California Floods Ravage Central Valley. 2 Die
A record rain and snowmelt flood in central California has killed two people Frank Irwin and Jimmy Johnson and forced thousands from their homes. The Sacramento and Kaweah rivers swelled inundating Visalia Kernville and Isabella with dozens of bridges and roads washed out. Gov Earl Warren ordered state department staff to assist as floodwaters threaten more dikes and new crest levels are expected.
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California
Sierra
The
Weather Bureau
Donner Pass
Red Cross
Frank Irwin
Sacramento
Jimmy Johnson
Kerrville
Bakerfield
Earl Warren
Visalia
Kaweah
Cutler Park
Seventh Division Advances Toward Korean Border Amid Snow
U S Seventh Division tanks push through snow toward the Manchurian border near Hyesanjin two miles away as Red resistance wanes. Marines and ROK forces report gains near Changjin Reservoir while UN units press from multiple sectors.
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10Th Corps
Hyesanjin
Korea
U. S
Changjin Reservoir
Video Walkout Averted After Last Minute Negotiations
New York AP reports a coast-to-coast TV strike was averted 35 minutes before showtime as AFL Television Authority unions reached a settlement with four major networks and WOR TV. The deal includes substantial pay raises and union rights to curb showing of film episodes, boosting bargaining leverage across the industry. Meanwhile, U S troops advance in Korea with tanks breaching Reds defenses near Kaplan and UN forces tightening the front as Chinese and North Korean forces reinforce lines.
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AFL Television Authority
Wor-Tv
National Broadcasting Company
Authority
American Federation of Radio Artists
National
Columbia
American
Mutual
Television Authority
Hollywood
AFL
Herbert B. Powell
Kaplan
David G. Barr
ROK
Nationwide Phone Strike Ends With 11-Cent Pay Boost
More than 33,000 telephone workers return to work after 11 days of strike settlements reached in New York and Detroit. Western Electric and Division 6 of the CIO CWA agreed to pay hikes averaging 11.3 cents, with other divisions settling locally. AT&T reported mostly normal service during the dispute.
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Bell Telephone System
Detroit
Bell
Western Electric Company
CIO Communications Workers of America
CWA
Western Electric
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Haverhill
Mass
E American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell Corporation
AT and T
Michigan
USSR Protests Jap War Criminal Parole Continue on Page 13
The USSR protests Gen Douglas MacArthur's parole of Mamoru Shigemitsu the wartime Japanese foreign minister. Convicted for war crimes he was to be released from Sugamo prison after about four and a half years of custody. Shigemitsu signed the surrender aboard the Missouri and faced a seven year sentence the lightest among major Japanese war criminals.
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Douglas MacArthur
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Japan
Shigemitsu
Tokyo
Sugamo
U. S
Joseph C. Grew
Missouri
Pacific
Acheson Backed by Democrats Amid Foreign Policy Debates
Washington AP reports Democrats rally around Secretary of State Acheson to counter Republican calls to overhaul foreign policy. Fulbright urges unity, Truman affirms Acheson remains in the cabinet. Welker calls for resignation, Kilgore defends Acheson and suggests behind closed doors committee review.
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State Acheson
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Truman
Herman Welker
Idaho
GOP
Welker
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Congress
Taft
Ohio
TV Association Drops "Kills" Children Angle in Ads
New York AP report says the American Television Dealers and Manufacturers abandoned a line suggesting children feel socially inferior without a TV after criticism from parents religious groups and ad leaders. The second ad praises TV for education when supervised by parents and includes Mrs. Roosevelt’s approval.
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TV Association
NEW York
S. J. Schwinn
Ruthrauff and Ryan, Inc
Schwinn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
American critic sparks uproar at World Peace Congress
O. John Rogge, former Assistant U.S. Attorney General, denounced Communist policies at the Second World Peace Congress in Warsaw. He accused Cominform forces of aggression in Korea and Tibet, defended Western ideas, and praised Yugoslavia for remaining independent, provoking loud protests from delegates.
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O. John Rogge
U.S
America
Rogge
Yugoslavia
Turnpike East Leg Opened Carlisle to King of Prussia
Pennsylvania's eastern Turnpike extension, an 87 million dollar project, adds 100 miles to the highway from Carlisle to King of Prussia. The 260 mile system now reaches from King of Prussia to Irwin with tolls of 1.20 for cars and 5.00 for tractor trucks on Carlisle to King of Prussia, and 2.50 for cars and 15.50 for semi-trailers on the full length car to Irwin.
