Four Killed and 142 Hurt in Haifa Explosion
A blast near Haifa police station killed at least four policemen and injured 142, with officials warning the death toll could rise. An explosive-laden car marked as police disrupted fires and evacuations followed as British troops secured the area.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Stern Boys
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
Stern Gang
Palestine
British First Infantry Division
Arab Executive For
Holy Land
Arab League
French forces kill 100 Viet Namese rebels near Hanoi
Paris dispatches say French troops with tanks and air support attacked three rebel strongpoints on Hanoi outskirts. Rebels reportedly used self immolation to avoid capture while civilians were moved from the city to ease the food shortage.
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Paris
U.P
Hanoi
Indo-China
Viet Namese
Gialam
Bustamante reshuffles cabinet in Lima move
In Lima today President Jose Luis Bustamante Rivero announced a new cabinet line up led by Premier Naval Captain Jose Alzamora. The reshuffle comes amid political tension as the government seeks stability.
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Lima
Peru
Jose Luis Bustamente Rivero
Jose Alzamora
Republican Chiefs of Senate Spending Promises Budget Overhaul
The Associated Press reports Republican leaders of the Senate urge a major reform of federal spending as tax groups vow an overhaul of the budget plan. The article outlines party aims and fiscal watchdog responses in a high-stakes policy push.
Republicans pledge overhaul of Truman budget
Washington reports Republican leaders in the Senate spending and taxing committee vow a full rewrite of President Truman s 37 5 billion budget as Congress moves into hearings. Knutson Bridges and Millikin say the reorganization act forces Congress to set outlays and revenues, not merely advise.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Congress
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
House Budget Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Joint
Bridges
R-N. H
Appropriations Committee
Millikin
R-Colo
Finance Committee
White House
Violence Mounts in Poland on Election Eve
On the eve of Poland’s elections violence escalated with roving gangs attacking stores tied to the Polish Peasant party and party members distributing leaflets. Pro government workers were pressured to vote straight bloc. underground gangs targeted election offices, and police claimed 4,000 arrests in 90 days with 600 killed. Premier Morawski predicted bloc victory as security forces claim efforts to stamp out terrorism. Stanislaw Mikolajczyk reported about 50,000 party arrests recently, with 2,000 seized in 48 hours in Krakow district.
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WASAW
Poland
Warsaw
Polish Peasant Party
Edward Osubka-Morawski
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Mikolajczyk
Robbery Suspects From Butte Transit In Wichita Arrest
Joe Edwards of Nyassa Oregon and Truman Dennis of Carson City Nevada, arrested January 5 in Wichita by Sheriff Keith Moore and deputies, are en route to Butte Montana to face questions over a $7,000 Aro cafe robbery. Montana officers identified a diamond from the suspects as taken in the Butte robbery and noted burglary tools matching those used in the crime.
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Wichita
Kan
Joe
Buddy) Edwards
Nyassa
Ore
Truman W. Dennis
Carson City
Nev
Keith Moore
FBI
Butte
Mont
Max Weber
John Bukowatz
Sheriff's Office
Silver Bow County
James Mooney
Edwards
Dennis
Moore
Montana
Overhaul urged for War Assets Administration personnel
Senate subcommittee calls for a complete overhaul of the War Assets Administration with respect to top personnel organization and policies. Senator O Mahoney says after three years of surplus disposal the job is about one third complete and faults military leadership for the near breakdown of the program. Maj. Gen. Robert M Littlejohn is the current WAA administrator, succeeding Lt. Gen. Edmund B Gregory.
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Washington
Senate
79Th Congress
War Assets Administration
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Old Military Affairs Committee
O’mahoney
Robert M. Littlejohn
WAA
Edmund B. Gregory
Marine Killed in Plane Crash Near Camp Pendleton
A United States Marine died when his rented plane crashed seven and a half miles northwest of the San Luis Rey mission on the Camp Pendleton reservation. The victim was James William Hodges, 21, of Seattle, identified by Hal Zimme of Missing Bay Flying service.
