Underground Fire Halts Grand Central Service
An underground electrical fire near Grand Central terminal caused a one hour service halt and a pile up of thousands of commuters. A short circuit on the third rail below Park Avenue at 49th Street started the blaze, with smoke seen near the Waldorf and other hotels. The incident disrupted 35 trains and forced a power cut off.
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Grand Central
New York
Grand Central Terminal
Parkay
49Th St
Waldorf-Astoria
Manhattan
Opposition Forces Delay in Unified European Army
Opposition from British Labourites and Scandinavian groups delays three months of planning for a unified European army in the European Consultative Assembly. The move signals growing resistance to the assembly’s foreign ministers committee and the European council’s upper house amid broader regional tensions.
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France
Laborite
European Consultative Assembly
Asssembly
Committee of Foreign Ministers
European ‘Council
U S Tanks Outshine Red Models In Korea Fight
American heavy tanks Patton and Pershing now in Korea surpass early Soviet T 34s. Army officials say the 90 mm guns threaten the Stalin II while a new light tank gun will soon handle any Russian medium tank. Policy shifts push firepower and mobility ahead of protection as future American tanks aim to stay superior.
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Korea
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Pershing
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U.S
Asia
Deaths of Mildred Whitney Stillman and Other Figures
Obituary notices outline the deaths of Mildred Whitney Stillman 60 poet editor author widow of Dr Ernst Stillman Rockefeller Institute staff member in Cornwall NL Oy elder Elmer Ed Andross 62 minister head of Seventh Day Adventist Church in England and western US Ta koma Park Md Fames Wesley Graves 82 retired Baptist minister temperance leader St Petersburg Fla Dr Kirke Bryan 61 geology professor Harvard Cody Wyo Charles D Champlin 64 president Pleasant Valley Wine Co Hammonsport Bath Niobe.
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Margaret Whitney Stillman
Ernst Goodrich Stillman
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England
United States
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Harvard University
Charles D. Champlin
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Smoking in bed fine eyed in new DC fire rule
District of Columbia commissioners may approve a new ordinance penalizing all persons convicted of negligence in causing fires in hotels rooming houses apartments hospitals and other public quarters. The proposed law imposes a 300 dollar fine for such violations.
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Washington
INS
District of Columbia ‘Commissioners
Philippines Deploys 10th Battalion to Korea UN Mission
Philippines dispatches its 10th battalion combat team to Korea to join United Nations forces. The battalion comprises an infantry battalion company of medium tanks light tanks armored reconnaissance vehicles self propelled artillery and integrated medical engineer signal and supply units.
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Philippines
Manila
United Nations
Korea
Next 2 Days May Tell Fate of Korean Reds
The 27th Wolfhound Regiment fights near Taegu in South Korea as Communist forces press a broad front toward the UN beachhead. Col. John Michaels says the next 48 hours may decide whether Taegu falls or the Reds are halted.
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Paegu
United Nations
South Harn
Yaegu
John Michaels
27Th Wolfhound
Taegu
Regent
Woman 70 Dies of Polio in Defiance County
Miss Ida Rickard, 70, of Hicksville, died yesterday from polio becoming Defiance County’s first polio victim of 1950. She was a longtime resident and is survived by relatives. Funeral plans are pending.
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Defiance, G. CP
Ida Rickard
Hicksville
Defiance County
Day Taxi Strike Ends in Rochester
A four day taxi strike by about 150 drivers ends as Local 933 members approve a three year contract. The minimum daily wage rises to 87.50, with other staff also receiving small raises. A full fleet of 250 cabs was expected to flood Rochester streets today after the settlement.
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Rochester
Taxicab Drivers Union
APL la
Michael Jacull
Fire damages night club in Buffalo
An early morning blaze at La Afarque, a prominent Buffalo night club, caused 25000 dollars in damage. The fire started in the basement and spread through the main second and third floors of the fashionably described mansion. No injuries were reported.
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la Afarque
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