Army Rushes Aid To Train Stranded In California Snow
An Army rescue team from the 6th Army moves into the High Sierra to reach 226 people aboard the City of San Francisco. Weasels with jeeps and ambulances carry food and supplies, as crews work to free the stalled luxury train amid heavy blizzards from Canada to Mexico.
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San Francisco
Canada
Mexico
Southern Pacific
California Division of Highways
Sierra
6Th Army
Presidio
Colfax
Ei Ager
Uttiliies Company
Soda Springs
Donner Summit
Donner
Britain Hails Soviet A Control Plan Amid Disarmament Talks
Britain welcomed the Soviet Union new proposals for atomic control while warning the UN Disarmament Commission not to expect a quick East West accord. Vishinsky offered to ban the atom bomb and allow inspections in Russia, with Britain France and the United States urging intensive study.
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Paris
Selwyn Lloyd
Soviet Union
United Nations
Lloyd
U. N
Disarmament Commission
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
Vishinsky
Britain
France
United States
Kuzman V. Kisselev
White Russia
Kisseler
Jean Chauvel
Canada
Security Council
GI Pay Boost Faces Battle
Washington backers push a 16 percent increase for servicemen with a decisive vote expected. Debate limited to 40 minutes, no amendments, two thirds needed. Estimated annual cost about 232 million dollars draws bipartisan opposition. Speaker Rayburn says passage likely. bill would raise pay 10 percent for all active or retired personnel.
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Reps
Taber
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Smits
D-Va
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Senate
Whats In A Name Taft Isenhower Backs Kefauver for President
Chatsworth Georgia farmer Taft Isenhower says he will vote for Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver if he runs for president. He voices support amid local opinion on the 1948 Democratic race.
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Chatsworth, Ga
Taft Isenhower
Murray County
Sen
Kefauver
12 Crewmen Die In Navy Aircrash Near Atsugi
The U S Navy reports twelve crewmen killed when a four engined PBY patrol bomber crashed and burned near Atsugi. Three bodies were recovered from the wreckage, nine others were later found, with two engines dead and the craft ending in a dry rice paddy.
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Yokohama
U. S. Navy
Atsugi Abe
Jury Ponders Costello Contempt Case in Senate Inquiry
Frank Costello faces possible 11 year prison term and $11 000 fine if convicted on 11 contempt counts for defying the U S Senate Crime Committee His fate rested with a federal court jury after days of deliberation in New York with Judge Sylvester J Ryan presiding and U S Attorney Myles J Lane urging rejection of Costello claims of constitutional rights activation by televised hearings.
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Frank Costello
U. S. Senate
Crime Committee
Senate
Sylvester J. Ryan
Costello
Federal Building
Ryan
George Wolf
Wolf
U. S
Myles J. Lane
Kettering Undergoes Surgery In Dayton
Charles F. Kettering 75, noted inventor and research consultant for General Motors, had surgery at Miami Valley Hospital Monday night. Hospital reports his condition as good and declined to disclose the operation type.
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Dayton, O
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors
Miami Valley Hospital
Twins Turn Out To Be Quadruplets In Arkansas Farm Family
In Nashville Arkansas a 38 year old farm wife delivered quadruplets three boys and a girl. Dr. M D Duncan noted the surprise as he expected twins. Father Leonard Ponder and three neighbors helped carry the babies to a Nashville hospital while the mother recovers. The four infants were placed in cubators and are reportedly doing well. The family, married 21 years, faces housing constraints and choosing names for the new arrivals.
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Nashville, Ark
Haggai Ponder
Murfreesboro
Ark
Nashville
M. D. Duncan
Duncan
Leonard Ponder
Ponder
Ponders
Bomb Kills 10 POWs in Korean Prison Camp
U N Command reviews a North Korean claim that Allied bombs killed at least ten inmates and wounded sixty at Kangdong prison camp near Pyongyang. Red delegates at Panmunjom accuse U N of disrupting internal army classifications while stalled talks continue.
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Korea
U. N
U.N
Kangdong
Pyongyang
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
Lee Sang Cho
Lee
R. E. Libby
Libby
Red Army
Organization of Our Army
United Nations Command
Sabres Damage Two Enemy Jets Over Northwest Korea
U N forces in Northwest Korea clash as 36 Sabres fight about 40 MIGs. Two MiGs are reported damaged in the air battle while ground actions center on a snow covered 145 mile front. Gun camera film awaits review.
Father claims Marines abducted son who died in Korea
Glenn Fiedler says his son James 18 was pressured by the Marine Corps with false promises and falsified medical records to pass a physical. James died in action in Korea on June 1, 1951, while serving as a machine gunner after remaining in the service under deception. He plans to return his Purple Heart and Presidential Scroll to President Truman due to alleged fraud.
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Korea
Truman
Glenn Fiedler
James
Fiedler
Green Marine Corps Reserve
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Corps
Malaya Commander Named By Britain
London announces Gen. Sir Gerald W. R. Templer as Britain's high commissioner and military commander in Malaya. He succeeds Sir Henry Gurney who was ambushed and killed by Red guerrillas last October while leading the Malayan campaign.
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London
Gerald W. R. Templer
Britain
Malaya
Colonial Office
Gerald
Henry Gurney
Red Forest
Churchill heads to Washington for NATO unity rally
Britain Prime Minister Churchill leaves Ottawa for Washington to address Congress and press a united Western stance against aggression. He pushes for a joint NATO command structure and notes Europe Britain Canada and the United States stand together. He will travel by train due to weather and plans to sail back January 23 aboard the Queen Mary after talks with Truman and St Laurent.
