Radar May Open Secrets in Mars Moon Life Probe
Government astronomers said radar contact could probe Mars and the Moon for life by signaling through thin atmospheres. H. E. Burton of the Naval Observatory cited 35 million miles to Mars and noted moisture in lunar crevices might reveal life, while Venus remains difficult due to dense air.
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Washington
Fan
Mars
Red
Earth
H. E. Burton
Naval Observatory
Burton
Moon
Lunar
Rurtan
Venus
Moon Echo Recorded By Army Tests In New York
Army officers reported a brief moon echo lasting about a half second, appearing as a high pitched 7Ai cycle note and recorded visually on an oscilloscope as jagged sawtooth traces. The instrument displays changes in varying current.
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New York
Moon Trip Possible
Northwestern university astronomer Oliver J. Lee said a spaceship propelled trip to the moon is probable. He cited radar contact with the moon and the V-2 rocket's reach to about 66 miles as evidence that a 5000 mile journey in roughly 50 hours is not improbable.
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Evanston, I
INS
Oliver J. Lee
Northwestern University
Horn Observatory
Court Contempt Case Postponed in County Court
Hearing on a writ of habeas corpus for Maxwell Burker related to a $10 contempt of court fine by Justice Frank Vaughan was postponed in County Court at Law No 2 until February 1 to allow time to study the issues.
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Maxwell Burker
Justice of the Peace
Frank Vaughan
At- Law
French Plan Deflation Aimed at France’s Crisis
Paris January 25 readers including President Felix Gottin approved deflation proposals to launch the new administration on a sound credit basis. The program calls for freezing prices and government salaries and sharp cuts in expenditures to ease business with Britain and the United States.
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Paris
Felix Gottin
France
Britain
United States
UNO Ignores Red Protest in Security Council
The United Nations security council agreed to address disputes in Iran Greece and Indonesia at its next meeting despite Russia’s request to defer. It moved to activate its military staff committee and ordered a first meeting of military representatives by February 1 to begin drafting special security enforcement agreements.
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London
United Nations Security Council
Iran
Greece
Indonesia
Russia
Tran
World Peace Organization
Byrnes reports UN progress after London trip
Secretary of State Byrnes said he was greatly gratified by progress made by United Nations organizations in the last two weeks. President Truman’s four engined transport plane, the Sacred Cow, brought Byrnes and his party to National airport after landing at London. Six sites studied for UN world capital.
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Washington
Byres
London
United Nations
Truman
Byrnes
National Airport
Rail Ballots Mailed in Wage Walkout Push
Cleveland January 25 The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen began mailing strike ballots to 950 lodges and 215000 members to decide on a walkout to press wage and other demands. results expected within three weeks as President A F Whitney __.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Allroad
A. F. Whitney Lates
POW Return Delay Ordered in Wartime Labor Shortage
President Truman ordered a temporary postponement in the return to Germany of contract prisoners of war. The delay stems from a U S agricultural labor shortage and affects workers under Geneva convention terms who work for private employers at a fixed wage, with most pay diverted to the federal government.
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Washington
Truman
Germany
U.S
Swift Seizure To Affect 400 Local Workers
Swift and Company of San Antonio named among meat packing plants seized by order of President Truman effective 2:01 a m Saturday. Four hundred local employees will be affected as National Brotherhood of Packing Workers union members. Manager J B Campbell reported no word from the government and said only strikebound plants were to be seized, with local plant continuing to operate if government takes over. Swift plants in Dallas and Fort Worth also slated for seizure.
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South San Mares Street
Swift
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Weather Outlook For San Antonio This Weekend
The forecast indicates fair skies and remaining dust from the central States. Partly cloudy conditions expected Friday night with Saturday turning warmer as that system moves through the area.
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Central States
Wil
San Antonio
Bombay Riots Enter Third Day as Police Fire on Mob
In Bombay, police clash with rioters for a third day as anti English protests escalate. Death toll rises to 18 with many injured while authorities consider limited curfew and troop deployment to quell the violence in the Hindu center.
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Bombay
Yan. Zs
BP. m
Burglars Use Artful Ruse At West Gramercy Home
Thieves used a fabricated constable scam to lure Mrs. A. J. Giesecke from her home at 323 West Gramercy Place. While she was away burglars broke a window and stole a portable radio a fountain pen a silver bracelet and a locket and chain. The would be diversion involved a fraudulent call about an accident and a sister in danger.
