Quakes Shake Reno and Sierra Nevada Region
Early today Reno and the Sierra shook from renewed temblors extending into northern California. The shocks, centered near Reno, disrupted the University of Nevada seismograph and followed a seven-shock sequence Monday night. Bell Telephone lines went down near the state line, as minor rock slides occurred on U S Highway 40 in the California Sierra.
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Reno
Sierra
California
San Francisco
Fresno
San Joaquin Valley
University of Nevada
Bell Telephone Company
California State Line
Here
Highway Department
Sacramento
Calif
California Sierra
Maryland Governor Commutes Death Sentence for J La Guardia
Governor Lane commuted Circus Joustabout James V. La Guardia's sentence from death to life imprisonment. La Guardia, 29, of Youngstown, was convicted in Baltimore for involvement in a rape near Baltimore on June 4, 1947.
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Annapolis
James V. la Guardia
Lane
Guardia
Youngstown
Baltimore
Itimore
Zinc Plant Reopens After Strike Idle
Columbus Ohio December 29 The American Zinc Oxide Company resumed operations at its plant after a strike lasting thirteen days. Workers returned to full production as management and union representatives reached a temporary agreement.
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Columbus
American Zinc Oxide Company
Congress Likely To Repeal Ban On Closed Shop
Washington reports that the 81st Congress is expected to legalize the closed shop again, bringing many workers under union contracts. Taft and officials suggest the Taft Hartley ban may be repealed or replaced by a closed union, with details still uncertain.
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Congress
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Taft
Ohio
Tarahumara Indian Wins 225 Mile Run From Chihuahua City
Pedro Paseno of the Tarahumara Indian tribe won a 225 mile race from Chihuahua City to Juarez Mex. He carried a tor ch that sparked El Paso Sun Carnival celebrations. Paseno finished in 45 hours and said at the finish My feet hurt while eight other runners fell by exposure and exhaustion.
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EL Paso
Tex
Pedro Paseno
Chihuahua City
Juarez
Mexico
Paseno
Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha Named New Egypt Premier
Cairo reports Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha, formerly chief of the royal cabinet, assumed leadership after Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha's assassination. He urged Egyptian unity for the Palestine struggle and is expected to follow the late premier's policy toward Israel.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Palestine
Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha
Israel
Nokrashy Pasha
Soldier's Body En Route Home
The Army notifies relatives that T-5 Clarence C. McIntosh 25 is being returned from Germany Holland and Luxembourg. McIntosh was killed in action in Holland on September 24 and worked at Jonal Fireproof Co in Ville before enlisting in 1942. Other local war dead returning aboard the transport include S-Sgt Cecil S. Blosser Bremen Pfc Donald R. Cottrill Wellston T-Sgt John T. Huddy Nelsonville T-5 Robert S. Jones Glouster and Pvt Noah C. Jenkins Oak
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Department of the Army
Clarence C. McIntosh
Tarygium
Holland
Luxerbourg
T-5
McIntosh
Ella McIntosh
Route 3
Jonal Fireproofne Co
Ville
Ohio
Cecil S. Blosser
Bremen
Donald R. Cottrill
Wellston
John T. Huddy
Nelsonville
Robert S. Jones
Glouster
Noah C. Jenkins
Oak
U N Orders Israeli Troops to Withdraw from Negev
The United Nations Security Council urged Israel to retire its troops from the Negev Desert in southern Palestine and called for an end to hostilities with Egypt. The British sponsored resolution passed eight votes to none with three abstentions. The United States abstained on all sections, while Russia and the Soviet Ukraine abstained except for the preamble and cease fire order.
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Paris
United Nations
Negev
Palestine
Security Council
Israel
Egypt
United States
Russia
Ukraine
Czechs Nationalize Commerce Chambers
Prague reports the Ministry of Foreign Trade will take over all chambers of commerce in Czechoslovakia, including foreign chambers formed by Czechoslovaks. The move affects the French, American, and Latin American chambers and drug stores under nationalization.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Ex Professor Ebaugh Dies at Denison University
William C. Ebaugh 71 longtime chemistry professor at Denison University from 1917 to 1945 died today in Granville Ohio He retired in 1945 and was a prominent figure in the campus science community.
