UN Forces Hold Hungnam as Chinese Build Up in Korea
UN forces report continued Chinese buildup north and northeast of Hungnam with Red cavalry west of Hamhung and reinforcements streaming from the Puson reservoir road. On the 38th Parallel fighting centers in the central mountains near Kapyong-Chunchon as B 29s bomb Red ports Wonsan and Chinnampo and Fifth Air Force hits targets across the north and west. General Church praises the 24th Division readiness while Soule maintains Hungnam could be held as long as MacArthur desires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Lambert
Robert H. Soule
Hungnam
MacArthur
Hamhung
Puson
Fusen
38Th Parallel
John 4H. Church
Church
24Th
Eighth Army
Pyongyang
Kapyong-Chunchon
Korea
Inchon
Seoul
Kapyong
Hadacol touted by Houston salesman Swede Nilsen
Swede Nilsen of Houston claims Hadacol boosts energy and sleep and reports dramatic personal benefits from vitamins B1 B2 Niacin and iron. The advertisement cites improved appetite digestion and well being and promotes Hadacol with prices and a Lafayette Louisiana manufacturer credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nilsen
East 26Th Street
Houston
Texas
Hadacol
Corporation
Lafayette
Louisiana
The
LeBlanc Corporation
Mercury May Fall to 40 Degrees Today in Texas
Central Texas sees cool nights and mild days with a Monday high near 70 and low around 40 as a cloudy pattern continues. East Texas reports little temperature change and West Texas remains fair, with scattered notes on past 24 hour conditions and local readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Texas
Weather Bureau
East
West Texas
Colorado River
Colon
Jammed bus falls down mountainside near Grand Forks
A Calgary bound Greyhound bus carrying 40 to 50 people rolled 400 feet down a mountainside near Grand Forks British Columbia on Sunday. Three passengers were seriously injured. most others were treated for shock and minor injuries. The bus, crowded with University of British Columbia students, ended in a creek bed and was demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
B. C
Mountinside
Western Canada Greyhound
University of British Columbia Dents
Cost of living index for Canada in 1913
The cost of living base 1935 39 equals 100 and Canada shows an index of 79 1 in 1913. This indicates prices were far lower in 1913 compared with the 1935 39 base period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Luxembourg Minister Plans Christmas Party
Mrs. Perle Mesta announced she will return to her post as Luxembourg minister in time to host a Christmas party for 1,000 orphans. The famed Washington hostess has been in the United States for consultations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Perle Mesta
Luxembourg
Deaths and Funerals in Austin Area
Death notices and funeral details for H Walter Thomas George Barnes Mrs James F E Walls Augustus Francis Saunders Salathiel W Roberts Henry Albert Rice Charles Clyde Meredith Kate Moynahan Taylor Carl John Mertz Mertz list obituaries with service times locations and survivors in Texas towns including Burnet Lockhart Taylor Thorndale and Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockhart
Henry Albert Rice
San Antonio
McCurdy
C. B. Hall
Luling
McMahon Cemetery
J. D. Rice
Minnie Rice
Leona Martindale
Kate Woolridge
Ida Rice
Charles C. Meredith Lockhart
Charles Clyde Meredith
East First Street
Austin
Field Funeral
E. L. Clark
Lockhart Cemetery
W. P. Meredith
Marshal Patton
Bill Ormand
Gene Wagner
W. B Phelan
John P. Meredith
Billy Meredith
Benny Meredith
Altha Hanes
Chicago
Ill
Ruby Rosenthal
Staples
Lillie Rindle
William Meredith
Dallas
Roy Meredith
Port Arthur
Joe Meredith
Clayton Meredith
Orange
Owen Meredith
Kansas Vent Mo
Clarence Meredith
Ostin
Carl John Mertz Taylor
Carl John Mertz
Jerome Mertz
Thorndale
Holy Cross Cemetery
Granger
George
Linda Susan Mertz
Jerome Jessie Mertz
England
Allen
Mace Stewart Sr dies at Galveston
