Bridges Calls for Diplomatic Break With Russia
Senator Bridges calls for breaking diplomatic ties with Russia as Senate debates foreign policy and military aid to Chinese nationalists. McCarran pushes for aid to Formosa and a second front in China amid Korea tensions. Negotiations over Russia’s lend-lease account proceed with blunt talk and demands for payment and asset returns.
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Russia
Senate
Jack Bell
Washington
United States
Senator Bridges
Senate Services and Appropriations Committee
New Hampshire
McCarran
Dnew
Red China
China
Korea
Formosa
Asia
Western
Europe
George D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Congress
Bcan
State Department
U. S
John C. Wiley
Iran
All About Eve Tops AP Poll for 1950 Best Picture
Hollywood notes All About Eve leads an AP poll of 100 movie critics for 1950. Judy Holliday Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson vie for best actress with 32 31 and 29 votes respectively. Eve dominates best supporting actress with Thel a Ritter Holliday Baxter and more.
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Hollywood
Associated Press
Judy Holliday
Bette Davis
Gloria Swanson
Eve
Sunset Boulevard
King Solomon's Mines
Miss Holliday
Miss Davis
Miss Swanson
Dose Ferrier
Willam Holden
James Stewart
Harvey
Louis Calhern
Mn Anne Baxter
Miss Baxter
Ceeres
George Sanders
Arthur Kennedy
Sam Jaffe
Jett Chandler
Holden
Fragmented Crossword Clue Snippet Remains in Print
A partial OCR snippet lists clues and partial puzzle entries. It includes numbered hints such as a Gaelic term a Chinese city and a Soviet news agency, with scattered letters and references to promissory notes and compass points.
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Jacob
Answer to Previous Puzzle 24 Obeisance 26 Expunger 31 Liken
Puzzle clues point to a themed set of crossword style hints. The list suggests entries like obeisance expunger and likeness as related words. Final answer compiles concise interpretations for a reader seeking another puzzle cue.
Tesson and Jacoby on Bridge Key Tricks
In a bridge hand, West leads hearts and East wins both heart tricks. Declarer Larceny Lou plans fast tricks in diamonds and clubs to force the drop of clubs and diamonds, then uses spades to complete the contract. The analysis emphasizes identifying essential versus unimportant tricks and managing discards to maximize winning chances.
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East
Declarer
Larceny Lou
Lou
Dummy
South
Malaya Orders Shotguns for Civilian Conscripts in War on Terror
Kuala Lumpur reports Malaya has placed large orders in Britain for shotguns to arm conscripts aiding police and military squads against Communist terrorists. Draft of men to reinforce operations will occur as needed.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Britain
Road Wrecks Lead Causes Of Deaths
Eleven people die in various crashes and violent acts across the state. Notable incidents include Glenn Smith, 18, of Claremont, killed in a collision near Newton. Alvin and Wall, both 43, struck by a truck near Raleigh. Arthur Barnes, 70, in a Wake County head‑on crash. Ralph Dover, 57, shot during a gun duel near Cherryville. and a Fort Bragg sergeant and his infant son killed when their car overturned near Fayetteville. Authorities cite a gun duel and other fatalities, with further details incomplete.
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Glenn Smith
Claremont
Newton
Alvin Thomas Wall
Raleigh
Wake County
Arthur Barnes
Gattis Bernard Brown
Durham
Ralph David Dover
Cherryville
J. Olie Jeervis
Ernest Smith
Fort Bragg
Ta Frank
Cadaeloe
Aee Frank
Billingsley
Keith Melvin
Ted St. Pierre
Clinton
Shane
Ng Cras
Sampson County
Caldwell Jackson, Jr
Charlotte
Woman War Widow For Second Time Within Six Years
PITMAN New Jersey January 15 A 26 year old mother widowed twice in six years faces a future with four daughters Kim Lynn Eileen and Jean She plans to stay home and raise them and has asked the Veterans Administration to help her manage affairs Her second husband MSgt James Fort Snodgrass was on the Defense Departments 200th Korean war casualty list released yesterday He was killed November 28 Her first husband Flight Captain Charles Ridgley Hammell of Philadelphia was killed in a 1945 Dinpan India takeoff crash while delivering supplies for China.
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Pitman
N. J
Jean E. Snodgrass
Kim
Lynn
Eileen
Jean
Veterans Administration
California farmer wins county land lease for cotton
Delano California farmer Douglas McFarlane leases 210 acres of an abandoned county airport for one dollar a year for five years after the board of supervisors reviews four other bids. He plans to grow cotton on the land.
