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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1950
Page
2
AP dispatch from Hungnam Korea describes a grim Christmas on the front, with wrecked seaport and factory district. Soldiers endure freezing cold, smoke, and mud as they live in ruined shelters and native huts while artillery and combat noises persist nearby. The mood is bleak, far from Christmas cheer.
A lone bandit robbed the Pennington Street branch of the Bank of Douglas in downtown Tucson at 9:30 a.m. escaping with $30,000 after holding manager J. D. McNabb and another employee at gunpoint. The robber followed an armored car delivery. a similar Phoenix bank robbery earlier left $116,250 unsolved.
In Orissa state hundreds of Indians died or fell ill around Ran tali as cholera spread among followers seeking a herbal cure from a 12 year old cowherd Nepal Baba. An official inquiry found the medicine ineffective and mass inoculations and evacuations were organized to halt the outbreak.
A White House source said President Truman is considering W Stuart Symington to become Secretary of Defense, with Marshall kept on temporarily amid heavy duties. Symington, former Secretary of the Air Force and current head of the National Security Resources Board, would move up when the time comes.
Frigid air sweeps the eastern half of the country as temperatures drop to the 20s in Atlanta and Birmingham and to 30 in Charleston. Light snow begins over the upper Missouri River Valley and Great Lakes, with no relief expected as a Midwest cold wave advances.
Alfred Bergdoll 23, son of the famed WWI defector, pleads guilty to two counts of draft dodging before Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan. He faces up to five years and a $10,000 fine, with sentencing set for Thursday. His attorney discussed limited service and a possible psychiatric evaluation. Temperatures across the Midwest and West reached zero or below, with Rochester Minnesota at 26 below.
Democratic leaders urge public sympathy for Secretary of State Acheson as Republicans press to replace him. Administration officials say President Truman remains determined to back Acheson despite GOP calls. Rumors of a three way shuffle include Vinson moving to state and McGrath or Clifford shifting roles, sparking intra party debate.
Philadelphia police hunt a mysterious mad sniper in the Oak Lane district after a housewife is killed and six others wounded in six weeks. 130 officers and 50 auxiliaries patrol as residents stay indoors. a 17 year old was fired upon earlier, a bullet pierced the back of his coat.
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