Mace Stewart Sr dies in Galveston where his gifts included Stewart Beach the Stewart Memorial to First Baptist Church land for a Boy Scout camp an American Legion Hall and the site for a new county hospital. He led the Galveston Automobile Club founded 1912 and was active in American Legion affairs. He later headed Texas Defense Industries Inc and joined the Southwestern Legal Foundation board. He served in the US Marines during World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Beach
Galveston
Stewart Memorial
First Baptist Church
American Legion Hall
County Hospital
Stewart
Old
Galveston Automobile Club
American Legion
Texas Department
Texas Defense Industries, Inc
Dallas
Texas
Southwestern Legal Foundation
School of Law
Southern Methodist University
Italian Agency Says Togliatti Heads for Moscow
The Italian news agency Ansa reports Palmiro Togliatti, ailing head of Italy's Communist Party, left by train Sunday for Moscow with stops via Vienna and Warsaw. He will rest in the Soviet Union including time in the Crimea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Amsa
Palmiro Togliatti
Italy
Communist Party
Moscow
Soviet Union
Vienna
Warsaw
Togliatti
Crimea
Ansa Sai
Death Claims Justice Who Sat at Nuernberg
Charles B. Sears, aged 80, presiding judge at the Nuernberg war crimes trials in 1947 and 1948 and a former member of the New York Court of Appeals, dies in Buffalo after a period of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death Claims Justice
Nuernberg
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles B. Sears
Sears
New York State Court of Appeals
Wage Price Honor System Lids and Inflation Fight
A wartime wage board reports wage and salary ceilings must not harm producers and that direct controls are weak. It calls for broad inflation fixes including tax increases, reduced nondefense spending, tighter credit, market regulation and inventory limits while noting pork cannot be controlled and beef, veal, lamb may face ceilings if above parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
ESA
US Building Slumps 18 Percent In November
November housing starts fell 18 percent to 85 000 dwellings as severe storms and seasonal factors curtailed home building. Compared with November 1949 starts were down eight percent, while 11 month total reached nearly 1.3 million, up 37 percent year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Bambino Origin Ties Ruth Nickname to Il Bambino
The name Bambino linked to Babe Ruth originates from the Italian Il Bambino used for infant Jesus images in swaddling clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bambino
Babe Ruth
Jesus
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Wéonsan
East Coast
Chinnampo
Navy
Marine
Fifth Air Force
Antonio
Pad Pras
Colorado
Congress
DIAL
H. Walter Thomas
Cook Funeral Home
John K. Beery
Masonic Cemetery
George Barnes
Joe Mertz
Mrs. C. A
Robert St. Claire
Frederick E. Brooks
Memorial Park
Austin Lodge No. 12
James Earl Walls
James FE. Walls
Texas Insurance Checking Office
Peggy Marie Wallis
Annie Shields
Tom Shields
Conway
Grace Methodist Church
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Lam
O. C. Crow
Patrick W. Armstrong
Lebanon
Augustus F. Saunders
Augustus Francis Saunders
Blanco
Willie-Donnelly
Nickerson
Alton Lindeman
Adolph Benseile
Milton Yancey
Melvin Ross
Edwin Patton
L. F. Warger
Kate Moynahan Taylor
Kate Moynahan
Taylor
Condra Funeral Home
Jephen Brown
St. Mary's Cemetery
Mace Stewart Sr
Russia
Armstrong
Capitol Floors
House OF Seat
Lamar
Guadalupe
Coon Funeral Home
WEED
Corley Funeral Home
Avaca
Austin Florist Association
Austin Wholesale Floral
Belding Flowers
Bowen Floral Garden
Brown Flower Shop Bunch & Yeagley Flowers
Capitol Wholesale Florists Center Wholesale
Colonial Floral
Connellys Flowers
Downtown Flower Shop
Dugger’s Florist & Greenhouses
Eldon Powell Florists
Eleanor Hillyer
Florists
House OF Flowers & Gifts
Ketchum Flowers & Gifts
Curley Flowers
MC Phails
Wayside Florists
Oakwood Floral
Poole’s Florists
Tarrytown
Flower Shop
Travis Wholesale Florists
University Florists
Warren's Flowers
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