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A. J. Giesecke
West Gramercy Place
Dr Meliner Arrives in U S for Cathalia University Post
New York January 25 Dr Lisa Meliner noted woman scientist whose mathematical work aided atomic development arrived by pane today. She was greeted by Dr Frieda Frischauer of New York City and Mrs Rudolph Foeler of Washington D C. The Vienna born savant aged 65, Jewish, will join the faculty of Cathalia University after fleeing Nazi persecution in 1998.
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New York
INS
Lisa Meliner
Frieda Frischauer
New York City
Rudolph Foelers
Catholic University
Washington, D. C
Light
Savant
Cathalia University
Bente
England Ends 2 Ministries
London reports that Parliament voted in May to abolish the Ministry of Information and the Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production, signaling a consolidation of wartime ministries.
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London
Commons
Ministry of Information
Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production
Nation Faces Massive Steel Strike Ripple Effects
International News Service reports Americans faced higher costs as the steel strike idled thousands of workers across industries. With steel and components scarce, closures hit Ford 40,000 Chrysler 8,780 Packard 8,000 and Briggs 2,900 plus 60 mines near Pittsburgh. U.P.W. and CIO actions spark government seizure debates and labor-right tensions as unions weigh return to work or continued stoppage.
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International News Service
America
Associated Industries
I. O. United Packinghouse
HELO
U.P. W
Chicago
Big
C. I
Lewis J. Clack
Truman
Ford
Chrysler
Packard
Briggs = Manufacturing company
Pittsburgh-northern
Virginia
Iast
Pittsburgh
Baby Joins Picket Line At South Chicago Steel Plant
A 14 month old baby girl named Joan De Avila, daughter of striking worker Alfred De Avila, rode in a carriage as she picketed outside the South Chicago plant of Carnegie Steel today, accompanied by her mother.
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Chicago
INS
Caynegietilinals Steel Corporation
Joan de Avila
Alfred
Arrival of Krueger Set for San Antonio Visit
Gen Walter Krueger of San Antonio, commander of the Sixth Army in the Pacific, will return to San Antonio February 13 or 14, announced by the chamber of commerce military affairs committee. He is due aboard the U S New Jersey February 12 and will fly in the next day for a parade, reception, and dinner in his honor. Staff members will be honored. Krueger then goes to Washington for orders.
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Walter Krueger
San Antonio
Sixth
Pacific
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Back Tax Demand Renewed at Commissioners Court
Arthur Michael of the Taxpayers Defense league urged the county to hire a collector to recover 850 600 in back taxes. He charged the attorney general blocked a contract drawn by District Attorney John Shook. The court listened as he pressed for action and pointed to unpaid taxes across citizens. S Benton Davies noted that help had been hired to collect back taxes, and Michael admitted he was the collector.
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Commissioners’ Court
Arthur Michael
Taxpayers Defense League
John Shook
Stone
Anay
Man
S. Benton Davies
District Attorney's Office
Michael
Churchill at Night Club in Miami Beach
Winston Churchill dined at a Miami Beach nightclub renewing ties with AFL Teamsters head Dan J. Tobin. He sat unseen at his table while Connie Boswell performed and bowed to him from nearby, as guests were told not to approach.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Winston Churchill
Dan J. Tobin
A. F. L. Teamsters
London
Connie Boswell
White Cliffs of Boyer Church
President Truman may visit Miami before mid February
The Miami Herald reports President Truman probably plans a visit to Miami shortly before mid February. Citing reliable Miami sources, the paper says Truman is expected to confer with Winston Ehaiveni.
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Miami
Fia
INS
GM Chief Denies Pact
President Charles E. Wilson of General Motors faced questions from the Senate labor committee about a proposed strike settlement and any link to an arbitration plan. He denied GM being part of an industrial conspiracy against CIO wage demands and refused to directly address a stealer proposal or any mutual strategy to resist wage demands.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Truman
Wilson
Senate Labor Committee
Tibet
Movse
Ry Wash
Blizzard Swings Through Two U.S. Regions
Winter storms battered two sections of the United States as blizzards blanketed New England with up to 21 inches of snow. Nantucket gusts reached 40 mph while the Dakotas and eastern Montana faced blizzard conditions. Northern plains temperatures plunged to the single digits and spread southward as a cold wave persisted.