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San Diego
Calif
U.P
San Luis Rey Mission
Camp Pendleton
Coast Guard
James William Hodges
Seattle
Wash
Hal Zimme
Missing Bay Flying Service
Paraguay to Have New Government
Paraguayan President Higinio Morinigo began forming a military government after the coalition cabinet resigned amid a rift between the Colorado and Concentracion Febrerista parties. Army officers met with Morinigo to address the crisis triggered by ultimatums over labor and industry posts.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
U.P
Higinio Morinigo
Morinigo
Colorado
Concentracion Febrerista
Febreristas
Armed Forces
Colorado Party
Industry
Commerce
Febrerista
Priest Receives Optic From Executed Man in Transplant
In Reno Nevada Father Edmund Boyle a 31 year old priest blinded in one eye after a childhood accident awaited word on a rare vitreous transplant using the eye donated by Paul Maynard Skaug the executed murderer whose death allocated his eyes to aid others Bert Deady the prison guard who befriended Skaug received the first transplant. Dr. S T Clarke performed the operation on Boyle Saturday night and predicted a two to three week wait for a sight outcome.
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Reno
Nev
U.P
Edmund Boyle
Pawtucket
R. I
Paul Maynard Shaug
Oshkosh
Wis
Nevada
Bert Deady
Neary
Carson City
Skaug
Clarke
Deady
Penrose Wins Miami All-American Classic Flying Race
Paul Penrose of Venice California flew his North American P 51 to victory in the tenthousand dollar Miami All American classic race. The event ended the 15th annual maneuvers in Miami before an estimated crowd of 40000. Penrose led from the start and maintained the pace through the 275 mile course with an average speed of 307 605 mph.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Paul Penrose
Venice
Calif
Penrose
36 Survivors of Crash Are Rescued
A search plane led a ship 40 miles off course to rescue 36 survivors of a Far East air transport crash in the south China sea off northern Luzon. Five people are still missing and presumed lost. The C-54 Miss Luzon, en route from Shanghai to Hong Kong, crashed while seeking the Philippines after weather shut Hong Kong field. Survivors were in three rubber life rafts for about 24 hours before being picked up by General E. T. Collins. The rescue ship reported finding them in Bangui bay 15 miles offshore. The last plane carried 41 people, including six crew and five airline passengers from Britain and China.
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Manila
South China Sea
Luzon
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Philippines
United States Army
E. T. Collins
Bangui Bay
Far East Air Transport
Quads Born to Moore Family Near Chattanooga Tennessee
In Chattanooga on Sunday quadruplets were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jess Moore in a small wooden shack near Such Creek Mountain. The four girls weighed a combined 21 pounds, with the last infant stillborn. Dr. Tom Johnson delivered and moved the three surviving babies to a Jasper clinic. the Moores already have five children and two prior sets of twins, each with one child died at birth. The father reacted by whistling, saying Dawggone.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Jess Moore
Such Creek Mountain
Tom Johnson
Jasper
Moores
Robbery Suspect Shot by Police in Los Angeles
In Ascot Hills two police officers posing as a couple in a parked car captured and shot Minton R. Scott, 31, suspected of multiple rape robberies. Scott was wounded in the head and booked on robbery charges after he demanded the officers surrender.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Ascot Hills
Minton R. Scott
T. M. Jordan
G. R. Lane
Fire Bites Central Block In San Fernando Killing One
A Saturday fire in San Fernando Trinidad destroyed a central business and residential block. One person died and several others suffered severe burns as the blaze caused about 250000 dollars in damage.
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San Fernando
Trinidad
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana
Mostly cloudy and colder with snow on Monday and Monday afternoon. Expected high around 20 in Butte area. Montana zones west of Divide turn colder Monday with highs 10 to 15, while east of Divide face a cold wave and continued snow with afternoon temps near zero to 20 above.
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Divide
Dangerous Rescue Mission in Antarctic Completed
Six survivors of a Navy patrol bomber crash reached the Pine Island seaplane tender after a two week trek across ice and snow. One seriously injured man was pulled on a sled to safety as three crewmates died in the crash. The group faced treacherous ground and crevasses while eight miles from wreckage to open water where a Navy flying boat waited.
