Soekarno urges goodwill as Indonesia forms new nation
In Batavia Soekarno urged 200000 flag-waving Indonesians to welcome Dutch guests and work for prosperity. He said the country is on peaceful terms with the Dutch and foreigners, while Amsterdam echoed calls for cooperation amid the United States of Indonesia’s formal emergence.
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Java
Soekarno
United States of
Indonesia
Soeckarno
S. S
Amsterdam
Juliana
United States of Indonesia
U.S.S
Netherlands
Commonwealth of Nations
Jogjakarta
Republic
Kemporan Airfield
Sultan Hamengku
Buwono
Anti-Lynch Bill May Be Called First
Washington dispatch reports a Senate civil rights clash as two northern senators debate which bill to tackle first in January. Wherry favors an anti lynching measure immediate after reconvening while Lucas pushes FEPC first. Sparksman warns tempers and filibusters may flare, urging economic reforms as real gains for Black Americans.
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Washington
Congress
Wherry
Nebraska
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Asterday
Sparkman
Ala
FEPC
Dixie
Truman Ends Vacation Today
Independence Missouri report that President Truman returns from Christmas break to plan finalizing three major messages for Congress and to resume government duties. State of the Union and budget details near completion with timing unsettled as he meets with leaders. Missouri visitors include Gov Forrest C. Smith Attorney General J F E Taylor and state party chair John F Hendren.
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Independence
Harry
Truman
Fairfax Air
Kansas City
Kas
The
Washington
White House
Congress
Charles G. Ross
State of the Union
Maters Ross
Missouri
Forrest C. Smith
J. F E. Taylor
John F. Hendren
Forrest C. Donnell
Truman Urged To End Coal Dispute
Senator Wherry urged President Truman to use Taft Hartley act emergency powers to restore coal production. He warned of a serious industrial crisis if production does not resume and cited three day weeks across mines and wage demand battles led by John L Lewis. He urged public pressure to push for full production.
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Washington
Truman
Wherry
R-Neb
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Cunard Plans Ultra Large Transatlantic Liner
London reports Cunard Line plans a liner bigger than the Queen Elizabeth with faster speed. If keel is laid in 1950 the ship could enter Southampton to New York service in 1954 as Cunard’s reply to U S France and Holland rivals in Atlantic luxury trade.
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London
Cunard Line
New York
Cunard
United States
France
Holland
U. S
America
Earthquake Damage in Japan Tops 3.6 Million
Tokyo reports a three day tremor siege causing more than 3.6 million dollars in damages. Eight dead, one missing, one seriously injured. 103 buildings collapsed and 3388 damaged. Bridges destroyed and damage to power plants water systems and railroads noted.
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Tokyo
Japan
Honshu
Eght
Soviets Agree To Jacobson's Release Today
In Vienna on December 28 Soviet authorities agreed to hand Israel G. Jacobson an American Jewish relief official to U S custody. Jacobson had been held at the Austro Hungarian border after Hungary expelled him as a suspected spy. Brig Gen James Fry was assigned to arrange the release likely with Col Gen Alexei Zheltov. Jacobson had been jailed in Hungary since December 15 on espionage suspicions and released late yesterday. The move does not directly signal freedom for the other Americans or Britons held on espionage charges.
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Vienna
Israel
G. Jacobson
United States
Jacobson
Hungary
James Fry
U. S
Alexei Zheltov
Robert A. Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Vogeler
Edgar Sanders
Ship Captain Plans to Defy U.S. Warning
Captain David Jones of the Isbrandtsen line says he will sail the Flying Arrow into Communist Shanghai despite a U S State Department warning that such action could endanger lives and cost his license. The 3 500 ton vessel carries industrial chemicals and is due to depart January 1. The Nationalist blockade is not officially recognized by the State Department.
