Police Probe Ties Bronx Warehouse to Explosive Shipment
Police questioned Julius Chender and his parents in a probe to identify who was behind the attempted shipment of 65 000 pounds of TNT to Palestine. The TNT packed in 26 cases marked machinery was found at a Jersey City pier and traced to a Bronx warehouse owner who could not be located. William Hoffman of a Belleville trucking firm denied prior trouble and claimed no knowledge of TNT. The American Export Lines freighter Executor was unaware the crates were for Tel Aviv and Haifa and contained explosives.
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Bronx
Palestine
Jersey City
Leon Chender
Julius
Chender
Paris
William Hoffman
Belleville
N. J
Hoffman
Jersey City Ce
American
Tel Aviv
Haifa
GOP To Give Answer On Democrat Challenge
Republicans mapped a radio response to Democratic demands for quick approval of the European recovery plan and Truman anti inflation measures. The GOP leaders will speak from a Washington round table as Taft Halleck Martin Millikin outline tax cut goals and demand presidential approval. The House and Senate panels plan to press for major income tax cuts as the new session opens.
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Truman
Mutual Broadcasting System
Congress
Paris
Los Angeles
GOP
Taft
Carroll Reece
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Senate Finance Committee
Repubicans
Spring Weather Lifts Pocatello Enjoys Warmer Day
Sunday brought near springlike warmth to Pocatello with light rain and relief from persistent ice. The high reached 48 and the low 26 as the US Weather Bureau noted that today will be cloudy with scattered rain or snow and a high of 30 to 40 degrees.
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Pocatellans
US Weather Bureau
Board bars butter for NY city school lunches
The Board of Education said lunch menus will use oleomargarine instead of butter to save about 124000 dollars annually.
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New York
Board of Education
Marshall Launches Fight On Critical Europe Aid Plan
Secretary of State George C. Marshall returns to duty to push the European Recovery Program through Congress. He seeks to contain Soviet Communism by economic reconstruction of western Europe, with hearings set on a plan to provide 17 billion dollars over four and a quarter years starting April 1.
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Europe
Washington
George C. Marshall
Halls of Congress
Congress
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Austria
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Confession Is Retracted in Murder Case
Clarence Lukehart 40, who served 19 years of a life term for first degree murder of an eight year old, says his 1928 confession was forced by third degree. Authorities followed Jake Bird’s Washington State Penitentiary confession and Gov Blue sent a special agent to Tacoma to investigate Bird’s claim of multiple killings.
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Clarence Lukehart
Lukehart
Washinon
Jake Bird
Washington State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
Bird
Tacoma
Wash
Robert D. Blue
Republicans Draft Critical Policy Program to Shape Campaign
Senate Republican policy committee led by Chairman Robert Taft opens a session to draft a GOP legislative program. The move aims to influence the 80th Congress and the upcoming presidential race, with key topics including a tax-cut bill, the Marshall Plan, and anti inflation measures.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Senate Republican Policy Committee
80Th Congress
Philadelphia
Senate
House
Truman
GOP
Weather Men Prefer Blondes
Baltimore dispatch reports Bendix Aviation engineers explain humidity recorders use blonde hair as the moisture sensing element. Hair must be straight, at least ten inches long, unbleached and unmarred by curling irons. brunettes and red hair are deemed too coarse for the instrument.
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Baltimore
Bendix Aviation Corp
Rumors Fly Over Krug Exit From Cabinet Post
Washington rumors persist that Secretary of the Interior J A Krug will leave President Truman's cabinet despite denials. A White House meeting followed by Krug’s evasive exit fuels talk of potential resignation, health issues, or moves to a private role. Senate critics target Straus and Krug amid calls for investigations and possible removals.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
Truman
White House
Krug
Harry Truman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Michael W. Straus
Reclamation
Straus
Tru
Hearing Set On Charges Against Steel Trust Price Fixing
The Federal Trade Commission will hold hearings starting January 12 in Washington on alleged unlawful steel price fixing and restraint of competition. The American Iron and Steel Institute and 101 named firms deny the charges, while some firms seek dismissal over jurisdiction. Also a House subcommittee begins probe into a $1,000,000 black market in steel with high officials expected to testify.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
American Iron & Steel Institute
New York
House Public Works
Rep. W. Kingsl
Macy
N. Y
Prices Still Up On New Furniture
The nation’s largest wholesale furniture market opens with supplies short and prices five to ten percent higher than last July. Over 26,000 buyers from 48 states will push price increases to consumers as furniture reaches retail showrooms in three months. Bedroom and dining room items are scarce due to steel and fabric shortages. Occasional furniture is more available and most hard woods are plentiful for tables and cabinets.
