Crash Of Airliner In Elizabeth N J Kills 28 Persons
A fog bound American Airlines Convair crashed into a three story frame apartment in Elizabeth New Jersey near Newark Airport. 28 people died including 60 year old ex secretary of war Robert Patterson and a mother with two children. Eleven were injured and a firefighter and rescue worker were hurt.
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Geoffrey Gould
Frances Lewine
Elizabeth
N. J
American Airlines
Newark Airport
Robert P. Patterson
Buffalo
Last Minute Decision Cost Patterson Life
Former secretary of war Robert P. Patterson died in a Newark airliner crash after canceling a train. The 60 year old judge and attorney had urged a return flight when a court matter in Buffalo finished early. He leaves a wife, a son, and three daughters.
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New York
Robert P. Patterson
Elizabeth
N. J
Patterson
Buffalo
N. Y
Beth el Hospital
War Department
Margaret Winchester
Baltimore
Robert P. Jr
Susan
Virginia
Samuel R. Campbell Jr
Boston
Allies Down Two Red Jets Over Northwest Korea
Allied air forces report shot down two MiG-15s over Northwest Korea with likely destruction of another and damage to a fourth. F-86 Sabres chased MiGs toward the Yalu as ground fighting and heavy casualties persisted along the frozen front.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Yalu
U. S. Eighth Army
Sub-Zero Cold Buries Midwest in Deep Freeze
A brutal Arctic air mass swept the Midwest from the Rockies to New England. Temperatures plunged to 30 below in Grand Forks and single digits below zero across Minnesota Iowa and the Dakotas. Snowbound roads halted highway travel and trains faced delays. Eight of nine missing in the Mitchell Pierre Murdo region were found in a farmhouse after snowplows searched the area.
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Midwest
Rockies
New England
Dakotas
Minnesota
Grand Forks
N. C
Iowa
Canada
Plains
Mid-Continent
Gulf of Mexico
Appalachians
Northern Pacific
Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba Junction
Detroit Lakes
Mann
Mitchell-Pierre- Murdo
South Dakota
Few Paraded Departing Guardsmen From Middletown
Out of Middletown and into the Army, 36 men of Company F, 147th Infantry, Ohio National Guard, boarded a B&O train for Camp Polk Louisiana with Lt. Chandler in charge. The departure, amid cold weather and family farewells, included small-town tributes, last hot cakes, and a cheer as the train pulled away.
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Middletown
Kenneth MacLean
Fred L. Stamper
Company F
MacLean
West Middletown
National Guardsmen
Camp Polk
Bill Weith
147Th Infantry
Ohio
National Guard
Fourth Army
Xenia
Herbert C. Chandler
Cincinnati
Pullman
Camp
Polk
Louisiana Camp
Donald E. Howard
Vernon R. Justice
Chandler
Robert P. Copeland
Donald B. Smith
Henry C. Nickell
John Williams
VFW
Russia Says Fliers Proved Spies After Fines Paid
Paris report says Russia claimed the United States admitted guilt by paying 120000 in fines for four American airmen forced down in Hungary. The men were freed December 28 after U S fines totaling 120000. Hungary had sentenced them for dropping maps and radios to anti‑Communist saboteurs.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Hungary
United Stats
U. N
Jacob Malik
United Nations
U. S
Germany
Yugoslavia
Malik
Esenhower
Son Kills Dad In TV Quarrel
MT CLEMENS Mich four of the six children watched a TV show when John Sikon 45 a deputy sheriff died of a shotgun wound to the back after a dispute over a television program. His 11 year old son Gerald prayed for his recovery saying I love dad. No charges filed. Gerald said he heard his parents argue when the father turned off the show and claimed his mother was hit. The father formerly preached at Interdenominational Temple Bethel in New Baltimore.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
John Sikon
St. Joseph Hospital
Harley Ensign
Gerald
Ensign
Medic Sikon
Sikon
Temple Bethel
New Baltimore
Simon
Five Thousand Arabs Attack Police Near Moknine Tunisia
Five thousand Arab demonstrators stormed a police station near Moknine, a village south of Tunis. Initial reports say at least three policemen were killed and two taken hostage, amid a week of violence linked to nationalist demands for independence. The toll rose to 31 during the unrest.
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Tunis
Moknine
U S Cavalry Division pulled from Korea to guard Japa n island
The First Cavalry Division, battle hardened in Korea, is moved to guard northern Japan's Habomai area near Sakhalin and Kuriles. Maj. Gen. Harrold vows readiness if attacked as reconnaissance teams map rugged terrain for ski terrain defense.
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U.S
Cavalry Division
Korea
Jap Island
Camp Crawford
Hokkaido
Japan
U.S. First Cavalry Division
Habomai Island
Kuriles
Russia
Sakhalin
Thomas L. Harrold
Oklahoma National Guard
First Cavalry
Philippines
America
James
Harrold
Ex-Collector Delaney Guilty of Tax Frauds
A federal jury convicted Denis W. Delaney, former Massachusetts collector of internal revenue, on six counts involving bribes totaling 7,500 dollars and false certification of 180,000 dollars in tax liens. The 55-year-old faces up to 18 years in prison and 37,500 dollars in fines, with sentencing slated next week. an appeal was hinted by his attorney.
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Boston
Denis W. Delaney
Massachusetts
Internal Revenue
Delaney
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
C. Keefe Hurley
Daniel Friedman
New York
Maxwell Shapiro
Maxwell Shapiro Woolen Co
Friedman
Piggy bonds urged to teach thrift amid coin shortage
A House Appropriations subcommittee proposed selling piggy bonds financed by children’s pennies to curb a coin shortage. Rep Sieminski said the bonds would cost $3.75 in pennies and pay $5 in 10 years with the same rate as Series E bonds.
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Washington
Congressional
Treasury
House
Rep. Sieminski
D-Nj
DiSalle to Quit OPS Post to Run for Ohio Senate
Michael V. DiSalle announced he will resign as price boss to seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in Ohio. He left open the timing and may stay on until a successor is named. Bricker welcomed the possible candidacy and DiSalle cited a tough decision and long political career including Toledo mayor and Ohio legislator. Harold Leventhal resigns OPS post. Truman administration speculation noted.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Price
United States Senate
Ohio
DiSalle
Bricker
Reegee
Truman
Capitol
Henry Miller Busch
Western Reserve University
George S. Mark
Cleveland
Polish Legion of American Veterans
White House
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Senate
Toledo
Panera
McCrath
White Hones Ptmnet
Meleath
TiSalle
Kefauver Eyes Formal Bid For Democratic Nomination
Washington reports Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee plans a 3 p.m. news conference to announce a formal bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Supporters have filed his name in Illinois primary with Sen. Brien McMahon, while Truman's plans loom over the contest and Minnesota and Illinois races.
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Washington
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Coonskin
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Humphrey
McMahon
Minnesota
Truman
Illinois
Churchill waves goodbye to U.S. from Queen Mary
Prime Minister Winston Churchill sailed for home aboard the Queen Mary after 18 days in the United States and Canada. He waved to several hundred well-wishers, puffed a cigar, and was accompanied by Bernard Baruch, his actress daughter Sarah Churchill, and city representatives.
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New York
Winston Churchill
United States
Canada
Bernard Baruch
Sarah Churchill
Man Found Guilty In AF Bribe Case
DaytonOhio federal court convicted Lawrence A Razete a Cincinnati businessman for giving 900 and a radio to an Air Force buyer to influence contract awards and conspiring to defraud the government.
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Dayton
Lawrence A. Razete
Cincinnati
Air Force
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