Allies Shell Reds In Seoul
Allied artillery pounded Seoul for the first time since Chinese forces were driven from the city. The 8th Army reported destroying a Red pocket south of Seoul as tanks and air power pressed a rapid advance toward the capital. Commanders said the offensive has advanced over 35 miles in 15 days with tens of thousands of enemy casualties. British troops captured two Chinese prisoners with typhus.
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Tokyo
Seoul
United Nations
U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
Manchuria
United Press
Jack Burley
David Spivey
Washington, D. C
Han River
Richard Applegate
Colvin
8Th Army
Explosion at Minnesota Mining plant kills and injures many
A massive blast at a Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co plant in St Paul today left at least three dead and 18 injured. Authorities warned more bodies were being recovered as hospitals reported multiple critical cases and unidentified victims arriving for treatment.
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ST. Paul, Minn
U.R
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Ramsey County
Ancher Hospital
Ancker
Government to Slash Peace Time Metal Use in Automobiles
Washington reports the government plans a 25 to 40 percent cut in basic metals for automobiles stores and home appliances starting April 1 to conserve steel copper and aluminum for defense. Officials note actual car and appliance output may fall less than metal allowances due to substitutions and conservation.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Local Youth Killed in Korea Omission Noted in Draft Call
Raymond C. Hubbard, 19, of 2731 N. Orchard Ave, listed among 45 locals summoned for pre-induction exams, was fatally wounded in the Inchon landing on September 23, four months earlier. Hubbard had enlisted in the Marines and apparently failed to notify the draft board.
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Korea
Raymond C. Hubbard
N. Orchard Are
Inchan Landing
Pima Supervisors Refuse Third Superior Court Judge
Pima County supervisors keep from creating a third superior court division. J Homer Boyd ill at home. Lambert Kautenburger and David S Wine agree to meet later if he improves before Feb 19. Richard H Chambers urges action to relieve crowded courts and speed trials.
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Pima County
Board of Supervisors
J. Homer Boyd
Richard H. Chambers
Pima County Bar Association
Lambert Kautenburger
David S. Wine
Boyd
Chambers
Kautenburger
Roy Peel
U. S
Peel
Superior Court
Bar Association
Pennsylvania Rail wreck claims reach seventy five million
Seven investigations opened into the February wreck at Woodbridge New Jersey that killed four and injured about five hundred. Engineer Joseph H. Fitzsimmons said he traveled at fifty mph though ordered to slow to twenty five mph under amber signals. The crash raised to fifteen the hospitalised in critical condition and a possible higher death toll.
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Woodbridge
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Joseph H. Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
John H. Bishop
Henrietta Bernhard
Long Branch
New York Bay Head
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Istate of New Jersey
Middlesex County, Pennsylvania Railroad
The
Public Utility Commission
Woodbridge Police
FBI
Weather notes across Arizona with mild, sunny days
The report highlights ideal conditions with sun and light winds. Highs reached up to 79 degrees while the low dipped to 46, with Phoenix at 81/47, Yuma 87/52, Douglas 74/34, and Flagstaff 60/27.
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Weather Bureau
Arizona
Phoenix
Yuma
Douglas
Flagstaff
Study Increase Of Students Here
Four Tucson district one school board members met at the Pioneer hotel to address rising city school enrollment tied to the Howard Hughes electron ice plant project. Board president Oliver Drachman warned it would be rough but pledged efforts to preserve standards as some schools may run a double shift this semester due to worker influx. Attendees included Fred W. Fickett, Dr. Robert Secrist, Robert D. Morrow, and Drachman.
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Tucson
Fred W. Fickett
Bert Secrist
Robert D. Morrow
Drachman
Bitter Fight Looms Over Troop Authorization
Washington February 8 UP Senator William F Knowland vows a bitter fight to block administration moves for blank check authority to send more troops to Europe He calls for a ceiling on U S forces in Europe Also Polizzi to be given another chance before a contempt charge and draft policy reconsiderations surface in Congress.
