Rising Rain and Cold Grip Midwest Flood Areas
Rain continued to fall over Indiana and Illinois flood zones worsening dike risks and prompting evacuations. A broad rain belt stretched from Texas to the lower Ohio valley, with temperatures dropping in the north central region as Arctic air moved in. The Wabash River crest was revised to 27 to 28 feet near Vincennes, with Hazleton and other areas under rising flood threat and thousands evacuated.
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Indiana-Illinois Boundary Line
Texas
Ohio Valley
Midwest
Gulf of Lake Superior
Canada
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
San Diego
Phoenix
Arix
Salt River
Arizona
J. M. Foote
Arizona Fruit and Vegetable Standardization Service
Indiana
Wabash
Vincennes
Army
Weather Bureau
Paul A. Miller
Indianapolis
Hazleton
Angus Ward Returns to His Boyhood Home
Angus Ward, born in Alvinston and now the U S consul general at Mukden, Manchuria, was released by Chinese Communists after a year as a virtual prisoner and returned to his Canadian boyhood home in Alvinston with his wife. They traveled from Michigan to stay with cousin Angus McLean and plan a London visit to cousin Mrs. James Dean.
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Alvinston
Ont
Angus Ward
U. S
Mukden
Manchuria
Ward
Michigan
Angus McLean
London
James Dean
Lewis Nearing Exit as UMW Chief Despite Board Backing
Washington AP reports John L. Lewis faces stepping down as head of the United Mine Workers Union within a month unless his top aides prevent his departure. The board is expected to keep him in position despite looming resignation.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Senate Move Unlikely In Coal Case
Washington AP prospects for Senate Labor Committee approval of a resolution urging President Truman to invoke Taft-Hartley to restore full coal production look unlikely as most committee members favor repeal. Eight Republican senators introduced the resolution. Rep Church plans a House bill. The measure expresses Congress's sentiment but would not force action. Lewis's leadership and UMW retirement clause loom large amid a seven month battle for a new contract and ongoing idle miners. NL RB counsel Denham said a court injunction to restore production could come tomorrow at the earliest.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Rep. Church
R-I
House
Congress
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
White House
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Questioning of Navy Secretary Is Sought
Republican senators urged Secretary of the Navy Matthews and Admiral Louis Denfeld to testify before the Armed Services Committee. Senate action on Admiral Sherman for chief of Naval operations was delayed as Tydings pressed for inquiry into Denfeld’s dismissal while assuring a vote on Sherman next week.
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Washington
Matthews
Louis E. Denfeld
Armed Services Committee
Tydings
D-Md
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Denfeld
Knowland
R-Cal
Bridges
R-Nh
Defense Department
Defense
feld-Mattthews
Sherman
Senate
Gurney
South Dakota
Navy
Loadings Reported at Cleveland Ore and Coal Exchange
The ore and coal exchange announced that soft coal loadings from Lake Erie docks in 1949 totaled 37,058,642 net tons, 17,634,679 fewer than in 1948.
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Cleveland (Ap
The
Ore and Coal Exchange
Lake Erie
Fishing Trawler Taiyo Maru III Seized Off Korea
Tokyo officials report a Japanese fishing trawler the Taiyo Maru III was machine gunned and captured about 60 miles southwest of Cheju Island off Korea. The 500 ton vessel with a 29 man crew disappeared northward with an unidentified assailant. two companions Taiyo Maru II and Taiyo Maru 15 were noted. Globe wireless in San Francisco had earlier intercepted a message saying the Taiyo Maru III had been fired upon but remained safe for the moment.
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Tokyo
Cheju Island
Korea
Globe Wireless
San Francisco
Globe
Acheson to Address Far East Policy Amid Taft Attacks
Washington AP Acheson prepared a major policy statement at the National Press Club as Republican critics including Senator Taft pressed for using the Navy to defend Formosa against a Communist invasion. Taft urged a Navy warning to deter invasion, arguing no broader expansion of naval forces was needed. President Truman had already signaled no military aid to save Formosa.
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U. S. Navy
Formosa
State Department
Far East
Washington
Secret _ V
Acheson
Orient
Ohio
Senate
Congress
China
Europe
S‘uilay
National Press Club
House
Kee
D-Wva
Truman
U. S
Taff
Ted
United States
Six Die in Hammond Fire in Suspected Mass Slaying
Six people died in a Hammond Southeast Side fire. Police found blood in bedrooms, butcher knives, and .22 rifle shells. spectators barred during investigation. Four bodies were Felix Lamas family including Katherine, Felix Jr., and Phyllis Elaine. two others, a man and a woman, were in the other bedroom.
