Nationalists Lose Yunnan Province To Communists
Chiang Kai Shek fled to Formosa as Yunnan Province reputedly fell to the Communists. A new era of guerrilla warfare was planned with Yun nan generals recalled as Nationalist forces retreated to Sikang. The Chiang government prepared to fight from the island and highlands, with Hu Tsung Nan commanding a 350000 man retreat.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yunnan
Tao Hsi-Sheng
Chiang
Hong Kong
Kunming
Chengtu
Hu Tsung-Nan
Bureau of Guerrilla Warfare
China
Sikang
Nobel Prizes Awarded Amid Royal Pageantry in Stockholm
Seven Swedish princes honor three commoners as Yukawa Giauque and Hess receive Nobel prizes for science. Oslo ceremony grants Lord Boyd Orr the Peace Prize worth about $21,000, with Orr promoting world government and a global food program.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Hideki Yukawa
William F. Giauque
University of California
Walter R. Hess
Gustaf Adolf
Oslo
Norway
Lord Boyd Orr
Gunnar Jahn
Bank of Norway
Jahn
Roosevelt
Lord
World Movement For World Government
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
United Nations
Polk County votes out beer and wine sales
Polk County voters rejected continued beer and wine sales by about three to one in a Saturday referendum, becoming the 40th county in the state and the 5th in Western North Carolina to outlaw such sales. Unofficial totals: 1,538 against and 547 for. Precincts show wide opposition in Cooper's Gap White Oak Columbus Tryon Shields Saluda.
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Tryon
Polk County
Polk
Sth
North Carolina
Cooper's Gap
White Oak
Columbus
Shields
Saluda
Ward's Group Leaves Today Aboard Lakeland Victory
U S officials board Lakeland Victory to evacuate the Angus Ward party from Mukden Tientsin and Taku Bar. Capt. Sexton notified Ward party will ride tug to Taku Bar for a noon departure with a ten hour voyage. Chinese officials Russians and stevedores accompany the crew for the evacuation.
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Lakeland Victory
Taku Bar
U. S
Red China
Angus Ward
Mukden
Tientsin
Paul R. Sexton
Ward
Robert Puck
Puck
Pacific Far East Line
Sexton
Backers Of Free Enterprise System Defeat Australias Labor Government
UN closing session reports a dispute over a Russian charge of a Western plot against world peace. Deputy Foreign Minister Malik accuses the United States and Britain while Sir Alexander Cadogan pushes back, urging restraint as Romulo vows to pursue paths out of the deadlock.
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New York
United States
Britain
U. N. Fourth General Assembly
Jakob A. Malik
Alexander Cadogan
Cadogan
Assembly
Carlos P. Romulo
Marshall Plan Still Viewed With Suspicion
Paris reports show European distrust of U S motives in Marshall plan aid. A poll funded by the ECA surveyed France Austria Denmark Holland and Norway revealing doubts about recovery benefits and questions about publicity and transparency of how dollars are used.
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Paris
U. S
Tony
Economic Cooperation Commission
ECA
France
Austria
Denmark
Holland
Norway
Eric Stern
Organization of New York
Eight Violent Deaths in North Carolina Report
The Associated Press reports eight people died from violence in North Carolina on Saturday. A head on collision near Greenville killed W. R. Skinner and Ray Dunn. Wilbur Drake died later in hospital. Wiley Hulmes died in a house fire in Lexington. A crash near Pinehurst killed Roger and Marshall Short of Pastwood. Mrs. Kitty Lee Thomas, 68, died in a Bryson City blaze.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Greenville
W. R. Skinner
Ray Dunn
Falkland
Wilbur Charles Drake
Wiley Hulmes
Lexington
Pinehurst
Roger
Marshall Short
Pastwood
Kitty Lee Thomas
Bryson City
Australia’s New Premier Sharp Debater
Robert Gordon Menzies, 54, Melbourne lawyer, leads Australia’s Liberal Party with a combative oratorical style. Former PM from 1939 to 1941, he returns as opposition leader and seeks a world that rewards enterprise while opposing equality of the idle. He emphasizes government as servant of the people and wields disciplined public debate.
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Sydney
Robert Gordon Menzies
Melborne
Australia
Bob Menzies
Menzies
Kooyong
North Carolina Answers Suit Brought By Negroes Over Law School Entry
Raleigh December 10 North Carolina filed its answer to a federal suit by Harold Epps and Robert Davis Glass two Negro students from Durham seeking admission to the UNC law school The state asserts Durham facility provides substantially equal educational opportunity and that facilities meet obligations The case may wait on similar Supreme Court actions including a Texas admission suit The answer was prepared with help from L P McLendon Greensboro and W B Umstead Durham.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
University of North Carolina Law School
Federal District Court
Greensboro
Harold T. Epps
Robert Davis Glass
N. C. College For
Durham
Harry McMullan
Durham College
Chapel Hill
McMullan
State University
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
University of Texas Law School
L. P. ,McLendon
W B. Umstead
Santa Visits Cancer Stricken Jimmy Pochon
In Tarentum Pa five year old Jimmy Pochon diagnosed with a vicious chest cancer faces imminent death. His father George appeals for help as hospital trips and beta ray treatment loom. Local VFW posts unions and Valley Daily News back a Chicago trip for treatment with funds underwritten. Doctors fear the therapy may be too strong but the family seeks any chance for a Christmas miracle.
