Wind Shift Lowers Mississippi Flood Threat Near New Orleans
A wind shift eased the flood threat along the Lower Mississippi while engineers prepared to open the Bonnet Carre spillway if needed to bypass New Orleans. More than 34,000 homeless in Ohio and Arkansas signaled rising disaster as rains ceased, with crews expecting another crest Monday from northern flood zones. President Truman sent 50,000 dollars in relief. winds across the Pacific Northwest stirred a storm with 55 mph gusts, threatening flash floods on feeder streams.
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Chicago
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Ohio River
Arkansas
Pacific Northwest
Eugene
Ore
Olympia
Wash
Montana
Truman
Mississippi
Angola
Venice
Gulf
South Korean Patrol Fire Flares at Soviet Tanker Pamir
A South Korean Navy patrol boat fired a warning shot at the Soviet tanker Pamir after it entered Korean territorial waters near Kuryongpo on the East Coast. The Pamir, not flying a flag, hoisted the Soviet banner after the shot but continued. a second unidentified ship sighting followed off the 38th Parallel.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korean Republic
Kuryongpo
Pamir
Korean Defense Ministry
North Korea
Temperatures Today at Sky Harbor Station Readings
Temperature readings from Sky Harbor Station show a morning drop to 41 degrees at 2 30 am followed by gradual climbs to 52 degrees by 9 30 am. Report lists times and values including 48 at 5 30 am and 46 at 2 30 am among other figures.
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Navy orders fliers to hunt submarine off Northern California
Navy planes were ordered to search waters off Northern California for a reported German submarine. The 12th Naval District announced the flights after a fourth report of a U boat near Eureka, with prior sightings by fishing boat captains and a private pilot.
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California
12Th Naval District
Eureka
Calif
Navy
Ray Mason
Humboldt Bay
Mason
Alameda Naval Air Station
San Francisco Bay
Y Drive Workers Near YMCA Campaign Finish
YMCA campaign progress climbs to 422636 of 500000 goal with 777364 needed by Monday night. Victory dinner set at First Presbyterian Church as divisions report strong gains led by Lehman-Walker at 150 percent and M A Morey-R C Babcock with 10929 new subscriptions.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
First Presbyterian Church
Fourth Avenue
Monroe Streets
J. Howard
M. A. Morey
R. C. Babcock
Lehman-Walker
Derek van Dyke
Rhes H. Cornelius
Spicer- Jackson
FBI Hunts Soviet Agents Named by Atom Spy Fuchs
FBI presses international search for associates named by Klaus Fuchs the British scientist jailed for sharing atomic and hydrogen bomb secrets with the Soviet Union. Hoover says Fuchs acted as a paid Russian agent from before his naturalization until arrest. U.S. G men in London cooperate with British authorities and may arrest suspects in the United States.
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Washington
INS
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Klaus Fuchs
America
Soviet
Russia
Fuchs
Hoover
Britain
United States
FBI
Los Alamos
Japan
Igor Gouzenko
Truman
U. S
London
N. M
SKY Hunt
Louisiana Governor Earl Long Stricken With Heart Attack
Governor Earl K. Long of Louisiana suffered a heart attack while returning from a hunting trip and was confined in an oxygen tent at Winnfield General Hospital. The 55 year old governor, brother of Huey P. Long, was attended by Dr. John Mosley and Dr. Robert Bernhard, with Mrs. Long and Senator Russell B. Long at his side.
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Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Winnfield General Hospital
Huey P
Kingfish) Long
Winn Parish
Waldo Cockerham
Denham Springs
Long
Churchill Charges Labor Apes Soviet
LEEDS England Feb 4 AP Winston Churchill accused the Labor Government of tearing Britain apart with class warfare at the most critical hour in peacetime history. He warned that party politics dominate the scene as a divided nation faces the general election on Feb 23. Over 2000 residents filled City Hall to hear him, in a bomb damaged venue. Deputy Premier Herbert Morrison, Labor's chief strategist, broadcasts from Leeds that evening.