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Carlisle
Pennsylvania
King of Prussia
Philadelphia
Irwin
Nepalese Rebels Lose Battle For Stronghold
In Birganj Nepalese government forces captured the rebels major stronghold and provisional seat of government after a brief fight. An embassy spokesman predicted insurgents would be swept from the Himalayan kingdom within a week.
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New Delhi
India
Birganj
Nepal
Slaughterer Of Five Ends Hunger Strike
Earnest Ingenito 26, who killed five and wounded four in a spree linked to his estranged wife, ended a hunger strike in Gloucester County prison after breakfast. He had threatened suicide, and two guards watched him. His wife, Teresa, and several relatives were hospitalised. a mass funeral was planned as relatives mourned. Ingenito said he acted because his wife blocked access to his children.
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N. J
Earnest Ingenito
William Mollineaux
Gloucester County Prison
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Mollineaux
Michael Mazzoli
Teresa Pioppi
Mariana Geet
John Pioppi
Zoli
Warren's Daughter Dorothy Hurt in Auto Crash
Dorothy Warren 19, daughter of Governor Earl Warren, sustained three or four cracked ribs when the car she rode in rear ended a truck at a railroad crossing in heavy rain. Her companion Robert E. Harris of Vallejo said he did not see the truck in time to stop while returning from a UC Davis fraternity dance.
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Calif
Dorothy Warren
Earl Warren
Robert E. Harris
Vallejo
Miss Warren
University of California Agricultural College
Davis
CIO Demands Broad Overhaul of Mobilization Plan
At the Chicago CIO convention President Philip Murray urged a major revamping of the mobilization setup with stronger labor influence. He criticized the Defense Production Act as ineffective for anti inflation and warned it hobbles price and wage controls harming low income groups.
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America
CIO
Philip Murray
Palmer House
Murray
Crossed Wires Cause Eclipse In Beantown
A Boston blackout darkened much of the city and suburbs for about an hour as a faulty switch at Pratt's Junction caused an AC line failure. Hospitals ran on generators while Boston TV and multiple radio and news outlets were disrupted.
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Boston
Brookline
Cambridge
Belmont
John Ahern
New England Electric System
Pratt's Junction
Americans Of Future May Drive Autos With Gas Made From Coal
The U S Bureau of Mines reports the Louisiana Missouri plant produced over 225000 gallons of coal derived gasoline, with daily output up to 9000 gallons. The project tests hydrogeneration to convert coal into gasoline and other products as feasibility studies for a synthetic oil industry to reduce dependence on foreign oil.
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Louisiana
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Department
Bureau Scien
U. S
United States
Bureau
Leslie L. Hirst
Bureau of Mines
No Travel Curtailment Planned by Government
Washington AP reports the government has no plans to curtail or allocate civilian travel. Director James K. Knudson of the Defense Transportation Agency comments on travel policy.
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Washington
James K. Knudson
The
Defense Transportation
UN to reject Russian plan at General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly is expected to reject Russia’s demand for Soviet preconditions to start work on a 20 year plan. Senator John Sparkman denounced the proposals as a UN surrender on major issues and a condition for Soviet cooperation. The text mentions the immediate admission of the Chinese Communist party.
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New York
United Nations General Assembly
Russia
John Sparkman
D-Ala
U. S
Chinese Delegation Arrives in Prague En Route to UN Council
A six man and two woman Chinese Communist delegation arrived by plane in Prague Czechoslovakia on their way to Lake Success to appear before the United Nations Security Council.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Lake Success
UN Security Council
Soviet bartering of peace rejected by free world
Sparkman denounces Soviet peace bartering as unacceptable to the free world. UN Assembly is expected to back this view by spurning a Soviet resolution in which demands are made as Andrei Vishinsky introduces the Soviet position.
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Nists
Sparkman
Soviet Union
En Oesembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
110 Year Old Man Dies in California
In Santa Barbara Ventura Rivas aged 110 died after collapsing from a heart attack Saturday night. The man had recently been authenticated as one of the nation’s oldest.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Ventura Rivas
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