West warns on topics for Big Four talks with Russia
Paris AP dispatch reports the West demands Russia discuss all major tensions including Soviet armies. US Representative Jessup says limiting topics to Germany risks canceling the planned Big Four foreign ministers conference. Britain France and the United States back a broad agenda and expect the Kremlin to reveal its real intent. Russia opposes broader talks beyond bare items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
West
Russia
Germany
U. S
Philip Jessup
Britain
France
United States
Jessup
Ernest Davies
Alexander Parodi
Foreign Ministry
Andrei Gromyko
Kremlin
U S
Truman
Acheson
America
Gromyko
New Blizzard Threatens Midwest From Strong Cold Blast
A powerful blizzard bears down on the northern Midwest with wind driven snow and near zero temperatures. Forecaster H S Kenny says the storm may push into Canada before affecting the Mississippi Valley as lower levels of warmth interact with the cold air. The Montana blizzard causes drifts and low visibility while Plains regions endure snow, wind, and isolated towns amid recovering services and treacherous highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Midlewest
Canada
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Region
Chicago
Rocky Mountain Region
Kenny
Great Plains
Montana
Cutbank
Mont
Akotas
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
High Plains
Iowa
Middlewest
Rooke Mountain
NCR Plans 4 Million Defense Plant in Dayton
The National Cash Register Company announced a new defense production plant in South Dayton costing 4 million dollars. Construction is to be completed by December 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
National Cash Register Company Today
Midwest Jailbreak Captain Tightens Manhunt After Hostage Takeover
A Midwest manhunt sought two jailbreakers Dewey Battershaw 21 Omaha and Victor Sweet 24 Hartington Neb and an armed accomplice after they hijacked a bus in Omaha and kidnapped four hostages including a deputy sheriff an attorney a farmer and an Omaha businessman. The fugitives abducted Nate Distefano and Otto Timm before the car finally broke down near Auburn and the hostages freed themselves after four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Midwest
Auburn
Douglas County Courthouse
Dewey Battershaw
Victor Sweet
Hartington
Neb
Nate DisTefano
Gretna
Otto Timm
Timm
Eastman
Tunnel Escape After 20 Months Ends With Recapture
Joseph Holmes, 39, began a 70 foot tunnel to freedom at a Maryland prison. After 13 days he was recaptured following a $5 hold up near the Washington Monument. He faces arraignment on several charges tied to the subsequent gunfight. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Joseph Holmes
Maryland
Freedom
Washington Monument
Holmes
Baruch Injured Leg Treated at Home in New York
Bernard M. Baruch, 80, financier and former presidential adviser, is being treated at his New York home for a leg sprain after arriving yesterday from his plantation near Georgetown South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bernard M. Baruch
Georgetown
S.C
Union Chiefs Plan Broadside Against Defense Mobilizer
Washington AP reports the United Labor Policy Committee weighs new critiques of price controls and defense programs amid a widening rift with Truman era mobilization. CIO News urges policy changes in Congress and defense agencies to ease friction between labor and administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Organized Labor
United Labor Policy Committee
ULPC
Truman
CIO News
Congress
USPC
Charles E. Wilson
AFL
CIO
Heddades
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
UC Team Safe In Kalamazoo Fire
A Kalamazoo two story store was gutted by fire with damages estimated at 100000. Frank Hugh Knowles a 62 year old furrier died in the blaze on the stores second floor. Smoke forced the Burdick Hotel guests to evacuate including the University of Cincinnati basketball team which was in town to play Western Michigan College but no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Frank Hugh Knowles
Sanders House of Youth
Burdick
University of Cincinnati
Senators Decide Today on Drafting 18 Year Olds
The Senate weighs Morse proposal to bar induction of 18 year olds until they turn 18% as against UMTS aimed at universal military training. Debate centers on draft age, service length, and potential 21 to 26 month limits with broader calls for a program term cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senators
Washington
Senate
Morse
R-Ore
Lyndon Johnson
Dtex
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Million UAW Men In Line For Five Cent Hike
Detroit AP reports that about a million automobile workers are expected to receive a five cent per hour pay raise. The rise is linked to escalator clauses in UAW contracts with GM Ford Chrysler and others as a government price index report sparked debate on whether four or five cents will be added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Government
Bureau of Labor Statistics
UAW
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
17 Fishermen Rescued From Trapped Boats
