Flying Arrow Rendered Unseaworthy After Shelling
AP reports Chinese Nationalist gunboats shelled the American freighter Flying Arrow off Shanghai, leaving the ship unseaworthy with 30 to 40 shell hits. No crew or passenger deaths. fires aboard were extinguished with help from the British sloop Black Swan.
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Wayne Richardson
Associated Press
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Flying Arrow
Shanghai
Red
Taipei
Formosa
David Jones
Chicago
Jones
Isbrandtsen Line
New York
U. S. State Department
H. J. Isbrandtsen
U. S
Isbrandtsen
Formosa Strait
Black Swan
Navy
Madame Chiang vows battle to end Communist power
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, en route to Formosa, pledged that the Nationalists will wage guerilla warfare and propaganda against the Reds and trigger a mainland uprising. In a radio address, she condemned Britain's recognition of the Communist regime and urged U.S. support, while promising to keep the torch of liberty burning on the mainland.
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Mme
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Formosa
Chiang
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Britain
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Christ
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Russia
China
Bank Robbery in Hong Kong by Gunmen
Bold gunmen robbed the Hong Kong branch of Chase National Bank during closing time. Five entered, disarmed a guard, and three scaled grills to reach tellers, escaping with about 195,000 Hong Kong dollars and 83,000 in U.S. currency. Six to seven attackers fled into crowds. In London, Communist China asserted claims on Chiang Kai-shek's last holdings in Formosa, Hainan, and the UN seat, warning of further assaults.
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Chase National Bank
Frank A. Howard
U. S
Howard
London
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Formosa
Hainan
Tibet
United Nations
Red China
Chou En-Lak
Security Council
Series Of Fires Claim Sixty Three In Weekend Blaze Toll
Associated Press reports 63 people died in weekend fires across several states and Canada, with 16 children among the dead and over a score left homeless. A psychiatric building blaze killed 38 patients and a nurse. cause undetermined. Maine saw its worst fire in four years, killing six children and injuring five adults in Medway. In Fort Dodge Iowa a two family home fire killed four and injured several. A Duhamel Quebec fire claimed four children as their father was badly burned trying to save them. Near Fulton New York two high school girls perished in a house fire. In Cleveland two women died in an explosion and fire sparked by a tenant lighting a match. (Continued on Page 14).
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Maine
Grace Jones
Medway
Iowa
Fort Dodge
James Spitler
Joyce
Danny
Ann Lehman
Lehman
Caroline
Duhamel
Quebec
Ottawa
Leopold Faubert
Fulton
N. Y
Marion Warren
Jean Davis
Marion
Marion W. Bowen
Cleveland
Attlee May Call Election After King Visit
Prime Minister Attlee may announce a general election by Wednesday. He traveled 200 miles to Sandringham to see King George VI, sparking speculation of a February dissolution of parliament and a poll later this month. Political papers varied on exact timing but echoed expectations of a formal election statement.
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London
Attlee
Britain
George VI
Sandringham
Norfolk
Reynolds News
47000 Miners Strike Halts Work Across Five States
Pittsburgh based AP report details a second major walkout by United Mine Workers members. Over 47,000 soft coal miners across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Alabama refused to enter mines, forcing partial mine closures at Pitt Consol and U S Steel operations. UMW President Lewis advised three day workweeks despite expired contracts. Damages suits against Lewis and the union were filed in Ohio last week.
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United Mine Worker
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Alabama
Steel Companies
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
UMW
Pitt Consol
U.S Steel and Republic Steel Corporation
Steel Company
John P. Busarello
United Mine Workers’ District Five
Riversville
W. Va
Wesley Fesler Stays at Ohio State Coach
Wesley Fesler will remain head football coach at Ohio State University with salary raised from 13500 to 15000 dollars retroactive to January 1. Trustees also grant him a full professorship in Physical Education upon retirement. Fesler praised President Bevis and Board of Trustees and thanked athletic director Dick Larkins for support.
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Columbus
Wesley EF. Fesler
Ohio State University
Fesler
Howard L. Bevis
Buckeye
Dick Larkins
Larkins
Escape Proof Jail Break in Hamilton County
Eight of ten prisoners who escaped the so called escape proof Hamilton County jail remained at large as police hunted the area. Charles Hall was captured in a west end cafe, and Lee Willard Robertson was nabbed in Columbus with his ex wife Norma Robertson held on harboring a felon. The escape began when inmates sawn through a steel ceiling and used an 18 foot rope to reach the roof then down to other parts of the building before the discovery. Authorities pledged continued manhunts for the remaining fugitives on varied charges from robbery to defrauding an innkeeper.
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Hamilton County
John Gormiller
Jim Sullivan
Cincinnati
Law Library
Dan Tehan
Charles Hall
West End
Lee Willard Robertson
Columbus
East Side
Norma Robertson
Robertson
Hall
Hobart Webking
Coun
Furniture Train of Thought and the Man Who Moves It
A humorous piece about a husband urged to move heavy furniture by his wife. It paints the man as straining with a bulky divan, chairs, a table, rugs, and lamps while she rearranges items, halting only when his back buckles. The poem ends noting his confusion over a woman’s many plans and motives.
Ohio weekend traffic deaths far below usual toll
Ohio recorded three traffic fatalities over the weekend, down from typical figures. Victims included Brice A. Smart, 18, of New Lebanon. Joseph Macho, 61, of Barberton. and William A. Reeves, 69, of Spring Valley.
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Ohio
River To Crest One Foot From Flood Stage
The Ohio River in Cincinnati is expected to crest within a foot of flood stage at 51 feet tomorrow, the Weather Bureau reports. The river stood about 50.3 feet today, rising slowly, with nearby cities Portsmouth Maysville and Markland also predicting crests under their flood-stage levels.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
U.S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Portsmouth
Maysville
Markland
Ind
President Truman Seeks $42.46 Billion Budget To Cut Red
President Truman urged Congress to approve a $42.459 billion budget, warning the government will plunge further into the red by about $5.133 billion unless taxes are raised. He proposed a moderate tax increase but did not set a date for balancing the nation’s books.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Truman Budget Reveals Record Military Spending
President Truman announced a defense budget of 13.5 billion dollars for the coming fiscal year, up 400 million from the current year, with Army at 4.093 billion, Navy 4.141 billion, Air Force 4.412 billion. Atomic weapons get a substantial increase as the U S ramps up production amid Cold War tensions.
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Truman
Air
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman Seeks Extension of Draft Measure
President Truman urged Congress to extend the wartime draft law beyond June and reiterated the need for universal military training. His budget proposed 4.2 million for Selective Service but offered no new UMT program, noting Congress did not act on prior plans. The Armed Forces have not used the draft since 1948 but advocate keeping the law.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Wabash Flood Threat and Levee Breach Near Vincennes
Extreme high water from the Wabash River risks flooding 16 000 acres after the Niblack levee near Vincennes collapsed Sunday night. Graysville levee fears a washout as 4 000 acres of farmland could flood. Soldiers and volunteers fortified sea walls with sandbags. In other regions, California cold snap ends and New England cold eases with thawing in the south.
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Associated Press
Wabash
Indiana
Niblack Levee
Vincennes
Ind
Graysville
California
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Joseph Macho
Barberton
William A. Reeves
Spring Valley
Xenia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harry Barnett
Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Andrew Jackson Rowland
Chillicothe
Rowland
Maxine England
Margaret Cotton
Joseph F. Leisz
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Charles
Cotton
Lt. Leisz
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