Red attacks smashed say Nationalists on Formosa coast
Nationalists claim success repelling two Red landings near Matsu and Hainan as Beijing's forces reportedly infiltrate Formosa. Central News reported thousands landed on Matsu Christmas night with heavy casualties, while Nationalists bombarded positions along the Min river delta to aid defense.
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Hong Kong
Red
Matsu Island
Ina
Formosa
Central
Hainan
Big Island
Forosa
Matsu
Quemoy Island
Chusan Island
Central News
Min River
Liuchow Peninsula
Orange Bowl Queen Rivals Protest After Selection
Seventeen contestants filed a protest against the Orange Bowl queen selection. LaDene Van Wagoner, 23, of Salt Lake City, was chosen as queen while rivals allege preselection wardrobe fitting, rehearsals and costs were biased. They seek explanations or reversal and seek reimbursement for parade damages.
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Miami
Fla
LaDene van Wagoner
Earl D. Waldin, Jr
Miss van Wagoner
Salt Lake City
Barbara Eriksson
ICC Delays Plans On Rail Service
The ICC delays curtailing rail passenger service as a coal saving measure, stating no transport emergency yet. A 30 day coal stock cushion is reported, with possible action next week if stocks fall.
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ICC
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Truman summons cabinet for talk on legislation
President Truman called his cabinet for a detailed briefing on legislative plans after releasing the Council of Economic Advisers report urging closer cooperation between government and business. The White House plans an economic message next Friday and a full budget estimate a week later. The advisers urged continued rent controls, expansion of old age security, pro-business steadiness, and more consistent government planning and taxes.
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Washington
Truman
Tha Sahinat Mamhare
Senate
House
White House
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
Leon Keyserling
John D. Clark
Prominent Doctor Charged in Mercy Slaying of Cancer Patient
Dr. Hermann N. Sander, 40, held on first degree murder charges in the mercy death of 59 year old Abbie Borreto of Manchester. He allegedly injected 10 cubic centimeters of air into her veins as she suffered from cancer, saying it was mercy. The incident occurred last December 4 at Hillsboro County hospital.
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Goffstown
N. H
Manchester
Hermann N. Sander
Abbie Borreto
Hillsboro County
William H. Craig
Sander
Craig
Four Men Invade Home in Holland Area Rob Occupants
Four men entered a private home near Holland Toledo Ohio last night and robbed Mr and Mrs Loren Patton and guests Mr and Mrs Elmer Chortie of Lawnton Fulton County of 250 dollars. The victims were locked in a closet during the break in and ransacking.
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Toledo, O
Holland
Loren Patton
Elmer Chortie
Lawnton
Fulton County
Explosion damages Polish Embassy in Paris injuring watchman
A morning blast shattered the Polish embassy entrance in Paris destroying the heavy door and iron grill. The watchman suffered a cheek cut, twenty windows were broken, and debris flew into nearby offices. police linked no immediate motive but noted tensions with Poland and France.
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Paris
France
Poland
Jersey Putramento
The Bride Chooses In Wedding Plans Say Social Writers
Social writers err when calling the bride-to-be a bride elect since a marriage hinges on the bride's choice. The article argues the bride selects her groom, not the other way around, tracing back to Eve as the wedding architect.
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Joan
Jill
Ruth
Joe
Jim
Mother Eve
Truman weighs shifting rent control to states
Washington AP reports President Truman may ask Congress to extend rent controls while considering turning control to states to ease opposition and expand housing aid. Officials stress nationwide ceilings could persist if needed. advisers say rent control remains necessary in some areas.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Administration
Council of Economic Advisers
Spence
Dky
House Banking Committee
White House
Sparkman
D-Ala
Record attendance at Radio City Music Hall tops prior mark
New York AP The Radio City Music Hall set a world attendance record with 30 887 revelers for The Nativity Christmas pageant and the film On the Town The line stretched seven blocks around Rockefeller Center with about 10 000 outside and 2 000 inside All 6 200 seats were filled and the event took about six hours to admit attendees Columbia University sent 15 sociology students to study motives and respondent answers varied including one woman who mistook the crowd size for hundreds and later claimed to be surprised by the 6 000 figure
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NEW York
Radio City Music Hall
Music Hall
Fred Lynch
Rockefeller Center
Columbia University
Hi School Football Player Dies in Columbus
Frank Thompson a 17 year old sophomore at Mifflin High School died in Columbus from gastro intestinal hemorrhages after four weeks illness as teammates helped donate 15 blood transfusions to aid him.
