Stay Put Skipper Faces Storm On Wrecked Flying Enterprise
Capt Kurt Carlsen huddles in the cabin of his damaged freighter Flying Enterprise as a North Atlantic gale tests whether the ship can stay afloat until a salvage tug reaches it. The 37 year old skipper, praised by the British press as Captain Enterprise, remains aboard, prioritizing rescuers over his own fate while aboard a slim diet of tea and dried food observed by the U S Destroyer von W Weeks standing by.
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Carlsen
W. L. Thompson
McKinney
Tex
Weeks
England
Carson
Britain
Falmouth
Congressmen Wary On Truman's Internal Revenue Plan
President Truman proposed a sweeping reorganization of the Internal Revenue Bureau aimed at curbing corruption and improving government integrity. The plan would abolish the 64 tax collectors’ offices, create district commissioners and an independent inspection service, and place the bureau under Civil Service except for the commissioner. Congress reaction ranged from cautious approval to skepticism about depth and scope.
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Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Capitol Hill
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Congress
Internal Revenue Collectors
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Civil Service
Department of Government
Rep. Byrnes
R-Wis
House
Revenue Bureau
Rep O'Toole Proposes $100 Monthly Medal of Honor Benefit
Rep O'Toole of New York announced plans to introduce legislation to pay Congressional Medal of Honor recipients $100 each month for life, saying the current $8 monthly stipend is inadequately low. He urged swift action to boost the benefit tied to this honor.
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Washington
Rep. O'Toole
D-Ny
O'Toole
Deposed Collector Denies Bribery in Tax Case Trial
Boston. Denis W. Delaney former internal revenue collector for Massachusetts faced trial in Federal Court on charges of taking bribes to influence tax cases. Indictments allege he accepted 12500 dollars and certified 180000 dollars in unpaid liens. Delaney, appointed in 1943 and reappointed by Truman, is the first such official tried in the bureau probe.
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Denis W. Delaney
Internal Revenue
Massachusetts
Delaney
Internal Revenue Bureau
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Truman
Casualties Rise to 103,739 in Korea War
Washington announced U S battle casualties in Korea reached 103,739, an increase of 321 since last week, reflecting ongoing fighting and losses for U N forces and South Korean troops.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Jo Davidson Dies at 68 Noted Sculptor in France
Paris AP report says Jo Davidson American sculptor died of a heart attack at 68 near Sadie France while spending holidays at his country home Becheron near Tours. He rose from New York to prominence with works in museums and government buildings and counted Roosevelt Rockefeller Einstein Rogers among his sitters. Burial expected in Paris per widow. funeral plans pending.
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Jo Davidson
France
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Lower East Side
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Sadie
Tours
Becheron
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Albert Einstein
Wil Rogers
Plane Deaths In San Fernando Valley Murder Suicide Crash
Police report the milkman Jay William Campbell aged 31 and his year old daughter Judy died in a crash in Van Nuys California ruled as murder and death by own action. A note to Campbell's wife Mary explains plans to start anew and cites love and loss with a second man referenced. The owner Mort Kamm found the note in Campbell's car and another note was found in Campbell's wallet from Mary.
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Calif
W. L. Stapp
C. L. Nelson
Jay William Campbell
Mary
Judy
Nevada
Campbell
Jay and Judy
Mort Kamm
Truman Urges CIO Steel Strike Cancellation at Convention
President Truman appealed to CIO Steelworkers to permanently postpone an industry wide strike, praising the New Year delay and backing Wage Stabilization Board mediation. CIO President Murray signaled no immediate strike, while a six member panel to study the dispute was named in Washington.
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N. J
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
Steelworkers
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Washington
Murray
Tanks and shells lift UN to recaptured strongholds in Korea
Allied infantry backed by tanks and a heavy artillery barrage recaptured two strong points on the Korean front northeast of Panmunjom. The action followed a Chinese assault on December 28 as Red probes sparked three additional skirmishes along the 145 mile front. Sabre jets and raiding bombers attacked MIGs as haze lifted, with no Sabres damaged.
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Korea
Eighth Army
Panmunjom
Heartbreak Ridge
Mig
Alfred W. Dymock Jr
Grants Pass
An J. Burke Jr
Valley Stream
N. Y
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Fire kills firefighter as Manila suburb burns uprooting thousands
A Manila suburb fire left 2,000 homeless after a three hour blaze. A firefighter died from an electrocution by fallen wires during the incident.
