Austin Christmas Carols at Gregory Gym Wednesday
Austin's annual Christmas carol program at Gregory Gym features about 700 high school students and audience singalongs. The event is a joint project of the Austin Chamber of Commerce the schools and the City Recreation Department with Mrs. Virginia Decherd organist and Rev. Thomas M. W. Yerxa delivering the benediction.
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Loss of Peiping Could Hit Morale
The imagined fall of Peiping threatens Chinese morale more than military position. Citizens fear a negotiated loss but Chiang Kai-shek remains defiant, while Fu Tso Yi vows last-stand defense. Rumors swirl that Chiang could flee, though most doubt it.
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Mukden
China
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Mixed Race Trial Brings Prison Term
Ellisville Mississippi reports a 32 year old Navy veteran Davis Knight convicted of miscegenation under a 1890 constitution based law. Knight serving five years and appealing claims ancestry of his great grandmother Rachel on Captain Newt Knight’s plantation as either Negro or Cherokee Indian.
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Ousted Venezuelan Exile Praised by Cuban Onlookers
In Havana on December 19 Cuban orators praised Romulo Gallegos, the ousted Venezuelan president in exile, denouncing United States imperialism at a Saturday night demonstration dominated by Communists, though the Cuban government did not participate.
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Venezuela
Romulo Gallegos
United States
Gallegos
Karditsa Raid By Communist Guerrillas Abducts 980
Greek general staff reports 980 abducted in Karditsa raid the largest single capture. The clash leaves 34 civilians dead 107 wounded 42 soldiers killed and 91 wounded 32 missing. Aftermath includes 175 guerrillas found dead and 26 captured with major command changes on Peloponnesus. Karditsa lies 135 miles northwest of Athens.
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Karditsa
Peloponnesus
Pentopoulos
Alexander Tsigounis
Tragedy as Truck Plows Into Train Near Buenos Aires
A truck carrying 47 picnickers rolled down a hill and struck a fast electric train on the Buenos Aires outskirts. Thirty one people were killed in the crash on Sunday, with many injured.
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