18.9 Inch Snow Debacles New York Amid Northeastern Storm
A wind driven snowstorm dumped 18.9 inches on New York City, closing Idlewild Airport and crippling travel while an army of 18,340 snow crews worked to keep streets and transit moving. Officials held an emergency session as the storm abated late evening.
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Pane Pins Has Audience With American Official
Pope Pius XII received in private audience George V. Allen US assistant secretary of state for public affairs in Vatican City. Allen arrived from Beirut Lebanon where he led the American delegation to UNESCO conference during the UN body’s activities.
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Fabulous Stake: Senate Receives Export Fraud Report
An official Senate report details profits from illegal exports via fraud and illicit devices, noting billions shipped unchecked. It criticizes the export control system run by the commerce department and proposes tighter controls, larger staffs, and voluntary compliance with oversight by banks and freight forwarders.
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Armies Bar Red Bethlehem Pilgrimage Route
Jerusalem December 19. With five days to Christmas the frontlines remain closed to the annual Jerusalem Bethlehem pilgrimage. A blockade on the Jerusalem Bethlehem road could make this the first Christmas Eve since the Saracens era with the route shut. There is still hope an eleventh hour deal will reopen the six mile highway to the nativity site.
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Italian Government Workers Open Strike
In Rome on Sunday night into Monday, a 24 hour strike began for 1.5 million government workers after a late appeal by Premier Alcide de Gasperi. Police guarded post and telegraph offices as Communist led labor union NC L called workers off to press for higher pay.
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Blockade-Busting Romeo Flees After Escaping Berlin Stockade
Edward J. Lada a 28 year old Newark New Jersey veteran escaped from a US Army stockade where he was held on illegal entry charges. He had arrived after hitch hiking through Soviet zone guards and sought to reunite with two German women, Ursula Schmidt and Ruth Riecki, amid conflicting reports and a missing visa. The escape was detected at bed check Saturday night.
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Soions To Keep Spy Hunts Going
Washington dispatch reports the congressional committee on un American activities expects the spy hunt to continue for many months. It plans to question eight witnesses before year end and to publicize further offenders beyond those already confessed or indicted.
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Quebec Arsenal Fire Costs Soars Past Half Million
A fire at the Valcartier multimillion dollar arsenal damaged several wooden structures including a rolling mill a foundry and a chemical laboratory. Brigadier A Theriault said all danger is passed after the blaze began before midnight Saturday and rekindled Sunday night with minor explosions heard during the fire.
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High Court To Rule On Nip War Lords Appeals
The Supreme Court may rule today on appeals of seven Japanese convicted war lords. The court meets for its first public session since hearings on whether it can intervene in the war crimes convictions, marking its initial public appearance in this matter.
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US Carrier Tarawa Enters Singapore On Way Home
Two thousand American sailors aboard the US aircraft carrier Tarawa and destroyers Buckley and Hawkins arrived in Singapore Sunday en route home via the Mediterranean. The ships will stay five days before continuing homeward.
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Communists advance near Nanking and Tientsin amid retreating Chinese forces
Communist bands edged toward Nan king and pressed around Tientsin as government troops retreated from Pengpu. Captures and by passes near Hsiennumiao and Tienchang were reported, with new field HQs set near Chuhsien as Peiping remained largely calm behind walls.
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The Perfect Gift for Readers of The Ameri can Statesman
A concise pitch urging subscriptions to daily and Sunday editions of The American or The Statesman. Emphasizes ongoing gift idea with year round value and broad readership appeal.
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City Offers $15 One-Year Gift Card Name in First Issue
A promotional offer states $15 for a one-year subscription in the city and a gift card with the recipient’s name included in the first issue.
Austin Pilot With Scribes Near Peiping
A party of nine Americans including Harold Mieks crouched near Peiping South Airfield as Nationalist forces and Communists fought for Nan yuan. General Fu-Tso-Yi’s troops were checked despite tanks and artillery, and the group soon had to return to Peiping after enemy shells drew closer.
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Wichita Falls School Music Head Succumbs
The body of Miss Erma Nola Voss 52 supervisor of music in Wichita Falls public schools was found in a Dallas hotel room. Police said she died of a heart attack and a note in the room mentioned consulting doctors and contacting her sister Mrs T B Saunders and cousin Ben Simms in Dallas.
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Truck Auto Wreck Death Toll Rises to Two
Corpus Christi report states Midshipman Gordon C. Welshons, 20, of Stillwater Minnesota died Saturday night at Linton Hospital after a car truck collision. Midshipman Arnold O. Ingelin, 20, of Two Harbors Minnesota was killed instantly when a car carrying five Navy men struck a stalled truck trailer on the highway between Odem and Sinton.
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French Hand Over Stolpe Village in Berlin Crisis
French forces returned Stolpe to Soviet control after weeks of tension in Berlin amid the airlift. German officials fled, villagers faced fear of reprisals, while a French patrol still held the village and salvaged ground radio gear for the Soviet sector. Airlift operations continued despite winter weather, averaging over 4,299 tons daily in December.
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Anderson County Hospital Bond Issue Approved
In Palestine on December 19 a $500,000 bond issue for Anderson County Hospital passed in a special election with unofficial returns showing 1,025 voting for and 930 against.
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Anderson County
Republic Chiefs Captured as Dutch Seize Jogjakarta
Dutch parachute and airborne troops seized Jogjakarta and interned the republic’s top leaders Dr. Soekarno Premier Mohamed Hatta Foreign Minister Agus Salim and Sutan Sjahrir. The capture deprives the republic of its capital and signals renewed war in the East Indies. The Dutch claim advances across truce lines in Java and Sumatra as the Republican Army offers little resistance.
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Democrats Plan Parity Shift in Farm Price Supports
Senator Elmer Thomas said the first Senate agriculture committee hearings of a Democratic Congress will push to restore fixed parity for farm price supports, aiming for at least 85 percent of parity for major crops, moving away from the Aiken Hope sliding scale. The report also covers UN Security Council talks on Indonesian warfare and Dutch military advances in Java and Sumatra.
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Santa Shoes Drive Aims to Sock Footwear to Austin Kids
Austin Police urge safe charity in December as readers are asked to donate to the Shoe Fund at Salvation Army 105 East Second. Shoe prints from $8 shoes cost Santa only $3.60, helping needy children get footwear before Christmas and receive their grateful thanks.
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MacArthur Demands Japan Stabilize Economy Amid Tensions
General MacArthur urged Japan to overhaul antiquated economic practices to secure maximum production and curb waste. He warned of austerity and restricted freedoms as Washington presses a stabilization plan amid opposition from Yoshida allies, labor groups, and striking seamen.
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