Dollar a Day Paid to U S POW For Prison Time
Frank H. Bigelow of Rockville Maryland received a check for 1198 dollars equal to one dollar for each day he spent in Japanese prison camps. The first POW welfare payment under the war claims act, awarded by commissioners Cleary and Lush, follows a crash that killed another commissioner. About 250 other ex POWs are to be paid this week as funds deplete. The commission projects total payments of up to 1.33 million dollars to 133000 American POWs and survivors, with new claims arriving at about 1200 daily. The daily rate applies only for days without Geneva standard food and rations, and substandard camps were noted for German and Japanese camps.
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Washington
Frank H. Bigelow
Rockville
Daniel F. Cleary
Georgia Lush
Bizelow
Navy
David N. Levis
T ‘Sage
Dallas
Bigelow
Higelow
Joke Ends Life in Laughing Death at Barbershop
Julius A. Madeson, 82, died in a Long Beach barber chair on February 14 after laughing heartily at a joke told by barber Bett Lowery. The incident occurred while he was seated for a haircut, with no other injuries reported.
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Long Beach
Calif
Julius A. Madeson
Madeson
Bett Lowery
Fog Affects Hainan Campaign As Fog Delays Actions
Taipei dispatches say the next two weeks will determine the Nationalist defense of Hainan as thick fog blankets the island. Officials note Japan often used fog in prior operations to seize the island at the start of the Sino-Japanese conflict.
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Taipey
Daland
Hainan
Frost Forecast Keeps San Antonio Frosty Wednesday Morning
A brisk forecast for San Antonio predicts a minimum of 32 degrees with frost on Wednesday morning. The day may warm to around 60 as clouds increase and southeast winds lift temperatures later. A trace of rainfall accumulated in the last 24 hours ending Tuesday morning.
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San Antoniio
Texas warms after clearing skies Tuesday
Weather overview notes clearing skies across Texas on Tuesday reducing the cold wave that lingered in the state. Forecasts predict warmer conditions statewide for Wednesday with lows from 12 to 44 degrees across locations including Dalhart and Brownsville.
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Texas
Dalhart
Brownsville
Security Case Hinted From Berlin Employee Return
Authoritative sources said a woman employee of the allied military security board in Berlin was sent back to the United States last week under guard and secrecy. Details were not disclosed. She traveled aboard a Military Air Transport Service aircraft from Frankfurt to Westover, Massachusetts.
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Frankfurt
Allied Military Security’ Board
Berlin
U. S
Airpciate
Westoverfield
Mass
Russians ease Berlin truck slowdown after backlog
Berlin reports that Russian authorities restored normal handling of Berlin bound trucks after a two hour slowdown last night. German customs blamed the halt on an unexplained measure, leaving 50 trucks queued before traffic returned to the usual rate of nine to ten per hour at Helmstedt.
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Berlin
Helmstedt
Unconfirmed B-36 Missing in Arctic Crisis
An unidentified authoritative source says a B-36 with 16 aboard ditched in Queen Charlotte Sound after engine fire and severe weather while en route from Fairbanks to Carswell. McChord officials declined to comment as secrecy shrouds the incident. Maj Gen Ramey called reports rumors with no confirmation.
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Seattle
Queen Charlotte Sound
Here
Hielson Afb
Fairbanks
Alaska
McChord AF
Carswell Apb
Ft. Worth
Roger M. Ramey
Eighth Air Force
Queen Charlotte
Mackay
Carswell
Charlotte Guard
Queen Charlotte Island
Vancouver Island
Mayes
Ajy Force
Highth Air Force
Baé
Ramey
Czechs Admit Yanks Arrest in Prohibited Area
Prague reports two American Mormon missionaries arrested for attempting to enter a prohibited area. Missing since January 28, the detainees are Stanley E. Abbot, 23, Lehi Utah, and Alden Johnson, 22, Idaho Falls, Idaho. The foreign office issued a note to the U S embassy confirming the arrest.
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Prague
Fen
Czech Foreign Office
U. S
Stanley E. Abbot
Lehi
Utah
Alden Johnson
Idaho Falls
Daha
Dog and Trainman Save Boy From Tracks
In Willimantic Connecticut a mongrel dog and railroad engineer shared credit for saving 2 year old Jackie Green. Engineer S A Whyenott stopped a Boston Hartford passenger train about 25 feet from the boy as the dog tugged at his clothing to pull him away from the rails.
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Willimantic
Conn
Fen
Jackie Green
S. A. Whyenott
Flood Threat Rises Across Mississippi Valley After Rain
Heavy rains spread through Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi with rising rivers in the Mississippi and Ohio basins. Evacuation began for about 4000 people in the New Madrid floodway as storms and snow damaged wide areas from the Midwest to the Northeast. subzero readings were scarce and a weekend tornado outbreak killed 47 across four states, with 20 communities hit and significant property loss.
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Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Indiana
IlMnels
Missouri
New Madrid
Charleston
Midwest
New York
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
Minnesota
Texas
Tennessee
Hurricane Hill
Tenn
Niagara Falls
New York City
Four felons still at large after prison escape
SUGAR LAND February 14. Four of the ten negroes who escaped from the central prison farm early yesterday remain at large today. Two escapees were captured within a few hours. A sixth man Leonard Clark 21 serving 99 years for robbery surrendered last night.
