Taft urged to quit top GOP post in Senate
Welhington reports Senator Taft of Ohio should step down as head of the Senate Republican policy committee. A faction of 14 GOP Senators, led by Vermont's Senator Flanders, fault Taft for views they deem politically unwise, arguing his leadership jeopardizes party unity and potential reelection prospects. Taft defends his record, warns against Democratic price and wage controls and socialized medicine, and questions foreign policy moves, saying liberty could be threatened by majorities or special groups.
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Santa Claus
Government aid debate cited as threat to energy and liberty
A speaker warned that government handouts threaten American character while backing federal and low income projects. He said aid to the lowest class is not dangerous due to energy and incentives found there, but critics fear loss of independence and energy.
Realty Sales Top $200,000 Mark
Realty transactions listed total several properties for sale or transfer. Names include Josaph H. Tillou Eddie L. Ballance Jr. August M. Rori Edwin Mohler C Ralph Kershner and more with values from $2,500 to $15,000 for parcels along Coffman Avenue Woodland Way Linwood Road Main Street Frederick Street Belview and West Washington Street.
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Downsville
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Lucian’ T. Thomas
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Earl, Kinsey
Linwood Road
Bertha B. Kefauver
Harvey C. Leisinger
North Main
Smitheburg
Edwin EF. Mohler
C. Emerson Marker
South Prospect
C. Ralph Kershner
Walter V. Young
Berner Avamue
John H. Bennett
Paul A. Bowers
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George W. Fisher
Belriew
Ellsworth R. Roulette
Wesley H. Norman
Frederick Street
Williamsport
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Charlee W. Cornell
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Obituary notices and a UN compromise update
Obituaries continue with details on George Philip Riggleman and Emma Jane Holmes including birthplaces, survivors, funeral arrangements, and services. A separate note from Lake Success reports a UN backed compromise plan on the Indonesian crisis awaiting Dutch and Indonesian responses and Security Council approval.
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Netherlands
United Nations
Russians Charge Atlantic Pact II Aggressive Plot
A Soviet foreign ministry statement accuses Britain and the United States of pursuing aggressive policy to dominate the world and warns that participation of the USSR and its satellites in a North Atlantic pact is out of the question. It criticizes the Brussels Pact and Western European Union as tools for repression of democratic forces and expanding military budgets.
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Truman
Congress
United States
Canada
European Union
U. S
Rusela
United Nations
Britain
France
Wage Talks Pressed as Rail Unions Open Negotiations
Chicago January 29 representatives of the railroads and 14 non operating unions plan further wage and hour talks with favorable prospects for a settlement The unions representing one million workers warned they can call a strike at any time if negotiations fail All legal steps for a strike were taken before the talks In Washington President Truman moved to avert a 66 day strike by 25 000 engineers on 15 Western railroads by appointing a fact finding board The dispute centers on the demand for a second engineer on multiple unit diesel locomotives with current crews of one engineer and one fireman.
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Washington
Truman
Western Railroads
Brotherhood of Locomotive Ensingers
Sremen
Democracy needs heat to move Congress, Marlow argues
Washington pundit James Marlow compares democracy to an elephant with a hot foot, slow to act yet patient. He notes three stalled issues in Congress Social Security expansion, minimum wage rise, and prepaid medical care. The piece traces labor law changes from Wagner Act to Taft Hartley and previews likely future revisions.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
White House
Nebraska Storm Strikes Hard Sparks Emergency Over Isolation
Nebraskans face renewed isolation after ten days as storms seal towns once more. Old drifts cripple snow removal, with farmers relying on light planes and one Army weasel for supplies. Holt County reports hunger and deaths as power fails and communications falter amid aerial surveys and transit efforts.
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Kearney
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Omaha
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Snow Driven Deer Seek Food In Salt Lake City
Hundreds of wild deer have invaded Salt Lake City this winter in search of food. Veteran hunter Jimmie James says cougars are also drawn toward the city from snow covered mountains. James brought trained cougar dogs to a city cemetery and they followed a mountain lion trail before losing it. The State Fish and Game Department reports a cougar kill at a deer feeding station just east of the city last week.
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Jimmie James
James
State Fish and Game Department
Ice Storm Strands Daas Residents in Candlelight
Neon lights flickered in Daas last night as an ice storm left portions of the city without power. Many residents woke to darkness, with some reporting outages extending to phones and street lighting after Tuesday and Wednesday’s severe weather.
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Daas
Tex
Bible Parable Is Carried Out
A group of boys, moved by newspaper pictures, pool their small earnings to donate 6.45 to the March of Dimes. Mr. Douglas receives the gift with emotion as the boys explain their plan and realization of their mischief.
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Toto
Bodies Found In Old German Sub
About 70 bodies were found in a German U-boat being scrapped at Kiel. The sunken sub, sunk in Eckernfoerde Bay late in the war, yielded remains of crew plus skeletons of women and children. Fifty four bodies identified, police hope to identify about twenty more. the 16 000 ton submarine allegedly carried refugees from eastern Germany.
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Kiel
Eckernfoerde Bay
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Patterson Will Case Is Settled Withheld Terms
Washington January 29. Terms of a surprise settlement in the Patterson will contest remain undisclosed. Mrs Eleanor Patterson’s daughter Felicia Gisycka and the executors reached a out-of-court agreement after four and a half months of legal fighting. A court order may reveal details of the settlement which ended the feud over the 16.856 million will and included a large abatement of the McCormick-Paterson trust affecting the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News. Patterson had left the Times Herald to seven executives who ran the paper.
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Washington
Eleanor M. Patterson
Felicia Gisycka
Threat Letters Change Course In Communist Trial
In New York on January 28 11 high U S Communists faced a new twist as nearly all principals revealed they had received threatening letters. Federal Judge Harold R Medina said he had also received mail threats and adjourned the conspiracy trial until Monday. Defense attorney Harry Sacher and other lawyers reported threats of violence against themselves their wives and children.
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New York
U. S
Mae
Harold R. Medina
Medina
Harry Sacher
American Communist Party
National Committee
Navy Chief Urges Global Readiness For U S Forces
Admiral Blandy states the United States must keep a strong fighting force ready to act anywhere in the world. He warns aggressors push for resources and political systems and calls for aid to weaker nations and backing by a powerful navy to deter communism. Newport News speech marks postwar duties.
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Newport News
America
Adm
W. H. P. Blandy
United States
Confusion rises as Communists threaten Nanking peace terms
In Nanking the Yangtse banks host artillery as Communist forces boast control east of the city. Nationalist cabinet members are gone with skeletal offices reporting them “out” and unavailable for comment. Li Tsung jen’s envoy telephones a demand that the government keep Nanking, dimming peace prospects.
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Nanking
Yangtse
Li Tsung-Jen
Li Taung Jen Faces Impossible Position in Shanghai Route
A Chinese source warns Li Taung Jen may find a way out yet the Chinese cannot imagine it. The Communist artillery positions threaten to shell river rail and highway traffic to Shanghai the industrial and commercial center 1500 miles east by south.
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Mmand
Li Taung-Jen
Shanghai
China
One Killed Many Hurt In Gas Plant Blast
A blast at the People's Gas Light and Coke Co. mixing plant on Chicago's Northwest Side killed John Huchro, 62, and injured more than 160 workers. The explosion ripped off the roof and shattered windows across the area, hospitalizing several in serious condition. Fifteen workers suffered cuts and burns.
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Chicago
Matt
John Huchro
People’s Gas Light and Coke Co
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