Plane Hits Mountain Killing 28 Aboard Near Phoenix
A C-47 transport crashed into Amer Mountain in central Arizona. All 28 aboard died, including 19 West Point cadets, four crew, and five passengers. Rescue teams found bodies spread along the slope, with only the tail section intact. Authorities reported temperatures around five degrees below zero at the crash site.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Air Force
Donald C. Humphreys
West Point
Arizona
Amer
Armer Mountain
Vanguard
Johnson
Snowbound crash site described by local residents
Inches of snow covered the ground and wreckage after a C-47 vanished in a Sunday storm. Trees near the scene sag under heavy snow as aerial searchers spotted wreckage yesterday. Johnson, who knows the area, notes the rough country and that horses must be led along parts of the trail. His wife Edna saw the shattered plane through field glasses.
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Johnson
Edna
Useless Buttons On Army Pants
Rep Norblad asks why suspenders are banned on uniforms and why suspender buttons remain on two million soldiers pants. He notes about twelve million buttons wasted and urges Army Secretary Pace to seek small economies.
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Washington
Norblad
R-Ore
Army Today
Army
Pace
Allied planes bomb railways as ground lull grips front
In Korea at the start of the twilit war, Allied air forces blasted rail traffic in North Korea with 210 sorties by noon, damaging track at 49 points while ground fighting paused to a deep lull. Two U N planes were shot down, fate of the pilots not announced.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
U.N
Satae
U. S. Eighth Army
United Nations
Fifth Air Force
81 More Casualties in Korea Reported
Defense Department identified 81 additional casualties in Korea on January 2. The new list numbered 471 shows 17 dead, 49 wounded, 6 missing in action, 1 prisoner of war and 8 injured. It also lists 14 killed who were previously reported as missing.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Litvinoff Dies in Obscurity Former Soviet Diplomat at 75
Moscow reports the death of Maxim Maximovitch Litvinoff, former Soviet ambassador to the United States, at age 75 on funeral day. He lay in state at the foreign ministry hall as officials paid respects, with Andrei Gromyko leading pallbearers and burial at Novodyvichi cemetery.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Foreign Office
Maxim Maximovitch Litvinoff
United States
Litvinoff
Foreign Ministry
Novodyvichi
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Valerian Zorin
F. T. Gusev
Ivy Theresa Low
U.N. Offers to Free All Prisoners in Korea Debate
Allied truce negotiators proposed a plan to release all prisoners of war and displaced civilians in Korea with a guarantee against forced repatriation. The Red Army condemned the proposal, calling it unpalatable, while Libby and Levie outlined a phased, man-for-man then all-for-all exchange and civilian repatriation.
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Associated Press
Munsan
Korea
Howard S. Levie
United Nations Command
Aam
R. E. Libby
Libby
Lee Sang Cho
U. N
Lee
Levie
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Arrest six women in Mormon cult case in Mesa
Preliminary hearing set today for six women who say they are wives of George Meril Dutson, sought husband tied to a Mormon sect split over polygamy. Women named Hilda, Anna, Sarah, Arline, Hazel, and Lara, with ages 48,33,43,48,55,43 respectively, live in Mesa, Phoenix, and Chandler. Bishop Davis filed open cohabitation and bigamy charges. another wife in Salt Lake City and a eighth in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
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Associated Press
Mesa
Ariz
Justice of the Peace
Jack Hunsaker
Latter Day Saints
Wendel A. Davis
Mesa Stake
Alma Ward
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
George Meril Dutson
Dutson
Hilda
Anna
Sarah
Arline
Hazel
Phoenix
Lara
Chandler
Davis
Bishop Davis
Salt Lake City
Rock Springs
Wyo
Good Deed to Start New Year in Mt Vernon
A stranded couple en route to Louisiana received aid from the Red Cross and Amvets Post in Mt. Vernon. With no money food or gas for their 1936 model car they were helped by Red Cross food and Amvets Post gas funds to continue on their journey.
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Mt. Vernon
Red Cross
Amvets Post
Louisiana
The
Veterans Organization
Captain Stays Aboard Disabled Freighter in Atlantic
Captain Kurt Carlsen remains on the stricken Flying Enterprise as rescue efforts continue. The freighter and cargo face a potential salvage due to looming storms while Navy ships and a deep sea tug maneuver nearby. One crewman died after the abandonment, with most passengers and crew rescued.
