Evacuation Plans Face Delays as Communist Attacks Grow
At Peiping and Tientsin a new Communist assault threatens the withdrawal of nearly 2000 Americans. Rail lines are damaged southeast of Peiping while harbors at Tangku and Chinwangtao are locked. Lt Gen Gillem declines to set a timetable, noting evac plans hinge on ships and air lifts.
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Peiping
Peiping-Tientsin
Tangku
Chinwangtao
China
Thesea
Truce
Alvan C. Gillem, Jr
United States
Washington
Gillem
North China
Manchuria
Tientsin
Germany's Naval Failure Assessed
Washington reports secret Nazi documents reveal Germany failed to use heavy ships due to lacking a sea going habit. The US feared another raid by Bismarck and Prince Eugen and stationed ships at Argentina and Newfoundland to intercept. Doenitz and Raeder papers show Hitler rejected bases in Iceland or Atlantic islands and prioritized U boats in American waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Navy
London
Fleet Adm
Ernest J. King
United States
Argentina
New Foundland
North Atlantic
Hitler
Jan‘y
Germany
Grand Adm
Erich Raeder
Iceland
Atlantic
Karl Doenitz
American
South America
Cape Hatteras
Admiral Mitscher Hospitalized for Heart Attack
Admiral Marc A. Mitscher aged 60 a wartime commander of Task Force 58 is treated at Norfolk Naval Hospital for a heart attack from the previous Sunday The Navy said he will be cared for by Capt Cecil Andrews a Navy heart specialist who is traveling from Bethesda to Norfolk to oversee his case.
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Washington
U.P
Marc A. Mitscher
Norfolk, I
Naval Hospital
Navy
Mitscher
Atlantic Fleet
Cecil Andrews
Navy Heart
Norolk
Bethesda
Tax Objectives Reasserted by Speaker Martin
Speaker Martin reaffirms the GOP aim of a 20 percent individual income tax cut while denying an across the board slash. A Capitol cafeteria clash over tax-cut method near volume, with Knutson and Engel clashing before aides intervened. Martin says balance the budget and reducing debt are tied to the 20 percent target.
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Washington
Martin
R-Mass
Capitol
Rep
Knutson
Minnesota
Engel
Michigan
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. McCormick
Massachusetts
Anonymouse Notes Hinder Los Angeles Slaying Probe
Police investigating Elizabeth Short’s slaying receive six anonymous notes crafted from headlines. Homicide lab uses newspaper office to check fingerprints. Emily Williams pleads guilty to giving false information in San Diego. Miss Short’s Camp Cooke ties and Army threats are reviewed by detectives.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Short
Los Angeles Herald-Express
Edwin F. Uhde
Jack Donahoe
Miss Short
Emily Williams
San Diego
Calif
Bricker Objects to Sharing Atomic Secrets With Others
Washington January 30 Senator Bricker Ohio challenged sharing the atomic bomb secret with any world policing body arguing it could lead to a holocaust He proposed an international treaty to outlaw the weapon as an alternative William Waymack Iowa editor defended the Baruch plan and urged a real inspection system Bricker and Waymack differed on outlawry versus control Oak Ridge spending and waste were questioned during the hearing
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Washington
Bricker
Ohio
Truman
Domestic
Atomic Control Commission
William W. Waymack
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate Atomic Committee
Waymack
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Commission
Russia
Poland
Baruch
Control Commission
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcoro
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Oak Ridge
Commission
March of Dimes Dance Slated in Butte
Residents will attend a March of Dimes ball at the Temple ballroom to raise funds for infantile paralysis victims. The Silver Bow chapter sponsors the event as polio drive efforts close with a Saturday sports program at Montana School of Mines gym. Proceeds go to local polio relief.
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Butte
Temple Ballroom
Silver Bow County
National Foundation For
Montana School of Mines
School of Mines
Eastern Montana Normal College
Billings
Thirteen Hurt in Traffic Mishap Near Vallejo
Thirteen people were injured, one seriously, when a Pacific Greyhound bus collided with two cars near Vallejo California. The bus plunged over a 14 foot embankment buckling the front of the bus.
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Vallejo
Calif
Pacific Greyhound
Bond Issue Bill Wins Approval in Montana Legislature
Montana House approves a $450000 bond for a new state office building after amendments. Funds would buy adjacent lots and cover equipment from a $122000 allocation. total $500000 comes from the state land rental fund. Debate split the minority for the first time as critics call costs excessive.
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Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
House
E. A. Blenkner
Stillwater
Capitol
Frank Tierney
Silver Bow
Tierney
Henry Lobel
Lewis and Clark
Butte
Governor Ford Praises Montana Legislators as Hard-Working
Gov Sam C Ford praised the Montana legislative group as hard-working during a visit to Butte for the Montana Meat Packers association luncheon. He said lawmakers in both Houses are considering important measures aimed at a bigger and better Montana and left for Helena after the luncheon at Finlen.
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Sam C. Ford
Butte
Montana Meat Packers Association
Montana Legislative Assembly
Montana
Ford
the Finlen
Helena
Italy and Austria Seek Roles in Postwar Peace Talks
Italy in a London note asks to help write the German peace terms citing co-belligerency and war effort contributions. Austria seeks a Magna Carta like peace treaty to establish an independent state. Yugoslavia protests the presence of an Austrian envoy with Nazi ties. Canada urges full participation in crafting the German peace due to its war effort and stake in the outcome.
