Allied Attack Drives Ahead in Western Korea Front
Allied forces push ahead as much as three miles in western Korea amid heavy hand to hand fighting. A French American unit is trapped by Chinese forces while Turkish troops advance toward Anyang near Seoul. Chinese artillery harasses UN lines as casualties mount. President Rhee hopes for a return to Seoul as a wave of Chinese withdrawals and a flag surrender occur.
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Tokyo
Korea
United Nations Limited
Seoul
10Th Corps
Anyang
Suwon
Wonchon
Buwon
Osee Oju
Han River
Chipyong
Rhee
Myers Is Freed and Arrested Again
Former major general Ben Nett E Meyers was paroled from the federal reformatory at Lorton Virginia after a 1948 conviction for inducing a civilian associate to misstate sideline business activities during World War I. He was immediately taken by U S marshals to face a federal income tax evasion indictment in Washington. Bond was fixed at 5000 dollars by Commissioner Cyril Lawrence and his associates said it would be posted promptly.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Force
Federal Reformatory
Lorton
U.S
Aneoes
Meyers
District of Columbia
Cyril Lawrence
Mercy Killing Excuse Hearts and Spades Duel
In Richmond England on February 1 Mrs Dorothy Fulton found a perfect bridge hand of 13 hearts and bid a grand slam in hearts. Her husband, playing against her, overbid with a grand slam in spades and was set. She remarked she could have divorced him on the spot.
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Richmond
England
Dorothy Fulton
Lawmaker Sparks Dimes Drive In Legislature
Olympia February 1 state Rep Charlie Johnson proposed a motion to donate legislator mileage payments to the March of Dimes. Rep Daniel Giboney asked Johnson the amount of his check and Johnson replied Twenty cents as Republicans and Democrats clashed over the measure.
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Olympia
Wash
U.P
Charlie Johnson
D. Olympia
Daniel Giboney
D. Spokane
Johnson
Government control prices outlined in Phoenix office briefing
State Office bases price policy aims at fixed levels with a general inflation freeze. Robert Jones, newly appointed, said he is learning the duties as Jackson explains the plan. Raymond Jackson, administrator consultant, describes phases including local condition reviews and eventual price level establishment. Phoenix meetings will involve dry cleaners launders restaurants and grocers.
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Robert Pointment
Washington, D. C
Jones
Jackson
Raymond Jackson
Office
Phoenix
Third Atomic Blast Sets Off at Northwest Test Range
The third atomic explosion in a week rocked the government test site near Las Vegas Nerv Peru with a bright pre-dawn flash. Police reported no alarms and officials said initial surveys found few radiological hazards.
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Las Vogar
Nerv
Per
Here
Atomic Energy Commission
New Mexico
Arizona Sales Tax Reaches New January Record
Phoenix February 1 The Arizona state tax commission reported January sales tax collections hit a new high of 2 001 430 dollars. Luxury tax receipts totaled 365 422 dollars for the month, also high but not a record.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State Tax Commission
Arizona Senate Defies Pyle on Veterans Office Abolition
The Arizona Senate approves eliminating the state veterans service officer, contending the Veterans Administration can handle duties while Gov. Howard Pyle supports the office for a sizable transient population. The body also tentatively approves $250 for Secretary of State Wesley Bolin’s travel to a Miami meeting and $3,000 for the Phoenix gathering next fall, grants microfilm admissibility of records in court, and transfers $600 in livestock sanitary funds to cover unpaid lion bounty claims.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Senate
Veterans Service
Clay Simer
Navajo
Veterans Administration
Howard Pyle
Wesley Bolin
National Association of Secretaries of State
Miami
Arizona bill targets tax on tax controversy
The bill seeks to stop a charge merchants call a tax on a tax by excluding gross income gross sales and gross receipts from the excise tax when computing sales for the two per cent state levy. Legal circles doubt the measure will achieve its purpose.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State Supreme Court
State Tax Commission
Labor Delegate to Mexico Dies in Mexico City
Grover C. Wilmoth of El Paso Texas a member of the U S delegation to Bracero talks died suddenly of a heart attack in Mexico City at 6 05 p m He was district director of the U S Immigration and Naturalization Service in El Paso and had suffered an earlier attack before improving The foreign office said funeral services would be held in Mexico City and the body flown to El Paso
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Mexico City
U.S
Mexico
Grover C. Wilmoth
el Paso
Tex
Wilmoth
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Foreign Office
Rail workers strike widens to California yards
Southern Pacific yardmen at San Jose walked off the job as a nationwide rail strike expands. Tucson division superintendent Bays said California disruption would be limited due to detour routes and quiet conditions elsewhere.
