Hearing Opens On Proposed Collamer Racing Track
The State Harness Racing Commission opened hearings in Onondaga County Court House about a proposed betting track at Collamer. About 800 witnesses and spectators attended as Henry M. James of Hudson, chairman, called the session to order and signaled a likely decision within six months.
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Collamer
Larness Racing Commission
Appellate Division
Onondaga County Court House
Henry M. James
Hudson
James
Herald-Journal
Red Massing Signals Possible Suwon Push in Korea
Allied observers report Chinese and Korean Communist troops massing near Suwon, 17 miles south of Seoul, amid fears of a surprise ground blow as UN forces hold three western Korean outposts. Front reports describe forces moving in Sobeek ranges while UN withdrawal from Wongu area continues.
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Tokyo
Suwon
Korea
Seoul
United Nations
Red
Sobeek
Wongu
Chongchon River
Prices Hit All Time High
New York AP report shows consumer prices in December at an all time peak with a 10 major city index rising 101.2 percent above the previous 1948 high. The index stands 168.1 percent above the 1939 base, with food up 3.2 percent yet still below July 1948 high. housing, clothing, fuel, and furnishings also climbed in the period.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
U. S
Breeze not ill wind for happy student Minshew
Billy Minshew an 18 year old Kosciusko Mississippi student at a Memphis business school dropped a wad of $132 on a downtown street. A gust scattered bills including 1, 10 and 20 dollar notes. All but one dollar were returned after a newspaper story described the rain of money. Minshew said a shifting wind, not misfortune, caused the spill and he recovered 131 dollars, calling it a relief.
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Memphis
Tenn
Billy Minshew
Minshew
Kosciusko
Morse Backs 18 Year Draft and Mobilization Plan
Senator Wayne Morse backed the Pentagon draft plan lowering the age from 19 to 18 and urged a 25 year mobilization period to meet a prolonged tension with Russia and Communism. The discussion followed testimony by Defense officials and a Senate subcommittee, amid broader debate on universal military service and education reforms.
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Washington
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Pentagon
Russia
Morse
Cromwell
Okla
Senate
Armed Services
Fran Orr
Larry
Ness
tele-Defense
Marshall
Universal Military Service
Seminole County
Tom
Smith
Anna M. Rosenberg
Lyndon Johnson
D.-Tex
Dean Acheson
Marquis
Childs
Colummy
Bus Hangs Over Bridge After Skidding in Galway
A Galway Central School bus skidded on an icy road four miles east of the Saratoga County community. The front wheels hung 15 feet above Glenegee Creek after plowing through a bridge railing. The driver and five of the 30 children were injured but none were hospitalized.
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Galway
Glenegee Creek
Galway Central
Saratoga County
Shakeup Rumored in Truman Stabilization Team
President Truman orders prompt price and wage controls and contemplates replacing Economic Stabilizer Alan Valentine. Reports say Defense Mobilizer Charles 2 Wilson supports a replacement as criticism over stabilization delays grows. Possible successor name Eric Johnston has surfaced as a candidate to head the Economic Stabilization Agency amid rising food price concerns.
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Washington
INS
High Test Administration
Truman
Alan Valentine
Defense
Charles 2. Wilson
Valentine
University of Rochester
Congress
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association
U. & Chamber of Commerce
Economic Stabilization Agency
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dewey Blast Stirs Rumors
New York Governor Dewey criticized President Truman's budget proposing a $1.4 billion rise in non defense domestic programs. Critics say the attack signals Dewey's potential cabinet role or another run for the Republican nomination in 1952. Dewey accused the President of imperiling national unity and warned the move undermines defense unity during a crisis. Remarks linked to politics as usual and fears over unity in wartime policy.
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Albany
Dewey
Truman
Wthal
Poli
Le1es
Derailed New York Central freight at Belle Isle halts main line
Twenty four cars of an eastbound New York Central freight train derailed at Belle Isle four miles west of here. The 35th car jumped tracks, pulling 23 others across two freight tracks. No injuries. Fifty two cars proceeded to Syracuse as wrecking crews from Rochester DeWitt and Syracuse cleared the line.
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New York Central
Belle Isle
Here
Buffalo
Boston
West Shore Line
Central
Syracuse
Rochester
DeWitt
Mild Weather Forecast With Light Rain Likely
The weather will be mild for the next few days with a chance of light rain or snow tomorrow. Andrew P. Keller, US Meteorologist at Hancock Airport, said a wind shift from west-northwest to southwest reduced snowfall. Tonight's low around 32, tomorrow's high near 45, with winds 20 to 40 mph tonight and 15 to 25 mph tomorrow. The current month remains about 0.5 degrees above normal on average, with about eight inches of the season’s five 50 inches of snow this winter already fallen.
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Andrew P. Keller
U. S
Hancock
Peace Move Is Defended
Secretary of State Acheson defended United States support for the UN cease fire proposal on Korea saying the vote aimed to keep free nations united against aggression. He rejected claims the vote indicated a policy shift toward Communist China and noted support from democratic partners made abstaining harmful to peace prospects.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
United Nations
Korea
Free Nations
Two Manhattan Players In Five Held For Bribery
New York police report two Manhattan College basketball players Irving Schwartzberg and Cornelius Kelleher plus three associates were arrested on bribery and conspiracy charges. The group allegedly accepted 3000 dollars to toss games during the 1949 50 season, with guard Henry Poppe and forward John Byrnes named among those accused.