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England
Winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Russia
Conservative Party
Herbert Morrison
Labor
Weekend events list spans Phoenix and Valley venues
Sunday schedule highlights include Wickenburg Round-Up Club treks to Wishing Well and Massacre Monument from Frontier Street at 10 a.m. Missouri picnic at Rendezvous Park in Mesa at 11 a.m. All-Western Stampede at Arizona Biltmore Stables at 10 a.m. Canyon State Cat Show at 509 West Adams starts 10 a.m. Encyclopaedia Britannica art show at State Fairground 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Leigh animal studies exhibit at Heard Museum 1 to 5 p.m. Arizona Museum talk on Navajo jewelry at 3 p.m. Thoroughbred racing 1:30 p.m. Dog racing 7:45 p.m. Yankee practice at Phoenix Municipal Stadium 2 p.m. Skeet and trapshooting at Papago Park 10 a.m. Jalopy races at South Mountain 2:30 p.m. Sombrero Playhouse Fred Stone in You Can’t Take It With You at 8:30 p.m. First Run theaters. See Page 9 and 11.
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Round-Up Club
Wickenburg
Frontier Street
Montana
Rendezvous Park
Mesa
Arizona
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Canyon
West Adams Street
Encyclopaedia Britannica
State Fairground
William R. Leigh
Heard Museum Art Gallery
East
Monte Vista Road
Arizona Museum
10Th Avenue
van Buren Street
Western Greyhound Track
New York Yankee
Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix
Papago Park
South Mountain Speedway
Sombrero Playhouse
North Seventh Street
Fred Stone
Eight Day Extension For Encyclopaedia Britannica Art Show
The Encyclopaedia Britannica Collection of Contemporary Paintings will stay at the Fine Arts Building at the State Fair ground through February 12. Loaned by Senator William Benton of Connecticut, the Phoenix Winter resident, the exhibit marks the tour’s final stop after five years on the road. Attendance has averaged 750 daily, with a record 1,194 visitors on one day. The 127 American paintings depict various facets of American life and have drawn strong praise. Sponsors are the Phoenix Fine Arts Association and Valley National Bank. viewing hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Fine Arts
State Fairground
William Benton
Connecticut
Phoenix
United States
Darrel Austin
Edward Hopper
Cape Cod
Ernest Fiene
Salvador Dali
James Chapin
Luigi Lucinci
Frederick J. Waugh
North Atlantic
The
Phoenix Fine Arts Association
Valley National Bank
Two Killed as Quake Razes Villages Near Bushire
Tehran dispatch says a new quake in the Gabandi area south of Bushire on the Persian Gulf destroyed several villages and killed two people. The government press notes tremors began ten days earlier. Last week quakes near Bushire killed twenty and injured two.
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Iran
Gabandi
Bushire
Persian Gulf
Noted Figures Comment On Peace And Crises
International News Service reports from varied figures. President Truman urges settling world peace on a moral Christian basis. Roberto Rossellini laments press intrusion after Ingrid Bergman’s birth. Humphrey Bogart recalls earlier Hollywood eras. Trygve Lie reflects on UN role amid crises.
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International News Service
Truman
White House
Full-Fledged Mine Strike Feared Near
Washington February 4 INS John S Lewis rejected Truman 70 day truce and warned miners might defy Taft Hartley injunction He urged no fact finding board and warned that 480000 miners could resist mass coercion He called the 80 day injunction a legal blackjack and urged workers should set wages and conditions themselves with no outsiders.
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INS
John S. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
Woman lures Phoenix cook into desert hold up trap
Phoenix man Steve Wong, 40, a Hong Kong Cafe cook, was lured by a young woman to South Mountain Park at midnight where a gunman accomplice bound and robbed him of 35 to 40 dollars. Four suspects, two women and two men, fled in two cars. The woman posed as a friend of a friend, a singer visiting Phoenix, and asked him to escort her to a nightclub. The gunman was described as about 22, dark and slender. Deputies had no description for the second couple.
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Germany
Ingeborg Schuster
Sheriff's Deputies
Phoenix
South Mountain Park
Steve Wong Wong
Hong Kong
East Jefferson Street
Wong’s
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