Worst Deluge in 14 Years Hits Southern California
Los Angeles and surrounding counties endure record rainfall with 19 dead and millions in damage. About 1,200 families evacuated as streets flood and arteries reopen. Red Cross runs 13 emergency centers. Big Bear isolated. fruit shipments cut in half.
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Los Angeles
California
Orange Counties
San Fernando Valley
George Uhl
Red Cross
Ters
San Diego
Senate Okayed Grain Probe Signals Rapid Senate Action
Senators expect quick approval of a full scale probe into Department of Agriculture years of shortages in government grain and other commodities. The Agriculture Committee chair said funds of 50000 will finance the inquiry and that Brannan and Lind testified to millions in shortages.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Eliender
Brannan
Lindsay C. Warren
Kansas City
Camp Crowder
Agriculture Department
Emmaven
Federal Land Bank Farm Credit Agencies
St. Luis
Carlsen's Town Plans Shindig in Woodbridge NJ
Woodbridge honors Capt Kurt Carlsen in a homecoming parade with 18 local bands and 60 marching units. Mayor Quigley and town leaders will march. the key to the township will be presented at City Hall. Gov Alfred E Driscoll will speak.
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Woodbridge
N. J
Kurt Carlsen
Alwat St
Agnes Carlsen
Carlsen
Sonja
Karen
Flying Enterprise
Hugh B. Quigley
Alfred FE. Driscoll
Potato Prices Rolled Back Amid Grower Demands
Washington reports show White potato prices lowered 5 to 10 percent as OPS faces industry pleas for longer hearings and higher ceilings. Idaho growers push for a 49 cents per 100 pounds increase from 2.74 to 3.24, citing a short crop and disaster relief needs.
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Washington
Michael V. DiBut
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Idaho
Kentucky Slots Seized In Nationwide Raids
FBI agents and local police conducted raids across Kentucky and nearby states seizing 3,457 gambling machines valued near 1 million dollars. Thirty-two dealers were arrested for violating federal interstate transport laws. Distel of Portsmouth Ohio faced charges after a machine paid out in golf balls.
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Louisville
FBI
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Peckville
Luzerne County
New York
Ohio
Louis M. Distel
Portsmouth
Egyptians Raid Northern Port Said in Canal Zone Crisis
Egyptian guerrillas attacked Port Said at the northern Suez Canal terminus Friday night amid the three month crisis. Reports spoke of sniping and a civilian death, with conflicting claims about British casualties and shelling by the Liverpool, which the Egyptian governor said did not fire.
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Cairo
Egypt
Port Said
Suez Canal
Canal Zone
Liverpool
Abdel Hadi el Ghazali Bey
Churchill OKs American navy post and steel trade deals
Washington reports Churchill departed with a concession on appointing an American to lead NATO sea power in the Atlantic and won U S steel in exchange for tin and aluminum purchases Britain pledged 1 million tons of steel and U S buyers agreed to metals from Malaya and Canada. The GOP split over MacArthur views emerged as Knowland endorsed MacArthur policies and Stassen urged Eisenhower to run.
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Churchill
U. S
New York City
Bernard Baruch
England
Britain
Congress
Malaya
NATO
U. S. Navy
Dwight Isenhower
Lynde D. McCormick
Norfolk
British Isles
Home Islands
Middle East
Turkey
Greece
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
36 Men Believed Dead In Korea Airlift Crash
A Korean Airlift DC-4 with 43 aboard crashed into the icy sea near a Queen Charlotte Islands airport during an emergency approach. Only seven rescued. authorities fear no more survivors. Northwest Airlines crews and Trans World leased the plane. search continued for hours.
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Vancouver
B. C
Far East
McChord
Wash
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North Pacific
Queen Charlotte Islands
Labouchere
Coast Guard
United States
Northwest Airlines
Queen Charlotte Nds
Trans- World Airlines
Enemies Down 10 UN Planes in Past Week
North Korean skies suffered ten Allied warplane losses in the past seven days as United Nations air forces pressed operations. Snow and clouds slowed strikes while Fife Air Force sorties continued against Red rail lines and rail facilities.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U.N
Fifth Air Force
Reds
Korangpo
Air Force
McSweeney resigns OPS post to run for Congress
Washington John McSweeney former Democratic congressman from Ohio resigns as assistant to Price Stabilization Director Michael DiSalle. He plans to seek the Democratic nomination for Ohio’s 16th district, which he held for five terms before losing in 1950 to Frank T Bow. He served as a liaison between OPS and Congress for about a year earning about $10 000 yearly.
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Washington
John McSweeney
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Congress
House
McSweeney
Frank T. Bow
OPS
Count Abducts Baby Son To Belgium In Spat With Heiress
Count Yvan du Monceau de Bergendal took 14 month old Tommy Manville du Monceau to Belgium amid a custody dispute with American heiress Lorraine Manville Dresselhuys. The pair clashed over the child after he reportedly whisked the boy from New York to Washington and then abroad, claiming diplomatic immunity as a Belgian embassy member. authorities consider possible State Department mediation.
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Washington
U. S
Atlantic
Count Yvan du Monceau de Bergendal
Tommy Manville du Monceau
Lorraine
Manville Asbestos
Tommy Manville
Montreal
New York
Canada
United States
J. J. Arthur Leve
Dope Addict Treated On Snowbound City of San Francisco
Dr. Walter Roehll of Middletown Ohio treated a narcotics addict on the snowbound City of San Francisco. The man screamed and fought craving, was given morphine injections and kept in his compartment as authorities planned transport to Sacramento. The addict fled the train before reaching Sacramento.
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San Francisco
Walter Roehll
Middletown
Ohio
Sacramento
Cleveland Slayer Is Electrocuted
Lon Steven son, 20, of Cleveland, was executed in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair for the sex slaying of a bus station waitress on November 30, 1950. Gov Frank Lausche, who refused to delay, visited the warden about Stevenson's mental condition two hours before the 8 pm execution. the governor did not speak with Stevenson. The warden noted it was the first time in memory a governor came to a prison to inquire about an upcoming execution.
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Columbus
Lon Stevenson
Ohio Penitentiary
Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Ralph W. Alvis
Stevenson
Lausche
Alvis
Army reports 17 Huks killed in Central Luzon action
The Philippine Army says its forces killed 17 Communist Huks in Central Luzon during the past week. Two soldiers were lost in the operations and eleven Huks were killed about miles from Manila.
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Manila
Philippine Army
Luzon
Reds Charge Jets Strafe Truce Convoy On Korean Front
Communist claims four American jets bombed and strafed a marked convoy on the Kaesong Pyongyang highway, violating the armistice. U.N. and Red subcommittees met with no progress, while reports of prison camp bombings and eyewitness disputes continued amid Panmunjom talks.
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Munsan
Korea
Kaesong
Pyongyang
Matthew B
U.N
Kangdong
Canton Boy, 7 Drowns After Ice Break Incident
Seven-year-old Charles Adams died after breaking through ice on a meat Lagoon in Canton. The tragedy occurred as he and others were on the lake. authorities reported the cause as drowning.
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Canton
Charles Adams
Meat Lagoon
Want Ads Prove Quick for Two Room Furnished Apt
A two room furnished apartment with private entrance and washing privileges rented on the first day after a Want Ad. The notice urges quick action from readers and advertises place your ad by dialing 2-3611 for a three day rate.
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