More Women Urged to Run for Public Office
Rep Frances Bolton of Ohio argues for more women in government noting there are only nine women in the 531 member Congress and no woman heads of state or large city. She cites timidity and family duties as factors but sees a rising trend as women take on public responsibilities and join business and professions.
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Fred J. Zaly
Washington
Rep
Frances. Bolton
Ohio
Congress
Shift in Red Ministers May Presage New Policy
In Moscow on December 29 Alexei N. Kosygin was named minister of light industry and removed from the finance post after ten months. Arseny G. Zverev returns as finance minister as the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet reshapes the cabinet. Kosygin, aged 44, is among the youngest top officials and had been an alternate Politburo member since March 1946.
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Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Arseny G. Zverev
Supreme Soviet
Ministry of Light
I Kosygin
Communist Party
Central Committee
Zverev
Rescued Airmen Describe Ice Cap Life As Comfortable
Twelve United States airmen rescued from a Greenland ice cap reported only slight weight loss and said they lived in comparative luxury in snow houses. An Air Force officer noted the three room snowhouse had portable heaters and electric lights dropped from planes, while the men filmed their adventure. A polar bear approached within 30 feet of the camp but did not threaten them. On Christmas Day the men spoke with their wives at the Greenland base via portable radio transmitter.
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ST. John's
Mid
United States
Greenland
Air Force
Harmon Field
Greenland Cap
C and O to lay off 3000 in Cleveland district
About 3,000 additional workers of the Chesapeake District of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad will be laid off by January 1. Nearly 2,500 men have been laid off in the last several months. In London a British Foreign Office spokesman said there would be no immediate prospect of British troops being used to repel any invasion if Israeli troops crossed the border into Egypt.
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Chesapeake District
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
London
British
Foreign Office
Egypt
DEA
County Boards of Education
State Department of Education
Food supplies steady in 1949 with lower prices urged
John A. Hartford, president of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., said that food supply in 1949 will be on a level with this year but competition should be sharper and prices may decline.
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New York
John A. Hartford
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Summer kitchen fire robs farmer of 900 cans in Ohio
A. A. Gibson, a farmer near Zanesville Ohio, lost 900 cans of meat fruit and vegetables when a summer kitchen beside his house burned today. The blaze caused no injuries and the cause was not disclosed.
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Zanesville, O
A. A. Gibson
Markets At a Glance Mixed Trading Across Commodities
Stocks rise led by leaders while bonds stay quiet and rails recover. Wheat is mixed with light trade, corn edges higher as cash buyers purchase, oats stay dull, hogs steady to strong topping at 23.00, cattle active with gains up to 0.50 to 24.75.
Moscow announcement links to Soviet leaders seeking talks
A Stockholm report cited in the London Daily Mail said Nikita Khrushchev was among Russians Truman labeled as anxious to seek understanding with the United States. The Mail named Stalin Foreign Trade Minister Mikoyan and party secretary Malenkov as others believed eager to steer future policy through diplomacy and propaganda.
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Moscow
Stockholm
London Daily Mail
Ékosygin
Truman
Mail
Stalin
A. I. Mikoyan
G. M. Malenkov
Communist Party
Central Committee
Jap Officers to Hang For Beheading Fliers
Nine Japanese officers including three generals were sentenced to hang for beheading 33 American airmen. Seventeen airmen were killed after Hirohito’s surrender speech and sixteen others received prison terms. The executions were in retaliation for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Names of condemned officers include Lt Gen Isamu Yokoyama and Maj Gen Kyusaku Fukushima.
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Yokohama
Hirohito
U. S
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Isamu Yokoyama
Western Army
Kyusaku Fukushima
Ito
Kiyoharu Tomomori
Yusei Wako
Hiroji Nakayama
Kentaro Toji
Masahiko Marazaki
Two pedestrians killed by cars in Columbus crosswalk
In Columbus two pedestrians were killed last night while crossing intersections. The victims were tentatively identified as Joseph L. McCann age 63 and Robert Carroll age 67.