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California
Southern Pacific
San Jose
San Francisco
United Press
G. A. Bays
Tucson
United Nations Labels China Aggressor in Korea
The United Nations General Assembly voted 44 to 7 with 9 abstentions to label Communist China an aggressor in Korea. A three nation good offices commission will pursue peace talks, while sanctions are delayed pending progress reports. Britain supported delaying sanctions to allow for renewed peace efforts.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
United Nations General Assembly
China
United States
Korea
Assembly
Good Offices
Britain
U. S
Gladwyn Jebb
Clement R. Attlee
London
Jebb
Pearson
Pekington
Fevson
Lucky Spite on Picture Leads to Alabama Shooting Incident
In Birmingham Alabama a woman fired a .22 caliber pistol at her husband after an unspecified dispute. The incident details are unclear but local reports note the motive as spite.
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Birmingham
Ala
Weather in Tucson Rises From Cold Night
The day starts with higher temperatures after a 30 degree low and a 48 degree high the previous day. Other cities report frigid readings with Albuquerque at 19/5 below, San Antonio and Memphis below 25, while northern states stay cold. Arizona readings show Douglas 50/21 Phoenix 53/35 and Grand Canyon 23/3 as Tucson expects rising temps and variable high clouds.
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Tucson
Abe Leever
Mercury
Albuquerque
San Antonio
Tex
Memphis
Tenn
Biemarck
N. D
Denver
Min
Arizona
Douglas
Phoenix
Grand Canyon
Weather Bureau
Elephant Shortage Shuts Vienna Restaurant
In Vienna a shortage of elephants forced the Golden Owl restaurant to close. The eatery specialized in elephant goulash and schnitzel after owner Rudolf Schiener bought a circus mammoth last year. He says the meat lasted long but now no elephants remain to be had.
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Vienna
Austria
Rudolf Schiener
Coal Miners Gain Supplemental Wages Spark Coal Price Impact
Washington reports a new pay raise for nearly 400000 soft coal miners and about 75000 anthracite workers goes into effect with no government block. The Wage Stabilization Board approves pre midnight increases and sets new coal price ceilings likely to raise consumer bills.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
John L. Lewis
Wage Stabilization Board
W. Wirtz
Eisenhower backs Europe aid against communism
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told a joint Senate and House meeting that there is no acceptable alternative to U S assistance in rearming Europe. He warned that without help Europe would weaken and America could be left isolated in a world dominated by communism.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Europe
U. S
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Western Europe
Rev Stoner Returns to Texas to Lead Rural Parish
Rev. Victor R. Stoner, former Salpointe High School principal, plans to move to Victoria Texas within a week to serve as priest for ranchers at a O’Connor ranch church, to be built near Victoria with siting influenced by Stoner’s earlier church work in Tucson. The new church will seat about 200 and echo Stoner’s St. John’s Catholic church style.
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Victor R. Stoner
Salpointe High School
Victoria
Tex
Thomas O'Connor
O'Connor
Father Stoner
Rev
Stoner
Dennis
Tom O'Connor
Mary O'Connor Braman
St. John’s Catholic
Edward C. Carscallem
Salpointe
Tucson
University of Arizona
Pastime Park Veterans’ Hospital
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
St. Anthony’s Church
Casa Grande
Winslow
Miami
Dowell
Angel Island
House Studies Worker Bills In Arizona
Phoenix February 1 The house committee on banking and insurance introduced three bills to reform administration of the workmen's compensation fund. Changes would cut fund expenditures, place supervision of rates with an advisory five member board, and create a governor appointed fund manager with senate consent. The bills shift premium rate setting to the industrial commission and reward merit with lower premiums.
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Phoenix
House Committee On Banking and Insurance
Workmen's Compensation Fund Commission
State Insurance Fund
Senate
Industrial Commission
Walk Habit Reunites Brothers Across Years
Sigmund Singer 82 in Memphis connected by a long distance phone call with his brother Victor 66 in New York City after 35 years apart. The reunion stemmed from a newspaper notice about Sigmund’s daily 15 to 20 mile walks. They exchanged names and family details before vowing to stay in touch.
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Memphis
Tenn
UPR
Sigmund Singer
Singer
Victor
New York City
Anna
United Press
Ees
Long Island Daily
Sigmund
Long Island Press
New York
Memphis Press
Scimitar
Chicago
B'nai B'rith
Romania
Bullets' Soft Touch Keeps Henry Breland Unharmed
Korea western front February 1 Lt Henry T Breland of New Augusta Mississippi says he survived a Philippine campaign shell with his pack intact. A mortar fragment yesterday sliced the left ear flap from his winter hat without striking him.
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Korea
Western Front
Henry T. Breland
New Augusta
Miss
Rhee Hopes For Early Return To Seoul
Korean President Syngman Rhee declared that he hopes to return to Seoul soon. UN forces advance in western Korea as the line nears the next phase of the war.
Winter storm batters nation and drivers license news
A winter storm sweeps across the nation disrupting travel and prompting updates in weather warnings. Reports include changes to drivers license procedures and related public notices. The page also lists various sections such as editorial, society, films, and sports with page references.
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Pearson
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N. C
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John J. Parker
Parker
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Martin A. Martin
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Cyrus S. Ching
Ice
Lewis
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War Labor Board
Rev. Stoner
Texas
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Denmark
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Rome
Germany
Belgian Congo
By Leo Soroka
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Igmund
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South Korea
United Nations
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Ariz
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