British Meat and Beer Rations Cut
Britons face reduced meat and beer as austerity tightens. Fresh meat ration drops to about 20 cents weekly while corned beef sales continue. Beer output slashed 25 to 50 percent due to coal shortages. potential bread and bacon cuts loom as wheat stocks fall amid strikes and transport delays. Sir Stafford Cripps urges women to return to factory work.
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London
Labor
Lord Woolton
John
Strachey
Lord Henderson
United States
Staford Cripps
Britain
Polar helicopter crashes during Antarctic takeoff
A helicopter from the Mt. Olympus Little America station on January 22 crashed during takeoff in the Philippine Sea. All aboard were rescued unharmed. This marked the third loss for the expedition after a PEM mariner crash with three fatalities on December 30 and a Pine Island wheeled helicopter loss the prior Sunday, its two occupants rescued.
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Mt.olympus
Little America
Pacific ‘Ocean
Philippine Sea
Cruzen
Pine Island
Fis
Rioting in Bombay Wounds Three Amid Birthday Vigil
Police fired on riotous demonstrators in Bombay for the second time in 12 hours wounding three. The unrest occurred during an outlawed student celebration of Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday, a political figure who allied with Japan during the war.
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India
Bombay
Subhas Chandra Bose
Assault costs 47 25 in county court ruling
Walter Moore of Camp Alamo was found guilty of aggravated assault and fined £25 with $22.25 costs by Judge C J Matthews in County Court at Law No 2 Thursday. Ovalir of 226 Camp Street pleaded guilty to simple assault, fined $15 and $21.35 costs. Antonio Sanches of 1803 West Poplar Street pleaded not guilty to simple assault and was found guilty, fined $15 and $22.70 costs.
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Walter Moore
Camp Alamo
C. J. Matthews
Domingo
Ovalir
Camp Street
Antonio Sanches
West Poplar Street
Marine Hero Roy S Geiger Dies in Bethesda Hospital
Gen Roy S Geiger, a pioneer of Marine aviation and World War II leader, died at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a long career spanning four decades. He entered as an enlisted man and rose to general, commanding Marines at Guadalcanal in World War I and later leading island hopping across the Pacific, including Okinawa after Buckner's death before Stilwell relieved him. His obituary notes his tough, driving leadership and globe-spanning assignments.
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Washington
Jane Zo
Roy’ S. Geiger
Marine Corps
Bethesda
Geiger
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Okinawa
Simon Bolivard Buckner Jr
Joseph W. Stilwell
Eunice’ Renshaw
Ensacola
Fla
Roy S. Geigjer
Fort Sill
Okla
Robert J. Jackson
Pensacola
City Officials Plan Higher San Antonio Tax Rate
City officials announced plans to set the San Antonio tax rate at 11 am. The regular meeting was recessed until Thursday to finalize the adjustments.
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San Antonio
Maver Ann
Fourth Student Dies From Explosion
Monroe City Mo January 23 Ins four students died from a workshop explosion at Monroe City High School bringing the death toll to four. Victims were Martin Redman 16 Don McElroy 16 Edward Cannon 16 and Noble Engel 18. Redman died at Hannibal hospital.
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Monroe
City
INS
Monroe City
Martin Redman
Hannibal
Don McElroy
Edward Cannon
Noble Engel
Last Straw Acquittal Shocks Last Straw Rates Trial
NEW ALBANY Ind Jan 25 A circuit court jury acquitted Mrs Goldie Sutton 43 on a first degree murder charge in the shooting of her husband Guy 45 after hearing her testimony alleging he attacked her broke her collarbone hurled her over a cliff stepped on her neck poured kerosene on her and tried to set her clothing a tire tried to slash her throat with a razor and pour hot grease on singed her hair with a blast
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New Albany
Ind
Goldie Sutton
Guy
Gold Plane Reaches San Antonio with 3 Million in Gold
A charter plane landed at San Antonio Municipal Airport on Thursday en route to Mexico City carrying more than three tons of gold ingots. The shipment, valued above 3 million dollars, was managed by Wells Fargo and escorted by rifle-wielding guards. The gold was being transferred from the Bank of Canada to the Bank of Mexico.
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San Antonio
Mexico City
Bank of Canada
Bank of Mexico
Wells Fargo
China to Move On Reds in Northeast Province
In Shantung Province, authorities plan actions against the Reds as tensions rise in the northeast region. Details on targets or dates remain unclear amid heightened political strain and regional scrutiny by central government.