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U.S
Flying Enterprise
Atlantic
Ireland
Kurt Carlsen
Woodbridge
N. J
London
Carlsen
U. S
John W. Weeks
U.S. Navy
Golden Eagle
Weeks
Enterprise
Falmouth Harbor
Gold Star Mother's Draft Induction Order Draws Scrutiny
CHICAGO January 2 Mrs Joe Willie Riley a gold star mother classified 1A by a draft board last spring has been ordered to report at an induction station next Monday She says she will report though doubts her fitness She has received repeated notices from a south side draft board and believes a prior notice was a mistake Her son Staff Sgt William Douglas Riley 20 a B 17 waist gunner died November 26 1943 over Bremen Germany Her other son Robert 16 serves in Civil Patrol Draft board chairman Charles W Tripp says he is investigating the case
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Chicago
Joe Willie Riley
Riley
Charles W. Tripp
Pedestrian Killed in Vandalia Auto Crash
In Vandalia Illinois on January 2 a coroner's inquest termed the accident unavoidable. Mrs Lena Severns aged 53 was killed instantly after being struck by a car on a Vandalia street.
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Lena Severns
Truman may decide before February sixth
Representative Hays of Ohio quoted President Truman saying he hopes to announce before February 6 whether he will run again. The deadline for Ohio delegates to file and for candidate consent was noted, with Kefauver viewed as possible future partner if Truman steps aside.
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Washington
Truman
Rep. Hays
Ohio
White House
Hays
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Congress
Key West
Kefauver
Youth Admits His Car Killed Two At Detroit
A 20-year-old Royal Oak youth surrendered and said his car hit two Pontiac girls on New Years Eve as they walked along Woodward Avenue in fog. He claimed another car called police after he stopped. two 15-year-old girls with him were present. The victims were Barbara Holloway, 17, and Jessie Anaston, 19. Police noted earlier reports of strangulation, but Redmond said he feared murder charges. The scene was later linked to Clemson College junior Samuel Harrell and Wayne University junior Gerald Sielaff.
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Detroit
Anthony Redmond
Royal Oak
Doran Cushing
Barbara Holloway
Jessie Anaston
Woodward Avenue
Redmond
Woodward
Cushing
Samuel Harrell
Clemson College
South Carolina
Gerald Sielaff
Wayne University
Truman to reform Internal Revenue Bureau shake up
President Truman announced a sweeping reorganization plan to abolish 64 District Collectors of Internal Revenue and place all operations under 25 district offices led by District Commissioners. The plan, to be submitted to Congress, would fill most offices by Civil Service while the Commissioner would be presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed. An independent inspection service would be created.
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Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Washington
Revenue Bureau
Congress
District Collectors of Internal Revenue
I Ee Sarkin
Internal ‘Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
White ‘House
Treasury Department
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Ruman
Bureau of Internal. Revenue
Housecleaning
House
Mild New Year Weather Gives Way to Sleet and Freeze
Mt Vernon welcomed 1952 with 70 degree noon warmth and a festive midnight crowd. By daybreak sleet and freezing rain began around 10:30 pm, dropping temperatures to 24 degrees and turning roads hazardous.
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Mt. Vernon
Petition Signers in Mill Shoals Back W. W. Brown
In Mill Shoals White County Illinois twenty six residents signed a petition for Republican W. W. Browns reelection to the Illinois House of Representatives. The petition was certified by a precinct committee man named Garrett.
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Associated Press
Mt, Carmel
W. W. Brown
Illinois
House of Representatives
Garrett
White County
Mill Shoals
Five Day Forecast Update Details Missing
Fragmentary forecast text mentions a five day outlook and a Saturday entry but lacks full data. No clear locations, temperatures, or wind details to identify entities or outcomes.
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Little Allen Dale Fowler
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Allen Dale
Norman Fowler
Bell Street
Fort Sill
Okla
U. S. Army
Fowler
Leitzell
Russ
Red Army
Reds
Brown
Oceus
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