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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1950

Page

2

Pravda Attacks Truman Accusing Peace Failures

Pravda denounces President Truman in a front page editorial alleging he pursues war and masks peace talk. It questions who attacked Korea and Taiwan and accuses the United States of imperialist aims, while also linking Truman’s family to gangsters through his brother in law and Kansas City boss Binaggio.

Moscow Pravdance Truman Communist Party Mr. Truman Korea United States China Pravda Peoples Uman Taiwan Formosal MacArthur W. Averell Charles Binaggio Kansas City The Kansas City Star Binaggio D. F. Wallace Wallace

New Arabian Pipe Line Ships Oil to Mediterranean Tankers

A 750 mile Tapline pipeline from Saudi fields delivers crude to a Mediterranean tanker offshore at Sidon Lebanon. Four pumping stations along Jordan Syria and Lebanon enable 315000 barrels daily, with 2.8 million barrel storage tanks near Lebanese hills. A second 560 mile Kirkuk to Banais line, built by the Iraq Petroleum Company, aims for 1952 partial use and full by 1954.

Mediterranean Arabia Jordan Syria Lebanon Persian Gulf Suez Canal Arabian American Oil Company Burt Hull Trans-Arabian Pipeline Company Kirkuk Mosul Iraq Banais Iraq Petroleum Company Y- Vacuum, Inc Standard Oil of New Jersey Anglo- Iranian Oil Company Iran

Libia Proclaims Sayed Idris El Senussi King

Libia’s National Constituent Assembly proclaims Emir Sayed Mohamed Idris El Senussi as the first monarch of the new Libian nation. The assembly adopts a federal constitutional monarchy with three territories Cirenaica Tripolitania and Fezzan under a king. The move follows independence declared by Libia’s assembly on November 25.

Tripoli Libia Sayed Mohamed Idris el Senussi Cirenaica National Constituent Assembly of Tripolitania Fezzan Sayed Mohammed Idris Mahdi Es

Romania Voters Approve Communist Council slate

Vienna dispatch reports Romania’s voters under secret police and Russian troops endorsed 80 Communist candidates for local councils from regional down to rural levels. Western experts in Vienna say the move tightens Communist control in southeast Europe’s largest agricultural and oil-producing state.

Vienna Austria Romania Europe

Diplomat Named Woman of Year by AP poll

The AP poll names top women of 1950 across fields. Gloria Swanson leads film, Pearl Buck tops literature, Irene Corey Diller named scientist, Gussie Moran tops sports, Mary Margaret McBride dominates radio, Vivien Kellems leads business with tax dispute ongoing.

New York Mesta Merman Ary Martin South Pacific Gloria Swanson Miss Swanson Hollywood Pearl S. Buck God's John Day Company Irene Corey Diller Institute For Cancer Resarch Philadelphia Corey Gussie Moran Mary Margaret McBride NBC ABC Yankee Stadium Vivien Kellems Stormy Petrel Westport Conn

Missing Coed’s Body Found Near Kalamazoo

The body of 18 year old Carolyn Drown, Western Michigan College coed, was found in a corn field eight miles south of Kalamazoo. Sheriff Butler said clothing showed a criminal attack and a scarf indicated strangulation. Her fiancé Ralph Keller and her parents were involved in the search.

East Lake Mich Carolyn Drown Western Michigan College Otto K. Butler Mark Schilling Kalamazoo Gy My Fm Schilling Miss Drown Glen Drown Stockbridge Ralph Keller Jackson, Mich Chicago

Women Dominate 1950 Year in Politics and Society

The year highlights include Margaret Truman's continued musical career and Milli cent Carey McIntosh's prominence as Barnard College dean and mother of five. Margaret Smith of Maine repeats as Woman of the Year for breaking ground in the Senate on her own merits.

Connecticut Margaret Truman Millicent Carey McIntosh Barnard College New York Margaret Smith Maine Senate

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