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Washington
William F. Knowland
Calif
Europe
Knowland
U.S
Congress
Finletter Heads to Review Turkish Aid After London Stop
U S Air Force Secretary Thomas Finletter arrived in London and will travel to Turkey to review military aid results. He met informally with British Secretary of State for Air Arthur Henderson and is scheduled to depart for Paris the next day.
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London
U. S. Air Force
Thomas Finletter
Turkey
O Finletter
Air
Arthur Henderson
Paris
Truman dares Congress to cut budget in fiery news conference
President Truman challenged Congress to trim his 71 billion dollar budget calling it tight and good. He argued lawmakers threaten to squeeze spending but often add funds instead and warned against attacks on him over loan applications tied to the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Donald S. Dawson
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
RFC
New Board For Ft. Grant Gains Backing
The Arizona House approved abolishing the Ft. Grant industrial school board and creating a new board with county seating limits for members. The Senate backed a measure for a school trustees association funded by a per pupil levy and supported moving authority to a youth system. The session also advanced a liquor control administration appropriation and related bills including penalties for sex violations and automobile burglary.
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Phoenix
U.P
Arizona House of Representatives
Arizona Industrial School For Boys
Ft. Grant
Senate
Sidney Kartus
Kartus
Carl Morris
D-Bisbee
House
Banking and Insurance Committee
Department of Revenue
L. E. Stone
Sam Head
D-Yavapai
Tom Collins
D-Pima
William F. Kimball
Dpima
Municipal League and
Employment Security Commission
Nevada
Littlefield, Ariz
Truman Calls Rail Strikers Russians
The army ordered striking railroad workers to return to work or be fired. It also announced wage increases for yardmen and yardmasters of 120 cents an hour and for road service employees of five cents an hour, retroactive to Oct. 1, pending settlement with management.
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Washington
U.2
Army
Truman orders army to keep railroads running amid strike
President Truman directed the army to act to prevent disruptions to essential rail transportation as union workers strike. He praised workers who stayed on the job and condemned others as ill advised. Pace to take immediate action to prevent threats to national security. The U.N. good offices effort continued with Entezam seeking two more members for a three man panel and debate over a third appointee.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Army
Frank C. Pace Jr
White House
Enteram
Good Offices
India
Sir Benegal Rau
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
General Assembly
Sven Grafstrom
Sweden
Entezam
Mexico
Louis Padilla Nervo
Pace
Chicago
Maynation
Government to Unfreeze Retail Prices for Clothes and Home Goods
Washington reports the Office of Price Stabilization plans to lift the price freeze on men and women’s clothing cosmetics furniture and household items. The new margins rule lets retailers pass along pre freeze wholesale increases while guarding against too steep rises. officials anticipate further orders and possible food price reports for Defense Mobilizer Wilson with a February 15 presidential message eyed.
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House
Prices Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Congress
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Eric Johnston
Defense
Wilson
Truman
Fine Dandy Yard Returns to Normal for Southern Pacific
In Tucson the yard is reported "fine and dandy" as embargoes on perishables and livestock through El Paso are lifted. Mail restrictions west of the Mississippi eased with all mail free of remaining limits. Air mail up to 70 pounds and 100 inches is now allowed and traffic is flowing as nine eastbound and eleven westbound trains moved yesterday. About 500 cars of perishables expected from Yuma and the Imperial Valley.
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Tucson
Southern Pacific
G. A .Bays
el Paso
N. L. Pritchard
Mississippi
A. W. Kilborn
S. P. Tucson
Kilborn
Yuma
Imperial Valley
Remington to be sentenced in pending case
Local court records indicate that Remington faces sentencing in a case lingering from prior proceedings. Prosecution argues for a firm penalty while defense requests lenience, with hearings scheduled in the usual county courthouse.
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New York-New Jersey
Reds
Alfred
Big al" Polizzi
Polizzi
George C. Marshall
National Guard
Peru Point
C. Edward Rowe
Finletter
New Board For
By Bob Brooks
Bulletin
U.N
Salpointe News
Nation
Remington
Ariz
Financial
Gabfest
Sinha
Society
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