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Hammond, Ind
Hammond
Felix Lamas
Katherine
Felix, Jr
Phyllis Elaine
Truman housing plan faces test before Senate panel
President Truman’s moderate income housing program confronts early scrutiny from Senator Cain who pledges tough questions on cooperative features. The Maybank bill aims to mobilize private capital with long term, low interest financing, while Sparkman’s alternative backs $1 billion in direct federal loans to cooperatives. The plan would authorize preliminary funds to cooperatives and nonprofit corps, create a $25 million revolving fund, and establish the National Mortgage Corporation to oversee cooperative housing.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Cain
Raymond M. Foley
Hording and Home Finance Agency
Maybank
D-Sc
Sparkman
Dala
Housing and Home Finance
National Mortgage Corporation For Housing Cooperatives
Actor Bri an Donlevy Escapes Plane Crash In California
Solvang California AP Bri an Donlevy and co pilot Edward Denault were uninjured after a plane crash landing when the propeller flew off the final plane. The aircraft crash landed on a ranch, and both men walked away unharmed.
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Solvang
Calif
Brian Donlevy
Edward Denault
Rumor Claims British Prepare Armed Convoy to Shanghai
Report says Britain, having recognized Red China, plans an armed convoy from Hong Kong to Shanghai to break the nationalist blockade. No immediate confirmation.
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Tokyo
Red China
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Winter Fly Scamp Outwits Swatter In Silent House
A lighthearted poem chronicles the seasonal plague of winter flies. The insect evades swats, buzzes near the ceiling, dives like a jet, and robs the reader of peace in a cozy home. The narrator laments the lingering pest and the ruined lamp while vowing to endure the nuisance.
Chinese Leader Mao Tze Tung Faces Tough Soviet Bargain
HONG KONG AP Mao Tze Tung’s extended Moscow stay signals tough Soviet bargaining. Analysts say Mao seeks economic aid tied to Manchuria exports while China endures famine and food shortages. Stalin’s requests will shape Asian geopolitics as Mao relies on Soviet aid to stabilize Communist rule.
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Moscow
China
Stalin
Mao
Ioscow
Red China
Manchuria
Soviet Union
Rus Siaia
North China
Asia
Truman
Formosa
Tito
Sanzo Nozaka
California Hit By Sharp Quake
An earthquake rattled a large portion of southern California causing heavy tremors in downtown tall buildings and extending from Long Beach to San Bernardino. Geologists feared oil wells near Long Beach may have been disturbed again after prior quake damage. Seismologist Dr Charles F Richter of Caltech placed the epicenter about 15 miles from Pasadena and called the event comparatively small.
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Los Angeles
California
Long Beach
San Bernardino
Charles F. Richter
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Chinese Red Isle Invasion Halted Reported
AP dispatches say Nationalist Third Task force sank 30 of 50 Communist junks attempting to invade Weichou island near Luichow. Navy patrols to block an expected attack on Hainan. Larger fleet concentrations reported near Hangchow Bay and Chu San islands, with rumors of 1,000 craft heading south.
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Taipei
Formosa
Weichou Island
Luichow Peninsula
Shanghai
Chu San
New York Dry Days Start With Poor Water Use
New York City's second voluntary dry day experiment opened poorly as the water department reports residents used millions more gallons during the first two peak hours of dry Thursday than on the first dry day last December 16.
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NEW York
New York City
Department of Water Supply
Drivers of Gab Shot Dead by Detectives in Cleveland
Cleveland investigators killed taxicab driver Haddad during a bank holdup raid and jailed six cab drivers tied to the Superior Savings and Loan robbery. Detectives chased an ex Marine lieutenant whose missing $30 and the role of three other drivers remain under study as the investigation unfolds.
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Cleveland
Superior Savings and Loan Company
Buddy
John Hu
Lew
Hux
Hug House
Louis Slnddad
James Burke
Cal
James Killora
Haddad
Killora
Driv
Eders
Altether
Richard
Chamberlain
Robert Ansdross
John Roddy
Roddy
Cleveland Police
Dross
De Gasperi Resigns as Italy Faces One-Party Shift
Rome AP reports Premier Alcide De Gasperi and his anti Communist coalition resigning in a move that could yield Italy its first single party government since the war. The reshuffle, planned for two months, follows a Christian Democrat dominated cabinet. De Gasperi may back a coalition with AI leader Luigi Einaudi seeking a new government.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
de Gasperi
Luigi Eimaudi
Labor Calist
Chrisstian Democrat
Gasperi
Carlo Sforza
Labor Calists
PSLI
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