Senate to Refer Troops to Europe Approval Resolution
The senate, by unanimous consent, sent a troops to Europe resolution to the foreign relations and armed services committees. Sponsored by Senator Wherry the measure would urge Congress to approve by February 2 legislation barring President Truman from sending troops to the North Atlantic defense force until Congress acts. Administration leaders expected a favorable outcome as the body prepared to vote.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committee
Europe
Wherry
R-Neb
President Truman
North Atlantic
Congress
Westbrook Pegler on chili con carne and public debate
Westbrook Pegler argues with Jim Dan Hill Ph D Superior State College about chili con carne and chili mac. He mocks Hill and Truman, recalls family chili stories, and rejects the idea of sanitized National politics in a provocative column.
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New York
Jim Dan Hill
Superior State College
Superior
Wis
Doctor Hall
Superior Evening Telegram
Seegar Swanson
Gallipoli
Antwerp
Truman
Missouri
Kansas City
Hill
Vergne Dixon
Mr. Truman
Mr. Dixon
Santa Anna
Tex
Chili Joe
Fort Worth
Chile Joe
Chee Ee-Lee
Echo
Avalanches in Europe Claim Hundreds of Lives
Vienna reports 234 dead as giant avalanches sweep Austria and nearby regions. In Austria between 112 and 127 buried. 45,000 unaccounted, many tourists isolated. Switzerland reports 68 recovered with at least 11 more dead. Italy notes 25 dead and 30 injured. France reports three dead.
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Vienna
Austria
Europe
Switzerland
Austrian Alps
Italy
Livigno
Venezia Traidentina
France
American woman on trial in Cuba for murder
A 26-year-old American woman Karen Olsen Nelson stands trial in Santiago Cuba for the December 11 1949 shooting death of her cane planter husband Alvar Nelson. Prosecutors accuse her and two plantation workers of murder to collect $30000 in insurance while supporters call the death accidental.
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Santiago
Cuba
Karen Olsen Nelson
Alvar
Nelson
Utica
Mich
Karen
Angel
Swan Nelson
Hill Olsen
Bases Close to Russia Planned
Washington reports outline America saltation of overseas bases nearer Russia to mount sustained retaliation via air power. B 36s completed nonstop to Texas after Britain visit. UK to open sixth US air base in March. Gen Omar Bradley says bases should be as close to Russia as feasible to ease and reduce cost of attack while maintaining power to continental US.
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Texas
Great Britain
British Air Ministry
U. S. Air Force
United Kingdom
Omar Bradley
Russia
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
U. S
Chiefs of
Continental America
Congress
President Moves to Guard Critical Goods Amid Inflation
Washington reports President Truman strengthens anti inflation efforts to prevent siphoning of essential materials for military and civilian needs. He names William Paley and four others to study long term effects while awaiting Senate confirmation of Eric Johnston as ESA head and a broad executive order. Maybank criticizes Johnston choice.
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Truman
William S. Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System
United States
Senate
Eric Johnston
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Senate Banking Committee
Banking Committee
Maybank
D.S. C
Key West
Fla
Washington
Engineer from Pennsylvania killed in Mississippi road crash near Tallulah
A Pennsylvania ref ractories engineer Russell L. Peck age near 40 from Wayne died of head and internal injuries after a car driven by Floyd C. Bryant Tulsa Oklahoma overturned on U S 65 five miles south of Tallulah Louisiana. Bryant was treated for injuries and a coroner's inquest is set for Wednesday. Peck leaves a wife and two children.
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Tallulah
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Here
Madison Parish
Russell L. Peck
Conestoga Road
Wayne
Penn
E. Otis Edgerton
Peck
Floyd C. Bryant
South
Columbia Place
Tulsa
Okla
Madison Clinic
Bryant
Norton Company
Worcester
Mass
Edgerton
Mrs Tipp Insanity Hearing Delayed In Bobby Tipp Case
A sanity hearing for Lois Tipp, charged with murder in the icebox death of eight year old Bobby Tipp, was postponed to next Monday. Doctors' report says she has been insane most of adult life and gave inconsistent life history. Bobby and Charles were claimed natural children, but officials doubt paternity and origin of the children.
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Tampa
Fla
Lois Tipp
Bobby Tipp
Henry Tillman
Robert A. Tipp
Lois Neely
Hattiesburg
Miss
Tillman
Samuel Hibbs
Charles Bartlett
Tipp
Carroll
Bruckel
Rex Farrior
Bobby
Charles
Harold Nix
Farrior
Dorathy Ann Orwell Fate To Be Decided At Mayo Tonight
Five year old Dorothy Ann Orwell of Anniston Alabama is under Mayo Clinic brain tumor examinations with a verdict possible tonight or tomorrow. Doctors moved from Alabama after a regional fund drive raised about 1500 dollars from nine states to aid her family.
