Java Rebels Attack Bandoeng Led by Ex Dutch Captain
Indonesian rebel guerrillas led by former Dutch Captain R P P Westerling attacked Bandoeng West Java seizing key points including the army headquarters and telephone exchange. Some 600 guerrillas including Indonesian Army deserters and extremist factions reportedly participate while federal forces and mobile police brigades respond.
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Bandoeng
Jakarta
Batavia
West Java
eRmEppeens
United States of Indonesia
Andir
Turk) Westerling
Westerling
Strikers Defy Lewis Chiefs in Coal Mine Picketing
Washington reports Senator Robertson denounced John L. Lewis for curbing coal output and urged anti trust action. In Pittsburgh district, no contract strikes persist with about 60,000 idle nationwide. Pickets block resumption at several mines as back to work gains appear mixed across Appalachia and Ohio.
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Washington
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
John L. Lewis
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
UMW
Bluefield
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operations Association
Steel Companies
Ohio
Kentucky
Bus Rams Into Rock Injuring Nineteen in Oregon City
Nineteen passengers were injured when a Greyhound bus struck a three ton boulder in the north bound lane at Oregon City. The bus skidded 105 feet, left the road, scraped a retaining wall for 225 feet and overturned. Passengers escaped through a broken windshield. Driver A. F. Johnson of Eugene said he swerved to avoid a southbound bus.
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Oregon City
Ore
Greyhound
A. F. Johnson
Eugene
Traffic Code To Go Before Legislature
Governor Garvey said the uniform traffic code is tentatively set for a special legislative session starting February 20. A noncontroversial bill must be shaped, with highways and bridges officials drafting text for better safety on Arizona roads. The bill will be discussed at the Governor's Traffic Safety Conference and possibly submitted to the session, while Garvey finalizes the proclamation call and seeks attorney general review before asking for supplemental appropriations.
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Bill Turnbow
Dan E. Garvey
House Highways and Bridges Committee
Arizona
Legislative
Garvey
Attorney General
What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service reports remarks from Senator Brien McMahon of Connecticut about future outcomes depending largely on U.S. actions. Congressman John Kee of Virginia urges continual fidelity to the United Nations. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer warns that worsening Saar talks could empower forces against further concessions to France.
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International News Service
Washington
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Congressional Atomic Committee
John Kee
Virginia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United Nations
U.N
United Organization
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West German Republic
France
Brother Ill Charged In Jackson's Death
Frank Jackson a 30 year old prizefighter was charged with manslaughter in the death of his brother Jesse James Jackson. Deputy District Attorney John Price said the stabbing with an eight inch butcher knife occurred in Sacramento and that the victim was a popular boxer in the Southwest.
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Sacramento
Calif
Frank Jackson
Jesse James Jackson
John Price
Price
Frank
Jesse
O’bryant
California
Detective Bureau
Boxer's Tumult and a Fatal Home Scuffle in Arizona
The piece links welterweight fighter Jackson, aka Dyna mite, to Phoenix and Madison Square Garden bouts in 1948, notes a famed February 18 1948 loss to Freddie Herman, and recounts a later fatal single-vehicle incident tied to a Frank in Price. It mentions Jackson’s Riverside birthplace and early LA years.
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Phoenix Madison Square Garden
Tucson
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Freddie
Babe) Herman
Madison Square Garden
Herman-Jackson
Herman
Riverside
Calif
Truman presses for Korean Aid Bill despite narrow House defeat
President Truman urged Democratic leaders to marshal pressure in Congress to pass the Korean Aid Bill after its narrow defeat in the House last week. Army Secretary Gray assured lawmakers the Army will not induct men under peacetime draft in the foreseeable future. The defense flatly denied that Harry Bridges joined the Communist Party as it opened its perjury-conspiracy trial against the CIO Longshoremen’s Union president and two subordinates.
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International News Service
Truman
Congress
House
Army
Gray
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
Congress of Industrial Organizations Longshore
Markets At A Glance Summary Report
YORK STOCKS steady to up but declines noted while markets show mixed moves. COTTON steady with buying, HI WAHEAT small export activity. CORN steady with price support, CATTLE weak by about one dollar. Prices range near 638.25 for cattle.
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York
Stesay
Temperatures Today Readings and Times Listed
Early afternoon and evening temperatures appear in scattered readings from 45 to 72 degrees with intervals noted at 12:30 and 1:30 PM among other times. The guide also points to classified ads and the crossword program on page 2B.