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Sugar Land
Fev
Central Prison Farm
Sixta
Leonard Clark
Noble Oilman Dies at 53 in Houston Hotel
Linyd Noble, 53, a billionaire oilman, philanthropist, and Republican leader, was found dead in a Houston hotel. He chaired multiple firms including Sanddan Oil Co, Ocean Oil Co, and J. S. Abercrombie Oil Co, with wealth estimates over 40 million dollars.
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Linyd Noble
Houston
Noble
Sanddan O81
Olds Ocean ON Co
J. S. Abercrombie ON Co
Finnish blast leaves parliament in mystery
Helsinki police offered no explanation for an explosion that rocked the parliament building as Finland prepared to elect a president tomorrow. The blast caused no serious damage and left officials searching for answers.
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Helsinki
Tomogrow
Texas Solon Hurt in Auto Collision
Washington Feb 14 Un Rep Combs M Texas was admitted to emergency hospital last night after a car accident. The 60 year old congressman suffered a possible fractured hip and an eye laceration.
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Washington
Combs
M-Texas
Playwright Jack Kirkland Becomes Father in Bethlehem
Bethlehem report notes that the wife of playwright Jack Kirkland gave birth today to a WA B-pound Lochee daughter. Kirkland wrote the stage version of Tobacco Road and has authored numerous plays.
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Bethlehem
Lochee
Jack Kirkland
Kirkland
Tobacco Road
Nazi Nabbed In Killing Plot In Hanover Germany
Hanover police chief Friderich Peter said a long time Nazi was arrested on charges of plotting to kill West German President Theodor Heuss. The man, unnamed, had been in custody three months under mental evaluation after a diary outlined a bomb plan for Hanover station.
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Hanover
Vpi
Theodor Heuss
Friderich Peter
Darmstadt
Hess
Plang
Heuss With & Bom
Noy Atee
Veter
Wax Sane
West Germany
U S Studies Southeast Asia Aid Conference Hints Plans
American Far East diplomats in Bangkok discuss U S economic aid to southeast Asia to counter communism. The 20 delegates consider President Truman's underdeveloped areas program and potential Marshall Plan style aid. Ambassador at Large Philip C Jessup seeks inputs to build a concrete plan.
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Wangkok
American Far East
Southeast Asia
U. S
Truman
Philip C. Jessup
Hiker in Duke woods blinded by mystery trap
Durham report narrates former Duke student Arthur Ferris losing his eye to a blast after wandering for hours seeking help. Doctors planned to amputate part of his right hand. Ferris said he fired a pistol to draw attention before being found by Duke students. Police could not identify the explosive device.
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Durham
N. C
INSJ
Duke University
Arthur Ferris
Ferris
Duke Meddleas
Truck Driver Confesses to Poisoning Wife in Three Hours
Shelbyville dispatch reports Clarence E. White, 38, told state authorities he mixed rat poison in water with bicarbonate and fed it to his wife Lolita, 46, after she begged to die. She died at 2 30 a m Jan 12. White was arrested for murder and cited witnesses including Miss Clara Russell.
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Shelbyville
Tad
Clarence E. White
White
Lolita
Cy. Cy J. Price
Lowell
Price
Gold
Indianapolis
Siying
Prann and Feed Company
White Ten
Clara Russell
Molexerly
Flussel
Hope in New Drug Suppresses Deadly Disease in children
Dr Albert Dorfman of the University of Chicago reports that the new drug mivarte with ACTH suppressed the deadly disease in six child cases, four of whom had prolonged illnesses. He cautions that further research across institutions over several years is needed to substantiate these preliminary findings.
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Acth
Hydrogen bomb issue dominates British politics campaign
London Feb 14 The hydrogen bomb reshapes the British political scene as a record 1866 candidates contest parliament. Prime Minister Attlee’s Labour and Winston Churchill’s Conservatives call for a renewed push for international agreement to avert the use of the fearful atomic weapon.
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London
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Weather outlook shows cold Tuesday night and warm Wednesday
Forecast calls for partly cloudy and cold Tuesday night with near freezing temperatures. Increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions expected Wednesday with gentle variable winds shifting southeast. Tuesday maximum 48, Wednesday minimum 32 and maximum 60, with Menday 39 and Tuesday low 32.
Miners Defy Orders as Strike Spreads in Pennsylvania
In Pittsburgh area today striking soft coal miners defied government and Lewis orders, halting production in many pits. Pickets crowded Pennsylvanian roads, two state police officers were wounded by shotgun fire near Latrobe, and guards were reported at a non union mine as workers marked Lewis birthday celebrations. Court actions over Taft Mantley and work orders loom as Washington eyes contract talks resuming tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lawis
Pennsylvania
Latyobe
Truman
North Lewis
Washington
American Denied U.S. Trial Lawyer
Budapest reports that Robert A. Vogeler, a U S businessman, is held incommunicado on espionage and sabotage charges. A Hungarian lawyer says foreign lawyers cannot defend him and only Hungarian-qualified lawyers may practice law, so he cannot have an American attorney for his trial beginning Friday.
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Budapest
Robert A. Vogeler
U. S
Flo
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