Nationalists Evacuate Hainan In Major Sea Battle Losses
Nationalists report 658 Communist craft sunk and 15 captured in a night engagement near Hainan as part of the retreat. About 10,000 Communists killed, with Reds suffering heavier losses than the garrison. The withdrawal likened to Allied retreats in WWII. Nationalists say 1,284 on Formosa were arrested in a spot census and screened for Communist ties. A few hundred guerrillas raided Yuhwan Island off the China coast.
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Yulin
South China Island
Hainan
Philippines
Malaya
Guam
Japan
Formosa
Chushan
Shanghai
Yuhwan Island
China Coast
Infant shop twin insurance offer and baby photo promo
Scarbroughs Infants Shop advertises bathtub and canvas car seat bundles with savings, plus a twin insurance promise for purchases over five dollars. The ad notes a free baby photo in the studio for qualifying buyers and directs customers to the Third Floor and Second Floor display areas.
Patient leaps from Norwalk dentist office twice
A 52 year old dental patient in Norwalk Connecticut jumped from a third floor dentist's office after an extraction. He landed on a first floor roof and jumped again to the street where Patrolman Jim Moriarty stopped him and brought him back to safety.
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Norwalk
Conn
James Wheatley
Jim Moriarty
Malcolm H. Golden
Moriarty
Wheatley
Woodpeckers Hit 300 Jackpot On Wind Machine
Feathered Don Quixotes damaged a wind machine in an orange grove near Pomona California costing Mr and Mrs Eugene Smart 300. Flocks of woodpeckers pecked at the device making four holes through each blade and throwing the fan off balance. The frost protection blower keeps running as the birds persist.
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Pomona
Calif
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Hainan Island
Mutual
Mutual Savings
Congress
By Clark
THE
Austin American
Austin, Texas
Scarbrough’s Infants’ Shop
Sheer
Page Boy
Budget Shop
Scarbrough & Sons
Magnet Des Bois
Coty
Love-In-The
Israel
Ham
Austin Gospel Tabernacle
Trinity
Old Kentucky
M. F. Ham
Billy Graham
KWBC
KLTI
KLEE
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