Finland Awaits Russian Note Over War Criminal Charges
Finland awaits the text of a Russian note accusing Finland of harboring more than 300 alleged Soviet war criminals in violation of postwar treaties. Moscow cites 56 as having committed the most serious crimes and alleges fake documents aided the suspects. The Finnish government will draft a reply once the note is received.
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Finland
Velals
Moscow
Juho Paasikivi
Paasikivi
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Soviet Union
Gromyko
Two Die In Plane Crash Near Lubbock Cotton Fields
A light plane crashed at Lubbock Municipal Airport between rows of cotton bales at 5 20 am. The aircraft burst into flames, setting cotton on fire and killing at least two passengers. Details remain unavailable.
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Lubbock
Tex
Dancer Tom Patricola Dies After Weeklong Illness
Pasadena AP reports 59 year old vaudeville dance headliner Tom Patricola died after brain surgery and a weeklong illness. The entertainer, once a prominent star in stage shows, passed away in Pasadena.
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Pasadena
Calif
Tom Patricola
Caution Taken by Motorists Over Weekend
The nation marked the turn of 1950 with restraint on the roads as traffic deaths totaled 180 on the final day of an extended holiday period and overall toll reached 281 across fires and other accidents. State tallies list high counts for California Michigan Illinois Ohio Texas New York and many others as the nation observed New Year safety warnings from the National Safety Council.
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Egyptians To Vote In Egypts First General Election
Cairo Egypt AP reports about five million Egyptians expected to vote on Tuesday in the Nile kingdom general election for 319 seats. About a quarter of the population is anticipated to participate and women are barred from voting. Five parties and a group of independents contest the seats. Canton Mallable Iron Company announces a profit sharing plan for about 250 employees.
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Nile Kingdom
Egypt
Chamber of Deputies
Plan Canton, O. (Ap
Canton Malleable Iron Company
Unidentified planes seen over Okinawa amid wartime tensions
Unidentified reconnaissance aircraft believed Russian are observed near Okinawa almost daily. Red Crossman Ferdinand Micklautz says planes operate with little interference, though official identification remains unresolved. Interceptors pursue but never catch them. nearby Shanghai lies about 400 miles from Naha. Pirates vessels also roam southern Ryukyus, some entering ports for provisions before being released due to manpower limits.
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Red
Okinawa
Shanghai
Naha
U. S
Ryukyus
Japan
Formosa
Micklautz
Red Cross
Citizens Back Physician In Mercy Killing
In Candia New Hampshire supporters including Protestant ministers and doctors voiced strong backing for Dr Hermann N Sander 40 after he was charged with murder in the mercy killing of Mrs Abbie Borreto 59 a cancer patient A grand jury action was pending and 605 of 650 voters signed a statement of faith in his integrity The doctor thanked the crowd and the New Hampshire Academy of General Practice also voiced its support
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Candia
N. H
Municipal Court
Goffstown
Abbie C. Borreto
Sander
William JL. Craig
Canadia
Hermann N. Sander
Sander Ia
Abbie Borreto
Hillsboro
New Hampshire Academy of General Practice
Academy
George Brown
Concord
Dr. Sander
Manchester
Coal strike rumors flow amid miners back at work
Washington AP reports John L. Lewis aims to resume full mining after New Year while talks of strikes against key firms surface. Pittsburgh Consolidation leader George H. Love says no information on strikes and cites miners free will to work. Operators allege unfair practices and coercion as NLRB reviews Lewis contract demands.
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George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation
Lewis
Stand Creek Coal Company
West Virginia
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Byrd moves to delay wartime tax cuts in new Congress
Senator Byrd of Virginia urged delaying excise tax reductions as Congress opens. He favors study of government spending for the coming fiscal year before cutting levies on telephone bills tickets fur jewelry luggage and cosmetics. President Truman plans to propose selective cuts and raises in a broad tax program later. Byrd warned against acting on excise cuts until the budget outlook is clearer.
