Two-Man Crew Rescued From Turbulent Enterprise Tale
The American freighter Enterprise sank after a two week sea duel. Captain Kurt Carlsen and First Mate Kenneth Dancy were rescued by the tug Turmoil after leaping overboard as the ship listed and submerged. The men spent about four minutes in the water before being hauled aboard and taken to safety aboard the Turmoil. Meanwhile in the Pacific fifty miles away Pennsylvania crew abandoned ship amid a crack in the hull as four ships and several aircraft rushed to reach the disaster site near Vancouver Island seeking to save mariners in brutal weather.
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London
Flying Enterprise
Atlantic
Kurt Carlsen
Kenneth Dancy
Carlsen
Dancy
Carlson
Falmouth
Associated Press
Enterprise
U. S
Keith
Carlson and
Dan Parker
Navy
Isbrandtsen Line
Hamburg
Germany
New York
England
Nancy
Seattle
Pennsylvania
North Pacific
Vancouver Island
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
U. S. Air Force
Coast Guard
Senators Learn Plans For buildup Of Armed Forces
Washington(AP) Senators prepare to hear new and secret details of President Truman's defense buildup with emphasis on air power. Secretary Lovett will address a closed Senate session as defense leaders signal support for expanding the armed forces to at least four million. Truman notes Soviet gains in planes and atomic tests, while defense lag concerns persist.
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Washington
Truman
Lovett
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Soviet Union
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Defense Preparedness Subcommittee
Johnson
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Air Force
U. S
Sen. McFarland
Arizona
McFarland
Barkley
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
Taft Held Over Traffic Center Line Charge in Ohio
Charles P Taft of Cincinnati Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate was arrested by a Portage County deputy on a center line traffic count. He did not plead guilty before Justice William Thomas and was released on a 25 dollar bond. Taft spoke of his misfortune at a Lincoln Republican Club meeting. He said he was passing two trucks whose drivers appeared to hinder him and he may have crossed the center line.
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Youngstown
O.R
Portage County
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Taft
Justice of the Peace
William Thomas
Suffolk
Lincoln Republican Club
Baltimore Bus Strike Shuts Transit System
Baltimore's transit system halted as 3,200 Baltimore Transit Co employees went on strike. Pickets marched in rain from 4 a.m. after last minute mediation attempts. The action disrupts service for about 375,000 daily riders.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Transit Co
Train Wreck in Sandusky Kills Woman
An unexpected mail train crashed into Sandusky station killing a woman and seriously injuring a man as it struck a parked express wagon on the tracks. The 10 car westbound train sent splinters flying while braking near a stationary passenger train. The victims were part of a seven person group preparing to board the eastbound train.
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Sandusky
Sandusky Station
Congress Demands Cuts In Spending No New Tax Hikes
Congress urged economy and no new taxes while Truman pressed for broad foreign aid and domestic programs. Lawmakers signaled support for faster military buildup and resisted expanding social welfare measures and foreign aid, amid partisan calls for reduced spending and inflation controls.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
State of the Union
Britain
Winston Churchill
Europe
Asia
Thugs Rob 55 In Cleveland
Fifty five men were robbed Wednesday night at an east side apartment by armed intruders who forced them inside. The haul totaled about 500 dollars in cash plus watches rings and jewelry. Police quoted Willie White describing the scheme and the involvement of masked gunmen in the seven to eight pm robbery.
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Cleveland
East Side
Willie White
French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Dies Not Confirmed
Paris reports General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, high commissioner and Indochina commander, in a dying condition after surgery for prostate cancer. Radio France said at noon he is considered lost. The 61 year old underwent tumor operation recently.
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Paris
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Indochina
de Lattre
MacArthur
Bride Chooses First GI Husband Over Second in Court
Atlanta date line. Agnes Dix seeks declaration that her 1950 marriage to William S. Sasser is void. She contends she is legally married to Walter B. Dixon, once reported killed in Korea, later listed alive in war prisoner rolls. Dixon’s status prompted her September 1951 remarriage to Sasser.
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Atlanta
Agnes Dixon
Superior Court
William S. Sasser
Walter B. Dixon
Korea
Sasser
E. E. Andrews
Dixon
Conley
Defense Department
Fort McPherson
Truman Says Ike Will Stay On His Job As Supreme Commander
President Truman said Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will remain as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe as long as he stays in that post. He praised Eisenhower as a grand man and emphasized his full confidence in the general while noting Eisenhower would resign if nominated for president.
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Sen. Martin
Truman
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
Republican Party
Gen. Eisenhower
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Thomas F. Murphy
New York
Murphy
Humphrey
Minnesota
Gen
Halley Faces Costello Again in Courtroom Showdown
In New York Rudolph Halley former Crime Committee quiz master testified that gambler Frank Costello was definitely defiant when he twice walked out of Senate hearings last March. Halley described Costello as forceful and leaving the room during the third session of the contempt trial in Federal Court. The defense cites a chronic throat ailment as a reason Costello could not endure more questioning.
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New York
Rudolph Halley
Crime Committee
Frank Costello
Senate
Halley
Costello
Delivery Man Delivers Baby En Route Home
William Rawlinson began a refrigerator delivery for Drake’s Refrigeration Service in Indianapolis on Wednesday. He stopped near his home to visit his wife Betty, and five minutes later they welcomed an eight pound son. The refrigerator never reached its destination.
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Indianapolis
William Rawlinson
Drake
Betty
Local Firms Insure Use For Industry In Middletown Deal
Middletown gains a major real estate deal as Barnitz Fund purchases the P. Lorillard plant for 400000. Five local firms Crystal Tissue Gardner Board Armco Cincinnati Gas and Electric Shattle Brothers will lease to other companies, with Aeronca already ready to rent space for war materiel contracts. The sale is expected to create hundreds of jobs and fund a permanent charitable and public purpose trust in the Barnitz Fund established by Ella Barnitz.
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Middletown
Barnitz Fund
Russell S. Weatherwax
Oglesby Barnitz Bank and Trust Company
Weatherurovest
Crystal Tissue Company
Gardner Board and Carton Company
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Armco Steel Corporation
Shattle Brothers
Aeronca Manufacturing Corporation
Manchester Avenue
P. Lorillard
Lorillard
B. F. Sawyer & Son, Inc
Weatherwax
Barnitz
Ella K. Barnitz
W. O. Barnitz
Middletown Industries
Crystal, Gardner
Cincinnati Gas
Armco
Lawler
Acronca
Allies Denounce Red Plan For Forced Repatriation
In Panmunjom talks, Rear Adm. Libby accuses Communists of seeking to bolster influence in Korea by forced repatriation of POWs. He says the Reds fear freedom of choice and warn that opposing it denies individual liberty, while North Korea accuses Libby of propaganda amid stalled truce supervision discussions.
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Munsan
Korea
R. E. Libby
U.N
Panmunjom
Ty Libby
Reds
Lee Sang Cho
Libby
Lee
United Nations
Spruance Named Envoy to Philippines by Truman
President Truman announces Raymond A. Spruance of California will serve as ambassador to the Philippines replacing the outgoing envoy. The historic appointment reflects ongoing U.S. diplomacy in Asia amid postwar adjustments.
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Spruance
Washington W . Truman
Raymond A
California
Philippines
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Pacific
George P. Plover
Portland
Ore
Japan
Orient
Mr. Truman
Russia
Betty Bennett
Alfred B. Bennett
Conway
Havanna
Cuba
al, Jr
Alfred, Sr
Bennett
Aeronca
Ike
Barnitz and
Red
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