PORT MAITLAND Ont AP four ice battered fishing tugs reached Port Dover early today rescuing 17 of 30 fishermen trapped in a Lake Erie ice field since Saturday. Crews planned further rescue for 13 men aboard three boats while seas and wind hindered efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Maitland
Ont
Port Dover
Lake Erie
Were
Supreme Court to Review CBS Color TV Approval
The Supreme Court agreed to review government approval of Columbia Broadcasting System color television. In Washington, the United States denounced Soviet Ambassador Jacob Malik for breaking off talks on terms for a Japanese peace settlement. In Key West, President Truman urged Congress to boost Voice of America funding by 97.5 million dollars to counteract Communist distortions and untruths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Supreme Court Today
Columbia Broadcasting System
United States
Russia
Jacob Malik
Key West, Fla
Truman
Congress
Voice of America
Trial Rested in Oscar Collazo Murder Case
The government rested its case in the murder trial of Oscar Collazo accused of killing a White House guard in an incident aimed at President Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oscar Collazo
White House
Truman
Unify GOP On Troops Taft Aim Raises Pressure
Washington AP reports Ohio Senator Taft faces GOP pressure to unify on troops to Europe. Allies urge a Senate Policy Committee meeting to craft a substitute for the Administration troop resolution. Taft hints at a midweek gathering and favors four divisions with conditions. Senate Wherry backs asserting Congress authority. Lodge supports the four divisions and future troop moves with Congressional preconditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Europe
Senate
GOP
Congress
Senaors Connally
D-Tex
Russell
D-Ga
International Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congressional Authority
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
Babs Hutton Seeks Divorce From Prince Troubetzkoy
Barbara Hutton has filed for divorce from Prince Igor Troubetzkoy in Cuernavaca Mexico. The New York Daily News cites a Mexico City dispatch saying the suit is due in court today. The heiress, now divorced from three prior husbands, was unavailable for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
New York Daily News
Mexico City
Barbara Hutton
Igor Troubetzkoy
Cuernavaca
U S Infantry Overrun Korean Mountain Redoubt Northwest Of Pangnim
U S infantry with heavy artillery support rout 6000 North Korean Reds from a mountain fortress 10 miles northwest of Pangnim and five miles north of the Pangnim Wonju road. Col Quinn vows to press the attack as tank patrols clash and air force reports 750+ enemy casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Wulam
Buffalo Bill
Third Corps
Quinn
Pangnim
Pangnim-Wonju
U. S. Seventh Division
Changpyong
Kangnun
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Th Air Force
Hongchon
Hoengsong
Massacre Valley Death Toll Reaches About 300
AP reports in Korea’s Massacre Valley the fighting left 300 dead and many missing among 2400 troops from Changbong to Wonju. Marines recovered the scene with helmets and fur caps scattered, while civilians and soldiers endure a grim toll and a battered battlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoengsong
Changbong
Saemal
Wonju
Massacre Valley
French Socialists Endorse Guy Mollet for Premier
In Paris the Socialist party approved leader Guy Mollet 2600 to 700 to accept the premiership and seek a cabinet. Mollet planned to face Parliament tomorrow for formal confirmation after the vote in the National Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Socialist Party
Guy Mollet
National Council
Mollet
Susan Peters Delays TV Debut Amid Illness
Actress Susan Peters in Philadelphia suffers laryngitis and influenza delaying the premiere of her new television show Mis. Susan by a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Susan Peters
Susan
Czech Ambassador Flees From India
Czech ambassador Bohuslav G. Kratochvil fled to England after being summoned to Prague. The Czechoslovak embassy in New Delhi called his action a resignation and said he left with his wife and infant son without informing staff. The move follows Prague’s purge and the arrest of Clementis for alleged plotting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Czechoslovakia
Bohuslav G. Kratochvil
England
London
Kratochvil
Vlado Clementis
Clementis
New Delhi
Prague
Wonder Drugs Stolen From Lab in Boston Heist
FBI and Boston detectives pursue a haul of aureomycin and penicillin from the Brighton plant of American Cyanamid. Authorities say the drugs valued at about 500000 dollars could feed European black markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
FBI
Europe
Oratory
Brighton
Elmer E. Seaman
Also Mentioned on This Page
NCR
Baruch
Johnston
Eric Johnston
R-Mass
Man
Kummar
Korea
Nea-Acme
Johnson
UMTS
Republican Policy Committee
Ford
General Motors
Beverly Hills
Calif
Andral] Pearson
Joanne Lee Pope
Janice Lee Pope
Richard Pearson
Los Angeles
Bulletins
Babs
TOKYO
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Yongdu
Tom Stone
al Jim Becker
Seoul
South Korea
Becker
Han River
Chipyong
U. S. Second Division
U. S. First Marine Division
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!