Air Force C-47 Wreckage Found No Survivors
Wreckage located on a 7000 foot Arizona mountain 45 miles northeast of Phoenix confirms all 28 aboard perish. Among the dead are 19 West Point cadets, four crew, and five passengers including Jeane Garafalo a WAF bound for Plainsfield New Jersey. Ground teams face a difficult climb as bodies are recovered.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ai Force
Arizona
West Point
Arnold Johnson
Jack Shoe Cattle Co
Johnson
Hamilton Air Force Base
Calif
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Texas
U. S. Military Academy
N. Y
California
WAF
Jeane Garafalo
Plainsfield
N. J
Medical War Against Polio Hopefuls Open March of Dimes Drive
Basil OConnor announces the 1952 March of Dimes campaign in a coast to coast broadcast. Gov Earl Warren and daughter Ning Warren attend, with OConnor noting lab progress toward immunization and urging a 5 million dollar January drive to cover 1951 debts and support 45 000 polio dependents.
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March of Dimes
Los Angeles
Basil O’conn
Nation
O'Connor
Sidney Cul‘Yer
Earl Warren
California
Ning
Honeybear) Warren
America
Sales Directory Jan 4 12 noon Winchester real estate auction
January 4 sale at 12 noon by Herbert Larrick Trustee at the county courthouse for real estate on North Braddock Street Winchester. January 6 at 1 pm Ralph and Helen Crozen Nain Varal estate furniture and household goods auction.
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Herbert
Larrick
Prederick County Court House
North Braddock St
Winchester
Ralph & Helen Crozen
Nain
Varal Estate
Allied Warplanes Busy in Korea Amid Ground Lull
Allied aircraft flew 210 sorties by noon and damaged rail lines at 49 points as ground fighting cooled to a lull in Korea. Northern front patrols and enemy supply vehicles drew attention while two U N planes were shot down and temperatures dipped below freezing along the battle line.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
U. N
Seine Valley
U. S. Eighth Army
United Nations
Fifth Air Force
U.N
Catholic Church Targeted by Italian Communists Drive
In Rome Italian Reds openly attack the Catholic Church after years of avoidance. Palmiro Togliatti leads a campaign opposing a Western European army and confederation tied to Eisenhower era defense plans. The fight links church influence to a broader plan against Western integration.
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Rome
Palmiro Trogliatti
Italy
Reds
Europe
Eisenhower
Free Nations
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Virginia Reports 20 Accidental Deaths During New Year Holiday
Virginia counted 20 accidental deaths over a four and a half day New Year holiday. Twelve occurred in highway crashes, five in fires, and three in drownings. Harold G Schmidt Jr a 24 year old Quantico Marine was the first 1952 traffic fatality in a non collision wreck on U S Route 1 in Prince William County. An apartment house in Portsmouth claimed two infant sisters, daughters of Joshua and Jean Carver, with three other children severely burned. The 1951 traffic toll stood at 998, two shy of a thousand, with officials expecting the total to surpass one thousand once all reports are in.
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Virginia
Harold G. Schmidt, Jr
Quantico Marine
Prince William County
Portsmouth
Joshua
Jean Carver
FBI Lab Seeks Clue To Mystery Blast
FBI laboratories may help solve a blast that killed 24 year old William H. Cochrane Jr. of White Plains in Mountairy North Carolina. Metal fragments and a small cord piece were sent to Washington as investigators say no motive or lead has emerged.
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Mountairy
N.C
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
William H. Cochrane Jr
White Plains
United Nations urged to share burden in Korea war
U S called on all 60 U N nations to join in the Korea conflict urging sacrifice and a quick armistice. Benjamin Cohen warned that failure would require increased UN military effort while praising collective measures to empower action against aggression worldwide.
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Stanley Johnson Parisa
United States
United Nations
Benjamin Cohen
General Assembly
U. N
Cohen
Korea
Supreme Court Moves Step Toward Alger Hiss Disbarment
The Supreme Court suspended Alger Hiss from practicing before the court and gave him 40 days to show cause why he should not be permanently disbarred. NY Bar reports he was disbarred in New York after serving a five year sentence for perjury about passing State Department secrets to a pre war Communist spy ring. He began serving his term at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alger Hiss
State Department
High Tribunal
Hiss
New York
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Kentucky Men Arrested For Sunday Labors
Twenty nine men working on a pipeline near Darville Kentucky were arrested with 25 charged for Sunday labor violation. Commonwealth Attorney James F Clay notes Sunday work is forbidden except essential activities yet enforcement is rare. Four faced breach of peace charges linked to a dynamite blast last Sunday. James Lee Murphy a county farmer who signed complaints described the blasts breaking windows and cracking plaster at his home.
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Darville
James F. Clay
Kentucky
Clay
James Lee Murphy
Bovie County
Churchill May Fly To Washington From N Y Saturday
Prime Minister Winston Churchill may leave the liner Queen Mary at New York Saturday morning and fly to Washington to dine with President Truman. Officials said a speedup is considered to fit the weekend program, with a Blair House luncheon limited to 12 guests. They plan a Williamsboro yacht cruise in the afternoon and evening and formal talks with the President Monday.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
New York
Iruman
Queen Mary de Blair House
Truman
Williamsboro
Railway Express Agency seeks Virginia express rate increase
Railway Express Agency of Virginia petitions the State Corporation Commission to apply intrastate rate increases in Virginia matching ICC approval in Ex Parte 177 dated October 23 1951. Hearings set for January 9 1952 at 10 a m in Richmond. All interested parties should attend and present testimony in Case No 10775.