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Hollywood
Bele
Five perish as road toll soars in Arizona
Five people died in weekend crashes raising Arizona’s 1950 fatality toll to 30 in 23 days. Victims include Mrs. G L Jensen of Mesa in an auto truck collision near Chandler Baseline roads and three others from Bagdad and Stanfield in head on and hit and run crashes. Authorities pursued the hit and run vehicle linked to Jim Cunningham’s death near Stanfield.
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G. L
Jerry) Jensen
West First Street
Mesa
Chandler
Baseline Roads
Co. W. Melton
Gene Hance
Bagdad
Prescott
Elberins Homes
27Th Street
Salt River
Seventh Street
Jim Cunningham
Lawton
Okla
Stanfield
Pinal County
Maricopa
Arizona Highway Patrol
Jensen
Meza
R. A. Bird
Chevy- Lynn
Melton
Hance
Ralph C. Suter
Skull Valley
Suter
Eddie Marley
Caesar Nero
St. Monica’s Hospital
Cunningham
Stitches Close Heart Wound After Accidental Stabbing
NORRISTOWN Pa Jan 23 A surgeon used four stitches to close a chest wound in the heart of 15 year old Roland Mancini after he was stabbed during a playful pocket knife incident with a schoolmate Jamie Graves also 15. Mancini was in Montgomery Hospital in critical condition but listed as having a good chance of survival due to youth.
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Roland Mancini
Plymouth Township
Montgomery Hospital
Jamie Graves
Mancini
Russian Guards Halt American Trains To Berlin
Russian border guards delayed American Army train traffic into Berlin for seven hours early today, then allowed movement at 6:35 a.m. The halt affected trains from Berlin to Frankfurt and two other routes from Bremerhaven and Frankfurt, while German trucks faced slow entries on the highway before the barrier lifted amid no given reason.
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United States
Frankfurt
Marienborn
Aes AU
Bremerhaven
J. F. Phillips
Flying Arrow Flees Tsingtao For Kobe After Shelling
The American freighter Flying Arrow left Communist held Tsingtao China yesterday bound for Kobe Japan. Owned by Isbrandtsen company the ship may not have discharged its cargo. It was shelled and damaged while carrying a $10,000,000 cargo from Hong Kong to Shanghai.
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Tsingtao
China
Kobe
Japan
Isbrandtsen,company
Flying Arrow
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Democrats To Eat Dance At Jamboree Maricopa County
The Maricopa County Democratic Committee hosts a social jamboree at Sciots Auditorium to launch the 1950 election year. Harold Whitney says only precinct committee men and spouses may attend, with one brief welcome by Z Simpson Cox. Potluck supper followed by entertainment and dancing.
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Maricopa County
Democratic Committee
Sciot
Harold Whitney
Z. Simpson Cox
Whitney
Ralph Constable
Musicians Union
George Cowden
Frank Milligan
Sabra Ward
Ruth L. Hallas
Frances B. Weedon
Truman aims to close tax loopholes and raise revenue
President Truman urged reductions in wartime excise taxes while demanding a net billion dollar revenue increase from higher corporation, estate, and gift taxes. He called out loopholes favoring oil miners universities and Hollywood, and outlined specific excise tax cuts on transport communications and retail levies.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Congress
Hollywood
Rayburn Predicts Program Victory
House Speaker Sam Rayburn said the tax recommendations sent by President Truman to Congress have "pretty fair" chances for passage. After a White House meeting, Rayburn suggested relief where taxes pinch and fairness where they do not.
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Jgton
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Truman
Congress
Rayburn
White House
Tax Plan Aims Revenue From Loopholes and Rates
A proposed plan outlines net annual revenue of one billion dollars from new taxes plus closing loopholes to cover losses from excise tax cuts. It calls liberalizing corporate income rules to spur foreign investment and proposes limiting corporate tax increases to a moderate rise above $50,000. A five year carry-forward is suggested.
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United States
Rayburn Moves Alaska Statehood Over FEPC Debate
In Washington on January 23 AP reports House leaders plan to advance an Alaska statehood bill to delay debate on President Truman's FEPC legislation. Speaker Rayburn could recognize Rep Peterson to bring up the Alaska bill, citing 21 day rule leverage and party platform pledges. Roosevelt filed a petition to force a floor vote on FEPC, which Rayburn might prioritize if enough signatures appear.
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Truman
Rayburn
Peterson
Florida
Alaska
FEPC
House
Rules Committee
Lesinski
Michigan
Labor Committee
Representa
Tive Roosevelt
New York
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