Delay Action On Successor To Denfeld
The Senate Armed Services Committee delayed action on Admiral Forrest P. Sherman for chief of naval operations to gain more information about his qualifications to succeed Admiral Louis Denfeld. The panel postponed a vote until next Thursday and considered a possible new probe into unification policy and witness treatment. Only Senator Lester C. Hunt voted against delaying the nomination.
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Washington
INS
Senate Armed Services Committee
Admi
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
William F. Knowland
California
Sherman
Knowland
Louis Denfeld
Navy
Denfeld
House
Senate Committee
Senate
Congressional Committee
Carl Vinson
Georgia
House Armed Services Committee
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Chan Gurney
South Dakota
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
Date Set For Britain National Election
London report says Prime Minister Attlee revealed an official secret, scheduling the first national election in five years. By rumor, February 23 is the leading guess for a confrontation between Labour and Churchill's Conservatives, as Attlee’s cabinet exits No 10 Downing Street upbeat.
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London
Attlee
Britain
Winston Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Two U S Destroyers Escort Shell-Battered Flying Arrow
Two American destroyers Stickell and Bausell stood by to escort the shell battered freighter Flying Arrow to any port except Shanghai. Lt. C. L. Stuart boarded from the Stickell. A Chinese gunboat lingered at dusk as Chinese Nationalist officials voiced hope the incident would not sour U S China ties.
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Shanghai
Stickell
Bausell
C. L. Stuart
Chico
Calif
Chinese Nationale
Sail of Flying Arrow Shelling Stirs Far East Tensions
The American freighter Flying Arrow, shelled by Chinese Nationalist warships off Shanghai in the Yangtze Estuary, was hit by 30 to 40 shells in international waters. Capt. David Jones of Chicago says the ship is now unseaworthy and requested U S naval escort to Shangai for repairs. Destroyers will remain as long as needed.
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Wayne Richardson
Associated Press Bureau
Hong Kong
Phoenix
Shanghai
Richardson
Foreign Office
David Jones
Chicago
U. S
Stuart
Flying Arrow
State Department
Bangkok
Thailand
Siam
Russell S. Berkey
U. S. Seventh Task Force
Acheson Reports On State Of World In Closed Session
Secretary of State Acheson met with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a secret session to explain the Truman administration's Far East policy. He planned to cover Formosa, China recognition, Indonesia, German war plants dismantling, and Western Europe status, while facing Republican criticism of the hands off approach.
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Washington
INS
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
China
Far East
Senate
GOP
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Thye
Minnesota
Tobey
New Hampshire
Connally
Formosa
Indonesia
Western Europe
Ferguson
Tanks and armored cars sent to Formosa aboard Turkish freighter
Ninety carloads of tanks and armored cars bound for the Chinese government at Formosa were loaded onto a Turkish freighter at a Philadelphia pier today.
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Philadelphia
Formosa
Missourian Picked To Direct Public Works In Phoenix
Kenneth K. King, former Kansas City public works chief, is named to head Phoenix new department of public works and utilities under Acting City Manager Wilson. On a $10,000 salary, King supervises engineering, streets, sanitation, water and sewer, buildings, inspections, airport and transit as a temporary appointee while civil service rules set up the permanent post.
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Missourian
Wilson
Kansas City
Phoenix
Kenneth K. King
Ray W. Wilson
King
Civil Service Board
Charles Esser
Water Department
C. S. Foreman Company
General Contractors
Leroy J. Brenneman
Coal Strikes Spread Across US Soft Coal Fields
The United Mine Workers walkouts broaden across the nation’s soft coal districts. Idle miners exceed 72,800 as production falls below 40 percent. In Western Pennsylvania alone over 30,000 are idle with major mines shuttered. UMW District 5 leader John P. Busarello declined comment on the strikes.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Republic Steel Mines
UMW
John P. Busarello
Ex Sergeant Provoo Heads Treason Trial in New York
Ex Sergeant John David Provoo, 32, a San Francisco native, goes on trial in New York on 12 counts of treason for alleged aid to Japan during World War I. A delay was granted as he undergoes mental observation at Bellevue Hospital after arrest on Sept 2 following FBI investigation.
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New York
Army
John David Provoo
Japan
San Franciscan
Edward A. Conger
United States
Irving H. Saypol
Bellevue Hospital
Provoo
Fragmentary Temperature Readings Displayed
Temperature readings show early morning high and low values with times 8 30 a m and 4 30 a m noted alongside a 9 30 a m figure. The legible figures include 32 and 43 in association with my time stamps.
