Army Snowbound Rescue Drives West in Snow Emergency
Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick announced Operation Snow Bound has freed about 5 000 people and 150 000 head of livestock across Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming. Air forces dropped feed to stranded cattle as bulldozers cleared 1 097 miles of roads amid fears of an epidemic.
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Carl Belzer
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Congress
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Thunder Butte
Henry Kassel
Arizona
Airies National Guard
Australians Await Davis Cup Team Naming
In Melbourne Australia the Australian Davis Cup selection committee will delay naming its 1949 team until star Jack Bromwich decides whether he will atone for past issues. The decision hinges on Bromwich's availability and form as the nation weighs its best roster for the competition.
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Melbourne
Australia
Jack Bromwich
News of the Day In Rhyme About Stalin and Truman
A humorous verse imagines Stalin inviting Truman to Moscow while Truman counters that Stalin must come to Washington. It warns of potential talks on peace or war, and hints at Cold War tensions with Berlin, U.S. air and ground forces, and a satirical tip to audit White House utensils if Stalin visits.
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Joe Stalin
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Washington
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Truman
Joe
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Berlin
Air Force
Army
White House
New York
Auto Theft Ring Broken by Police Across States
Federal agents and Salt Lake City police say they broke a west wide auto theft ring with seven arrests in Utah and Mississippi. Six Utah defendants face federal Dyer Act charges for transporting stolen cars across state lines. An eighth suspect, John J. De La Casa, was killed in Los Angeles. Other arrests were made in Salt Lake City and Ogden as the investigation tied thefts in Montana, California and San Francisco to Utah.
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Mississippi
Los Angeles
Donald H. Carroll
Vicksburg
Miss
John J. de la Casa
Ogden
Frank Berglund
Otto Waldron
Gayle Starks
Louis W. Selleneit
Leslie A. Olsen
Victor W. Jones
FBI
Leo Nulty
Butte
Mont
San Francisco
Nulty
Recov
St. Anthony’s Births and Car Theft Case Highlight Record
News of record items note births at St. Anthony’s Hospital for Mr. and Mrs. Don Holman and Sars Noall Streeper plus William Jensen in Washington. A stolen car was recovered and an attempt to alter its serial number was detected.
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Don Holman
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Sars
Noall Streeper
Jamel Deine
William Jensen
Washington, Girt
Storm Halts Search For Sheepherder
Snow halts the three week search for a missing sheepherder as a new storm moves across Southern Idaho into Utah. A snowplow jeep overturned in Uintah County near Ouray, driver feared drowned, while passenger Jay Smith escaped. Sheriff Prince reports further searches paused in Wayne Gardner case near the Arizona border as several other herders are found safe. Forecasts expect light snow to spread over Northern Utah with cold temps easing later.
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Green River
Ouray
Uintah County
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Myton
Ray Allred
Duchesne
Antone B. Prince
Washington County
St. George
Wayne S. Gardner
Arizona
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Provo
Ogden
Logan
Two Planes in Collision at Barkdale Field
Two US Air Force B-25 bombers collided at about 4000 feet altitude near Barkdale Field Louisiana. Two crewmen were killed when one bomber exploded in flight and the other crashed and exploded on the ground after five men bailed out.
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Barksdale Field
Air Force
Navy Moves Western Pacific Headquarters to Shanghai
Vice Admiral Oscar Badger announced the Western Pacific fleet headquarters will move to Shanghai within 10 days aboard the El Dorado. Most marines at Tsingtao will evacuate to Shanghai Guam Okinawa and other American bases as forces are readjusted for the new situation. The move follows Communist shelling near the Tsingtao airfield and the decision to maintain only a patrol unit there.
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Tsingtao
Oscar Badger
U. S. Western Pacific
Shanghai
Badger
el Dorado
Guam
Okinawa
Pacific
Bayfield
China
U. S. Navy
State Department
Navy
Cardinal Mindszenty denies plotting, confesses guilt in principle
In Budapest the Hungarian people's court rejected Mindszenty's bid for release. The Roman Catholic primate said he did not participate in overthrow plots but admitted guilt in principle and in detail to most accusations.
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Budapest
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
People’s Court
Mindszenty
Geyser Erupts in Yellowstone Parking Lot in 1946
A geyser suddenly erupted in a parking area of Yellowstone National Park in 1946, drawing visitors and park staff to the scene as the splash and steam created a dramatic display amid vehicles and open space.
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Yellowstone National Park
Gratitude Train arrives in New York for city ceremony
The Gratitude Train boxcar was welcomed by a ticker tape parade in Manhattan with 200000 onlookers. The French ambassador presented the boxcar to Mayor O Dwyer as the train prepares to distribute 48 gift cars to states and D C in tribute to the Friendship Train.
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Broadway
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Navy
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American Legion
District of Columbia
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Henri Bonnet
William O'Dwyer
France
Egypt Accepts Bunche Palestine Proposals With Modifications
Unofficial sources report Egypt accepts most Bunche Palestine settlement ideas with some changes. Ismail Shirine carried papers to Cairo and returned after consulting government. Israel remains cool but open to further talks. official Israeli comment pending.
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Egypt
United Nations
Ralph J. Bunche
Palestine
Bunche
Ismail Shirine
Cairo
Israel
Manpower Meet Slated Tuesday in Pocatello
Pocatello military manpower committee will hold its February meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday Feb 7 at the army recruiting station 403 N Main St Capt James D Hunsaker assistant station commander says the session will cover recruiting matters and feature an interesting combat film.
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Pocatello
Military Manpower Committee
Army
N. Main St
James D. Hunsaker
Hunsaker
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