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Railway Express Agency, Inc. of
Virginia
State Corporation Commission of Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
U N Aid Driving Major Changes in Afghanistan
United Nations technical assistance reshapes Afghanistan with foreign experts guiding customs banking and taxation reform. A cabinet ranked UN coordinator leads progress while health agriculture and rural industry programs show gains including malaria and typhus reduction and a fivefold cotton yield increase from new farming methods.
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United Nations
Afghanistan
Phillip Beck
Tranway
Ohio
Sayed Khan Rechtia
U. N
U. S. Food and Agriculture
William W. Dickerson
Little Rock, Ark
Dickerson
First Transatlantic Signal by Marconi Reported
The first signal across the Atlantic was a three dot Morse code for the letter S. On December 1901 Marconi at St Johns Newfoundland picked up the signal transmitted from Poldhu England via the Atlantic from Marconi's transmitter.
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Atlantic Ocean
Marcony
St. John's Newfoundland
Alr
Marconi
Poldhu
England
Fire Chief Seeks Statewide Ban on Fireworks
Petersburg Fire Chief J N Farmer urged a statewide fireworks ban in the 1952 General Assembly. He estimated up to 30000 fireworks were used New Year’s Eve despite Petersburg ordinances. He noted many rockets came from Prince George County and urged stronger local enforcement statewide.
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Petersburg
J.N. Farmer
General Assembly
Farmer
Virginia Association of Fire Chiefs
Virgina
Prince George County
Fire Chiefs Association
Assembly
Supreme Court Rejects Stomach Pump Evidence in Narco Case
The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 against using a stomach pump to extract narcotics from a suspect. Antonio Richard Rochi of Los Angeles had his conviction for illegal drug possession overturned after deputies obtained morphine capsules via gastric pumping. Justice Frankfurter called the method a violation of due process saying it shocks the conscience.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Antonio Richard Rochi
Los Angeles
Justice Frankfurter
Robin
Prankfurter
Irritated Traveller Breaks Agent Nose at Station
Edward Wilkins, 18, of Hoboken N J was arraigned in New York on charges he broke a Pennsylvania Station baggageman's nose in two places A detective questioned him about the assault and he said he wanted to see how the man would reply after being misdirected to the Hudson Tubes by mistake
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New York
Edward Wilkins
Hoboken N. J
Pennsylvania Station
Wilkins
Murray Dworfken
Hudson Tubes
Juvenile Held In Car Theft In Winchester Case
A juvenile was arrested in Charlies Town West Virginia for stealing a 1941 Ford two door sedan belonging to Pearl Brand Fletcher of 823 Woodland Avenue. The car was taken from in front of the Virginal Restaurant on East Piccadilly between 4 and 6 pm Tuesday and reported stolen at 7:15 pm. Lt Ritter and Officer Wert returned the juvenile to Winchester authorities early this morning.
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Charlies Town
W. Va
Winchester
Pearl Brand Fletcher
Woodland Avenue
E. Piccadilly
Ritter
John Wert
Winchester Police Department
Special Court Hears Election Charges In Dickenson County
A three judge panel appointed by Virginia's chief justice opened a case in Clintwood today over irregularities in the November 6 general election. Republicans seek to invalidate Democrat wins for county clerk treasurer and commonwealth's attorney, while Democrats seek removal of the new Republican sheriff. The petitions allege illegal voting practices including fraud vote buying ballot manipulation and intimidation. The panel includes Judge Frank W. Smith Judge Earl Abbott and Judge L W Anson.
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Clintwood
Dickenson County
Virginia
Ecommonwealth
Frank W. Smith
Dickenson
Earl Abbott
Clifton Forge
L W. I Anson
Portsmouth
Hays Hints on Delay After Budget Messages to Congress
Budget messages were sent to Congress this month. At a Key West conference he told reporters the decision may come a little while after his messages reach Congress.
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Congress
Key West
Flying storm sinks ships off coast report
Shipping officials hoped to save the tip and cargo after a fleet hit by a flying storm. No immediate cargo value estimate. Commander W. L. Thompson of McKinney Texas, skipper of the Destroyer Jeeks, reported very heavy weather while racing from France to the Fiv-
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W. L. Thompson
McKinney, Tex
Jeeks
France
Rescue Efforts Continue For Destroyer Carlsen In Atlantic
The Weeks stands one to two miles away ready to assist as a radio signal confirms Capt Carlsen is alive and in good spirits. No change in the ship’s condition is noted while its port rails and main deck are awash. Messages of encouragement reached Carlsen from family and his New York boss via U.S. Naval Headquarters in London. Fears of a new storm arise as barometer falls to 29.62 at 3:30 a.m., winds shift to west southwest.
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Ing Enterprise
Carlsen
U. S. Naval
London
New York
Rescue After Storm Leaves Ten Passengers Safe At Sea
A storm forced a vessel to abandon ship last Friday with ten passengers and 41 crew members jumping into the sea. All were rescued, but one crew member died during the ordeal.
How's your L. Q Answers Quiz on Page 4
Answers to the page 4 quiz list answers for each question including Senator Robert A Taft Great Britain To Valhalla California An ore of copper Cats Herbert Hoover Arizona Italian Lord Howe The content reflects a quiz key with varied topics and names.
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Robert A. Taft
Great Britain
Valhalla
California
Herbert Hoover
Arizona
Lord Howe
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