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Jim Holton
Tarentum
Jimmy Pochon
Santa
Jimmy
Pittsburgh
George Pochon
Pochon
American Window Glass
Arnold
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Valley Daily News
Chicago
University of Ilinois
Little Jimmy
Ted Settlemeyer
CIO Lead Flat Glass
Cera
Mic
Jimny
Truman's Spending Estimate May Be Considerably Under Present Budget
President Truman may propose a budget for the coming fiscal year about 42 to 43 billion dollars, likely under the current 43.5 billion spending level. Officials say decisions at Key West will shape the final figure, with a 4 to 5 billion dollar deficit projected for 1951 and possible tax increases to balance. The administration blames the cold war costs for the rise, and a universal military training program could be cut or dropped from the plan.
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Washington
Truman
Truman Bras
Congress
Key West
Iscal
Russia
Young Black man held on rape and assault charges in Missouri case
Jake Bradford 26, an ex convict, was charged with raping a 16 year old babysitter and attempting to assault a Stephens College freshman in Columbia. He signed a confession alleging Oct 29 attack and Nov 24 attempted incident but later repudiated it. Bradford, tied to a 1926 mob case involving his grandfather, is held without bond with a preliminary hearing set.
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Columbia
Dee
Stephens College
Carl Sap
Jake Bradford
Sally Johnson
Bradford
Temple Margett
Jess Scott
Jefferson City
Severe Weather Strikes Midwest And West Coast
A severe cold wave and blizzard swept eight states from Oklahoma to Montana amid subzero air masses and wintry conditions. Sleet and freezing rain coated highways, Texas saw dense fog grounding travel, and Chicago airport halted passenger flights. An earthquake rattled Santa Monica Bay as ice caused fatal crashes in Iowa and a Texas plane crash killed rancher William McLelland. Six African Americans drowned near Birmingham, Alabama in a weather related incident.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Montana
California
Maine
Midwest
Texas
Chicago
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Santa Monica Bay
Iowa
William McLelland
Birmingham
Ala
Lumberton Man Dies In Danville Crash
James H. Schofield of Lumberton North Carolina aged 35 father of six was killed in a collision on Route 58 near Danville Virginia. State police say his car sideswiped a trailer truck driven by Horace Anderson of Newark New Jersey after an earlier rollover and towed vehicle then fatal crash occurred moments later.
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Danvlle
South Boston
James H. Schofield
Lumberton
N. C
J. S. Hughes
Schofield
Horace Anderson
Newark
N. J
Farmer Freed On Cancer Mercy In Court
Peter Sawchuk a 68 year old Hamburg farmer was told by Justice Hamilton Ward in state supreme court that his two to three year sentence for criminal negligence tied to a fatal traffic accident would be suspended due to his cancer diagnosis. The judge said Sawchuk has not long to live and would not serve prison time.
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Buffalo
N. Y
State Supreme Court
Peter Sawchuk
Hamburg
Hamilton Ward
Ward
Sawchuk
Justice Ward
Affiliation shifts reflect evolving party loyalties
The piece notes GOP roots of many attendees at a $100 Democratic dinner in New York and observes party lines blur as Democrats gain national majority. It cites Calvin Zimmerman switching registration, NC business leaders embracing central government policy, and Young Democrat Clubs in North Carolina deploying a strategic move likely to influence party affiliation trends.
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Tar Ileels
New York
Stuart Cramer
Thomas Morgan
Democratc
Democratic
Calvin Zimmerman
Raleigh
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
YDC
Majority of Seats Won By Coalition Majority
In Sydney on December 11, Liberal and Country parties won 64 of 121 seats in the Australian House, ousting the Labor government and likely forming the next government. Returns from Senate races awaited. parallels drawn with New Zealand’s earlier socialist defeat. Prime Minister Attlee’s British Labor party faces an upcoming election. A record turnout approached five million voters as Australians signaled their desire for free enterprise.
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Sydney
Australia
Labor
British Commonwealth
Liberal
Country
House of Representatives
Labor Party
New Zealand
South Pacific
Robert Gordon Menzies
Great Britain
Attlee
Dominions
Australian Labor defeat cheers British conservatives
British conservatives hailed Australia's Labor government's defeat as a psychological edge before Britain's next general election. Lord Woolton urged the outcome shows socialism fails in young democracies, while Attlee remained at Chequers with no quick reports issued. Deputy PM Morrison said nothing in London.
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London
Australia
Labor
Britain
Clement Attlee
Liberals
Country Party
Attlee
Lord Woolton
Conservative
New Zealand
Wool
Israel Rejects UN Jerusalem Plan
Premier David Ben-Gurion declared no UN vote can change Jerusalem as an inseparable part of Israel and its capital. Israel and Jordan oppose the UN plan as troops hold different sections of the Holy City.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
United Nations
Jerusalem
United Nations Assembly
Holy
Jordan
U.N
Be Gurion
Tiberias
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