300 GI Brides Board Ship
In Southampton England Jan é. about 150 additional wives of American servicemen join 300 GI brides and children aboard the Argentina after a swift rail to ship transfer. The ship sails for the United States tonight with 453 brides and 273 children. One expectant mother was denied sailing under Army rules.
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Southampton
Eng
Jan. É
INS
Argentina
Hampton
United States
Esme Thorn
Weston
Ohio
Pope Speaks With Silent Microphone Before 35000 Children
In Vatican City Pope Pius XI addressed about 35 000 children in the largest audience of his pontificate. His speech lasted 15 minutes but the microphone failed, leaving the words unheard. He also received UNRRA officials assisting the children with food and clothing.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
UNRRA
Fists Fly in Combout Hearings Across London
Dozens of women mostly teen aged girls were questioned by police after a combout of dance halls and amusement venues sparked fist fights tied to U S soldiers. Policewomen led the raids with male officers aiding as fights erupted outside an American club and a pub scene turned violent. A newspaper photographer had his camera smashed during the disturbances.
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London
Fst
U. S
Ehib
Fire Sweeps Piers On Staten Island
Staten Island ferries and barges burned as a spectacular windswept fire destroyed three freight warehouses and piers, with damages estimated at more than 100000 officials said.
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Staten Island
New, York
Staten ‘Island Piera
Clear Officer Of Paternity Denial Acquittal in Denver
Denver January 26 A jury acquitted Col. Joh Edson Adams of Red Hawk New Jersey in a paternity suit filed by a former Army Finance Office employee. The 23 year old Miss Frieda George’s 14 month old child was not fathered by Adams after four hours of deliberation by nine women and three men. Adams denied all allegations and said he provided 700 for the young woman to avoid publicity. His wife remains in New Jersey.
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Denver
INS
Joh
Edson Adams
Red Hawk
N. J
Pretty
Arimy Finance
Iin
Frieda George
Adams
New Jersey
Radar Moon Contact May Speed Atomic Defense
Washington January 26 INS reports a Navy Research Laboratory official believes radar contact with the moon could speed building a defense against the atom bomb. Dr A Hoyt Taylor says radar might be used to detect enemy aircraft carrying atomic bombs and guide intercept missiles. He notes high altitude missiles require control and that captured enemy radar will be used. The Navy plans a moon contact test near North Beach Maryland before summer using four widely spaced high frequencies.
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Washington
INS
Navy Research Laboratory
A. Hoyt Taylor
Naval Research Laboratory
Taylor
Earth
Moon
Navy
Chesapeake Bay
North Leach
Army
Zayler
Cold Front Moves Into North Texas News Flash
A cold front moved into North Texas on Saturday as a broad winter spell spreads from New York to Kentucky. Minnesota reported 20 below zero wind chills with icy gusts in Oklahoma City reaching 38 mph. Minnesota Iowa and Florida all felt the sharp air as temperatures dropped with widespread chilly conditions and expectant continued cold for several days.
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New England
Texas
New York
Kentucky
Minnesota
Oklahoma City
Iowa
Miami
Philippine Army Plans for a 40000 Strong Regular Force
Brig. Gen. Macario D. Peralta, newly named deputy chief of staff, outlined a plan for a regular peacetime Philippine Army of 40,000 officers and men. About 22,000 would form the military police command to replace the prewar constabulary. the rest would man garrisons and urban citizen army duties. Peralta, 32, a wartime guerrilla leader, spoke in an interview.
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Pbippines i
Ans
Macario D. Peralta
Filiping Army
Peralta
Black Market Ring Smashed by Army Sergeant
Sergeant Frank J. Oliver of Cross City Florida posed six weeks as a henchman in a Japanese black market operation. He helped arrest six Japanese and seize two truckloads of army goods and currency worth about 2000 dollars. The group planned to seize 150 truckloads of property for U S redistribution centers, a haul potentially worth over 1,000,000 dollars.
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Fununa
Syushu
Aly Corps
Frank J. Oliver
Cross City
Fla
Army
U. S
Forecast San Antonio Weekend Weather Outlook
Increasing cloud ness Saturday afternoon with partly cloudy skies. Cold Sunday with fresh northerly winds. Max temperature Saturday around 64 degrees, min Sunday 23, and a high Sunday near 43. Page 2 has additional weather details.
