Honolulu Storm Blocks Highways and Floods Areas
Honolulu battles a major rainstorm with landslides blocking highways and floodings in low-lying districts. Waipahu reports nine inches of rain, Honolulu airport sees two inches in 40 minutes, a motor yacht runs aground off Waikiki with 15 rescued and three hospitalized, and a Northwest Airlines flight circling before landing as more rain is forecast for Monday night.
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Honolulu
Waipahu
Pearl Harbor
Mokuola
Waikiki Yacht Harbor
Northwest Airlines
Portland
Gladys Swartheut
McCloy Warns Extremists May Unite With German Reds
In a radio address from Washington John J. McCloy United States high commissioner in Germany warned that Communist and Rightist Extremists in Germany seem ready to join forces with Russian totalitarianism if an opportunity arises He said Western nations may have to revive the airlift and described current tensions as a flurry Western officials have come to expect after conferring with President Truman and Secretary Acheson about Russian interference with US freight shipments into Berlin.
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Washingon
John J. McCloy
United States
Germany
Truman
Dean Acheson
Benin
Weather Outlook: Snow, Cold Wave Across Regions
Mostly cloudy with occasional snow on Tuesday, turning colder and windy. Cold wave drives temperatures to 15 or 20 Tuesday night. Forecasts show highs around 18 to 36 across locations, with frigid night lows near 15 to 21 and subzero highs in northern zones. East of divide, snow diminishes Tuesday, ending south by afternoon. west of divide, snow flurries fade as winds ease, temperatures plummet with north highs 5-15 and south 15-25.
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School of Mines
Divide
Associated Press
Idaho
Montana
Dakotas
Weather Bureau
Continental Divide
Glacier Park
Belton
Wolf Point
Highway Department
Marias Pass
Browning Cut Bank
North Dakota
Storm Gathers Force Heading Eastward
A winter storm gathering force moves east from northern Idaho to Montana and the Dakotas. Blizzards hit Montana east of the dividing line with frigid temps expected to persist. North Dakota reports a dangerous, nearly blind situation as highways face heavy slides and drifting snow.
Senators Quarrel Over Ouster of Adm. Denfeld
In Washington on January 23 Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews declared Adm. Louis E. Denfeld legally ousted as chief of naval operations despite a presidential commission reappointing him. Senator McCarthy demanded a Senate inquiry while Sen. Tydings defended Matthews and urged confirmation of Adm. Forrest Sherman as CNO as the row over naval leadership continues.
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U.P
Secretary of the Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Senate
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Tydings
Robert L. Dennison
McCarthy
R-Wis
Matthews
Denfeld
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Armed Services Committee
Air Force
W. Stuart Symington
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Hull
Ross
Fourth Uranium Shipment Traced to Russia in 1944
The House un American activities committee hinted and then stated a 45 pound uranium metal shipment to Russia in June 1944, adding 1000 grams of heavy water and a note that Britain also received some uranium. Witness Burman, former Manhattan Project official, testified on ongoing proof.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Russia
Britain
Frank Tavenner
Tavenner
Lawrence C. Burman
Burman
Atomic Energy Commission
Conlon Spy Trial to Open Today
Judith Coplon and Valentine A. Gubitchev prepare to face trial in New York on charges of conspiring to spy for the Soviet Union. The case connects to broader leak allegations and follows Alger Hiss’s recent conviction. Coplon faces possible terms up to 35 years plus existing sentences. Gubitchev faces up to 15 years and fines up to $20,000.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Alger Hiss
Soviet Union
Miss Coplon
Valentine A. Gubitchev
Gubitchev
Washington
Woman Trainer Bitten by Angry Tigress
Frail Mabel Stark a famed wild animal trainer for about 40 years was severely bitten on the right arm by a tigress at the World Jungle compound in Thousand Oaks California on Monday. She was lifting a three month old cub from its mother when the attack occurred and was taken to Burbank Hospital where doctors cautioned the injury may not be fatal though the extent was uncertain.
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Burbank
Calif
Mabel Stark
Burbank Hospital
Thousand Oaks
Robbery Clues Lead Nowhere in Brink's Case
Boston police pressed the Brink's robbery mystery as two more suspects were detained at their Stoughton homes. Four Brink's garage employees were questioned to probe possible insider involvement while a nine state alert sought a Hudson sedan PA 903-506. Detectives noted the inside job theory after a pair of glasses worn by a visually impaired victim were found among the clues. An alarm at the vault cage triggered by accident preceded the probe.
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U.P
Brink’s, Inc
Brink
North End
Money Transportation
Stoughton
Suffolk Downs Race Track
Brink’s North End
Brink’s
Presidents Tax Program of Cut-and-Take Fails to Please Congress Bloc
The article notes Congress opposition to a tax program and reports a new bloc in Berlin with Russians relaxing the western truck traffic blockade briefly. Soviet guards disciplined cargo trucks at Helmstedt for 24 hours, allowing one every 15 minutes, before the mid afternoon change. The piece mentions Berlin and Soviet actions impacting cross zone transport.
