Red China massing for attack on rugged Hainan island
From Formosa to Hong Kong reports say Communist forces mass on Hainan to strike the island holding 17 000 guerrillas and 40 000 frontline defenders amid naval and air activity. Nationalists deny landings as Chiang Kai-shek’s bombers strike Red concentrations and ships defend Shanghai area.
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Taipei
Formosa
Red
Hainan
Hainan Strait
Weichow Island
Liuchow Peninsula
Chiang Kai - Shek
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Luichow
Lewis Could Be Retired By Mine Workers Feb. 12
Washington dispatch reports John L. Lewis faces mandatory retirement at 70 on February 12 unless the United Mine Workers Executive Board grants an exception to continue his leadership. The 32-member board, earning about 12 000 dollars yearly plus expenses, is likely to find it necessary to keep him amid a seven month coal contract fight. Kennedy, the current vice president, would succeed if vacancy occurs.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
International Execcutive Board
Thomas Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Coa
U S Congress Members Face Inquiry Into Overseas Junkets
Congress may be asked to investigate House travelers abroad. Lawmakers estimate 1949 junkets cost taxpayers about 6 million dollars covering transport, lodging, meals, and services. Critics urge curbing expenses and closing tax loopholes amid travel year record.
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Washington
Congress
House
Customs Bureau
Flying Arrow heads to communist port under threat of explosion
The American freighter Flying Arrow weighing anchor for Tsingtao while its hold fire was extinguished, risking explosion from jute, cotton, and caustic soda. Two US destroyers aided but ordered away as Captain Jones and Captain Berkey oversee convoy security amid nationalist shelling near Shanghai and Formosa.
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Wayne Richardson
Flying Arrow
Tsingtao
Shantung Peninsula
Red
Shanghai
Isbrandtsen Line
New York
Hong G
Arrow
David Jones
Chicago
Roussell
Taipei
Formosa
Shih Chao-ying
Adm
Russell S. Berkey
U. S. Seventh Task Force
Acheson to Address Far East Policy Today
Secretary of State Acheson is expected to outline U S Far East policy in a public address at the National Press Club amid Republican criticism over handling of China and Formosa. He met with Senate and House foreign affairs committees prior to the speech as partisan debate persists.
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Washington
Acheson
Far East
Taft
Senate
State Department
Congress
China
Formosa
Europe
National Press Club
House
Achesons
Kee
D.-W.va
Truman
Taxicab Driver Killed as Six Held in Bank Holdup Case
Cleveland detectives killed taxicab driver Louis Haddad and jailed six men in a sweep linked to a $38,000 bank holdup at Superior Savings and Loan. They seized $7,731 from a suspect's home and escalated the probe into two identified participants, while seeking the missing $30,000.
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Cleveland
Savings 7% Loan Co
John Hux
Hux House
Louis M. Haddad
James Burke
Haddad
Burke
James Killoran
Killoran
Richard S$. Chamberlain
Robert Andross
Sergt
John Roddy
Two Recent Uranium Finds Are Evaluated
A geological report says two uranium finds on the east shore of Lake Superior show excellent possibilities for commercial production. The discoveries, about 55 miles north of Sault Ste. Marie, are on Sabine-McCarthy Uranium Mines and Ranwick Uranium Mines properties.
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Toronto
Lake Superior
Welland Gemmell
Sault Ste. Marie
Sabine-McCarthy Uranium Mines
Ranwick Uranium Mines Limited
Woman Charged With Murder Arson In Mercy Hospital Fire
Davenport Iowa January 12 A murder charge was filed against Mrs Elnora Epperly 23 of Rock Island Illinois after she reportedly admitted starting a fire in her hospital room at St Elizabeths Mercy Hospital that killed 41 women. Scott county attorney Clark Filseth said the charge covers murder committed in the perpetration of arson.