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U. S. S. MT. Olympus
U.P
Navy Mariner
South Pole
Pine Island
BE. S. T
John Howell
West Orange
N. J
R. P. Conger
Mayon Volcano Erupts as Villagers Flee lava Streams
Mount Mayon in the Philippines erupts with sulphurous smoke and cannon like blasts. Villagers flee along roads and ox carts as lava streams reach about four miles down the sides. An aide to President Roxas says there is no alarm unless conditions worsen.
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Manila
Mayon
Philippines
Luzon
Fairland
Mobile
Ala
Legaspi
Associated Press
Manuel A. Roxas
Libog
Camalig
Search Conducted for Pilot's Body
Coast Guard boats and a plane scoured San Francisco bay for the body of Thomas Michael Ryan the 21 year old socialite and great grandson of a Wall Street financier who died when his low wing monoplane crashed in fog off Coyote Point. Wreckage was found two miles from shore as authorities continued the search. Ryan son of Thomas Fortune Ryan III and Alberta Eaton Ryan had been en route from Belmont to Millsfield for fuel before a trip to Los Angeles with two friends. He served in the Army Air Forces and later worked with Quick Crop Dusting of Phoenix.
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San Francisco
U.P
Coast Guard
Thomas Michael Ryan
Wall Street
San Francisco Bay
Coast Guardsmen
Ryan
Coyote Point
Belmont Airport
Millsfield
Los Angeles
Mills Field
Flyer
Thomas Fortune Ryan III
Alberta Eaton Ryan
Mid- Continent Air Lines
Ryan Aviation Association, Inc
Ryan II
Army Air Forces
Quick
Phoenix
Eisenhower Returns to Lead Campaign for Army Funds
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, returning from Florida, resumes command of the Army campaign in Congress. He will decide on enlistment vs draft continuation as Truman’s budget seeks 6.658 billion for the Army for the next fiscal year with cuts from the Army’s request. Eisenhower, resting from brusitis treatment, departs Miami amid guarded access and aides’ orders.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhoower
Florida
Army
Republican Congress
Miami
Eisenhower
Truman
Congress
State of the Union
War Department
Hunter Dies of Heart Attack in Elk Hunt Near Gardiner
Livingston reports Harold Graves 41 Red Lodge fire chief died of a heart attack during elk hunting in Gardiner area as two other hunters were wounded by stray bullets. Graves’ body sent to Red Lodge. survivors include his widow. Thurston 66 of Missoula wounded in chest. Earnhardt W Livingston injured thigh, both in satisfactory or fair condition.
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Livingston
Gardiner
Park County
Harold Graves
Red Lodge
Albert Rose
Graves
Montana
William A. Thurston
Northern Pacific Railway
Missoula
W. L. Earnhardt
Passenger survives crash of Eastern Airlines DC-3 near Galax
An Eastern DC-3 crash near Galax Virginia during a rainstorm killed 18 of 34 aboard. survivor William Ellis Keyes Jr. 25 Florida was aided by two Providence residents who pulled him from the burning fuselage. The crash occurred about 1 40 a m with search and rescue taking over an hour.
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Eastern Airlines
Detroit
Miami
Here
William Ellis Keyes, Jr
Boynton
Fla
Providence
Galax
Winston-Salem
Keyes
Paul Warrick
Galax Fire Department
Uites
Vaughan-Guynn
Quell Hotel Fire Without Panic in Terre Haute
A Sunday fire at the Terre Haute House, a 10 story hotel, began in a third floor room likely from a cigarette. Quick actions by guests and a young employee whose baby died in a recent fire kept injuries and damage low, with firefighters containing flames to the room. Damage estimated at 4500 dollars.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Terre Haute House
Thomas Liedner
William E. Wilbur
Wilbur
George Simms
Simms
Four Die in Midair Collision Near Miami Aviation Center
Four persons were killed and one injured critically when two planes collided above the Miami Aviation Center airport in North Miami. Three died instantly and a fourth died later at a hospital, per North Miami Police Chief Karl Engel.
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Miami
Fra
Miami Aviation Center
North
Karl Engel
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Thomas M. Ryan
Gen. Eisenhower
D. Harold Oliver
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