Mayors Report on City Chiang's Bombers Hit Massed Fleet
Chinese Communists massed an invasion fleet near Yikiangshan eight miles from Formosa and challenged the US pledge to protect evacuees. Nationalist planes attacked through heavy anti aircraft fire and reported two Communist ships destroyed. Central buildup reported at Yikiangshan with heavy Red siege guns.
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Taipeh
Formosa
U.P
United States
Tachen Island
Yikiangshan
Mayor's 1954 report highlights city growth and park upgrades
Mayor Ralph Tucker outlined 1954 city improvements to Kiwanis Club, praising police and fire departments, detailing park renovations at Deming and Rose Herz parks, and noting substantial street resurfacing progress. He emphasized industrial expansion and annexation plans, with a 1955 target of nine more miles of road resurfacing.
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Ralph Tucker
Kiwanis Club
City Lines
Terre Haute
Deming Park
Rose- Herz Park
Locust Street
South Fruitridge
Ohio Boulevard
East Lake
Poplar Street
West Lake
Red China threatens U S with “disastrous blows” over Taiwan
Tokyo dispatch reports Radio Peiping quoting People's Daily says U S war provocations and cease-fire plots won’t shake China’s resolve to liberate Taiwan. Taipei sources note evacuation talks for Tachens under U S 7th Fleet cover. fleet poised with air support. Quemoy strengthening amid blackout and weather hampering counts.
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Tokyo
Red China Today
United States
Taiwan
Formosa
Radio
Peiping
People’s Daily
U. S
Red Radio
China
United Nations
New Zealand
Russia Raises Military Budget By 12 Percent
Moscow reports 1955 arms budget at 112.1 billion rubles, about 12 billion rubles more than 1954, with defense totaling 28.025 billion dollars at official rate. Parliament members applaud as delegates note no easing in international tensions. Overall 1955 budget reaches 589.6 billion rubles, up from 562.8 billion.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Arseny G. Zverev
Kremlin
Eisenhower
U.S
Russia
U. S
West European nations reject Soviet charges on German rearma
On February 3 Moscow reported that six West European powers Britain France Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg rejected Soviet charges that plans for West German rearmament violate Geneva conventions. The replies to a January 13 Soviet note reportedly state that the Paris agreements allow only storage of chemical and other weapons and are not forbidden by the Geneva accords.
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Moscow
Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Paris
Suicide of Louis Otto Found in Indianapolis Home
Louis Otto aged 69 was found dead in his bed in Indianapolis on Wednesday with a pistol in his hand. Police believe he fired a bullet into his mouth in what appears to be a self inflicted death.
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Indianapolis
Louis Otto
Chinese Minister Yeh Delays Return to Formosa
Washington reports indicate Chinese Nationalist Foreign Minister George Yeh is delaying his return to Formosa and staying in Washington as the Formosa question unfolds. No independent confirmation of talks with the State Department on a defense declaration for Matsu and Quemoy.
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Washington
George Yeh
Formosa
Taipei
Yeh
State Department
Matsu
Quemoy Islands
Evacuation of Tachen Nears as Defenders Prepare
Reports indicate evac plans for Tachen Islands are imminent with Navies ready to regroup. Nationalist forces on Quemoy claim initiative against mainland troops four miles away as artillery targets Amoy Tatun and Red ships near Hsiaotun. Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek is expected to defend only this last island.
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Tachen
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang
Quemoy
Amoy
Tatun Island
Hsiaotun Island
Earle E. Partridge
U. S
Barton jailed at state reformatory
Paul Barton, 39, ex convict, charged with robbing a Muncie tavern of 1100 dollars and kidnapping a bartender and a waitress. He was held at the Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton after being arrested in Fort Dodge Iowa and returned by Delaware county authorities. He allegedly forced the victims to drive to a motel near Anderson and fired twice during the ride.
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Paul Barton
Muncie
Ind
Indiana Reformatory
Pendleton
Barton
Terre Haute
Delaware County
Fort
Iowa
Reformatory
C. K. Freeman
Elaine Benedict
Anderson
Chou Refuses UN Bid On Formosan Cease Fire Talks
Red China rejects sending a representative to the United Nations Security Council to debate a New Zealand cease fire proposal for Formosa. Chou En Lai says Peiping will only discuss a Soviet resolution branding the United States as aggressor and only if Nationalist China is removed. The decision ends hopes for a UN led peace formula and shifts effort to London talks led by Nehru for a side conference of principals.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.P
Red China Today
United Nations Security Council
New Zealand
Chou En-lai
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
United States
Formosa
China
Peiping
London
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Communist New China News Agency
Radio
Chou
Hammarskjold
Hungary frees American woman's hung son after years apart
In Vienna, 18-year-old Peter Predic, deaf and mute, was released by Communist Hungary to his mother Mrs. William Brooks of Washington DC and Great Neck New York after petitions spanning years. Brooks, who fled Hungary in childhood, reunited with her son five years after their separation in Budapest in 1949.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
William Brooks
Washington
D. C
Great Neck
Long Island
N. Y
Peter Predic
Budapest
Canada
United States
Sperry Corporation
Europe
Indiana Senate Passes Toll Road Bill 33-16
The Indiana Senate approved a toll road bill by 33 votes to 16 and sent it to the House after brief debate. Sen. Robert L. Brokenburr said the measure was the Senate’s product amid extensive discussion and amendments, while Sen. Roy Conrad opposed limiting the Toll Road Commission. House cue showed caucuses over a Korean War veterans bonus. the Ways and Means Committee awaited the bill.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Senate
House
Senate
Robert L. Brokenburr
R.-Indianapolis
Roy Conrad
Monticello
Toll Road Commission
Litton
U. S. 136
Ind
Ways and Means Committee
Military Affairs Committee
Cold Weather Grips Indiana With Subzero Lows
Hoosiers endured subzero to near zero temperatures across much of Indiana with South Bend dipping to two below. Fort Wayne reached the zero mark as north to central areas faced continued cold through Friday. Forecasts call for freezing highs in the 25 to 30 range and snow in central and southern Indiana Friday. South Bend and Goshen still reported three inches of snow, while roads were described as normal by state police.
