Moving Tachen Civilians First No Shooting Yet
Evacuation of Chinese civilians from the tense North Tachen Island was completed without incident. Vice Adm. Alfred M. Pride of the U S 7th Fleet announced the operation’s successful completion and that civilians on South Tachen would continue to be evacuated through the night under joint Chinese and American naval and air cover. No Communist activity was reported along the Chekiang Fukien front.
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Earnest Hoberecht
Taipei
Formosa
U.P
North Tachen Island
Alfred M. Pride
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Defense Ministry
Tachens
Chekiang-Fukien
China
Pride
U.S. Navy
C.S.T
South Tachen
Molotov Threatens U S in 22 Hour Foreign Policy Speech
Moscow reports Molotov lambasted the United States in a 22 hour foreign policy address to the Soviet Parliament. He boasted hydrogen bomb progress, warned of world war damage to the system, and urged peaceful use of atomic energy while condemning US actions in China.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
United States
Soviet Union
Molotov
China
United Nations
U.N
Formosa
West Germany
V. V. Molotov
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Red China
Tured
Craig Clears Toll Road Stand To Party Chiefs
Indiana Governor Craig meets with House leaders in Indianapolis to oppose an anti toll road bill. Bond counsel Harry T. Ice says amendments would block building a Chicago to Indianapolis toll road, making it unfeasible due to required feeder road financing and high bond costs.
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Craig
Indianapolis
Indiana House
Harry T. Ice
Indiana Toll Road Commission
Commission
Chicago
Ice
Senate
Senate Group Approves Seato Defense Treaty
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the Formosa Mutual Defense Treaty by 11 to 2 with Morse and Langer dissenting. Ratification requires a two thirds vote and could come Thursday. Secretary Dulles warned China’s Communists may not wage war unless the U S abandons the treaty. Congress has authorized the president to use force to defend Formosa and related positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Chiang Kai-shek’s
D.-Ga
United States
Congress
Formosa
Pescadores
Red China
Dulles
Senate
Chiang Kai-shek
Suicide by hanging at residence on North Fourteenth Street
Ora Otto Kiblinger aged 59 reportedly hanged himself Tuesday morning at his home at 2612 North Fourteenth Street. A son found the body about noon, police said, and Coroner D. M. Ferguson conducted an immediate investigation. The body was removed to P. J. Ryan & Sons Funeral Home.
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Ora Otto Kiblinger
North Fourteenth
D. M. Ferguson
P. J. Ryan & Sons
Indiana anti toll road bill moves in House committee
The Indiana House committee, led by Chairman favoring Governor Craig, signed the anti toll road bill. Governor Craig urged defeat and warned an amendment could force the Toll Road Commission to fund free feeder routes, making the project unfeasible.
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Felton
John Feighner
Marion
Roads Committee
Otto Reddish
Crawfordsville
Reddish
James Allen
House
Dollar Day Sale Promises Wide Savings in Terre Haute
Terre Haute prepares for the seventy first semiannual Dollar Day sponsored by the Retail Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce. Ready to wear jewelry furniture housewares hardware drugs and more will be discounted across all participating stores to clear spring and summer stock. Down town merchants expect large crowds with quick service for lunch crowds and out of town shoppers. those without cars may rideshare or call neighbors to visit.
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Terre Haute
Retail Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
Commonwealth Ministers Seek New Trace Plan
British Commonwealth prime ministers wrap a nine day conference with a push for a Formosa cease fire. They press the United States to evacuate Quemoy and the Matsu Islands and urge Chiang Kai shek troops withdraw from coastal outposts as a step to a tacit standstill. Nehru stays on to push ceasfire efforts as the Formosa Strait sits between rivals.
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London
Formosa
U.S
Quemoyo
Matsu Islands
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Nehru
Formosa Strait
Pescadores
Governor Craig comments on Russian change and China stance
Indianapolis February 8 Governor Craig says the Russian premier change signals difficulty in governing internal affairs and unrest among satellites. He adds Red China is losing face by backing down from a showdown with the U S Seventh Fleet and predicts a future Chinese government more inclined toward the West.
