Fireworks Set for Hearings on Atomic Commission Nominations
Senate atomic committee opens hearings on President Truman's picks for the new atomic energy commission. David Lilienthal faces sharp questioning from Sen. Kenneth McKellar who calls him a top Communist in Tennessee, while Lilienthal and TVA past chair Gordon Clapp deny the charge.
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Washington
Senator McKellar
Dtenn
David E. Lilienthal
Senate
Truman
New Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate Atomic Committee
McKellar
Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Atomic Commission
Congress
House
TVA
Gordon Clapp
Clapp
Commission
Carroll L. Wilson
Robert F. Bacher
William W. Wymack
Lewis L. Strauss
Sumner T. Pike
Names Checked in Murder Probe in Los Angeles
Los Angeles detectives review about 75 names from an anonymous address book sent with Elizabeth Short's possessions. FBI fingerprint checks are awaited while police probe a boastful Barstow woman claiming to know the killer but authorities find no substantiation.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Short
Jack Donohoe
Donohoe
FBI
Washington
Miss Short
Barstow
Calif
Engineer Dies in Rail Crash Near Pittsburgh
The Pennsylvanian passenger train collided with three derailed freight cars at Pitcairn while en route from Chicago to New York. Engineer J. W. Allison, 66, of Altoona, died from injuries at Columbia Hospital. Two passengers had minor injuries and continued their trip as a spokesman said nine coaches scraped the derailed cars. The cause was under investigation.
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Pittsburgh
U.R
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvanian
Pitcairn
Chicago
New York
J. W.allison
Altoona
Columbia
Egypt Breaks Off Talks With Britain Over 1936 Pact
Premier Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha said Egypt ended negotiations with Great Britain on revising the 1936 military alliance treaty. Egypt will submit all outstanding problems to the United Nations Security Council for resolution.
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Cairo
U.P
Egypt
Great Britain
United Nations Security Council
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
United States Target in Future War Warned by General
Gen George C. Kenney warned at a national defense conference that the United States would be the first target in a future war. He described a possible trans polar air assault that could kill or maim up to 25 million people in the first day and said the U S would be the top objective for an eventual Hitler-like aggressor. He spoke as commander of the strategic air command at Andrews Field Maryland.
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Washington
George C. Kenney
United States
Hitler
Kenney
21St Women’s Patriotic Conference On National Defense
Strategic Air Command
Andrews Field
Marshall to press for 40 year German control pact at Moscow
Diplomatic circles expect Secretary of State Marshall to push for acceptance of a 40 year German control treaty at the Moscow Foreign Ministers Conference. The plan aims to deter a German military revival and would align the United States with USSR Britain and France against Germany, building on Byrnes earlier proposals and Stalin's tentative approval.
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Washington
Marshall
Moscow
Stalin-Bevin
Britain
Russia
Stalin
Byrnes
Molotov
New York
Europe
United States
Germany
France
Man Leaps 1000 Feet to Death at Empire State Building
A man identified as David H. Gordon Jr. leaped from the 86th floor tower of the Empire State Building, dying instantly. His body struck Mrs. Francis Coover of Ames Iowa, who suffered multiple fractures and shock. Police found 29 cents on Gordon and notes indicating his mother should be notified.
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New York
David H. Gordon, Jr
Empire State Building
Francis Coover
Ames
Iowa
34Th Street
Coover
St. Vincent's Hospital
James Lambert
Lambert
Gordon
Rose Gordon
Miami
Fila
Tug with five aboard goes missing in Delaware Bay
The Coast Guard issued a shipping alert on Sunday calling all vessels from Delaware Bay to Florida to search for a fleet tug that vanished last Wednesday with five men aboard.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Coast Guard
Delaware Bay
Florida
Russia and Canada Delay US Reparations Plan for Japan
U S officials say Russia and Canada are blocking an American plan to allocate 15 to 20 percent of Japan reparations. Eight nations including China and Britain have voiced views since last November. The United States may proceed with MacArthur’s directives without Russia and Canada.
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Washington
Russia
Canada
Japan
State Department
Douglas MacArthur
China
France
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
India
Philippines
Netherlands
United States
MacArthur
Far Eastern Commission
Moscow
Some War Powers May Be Dropped
President Truman may ask Congress this week to drop some war powers while retaining others with a focus on decontrolling molasses. The plan centers on the second war powers act ending March 31 and may abandon controls on manufacturers inventories. White House discussions with John R. Steelman considered industry complaints on molasses access and potential price decontrol.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
John R. Steelman
Agriculture Department
Father and Son Killed in Plane Crash in Carroll County
A New Hampton man Alfred E. Bates 54 and his son William Henry Bates 19 were killed when their small plane crashed in a Taneytown pasture during a heavy rainstorm while returning from Florida. State police identified the victims.
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Westminster
New
Hampton, N. Y
Florida
Taneytown
Carroll County
Alfred E. Bates
William Henry Bates
Quake Reported From Managua Shocks Felt in Butte
Violent Earth tremors shook Managua early Sunday lasting over two hours with strong activity at the epicenter. Seismograph at Montana School of Mines recorded the quakes starting 3:14 AM as residents fled homes for parks and open areas but no damage was reported in the city.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Montana School of Mines
Stephen Nile
Mining College
United Press
Two Deaths Stemming From Severe Sal Salvador Quakes
Seismic activity from a reactivated volcano rattled western Salvador with 95 shocks since Saturday. La Union suffered casualties including a child killed by collapse and a woman who died of fright heart attack. Water pipe rupture and power outages were reported.