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Manila
Tory
Haunted Thacker house sparks ghostly fanfare in Louisville
In Louisville Kentucky neighbors watch the Thacker family claim a ghost performs feats since Sunday. A two pound photo album flies, a corn cob rises, and a ring box sails between rooms as police skeptic Russell McDaniel observes but no decisive haunting occurs.
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Louisville
Henry Thacker
Thacker
Robert Covington
Stassen Plans Early Pledges in Three States for GOP Bid
Harold E. Stassen announced he will enter Republican presidential primaries in Ohio Pennsylvania and Minnesota. He said Taft's moves in those states prompted the bid and he aims to court liberal Republicans while deferring decisions on New Hampshire Wisconsin and Nebraska.
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Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Stassen
Robert A. Taft
GOP
University of Pnnsylvania
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Taft
Hare
Robert Taft
John D. M. Hamilton
West Dig Out Of Feary Snow
Colorado faces a three day snowstorm and sub zero freeze that halted motorists and rail traffic and caused three deaths. Rescuers freed 21 workers from Cumbres Pass after five days trapped by eight foot drifts near the Colorado New Mexico border. | Note: two missing after semi cab swept from Wolf Creek Pass. Eastern New Mexico and Texas ice storms disrupt lines and trigger emergency calls. thirty minor highway wrecks reported.
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Wolf Creek Pass
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Chama
N. M
Denver and Rio Grande Western
New Mexico
West Texas
South Plains
Texas
Lubbock
Fire Kills 2 Columbus Tots in Upstairs Blaze
In Cleveland two children Diane Moore age 2 and Gary Allen 11 weeks died in a upstairs apartment fire. Their mother Florence Moore 21 escaped with four year old Bobby and sustained burns. The blaze caused about 2300 dollars damage leaving three other families homeless.
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Diane Moore
Gary Allen
Florence Moore
Bobby
Soviet Urges Security Council Involvement In Armistice Talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky proposed the United Nations Security Council intervene in Korean armistice negotiations and address Korea and global tensions at a high level. American officials rejected the idea, arguing for continued collective actions and a veto-free path through the General Assembly.
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Russia
United Nations Security Council
Korea
Andrei Vishinsky
Southeast Asia
Jeebhnen Limelee
Vishinsky
U. S
U. N
Security Council
China
General Assembly
Red China
U.S
Assembly
Pleven Aided By Socialists In Confidence Vote
In Paris Socialist leaders abstain on the crucial issues threatening Premier Rene Pleven's five month old coalition. Pleven expects a close result as he faces his sixth confidence vote on tax reform and social measures with Communists and DeGaullists opposing him. The vote timing remains unsettled.
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Paris
Rene Pleven
Pleven
Chamber of Deputies
Blasts Rock Derailed Cars In Ohio Railroad Yard
A steel cable fell through a box-car floor at Hilliards derailing 50 cars across two freight trains. A tank car explosion started a long fire with 20-millimeter shells detonating for hours. Three injured by shrapnel though none seriously. Firefighters overwhelmed the blaze as a grain elevator nearby suffered heavy damage.
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Columbus
Hilliards
G. J. McCloskey
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reds Reject Plan To Free All Captives
MUNSAN Korea AP reports North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho denounced the Allied proposal for prisoner and civilian exchanges as “no more than a barter of slaves.” UN negotiator said he rejected that categorical rejection. Subcommittees deadlocked over airfield rights.
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Korea
U. N
Lee Sang Cho
Adm
R. E. Libby
Libby
Lee
U.N
Panmunjom
Red Cross
Alles
Reds
Red Army
OPS Plans Ltd On Potato Prices
The government said an order to slap price controls on white potatoes has been completed but no decision on issuance date. An OPS aide said the regulation could be issued on short notice. Potatoes have been rising rapidly since September.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization Aide
Petitions Filed For Governor Nomination In May Primary
Columbus Youngstown Democrat Joseph Torek filed petitions for the Democratic nomination for governor in the May 6 primary. Torek seeks to challenge the incumbent and join other candidates on the primary ballot.
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Columbus
Joseph Torek
Youngstown
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