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London
Foreign Ministers Council
Austria
Italy
Nicola Carandini
Germany
Leopold Figl
Hans Piesch
Yugoslavia
Piesch
Carandini
United Nations
Russia
Britain
France
Ottawa
Canada
Cold Wave Expected Tonight In Butte Montana
A severe cold wave moving toward Butte promises much colder weather by Friday night with temperatures dropping to 30 below or lower. Snow flurries, strong winds, and sub zero readings were reported across Montana as the storm sweeps in from Canada, with Billings the warmest spot at 36 above zero.
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Butte
United States Weather Bureau
Mercury
Montana
Canada
Cut Bank
West Yellowstone
Havre
Broadus
Glasgow
Great Falls
Billings
Weather Forecast for Butte and Surrounding Areas
Butte will see few snow flurries Friday morning with decreasing clouds and much colder conditions by Friday night. Highs near -5 expected in the region. Across the area temperatures dropped to 22-23 at the School of Mines and Airport respectively, with lows around 2 and -6. West of Divide a cold air mass spreads Friday with scattered light snow showers and falling temperatures, while east of Divide a severe cold wave arrives Friday with snow squalls and strong winds driving lows to 15 to 25 below in northwest and north central portions and rapid temperature drops in the southeast.
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Butte
School of Mines
Divide
South Portion
Charge Failure of Peace Efforts to Communists
Winter storms sweep across the nation causing at least 25 deaths with injuries and property losses in the hundreds of thousands. Record cold and extreme temperatures contrast with warm spells in Washington and Charlotte. Tornadoes hit Montgomery Alabama and Arkansas Missouri areas, while Vancouver experiences 72 mph winds and waterfront damage possibly reaching one million dollars. Heavy snow up to 21 inches disrupts transport and communications in Iowa.
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Associated Press
North American
Snag
Yukon
Washington, D. C
Charlotte
N. C
Montgomery
Ala
Arkansas
Missouri
Vancouver
B. C
Iowa
British Troops Hunt for Kidnapped Englishmen in Jerusalem
British soldiers and police rounded up hundreds of Jews in screening pens in the Montefiore quarter and searched tombs as they hunted for kidnapers who seized two English hostages and later released them. Martial law was withdrawn after the hostages were freed and tensions eased in the Holy Land.
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Jerusalem
Montefiore
Tel Aviv
Petah Tikvah
Ramat Gan
Holy Land
H. A. S. Collins
Ralph Windham
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Mystery over 10 percent rent order stirs Senate hearing
Washington January 30 Senate Banking committee sought to quiz James W. Follin deputy administrator of the office of temporary controls about the 10 per cent rent increase order killed by President Truman. Follin and other witnesses postponed, leaving senators puzzled as officials called it a comedy of errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
James W. Follin
Office of Temporary Controls
Follin
OPA
White House
Typhoon Aims at Manila as Philippines Brace for Storm
The weather bureau reports a typhoon moving toward the Philippines from 150 miles east of northern Mindanao. The storm threatens Manila and the southern archipelago as officials prepare for impact.
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Manila
Weather Bureau
Philippines
Mindanao
Midwest Storm Strikes Wide Area With Ice Snow and Tornadoes
A vast winter storm blanket covers the Midwest and South as ice freezes highways from Indiana to Ohio and snow disrupts Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota Iowa and Nebraska. Tornadoes in Alabama and Arkansas kill and injure several, while 85 Iowa towns lose communications and a 2000 foot snowdrift traps residents in Elkader.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
Farmersburg
Elkader
Montgomery
Ala
Arkansas
Missouri
Milwaukee
Lower
Midwest
Canada
Alabama
Kent
Bethel
Georgia
Macon
One Killed Ten Hurt in Snowstorm Crash
In Altavilla Iowa a relief engine from Rochester Minnesota struck the caboose of a Chicago Great Western freight train during a blinding snowstorm. Wayne Miler of St Paul Minnesota was killed. Several crew members including William Bens Leo L Van De Walker Paul Butterfield Clyde Eastman were injured with varying severity.
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Alta Vista
Iowa
Rochester
Minn
Chicago Great Western
Wayne Miler
St. Paul
William Bens
Leo L. van de Walker
South St. Paul
New Hampton Hospital
Paul Butterfield
Clyde Eastman
McIntire
George Klahr
E. H. Howe
Elma
China quits three man mediatory committee in Peiping
The Chinese government announced it is withdrawing from the three man committee and Peiping executive headquarters blaming the Communists for collapsing peace talks. United States followed with a similar withdrawal. The move accuses Communist obduracy of blocking peace efforts.
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Nanking
China
U.P
Committee of Three
Peiping
United States
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Fire Destroys Den Flour Mills in Tacoma
A $2,000,000 blaze in Tacoma destroys four grain elevators at Den Flour Mills with 500,000 bushels of wheat burning. No lives lost. workers escaped via ropes as the seven story building burned for eight hours before firemen contained the blaze. Mill president Milburn estimates losses may reach over $2.5 million.
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Tacoma
Wash
Centennial Mill
Sperry
Moritz Milburn
William Theda
Actions Speak Louder Than Words in Holdup
Modesto California reports a holdup where three deaf mutes forced George Chappell to surrender his wallet. The assailants pushed his stalled car to start it and signaled a threat, as he described the incident to police.
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Modesto
Calif
U.P
George Chappell
Hughson
Chappell
Ceaf
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