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New England
Nantucket
Heston
Plains
Dakotas
Montana
North da
Simuay
Central States
Rinford
Concord
N. H
Northwest
Provida
Miami
Coliseum Archie Chosen for Agricultural Exhibition Complex
County commissioners after an hour's discussion unanimously voted to accept the city's deed to Exposition Park for a 1.75 million coliseum project. They also backed the advisory board's three architect firms Phelps Dewees Simmons Bartlett Cocke and Ayres with a name change to Agricultural and Livestock Exhibition build.
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Sam Anderson Isecking
Adams and Adams
Gordon SM. Smith
Coliseum
R. W. Slappendeck
Smith
Southton
Adams
Robert B. Green Hospital
Rot
Charles W. Anderson
Alin
Robert F. Uhr
Joe Freeman
W. T. Sikes
San Antonio
Bond
Bond Fouses
Agricultural and Livestock Exhibition
Cred
Pope Honors Jap Ambassador at Vatican Farewell
Pope Plus XII receives Japanese ambassador Ken Harada and his staff at the Vatican. Harada and family will relocate to Japan from Naples Sunday under General MacArthur’s orders. Mrs Harada and embassy staff also paid respects as repatriation proceeds.
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Vatican City
Pope Plus XII
Burned Man and Actress Die in Fire Tragic Incident
A man named Ulrich South and actress Nisted died after a fire injured Burns Vatad To Sleeper Ulrich South, who rolled into a blaze while seeking warmth. He was found with his shirt burned off and died in hospital Friday.
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Ulrich South
Nisted
Tn’ N Hospital
Ivan
Piares
Nueva Sheets
Vet Robbed Of $1000 At Stone Wall Hotel
A Chattanooga soldier aged 46 reported a $1000 robbery while asleep at the Stone Wall Hotel on South Alamo Street. Police allege $750 in checks were stolen from his wallet as the thief entered. Phil Kester, 42, was arrested during the investigation.
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Pendegrass
Soldier
Chattanooga
Tenn
Stonewall Hotel
South Alamo I Street
Pendergrass
Phil Kester
Weather forecast for San Antonio and region
From Friday to Saturday the outlook calls for fair skies with increasing warmth. Friday's high near 66 degrees with a low around 46 Saturday morning and a Saturday high near 69. Temperatures remain near normal overall with cooler weekend air and a rising trend later in the period. no precipitation is expected.
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San Antonio
Texas Sule Plains
Texas
Louisiana
Court Votes Fund Issue for County Institutions
The county commissioners court approved $50,000 in warrants to supplement prior votes for improvements at the tuberculosis colony, home for the aged, and parks. In Commissioner R. W. Stappenback's precinct, this new issue brings total warrants approved in the last year to $325,000 for county institutions.
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County Commissioners Court
R. W. Stappenback
Vernon Draft Board Fires Three Members After War Policy Change
Vernon January 25 three members of the draft board were notified by letter that they had been removed from office. No reason was given. After the war the board had announced it would not draft high school or college students. The dismissed members named were R. H. Coffee chairman, A. D. Green, and G. C. Morris.
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Vernon
Canadians See 8 A Tour From Quebec to Mexico City
A group of 20 Canadians traveling from Quebec to Mexico City stopped at the St. Tony hotel Friday. Mrs. Andre Tireot, wife of the honorary Mexican consul at Quebec, said the trip is the first of regular tours from Canada to Mexico. The party included 17 women and three men.
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Quebec
Mexico City
St. Antony
Andre Tireot
Canada
Mexico
Lewis UMW Back in AFL Amid Council Vacancy
President William Green announced the affiliation of John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers with the American Federation of Labor. Lewis was elected to the vacancy on the AFL executive council created by Harvey W. Brown’s withdrawal. Brown’s Machinists National Union had 700,000 members who left in October 1944. Green said Lewis would attend next week’s council sessions.
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Miame Flaydan
Wiliam Green Tolay
John L. Lewis
Iis
United Mins
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Harvey W. Brown
The
Machinists
Green
Leavis
Still-Born Freak Baby Examined
In Flint Michigan doctors examined a two headed stillborn baby boy delivered by Caesarean at Burley hospital. The infant had two trunks and dual spinal columns joined above the pelvis with one set of limbs. The mother, Avdith Dekalands, 29, is recovering. she and her husband have a daughter Marlene, 8.
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Flint
Mich
Genesie County
Burley Hospital
Daniel He Sheeran
Avdith Dekalands
Shearm
Dekalands
Burbend
Marlene
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