Chinese Reds Claim Paoting Seizure Amid War News
AP dispatches report Communist forces claimed capture of Paoting, the Hopeh capital near Peiping, while other fronts around Suchow and Nanking show renewed fighting. Madame Chiang Kai-shek urged U.S. aid as fighting intensifies and martial law grips Peiping Tientsin and Tangshan areas.
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San Francisco
Paoting
Peiping
Hopeh Province
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shekh
Chiang Kai-Shek
U.S
China
Asia
Communist Radio
United States
Associated Press
Nienchuang
Suchow
Defense Ministry
Pengpu
Peace Daily
Li Mi
Paichi
Huang Po-Tao
Grand Canal
Tientsin
Tangshan
North China
Eight Die As Great Plains Snowstorm Grips Region
The Great Plains snowstorm left eight dead across Nebraska and Kansas, stranded motorists, halted trains and buses, and widespread outages. Snow drifts up to 15 feet and 75 mph winds beset eastern Colorado to Minnesota, with closures and mass cancellations as crews clear mainlines.
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Kansas City
Great Plains
Colorado
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Hal Laughlin
Jetmore
Kas
Dodge City
Lester M. Carson
McCook
Neb
Oberlin
John H. Haun
O'Neill
Plane Crash Kills Three Massachusetts Men
Bodies of three Lexington businessmen were recovered from a private plane wreck in Cherry Mountain woods near Jefferson, N H after a rainstorm. Victims include Fred Valenti 38 pilot and auto dealer Donald W Smith 36 Buick GM and Virgil Jennings 42 Fisher Body Boston office.
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Jefferson
N. H
Massachusetts
Cherry Mountain Woodlands
L. C. Aldrich
Fred Valenti
Lexington
Donald W. Smith
Buick
General Motors
Virgil Jennings
Fisher Body Company
Boston
Missing Wisconsin plane with Bobby Breen aboard
Singer Bobby Breen rode as passenger in a single engine monoplane that vanished during a 300 mile Wisconsin flight from Waukesha to Hayward. Authorities and a search party scoured the Ghost Lake region after reports of a low flying plane, while airports in Milwaukee Minneapolis and Duluth denied knowledge of the craft.
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Hayward
Wis
Bobby Breen
Wisconsin
Ernie Roth
Canton
Breen
Kenneth Thompson
Waukesha
Roth
Bobby
Crimson
Stinson
Ghost Lake
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Duluth
Minn
Siren
Grantsburg
Buck Webster
Webster Flying School
Thompson
Webster
Smoke From Fire Fatal to Girl in Rooming House
In Cleveland an early morning fire on the second floor of a rooming house killed 11 year old Marilyn Balough and left her sister Joanne, 15, critically ill. Eight tenants escaped while firemen carried Molly Hurley, 38, and her 17 month old daughter to safety. fire cause undetermined.
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Cleveland
Marilyn Balough
Joanne
Molly Hurley
Lucille Balough
CIO Opens Tenth Convention Amidst Internal Factional Debate
About 700 delegates from 40 unions gather at Portland's Masonic Temple as CIO President Murray unveils an eight point economic program. The plan includes price controls excess profits tax control of essential materials and a minimum wage of one dollar per hour. Lee Pressman arrives to advise strategy as right wing factions press for stronger anti Communist actions.
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Portland, Ore
CIO
Henry Wallace
Lee Pressman
Portland
Philip Murray
Masonic Temple
Murray
New York Truckers Strike Halts Freight Movement
About 3,500 AFL Teamsters walked out in New York crippling freight from the Central and Pennsylvania yards. The strike hit 350 local trucking firms, prompting an embargo on New York bound freight in small loads and snarling delivery of general merchandise and some foods. Wages and welfare costs sparked the walkout, with pay demands rising from 17 to 22 cents an hour on top of current 40 hour week rates of 53.90 to 71.40.
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New York
AFL
New York Central
Pennsylvania
AFL Teamsters
Retired nun dies at 93 in Cincinnati province
Sister Mary Amselm Behs, who spent 170 years as a nun, died yesterday at the convent of St. Joseph Academy in Columbus. She was 93 and the oldest sister in the Cincinnati province of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, having retired 25 years ago.
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Columbus
Mary Amselm Behs
St. Joseph Academy
Cincinnati
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Sailings Halted as Queen Elizabeth Crew Returns
Southampton England AP. Striking crew aboard the S. S. Queen Elizabeth return to work after Cunard White Star pledges the liner will not sail until the U S dock strike ends. The ship with over 1500 passengers had been set to depart for Halifax before the stoppage.
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Southampton
Eng
S. S
Cunard
White Star Line
U. S
Halifax
N. S
Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary Idle Amid Longshoremen Strike
The Cunard White Star liners Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary delay westbound trips after a New York Longshoremen strike. Elizabeth cancels its Saturday voyage, displacing 1,600 passengers, with no sailing until Tuesday at best. Queen Mary likely departs Friday for New York. Crews note potential use of Halifax plan abandoned. Passengers aboard Elizabeth dine at $20,000 daily line expense. 600 people at Cherbourg return to Paris at the line’s cost.
