Yale Students Die In Seattle Plane Crash
A DC 3 carrying Yale University students home from the holidays crashed after takeoff from Boeing Field Seattle. At least 14 of the 30 aboard were killed fifteen survived one unaccounted for. Crew members were among those on board.
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Sf & Eb
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Yale
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Seattle Air Charter
New Haven
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Boeing Airplane Company
Lynn Brown
Boeing Field
Fair Enough on States' Rights and Civil Rights Politics
Column argues Dixiecrats would rebuff Sam Rayburn and criticizes Truman's civil rights program as a dangerous tactic. It contrasts Southern resistance with northern mob violence and accuses Roosevelt-Truman aides of enabling brutality in cities. Mentions Dewey and 1952 re election context.
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Tom Clark
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Jimmy
Hague
Curley
Kelly
Truman
Tom Dewey
New York
Roosevelt-Truman
Union Heads Blamed for Dayton Strike Violence
A House labor subcommittee blamed officials of a CIO union, the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, for violence and defiance during the Dayton Ohio August strike. The report calls for federal penalties for riot violence, liability for instigators, and tougher Taft-Hartley provisions to bar Communists from bargaining roles.
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Congressional
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Dayton
Ohio
House
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Hoffman
Republican
Michigan
Smith
Kansas
Fisher
Democrat
Texas
House un-American Activities Committee
New York City
Kalamazoo
Mich
Federal Communications Commission
National Guard
State to spend seven million more on highways in 1949
Louisiana highway chief R R B Richardson announced a 1949 road budget of 43 million dollars, up seven million from 1948. He said over 24 million will go to new construction, about 14 million to maintenance, and 5 million for parish state aid, with roughly 9 million from federal funds.
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Rankin Could Lose Un-American Posts in House Shift
Washington January 3 The House un American activities committee faced a possible loss of its most active ally Rep John E Rankin Mississippi as a plan to bar members who chair one committee from serving on another would sideline him from the committee Rankin warned the move aimed to kill the committee and would proceed without a floor fight by having Ways and Means overlook his name Rankin seeks the veterans affairs chair though he would not give it up New rules and a special committee to draft a code of practices for all committees were also planned amid criticism of the committee’s methods
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Jan
House un-American Activities Committee
John E. Rankin
D.-Miss
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Veterans Affairs Committee
Administration
J. Strom Thurmond
Truman
Guerrillas Hit Dutch Positions on Java Island
Jan 3 report from Batavia says Indonesian guerrillas repeatedly harassed Dutch posts across Java. Dutch cease fire order in effect while operations against roaming groups continue. Guerrilla actions cited include attacks on Ponorogo Sukohardjo Wonogiri Soekaboemi Garoet and Bantam Harbor. two Dutch planes downed in Sumatra. bridge explosion near Soerakarta. convoy attack west of Cheribon. a rubber estate attack near Buitenzorg with five Europeans and 11 Indonesians said to have repelled by 500 guerrillas.
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Wonogiri
Soekaboemi
Garoet
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Cheribon
Buitenzorg
Gales at Sea Disrupt European Shipping and Fatal Accidents
Gales across the British Isles and western Europe halt cross channel sailings, with 26 dead in two continental accidents. The Ironaxe ran aground near Trondheim as a Norwegian tug aided. Lighthouse keepers in England remained without food after 14 days isolated. A bus accident near Rennes drowned 17. two lake vessels collided on Lake Constance with minor damage.
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Aberdeen
Trondheim
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Land's End
England
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Lindau
Jerusalem Bombed Twice by Unidentified Warplanes
Two air strikes hit Jerusalem in one night with at least five injured as bombs fell on a Jewish quarter. Talks of retaliation followed with Jewish and Egyptian spokesmen warning of wider attacks if Cairo is targeted.
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Tel Aviv
Europe ready for cut in aid to western Europe
Western Europe can absorb a 10 percent cut in United States aid for 1949-50 and still improve meals, according to a report by 19 Marshall plan countries via the OEEC. The group asks $4.347 billion for July 1949 to June 1950, $528 million less than the current year, with aims to raise grain fats and meats by 2.5 percent though hopes for 7 percent. A three man OEEC mission, led by Robert Marjolin, travels to Washington aboard the Queen Mary to explain needs to U S officials.
