Vandenburg Pushes Bipartisan Iran Policy Shift
Senator Vandenburg spoke publicly after an operation, urging bipartisan action at the water's edge to project a united American foreign policy. He proposed three changes abroad including cutting European aid, recognizing Franco Spain, and delaying China recognition until it shows stable government. He argued Spain remains strategically key despite past hostility and WWII alignments.
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Vandenburg
Republican Party
Iruman
America
Europe
Franco
Spain
China
Stalin
Truman Urges U S Readiness For Self Defense
President Truman says the United States must stay ready in self defense while the world remains split between free and captive peoples. He spoke at an Arlington cemetery ceremony awarding the American Veterans of World War II memorial carillon as a tribute to the dead and noted Russia and Poland ambassadors did not attend.
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Washington
Truman
Arlington
Supreme Court
Russia
Poland
Patmos Group Revives Hempstead Watermelon Festival
The town of Palos plans a Hempstead County Watermelon Festival in late July 1950. Patmos Group will bring nationally known speakers, with Carl Hinton named general chairman. Melons will be purchased from local producers as the civic effort seeks wide Hempstead support.
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Palos
Hempstead
SWAP
South Hempstead
Lown
Carl Hinton
Patmos
All
Eastland warns of bigger cotton cuts if aid shrinks
Senator James Eastland told the Mississippi Delta Rotary Club that 1951 cotton acreage allotments could fall another 15 to 18 percent if Marshall Plan funds are curtailed. He linked ECA cuts to a shift toward communism in Western Europe and accused the administration of exploiting civil rights to push socialism.
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Tita Bena
Miss
James O. Eastland
Mississippi Delta
Rotary Club
Eastland
Congress
Europe
Senate
U. S
Spain
Nebroes
MacArthur urges probe into missing Japanese POWs in Soviet camps
General Douglas MacArthur called for an independent investigation of 376000 missing Japanese prisoners captured by the Soviet Union. He asked Washington to press for inquiry by a neutral nation or the Red Cross as Moscow accuses him of seeking a new Japanese state. Army Day in Yugoslavia prompts Stalin-era tensions amid Tito and Cominform history. Washington lawmakers demand cuts in European recovery funds as the Marshal Plan budget faces scrutiny.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Soviet Union
MacArthur
Washington
Keplerguy
Allied Council For Japan
Council
International Red Cross
Russia
Japan
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Joseph Stalin
Marshal Tito
Uncle Sam
Europe
Sen. Vadenberg
Michigan
Sen. McKelar
Tennessee
Paul Hoffsman
Dewey Declines Another Run for Presidency
Former New York governor and two time GOP hopeful Thomas E Dewey states he will not seek the presidency in 1953. In a letter to campaign aide John C Higgins Dewey calls his decision certain and final noting the need to advance sound progressive Republican principles. Higgins recalls urging a 1942 campaign and the pair discuss party reform and tax policy.
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Portland
Ove. Dee
UPI
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Oxegen
John C. Higgins
Higgins
Cromwell and Sullivan
John F. Duls
Oregon
East
Republican Party
Jerusalem Road to Be Open 5 Hours
In Jerusalem on Christmas Eve barriers on the direct road to Bethlehem will be opened for a five hour period to allow diplomats UN officials and religious dignitaries to attend midnight mass. The 13 mile pedestrian pilgrimage route remains closed under the Israeli Jordan border agreement.
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Dersualem
Christ
Jerusa Dem
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Hebhtchen
United Nations
Christ's Birthplace
Old City
Jordan
Arab Legionnaires
Lumii da. Om
Beth- Jehen
Youth Center Plans Christmas Dance and Party Tonight
The Hope Youth Center hosts a Christmas troll decoration party at 7:30 PM and a Friday night dance at 8:00 PM to celebrate the season. Members are urged to attend. no details on figures or venues beyond the center.
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Youth Center Party
Hope Youth Center
Oliver Cromwell
Cleveland Transit Strike Brings City To Standstill
Cleveland faced a sudden transit strike after a 496 to 287 vote by 4,000 AFL workers, stranding thousands and causing major traffic delays. The walkout ended a key pay policy dispute, with routes disrupted and taxi demand surging as stores faced last minute shoppers.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Transit System
AFL
Thomas P. Meaney
Home Clubs Hold Annual Yuletide Party
Hempstead county home demonstration clubs held their annual Christmas party at the VFW Hut with 100 members from 15 clubs. Rev J M Hamilton spoke on Human Relationships after the business session. New officers for 1930 41 were installed by Mrs Ed B McWilliams including President Mrs B J Warnken and Vice President Mrs Monroe Stuart. An auction raised 57 dollars for club tours and gifts. Lorraine Blackwood received a satin comforter from the clubs.
