Tornado Toll Heaviest In Cotton Valley Storms
Louisiana tally climbs after tornadoes hit Cotton Valley and surrounding towns injuring about 200 and killing at least 14. Debris, destroyed buildings, and 500 homeless in Cotton Valley, with 60 injured in Haynesville and extensive damage across Seton Dykesville and Gillman. National Guard and Red Cross mobilize rescue and aid efforts.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Arkansas
Cotton Valley
Seton
Dykesville
Haynesville
Village
Ark
Jones
Bossier Parish
Sam Coyle
de. M. S. Browning
Chaplin Hints at Leaving U S Amid Hollywood Backlash
The Reynolds News piece titled I have had enough of Hollywood reports Chaplin weighing exile from the United States. It notes his flop Monsieur Verdoux and his three marriages to older wives, including Paulette Goddard, highlighting vanity wounds and irony in his career.
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Charlie Chaplin
United States
Reynolds News
London
Hollywood
Chaplin
Sidehill
Fish and Game Commissions
Paulette Goddard
Air Force, Aviation Week Clash Over Secret Flight Report
A dispute between the Air Force and Aviation Week over publishing secret military data reached the justice department. The article claimed the XS-1 rocket plane flew faster than sound at Muroc California, with secretary Forrestal invoking security rules. Robert Hotz, the magazine editor, provided a copy of the disputed material.
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Washington
Air Force
Justice Department
Aviation Week
Muroc
Calif
Secretary
Princess Anne says love at first sight with King Mihai
Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma says it was love at first sight with former King Michael I of Romania and vows to follow him wherever he goes. She awaits word from him at Prince Axel’s Gentofte residence and recalls the abdication as a surprise.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Anne of Bourbon-Paima
Mihai
Romania
Axel
Gentofte
Michael
Switzerland
Lausanne
America
New York Rings In 1948 As Nation Welcomes New Year
The United States marks New Year with Hopeful and somber notes from U N Secretary General Trygve Lie and President Truman. In Manhattan Times Square crowds reach around a million as revelers greet 1948, while taxis and festive venues bustle.
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Associated Press
United Nations
International Unity
U. N
Trygve Lie
Truman
Manhattan
America
Times Square
Latin Quarter
Arthur Wallander
Midtown
New Year Storm Ravages Midwest and South States
A blizzard and cold snap sweep Nebraska to Ohio with temperatures plummeting beyond twenty degrees below zero in Minnesota North and South Dakota. Tornadoes hit Northwestern Louisiana and Southeastern Arkansas killing near twenty and injuring about two hundred as snow and ice spread toward Illinois and Great Lakes regions.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Ohio
Oklahoma Panhandle
Minnesota
Dakotas
Midwest
Louisiana
Arkansas
Illinois
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Freezing Weather Hurts Homeless After Louisiana Tornado
Subfreezing rain and cold intensified suffering in northwest Louisiana as a New Year tornado caused heavy losses. Temperatures dipped to 30 degrees in Cotton Valley Dykesville and Haynesville, with almost two inches of rain and a forecast to fall into the low 20s tonight.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mercury
Cotton Valley
Dykesville
Haynesville
Petrillo’s ban silences recording studios nationwide
New Year 1948 sees James C. Petrillo’s “never again” ban on recording and transcription by American Federation of Musicians members. Industry leaders foresee a backlog of one to five years, with effects likely unnoticed by listeners for months, while Petrillo claims the ban is permanent to protect musicians’ jobs.
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New York
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Petrillo
Three Die as Storm Hits Memphis Area Farm Family
A tornado near Memphis killed Hazel Becton 16 Ann Marie Becton seven months and Wilnus Becton 10. Eleven injured were from the same area and two from Munford Tennessee. The home 10 miles northeast of Memphis was demolished and several utility lines and buildings were damaged. The storm cut a 3000 to 4000 foot wide path three miles long.
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Memphis
Tenn
Here
Munford
George Churchill
Hazel Becton
Ann Marie Becton
Wilnus Becton
Churchill
Shelby County
James W. Drennan
Greek siege ends as relief elements reach Konitsa
The Greek war ministry announced relief forces entered Konitsa last night, freeing a 1,000-man garrison as 5,000 guerrillas engaged near Bourozani bridge. Rebels reportedly retreated toward the Grammos mountains with reports of Albanian crossings and heavy combat along western Macedonia.
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Athens
Greek War Ministry
Konitsa
Bourazani Bridge
Grammos
War Ministry
Albania
Bourozani Bridge
Macedonia
Kalapaki
Bourozani
Convicted Murderer Still At Large In Colorado Mountain Search
Canon City officials and Colorado National Guard infantry units joined Canon City police and penitentiary guards in a manhunt across Fremont county for James B. Sherbondy a 28 year old convict considered one of Colorado s 12 worst who slipped from a prison break Tuesday night authorities describe him as mountain wise guarded search continues in rugged terrain with armed forces on the case noted by Warden Roy Best
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Canon City
Colo
Colorado National Guard
Fremont County
Colorado
James B. Sherbondy
Roy Best
Eagle County
Rationing of Meat Sought in Congress Talks
Senator Flanders of Vermont plans to meet with Secretary Anderson to win big packers to backing meat rationing. He said packers oppose rationing but acknowledge a looming spring meat shortage as cattle are shipped light and calves rise, signaling doubt about next year's grain crop.