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China
Reds
Cold damages Texas truck crop outlook in January
Unseasonably cold weather at the start of January created a decidedly unfavorable outlook for all commercial truck crop activities in Texas, according to the U S Department of Agriculture report issued from Austin on January 23.
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Austin
Texas
U. S
Bars Brittle Four Escape From Jessup Prison
Four convicts escaped from the Maryland House of Correction at Jessup taking advantage of freezing conditions that left bars brittle. They sawn their way out during the cold snap today.
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Jessup,amen
Maryland House of Correction
Jessup
Weather forecast for early week with warm Thursday
Mostly cloudy with occasional rain expected Thursday through Friday. Temperatures rise to about 64 degrees Thursday afternoon, 51 in the morning, then fall to around 52 at night and 66 for Friday with a high of 58 and a low of 30 on Wednesday.
Ball Warns Of U S Labor Curb
Senator Ball of Minnesota told the Senate labor committee that expanding government power to curb labor crises is wrong. He urged ending union special privileges and making their economic power answerable to the public interest while James Murray and Labor Secretary Schwellenbach offered moderating views amid tangled issues.
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Washington
Ball
R-Minn
Senate Labor Committee
Ball-Taft-Smith
Murray
James Murray (DeMonk
Schwellenbach
Noe Hoe
Senate
House
Hospital Bank Babies Outbreak at Philadelphia General Hospital
Philadelphia General Hospital reports an illness outbreak in the maternity section affecting 231 of 60 infants. Dr. Pascal F. Lucchesi, superintendent, says the illness is diarrhea with no deaths and no child seriously ill. The episode follows an illness wave and the hospital remains on alert.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia General Hospital
Pascal F. Wucthesi
Institu ‘Tion
Lucchesi
No Sacks for Big Feet in Parliament Debate
London dispatch reports Labor MPs G. M. Sharp and A. L. Symonds raising concerns in Commons that men with large feet cannot find sacks to fit, even at premium prices. Sir Stafford Cripps promised an investigation by the Board of Trade.
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London
G. M. Sharp
A. L. Symonds
Commons
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
Damage by child to gasoline roller reported in Houston
Approximately $3000 in damage occurred when an unnamed year old boy and companions tampered with a gasoline powered roller. I C Montgomery of McCarthy and Montgomery Construction reported the incident at 924 Peck Avenue. The roller, parked behind Milany Chevrolet on North Flores Street, had sand placed in the exhaust, gas tank, and radiator. Montgomery said charges would not be filed.
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I. C. Montgomery
McCarthy and Montgomery Construction Company
Peck Avenue
Milany Chevrolet Company
North Flores Street
Montgomery
Opposed Lilienthal in Senate Nomination Fight
In Washington on January 25, Senator Kenneth McKellar accused Lilienthal and another presidential nominee of left wing sympathy ties, preparing to oppose their confirmation to the civilian atomic energy commission. The other nominee named was W. W. Waymack of Des Moines Iowa.
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Washington
Senate
David’ EZ. Lilienthal
Civilian Atomic Energy Commission
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Des Moines
Towa
Solons Bank Reopens After Shortage Audit
Washington January 23. The House of Representatives bank reopened after a 17 day holiday and despite a $125000 shortage. An auditor reported a $123000 shortage in Kenneth Romney former sergeant at arms accounts. A secretary used funds to change a $100 bill for breakfast.
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Washington
House “of Representatives ‘Bank
Kenneth Romney
Beaumont Sailors Prepare Sendoff for Antarctic Expedition
Beaumont citizens plan a prelaunch sendoff Saturday for the Port of Beaumont vessels carrying the Comar Finn Ronne and expedition team to the polar regions for an extended 14 month stay. The sailing is scheduled for 11 a.m. to mark the start of the voyage.
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Beaumont
Jan
Texas
Comar
Finn Ronne
Hig Antareric
Esearch
State Traffic Kills 189 AUSTIN December fatalities rise
A Texas Department of Public Safety preliminary report cites December traffic deaths at 182, raising December fatalities to 189 with total 1946 deaths listed at 1985. Final figures to be released March 15.
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Austin
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Safety Department
Truman Walks Past Picket Line at National Theater
Jan 23 Washington Eight pickets tried to block the Truman family from a Blossom Time performance at the National Theater protesting Negro admission. Police cleared the sidewalk as the Trumans, with Margaret, entered unobtrusively through the main door, seating in the eighth row as the overture began.
