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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1950
Page
5
A new government order expands anti hoarding rules to cover iron and steel, lumber, paper, chemicals and more aiming to restrain price gouging and ensure defense needs. It excludes private imports unless contracts are pre registered and may curb private buyers to stabilize rubber supply without rationing tires.
Huntsville Texas December 28 Two convicts were arrested hours after escaping from Eastham State Prison farm in Houston County John W Caldwell 29 and Lloyd Davis 22 were identified by J C Roberts prison records chief Caldwell is serving a five year Lubbock County embezzlement sentence and Davis a five year Crosby County sentence They escaped on horseback and were captured a short distance from the farm by a prison guard.
From the front north of Seoul, Associated Press reports fierce fighting with strong Chinese forces and a heavy war budget. Refugees flee Seoul as Korean bridges are built for civilians, while MacArthur cites China’s two field armies and possible air support as key factors in the offensive. Russian MIG-15 clashes and B29 bomber strikes target towns along Pyongyang to Seoul corridor.
Five year old Rolf Obermaier, separated from his mother for 30 months, is freed to resume a Christmas journey. Immigration officials halted his travel after losing his passport and tickets during a Frankfort to United States flight. He is sent to New York for holiday assignment, then returns home to Yreka California.
In Munich on Christmas eve an anonymous donor sent a pair of nylon stockings to Ilse Koch, the former Red Witch of Buchenwald, via her lawyer Dr. Alfred Seidl during a Christmas recess of her trial for brutalities at the concentration camp.
Mrs. Clara Smith visited her son Private First Class Robert Smith at Reed Hospital Washington after his return from Korea. The first quadruple amputee of the Korean War, he lost both hands and legs below the knees to frost bite near Chosin Reservoir. Legion officials arranged travel, lodging, and a pension of 360 dollars per month, with funds raised to help the family.
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