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New York
Manhattan
Ederat Games
Breslin
The
Bronx
Irving Schwartzberg
Benjamin
Cornelius Kelleher
New
Henry E. Poppe
John York
A. Byrnes
Poppe
Guard
Byrnes
Nothing Like That Old Home Cookin
In Los Angeles a bus driver, Dean Farris, was surprised by a young armed man who demanded breakfast. Farris cooked bacon and eggs as ordered, then the robber forced him to the living room. The gunman left after leaving a dollar on the table.
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Los Angeles
Dean Farris
Farris
Troop Vote Delayed as Ike Reports Expected
Washington report says a Senate decision on troops to Europe faces delay while Eisenhower’s survey of North Atlantic defenses is reviewed. Chairman Connally says a resolution backing manpower aid to Western Europe will wait until Eisenhower can testify. Eisenhower plans to report to Congress after conferring with President Truman later this month.
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Senate
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
North Atlantic
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Western Europe
Eisenhower
B. Alexander Smith
Truman
Lausche to Testify In Crime Hearing
Cleveland Ohio Gov Frank Lausche will testify as the first day of a Senate crime hearing explores interstate gambling and racketeering. Senator Estes Kefauver said the inquiry will expose underworld links across Ohio and seven other states including Michigan Kentucky Florida Illinois Nevada California and possibly New York.
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Cleveland
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Estes Kefauver
ID Tenm
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Michigan
Kentucky
Florida
Ilinois
Nevada
California
New York
Hoax Suspected In Mystery SOS From Mary Ann
Police traced a reported SOS from the 98 foot Mary Ann but doubts arose amid continuing search off Block Island. The vessel was later found safe docked at Fairhaven Mass undergoing repairs.
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New York
Coal Guard
Block Island
Fairhaven
Mass
China Rejects Peace Offer
Tokyo Fi-Peiping radio said China has rejected the latest UN ceasefire proposals for Korea and Far East issues as impossible. The broadcast quoted Premier Chou En-lai demanding foreign troop withdrawal from Korea and self-determined Korean governance, plus U S removal from Formosa, with Red China submitting to the United Nations.
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Peiping
United Nations
Korea
Kyodo
Chou En-lai
David Owen
New York
Roberto Urdaneta Arbalacz
Chaman
UN General Assembly
Peiong
Chou
U. S
Formosa
U. S. Seventh Fleet
China
Air Force Aims to Grow to 85 to 100 Air Groups
Lt Gen Idwal Edwards told a House subcommittee the Air Force plans to expand to 85 to 100 air groups, roughly double its pre Korean War size. He did not set a timeline, and current strength figures remain confidential.
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Wasitington
Idwal Edwards
Air Force
House Armed Services
Edwards
Fare Leap Driver Buries Self to Mud Flats Toll Escape
Ronald Brzozowski, 12, of Philadelphia reportedly jumped from an approach to the Tacony Palmyra bridge to avoid a five cent toll and became buried up to the armpits in Mud Flats along the Delaware River. Rescuers pulled him free after the incident near Palmyra New Jersey.
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Palmyra
N. J
Ronald Brzozowski
Philadelphia
Dola
Ware River
Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
Flu Cases Aboard Mauretania Ship
Fifty five influenza cases found aboard the Cunard liner Mauretania after docking yesterday with 815 passengers from channel ports.
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NEW_ YORK
INS
Mauretania
Channel
Bombers Aim for Nonstop Return to Texas Base
At Lakenheath England six of America's largest bombers, capable of carrying atomic weapons, attempt a nonstop flight back to their Texas base. The jet giants landed at the Royal Air Force station with three SDG 128 cargo aircraft nearby as Air Force officials and reporters observed a guarded tour before final rest on the apron amid ongoing air patrols.
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Lakenheath
England
America
Bease
Texas
Royal Air Force Base
Ibin
Burma Surgeon Guilty of Treason in Burma Court
Dr Gore Seagrave, the Burma Surgeon known for aid to Kachin rebels, was found guilty of high treason by a Rangoon court. He received six years at hard labor on one count and one year on another, with sentences to run concurrently. His appeal is planned in about three weeks as he is returned to jail.
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Rangoon
Burma
Goreon Seagrave
Seagrave
Namkham
George VI
U. S
Joseph Stilwell
New York Council of Churches opposes Collamer race track
The New York State Council of Churches urged Governor Dewey and the State Legislature to study gambling in the state and block the proposed Collamer pari mutuel track. Representing 5,000 Protestant congregations, the council argued any extension of legal gambling harms communities and calls for stronger laws. Public testimony favored Mid-State Raceways, Inc, while opponents backed prohibitionist views.
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Albany
New York
New York State
Onondaga County
Syracuse
DeWitt
Pleven to Visit Washington for Truman Parley
Rene Pleven of France will arrive in Washington January 29 for a two day policy conference with President Truman. Officials say they will discuss cold war strategy including French Indochina and Western European rearmament, with possible mention of the atomic bomb.
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Washington
Truman
State Department
Pleven
Rene Pleven
France
Attlee
Britain
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