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Columbus
Joseph L. McCann
Robert Carroll
U S Population Rises to All Time High in 1948
The United States population reached about 148 million at year end 1948, a Census Bureau report shows. The figure marks an approximate 3 million increase for the year.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Boudreau Contract Due
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that manager Lou Boudreau is facing contract renewal decisions as the team approaches the season end in Cleveland. Details indicate ongoing negotiations and potential extension discussions with the club.
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Cleveland
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lou Bou
Dillon Elected To Committee By Schoolmen
Samuel H. Dillon, superintendent of Hocking County schools, won a seat on the executive committee of the Ohio County Superintendents Association at the Ohio Education Association meeting in Columbus. Margaret Boyd of Steubenville was elected OEA president for 1949, the first woman to lead in 101 years.
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Samuel H. Dillon
Hocking County
Ohio County Superintendents Association
Ohio Education Association
Columbus
Dillon
OEA
Margaret Boyd
Steubenville
Harold Vincent
Canton
Ohio Association of School Administrators
Tobin to Address Ohio CIO Council Convention
Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin will be the featured speaker at the Ohio CIO Council’s 10th annual convention in Cleveland. The four day event opens January 13.
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Columbus
Secretary of Labor
Maurice J. Tobin
Ohio Cio Council
Cleveland
CIO
Dutch to End War on Friday
The Netherlands told the United Nations Security Council that hostilities in Indonesia will end at midnight Friday. Jan Herman van Royen announced the release of President Soekarno and cabinet members captured at the start of Dutch operations, to occur with conditions to stay away from actions endangering public security following a 24 hour council deadline.
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Paris
Netherlands
United Nations Security Council
Indonesia
Jan Herman van Royen
Soekarno
Council
Council On
Holland
Peace Talks Begin Shape Future Of Nationalist China
News from Nanking reports Nationalist leaders converge to discuss war or peace with Chiang Kai shek as rumors proliferate about his possible resignation. Gen. Chen Cheng is named governor of Formosa and Red forces threaten near Suchow while Chiang withdraws troops north of the Yangtze.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang
Woul
Chen Cheng
Formosa
Executive Yuan
Yangtze
Peiping
Tientsin
Tu Li-ming
Suchow
Indonesian general leads raids in Java interior
Indonesian republican sources report Maj. Gen. U Tomo directing death by own action troops in nightly raids on Dutch posts in Java interior. Fierce fighting centered around Madioen, recently taken by the Dutch in their police action, with raids on Modjokerto Kederi and Malang.
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Batavia
Java
U Tomo
Republic
Tomo
Madioen
Modjokerto
Kederi
Malang
Greeks Round Up Communist Suspects in Peloponnesus
In Athens on December 29 the Greek government announced a large-scale roundup of about 3,000 people described as communists and underground workers. They are suspected of aiding guerrilla bands within the Pelo ponnesus region.
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Athens
Greece
Peloponnesus
VA to Pay Big Dividends On GI Insurance in 1949
The Veterans Administration announced 1949 dividends for National Service Life Insurance policyholders. About 16 million veterans may share, with total surplus estimates between 1.5 and 2 billion dollars. Payments will vary by policy size and duration, covering premiums paid from 1941 to 1948, with starts unlikely before August.
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Washington
National Service Life
Veterans Administration
Rita Hayworth and Prince Ali Khan Fly to Switzerland
In London on December 29 Prince Ali Khan and actress Rita Hayworth departed in his private plane for Switzerland. He said he was in a hurry to speak about their plans, offering no details.
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Rita
Ali Khan
Switzerland
London
Prince Ali Khan
Stes
Rita Hayworth
Relatives Sought in Hungarian Romanian Search for Leprich Kin
Probate judge Nelson J. Brewer authorized a search in Transylvania for relatives of John Leprich a 76 year old retired carpenter who died October 24 in Lakewood leaving an estate exceeding 30000 dollars with no will.
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Cleveland
Nelson J. Brewer
Transylvania
Hungary
Romania
John Leprich
Lakewood
Wife Held in Baby Death in Durand Michigan
In Durand Michigan a young wife of a sansa section hand was held after admitting in a formal statement that she beat her three weeks old daughter to death because she said I hated little girls.
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Durand
Mich
Sansa Section
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