Army pilots resume search for flying saucers across 38 states
Army camera patrols fly over the Pacific Northwest and Cascade Mountains searching for the elusive flying discs after reports across 38 states and Canada. Observers in Sioux Falls and East St. Louis report baffling discs, later identified as paper or debris. a priest said a disc appeared in his yard but proved to be a saw blade, while FBI involvement was mentioned.
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Canada
Pacific Northwest
Sioux Falls
Coast Guard
Gregory Zimmer
Cascade Mountains
Joseph Brasky
Grafton
FBI
East St. Loui
J.T. Hartley
Tricks or Saucers Eyesight Says Many UFO Reports Explained
Howard W. Blakeslee argues that flying saucer sightings may be optical effects from limited vision. Objects appear round at distance and reflections skew size estimates, with weather and lighting changing perception. He notes previous sightings over Long Island Sound.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Science
New York
Long Island Sound
Weather outlook cooler with light rains today
Meteorologist Andrew Y Keller forecasts cooler conditions with light rain today and tonight. A weak low pressure area covers New York and Pennsylvania and moves eastward while high pressure centers over Lake Superior. Rainfall of about 0.6 inches occurred Sunday and today with highs near 89 and lows around 65 as temperatures fall.
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Andrew Y. Keller
New York
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountains
Lake Superior
Masters of the Soviet Union call for surrender of Western values
Editorial by Marquis Childs critiques isolationism in Europe as illustrated by Henry A Wallace and his followers. The piece frames a clash over civilization bases and cites pages for related features and sections.
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Soviet Union
Europe
Marquis Childs
Eft
Henry A. Wallace
New Tax Slash Bill Advances to House Floor Debated Plan
The House Rules Committee sent the income tax reduction bill to the floor for two hours of debate with expected passage Tuesday. It mirrors a vetoed Truman proposal except for the date, and amendments are limited to Ways and Means changes.
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Washington
House
Rutes
Truman
Rules Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
House Republican
Plague reported in Haifa with 14 cases
Jerusalem dispatch says 14 cases of bubonic plague were reported at Haifa port. Authorities imposed anti plague measures to control the outbreak.
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Haifa
London
UNS
Reuters
Jerusalem
Palestine
Senator Ives Wife Dies in Bainbridge New York
Mrs Eliza beth Skinner Ives aged 49 wife of Senator Ives Republican of New York died early today at her mother's home in Bainbridge New York Her husband reported she had been ill for two years and could not join him in Washington A son George a Cornell student survives Funeral services expected in Bainbridge
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Washington
Elizabeth Skinner Ives
Senator Ives
Bainbudge
William Groat
Ives
Ives Gioal
Wellesley
George Skinnnot
Bainbridge
New York State
George
Cornell University
Chinese Reds Compared to Japs in Chiang Speech
Chiang Kai shek in a radio address marking the 10th anniversary of the Sino Japanese war likened Chinese Communists to the Japanese. He urged Nationalist China to rise as one against the Communists.
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Nanking Uns
Generatissimo
Chiang Kao-shek
Chiang
China
Petrillo Reveals 48 Recording Ban Plan
Washington. Petrillo president of the American Federation of Musicians said the union will refuse to renew recording and network contracts, cutting off all national broadcasts by February 1, 1948. He stated 603 of 904 U.S. stations employ no musicians but play music 90 percent of the time, and urged dissatisfied stations to seek change.
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Washington
Tames
Petrillo
ABC
American Federation of Musicians
A.F.L
United States
Czechs Accept Bid to Paris Conference on Marshall Plan
Prague informants say Czechoslovakia will accept the invitation to the Paris conference on the Marshall Plan. The decision follows delays in Gottwald and Masaryk departures to Moscow. Poland studies the invitation as Warsaw notes its interest in European reconstruction. French ministry says six nations have accepted. eight more expected.
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Paris
Prague
Foreign Ministry
Warsaw
Poland
Europe
Fishing Tickle Window Sign Causes Customer Laughs
A shopkeeper kept a window sign reading Fishing Tickle. A customer asked about the spelling and the proprietor answered that hundreds had seen it, but whenever they came in to tell him they always spent something.
Truman urges admission of Europe's displaced persons to U S
President Truman asked Congress to admit a substantial number of Europe's displaced persons as immigrants. He urged special legislation for this emergency to share in offering a new life for victims of war. He noted about 7,000,000 have returned home, but nearly a million remain unwilling to return in western Germany Austria and Italy due to political opinion and fear of persecution.
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Wasteington
Truman
Congress
Europe
United States
Germany
Austra
Italy
Senate committee backs UN trusteeship for Japanese islands
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approves a United Nations trusteeship for Japanese mandated islands in the Pacific. Leaders including Secretary Mace, Secretary Patterson, Secretary Forrestal, Eisenhower, and Nimitz urged swift approval before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations
United States
Pacific
George C. Maceshall
Robert P. Patterson
Navy
James V. Forrestal
Dwight D Eisenhower
Army
Staf
Adm
Diester W. Nimliz
Naval Operations
Arthur J. Vandenberg
R.mich
Congress
Thronn
Gals Youre Perfect Says Mannequin Maker In 1930s
Rudolf Reiss of Magnani Mannequin Co declares the average American woman’s figure near perfection. He tests plaster and lucite models eight hours daily, claiming a 35 inch bust 23 inch waist and 34 inch hips as the ideal. He notes shifts in body shape since 1930 and calls earlier lumps a fault.
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New York
Rudolf Reiss
Reiss
Magnani Mannequin Co
U. S
Snare Saintalemate Dims Hope For Peace In Coal Talks
Strike action by at least 60 percent of the nation’s 400000 soft coal miners appears inevitable as the wage pact stalls amid legal tangles. A parallel sixection may unfold as the nine day vacation for 74000 AFL coal miners ends, with production to resume in 209 Northeastern Pennsylvania pits. The stalemate threatens Agreements for the rest of the industry and the captive mines supplying steel mills.
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Teesday
North Form and Steel Company
Scranton
Pennsylvania
South
Midwest
Far West
Lewis
LEGAT
Snarl
Northern Steel Company
Northern Steel Pact
United Mine Workers
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
George M. Humphrey
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
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