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Rochester
Minn
Dorothy Ann Orwell
Anniston
Ala
Alabama
Mayo
Dorothy
R. R. Otwell
The
Baptist Church
V. F. W. Women's Auxiliary
Budget Called Disaster Bid
Senator Bridges sharply attacked President Truman's 71.5 billion dollar budget calling it an invitation to disaster and urged the White House to recall it. He accused the administration of deceit over non-defense cuts and warned Congress may deviate from the proposed totals.
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Washington
Bridges
R.-N. HH
Truman
White House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Stalin
America
Mississippi seeks fifth execution date for Willie McGee
In Jackson Mississippi Attorney General J L Coleman asks the state supreme court to set a fifth execution date for Willie McGee a Laurel Negro convicted three times for raping a White woman His bid for US Supreme Court review failed and the case returns to state officials The Civil Rights Congress allied with McGee plans further pleas in federal court as a Communist designation looms label The congress previously secured two stays of execution days before executions in 1948 and after the third conviction
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi State Supreme Court
J. L. Coleman
Willie McGee
McGee
Laurel
United States Supreme Court
Mississippi
New York
Civil Rights Congress
State Department
Congress
Shreveport Considers One Percent City Sales Tax
Shreveport finance commissioner John Ford urged a one percent city sales tax at a banquet, estimating it could raise about 1.2 million annually. The city’s current revenue is around 2.4 million, and the tax would help avoid deficits or service cuts.
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Shreveport
John Ford
Ford
15000 New Troops Monthly Needed In Korea
Secretary Marshall told the House Armed Services Committee that U S forces under General MacArthur require about 15 000 replacements each month and reach normal strength by April The testimony support for universal military service and extending draft age to 18 follows a plan to raise total manpower to 3 462 000 by June 30 He noted MacArthur added 30 000 South Koreans into American divisions and that the Korea campaign began with four half strength divisions in Japan
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Marshall
U. S
MacArthur
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Defense
Japan
Gov Earl Long vows to end graft in Louisiana
Shreveport Jan 23 Gov Earl Long declares his administration the most honest and economical in state history and calls for tips on graft. He defends compulsory education funding arguing hot lunches are needed for hungry students while critics question enforcement. Long notes increased appropriations for fairs reforestation drainage and charity hospitals during 1948 to 1950.
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Shreveport
Earl Long
Louisiana
Association of Louisiana State Fairs
Long
Likely Kill and Four More Hits By F-84s Over Korea
American F-84 Thunderjets shot down four MIG-15s with one probable kill and four damaged in a major air battle over northwest Korea. Ground forces reoccupied Wonju and captured nearby hills 233 and 273, with UN troops in control of Wonju. A second raid targeted Pyongyang, paving the way for a B-29 strike as 79 aircraft operated in two missions.
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Tokyo
Korea
A. P
John Randolph
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Wonju
United Nations
Yongwol
Tanyang
Yalu River
Antung
Manchuria
Pyongyang
U. N
Eisenhower Heads Home From Europe after Pact Visit
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower returns to Washington from a tour of ten European nations as part of preparations for the Atlantic Pact defense plan. Fog delayed landing at Paris Orly and he plans to visit Iceland and Canada before heading to Washington.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Europe
Orly Field
Frankfurt
Eisenhower
Iceland
Canada
Washington
West Europe
France
Versailles
Fontainebleau
Atlantic Command
Hotel Astoria
Western Europe
Konrad Adenauer
British Cabinet Holds Emergency Session Over Korea Cease Fire Offer
Britain’s cabinet met in an emergency session to assess Red China’s cease fire proposal in Korea. Foreign Secretary Bevin was absent ill, Kenneth Younger stood in, and the decision aimed to judge China’s seriousness versus any move to disrupt Anglo American unity.
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London
China
Korea
Britain
United Nations
Gladwyn Jebb
Ernest Bevin
Kenneth Younger
Foreign Office
Proposes Lending Money for Leaves for Armed Forces
Washington introduces a bill by Representative Morrison to provide travel and meals funds to service members taking leave. Vouchers would be issued and the loan repaid via payroll deductions over six months.
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Washington
Morrison
D.-La
New Orleans port commerce ends year near 1949 levels
Public Belt Railroad reports 172 749 cars moved in 1950 marking a return to near 1949 volume after a dip prior to the Korean conflict. Grain exports rose in December but total export grain car loads were seven percent below 1949 due to labor trouble at the grain elevator.
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New Orleans
Public Belt Railroad
Ed J. Garland
Jimport
Belt
Garland
Normandy
Marshalls
Mariannas
Philippines
Montreal
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