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Southampton
England
Cunard
White Star Line
New York
Halifax
Elizabeth
Cherbourg
France
Paris
Longshoremen Strike Talks Resume With Uncertain Outlook
Negotiations restart in the 13 day East Coast longshoremen strike as federal mediator William Margolis cautions predictions. Washington sources say a welfare plan from stevedore employers may form the basis for settlement discussions.
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NEW York
Washington
William N. Margolis
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Northwestern to face Coast in Rose Bowl tilt
Ohio toll from weekend crashes rises with at least 16 deaths across the state. Victims include Mrs. Virginia Lee in Akron and Kenneth Bright near Canton, among others in Wood, Franklin, and Adams counties.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Akron
Virginia Lee
Raymond R. Marr
Edward J. Long
Lee
Europe
Barberton
Reba
Wadsworth
Lawrence Puls
James
Karen
Custar
Wood County
Edna Puls
Findlay
Greenfield
Marjorie Coffey
Charles L. Coffey
Kenneth Bright
Cincinnati
Goldie Johnson
Columbus
Carlos
Leroy
Peter Lovinski
Canton
Brown de Vaughn
Connersville
Ind
Shadynook
Hamilton
Charles Crips
Brookville
Huron County
Rutland
Ruby Shippee
Clark Bair
Alec Carpenter
Robert L. Eaton
Lancaster
Robert F. Riddle
Ravenna
Gaylord F. Clark
Windham
Court Upholds Conviction of Labor Leader
The federal court of appeals affirmed the perjury conviction of Harold Christoffel once a Milwaukee labor leader and president of Local 248 UAW-CIO at the Allis Chal mers plant. He was sentenced to two to six years and released on $5 000 bail pending appeal.
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Washington
Federal Court of Appeals
Harold Christoffel
Milwaukee
Uaw-Cio
Allis
Chalmers
House Labor Committee
Christoffel
Edward M. Curran
Bowling Green Dean Elected Ohio Deans Leader
Miss Audrey Wilder dean of women at Bowling Green State University was elected president of the Ohio Association of Deans of Women. Leona Wise Felsted of Ohio Wesleyan University was reelected vice president and Ruth Hudson of Lancaster High School was named secretary treasurer.
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Dayton
Audrey Wilder
Bowling Green State University
Ohio Association of Deans of Women
Leona Wise Felsted
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ruth Hudson
Lancaster High School
Venezuelan President Not Placed Under Arrest Official Sources Say
Official sources denied reports that President Romulo Gallegos was placed under house arrest by the Army. The decree suspending press freedoms was outlined by Interior Minister Elgio Anzola, with censorship of foreign and domestic political stories. Gallegos remained at the presidential palace as rumors of a cabinet crisis circulated in Caracas.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Gallegos
Gallegos
Willemstad
Curacao
Democratic Action Party
Elgio Anzola
Interior
Sorority House Fire Kills Student at Cortland State
A Cortland State Teachers College sorority house fire claimed one student’s life and left 10 others with serious injuries. Barbara Kelsey, 20, died after inhaling flames. The three story frame building housed 24 occupants. most were asleep when the fire broke out on the first floor. Three injured were in critical condition. others in fair condition. No damage estimate yet.
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Cortland
N. Y
Cortland State Teachers College
Cortland County
Are Thusa_ local
Barbara Kelsey
Fay W. Kelsey
Carthage
Foreign Policy Review Stated With President
Secretary of State Marshall arrived from Paris for a foreign policy review with President Truman. Truman greeted him at the airport after a 10:10 a.m. EST arrival following a Paris departure at 2:30 p.m. Sunday Paris time.
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Washington
Marshall
Paris
Truman
Democrats Balk at Filibuster Change in Civil Rights Fight
Senate Democrats weigh delaying actions to end filibusters while seeking a compromise with Southern opponents of civil rights measures. A plan includes a committee study of revising Senate rules to spur progress on anti poll tax, anti lynching, and desegregation bills amid Southern resistance.
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Washington
Senate
Dixie
Vandenberg
R- Mich
McClellan
D-Ark
Navy Flier Missing After Hellcat Crash Over Lake Erie
Coast guardsmen searched Lake Erie south of Pelee Island for Lt. Robert J. Sonderman 26 of River Rouge after his Hellcat fighter crashed during a tactical maneuver from Grosselle Naval Base. Grappling crews began after an oil slick was found. Sonderman’s parents live in Wapakoneta Ohio and a twin brother Donald resides in River Rouge.
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Detroit
Lake Erie
Lelee Island
J. G
Robert J. Sonderman
River Rouge
Grosselle Naval Base
Pelee Island
Sonderman
Leo F. Sonderman
Wapakoneta
Donald
Author Alfred Mason Dies at 83 in London
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason author of The Four Feathers dies at his Mayfair home in London aged 83. He wrote numerous novels and plays.
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London
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
Mayfair
AFL Moves Toward Adjournment With Labor Relations Report
Cincinnati AP The American Federation of Labor pressed toward final adjournment at its 67th annual convention as a 10 page International Labor Relations report urged a defensive military alliance against Russia and severance of trade with the Soviet Union. Delegates aimed to finish by tonight.
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AFL
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Committee On International Labor Relations
The
International Labor Relations Committee
Russia
America
Free World
Europe
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Tug) Wilson
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Foreign Policy Review
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