Denials Clip Claim of Red Invasion of Hainan
Taipei on Friday rejected reports that Communist forces invaded Hainan Island calling the claim absurd. Chiang Kai-shek’s staff said no invasion occurred and that guerrillas there have long operated since the Japanese era. Nationalist forces tightened patrols and bombardments targeted Hangchow Bay and nearby shores as 30 to 50 Red junks were reported sunk toward Weichou Island.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Hainan Island
Chiang
Hainan
Hainan Strait
Weichou Island
Liuchow Peninsula
Chiang Kaishek
Canton
Foochow
Shanghai
Hangchow Bay
Chu San Islands
Hangchow
Ithe
Hai‘nan
Hong Kong
Hai
Iman
Weichow Island
South China
Luichow Peninsula
Haihow
Escaped monkey delights Nu-Pike staff at roller coaster
Jocko the Rhesus monkey escaped late Tuesday at Nu-Pike and dashed through the Cyclone Racer area. Workers including Verne Cheuvront chased with nets and bananas as the monkey climbed the Tilt-a-Whirl and dodged capture, perched again atop the coaster and taunting the onlookers. The creature remained at large into the afternoon as staff tried to tempt it down.
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Nu-Pike
Frank Buck
Jocko
Earl Hardison
Philip Fox
Verne Cheuvront
Cheuvront
Woman Charged in Mercy Hospital Fire Killings
Davenport Iowa January 12 a murder charge was filed today against a woman patient after authorities said she admitted starting a hospital fire that killed 41 women last Saturday at Mercy Hospital St Elizabeths mental ward in a three story building. The state attorney identified the suspect as Mrs Elnore Epperly 22 of Rock Island.
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Davenport
Towa
Atty
Bernard Moran
Rock Island
Elnore Epperly
Rock, Island
Moran
St Elizabeth's
Mercy Hospital
News High Lights OFF THE TELETYPE
A compact digest lists newspaper page references and sections from a reader’s note about contents. It mentions topics such as politics with Russ and Ching's Communists, local hometown coverage, and various pages including sports theaters tides and temperatures across sections A B C.
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Boyle
Rent decontrol moves forward in Long Beach
Gov. Warren approved the city council’s rent decontrol plan, sending it to Washington for routine approval by Federal Housing Expediter Tighe Woods. Local groups urge realism in rent increases, warning against evictions and noting vacancy and below-price units in a wartime to peace-time transition.
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Long Beach
Woods
C. E. Scott
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce
Gov. Warren
Scott
Los Angeles Grand Jurors Warn on Rampant Crime
Los Angeles County grand jurors in January 1950 charged widespread crime by abortionists, drug peddlers, bookmakers, and gamblers. The final report titled conditions as appalling, noting unsolved sex murders and disappearances from 1947 to 1949, including the Black Dahlia case. It urged continued probes into the Guarantee Finance Company linked to a multi million dollar bookie syndicate and potential improper payments to law enforcement.
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L. Angeles
Los Angeles County
Robert H. Scott
Harry A. Lawson
Elizabeth Short
Louise Springer
Guarantee Finance Company
Spurned Husband Kills Five Then Sets House Fire
In Hammond Indiana on January 12 a 33 year old machinist Felix Samas killed his wife Katherine and three children plus two visitors with a pistol and butcher knives then set his house ablaze and shot himself. Neighbors reported a break in overnight and firemen found the bodies as police investigated. Coroner Tidlaw noted blood and multiple wounds including stabbings and gunshot injuries. the scene appeared staged with the family bedrooms burned and a hallway scorched. The victims were identified as Mrs Samas Felix Jr 4 Shirley 18 Richard Norman 23 and the infant Phyllis Elaine 18 months. Samas left a possible note for an undertaker.
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Hammond
Ind
B. W.tidlaw
Felix Samas
Katherine
Hye
Felix Jr
Phyllis Elaine
Richard Norman
Norman
Shirley
Samas
Tidlaw
Ofivers
Andrew Fellar
Dock Crew Refuses to Load Armaments
Marseille January 12 dockers walked off the job after discovering they were to load arms and munitions for Indo on the Italian ship Sibila. The incident halted loading and drew trade union attention to labor safety and wartime cargo handling.
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Marseille
France
Senate unit approves Sherman for top Navy post
The Senate armed services committee voted unanimously to confirm Adm. Forrest P. Sherman as Chief of Naval Operations. The panel had planned a limited probe into the ousting of Adm. Thomas E. Denfeld but after Sherman’s confirmation, Sen. Knowland said he would not pursue further inquiry into Denfeld’s firing.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
L A Sheriff's Squad Hits $5500 Jackpot
Los Angeles January 12 a sheriff s vice squad slot machine jackpot netted five thousand five hundred dollars. authorities say they smashed 187 machines in six months and seized proceeds. the find adds to the county treasury.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's
Hachet Men
Jap Quake Recorded on U C Seismograph
A quake centered in Japan was recorded by the University of California Seismograph at 4 17 06 am on January 12. The reading confirms seismic activity was detected by the campus equipment.
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U. C
WEA
Japan
University of California
Boomerang policy cited by secretary of state
Secretary of State Acheson accused Russia of dismembering northern China and adding four Chinese provinces to the Soviet Union. In a National Press Club talk he warned that the United States must not obscure the northern China situation or aid any Russian effort to turn Chinese anger away from the Soviets. He cited Outer Mongolia and Manchuria and warned of Soviet penetration tactics through Inner Mongolia and Sinkiang.
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Tashington
Acheson
Russia
China
Soviet Union
National Press Club
Formosa
Nnion
United States
Outer Mongolia
Manchuria
Inner Mongolia
Sinkiang
Sec
Stock Prices Fall Amid Sudden Selling Attack
New York stock prices plunged one to three dollars a share late today as a sharp selling attack drove bids away. Blocks of over 5000 shares hit the market and the exchange flashed prices from the floor to keep up with frantic trading. The market closed near its highest level since August 1646.
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New York
Stock Exchange
U S Vessel Calls for Aid in Japale
A 15,200 ton American freighter Beaver State sent distress calls from 968 miles east of Yokohama in a gale. Thirty-two officers and men aboard include 52 people. The Navy tug Arikara was to reach the Beaver State, with two other ships Cotton State and Constitution State rushing to assist. State Marine Corp owners report Volunteer State also damaged in the same storm.
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Honolulu
Beaver State
Yokohama
Japan
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Arikara
Cotton State
Constitution State
State
Lewis' Mother Succumbs at 91
Mrs. Anne Louisa Watkins Lewis, mother of Labor Leader Jorn L. Lewis, died at her Springfield home at age 91 after a fall and subsequent pneumonia. A Welsh immigrant born in Wales, she came to the United States as a girl, lived in Lucas, Iowa, and was married to a miner.
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Springfield
Anne’ Louisa Watkins Lewis
Jorn L. Lewis
Lewis
St. John's Hospital
Wales
United States
Lucas
Iowa
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William Clayton
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Clayton
John Bright
Homer Pennington
Associated Press
Senate
O.K
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L. A
U. S
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