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Congress
Berlin
Helmstedt
Berlin airlift plans revealed as Russian blockade tightens
Berlin dispatch reports U P says top secret plans to mobilize the Berlin airlift were disclosed as Moscow imposes a "little blockade" slowing truck traffic and delaying a U S Army train. Officials compare tactics to 1948 land and water blockade.
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Berlin
U.P
United States Army
United States
Allied Trains Blockade Sparks Berlin Meeting
Berlin commanders of American British and French forces met in emergency session over Soviet tactics delaying three US military passenger trains at the checkpoint for up to six hours. Officials argued over credentials of two Brazilian diplomats and a German US high commission employee before trains resumed to Frankfurt. An Indian or Brazilian diplomat quoted an unnamed American officer warning of a new east German blockade, while Bourne called the delay mere pin pricks and inefficiency.
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Berlin
United States
United States High Commission
Frankfurt
Mario Calabria
G. K. Bourne
Wildcat coal strike spreads across five states
Pittsburgh January 23 U P Rebel miners defied John L. Lewis back to work order sending picket bands into soft coal fields idling about 65 500 miners in five states The drive labeled no contract no work carried across state lines into western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio Pickets moved into Uniontown as relief offices and the Salvation Army faced demand for food and clothing from miners and their families
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U.P
John L. Lewis
Lewis
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
United Mine
Uniontown
Salvation Army
Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills set for later action
The House cleared the way to consider Alaska and Hawaii statehood but will not bring the bills up this week. McCormack said Alaska would be taken up first, while Coudert protested the move as a political ploy that would grant the territories four senators and urged postponement.
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Washington
House
Alaska
Hawaii
McCormack
Dmass
Coudert
R-N. Y
Territories
Congress
Avalanche Destroys Train Cars on Seton Lake
A mountain avalanche swept part of a Pacific Great Eastern railway train into Seton Lake 150 miles northeast of Vancouver in a blizzard. Engineer Alec L. Munro, 42, and Fireman Harry P. Seymour, 27, died trapped in the cab as the engine and a car vanished beneath the ice. Three other cars derailed.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Seton Lake
Here
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Alec L. Munro
Harry P. Seymour
Union Threatening Telephone Strike Plan to Jam Dial Systems
The CIO's Communications Workers of America outlined a plan to jam Bell switchboards during a nationwide strike. President Joseph Beirne urged mass calls to overwhelm unattended equipment, aiming to force breakdowns. About 100,000 workers could strike now, with 150,000 more ready by Feb. 1, while mediation efforts proceed.
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CIO
Bell Telephone Company
Joseph A. Beirne
The
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Philip Murray
Beirne
Murray
Bell Phone
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
William N. Margolis
Bierne
Berlin Commander’s Deputy Dies in Berlin
Col. William T. Babcock, 52, deputy United States commander in Berlin, died of a heart attack early Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Maxwell Taylor called him a casualty of serving against the cold war pressures in Berlin and noted he worked to the breaking point and beyond.
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Berlin
William T. Babcock
United States
Maxwell Taylor
Babcock
Truman and aides discuss war weapons meeting
President Truman and cabinet members along with top military leaders held an arms evaluation conference for more than an hour on Monday. It was denied that the hydrogen superbomb was mentioned though officials said no new development prompted the meeting.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Gordon Gray
United States
Ross
J. Howard McGrath
Interior
Oscar R. Chapman
Defense
Louis Johnson
Gen
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman Proposals in Digest Outline Tax Cuts and Rises
President Truman proposed to cut seven excise taxes by offsetting revenue loss with tax loophole closures, aiming at several hundred million dollars. He would raise about $1 billion by trimming exemptions on estate and gift taxes and raising corporate rates while easing taxes on mid-range profits. Proposals target jewelry and luxury goods, travel and telecom levies, with loophole fixes including oil depletion exemptions and charity tax exemptions, life insurance gains formula, and capital gains substitutions.
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Washington
Truman
Truman Seeks Tax Overhaul to Plug Loopholes
President Truman urged Congress to raise about 1 billion dollars yearly from corporations and estates and to cut seven excise taxes while closing loopholes. He warned he would veto bills not offset by equivalent new revenue, targeting oil, mining, charitable groups, and life insurance firms as examples of current tax advantages. He said gains from closing loopholes would offset excise reductions to help balance the budget in the future.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
T-Men Will Scan seven thousand incomes
Treasury plans to crack down on mid income tax evaders with added enforcement agents focusing on returns of individuals earning 7000 to 25000 dollars annually. Atkeson cited audits in 1949 that yielded 1.8917 million dollars in extra revenue, with 8.40 dollars gained per cost. Audits rise with income, as 17.8 percent of 7000 to 25000 filers are audited vs 3.9 percent under 7000. More than two thirds hit above 100000, while about half of 25000 to 100000 are audited.
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Washington
Treasury Department
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
T.A. Atkeson
Internal Revenue
Atkeson
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
George J. Schoeneman
Labor view on eight hour day delays in Butte project
A labor spokesman argues it took time to build Rome and will take time to build Butte, opposing a return to the eight hour day. Build Butte counters that projects should not last as long as possible, saying expeditious work benefits workers, contractors, and employers alike. The committee notes start and stop time hurts a six hour day more than a longer day, stressing mutual respect when jobs finish on schedule.
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Butte
Build Butte
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