Casa Grande Cleanup Drive Gains Force
The Casa Grande protest against prostitution and gambling gains momentum after two meetings led by women. Kiwanis Club supported the effort and named a three member aid committee. Petitions to county officials started, with earlier petitions already to the City Council. Arrests were made for liquor violations as new protests begin.
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Casa Grande
Kiwanis Club
Gene Mangum
Guy Acuff
Kiwanis
Acuff
Mangum
C. E. Fishburn
Woman’s Club
Pinal County
Casa Grande City
Pete Naynish
David Ellis
Mary Foreman
Flossie Wills Barmes
Casa Grande Woman's Club
Barmes
Gang Forces Safe Opening in Chicago Abduction Case
Real estate employee Ben Myerson, 26, said a gang abducted him on a Chicago street and forced him to reveal his firm’s safe combination. They fled with 15,000 in checks and 14,000 in cash after two men attempted to open the safe and left empty handed. Myerson freed himself about 15 minutes later.
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Chicago
Ben Myerson
Myerson
Gale Snow Drive Down Coast In Flood Weather
A storm from Alaska brought rain snow and high winds to the coast while rescue teams slogged through floodwaters in the Midwest. Snow blocked highways in California near Mt Shasta and Dunsmuir. Strong winds and heavy seas threatened lowlands as rivers rose across Indiana Illinois and Minnesota. Temperatures plunged across Montana the Dakotas Wisconsin and Iowa with zero readings and wind chills.
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Associated Press
Siskiyou Mountains
California
Middle America
Highway 99
Dunsmuir
Mt. Shasta
Weed
Nevada
Donner Pass
Sierras
Los Angeles
Indiana- Illinois
Weather Bureau
Vincennes
Ind
Wabash
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Willmar
Minn
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Mason City
Noted Leaders Comment On War Aims And Economics
President Truman asserts strength remains despite deficits as duties loom. House Appropriations Chair Clarence Cannon warns fiscal conditions are the most unfavorable in peacetime history and urges debt payoff. Ceylon Prime Minister D S Senanayake says Communist appeal would fade if Asia’s living conditions improve.
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Washington
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
Colombo
Ceylon
D. S. Senanayake
Asia
Light Freeze Touches Valley With Coldest Readings
A light frost touched the valley this morning as Phoenix Weather Bureau logged a low of 36 at the office and 31 at Airport Station. Alhambra measured 27 the coldest. Light showers may reach western Arizona tomorrow, spreading eastward by night. A storm moving onshore from Oregon to California brings rain from San Francisco to the Canadian border. Flagstaff had .09 inch precip, with snow on ground there and at Grand Canyon. Phoenix reached 61 for yesterday’s high, Airport 62.
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Phoenix
Grand Canyon
Airport Station
Couple Binds Captive Takes Car And Gun
Kingman Mohave County sheriff reports a man and a woman kidnapped constable Walter Black, 60, stole his green 1949 Ford with police gear, bound him in a Walker’s Court cabin, then fled. Black freed himself after about 30 minutes and is unharmed. Roadblocks set across Northern Arizona as search continues.
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Kingman
Mohave County
Walker’s ‘Court
Black
Paul George
Big Posse Hunts Pair In Slayings
In Kosciusko Mississippi police pursued two jail breakers and a recaptured third after they killed three children and wounded a father and sister in a supposed revenge attack on a Negro family. Investigators say the men, all white, escaped Dec 30 and entered the home Sunday night, firing on the sleeping family. Authorities describe it as mistaken revenge.
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Kosciusko
Miss
INS
Mississippi
Everett Bailey
Sister Of Phoenix Woman Still Lost
ASHFORK, Jan. 10 AP Search continues for 74 year old Elizabeth Lee missing since 1 a m yesterday after alighting from a Santa Fe train in Ashfork She seeks Phoenix to visit sister Mrs J A Trindle at Kings Land Lodge in Phoenix Train change and snowstorm hindered search Deputy Jim Donnell led a town and railroad search with no sign of her Described as 5 ft 6 in 100 pounds with glasses wearing a black topcoat and small black hat
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Ashfork
Elizabeth Lee
Phoenix
J. A. Trindle
Kings Land Lodge
E. L. Kingsland
E. L. Kingsland, Operator of the Lodge, Said This Morning That Mrs. Trindle
Santa Barbara
Calif
Miss Lee
Santa Fe Railroad
Topeka
Kan
Lee
Jim Donnell
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By Wayne Richardson
Isbrandtsen
Brandtsen Line
Boklyn Heights
Bulletin
The
Phoenix Gazette
International News Service
Big Posse
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