Floods and Ice Storm Halt Midwest Cities and Memphis
Flood perils rose in Indiana and Illinois as a severe ice storm hit Memphis causing power outages and school closures. Hundreds were homeless as rivers rose, with thousands of telephones out and bus service cut. utilities and transport were paralyzed across the region.
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Indiana-Illinois
Memphis
Indiana
Illinois
Midwest
California
Middle Atlantic
Missouri
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Texas
Tennessee Valley
Mississippi River
Valley Citrus Loss Tops Five Million in Three-Night Freeze
The Valley citrus industry sustained about 5 million dollars in damage after three nights of freezing temperatures. Grapefruit, orange, and lemon trees suffered bark and wood damage with many trees badly hurt. Weather reports warned of continued subfreezing conditions and potential additional damage, with temperatures dipping to the teens in several areas.
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Byron J. Showers
Phoenix Weather Bureau Office
Sky Harbor Airport
Alhambra
37Th Street
Osborn Road
Airport
United States Weather Bureau
Airport Station
Arizona
Louis R. Jurwitz
Phoenix
Weather Bureau
Continental Divide
Pair Spotted In Parked Car Near Buckeye
Raymond Savala aged 18 and a 14 year old Riverside girl accused of being kidnapped were found in a parked car near Buckeye. Savala offered no resistance as highway patrol placed him under arrest. The youths were taken to Phoenix for questioning.
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Raymond Savala
Riverside
Calif
Buckeye
Savala
Harry E. Selchow
Phoenix
Josephine Vasquez
Teresa
Lavala
Frank Ledford
East
McKinley Street
Ledford
Aneshtaet
Britain Recognizes Chinese Communists in Break with Chiang
London announces full diplomatic recognition of the Chinese Communist regime and withdraws recognition from Nationalist China. Bevin sends note to Chou En-lai stating equality and mutual respect basis for relations. Mao Tse-tung negotiates Sino-Soviet treaty in Moscow as Britain appoints Hitchison as charge d affaires in Peiping.
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London
Great Britain
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
Dean Acheson
Washington
Ernest Bevin
Peiping
China
Chou En-lai
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Moscow
Burma
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
Britain
Bevin
Chou Enlai
Foreign Office
Formosa
Cheng Tien-his
Hector McNeil
Cheng
Burma Road
J. C. Hitchison
Nanking
Heat kills three in Sydney heat wave toll rises
In Sydney Australia a brutal heat wave killed three people and left 64 prostrated as temperatures reached 102.2 degrees marking the hottest day in four years. The city and surrounding areas faced dangerous heat with power shortages reported and medical teams racing to treat heat stroke victims.
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Sydney
Australia
Rubber Association Directors Convene Five Day Meeting
The Rubber Manufacturers of America open a five day annual meeting at Litchfield Park. Fifteen executives from major rubber firms attend with social events and tours to Goodyear farms, Goodyear aircraft plant, and local ranches. The program includes dinners, dances, and luncheons with Goodyear officials hosting.
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Litchfield Park
Board of Directors
The
Rubber Manufacturers of America
Goodyear Farms
Goodyear
Sunset Point
P. W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
la Loma
Wigwam
Col
Dale Bumstead
Kiva Club
Westward Ho
Faye Emerson Still a Democrat Despite Heart Troubles
Actress Faye Emerson declared she would vote with her head not her heart while en route to Mexico City for a divorce from Elliott Roosevelt. She recalled her Texas roots, discussed the estrangement, and said no other man was involved. The star commented on Miss Durston and noted a property settlement had been reached.
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Faye
William C. Barnard
Dallas
Tex
Faye Emerson
Mexico City
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Texas
American Airlines
New York
Beaumont
Houston
el Paso
Georgeanne
Gigi) Durston
Miss Durston
Miss Emerson
Mexico
Roosevelt
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Newspapers Group Opens Meeting Here
The annual three day convention of the Arizona Newspapers Association opened here with about 100 representatives from the state's publications. Luncheon awards will be presided over by Charles Mitten of The Mesa Daily Tribune as meetings for daily weekly and magazine publishers proceed.