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Columbus
Frank Thompson
Thompson
Mifflin High School
Taft Moves To Stop Chain Letter Fund Raising
Washington AP reports Senator Taft seeks to halt a nationwide chain letter drive soliciting donations for his re election and to push letters to ten others. The move follows labor group pressure and a surge of unsolicited contributions from across the country aimed at supporting Taft against organized labor on Taft Hartley Act issues.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Cincinnati
Organized Labor
AFL
CIO
Hawkes
New Jersey
National Association of Manufacturers
Missouri
Chicago
Millikin Sees No Chance For Tax Increase
Washington AP Senator Millikin says there is no chance Congress will approve any tax increase next year and notes a strong possibility of excise tax cuts in the coming session. He recalls 1948’s income tax reduction and says Truman’s proposed hike was not acted on.
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Washington
Truman
Millikin
R-Cole
Congress
GOP
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Philippines
National Security Council
State Department
U. S
China
Shanghai
H. J. Isbrandtsén
Isbrandtsen Line
Isbrandtsen
New York
Acheson
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
Okinawa
State and Defense Departments
Knoweland
R-Cal
Knowland
Chiang
Asia
Cochran Claims World Speed Record for Propeller Plane
Jacqueline Cochran timed at 444 miles per hour in an F-51 Mustang on a 500 kilometer closed course from Palm Springs using Mt. Wilson as a turning point. The flight occurred under FAI rules with NAA judges and dockers appointed. The course was reestablished by the NAA last fall.
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Palm Springs
Cal
Jacqueline Cochran
Miss Cochran
Desert Ceater
Mt. Wilson
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
National Aeronautic Association
NAA
Chokes To Leath Garver Dies In An Aspirin Incident
Cleveland AP reports two year old Russell Garver of Lakewood Ohio choked to death when an orange flavored aspirin tablet lodged in his larynx. Physicians said the tablet blocked air by triggering a throat muscle reflex.
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Cleveland
Russel Garver
Clayton E. Garver
Lakewood
Vigorous Far East Policy Boosted by Larger Asiatic Fleet
The United States plans a vigorous new policy backed by a beefed-up Asiatic fleet to block the spread of Communism in the Far East, according to an AP report from Washington.
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Washington
United States
Far East
Navy officers nominated for promotion in broad shakeup
The Navy released a large set of promotions and assignments affecting flag officers including Vice Admiral Gerald F. Bogan who moves to shore duty in the aeronautical organization likely at Jacksonville. Captain Arleigh Burke is named for promotion to rear admiral and other high ranking officers await Senate action as policy debates over unification continue.
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Washington
Pentagon
Gerald F. Bogan
House Committee
Pacific
Arleigh A. Burke
Navy
Congress
Senate
Bogan
Secretary of the Navy
Matthews
Naval Operations
Adm
Louis Denfeld
John G. Crommelin
Unification
Crommelin
House
Armed Services Committee
Army
Air Force
Denfeld
Defense Johnson
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Jacksonville
Fla
John H
Burke
New 1950 Outlook In Middletown City Government
The Sunday feature previews the five city commissioners taking office January 1 and outlines major challenges for the new year. It accompanies a year end chronology with pictures and a top stories roundup for a complete 1949 history.
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Middletown
USA
Train Crash Kills One Injures Forty In Calгary Area
A Canadian Pacific collision near Calgary Alberta left one dead and more than 40 injured in sub zero weather. Survivors described injured passengers with limbs torn from bodies as rescue crews faced heavy snow and darkness. The deceased was Reid B Heffern a 23 year old railway employee riding as a passenger. The eastbound train sideswiped two day coaches of the westbound Toronto bound service as it pulled into a siding.
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Calgary
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railway
Here
Jay Turner
Niagara Falls
Ont
Reid B. Heffern
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
India recognises Mao regime as legal China government
New Delhi says it recognizes the Chinese Communist government and ends diplomatic ties with Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalist regime. Nehru’s government becomes the first Commonwealth nation and second non Soviet ally to acknowledge Peiping. Burma also recognizes Peiping.
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New Delhi
India
Chiang Kai-Shedh
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mao Tzi-Tung
Burma
Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
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Zaki Machian
London
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Charles J. Sharits
Trenton
John Adams
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