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Washington
Truman
National ‘Theater
Committee For Racial Democracy
Charles Ross
Secret Service
United States
National4o
FBI Seizes Seven in War Assets Plot
The FBI announced the arrest of seven men in New York City and Columbia South Carolina on charges of conspiring to bribe a War Assets Administration official. They sought preferential attention in buying nearly 1 million dollars worth of steel and clothing. Suspects include Edward Siegel and Charles Kessler from Philadelphia, George Stein from Philadelphia, Rudolph Shilter from Philadelphia, George Aaronson and his two sons Myron and Jules from New York. Conrad Nagel was sued for divorce by Lynn Merrick, the actress he married in 1949.
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Washington
FL B. 1
New York City
Columbia
S.C
J. Edgar Hoover
Edward Siegel
New York
George A. Stein
Philadelphia
Rudolph Shilter
Charles Kessler
Hoover
George J. Aaronson
Hats Two
Myron
Jules Aaronson
Clouds and Mist Stay Through Thursday and Friday
San Antonio residents will see continued cloudiness and drizzle through Thursday and Friday. The Weather Bureau forecasts occasional rain with Friday’s highs near 64 and Thursday’s low around 51 degrees, offering no relief in sight.
Judge Flags Girl in Slacks in Theft Case
A Criminal District Court judge sentenced a woman to three years suspended and urged her to be a good girl after she pleaded guilty to theft over 50 tied to a November 29 1946 robbery of H M Hodges in which 75 dollars was taken. The court noted her attire in court and her husband Virgil is serving six months for theft under 50 after pleading guilty days earlier.
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Pal Sisiunk
Criminal District Court
W. W. McCrory
H. M. Hodges
McCrory
Virgil
Army Puts Ltd On Germ War Talk
Washington dispatch says the Army enforces a no talk policy on germ warfare amid public debate. Officials fear overstatements on progress and push-button warfare, stressing that much remains in the laboratory and on the drawing board.
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Army
Washington
Pentagon
Publc
Pool Improvement Plan Discussed At City Meeting
Park Commissioner Henry Heln and Park Superintendent Stewart King will discuss upgrading the city pool for aquatic events with city recreation officials and health department engineer Chester Cohen. The chamber of commerce sports committee pledged support to raise funds for the project.
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Henry Heln
Stewart King
Ouo Jeser
City’ Recréational Department
Chester Cohen
Hein
Chamber of Commerce
Senator Bilbo Reported on Mend
NEW ORLEANS JAN 23 Senator Theodore G Bilbo D Misg a patient at Touro infirmary was reported still improving today following his operation last Monday.
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New Orleans
Theodore G. Bilbo
D.misg
Touro Infirmary
Sky Fireball Sighted Over Wichita Falls
Two intercity bus drivers reported seeing a greenish ball of fire moving rapidly southward across the sky at 4 19 a m E A Moore weather bureau chief observer said the municipal airport's CAA station found no scheduled flight to explain the spectacle.
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Wichita Falls
Weather Bureau
A. Moore
CAA
Municipat
Thompson Wins Funds
In Atlanta on January 7 18 M E Thompson was named acting governor by Fulton National Bank which cashed a 50 postage check drawn by his secretary Phil Landrum. The funds amount to about 97000 received from retiring Governor Elis Arn es. Herman Talmadge saying he would take custody of executive funds to meet payroll by February 1 clashed with Thompson who claimed the funds transfer.
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Atlanta
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
Fulton National Bank of
Thompson
Phil Landrum
Ernor Elis Arnes
Herman Talmadge
Georgia General Assembly
Ansfers
Talmadge
Senators to Study Tax Returns and War Probe
A Senate war probes committee led by Owen Brewster vows a major investigation into New Deal wartime spending. The panel will use subpoena power to examine income tax returns and records. Focus areas include war material contracts and shipyard costs, with aims of exposing irregularities. Prince Saud plans a Houston visit en route to oil installations.
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Washington
Owen Brewster
Senate
Brewster
Attorney' General
Javalanche
Informa
Congress
Pvill
Prince Saud
Houston
Crown Prince of
Saudi Arabia
Kansas City
Miami Beach Robbery Seizures Target Daly Phillips Home
Three masked robbers armed with .45 pistols forced entry to the Miami Beach home of Mr and Mrs Phillips from Dalton Georgia last night seizing jewelry valued at twenty six thousand dollars and two thousand three hundred dollars in cash. Mrs Phillips led them to a closet after threats and the robbers demanded jewels claiming they were watching the couple. The suspects fled with the items, and police sought three bandits in connection with the robbery.
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Miami Beach
Fid
Miam Beach
Vu Phillips
Dalton, Gaant
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