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Britain
Churchill
Washington
Russia
Congress
Canada
United States
Atlantic Alliance
Hitler
U. S
Europe
NATO
Central
Truman
Louis St. Laurent
Egyptians Defy Britain Amid Suez Zone Funeral Turmoil
Cairo crowds clash with police during the second major funeral in two days for an Egyptian killed in the Suez Canal Zone fighting. Tear gas and batons were used as students tried to overturn a streetcar. British reports note casualties on both sides and ongoing skirmishes along the Tel-el-Kebir to Ismailia road.
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Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Canal Zone
Tel-el-Kebir
Ismailia
Egyptian Airlines
Mon
19 Killed In Canadian Mine Disaster at McGregor
STELLARTON Nova Scotia twenty people were killed in a gas explosion at the McGregor coal mine. All men in the blast area died with three others rescued. Rescue hindered by fallen roof coal and late warning signals as workers reported gas and prepared barriers.
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Stellarton
N.S
Canada
McGregor
Belgian Cabinet Gets Reshuffled
BRUSSELS Belgium 4 Jean van Houtte designated Belgiums Premier by King Baudoin announced today he has formed a reshuffled cabinet keeping the previous and defense ministers in their offices. The new cabinet like the old one is made up only of Social Christian party members with a small presence in both houses of Parliament.
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Brussels
Belgium
Jean van Houtte
Baudoin
Social Christian
Kefauver Talks With Truman Hours Before Feb. 1 Decision
Senator Kefauver met with President Truman for about 30 minutes and would not state whether he will seek the Democratic nomination. He said a definite announcement would come about February 1 and discussed political matters with the President.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Truman
Friends of
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Humphrey
D- Minn
E Son
Minnesota
Hurricane Batters Orkney Islands
A hurricane with gusts up to 130 miles per hour battered the Orkney Islands causing widespread damage. No deaths reported in the islands, but a Dundee area sandboat sank with six aboard and one missing presumed dead. Rural areas expected losses in the hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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Orkney
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Orkneys
Here
Dundee
Two Guards Die at San Quentin Prison
San Quentin Calif AP two guards killed by inmates using a 12 inch scissors blade. Two other guards and one convict wounded. Charles D. Wiget 31 killed in library Vern A. Mackin 38 killed in projection room. District Attorney Richard M. Sims Jr. named Eugene Burwell and James Alonzo Rogers as the killers who plotted escape.
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San Quentin, Calif
San Quentin
Charles D. Wiget
Vern A. Mackin
Richard M. Sims Jr
Marin County
Eugene Burwell
Los Angeles
James Alonzo Rogers
San Francisco
Guards Attack in Library Killing Sparks Hall Chaos
Guards Ralph E. Dascombe and Virgil F. Stewart entered a dark library seeking Viget and were slashed. Burwell and Rogers fled to the mess hall during a basketball game. Mackin escorted them for records from the projection booth and was stabbed to death. Warden Marley O. Teets reports Burwell, a Negro, claimed he sought to kill Viget over discrimination.
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Ralph E. Dascombe
Virgil F. Stewart
Burwell
Rogers
Mackin
Mess Hall
Marley O. Teets
Viget
Nine Democrats vie for Louisiana governor as record 981000 vote set
Louisiana voters face a nine candidate slate in the Democratic primary led by Earl Long backers Carlos Spaht and Russell Long backing Hale Boggs. Other contenders include Kermit Parker Lucille Grace Robert Kennon William Dodd Dudley Le Blanc Cliff Liles and James McLemore with Harrison Bagwell unopposed on the Republican side. The race features notable firsts and bitter personal clashes amid a state history of high turnout.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
Russell Long
D-La
Huey
Long
Carlos Spaht
Baton Rouge
Sen
Hale Boggs
Longs
Kermit Parker
Lucille May Grace
The
State Land Office
Aeveals
Robert F. Kennon
Minden
Forl Long
Senate
William Dodd
Dudley le Blanc
Cliff Liles
Lake Charles
House of Representatives
James McLemore
Alexandria
Harrison Bagwell
Neeroes
Illinois Official Admits Bribe Tied to Horsemeat Ring
WAUKEGAN Ill The ousted chief of the states food inspection service has admitted taking between 41000 and 3500 in bribes connected to illegal horsemeat sales State s Attorney Robert C Nelson said The former official Charles W Wray was summoned for questioning The Office of Price Stabilization in Chicago said agents uncovered a multi million dollar witness trade in horse meat sold as hamburger lunch meat and sausage
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Waukegan
Ill
Food Inspection Service
Robert C. Nelson
Nelson
Charles W. Wray
Office of Price Stabilization
Chicago
Torch Sweater Peddlers Fined In Baton Rouge Court
Two traveling salesmen from Brooklyn and Chicago were fined $25 each in city court for illegal peddling. They sold inflammable sweaters and were found with three sets. police tested one set and it burned in 27 seconds.
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Baton Rouge
Brooklyn
Chicago
Robert Kaufman
Isaac Rubin
Went Ad Department Promotes Low Rates and Easy Cancellations
ATOZ Yellow Locust fence actor sale advertises ads from A to Z with low eight day rates. Dozens of posts have been sold through the ad and readers are urged to dial 2-3611 to place or cancel ads with Went Ad Department.
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