MacArthur Backs U S Aid Plan For Formosa
United States military leaders urged a plan sending American advisers to Formosa to bolster the Chinese Nationalists against a possible Communist invasion. The move, backed by President Truman, aims to help the Nationalists stand on their own with limited military assistance, while avoiding full U.S. troop deployment. The Seventh Fleet was also expanded, with the Boxer carrier and two destroyers sent to Asian waters to support Western Pacific stability.
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Mucurs
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Formosa
Truman
Asia
Reuter
Council
1.G
Formosan
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Formose
National Security Council
United Prena
Omar Bradley
Joint Culein
Defence
Stephen Early
Joint Chiefs
U.S. Navy
Asiatic
Navy Department
Western Pacific
Philippines
Japan
Associ
Boxer
Pacific
Valley Forge
West
Farouk Marriage Rumour Deemed Premature Denied
London reports that American sources claimed King Farouk of Egypt was engaged to Nariman Sadek. The Times correspondent says the Egyptian Embassy gave a categorical denial of details about a forcible disruption of the engagement and offered no comment on any marriage to Miss Sadek.
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London
Farouk
Egypt
Narriman Sadek
Dan
Premhiure
Dinate
the Times
Percuk
Miss Sadek
Zach
Seyotlan
United Nations
No Onnent
Ae Farou
Abs Sadek
Machian
US Ships Warned To Avoid Yangtze
Washington warns all American shipping companies against sending vessels into the Yangtze River area after nationalist China claims approaches to the river and Shanghai port are mined to enforce the blockade. They say no channels are open and only mine sweeping could allow entry or exit.
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Washington
U.S
Yangtze River
China
Shanghai
Soviet Peril in Belgian Congo
Brussels reports a top secret study warns Russian agents have infiltrated the Belgian Congo, a major uranium source for the West. It cites infiltration tactics and urges immediate action to enlighten public opinion about the Soviet peril, noting mass ignorance and calling for conferences.
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Brussels
Belgian Congo
Russia
Congo
British View on Japanese Navy Requires Adequate Merchant Fleet
A Forest Office spokesman said Britain supports Japan having an adequate merchant navy and that last autumn's limits on Germany should broadly apply to Japan. He noted Britain had not received details on General MacArthur's reported decisions to ease limits on Japanese ships and the scope of a new American financed construction program.
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Bruey
Britain
Japan
Germany
MacArthur
British miners back restraint on wage claims vote split
Delegates representing nearly 700,000 miners backed the Trades Union Council call for wage restraint. About 406,000 votes favored restraint while 273,000 were opposed. The decision now goes to local branches for rank and file confirmation.
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London
Trades Union Council
Union
Four Men Disqualified and Two Horses Out for Life at Inverell
Investigations by the Northern and North Western Patriots Racing Association stewards led to life bans for Perall and Lady Gimp. Trainers Edward Kenny and Arthur James McAuley received five year disqualifications, with McIntyre warned off the turf. Bundarra bookmaker and connections face ongoing reviews as notices of appeal are issued.
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Perall
Lady Gimp
Inverell
A. K Roberts
Mr. N. McFarlane
Northern and North-Western Patriots Racing Association
Robert
McIntyre
Moon
Edward Kenny
Starborough
Kenny
Arthur James McAuley
Korac Trainer
Ave
Joseph Smith
Bundarra
Dig Heenee
Northern and North Western
Districts Racing Association
Col. Roberts
Gimp
Robert 5. McIntyre
Arthur James McCauley
Alfred FE. Rowling
Wes
Umder
Mortham and North-Western Districts
Good Neighbourly Policy For 1950 From Mr Menzies
Melbourne reports Prime Minister Mr Menzies in a New Year message to Australians urges a good neighbourly policy for 1950. He says the nation should seek more freedom happiness and zeal in life and avoid waiting for things to come but go out and get them as the watchword for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
People of
Australia
Mr. Menzies
New Zealand PM warns against easy prosperity in New Year message
New Zealand Prime Minister Mr Holland urges restraint and hard work to sustain prosperity. He says government can only give what it first takes from the people and calls for balanced growth while guarding against inflation. He also notes the need for government and citizens to cooperate, especially state employees, as exports rise and the economy expands.
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Asa.p.reuter
Wellington
N.Z
Mr. Holland
New
Holand
Watersiders Protest Strike Hits Victoria Ports
Victorian Waterside Workers Federation members began a 92 hour stoppage at noon with some loading continuing to 2 p.m. The action opposes a Commonwealth Crown Law summons over a Christmas stoppage in Melbourne and Adelaide. An Industrial Registrar summons seeks show cause why Arbitration Court orders should not be varied ahead of a hearing in about a month. About 70 ships may face delays at port.
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Melbourne
Waterside Workers’ Federation
Aummona
Commonwealth Crown Law Office
Federation
Adelaide
Sydney
J. GC. Welbourn
Permanent and
Casine Wharflabourers
U.S. plans sizable cut in foreign aid for 1950
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Senator Connally announced a substantial reduction in U.S. foreign aid for 1950. He said European recovery aid should wind down to 1952 levels without harming progress and noted the need to weigh aid against preventing further Communist expansion in Asia. He supported recognizing Spain for strategic reasons and argued that reducing aid to pact countries could lower U.S. defense costs.
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Washington
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Conin
U.S
Asia
Spain
Europe
Arm ‘Eatern
Hottest Star Found Far From Earth in Lyra Constellation
Dr. Thornton Page of Yerkes Observatory reported to the American Astronomical Society that a star with a surface temperature of 270000 degrees was located in Lyra. The central star, larger than the sun, lies untold millions of miles farther from Earth. Page noted thousands of stars are hotter than the sun, but this star’s temperature is two to three times greater than any previously reported.
