Government drives to cut off Communist arms traffic in 1947
Reports say Chefoo fell in a major drive to sever arms channels from Manchuria. The government retains Shantung except Tsingtao naval base while Communist forces threaten Suchow Tenghsien and Nanking region. An American pilot described Chinhsien as heavily contested with anti aircraft fire reaching 18 000 feet.
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Chefoo
Manchuria
Shantung
Tsingtao
Nanking
Tsiwan
Tenghsien
Suchow
China
Tu Li-Ming
Beiping
Chiang Kai- Shek
Tungtai
Yangtze
Chinhsien
Mukden
Eleven Chilean Miners Die In Copper Mine Blast
SANTIAGO Chile Oct 17 Eleven miners were killed and seven hurt in an explosion at Chuquicamata copper mine in northern Chile. Dispatches said a delayed charge caused a rock fall at a tunnel mouth crushing workers.
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Santiago
Chile
Chuqicamata
Dallas Navy Jets Roll Off Lines In January
Chance-Vought Aircraft plant officials said the first jet fighter planes for the Navy would roll from Dallas assembly lines in February. The plant will also begin rolling standard Navy Corsair fighters onto taxi strips in April.
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Dallas
Chance-Vought Aircraft Plant
Navy
Commerce Department sees sustained high activity into 1949
The Commerce Department reports business improved into the fall season with expectations of sustained high aggregate volume. Foreign aid and defense spending are forecast to keep activity at a high level through mid 1949. Prices show a mixed trend with manufactured goods rising while farm and food prices ease from August levels.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department
Peron Party Observes Anniversary of the March
In Buenos Aires the Peronist Party and organized labor marked the labor march anniversary that won Peron release from prison and his 1946 election. President Peron and Eva Peron spoke before crowds at Plaza De Mayo praising labor, singing songs and shouting slogans.
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Buenos Aires
Peronist Party
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Eva
Plaza de Mayo
First Export Tobacco Crop From America
Tobacco became the initial export crop of the American colonies, marking a key shift in trade and agricultural focus. The crop's rise reshaped colonial economies and established tobacco as a staple commodity in early global commerce.
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America
Cold War Accelerates in East Asia Says James D White
Foreign Affairs analyst James D White reports rapid eastward expansion of Cold War tensions. Soviet recognition of Northern Korea follows Poland and Mongolia, escalating Korea's division and reducing hope for reunification. Hong Kong dissident Li Chi Shen seeks to ally with Communists to topple Nanking regime. A belt of buffer states between the USSR and US influenced China may emerge, prompting future stop Russia efforts that could dwarf Europe’s Marshall Plan.
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James D. White
Europe
East Asia
Soviet Russia
People’s Democratic Republic
Korea
Poland
Our
Mongolia
United Nations
Russia
United States
Asia
Hong Kong
Li Chi-Shen
Nanking
Ts’Ai Ting-K’ai
Japan
Shanghai
Soviet Union
China
Southeast Asia
Congress
Realtors To Hear Dallas Speaker On Suburban Development
Austin realtors will hear a discussion of suburban commercial development in fast growing Texas cities at an educational clinic Monday at 7 30 p m opening the fifth week of the school The speaker is Z L Majors a leading Dallas developer Also Wednesday night Ben H Wooten vice president of Republic National Bank of Dallas will discuss mortgage financing.
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Austin Realtors
Texas
Z. L. Majors
Dallas
Ben H. Wooten
Republic National Bank of Dallas
Warehouse Destroyed in Indianapolis Blaze
Fire destroyed the Cleveland Wrecking Company warehouse in Indianapolis on Sunday, burning for over 12 hours in the city’s most spectacular blaze in years.
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Indianapolis
Cleveland Wrecking Company
Beauty of Green-wing Teals Among Ducks
Green-wing teals, the smallest ducks, are noted for striking plumage and are praised for their beauty. They rank just behind the wood duck in brilliance of color.
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Gordon M
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Georgetown, Texas
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