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Washington
Flanders
Vermont
Anderson
Chicago
Hangover in Europe Costs in 1948 New Year
Europe faced a costly New Year with scotch at 16 a fifth in Glasgow and champagne at 22 a bottle in Paris. The continent, still recovering from war, faced uncertain futures under Marshall plan aid as fighting lingered in Greece and Palestine.
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London
Europe
Glasgow
Paris
Greece
Palestine
Italy
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Jewish reprisal raids kill Arabs in two villages
In Jerusalem four Arabs were killed and 30 wounded when Jewish forces attacked Balad Esh Shiekh and Hawassa at 3 am. The raids followed an Arab massacre of Jews in Haifa. The conflict has claimed nearly 500 lives since the UN partition vote on Nov 29. Police note lines of violence across the Holy Land including rail sabotage and burial societies reorganizing. Hagana claimed ships Pan York and Pan Crescent were escorted to Cyprus for refugees as deportations.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Balad Esh Shiekh
Hawassa
Haifa
Jewish Burial Society
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
Hagana, Jewish Underground Defense Organization
Pan York
Pan Crescent
Cyprus
Black Sea
The
Danish Princess Anne Linked romantically with exiled Romanian king
Danish Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma is linked romantically with former King Mihai who abdicated Romania's throne. Mihai reportedly faced government hurdles in securing permission to marry before renouncing the crown.
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Anne
Bourbon-Parma
Mihai
Romania
Tornado Toll Grows in Minden Region as 15 Die
A storm rips through Minden area killing 15 and injuring many. The list includes Cotton Valley residents treated at Minden Sanitarium and Highland Sanitarium in Shreveport, with several in critical or serious condition. Authorities report multiple family casualties and a crushed chest injury at Tri-State Hospital.
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Minden
Minden Sanitarium
Cotton Valley
Roy Crabtree
Bossier City
Carl Roy Crabtree
Floyd Smith
Doris Vowell
Jackson Maynor
W. D. Perkins
Clarence B. Roger
Delma Pilcher
Ethel Smith
Lona Rita Vowell
Inez Vowell
Donald Wayne Vowell
H. G. Lee
Audrey Walker
Bernice Simmons
Drayton Perkins
Doris Perkins
Tri-State Hospital
Shreveport
Perkins
Charity Hospital
Ernest Hawthorne
Storm tears Cotton Valley through town killing at least 15
The Cotton Valley tornado struck at 4 22 pm yesterday leaving 75 percent of the town in ruins. About 100 buildings remain upright in a community of 1500 as national guard units and state police seal the area to prevent looting. The Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad sent 20 box cars with water and shelter for the homeless. Early morning search for bodies continued with Ralph Riddle among those noted.
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Cotton Valley
Minden
Red Cross
Barksdale
Shreveport
National Guard
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
Rome Blair
Ralph Riddle
Two Pullman Cars Reported Smashed In Missouri Wreck
Ot ter v ille Mo Jan 1 Two Pullman cars were demolished today in a railroad wreck near Syracuse Missouri Pacific passenger trains The rear Pullman cars of the first section of the train number nine were badly wrecked when struck by the westbound second section The engine telescoped the cars and injuries to passengers were not yet determined Ambulances and physicians were ordered to the scene about 20 miles east of Sedalia
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Otterville
Missouri Pacific
Syracuse
F F. Quaintance
Kansas City
Sedalia
Jefferson City
Topping Will Not Be At Own Party
Hollywood sources report billionaire Bob Topping canceled his Hollywood birthday party planned for January 9 at the Mocambo after telegrams indicated plans were impractical. Invitations, signed by Topping and Lana Turner, caused speculation of an engagement, which Turner denied citing her pending divorce and Tyrone Power’s recent travels.
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Topping
Hollywood
Bob Topping
Lana Turner
California
John Meyer
Howard Hughes
United States Senate
Honolulu
Chauncy Gray
el Morocco
New York
Mocambo
Miss Turner
Connecticut
Lana
Tyrone Power
Power
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Wed in Oklahoma Ranch Ceremony
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, longtime screen couple, married at the Flying L ranch near Davis Oklahoma after more than 20 films together. The ceremony before a mistletoe mantle was conducted by Rev. W H Alexander with Gov Roy J Turner and Wayne Morris among about 40 attendees.
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Hollywood
W. H. Alexander
Oklahoma City
Rogers
Miss Evans
California
Art Rush
Rush
Oklahoma
Gov
Roy J. Turner
Wayne Morris
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Pegler
Princess
Evangeline de Castro
Atlantic City
N. J
Manila
Sherbondy
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
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