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VFW
Hempstead County
J. M. Hamilton
First Methodist Church
Ed. B. McWilliams
B. J. Warnken
Sweet Home Home Demonstration
Monroe Stuart
Ozan
Ozan-St. Paul Home Demonsstration Club
William Schagley
Victory Home Demonstration Club
Ivan ‘Williams
Liberty Hill Home Demonstration Club
Sweet Home Home Demonstration Club
Ozan-St. Paul Home Demonstration Club
GJ. Watnken
1950 Outlook: Cheaper Eggs and Easier Credit
Washington reports a brighter 1950 for consumers with plentiful money, expected pork supplies and an eight to ten cent per dozen fall in eggs. The Federal Reserve Board notes easier installment terms since wartime controls, growing money supply, and possible tax cuts on luxury items may offset higher costs for steel, electricity and transportation. If overall credit demand drops, money stock could shrink further.
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Washington
Dec
Department of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
No Clue in Attempted Dynamiting
In Detroit on December 22 authorities said tips on the attempted bombing of the CIO United Auto Workers headquarters yielded no real clue. Two men, including a former UAW official, were released after questioning. they were not considered suspects. A Christmas-wrapped package with 39 sticks of dynamite failed due to a faulty fuse and tag. Police warned the blast could have destroyed the building and nearby research labs. FBI and Detroit police said they had received many tips but provided few specifics. Attorney General McGrath ordered the FBI to join the inquiry, with possible violations of federal law under review.
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Detroit
Mich
Joseph V. Skrug
General Ma Jtors
Krug
FSB
Ray Dove
UAW
Dove
Cay
J. Howard McGrath
Yeaterday
Arkansan under police scrutiny over bloodstained car tale
Police investigate a Jonesboro man James A. Sterns twenty two who claims Chicago gangsters loaned him a car with a bedsheet soaked in blood. The car’s license plates had been swapped and Sterns is held without charge as officers, with PBI and Chicago police, verify his story set in St Paul Minnesota and his visit to Egypt Ack near Jonesboro.
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Towerboro
Chicago
Jonesboro
James A. Sterns
Holman Mabry
Sterns
St. Paul Minn
Egypt
Ack
Mabry
PBI
Truman Plans No Special Pardons This Christmas
President Truman shows no plans for Christ mas pardons for wartime conscientious objectors or other federal prisoners. Justice department officials say no Yuletide amnesty is likely. About 6,500 draft violators were convicted, with 3,230 in prison and the rest in work camps. most have been released or are nearing release.
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Washington
Truman
Justice Department
Department
Yo Che
Mr. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hopeful Meeting May Avert Bell Telephone Strike
St Louis dispatch reports signs point to a general strike by Southwestern Bell Telephone workers in several states including Arkansas, likely Friday night or Saturday. A conference proposed by Missouri Governor Smith to avert the walkout could bring union spokesmen and company officials to Jefferson City at 10 am Friday. The CIO Communications Workers of America urged the meeting, while U S mediation service sought talks after negotiations failed Monday noon. Union members voted 4 to 1 in favor of striking.
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St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Arkansas
St. Louis Post-Dispatch S
Gov. Smith
Missouri
Cio-Communications Workjars of America
Smith Grant Union
Jefferson City
Southwestern Beil
U. S
Stalin Birthday Gala Draws Global Communist Leaders
Moscow December 22. Premier Josef Stalin marked his 76th birthday with a Bolshoi theatre gala attended by central committee members, politburo, about 2,000 guests, and visiting foreign communists. Mao Tse tung praised Stalin in Chinese and Russian, calling him world leader of the working class. Dignitaries from Hungary, Spain, Finland, Germany, France, Austria, Korea, Mongolia, Czechoslovakia, and Poland spoke. Foreign Minister Vishinsky hosted a reception at Spiridonovka palace afterward.