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Chicago
Wild Turkey Call Leads to Hospital In Pensacola
Buell Evans of Freemount Florida tried a wild turkey call as a hunting decoy. A companion 20 feet away fired buckshot, injuring Evans who was treated at Pensacola hospital for serious gunshot wounds.
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Pensacola
Fla
Buell Evans
Freemount
Nimrod
Evans
Pensacola Hospital
Ten Children Die as Train Plows Into Sleigh Near Archbold
Passengers described the horror after a New York Central train hit a sleigh near Archbold Ohio, killing ten children. The late train reached Chicago an hour thirty four minutes behind schedule with wreckage and bodies reported along the right of way.
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Chicago
New York Central
Archbold
Tojo Claims U S Threatened Japan
Tokyo report says Hideki Tojo testified that American fleet concentration at Hawaii in 1940 threatened Japan and justified the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy. He admitted the Axis accord was seen as a provocation toward war with the West during his defense before the international military tribunal.
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Hideki Tojo
Japan
U. S. Navy
Hawaii
Germany
Italy
Tojo
International Military Tribunal
Engineer Says It Was Impossible To Stop Train
D O Sherer of Toledo Ohio an engineer on a New York Central passenger train that struck a tractor drawn sleigh killing 10 children said there was no chance to stop. The train was traveling 80 mph and Sherer said he blew the whistle and applied emergency brakes as soon as the sleigh was seen but could not slow the train in time.
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Straus
Truman
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Reclamation Bureau
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John Pirozzi
Brooklyn
N. Y
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Elkhart
Ind
Toledo
New York Central
Sherer
Archbold
National Safety Council
Chicago
Here
Jesse Wyse
Wyse
John
Idahoan Survives Snowbound Ordeal Near McCall Summit
Paul Ulmer, 25, spent two nights in a snowbound car after a blizzard trapped him on a summit en route to Brown Tie and Lumber Co. camp. He was found by a plow crew 200 yards from the summit and brought to McCall for medical care. his condition is not reported as serious.
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Paul Ulmer
Idahos
Ulmer
McCall
South Fork
Brown Tie and Lumber Company
Lick Creek
Dinah Shore Gives Birth To Daughter Melissa Ann
Hollywood. Dinah Shore and George Montgomery welcomed their first child a seven pound daughter named Melissa Ann born by cesarean section on Sunday. Both mother and baby are reported doing fine.
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Melissa Ann
Dinah Shore
George Montgomery
Miss Shore
Las Vegas
Nev
Isolation ends as span nears completion in Oregon valley
In Mehama Oregon county crews rush a 100 foot span of the 130 foot Bail ey bridge to reopen the flood swollen Santia River crossing. Three expectant mothers in Elkhorne Valley await transport to hospital with the nearest facility 27 miles away in Salem.
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Ore
Santia
Hedda Swart
Gordon Knox
Roy Roberts
Elkhorne Valley
Toll at grade crossing leaves eleven children dead in Ohio area
Archbold Ohio reports a freight pass before a New York Central passenger train struck a tractor sleigh carrying ten laughing children and three others. The death toll rises to eleven with four Grieser children among the victims and two survivors hospitalized.
Rescue Stalled as Alaska Coast Winds Balk Spencer Survivors
Six survivors of the Spencer and three Navy men battled sub freezing winds after their surfboat was dashed on rocks while attempting to reach shore. Coast guard cutter Clover and Navy tug Motaco stood by as rescuers reeled from heavy seas off the Alaska peninsula near Kodiak. The 65 foot cannery vessel Spencer ran aground Friday and broke up as the crew reached the beach. all survivors were unharmed but exposed to brutal weather.
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Motaco
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Shelikoff Straits
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