ICC Orders 25 Percent Cut in Coal Rail Passenger Service
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans a 25 percent reduction in passenger service on coal burning trains to conserve dwindling coal supplies amid a coal dispute and a three day mine work week. Chairman J Monroe Johnson said the move likely takes effect next Sunday as the ICC addresses stressed railroading tied to United Mine Workers actions.
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Washington
J. Monroe Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
New York World Telegram Buys The Sun to Merge
The New York World-Telegram purchased The New York Sun and will merge as The World-Telegram and The Sun. The change adds Sun features to World-Telegram. Manhattan will have five morning and three afternoon general circulation papers.
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New York
New York World-Telegram Today
New York Sun
the World-Telegram
The
Sun
Roy W. Howard
World-Telegram
Thomas W. Dewart
Manhattan
Compass
Daily News
Herald Tribune
Mirror and Times
Journal-American
New York Post
the Sun
Truman Ready To Report On State Of Union
State Auditor Ann Frohmiller released a 69 page three year audit accusing Arizona State College at Tempe of deplorable financial practices. It cites unauthorized local fund payments illegal payroll claims improper fund transfers and erroneous expenditures with poor records for 1946 through 1949.
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Truman
State of Union
Herb Nelson
Ann Frohmiller
Arizona State College At
Tempe
Arizona
State Auditor’s Office
Tempe College
Frohmiller
Truman Seeks Fair Deal in State of the Union
President Truman outlines Fair Deal proposals in a 5000 word State of the Union address to a joint session, aimed at next fall’s elections. He reiterates labor social and farm demands, including calls for Taft Hartley repeal and compulsory health insurance, while Republicans attack tax plans and anti-Communist actions in China.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Phoenix
Congress
White House
GOP
China
MR. Truman
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Session Faces Civil Rights Battle Soon
Washington January 4 AP Congress may begin civil rights wrangle this month with early House action planned on the Truman FEPC bill to ban job discrimination against Negroes. Rep John Lesinski expects floor consideration by January 23. Senate filibuster risk remains as Southern members seek a trade off to drop FEPC in exchange for anti lynching or poll tax measures.
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Congress
Fair Employment Practices Commission
House
Senate
John Lesinski
Michigan
FEPC
Ski
House Labor Committee
Lesinski
House Rules Committee
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Morse
Debt tops 257 billion as deficit nears four billion
Washington reports the national debt surpasses 257 billion dollars while the midyear deficit climbs to about 3.3 billion as 1949 ends. Spending spikes amid large outlays from Veterans Affairs Air Force Agriculture Navy and interest payments. Projections foresee a further 4 billion-plus deficit in fiscal 1951 with budget message forthcoming.
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Washington
Treasury
Veterans Administration
Air Force
Agriculture Department
Navy
Truman
Putnam Dies Ex-Mate Of Aviatrix Amelia Earhart
George Palmer Putnam 63 retired publisher and author, former husband of Amelia Earhart, died at Trona Hospital at 6 05 am. He had been treated for internal hemorrhages and uremic poisoning. He married Dorothy Binney in 1911, Amelia in 1931, and later two more marriages. His career included G P Putnam Sons publishing, editing a Bend Oregon newspaper and serving as Bend mayor 1912 1913. He led a 1948 Jeep ascent setting a new auto climbing record at 14 200 feet in California.
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Trona
Calif
George Palmer Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Trona Hospital
Putnam
Miss Earhart
Dorothy Binney
Earhart
Pacific Ocean
Jean-Marie Consigny James
Beverly Hills
Margaret I. de Haviland
G. P. Putnam Sons
New York
London
Charles Lindbergh
Bakersfield
Hitler
Kern County Grand Jury
Bend
Ore
Central
South America
White Mountain
California
Pike’s Peak
Colo
Police Assault Kills Two in Mexico City Strike
Police assault on Mexico City hackmen headquarters leaves two taxi drivers dead and more than 40 wounded. About 800 strikers arrested as authorities move to quell the 5,000 strong taxi strike.
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Mexico City
INS
Noted Voices On War, press, and policy
International News Service reports remarks from Senator Joseph R. McCarthy urging swift action to prevent Formosa from falling to the Reds. Eleanor Roosevelt urges building working international frameworks. Erwin Canham praises a free press’s role in improving race and religious relations. Robert L. Coughton cautions against widening the gap between government spending and revenue.
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International News Service
Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Republican
Wisconsin
Formosa
Island
Russia
New York
Erwin D. Canham
The
Christian Science Monitor
Free Press
America
Robert L. Coughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilson Takes Helm as Deppe Moves Out in Phoenix Shakeup
Ray W. Wilson, acting city manager, runs city business from predecessor's office after James T. Deppe is suspended. Wilson appoints two aides, Thomas M. Sullivan Jr. as city clerk and Charles Esser as secretary to the city manager. Deppe vacated his office amid charges of incompetence and misfeasance, possible public hearing set between Jan. 23 and Feb. 2.
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Phoenix
Ray W. Wilson
James T. Deppe
Deppe
Wilson
Thomas M. Sullivan, Jr
Charter Government Committee
Ray I. Giles
Joe Thurman
Giles
Charles Esser
Severe freeze halts citrus picking in the Arizona Valley
A heavy frost swept the Phoenix area with a record 23 degrees at the Weather Bureau. The Arizona Fruit and Vegetable Standardization Service ordered an immediate picking holiday across the Valley to prevent market damage, though fruit already picked is excluded.
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Phoenix Weather Bureau
Alhambra
J. M. Foote
Arizona Fruit and Vegetable Standardization Service
Arizona
Mesa
Graves
Phoenix
Sky Harbor
Laveen
Flagstaff
Grand Canyon
Canyon
Bryce Canyon
Utah
Payson
Prescott
Yuma
Tucson
Louis R. Jurwitz
Weather Bureau
California
India
Riverside
Burbank
Fresno
Sacramento
Salinas
Convicts Still Free From Tucker Prison Farm
Bad weather hindered a nationwide search for three armed convicts who killed a guard during an escape from Tucker State Prison farm in Arkansas and wounded another officer amid their dash for freedom.
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Little Rock
Ark
Tucker State Prison Farm
Winter Storm Parcels Severe U S Across Plains And Rockies
A brutal winterfront sweeps the nation as blizzards and sub zero readings hit the central states and Rockies. Dakotas, Minnesota, Montana face snow and closed roads while Texas experiences freezing temps and sleet. Flights canceled, rural schools close, and highways halt as mild East Coast weather contrasts the cold west.
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Associated Press
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Central States
Texas Panhandle
Dakota Prairies
Minnesota
Lone Star State
Mid-Continent
Great Plains
Great Lakes Region
Northern Plains
Central Rockies
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
North Central States
Havre
Mont
Montana
Chester
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Colorado
Wyoming
Great Lakes
Dallas Sees 55-Degree Temp Plunge Shocks Crowd
Dallas recorded a 55 degree drop from 75 to 20s triggering police radio orders to keep engines running with no antifreeze in radiators. The abrupt cold snap pushed readings higher in several regions including Atlanta and Indianapolis as records were set for the date.
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Dallas
Tex
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