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Moscow
UPI
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Bolshoi Theatre
Central Committee of the Council of Ministers
Politburo
Binlin
Mao Tse-ung
Mao
International Communist Movement
Workers of the World
Soviet Union
Communist Parties
Hungary
Spain
Finland
Germany
France
Austria
Korea
Mongolia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Bolshoi
Andrei Vishinsky
Spiridonovka Palace
Gable and Wife Leave for Honolulu Honeymoon
Hollywood couple Clark Gable and his new wife Sylvia Ashley depart the ranch for San Francisco to sail at midnight aboard the Mat san liner Laurine for a Honolulu honeymoon. The elopement followed a simple Lutheran ceremony at the Alisal ranch north of Santa Barbara. Gable, 48, has reserved aboard the ship, seeking privacy. the bride is described as fairy-haired and vivacious as they begin married life.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
San Francisco
Honolulu
Sylvia Ashley
M-G-M
Alisal Ranch
Banta Barbara
Calif
Gabie
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Encina
Gable
Carole Lombard
Miss Lombard
Carl Vickers
Emmet
Deaie
Josephine Dillon
Rea Lang- Atlauk
Pam
Sylvda
Okee
Anthony Lord Astley
Herman H. Vickers
Musku Fairbanks
John Baron Slangee
Okla
Koya Aliee Townsend
Memphis
As Mary Merchant
California
Will Townsend
Prescott
Will Train Lion That Killed Mother in Oxnard
Eighteen year old Michael Kovsy says he will continue the lion act his mother, May Kovar Schafer, trained before she was killed by Sultan the lion in a cage. Stepson Pred Schul er criticized the move while others recall the tragedy at the Amalie Hon ranch. Funeral services for Mrs Schafer are planned in Oxnard.
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Oaky
Calif
Mich- Joe] Kovsy
Amaile Hon
May Kovar Schaefer
Lois Goebed
May
Muller
Mrs. Sendier
Oxnard
Postwar Letter Mixup Returns Misspent Europe Addresses
A set of letters addressed to European towns by prewar names were returned marked yo such plage. The note suggests misaddressing and possible postal confusion amid shifting borders and population movements before the war.
Coffee and Tea Men Battle for U.S Taste
Coffee and tea executives clash over consumer habits as price pressures and currency swings test American tastes for the hot drink. Coffee pushers vow price stays high but aim to outbid Europeans for beans while tea promoters tout stability and a planned drive to switch Americans to tea, especially in winter. Americans drink about 2.6 billion pounds of coffee yearly, with roasters predicting a rise to 3.9 billion pounds. tea sales are rising, aided by iced tea in summer and a shift driven by coffee price hikes. European consumption falters under higher costs, while the Tea Bureau notes tea sales up eight percent this year.
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New York
Brazil
Tea Bureau, Inc
Bureau
Fire at Frankford Arsenal Leaves 50 Firemen Sick
Fifty Philadelphia firemen and arsenal crews fought a windowless three story structure at the Frankford arsenal amid smoke and acid fumes. Guards and FBI agents imposed secrecy as ventilation was forced through roof holes. Four hours after the blaze began the building was cleared and all victims treated on site. Officials offered no cause and declined to reveal ammunition or agent presence details.
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Philadelphia
Frankford Arsenal
Arsenal
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Eblaze
Weather Cost at Least 15 Lives in U S
A massive ice storm crippled communications across scores of midwestern towns and caused at least 16 deaths. Two fatalities occurred in a West Virginia fire sparked by a defective heater, while other traffic and rescue incidents produced further losses. Widespread power and phone outages disrupted rural Missouri and central Illinois, with flood fears and heavy freezing rain sweeping the Mississippi valley.
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Chicago
Missouri
Ilinois
Indalna
Tarayet
Charleton
W. Va
Ft. Warren
Oklahoma
Oregon
Midwest
York
Misissippi
Ardigevous
Quincy
Atro i
Indiana
Wise
Michine Therae
Orth
Louisville
Cold Weather Brings Subfreezing Ice to Arkansas
United Press reports subfreezing temperatures and light snow across Arkansas. Readings include Fayetteville 20, Harrison 22, Black Rock 30, and Little Rock 29. A 10 year old Negro boy, Henry Lee Smith, was killed when a gust toppled a wooden awning.
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United Press
Arkansas
Harrison
Black Rock
Henry Lee Smith
Fulton
Fayetteville
Gilb Dardanelle
Hope
Morton
Texarkana
Little Ra
Newport
Batville
el Dorado
Wain Ridge
Camden
Bluff
Firemen Put Out Two Fires Early Today
Firemen quickly extinguished two fires this morning. One fire started in a house at hourth and Laurel Street with no stove involvement, causing minimal damage. The second blaze occurred at 8.5p shed at 120 Fulton, with limited impact.
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Macning
Laurel Street
Fulton
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M Vandenberg
Arthur Vandenberg
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