Western European nations sign for $1 billion in U S arms aid
Eight western European countries Britain France Italy Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg Norway and Denmark signed arms aid pacts totaling 1 billion dollars. The agreements outline use of American weapons for North Atlantic defense mutual aid and self help with U S approval required for transfers and about 200 U S personnel to train forces.
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Washington
Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Denmark
State Department
United States
Truman
North Atlantic
Congress
Europe
Oliver Franks
London
Western
Navy
Air Force
Who Bangs Bang Cause Of Strike
In Philadelphia Publicker Industries distillery workers walk out after coopers demand to test whiskey bungs. About a thousand warehousemen and coopers joined the strike when management refused. The CIO local led the action over labor testing duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Publicker Industries
United Brewery, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers
CIO
Key Democrats Back Balanced Tax Plan in House
Democratic leaders on the Ways and Means Committee back President Truman’s demand that excise tax cuts be offset by tax increases elsewhere to preserve revenue. Republicans push for a simple repeal, while a $90 million income tax on life insurance company earnings marked the first action on the new program.
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Washington
House
Truman
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
Congress
Martin
Massachusetts
Furs and Jewelry Worth 100000 Stolen From Billy Roses Home
New York bandits robbed the East Side home of Billy Rose and Eleanor Holm, taking a safe with jewelry and fur pieces worth about 100000 while leaving a 500000 art collection and 75000 in antique silver undisturbed. A stray pistol and $600 cash were also reported missing. Police described three men entering the four story residence and binding the butler before fleeing.
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New York
East Side
Billy Rose
Rose
Eleanor Holm
James McDonald
McDonald
Baby
Fort Worth
Texas
Air Force C-54 Missing After Flight From Alaska
Edmonton AP bulletin reports a U S Air Force C 54 with 34 passengers and eight crew missing since yesterday. The four motor plane departed Elmendorf Field Anchorage Alaska bound for Great Falls Montana and vanished en route.
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Edmonton
Alta
Elmendorf Field
Anchorage
Alaska
Great Falls
Mont
Canton Issues 402 Punch Board Licenses
Canton Ohio license office reports licenses issued for 402 establishments to exhibit punch boards. Some places may display trade boards if licensed in 1936, with licenses extending to locales within the city.
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Canton, O
Canton
Standard Traffic Code Needed Across States
The piece argues for unified traffic rules to prevent accidents and confusion. It emphasizes that differing local rules lead to wrecks and peril for travelers moving between cities like Santa Fe, Los Angeles, Kansas City, and Saint Paul, urging a universal speed and signals system.
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Santa Fe
L. A
Kansas City
Saint Paul
Fire Damages Ice Pier. $150,000 Loss Near Toledo
A water line from a tugboat controlled a $150,000 fire at an ice pier on the Maumee river near Toledo. Firemen could not reach the blaze 400 feet from shore with standard hoselines. The pier safeguards the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad draw bridge mechanism from ice. An explosion in a small shanty preceded the fire.
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Toledo
Hi Ce
Maumee River
Miners Die in Underground Blast in St Eloy France
An underground explosion in St Eloy France killed 13 coal miners and sent 20 more to hospitals for gas poisoning. Investigators work to determine the blast cause and safety failures.
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ST. Eloy
France
Bricker Named to Vandenberg’s AEC Seat Amid Health Absence
Senator Bricker of Ohio is named by Vice President Barkley to fill Senator Vandenberg’s place on the Congressional Atomic Energy Committee as the panel debates grave atomic issues. The panel will consider hydrogen bombs, loss of secrets to Russia, Lilienthal’s resignation, and allied relations.
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Bricker
Vandenberg
AEC
Washington
R-Mich
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Wondentin Strad Tran
Vanagenverg Neunis Presiguastion
Senate House Atomic Group
Barkley
Ohio
Senate
McMahon
D-Conn
Atomic Committee
Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Joint Atomic Group
Russia
David E. Lilienthal
Warnings Issued As Ohio River Flood Risk Grows
The U S Weather Bureau warned downstream communities along the Ohio River of rising flood danger after heavy rains. Rain totals reached 1.23 inches in Cincinnati with river stages near 32.9 feet, well below flood level but rising. Ohio tributaries overflowed, flooding several streets while Louisville and Evansville recorded substantial rainfall. The forecast offered a brief respite with no rain expected for a couple of days.
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Cincinnati
U.S. Weather Bureau
Ohio River
A. W. Walstrom
Weather Bureau
Walstrom
Louisville
Evansville
Ind
Mill Creek
Little Miami
Big Miami
Nixon presses new House probe into Red spy ring
Rep. Nixon demands a fresh House inquiry based on Whittaker Chambers documents linking to Harry Dexter White and a Soviet espionage ring. He said the papers show U S policy toward Japan and a 1938 secret liaison, and urged resumption of the Hiss-era spy investigation following Alger Hiss conviction.