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Hong Kong
David Jones
Chicago
Isbrandtsen Line
Flying Arrow
Shanghai
U. S. State Department
Jones
Hans Isbrandtsen
New York
Japan
State Department
Isbrandtsen
Red Ink Spending Emerges As Top Issue In New Session
Washington reports returning lawmakers judge red ink spending the top domestic issue as the new session of Congress opens. Democrats and Republicans clash over the Truman administration's fair deal and Brannan farm subsidy plans and their impact on deficits. Senator Taft warns of $6 billion a year in subsidies, while Senator Lucas defends deficit financing as a peace measure amid a prosperous but tense political climate.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
Lucas
Illinois
Miss America Crowned 1949 Winner Marries Secretly
Jacque Mercer Miss America of 1949 wed Douglas Cook in a surprise ceremony at the Non-Denominational Community church in Litchfield Park Arizona. The couple had dated five years and announced a July wedding date before marrying yesterday. Officials said Mercer's title status would be reviewed at a directors meeting in coming days.
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Litchfield Park
Ariz
Jacque Mercer
Douglas Cook
Miss Mercer
Arthur Mercer
Atlantic City
Park W. Haverstick
Miss America Board of Directors
Fungi Found in Four Cancer Types, Study Reports
New York Dec 28 UP scientists announce fungi tiny plants growing in cancers across 20 human cancers and 100 mouse cancers. Dr Irene Corey Diller of the Institute for Cancer Research in Philadelphia reports fungi found in Breasts of susceptible female mice and notes cautions about proof of causation.
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New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Irene Corey Diller
Institute For Cancer Research
Philadelphia
American Cancer Society
Tropics
Diller
Schwartz Accused In Ranch Slaying By Wife
In Santa Rosa California on December 28 the wife of Carl Schwartz 39 confronted him in jail claiming she saw him shoot and kill his employer s wife Jane Maggard Dickson 34 and wound another man Lyman Lacy Schwartz foreman at the Black Point Ranch owned by Fred W Dickson Jr the complaint charges him with the Christmas Eve murder of Mrs Dickson and with assault with intent to murder Lacy Dickson s grandson the late Captain Robert Dollar is named as the deceased s grandfather
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Carl Schwartz
Schwartz
Black Point
Fred W. Dickson, Jr
Jane Maggard Dickson
San Rafael
San Francisco
Dickson
Robert Dollar
Lyman Lacy
Air Force ends flying saucer myth after two year inquiry
After two years a USAF science team and university consultants concluded there is no evidence for flying saucers. The inquiry found misinterpretations, mass hysteria, or hoaxes explain reports of strange disks. Some witnesses ranged from housewives to pilots, with one wrecked plane at Godman Base linked to oxygen loss at height.
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Washington
Air Force
USAF
Air Materiel Command
Wright Base
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Field
Project Saucer
Visi
Mars
Mt. Ranier
Wash
Godman Air Base
Four Children Die in Farmhouse Fire Near Inman
Four young black children aged four years to six months burned to death in their rural home near Inman. Parents Jerry and Irene Parks watched as Sheriff Brock and volunteers recovered the bodies from the embers after a neighbor discovered the blaze.
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Spartanburg
D. C
Inman
Jerry
Irene ‘Parks
B B. Brockman
Bidault Seeks Confidence Vote Over French Budget Tax
France faces a crucial confidence vote on Premier Georges Bidaults tax plan to balance a 1950 budget. If defeated the cabinet could call elections without parliament approval, while a victory would push through a 1 523 000 000 dollar tax boost and a 2 257 000 000 000 franc budget.
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Paris
France
National Assembly
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Bicault
North Carolina Prepares to Collect Extra Gas Tax
North Carolina will raise the state gasoline tax from six to seven cents a gallon starting Sunday to fund a 200 million dollar road bond issue. The extra cent is expected to bring in about seven million dollars yearly. Wholesale dealers, stations, and large users will be invoiced, with patrol checks at stations to enforce payment before midnight Saturday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Eugene Shaw
F E. W. Ayers
Shaw
Revenue Department
State Highway Patrol
Stock Market Levels Off After Downturn
New York markets steadied after yesterday's drop with most price changes in small fractions. New York Central rose to 11, marking a rare gain, while Bethlehem Steel Chrysler J I Case Admiral Corp and others also advanced. Several names including U S Steel Packard U S Rubber Dow Chemical and Gulf Oil declined.
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New York
New York Central
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
J. I. Case
Admiral Corp
North American Co
American Smelting
DuPont
American Can
Southern Railway
Standard Oil (Nj
Eastern Air Lines
U. S. Steel
Packard
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
American Telephone
Anaconda Copper
Dow Chemical
Nickels ‘Plate
Gulf Oil
Texas Co
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