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San Antonio
1200 RAF Men on Strike in India and the Middle East
Calcutta reports twelve hundred RAF personnel striking at Lum-badun near Calcutta in a fifth homeward bound protest. Similar stoppages occurred at Katunayake Colombo defying RAF HQ warnings. Seven hundred men at Lydda and a fire number at Almaza Cairo returned to work, ending a walkout that threatened troop withdrawals. A three day strike at Mauripur near Karachi ended yesterday.
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Calcutta
Lumbadum
Katunayke
Colombo
Ceylon
R.A. F
Lydda
Palestine
Almaza
Cairo
Mauripur
Karachi
Norther on Way to S A
A fresh norther will descend on San Antonio Saturday afternoon, bringing freezing weather by Sunday morning. Weatherman J H Jarboe predicts clouds Saturday after Tipon and a Sunday low near 28 with a high around 48. A cold wave spreads south with temperatures reported across Texas from Pampa 17 to Galveston 98.
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San Antonio
J. H. Jarboe
Tipon
Texas
Pampa
Amarillo
Dallas
Fort Worth
Sulphur Springs
Gainesville
Clarendon
Galveston
Beaumont
Houston
Katy Crash Cost Revealed
Denigbon, Jan. 26. Railroad officials estimate the head on crash of two freight trains near Royse City on January 18 will cost no railroad about $100,000. An investigation continues into the cause of the collision and possible liability.
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Denigbon
INS
MAK T
Royse City
Moon Contact Broadcast Broadcast From New York and Belmar
Army radar contact messages will be broadcast tonight at 11 p.m. over the Mutual network. Officials in Belmar New Jersey report reflected radar impulses to be transmitted, sharing the moon contact and listening opportunity with the nation.
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New York
INS
Belmar
N. J
B.S
Suspect Sought in Gem Burglaries Across City
New York January 26 A definite suspect is sought in four gem burglaries totaling 80000 dollars. Among the plunder is 15000 dollars worth from comedian Martha Raye. A woman who allegedly wore some of the stolen jewelry in a nightclub identified the suspect.
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New York
Comedienne
Martha’ Raye
Italian tribunal sentences fascist Basile to death
Carlo Emanuele Basile former Fascist prefect of Genoa has been sentenced to death by the Pavia tribunal. He was arrested last April carrying 30,000,000 lire about $300,000 intended for Brussels, according to the Italian News Agency. In Athens papers, a newsprint shortage will shift editions to a single tabloid page starting Monday.
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Rom
Aner
Carlo Emanuele Basile
Genoa
Pavia
Basile
Brussolint
Athens
More Swiss Quakes Seen
Seismic activity blamed on Alpine shifts rattled Switzerland and surrounding nations. In Valais cantonn, 30 tremors of varying intensity toppled chimneys and damaged homes in Sterre. Avalanches with large boulders were loosened in Vaud as quakes were felt across Austria Italy Germany and France.
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Bern
Switzerland
Selamolopists
Valais
Sterre
Vaud
Sta Itlarnt
Zurich
Alps
Austria
Italy
Germany
France
Iran Premier selection sparks UN council clash
The selection of Qavam-Es Galtaneh as premier of Iran provokes a major United Nations Security Council dispute. Britain and America expect new instructions over the weekend as the Tranians weigh dropping or refiling the case, with Moscow urging direct talks and Russia denying interference. The council plans to decide Monday whether to investigate the charges while world powers seek a site for UN headquarters and a secretary general. Meanwhile the U.S. backs Lester Pearson. Russia favors a candidate from eastern Europe.
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Lonvmn
San
Qavam-Es
Russia
Moscow
Security Council
Iran
Britain
Soviet-union
Ukraine
Greece
Dutch East Indies
Mg Powers
London
General Assembly
UNG
United States
UNO
Lecter Pearson
Washington
Dallas records warmest January 25 in history
Dallas marked the warmest January 25 on record as Friday’s high reached 78 degrees, surpassing the 1918 previous record of 76 degrees noted by the dry weather bureau. The report notes the steady trend of dry weather in Dallas.