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Robert Marjolin
United Kingdom
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Iceland
Germany
Trieste
Five Year Old Minister Marries Couple at Long Beach
In Long Beach California a sailor Raymond Miller 23 and Alma Brown 21 wed under a five year old minister Marjoe Gortner who was ordained last October. He presided with his two year old brother Pat assisting as legal questions arise over the marriage with judges divided on its legality.
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Old Time Faith Church
Pat
Raymond Miller
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Alma Brown
Superior Court
Shanghai City Council Seeks Cease Fire From Communists
The Shanghai city council appealed to the Chinese Communists for an immediate cease fire and start of peace talks. In a radio message to Yenan the council asked Mao Tse-Tung to order a cease fire and leave talks to representatives of both sides. This marked the first formal Nationalist address to the Communists by a city body.
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Yenan
Ana An Sed
Mao Tse-Tung
China
Taft-Hartley move studied in Senate panel
Senate labor committee members clash over timing of hearings on Taft-Hartley law repeal. Senator Elbert Thomas says slow, while Senator Murray argues hearings should begin immediately on repeal and a Watt-Heiley substitute. Public demand for action noted after the election.
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Senate Labor Committee
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Congress
Murray
Mont
High Court Upholds Ban On Closed Shop
The Supreme Court upheld state laws banning closed shops where only union workers may be hired and must stay in good standing. The ruling, unanimous except for Justice Murphy in the Arizona case, covers North Carolina Nebraska and Arizona laws with similar actions in 13 other states.
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Confederate Vet Saucier Dies at 104 in Lake Charles
August Saucier a 104 year old Confederate veteran died in Lake Charles over the weekend. Born in 1844 in St. Landry parish he was believed the area’s last surviving Confederate veteran. Survived by two sons Homer Saucier and Mrs. Mypolite Fontenot. two daughters. 20 grandchildren. 41 great grandchildren. eight great great grandchildren. Funeral services held today at Hi Mount Christian Church.
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Mypolite Fontenot
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Envoy to Russia Asks for Release
Washington January 2. Walter Bedell Smith requested President Truman to relieve him from his post as ambassador to Russia. Smith cited personal reasons for stepping down and asked that a successor be named promptly.
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Washington
Jan
Walter Bedell Smith
President Truman
Truman 10 give three messages to congress next week
President Truman will address the Democratic controlled 81st Congress in three messages within the coming week. He will seek higher taxes to cover a near 43 billion dollar peace time budget, repeal Taft Hartley, and new labor management laws amid defense and foreign aid costs.
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Congress
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Council of Economic Advisers
Edwin G. Nourse
Leon Keyserling
John D. Clark
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Tru
Washington
Jan
Truman Eyes Western Unity as 1948 Outlook
President Truman is expected to tell Congress the United States is winning the first stage of the struggle with Russia. He will add that a long, costly campaign of counter action lies ahead as Western nations unite and expand economic and military power despite Communist gains in China.
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John M. Hightower
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Truman
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United States
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China
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Europe
Berlin
Change In House Rules Is Sought
Senate action highlighted by Sen. McKellar election pro tempore and the push by Democratic leaders to change House rules to ease controversial measures. Republicans faulted the plan, hoping southern Democrats would block it. Taft's leadership remained firm as liberal Republicans vs old guard dynamics shaped the session.
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Truman
Senate
Senator Lodge
Mass
Taft
Ohio
Congress
John Andrews
James Shera Montgomery
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Marcantonio
Al-N. Y
Rivers
D-S. C
Rules
Post-war high set in building contracts in 1948
Baltimore Jan. 3 Building contracts set in the south during 1948 totaled a post war high. The Manufacturers Record reported 2 839 038 000 for 16 states below the Mason Dixon line. Public construction outweighed private and residential building rose 32 percent. Dwight Winkelman of AGC said 1949 may show similar activity with possible shifts between industrial and public utility work.
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Manufacturers Record
Record
Dwight W. Winkelman
Associated General Contractors
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