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Delano
Calif
Douglas McFarlane
Board of Supervisors
McFarlane
Truman Quietly Pursues Peace Tactics Amid Cautious Support
President Truman signals ongoing peace efforts with Senator Byrd as Gov James Byrnes prepares to take office in South Carolina. Relations show cautious optimism with Byrd pressing civil rights scope while the White House weighs defense economy cuts and unity behind military policy.
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Jae Ee
Harry
Byrd
D.-Va
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Supreme Court
Phy Ana
House
Senate
Shales
Iece
Lawmak
Collins Stays and Fights as Red Offensive Surges
American and Allied forces push to 12 miles on the western Korean front south of Seoul. Eighth Army commander Ridgway reports recapture of Osan Kumyangjang and Chon amid reports of a new Chinese offensive and heavy winter fighting near Wonju.
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Seoul
Osan
Kumyangjang
Chon
Korea
Wonju
U. S. Eighth Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth
Eighth Army Communiue
A. P
Don Huth
Yongwol
Huth
Duke Receives Offer of 1.5 Million Dollar Match
Duke University reports an anonymous donor will give 1.5 million dollars if the university can raise a matching amount. President Hollis Edens says alumni and friends are asked to contribute to reach a 3 million dollar target, the conditional grant announced last month.
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Durham
Duke Lniversity
General Education
Hollis Edens
Duke
Bloodshed Box RALEIGH Jan 15 Traffic Fatalities and Injuries
The motor vehicles department reports highway accidents from 4 p m Friday to 2 a m Sunday. Nine killed and 65 injured in this period. To date in 1950, 31 killed and 338 injured. Cumulative totals to date show 430 injured.
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Raleigh
Motor Vehicles Department
Historic rings reveal tree’s aged history and climate clues
Tree rings record more than age showing drought periods, heavy rain years, and other factors shaping a tree’s health across decades. Scientific study uses ring patterns to infer past climate events and environmental stress.
Truman Sets Budget Emphasis on Individual Tax Revenue
President Truman outlined a fiscal plan centering on personal taxes as the main revenue source. He cited 1951 estimates of 309 million in estate and gift taxes and a rising fiscal path to 26.78 billion in the next year, noting wartime peaks and prior cuts by the 80th Congress. He argued public support for higher spending and taxes to fund defense and new expenditures.
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Indico
Republican 80Th Congress
Congress
Truman Budget Highlights Propose Defense Spending Plan
President Truman presented a budget to Congress detailing estimated spending and revenue for July 1 to 1952. Key allocations include military services 44.471 billion, international security 7.461 billion, atomic energy 1.277 billion, plus defense production and housing. He urged tax increases to help balance the deficit and warned broader controls on materials may come in with defense buildup.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
Truman
Western diplomats assess Pravda China report
Moscow reports that Pravda accuses the United States of long planning to use Indochina as a base for an attack on China. Observers say any Western troop movement toward Indochina could trigger Viet Minh volunteer support and a broader conflict. Pravda cites Peiping and claims $600,000 was allotted to arm Chinese nationalist units in Indochina.
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Hitler
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Ce Ent
Moscow
Pravda
Korea
China
Indochina
Vietminh
Ho Chi
Soviet Communist Party
Peiping
U. S
Stocks Lean Toward Drop
The stock market opened the week with a slight downside bias as traders hesitated and trading stayed quiet. Losses ranged from a few cents to about $1 a share while some gains reached up to $1.50, with several major stocks trimmed including U S Steel International Harvester Distillers Seagrams Anaconda General Motors Boeing and Dow Chemical.
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New York
U. S. Steel
International Harvester
Distillers Corp.Seagrams
Anaconda
Kennecott
General Motors
du Pont
Santa Fe
Nickel Johns Manville and
Pittsburgh Si Steel
Rubber
Douglas Aircraft
Homestake Mining
McIntyre
Dow Chemical
American Tobacco
Boeing
Shrine Session Set Thursday In Charlotte
Ogburn Stafford of Greensboro will be elected potentate of Oasis Shrine Temple at the annual meeting and ceremonial in Charlotte Thursday. Dr. Hubert M. Poteat of Wake Forest, imperial potentate of the Shriners, will make an official visit to the meeting.
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Jan
Ogburn Stafford
Greensboro
Oasis Shrine Temple
Ogburn
Pilot Life Insurance Hotest
Chif Mabe
Hubert M. Poteat
Wake Forest
Imperial
Shriners
Noisy party ends with hymn playing constables daily
Vancouver officers were summoned to a house on a Sunday to handle a noise complaint. Inside they encountered a woman playing hymns on a record player, addressing the disturbance.
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Vancouver
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