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Dallas
INS
Dry Weather Bureau
Poison Water Trick Report From Iwo Jima Capture
TOKYO Jan 26 Kyodo News quoted a survivor of the Iwo Jima campaign claiming 169 wounded Japanese were tricked into drinking poisoned water just before U S marines completed the island capture. The soldier said the corps commander ordered the deadly water sent to a hospital tent housing 170 severely wounded men. only the survivor told the tale.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Today
Dap
Iwo Jima
U. S
Tanker Grounded Then Cleared Off Porto Alegre
A U S tanker Government Camp grounded yesterday at Porto Alegre Brazil and was swept free by high tide. It unloaded its gasoline today following the clearance.
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Porto Alegre
Brazil
U. S
Government
Vet Improves as Wife Starts Trip
SANTA FE New Mexico January 26 M Tech Sgt Maurice Vought of Fort Wayne Indiana showed improvement after learning his wife Patricia 28 from Sydney Australia would fly to Santa Fe to be with him He is seriously ill with advanced tuberculosis at Bruns General hospital and the army is flying his wife and their 2 year old to aid him. Windsor Post Denied London January 26 Prime Minister Attlee said no diplomatic or official government post had been offered to the Duke of Windsor.
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M—Tech
Maurice Vought
Fort Wayne
Ind
Brisbane
Australia
Bruns General Hospital
Army
Wita
Patricia
Sydney
Windsor
London
Attlee
Duke of Windsor
T. E. Naylor
Chrysler UAW Center sees wage offer amid GM strike toll
DELTRONMT Jan 26 The UAW and Chrysler discuss a proposed 18.2 cent hourly raise retroactive to Jan 1 as hopes rise for a wage settlement. Meanwhile GM parts shortages trigger layoffs across the auto industry. Packard cuts 600 future layoffs. Ford has already laid off about 15,000 at Rouge with another 25,000 expected.
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Deltronmt
Chrysler
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Packard
Ford
Grand Rouge
Johnson to Return to Capital After Bronchial Infection
Representative Lyndon Johnson of Texas remains hospitalized with a bronchial infection and is expected to return to Washington within a few days, according to attendants at the local hospital treating him.
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San
Lyndon Johnson
D.tex
Government Steps in Quietly to End Meat Plant Tieup
federal seizure left 193000 CIO strikers out, with no immediate resumption of operations. AFL and CIO officials reported lines at Chicago stockyards would stay, while a presidential order posted at 134 plants signaled federal management. Union leaders offered no immediate comment on conditions for return. A separate police report noted vandals threw a stone through a bakery window in Mexico City.
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Chicago
C. I.0. Steel Workers’ Union
Carnegie-Illinois Company Ag. Jolliet
Mainttenance
Ml Os
Joe German
Carnegie-Ilinois Company
G “T
Carnegie -Till
Iimereasury
Germany
Dwight Green
Mitnels
Pallée
Iqiet
Gary
Ind
Carnegie-Clinois
Such & Move
CIO
Snation
Truman
AFL
Pment
Gayle G. Armstrong
Agriculture Anderson
Mexico City
Guadalupe Street
Return of John L Lewis to the AFL Hailed
The AFL welcomed John L Lewis back to the federation at its midwinter executive council session in Miami. He rejoined after leaving the CIO ten years ago, now bringing his United Mine Workers to the AFL. Lewis was named 14th vice president as part of the council, with leaders predicting potential leadership and broader reaffiliation implications for labor and the nation.
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Miami
Fla
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
A. F_L
C. LO
United Mine Workers
Thomas
Brialling
F. Ly
ALF. TL
Federation
Green
Chicago
Mobile
Ala
Thau
M. W
Army Plans AAF University for Air War Leaders
The Army Air Forces propose a high level schooling system for future air power leaders. Under Lt Gen Carl A Spaatz and Maj Gen Malcom Fairchild, senior and junior officers would receive specialized education, aiming to form an AAF university. Courses include air war, command, tactics, staff, and engineer training at Wright Field and Maxwell Field.
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Washington
Army Air Force
Army and Navy
A. A. F. University
Carl. A .Spaatz
Air Forces
West Point
Annapolis
Malr
Fairchild
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Maxwell Field
Ala
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