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Davenport
Scott County
Clark ©. Filseth
Elnora Epperly
Rock Island
Mississippi River
Bernard Moran
Rock Island County
Epper‘ly
St. Elizabeth’s Mental Ward
Mercy Hospital
Dry Forces Urge Approval of Bill Barring Liquor and Beer Advertising
A large crowd gathered in the Senate office building to support Senator Lang er’s bill barring liquor beer and wine advertising in newspapers magazines direct mail and over the air. Bishop Hammaker leads the drive stating 75 to 80 percent would applaud action while urging reversal of prior committee defeats. Hugh Brimm of Louisville serves as a key organizer for the social service commission.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Capitol
Langer
R-Nd
Wilbur E. Hammaker
Methodist Board of Temperance
Congress
Promised Shakeup In Italian Government Is Now Under Way
Rome Jan 12 Premier Alcide de Gasperi and his anti communist coalition cabinet resign in a move that may yield Italy its first one party government since the war. The reorganization aims to form a Christian Democrat led government while liberals preside with caution over coalition shifts.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
de Gasperi
Christian Democrat
Luigi Einaudi
Carlo Sforza
Labor Socialists
PSLI
Einaudi
Enrico de Nicola
Communists
Modena
Stock Mart Sees Much Activity
NEW YORK January 12 The Stock market turned over at high speed today but made little progress. Heavy profit taking blanketed gains while underlying buying provided a cushion. Higher prices for Republic Steel General Motors U S Rubber Sears Roebuck Admiral Emerson Radio American Telephone Standard Gas Electric 4% preferred Consolidated Natural Gas Allied Chemical American Tobacco Santa Fe Chesapeake Ohio Skelly Oil and Loews were noted. Losers included Bethlehem Steel Goodrich International Harvester Boeing Consolidated Edison American Smelting Air Reduction Union Carbide General Electric International Paper Nickel Plate Barnsdall Oil Johns Manville.
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New York
Republic Steel
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
Admiral Corp
Emerson’ Radio
American Telephone
Standard Gas & Electric
Consolidated Natural Gas
Allied Chemical
American Tobacco
Santa Fe
Chesapeake & Ohio
Skelly Oil
Loew's
Bethlehem Steel
Goodrich
International Harvester
Boeing
Consolidated Edison
American Smelting
Air Reduction
Union Carbide
General Electric
International Paper
Nickel Plate
Barnsdall Oil
Johns-Manville
Second Fugitive Sought by Posse in Boone Case
Boone January 12 A posse hunted the second of two armed men who burned a car near Boone and fled into the mountains after gunfire with officers. One man, exhausted and hungry, was captured yesterday. Patrolman Garland identified him as 36 year old Carl Robert Ricker of Midway Tennessee.
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Ricker
Max Gardner Jr Seeks Cleveland County State Senate Seat
Shelby reports O Max Gardner Jr 27 announces for state senate from Cleveland County to serve in the 27th district. He will graduate from UNC Law Feb and plans to return to Shelby to practice law. Gardner son of former governor C Max Gardner is a UNC trustee and NC State College textile management graduate with military service and a 1943 marriage to Sara Mull.
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Shelby
O. Max Gardner, Jr
Cleveland
Gardner
University of North Carolina Law School
Rutherford
McDowell
O. Max Gardner
C. Max Gardner
North Carolina State College
Sara Hoyle Mull
University of North Carolina
Congress Proposes Two Federal Aid to Education Plans
Washington Jan 12 President Truman proposes two education aid schemes awaiting congressional approval. Plan 1 would furnish about 300 million dollars yearly to states for grammar and high schools, enabling more and better teachers and facilities. Plan 2 would fund college scholarships, likely aiding about 175,000 students, with initial groundwork costing around 1 million dollars.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
U. S. Commissioner of Education
President urges Europe integration under Marshall Plan aim
President Truman submitted a sixth ECA report to Congress urging Europe to form a single producing and trading area of 270 million people. The plan, backed by Paul Hoffman, argues devaluation won’t solve core problems but economic integration could boost manufacturing and trade across western Europe. Marshall noted progress in Europe despite drought and inflation risks.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Paul Hoffman
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Kiwanis Club
Southern Pines
N. C
ECA Quarterly
United States
SBI Closing In On Raymond Hair in North Carolina
The State Bureau of Investigation said it believes Raymond D. Hair is in eastern North Carolina and nearing capture. Hair, 24, Wake Forest College senior and son of a Fayettville dentist, has been sought since December 16 for the slaying of Roy W. Cobb.
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Raleigh
State Bureau of Investigation
Raymond D. Hair
Hair
North Carolina
SBI
James W. Powell
Wake Forest College
Fayetteville
Roy W. Cobb
Wake Forest
Powell
SBS
Walter Anderson
Sun Oil Company Faces Anti-Trust Suit
The Justice Department charges Sun Oil Company of Philadelphia with antitrust violations in gasoline and auto accessories distribution. Attorney General McGrath says Sunoco forced about 10 000 independent service stations in 18 states and DC to sign exclusive purchasing contracts, buying from Sun and avoiding Sun competitors.
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Washington
Justice Department
Sun Oil Company
Philadelphia
McGrath
Sun
States
District of Columbia
Sunoco
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Chiang Kai-shek
San Francisco
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POSSE
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Wendell Whitt
Sallis
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Whitt
Malcolm
Kosciusko
U.S
Hux
Capper
Bishop Hammaker
Hugh A. Brimm
Louisville, Ky
The
Social Service Commission of the
Stock Mart
Max Gardner, Jr
President
Commission On Higher Education
Raymond Hair
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