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Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Virginian
Capitol Hill
Truman
Senate
Mr. Truman
River Valley
Bidault Faces Three Votes As France Seeks Budget Fix
Premier Georges Bidault confronts three confidence votes in parliament to push the last 35 billion francs needed to balance a 2 257 billion franc budget. Support comes from MRP Socialists and a Radical Socialist wing while De Gaulle followers and other right groups oppose. In Cleveland Helen Tolman named executive director of the Girl Scout Council to lead 7,000 scouts and 760 volunteers.
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Socialist Party
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Charles de Gaulle
Cleveland
Helen L. Tolman
Camden
N. J
Girl Scout Council
Truman Opposed to Sending Troops to Formosa
Washington reports President Truman stands against deploying American troops to block Communist advances on Formosa. He would still back economic aid political support and advisory help to Chiang Kai-Shek. Senate and House members debated deal proposals while NSC met at the White House.
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Truman
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
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United States
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U. S
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Knowland
R-Cal
Owland
China
Clark Air Force Base
Philip
Ohio's New Year holiday violent deaths tally
Ohio logged six violent deaths by early today as the New Year weekend ends at midnight. Four were traffic fatalities, one suffocation in a home fire, one a crane accident. Names and ages span Akron, Cleveland, Lorain, West Union, Webster, and Darke County with six separate fatal incidents.
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Cleveland
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Columbus
William Williamson
Akron
Warren Mullens
Cora Steward
Paul S. Morris
Lorain
Eston Grooms
West Union
Carl Smith
Webster
Darke County
Oberlin
In The Groove After Holidays A Return To Work
A light verse about the return to work after holidays. It contrasts the ease of time off with the dreary grind of alarm clocks and busy offices. The speaker notes how work piles up yet time flies and laments the loneliness of idleness, finally appreciating a job that keeps one moving.
Girl Missing After Advertising for Work in Gallipolis
Gallipolis Ohio AP report says 16 year old Ann Louise De Vault disappeared after entering a car with a man who offered a job caring for his three children in Huntington West Virginia. Police in two states search for her as her mother Edna Dray reports she failed to call or return home.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ann Louise de Vault
Edna Dray
Ann
Hilda
Marshall College
Session Opening Tuesday Truman Talks Wednesday
Washington AP reports a broad expansion of social security benefits may be the chief contribution to President Truman's Fair Deal program as Congress opens its new session tomorrow.
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Gress
Washington
Truman
GOP Urged to Return to 1948 Platform in PR Push
Sen Morse urges GOP colleagues to back the 1948 Republican platform as a guiding statement of party principles. GOP leaders discuss drafting a campaign statement while Taft and others weigh the plan, arguing for a united platform to frame the party’s stance on education aid and federal programs.
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Morse
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Epublican
Guy G. Gabrielson
Millikin
Colorado
Senate Republican
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Tim
Congress
Qyne
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Two Sentenced To Death On Spying Charge
Prague report says Karol Folta former Czech parliament member and Vak Democratic party leader was sentenced to death for spying for the United States. His wife received 25 years. Four other defendants got 11 to 25 years. The trial in Bratislava centered on a spy ring run under Michal Zibrin who is in exile in the American zone of Germany. Folta allegedly offered American cigarettes to Czech citizens to recruit spies.
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Czechoslovakia
United States
Pravda
Karol Folta
Vak Democratic Party
Bratislava
Folta
Michal Zibrin
Germany
Zibrin
Afres
Eny
Farmers Pray For Snow On Blizzard Anniversary
DENVER AP One year after the worst western snowstorms began seven weeks of blizzards that halted travel buried trains and isolated towns. While losses were severe livestock and wildlife died, the melt yielded mountain water promising moisture for next summer. Western farmers now pray for snow to relieve drought as record dry months persist and winter wheat suffers.
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Rocky Mountain States
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