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Weather Bureau
South Bend
Goshen
Indianapolis
Evansville
Seek to blast out bonus bill in Indiana House
Democrats and Republicans in the Indiana House caucused to push a Korean bonus bill out of committee. Rep. Carson King said most Democrats back the move, while Rep. Ralph Hines noted GOP talks mirrored the plan but he doubted a majority would back it on the floor.
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Indianapolis
Indiana House
Carson King
Shelbyville
King
Ralph Hines
Portland
Child dies after severe burns. aunt charged in Oklahoma case
Five-year-old Lloyd George Stanley Jr. died from extensive burns and abuse after nine days in hospital. Murder charges were filed against his aunt Mrs. Virginia Thompson, 29, with her husband Lawrence, 32, also charged for not aiding. The tragedy occurred as estranged parents were at the hospital.
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Oklahoma City
Lloyd George Stanley, Jr
Stanley
Pauls Valley
Garvin County
Raymond Burger
Virginia Thompson
Lawrence
House Group Votes 32-0 To Extend Draft
The House Armed Services Committee approved a 32-0 measure to extend the military draft for four more years. It leaves core rules intact while barring draft of certain National Guard members under 18 and other changes aimed at limiting repeat peacetime inductions. A Pentagon spokesman noted no active opposition, but preferred different amendments aligned with a broader reorganization.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
House
John R. Blandford
Blandford
Pentagon
Defense Department
Bad year for romance in Muncie as divorces outpace licenses
In Muncie Indiana January saw 71 divorce suits filed versus 58 marriage licenses issued. The disparity suggests a troubled start to the year for couples seeking formal unions.
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Muncie, Ind
Muncie
Hay Fever Sufferers Get Dust Removing Device
Chicago businessman Richard R. Cook unveils a home dust and pollen removing gadget. He says it clears his factory office and Evanston home of dust, keeping curtains clean and decorating unnecessary. His family, including three of four children with hay fever, benefits.
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Chicago
Richard R. Cook
New Opev VE
Cook
Evanston
Jet fighter rises straight up at Bell Aircraft
Niagara Falls New York February 3 Bell Aircraft Corp unveiled its newest experimental jet propelled vertical rising airplane. The craft could revolutionize air warfare by taking off vertically from a horizontal position and leveling to near supersonic forward flight. No craft has been flown successfully in this mode before.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Bell Aircraft Corp
Weather and river: continued cold with stage at 2.3 ft
The report notes continued cold conditions through the day with temperatures at 6 a.m., noon, 9 a.m., and 2 p.m. The sunrise is at 6:56, sunset 5:12, and the river gauge shows 2.3 feet and rising.
Local Conditions Report
Local report notes yesterday's high of 32 degrees and a low of 14 with no precipitation.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Partly cloudy with continued cold through tonight. Mostly cloudy Friday with snow starting Friday afternoon or night. Low tonight near 10. High Friday around 28. Indiana outlook: partly cloudy, cold until Friday with lows from 5 below to 5 above in the north and 5 to 15 above elsewhere. HighFriday 70 to 75 north, 20 to 30 south. Temperatures on the street 15 at 9 am, 27 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Two Guatemalan soldiers executed as coup plot leaders
Guatemala City February 3 army court sentenced two soldiers to death for leading an attempted overthrow of President Carlos Castillo Armas on January 20. The ruling named the ringleaders in the failed government coup.
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Guatemala
Army War Council
Carlos Castillo Armas
Accused Tax Expert Is Killed In Ridgewood
Ridgewood New Jersey February 3 A Erie Railroad train killed John Scott Stella a 41 year old tax expert and former Columbia University taxation instructor charged hours earlier with failing to file personal income tax returns for 1951 52 and 53. Police said engineer A R Gatty saw a man on a path near the tracks as the train passed. Stella faced potential fines and imprisonment if convicted.
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Ridgewood
N. J
Erie
John Scott Stella
Stella
Columbia University
School of Finance
A. R. Gatty
Peoria Narcotics Raid Net 30 Arrests
Peoria police and federal agents arrested 30 people after raids at Harold's Club Belmont Tavern Blue Shadow Tavern and the Elite Club. Four others were hit with federal warrants. Cleo Watson 40 faced marijuana cigarette possession charges along with Howard Givens 27 Robert Gibson 19 and George Hyland 19 a bartender for transfer of marijuana cigarettes.
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Peoria
Ill
Robert D. Morgan
Harold’s Club
Belmont Tavern
Blue Shadow Tavern
Cleo Watson
Howard Givens
Robert Gibson
George Hyland
Family Injured as Train Derails Crashes Into Home
London Ohio February 3 Six members of the Scurry family were injured when a freight car derailed from a New York Central train and crashed into their home while they slept. Ralph Scurry 43 and his wife Gladys 43 were hurt, with Scurry pinned in bed as the boxcar leaned over him. Mrs Scurry climbed through the hole in the wall to seek help. Their four children sustained minor bruises.
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London
Ohio
New York Central
Ralph Scurry
Gladys
Scurry
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