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Indianapolis
Russia
Craig
Red China
U. S. 7Th Fleet
China
Weather briefing with sun times and river level
The Weather by O Weather Sureau reports sunrise at 6 51 AM and sunset at 5 18 PM with a river stage of 2.4 feet and rising. Observations list morning noon and afternoon readings starting 6 AM and ending at 2 PM and noting the 9 AM 30 reading.
Terre Haute Weather Summary
Local conditions report yesterday high 38 in Terre Haute area with a low last night of 74 and no precipitation. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with lows near 25 and highs around 43. Street thermometer readings show 6 am at 29 and 2 pm at 37.
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Terre Haute
Head for Formosa
Los Angeles Baltimore and Rochester sail with eight destroyers to join the 7th Fleet in Formosan waters. They carry 6,500 sailors. Navy officials declined to confirm if a cruiser carries guided missiles or nuclear weapons, saying the departure is a routine rotation, not an emergency.
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Los Angeles
Baltimore
Rochester
7Th Fleet
Navy
Civilians Load Transports for Formosa In Early Move
Thousands of civilians boarded the U S S Henrico and other attack transports this morning as they prepared to sail to Formosa by sundown. The Henrico was among numerous ships carrying evacuees in a major retreat effort.
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Formosa
South Tachen
U.S.S. Henrico
Henrico
Tragedy Threatens Tachen Fishermen At Sea
In Formosa on February 8 1947 reports say Tschen island fishermen face great danger as 15000 civilians in the area are mainly fishermen Their boats lack radios leaving mariners unaware of families fleeing to Formosa during a Nationalist withdrawal They may return to an empty coast and Communist troops Present guards warn of grim prospects for the at sea community
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Taipei
Formosa
Tachen Island
Washington Hopeful Of No Incidents In China Tension
Washington officials feared possible air intrusions by Red China as American planes assisted evacuation of Nationalists from the Tachen Islands. Peiping radio warned of consequences if U S forces intruded again while Secretary Dulles questioned whether China’s Communists seek war but probed their resolve amid treaty ratification talks.
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Washington
Red China
U.S
Tachen Islands
Peiping Radio
China
U. S
Dulles
Truman Sees Soviet Shakeup As Possible Improvement
Former President Truman commented from Kansas City that the recent Soviet government shakeup might lead to improvement. He said conditions in Russia cannot get worse and he is hopeful for positive results.
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Kansas City, Mo
Truman
Russia
Paris
France
Vatican City
Vatican
World Capitals React Sharply To Russ Change
Global capitals react with concern to Malenkov ouster and Bulganin rise. London fears tougher Soviet policy and less chance for a common international approach. Paris, Bonn, Vienna and Rome foresee shifts in East West relations and a return to tougher line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Commonwealth
U.S. Officials React to Soviet Premier Shakeup
President Eisenhower and Republican leaders adopted a wait-and-see stance on the Soviet premier switch. The State Department offered no official interpretation as Malenkov is replaced by Nikolai Bulganin, while Dulles and aides maintain a calm yet wary view of Soviet hostility toward the West.
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Kremlin
Georgi Malenkov
Marshal Nikolai Bulganin
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Senate
William F. Knowland
State Department
Marshall Nikolai Bulganin
Charles F. Bohlen
Department
Moscow
James C. Hagerty
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
U.S
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Malenkov
Reds
Armed Forces
Caleb Fortson
James Earl Kelly
Paul Sills
Richard Allen Conklin
Robert David Fox
Henry Adolph LaLoux
Ronald Lee Alexander
Orville Junior Blevins
Bulganin
Europe
SEATO
House Committee
George Diener
Judiciary “B
Rep
Oren Felton
R.marion
Commonwealth
GOV
Bonn
Communist Party
Nikita Khruschev
Vienna
Munich
Germany
Soviet Emigrants Organization
Rome
Italian Democratisc
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