammarskjold
Red China
Renly
Chiang Kai-shek
Red Chinese
United States
Senators Hear Few Testimony Submissions on Harlan Nomination
Aides report only a trickle of replies from those seeking to testify against Judge John Marshall Harlan’s Supreme Court nomination. Invitations to appear Feb 23 have gone largely unanswered, though some members want questions on whether a treaty can override state laws and constitutions. Senator Neuberger cited 40 to 50 identical letters from Portland urging opposition in the name of constitutional freedom.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Harlan
U. S
New York
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
Neuberger
Ore
Portland
United States of America
Phoney Phone Caller Reported Identified
Police in Marion Township, near Columbus, identified a 16 year old student from Marion Franklin High School as the lone caller behind a recent bomb scare at the school. Classes continued during the search. The youth is not linked to seven other calls.
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Columbus
Ohio
Marion Township
Marion- Franklin High School
No Changes Seen In Red Economy
Washington experts report the Soviet budget for 1955 shows virtually no overall increase despite a shift to heavy industry. The total budget rises only 200 million rubles, with 12 percent increases in four categories drawn from an unmarked fund likely supporting research and development including nuclear weapons and jet planes.
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Warren Rogers JR
Washington
State Department
Georgi Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
U. S
Ussian
Kremlin
Lincoln Birthday Message From Eisenhower Reflects GOP Faith
President Eisenhower on Abraham Lincoln birthday says the Republican party’s greatness will be judged by devotion to Lincoln’s faith in America. He cites liberty and inalienable rights and the line government of the people shall not perish. He offers no campaign speech and rests at Humphrey plantation with brief social time.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Thomasville
Eisenhower
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
America
Republican Party
Humphrey
Clifford Roberts
New York
Augusta (Ga.) National Golf Club
John S. Doud
Washington
Hope Still Burning for Cease-Fire
Washington AP dispatch notes U S hopes for a Chinese Civil War cease-fire grow as Reds refrain from attacking during the Tachen Islands evacuation. State Department says operation concluded. 7th Fleet stays ready to meet force with force while avoiding incidents near Formosa. Officials suggest Communist restraint may push toward peaceful diplomacy with Nationalists.
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Washington
China
Tachen Islands
State Department
U. S
Formosa
U. S. 7Th Fleet
United States
Dallas Adolphus Hotel Fire Injures Eight
A mysterious blaze gutted part of the second floor at the Hotel Adolphus in Dallas. Eight people were injured among about two thousand occupants and four hundred staff. The fire began in the Insurance Club kitchen and spread to clubrooms and dining areas, with damages estimated between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars. Origin undetermined.
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Dallas
Adolphus
Plush Insurance Club
Leo Corrigan
Publication Ban For Subversive Literature Asked
The House Un-American Activities Committee proposed banning subversive literature from U S mails in its 1954 annual report. It urged laws to criminalize carrying secret government documents in interstate commerce without authorization and to require government contract bidders to deny ties to groups advocating overthrow of the government. The committee cannot write laws and must rely on others to act. It was headed by Rep. Velde last year.
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Washington
United States
House Un-American Activities Committee
House Committee
Red-hunting Committee
Rep. Velde
Winter Cold Grips Nation From Canada To Gulf
The record cold wave blankets the Eastern two thirds of the United States with near zero to 20 below readings. Snow totals exceed a foot in parts of New York while states from Virginia to Louisiana feel the Arctic chill. Reported deaths number at least 25 nationwide as storms sweep the Midwest and Northeast.
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Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Rockies
Atlantic
Chicago
Brownwood
Tex
Kennebunk
Maine
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Gulf States
Louisiana
Tennessee
Southeast
Kentucky
Alabama
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Midwest
Upstate
New York
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
New Jersey
Ohio
Florida
Miami
Rio Grande Valley
New England
Augusta
Maine Central
Bismarck
N. D
Far West
California
Los Angeles
Birmingham
Ala
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Ohio Faces Recurrent Cold Snap Across State
Frigid conditions spread from Toledo to Cincinnati with many cities at or below zero. Heath and weather forecasts warn of further subzero temperatures tonight and Sunday as snow flurries return near Lake Erie. One death is linked to the cold as ex-policeman Herbert L. Rockey dies shoveling snow in Miamisburg. Highways show slick spots and drifting ice across eastern and northern districts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Anesville
Weather Bureau
Toledo
Findlay
Dayton
Akron
Chillicothe
Washington Court House
Huntington
W. Va
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Sandusky
Bucyerus
Massillon
Youngstown
Highway Department
Lake Erie
Herbert L. Rockey
Miamisburg
State Highway Patrol
Married 70 Years Without a quarrel in Los Angeles
Antonio Benenati and wife Rosina marked their 70th wedding anniversary in Los Angeles. He is 93 and she 89. He said they never had a quarrel and credited patience for keeping peace in their marriage.
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Los Angeles
Antonio Benenati
Rosina
Benenati
Maid Confesses Slaying Wealthy California Matron
Beverly Hills police announce maid Peggy King admitted killing 71 year old Mrs Katie Hayden after a fight over her work. She failed a lie detector test and was booked on suspicion of murder. Rutherford Leon Bennett was released after also being questioned.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Peggy King
Katie Hayden
Clinton H. Anderson
Bennett
Mrs. King
Hay
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