Soviet Khrushchev? No, Vishinsky pushes Korea cease fire plan
The article argues Vishinsky presented a seven point Soviet proposal at the United Nations calling for an immediate cease fire and withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea. It notes South Korean forces advance near Manchuria while American B 29s strike north of the 38th parallel and Australia questions the move.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
New York
Floc
United Nations
Red North Korea
Vishinsky
Russia
Korea
Manchurian
38Th Parallel
Percy C. Spender
U. N
Britain
Australia
Brazil
Cuba
Netherlands
Norway
Pakistan
Philippines
Three Deciles Seal Secret of Buried Art in Hong Kong
British forces hid 25 valuable paintings after seizing Hong Kong at the start of the war. Austin Coates reports three men buried the artworks in the governor's residence grounds, and all three are dead. The men alone knew the burial site, and government file searches yield no clues.
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Hong Kong
Austin Coates
Eastern Germany Land of Yes Men
East German volkskammer meets in Berlin to pass laws unanimously by show of hands. Non communists among 330 deputies rarely dissent as abstentions or covert votes would be treason.
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Berlin
East Germany
Volkskammer
People’s Chamber
Hermann Goering
Luftwaffe
East Berlin
Bute
Mosaic Tiles Began in U S About Fifty Years Ago
A historical note outlines that ceramic mosaic tiles, now common in bathrooms, were first manufactured in the United States roughly fifty years ago. The brief item highlights the origins and early adoption of the small tile units in domestic flooring.
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United States
O'Konski Faces Suit On Radio Service Fee
Recovery of 17793.58 from Rep. O'Konski was asked in a U S district court civil suit alleging two contracts with Cincinnati firm Frederick W. Ziv Co. for transcribed radio programs for WLIN Merrill were unsigned and unpaid by O'Konski.
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Madison
O’konski
Mercer
U. S. District Court
Cincinnati
Ohio
Frederick W. Ziv Co
Wlin, Merrill
Palace Bedroom as Last Meeting Spot in Potsdam
Frederick the Great’s Potsdam bedrooms draw visitors from Russia the United States Britain France and Germany each Sunday. The rooms serve as a rare neutral space where occupants from the four powers meet without arguing and observe eighteenth century royal styles while interacting.
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Berlin
Frederick the Great
Frederick
Potsdam
Cotton's Quick Change Act Baffles U.S. Crop Planners
Washington reports a shift from last year's cotton surplus to a looming shortfall in some grades. Production quotas and acreage reductions failed to align with farmer plantings, weather, and boll weevil damage, leaving a crop about a fifth below the goal while usage and exports rose. Government aims to permit more cotton in 1951.
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Cotton
U.S
Ovid
A. Martin Washington
Washington
Uncle Sam
Agriculture Department
400 Maltese Rated Most Moved of DPs
Four hundred displaced persons with no new homeland inhabit a Cyprus camp once used by Britain to hold Jewish immigrants to Palestine. British subjects of Maltese descent, they lived in Greece and Turkey before the war and spoke little English. Evacuated when war began, they have moved between DP camps from India to Cyprus.
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Famagusta
Cyprus
Britain
Palestine
Greece
Turkey
India
Eritrean refugees on a Mediterranean island seek return
Elderly detainees on a Mediterranean island number about 100 considered employable. They wish to go back to Greece and Turkey, but those countries do not want them. Britain is caring for them here.
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Crosley
Eritrea
Mediterranean
Greece
Turkey
Britain
New Mammoth Carcass Found Near Yakutsk
Moscow reports another mammoth carcass found preserved in perpetual ice near Yakutsk. The body of the ancient elephant like beast was discovered five meters below the surface.
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Moscow
Yakutsk
Mineral Point Exhibit Showcases Cornish Mining Tools
The Mineral Point historical museum hosts an exhibit of early mining tools honoring Cornish miners. Items include picks gads sledges broad axes molds of pig lead a miner’s hat and sunbeam lights plus a governor Henry Dodge safe a Dodge clock surveyor maps and 17th century German clothes press.
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Mineral Point
Wisconsin
Henry Dodge
Legislative Assembly
Belmont
Gov. Dodge
Saved by a Foot Chicago Robber Duel Ends With Kick
A Chicago woman Mrs. Doris Swanson resisted a purse snatch on Michigan Avenue. The thief tugged but she refused to release the bag, then kicked him in the stomach. The robber fled up an alley.
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Chicago
Doris Swanson
Michigan Avenue
Fireworks Light Up Queen's Birthday Night in Holland
Fireworks display illuminates Hol land on Queen's birthday night drawing crowds. Spectators gathered to celebrate with bright bursts in the skies above historic sites as local officials marked the royal occasion.
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Holland
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