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Tucson
Arisona
Thornton Page
Yerkes Observatory
Chicago
American Astronomical Society
Lyra
Page
President Truman to Deliver State of the Union Message
The Presidential Press Secretary said President Truman will deliver the State of the Union to Congress. Time allocations appeared unsettled with notes about January 4 and Australian timing, as officials indicated possible broadcasts to Canada and other nations.
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Washington
Truman
Conig
Charles Ross
Ivanhoe Awaits Water Train Delivery
Ivanhoe residents on the Condobolin-Menindie line face a critical water shortage with only days of supply left. A water train carrying 99 000 gallons was expected to arrive, but availability remains uncertain. Temperatures topped highs in Bourke, Wilcannia, Coonamble, Ivanhoe, Broken Hill, and Cobar.
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Sydney
Ivanhoe
Condobolin-Menindie
Bourke
Population rise threatens Japanese living standards
New York reports that two sociologists warned at the AAAS meeting that Japan faces a grave threat to living standards from a rising birth rate. Dr Walter Thompson of Miamiversity Oxford Ohio argued the population grew from 73 million to 81 million between 1940 and 1948 and could outpace immigration and economic offset.
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New York
Japan
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Walter Thompson
Miamiversity of
Oxford
Ohio
Britain to Take Tough Line With Argentina at Talks
London reports Britain will harden stance toward Argentina at devaluation talks in Buenos Aires. Argentina seeks higher meat prices and lower payments for British coal and air. If demands persist, Britain may halt coal and oil shipments and review trade terms earlier. Britain has placed 1.5 billion pounds in orders with Argentina since June.
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London
Fnday
Argentina
Peron
Buenos Aires
Daily Express
Mir John Benout
Pape Ee
Haggiin Evon
Britain
Dollar crisis halts Australian cattle imports
In Ottawa, Dr. J R McMullan of Sydney University said Australia’s dollar shortage halted two Canadian bull imports. He cited UN FAO conference ties and appealed to the Carnegie Foundation for funds to advance rustproof wheat and drought relief, hoping Australia can share grain and crop breeding ideas with Canada to combat prairie drought.
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Ottawa
Australia
J. R. McMullan
Sydney University
Canada
McMillan
United Nations Food Agricultural Organisation
Washington
Carnegie Foundation
New York
Austraia
Canadian
Prairies
Exciting Finish as Yachts Speed Toward Hobart
Radio reports from Sydney at 11 indicate the 43st N 8 W yacht Margaret Rintoul leads a fleet off the Tasmanian coast toward Hobart. Gypsy Queen Fortuna Lass O Lass Mistral II Pear Gynt and Fejer A follow, with Capes and wind conditions shaping a tight early finish.
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Hobart
Sydney
Margaret Rintoul
Fortuna
Lass O. Lass
Mistrat IL
Pear Gynt
Fejer A
Seasal | Jor
Cape Porster
Fortuna Peep
Maria Island
Tasimania
Serralter
Ma Rintoul
Waltgng Tratilde
Lass O' Lass
Tgether
Mmistra T
Peer Gynt
Seratu
Horizon
Wen
Beasalter
Seasalter
Olmots
Light
Tasmania
O Lass
Gate Island
Sealealter
Green Cape
Gabo
Laer
America weighs travel ban on nationals to Soviet satellites
United States contemplates banning American citizens from visiting Soviet satellite states amid a tangle of cases. A State Department spokesman cited concerns over Americans in Poland and Czechoslovakia. Separately Britain and Sweden respond to Hungary’s nationalisation wave.
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America
Tavelling
Hungary
Vogeler
State Department
U.S
Americana
Poland
Hermann Field
Warsaw
Czechoslovakia
Noel
Herta Field
Czechosslovakia
Tiia
London
Reuter
Britain
Ste Woo Fame
Cate
Fourth Melbourne murder shocks city in brutal week
Melbourne police hunt for a suspected killer after the battered body of 27 year old Maisie Okley was found in a Footscray paddock near Hume Steelworks. The fourth homicide in seven days prompted a massive manhunt with detectives seeking a tall dark skinned man seen leaving a taxi shortly before the body was located.
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Melbourne
Hume Steelworks
Dynon Road
Footacray
Maisie Okley
Tvan Lawson
Newell Street
Footscray
Bicycle Parte
C.lo
Russell Street
Judge Allows Dog To Decide Case In Court
Long Beach California Friday report says a police judge allowed Nick the German shepherd guide dog to decide a case in favor of his blind master Frank Herring who had been denied access to the dog. Herring appealed for the return of Nick asserting the dog aids his sight. The judge ordered the dog brought to court and Nick licked Herring’s face as the couple left with their eyes back.
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Long Beach
California
Nick
Frank Herring
H Erring
British success in new TB treatment reported
British medical reports highlight preliminary successes in treating pulmonary tuberculosis with a drug combined with streptomycin. The council cautions that trials are preliminary but the potential importance warrants early dissemination to doctors.
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London
Britain
Dea
Hong Kong Tram Strike Over Wager Dispute Sparks Protests
Hong Kong tramway workers locked in mutiny over pay and duty, plans to block tram services to hinder resumption attempts. Police and inspectors prepared to supervise, with pro Communist trade unionists staging protests amid unsettled tensions.
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Hongkong
Ee Se
Pye
I Police
Michel
Gre Bees
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P.M
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