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San Salvador
U.P
Salvador
la Union
Managua
Nicaragua
Pacific
Middlebury Victory Runs Aground Off Marseille Planier
The American cargo ship Middlebury Victory, 15,199 tons, ran aground Sunday night off Marseille Planier island, sending a distress call for immediate aid. Radiomarine Corp of America reported the vessel was on rocks and severely battered, needing assistance.
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New York
Middlebury Victory
Radiomarine Corporation of America
Mar- Sailles Planier Island
Strangled Young Woman Found Near Gary Outskirts
A well dressed unidentified woman about 25 was found bound and strangled in a desolate Gary area. She wore a gray suit with diamond jewelry and a wedding band. Police suspect she was killed elsewhere and dumped, with an office worker background considered.
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Gary
Ind
Robert Doty
Anthony Standorski
Hammond
Doty
Kedzie Avenue
5422
van Buren Street
Chicago
U S Delegates Aim to Speed German Austrian Peace Talks
London January 26 The United States representatives at the four power deputy foreign ministers council will push to accelerate this week the drafting of recommendations for the German and Austrian peace treaties. Americans will lead the German and Austrian sections and press committees on outstanding issues.
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London
United States
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Divides
Mostly cloudy with snow flurries Monday in Butte. Temperatures fall Monday night with little change. At School of Mines highs near 36 and 25 low. airport 39 high 22 low. precip 0.15 inch. West of divide and east of divide expect cloudy, colder Monday with scattered snow flurries or light snow, highs 20 to 30, near zero in northwest.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Grace Moore among victims in Copenhagen air tragedy
Opera star Grace Moore is reported killed in a Royal Dutch Airlines DC-3 crash near Copenhagen. The 45 year old American was en route to Sweden for concerts after a US tour, joining Prince Gustaf Adolf and 22 others who perished as the plane failed to climb after takeoff.
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Grace Moore
Copenhagen
Sweden
Gustaf Adolf
Royal Dutch Airlines
Stockholm
Miss Moore
Valentin Patera
Mougins
France
Patel Aio
Gustaf Adolph
Holland
Bernhard
Juliana
Netherlands
Karl Gustaf
G. J. Geysendorffer
the Hague
Croydon
London
Chiri Biri bin
United States
Europe
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Gold Recovered From Wreckage At Tai Tam Peak
A Philippine Airlines C 47 crash on Tai Tam peak left four crew members dead including an American pilot. Coolies recovered 33 gold bars valued at 50 000 each, with seven or eight bars still in the wreckage. Bars were sent to Hong Kong banks and other firms.
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Hong Kong
U.P
Taitam Peak
Philippines Airlines
Exchange Telegraph Agency
London
O. T. Weymouth
L. Chaidian
M. A. Lim
B. Merza
E. C. Luscombe
Luscombe
Belgian Bank
Chase Bank
American Express
Bank of East Asia
Salt Industries
Manila
Kaitak Field
Plane believed crashed near Chungking with 18 aboard
A China National Aviation Corp C-47 carrying American pilot Jack Blackmore, 28, of Los Angeles, and 18 others, disappeared about 15 minutes from Chungking after leaving Canton Saturday. Searchers scoured sky and ground as communications ended at 2 p.m. Saturday.
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Shanghai
China National Aviation Corporation
Chungking
Jack Blackmore
Los Angeles
China
Canton
China National Aviation
Blackmore
Airport Building Destroyed in Columbia Blaze
A blaze at Columbia Airport wiped out the administration building, likely totaling $100,000 in damage. The former Army air base terminal used by Delta and Eastern Air Lines burned, with radio gear, a coffee shop, and a restaurant among the losses. The fire's cause was undetermined and spotted by a Delta co pilot during approach.
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Columbia
S. C
U.P
Columbia Airport
Columbia Army Air Base
Delta
Eastern Air Lines
Court Refuses to Hear Defense in MacArthur War Crimes Trial
Tokyo January 27. Sir William Webb head of the Inter national War Crimes court rejected defense motions challenging General MacArthur authority to establish the tribunal. He called them political harangues and told defense counsel to proceed with individual motions for each of the 26 Japanese defendants.
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Tokyo
William Webb
International War Crimes Court
General MacArthur
Webb
David F. Smith
MacArthur
Pearl Harbor
United States
Japan
Army
Navy
Nuernberg
Briton Kidnapped by Underground Members in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem on Sunday night five operatives linked to the Irgun Zvai Leumi abducted British businessman H. I. Collins 48 a former army major and bank director. Police describe a violent seizure and disappearance into a Moslem cemetery maze amid a massive search by 600 British troops.
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Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Jan
H. I. Collins
Palestine
Collins
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Dova Bela Groner
Irgun
Five Antarctic crash survivors reach carrier for homeward trip
Five survivors of an Antarctic photoplane crash on December 30 were transferred by breeches buoy from the destroyer Brownson to the carrier Philippines Sea for their return voyage. The Navy South Polar task force base reported the update on Sunday.
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Little America
Brownson
Philippines Sea
Navy
South Polar
Train Wreck Leaves 39 Cars Damaged in Smashup
A train wreck damaged 39 of its 48 cars with no injuries reported. Crews investigated the cause and inspected surrounding tracks.
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