Britain Grants Full Recognition To Chinese Reds
Britain recognizes the Peiping government as China’s legal regime, severing ties with Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists. The move, aimed at protecting British investments, prompts British and other Western actions and sparks U S caution on recognition.
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Britain
London
Great Britain
Mao Tze- Tung
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Formosa
Itain
Danh
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
U. S
Dean Achesoh
Washington
India
Pakistan
Worst Ice Storm Strikes Memphis and Midwest Flood Areas
An historic 17 year ice storm cripples Memphis utilities and transport causing school closings and mass outages while floods threaten Illinois Indiana and Missouri. Indiana National Guard deploys emergency duty as rivers rise and towns face evacuations.
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Memphis
Associated Press
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Illinois
Midwest
California
Middle Atlantic
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Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Texas
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Mississippi River
Moderate Income Housing Bill Ready for Congress
A new administration housing program to build thousands of homes for moderate income families is ready for Congress. Senator Sparkman says the plan could provide 2.0 to 2.25 billion dollars in loan guarantees over two years, with a National Mortgage Corporation for Housing Cooperatives to guarantee up to 95 percent at long terms. Public hearings are planned next week, with similar House action by Rep. Spence.
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Fifth Army
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Villa Grove
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Pew
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D-Ky
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Europe
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Taft
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Formosa
U.S. Navy
Dr Isaiah Bowman Dies in Baltimore at 71
Dr Isaiah Bowman president emeritus of Johns Hopkins University and noted geographer died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was 71, born December 26. Bowman advised Woodrow Wilson on the League of Nations and aided Franklin D Roosevelt on the United Nations and wartime planning.
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Baltimore
Isaiah Bowman
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Bowman
Wilson
League of Nations
Roosevelt
United Nations
Formosa Row Still Unsettled
Washington reports a quiet move to evacuate Americans from Formosa amid Truman's decision not to provide military aid or advice to Chiang Kai-shek. Republicans decry the policy shift while Democrats defend the bipartisan foreign policy as debate continues on the Formosa crisis.
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Washington
Formosa
U.S
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Truman
Senate
Wage Gains During 1949 Were Limited
Washington January 6 The president’s council of economic advisers says only about one third of 15 million unionized workers won general wage increases in 1949 with smaller gains than 1948 and some pay cuts. It notes growth in employer financed pension plans and a 50 percent rise in Social Security taxes. Workers’ wage income rose from 135.1 to 136.8 billion dollars and average weekly earnings from 54.14 to 54.78 dollars.
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Washington
Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Congress
Truman
Few Americans Left On Formosa Today
In Taipei Formosa a month ago consular authorities urged Americans to depart. A handful of missionaries and most dependents of officials have left, leaving about 250 Americans still on the island. Evacuation in case of a Communist invasion would not pose a great problem due to the small number remaining.
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Taipeh
Formosa
President Forecasts Economic Stability In Truman Message
President Truman delivered an optimistic economic message to Congress stating the U S can create 61 million jobs this year 64 million in five years and ultimately end poverty He called for continued government support for credit controls liberal loan terms for small business and a moderate tax increase while noting inflation remains the basic economic problem and wage adjustments should occur through management and labor.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Truman
United States
Congress
Coal firms sue Lewis and union leaders for 8 million
Five Ohio coal companies filed suits in Cambridge seeking nearly 8 million dollars in damages from John L. Lewis and other United Mine Workers leaders and the union treasury. They allege strikes and work stoppages cost miners 11.6 million dollars in wages and welfare funds 2.45 million. Additional suits were expected in Franklin County raising totals to about 10 million.
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Ohio
Common Pleas
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United Mine Workers Union
Union Treasury
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Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Co
Warner Colleries Co
Y. and O. Coal Co
Far Eastern Policy Aims to Split China and Russia
Washington reports say the administration plans a Far East policy to wedge China from communist Russia by backing Chinese nationalists, offering economic aid, and possibly arms to nations threatened by communism. Acheson to review policy before Senate and House committees amid Formosa tensions.
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Washington
Russia
China
U. S
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Far East
Formosa
Newton Laborer Executed For Murder Of Wife
A Newton laborer, Lee Heller, 50, was executed by gas chamber after nine minutes. He murdered his wife Nettie Simmons Heller at their Newton home on October 10, 1948, following an argument over another man. This was his second slaying and he had prior sentences for manslaughter and assaults. His brother Henry Heller of Newton claimed the body.
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Raleigh
Newton
Lee Heller
Nettie Simmons Heller
Bennett Funeral Home
Hickory
Henry Heller
Psychiatrist Says Chambers Is Victim of Strange Malady
A New York federal court heard expert testimony that Whittaker Chambers suffers from a psychopathic personality causing chronic lying. Dr. Carl A. L. Dinger testified over government objections that Chambers is prone to deceit, affecting the Alger Hiss perjury trial. Judge Goddard noted it is first use of psychiatric testimony to challenge a witness in federal court.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Carl A. L. Dinger
Henry W. Goddard
Hiss
Binger
Cornell University Medical School
Dilemma Over Formosa Tension Shapes U S Cold War Debate
Washington dispatch outlines a sharp U S choice on Formosa amid the global fight against communism. It weighs military intervention versus economic aid and raises costs, strategic risks, and political ideals as Truman signals a hands off stance.
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Theu. S
Europe
Greece
U. S
Five Children Die in Missoula House Fire
A near zero weather blaze swept a two story Missoula home killing five children and seriously injuring two others. Jim Parrish and Linda Molenda were rescued with burns while several siblings escaped or were saved by neighbors and fire crews. The cause remains undetermined.
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Missoula
Mont
Jim Parrish
Leo Molenda
Spokane
Wash
Linda Molenda
Frances
Ronald
Eldon
Atlantic Pact Council Meeting approves secret defense plan
The 12 nation Atlantic Pact met to give final approval to a secret plan for defending Western Europe. Secretary Acheson presided at 3:30 p.m. EST in the State Department as Paris approved the plan last December and allied leaders backed it. The plan calls for pooling defense forces to deter Russian aggression with France’s army leading initial land defenses and the British and American navies handling sea lanes and bombing support. Final approval will go to President Truman.
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Washington
Atlantic Pact Council
Western Europe
Acheson
United States
State Department
Paris
North Atlantic
Council
White House
Truman
Trading Heavy On Stock Market
New York January 6 stock market shows no clear trend in heavy trading. Prices mixed with gains and losses as profit taking and short selling constrain advance while investment demand remains steady. Notable advancers include Packard W S Rubber Consolidated Vultee Schenley Admira Consolidated Edison Commonwealth Edison Generalized list of gainers and losers features several major firms amid court news boosting Northwestern Telegraph.
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New York
Packard
W. S. Rubber
Consolidated Vultee
Schenley
Admira Corp
Consolidated Edison
Commonwealth Edison
Fastman Kodak
Baltimore & Ohio
Southern Pacific
U. S. Gypsum
Northwestern Telegraph
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Studebaker
Douglas Aircraft
Radio Corp
American Smelting
Dow Chemical American Tobacco
Santa Fe Pennsylvania R.R
Nickel Plate Standard Oil
N.J
Gulf Oil
Am Warner Bros
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Peiping
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Christopher P. Mayhew
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Fred Flagler, Jr
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Trinity
Trinity High School
Charles Gregory
Altice
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Craven
Roger Davis
Gregg Hughes
Herman Wood
Orient
Philip Jessup
Tokyo
James Marlow
America
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