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Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Nixon
R-Cal
House
Chambers
Harry Dexter White
the Treasury
White
House Un-American Activities Committee
U. S
Japan
England
House Committee
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Committee
Car Chase Ends in Two Deaths in Cambridge
In a mile-a-minute chase early today a car slammed into a gasoline tank truck near Cambridge Mass. Two men Fred Luongo of Cambridge and Mark Foster of Arlington were killed. Henry Tivnan 22 of Cambridge was critically burned and taken to Cambridge City Hospital. Police had pursued the stolen car.
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Cambridge. Mass
Fred Luongo
Cambridge
Mark Foster
Arlington
Cambridge City Hospital
Henry Tivnan
Luongo
Foster
Midwinter Heat Wave Ends In Most Areas
A cold air mass from the Midwest sweeps across the Ohio River Valley and east toward the Atlantic seaboard ending a late January warm spell. Temperatures plunge to deep freezes in the Dakotas Minnesota and parts of the west while Montana looks to escape subzero readings. freezing rain hits northern Arkansas and the southern Gulf coast sees a return toward seasonal levels with mild conditions east of the Appalachians.
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Midwest
Ohio River Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Coast
Dakotas
Minnesota
Rapid City
S. D
Minneapolis
Arkansas
New York
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Texas
Columbia River
Pacific Northwest
California
Appalachian Mountains
Russians Continue Traffic Restrictions Across Berlin Area
Western powers consider a counter-blockade if Soviet restrictions on truck traffic persist in Berlin. John J. McCloy warned that if a complete blockade returns, the Berlin airlift may resume. Protests by Allied commanders have failed to ease the 400-truck jam at Helmstedt, signaling limited immediate relief.
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Berlin
Germany
High Commission
U. S
John J. McCloy
United States
Boston
McCloy
Alexander Kotikov
Helmstedt
Half of Aga Khan's stolen gems found on police station step
Half of the Aga Khan's jewels, valued at 420000 dollars, were found on a police station doorstep in Marseille after an anonymous tip. Police had been hunting the gang responsible for the Riviera highway holdup last August 3 that robbed the Aga Khan and his wife of gems worth between 700000 and 850000 dollars.
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Aga Khan
Riviera
Ninth Police Brigade
France
Pauk Leca
Leca
Rita Hayworth
Begum
Cannes
Worker Killed in Freak Accident at Cincinnati Plant
Roy Dixon aged 28 died after a hose snagged by a revolving basket pulled him into a fast turning dye mixing machine at the Hilton Davis Chemical Company in Cincinnati. Police Lt. Arthur Kohrman reported Dixon was tossed around inside the machine while cleaning it.
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Cincinnati
Roy Dixon
Hilton Davis Chemical Company
Dixon
Arthur Kohrman
Six Die In Train Crash Near Besancon France
Six people were killed and fifteen injured when two trains collided near Besancon France last night AP reported.
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Besancon
France
Chinese Reds Fire At Ship
British freighter Wingsang reported Communist shore batteries fired on the vessel about 60 miles northeast of Amoy as it headed to Keelung from Hong Kong. About 12 shells landed near the ship but caused no damage or casualties in the first such attack since Britain recognized the Communist government.
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Taipei
Formosa
Red Held Amoy
Keelung
Yana Mane
Hong Kong
Britain
China
Charles H. Fox Dies at 89 a Pioneer in Gasoline Fire Engines
Cincinnati obituary notes Charles H. Fox described by some as builder of the first gasoline powered fire engine has died at age 89. The reporttributes his invention to advancing wildfire response and fire apparatus design.
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Cincinnati
Charles H. Fox
Way is paved for renewing negotiations in coal talks
North and western soft coal operators agreed to meet with John L. Lewis next Wednesday at 2 p.m. EST to resume bargaining on a contract. George H. Love of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co said talks would restart, while Lewis urged no stipulation or commitment as the strike relief maneuvers unfold.
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Washington
Northern and Western
John L. Lewis
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Pittsburgh
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Love
Truman
Miner Takes Own Life After Low Pay Plea
Frank P. Starzyk, 34, a Rebena mine worker for H. C. Frick Coal and Coke, returned home distraught over wages and hanged himself in a basement raf ter. His wife Frances found him. Green County coroner Charles Haines confirmed he was a World War II veteran.
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Carmichaels, PA
Frank P. Starzyk
Rebena
Frances
Starzyk
H. C. Frick Coal and Coke Company
Charles Haines
Green County
Death hasclaimed four traffic victims in Butler County
A front page feature warns that in early 1950 Butler County suffers four traffic deaths. The lead editorial highlights the steering wheel as a public hazard and previews car crash photos. Germantown students wrap up Courtesy Week with plans to extend lessons. The Middletown Service Company changes hands under the Rumpke brothers. A former resident becomes a US citizen after 13 years as a stateless person, with a forthcoming story on freedom and citizenship.
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Butler County
Germantown
United States
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Chicago
Donald Buss
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Burbank
Cal
Paul
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Charles S. Bell
Hamilton County
Lee W. Robertson
Columbus
Charles Hall
Bulletin
BY Gordon Martin
Michigan
Canada
RED
Plains
Montana
North Dakota
Minnessota
Bats Ae Gi
Marseille
Middletown Service Company
Rumpke
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