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Arizona Newspapers Association
Hotel Adams
Charles Mitten
Mesa Daily Tribune
Lowell E. Jessen
Turlock, Calif
Journal
California Newspapers Association
Burt Cochran
McKann-Erickson Advertising Agency
Daily Newspaper
Jones Osborn
Yuma Daily Sun
James J. Glancy
Mohave County
Frederic J. Finter
The
Arizona Stockman
W. R. Mathews
Arizona Daily Star
Robert R. Gros
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
San Francisco
Cudahy Packing Company
Irving Diamond
Arizona Beverage Journal
Blaze kills five children in Montana house fire
A flash fire in a near zero degree Missoula home killed five children and seriously burned Jim Parrish who helped care for them. Four other youngsters escaped injury as flames swept through the two story residence at about 1 30 a m. The Molenda family was away in Spokane with another daughter when the blaze started. Neighbors, firemen, and railroad workers aided in rescues.
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Missoula
Mont
Jim Parrish
Leo Molenda
Spokane
Wash
UAW Watchman Abducted After Dynamite Discovery
A watchman who found a dynamite charge at the CIO United Auto Workers headquarters was abducted early today and dumped alive beside the River Rouge, Detroit. The incident follows last month’s discovery and adds to growing tense security around the union's facilities.
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Buwwelin
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
River Rouge
Noted figures discuss U S stance on China and women leaders
President Truman states the United States will not join the civil conflict in China or aid Chinese forces on Formosa. Eleanor Roosevelt argues it would be ridiculous to elect a woman president at this time.
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International News Service
Washington
Truman
United States
China
U. S
Formosa
Worcester
Mass
Eleanor Roosevelt
Congress awaits Truman economic message in Washington
Congress waits for President Truman to present the annual Economic Message predicting rent control returns and tax boosts. The reading in both chambers will follow the State of the Union and budget outlines for the new fiscal year. House and Senate actions appear limited while the oleomargarine tax repeal debate continues.
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Washington
Congress
President Truman
Truman
White House
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
John Taber
New York
Senate Appropriations Committee
CIO Considers Ouster Hearings Open in Washington
A Special CIO Committee opens hearings in Washington on charges that the Food Tobacco and Agricultural Workers union is too left wing to remain in the national CIO.
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Washington
CIO
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural
National Union
Famous Educator Bowman Dies At 71 In Baltimore
Dr. Isaiah Bowman emeritus president of Johns Hopkins University and premier geographer died at Johns Hopkins Hospital at 8 20 am after a heart attack. He retired January 1 1949 and had advised Presidents Wilson Roosevelt on League of Nations and United Nations efforts.
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Baltimore
Isaiah Bowman
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Bowman
Wilson
League of Nations
Roosevelt
United Nations
Temperature plunges to 40 below in Hell Norway
In Hell Norway on January 6 the AP reports temperatures fell to forty degrees below zero, marking an extreme cold snap for the area. The frigid conditions impacted daily life and prompted warnings for residents to stay indoors and bundle up.
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Hell
Norway
Eight Million Suit Cites Lewis UMW Leaders
Five Ohio coal firms sue John Lewis and United Mine Workers leaders for nearly 8 million dollars alleging lost tonnage from strikes and work stoppages during the three day work week. Companion suits seek injunctions to bar adherence to the leaders' mandates.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
John Lewis
United Mine Orkers
Union Treasury
Lewis
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company
Warner Collieries Company
Y. and O. Coal Company
Jefferson Coal Company
Cadiz Mining Company
John Owens
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
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Fifth Army
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Vandalia
Kaskaskia
Tan
U.S
Chiang
Gazette
Karen Covington
Patsy
W. E. Covington
South
4Th Street
Éth Street
Rubber Association
Phoenix Gazette
Sions
al Wiles
Litchfield
E. J. Thomas
Robert S. Wilson
B. F. Goodrich Company
John Collyer
J. J. Newman
General Tire and Rubber Company
W. F. O'Neil
Dunlop Rubber Company
Ed B. Germain
Electric Hose and Rubber Company
C. D. Garrettson
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Lee Jackson
Seiberling Rubber Company
J. P. Seiberling
United States Rubber Company
H. Elmer Humphreys, Jr
Harry S. Marler
Manhattan*Rubber Company
H. E. Smith
Tyer Rubber Company
Hugh Bullock
Elliott
Newspapers Group
Cormer
Harold Wrenn
Coolidge
Coolidge Examiner
ANA
Blaze Kills
Three
UAW
Madison Square Garden
Republic and Gazette Travel Bureau
Phoenix Gazette and
Phoenix Optimist Club
Franklin County
Columbus
Common Pleas
New York Coal Company
Lorain Coal and Dock Company
Powhatan Mining Company
Hocking Valley
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