Nanking Battle Worsens as Nationalists Brace for Fall
From Nanking to Suchow the fighting tightens as 350000 trapped Nationalists and 100000 pursuing troops face encirclement. Reports say Red forces near Peiping and Shanghai rumors swirl about American Marines. officials deny plans while authorities rush reinforcements to the Hwai river defense.
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Suchow
Red
Chen Yi
Chiu Ching- Chuan
Nanking
Wuhan
China
Hankow
Hanyang
Hwai River
Chiang Kai- Shek
Peiping
Jehol
Chohsien
Shanghai
Metropolis
U. S
John Cabot
G. C. Crawford
Black Mountain
N. C
Crawford
Washington
Yangtze
12Th Army Group
Suhsien
14Th Army Group
Pai Chung-Si
Central China Command
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shanghai Power Company
Electric Bond
New York
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
Poker is Dead Seven-Toed Pete and the New Dealers
The piece laments declining poker culture in 1948 as seven-toed Pete gains a foothold and gambling shifts from high stakes to penny ante. It recalls large pots, notorious players, gin rummy scandals, and famed figures like Garner and Roosevelt, ending with a wry note on poker’s lasting cultural hold.
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Mr. Jones
Pete
John N. Garner
John L. Lewis
Garner
Roosevelt
Churchill
Santa Fe
Hollywood
Mickey MacDougall
New York
Ray Schindler
Los Angeles
Schindler
Mickey
Jones Boys
Jessa
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Farley urges diplomatic ties with Franco regime
James A Farley returned from Europe urging recognition of Franco Spain and a defensive alliance, arguing that the United States should extend nonmilitary engagement similar to its wartime pact with the USSR. He claims some in the state department drive current policy and criticizes the anti Franco stance as misguided.
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James A. Farley
Europe
Spain
Overseas Press Club
New York
State Department
Russia
Mr. Farley
Germany
Italy
Farley
America
Hitler
Mussolini
Franco
West
Air Patrol to Police Oklahoma Roads and Skies
The Oklahoma highway patrol tightens traffic rules with day and night speed limits and state line car inspections. An air patrol will soon join ground forces with full authority to police both air and ground traffic using radio links and 172 airports. Pilots from the patrol trained during the war will staff the sky unit.
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Sky Patrol
Oklahoma
Birthday at 42 Turns Into Office of Doctors and Glasses
Henry McLemore writes of turning 42 with a dentist visit and a trip to an eye glass fitter. He imagines a quiet celebration, notes rising medical costs, and muses on gifts shifting from leisure items to household appliances as age advances.
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New York
Zpahrol
DJ X
Jean
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Hollywood Parlor Notes Sparkling With Romances and Gaffes
Jimmie Fidler reviews Hollywood romance chatter with playful critique. Georgette Windsor and Claude Cartier tie up Paris pages while Jane Nigh, Bob Neal, Diana Lynn, and John Lindsay draw gossip among stars. The column mixes quips about Kathryn Grayson Johnny Johnston, John Beal, Sara Berner, and Mona Freeman with sideways jests about acting life and industry pressures.
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Hollywood
Georgette Windsor
Paris
Claude Cartier
Jane
Ciro's
Bob Neal
Neal
Diana Lynn
Jane Nigh
John Lindsay
Filmville
Cupid
Kathryn Grayson
Johnny Johnston
John Beal
Beal
Sara Berner
Miss Berner
Our Children By Angelo Patri Explains Language Education
The author argues for teaching children a foreign language early, alongside English, to open opportunities and enrich thinking. He notes adults' language skills differ, urges practice at home, warns against weak carryover from school lessons, and stresses correct accent. He also promotes parental involvement and references leaflet P-12 The Shy Child.
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Father
Grandad
Washington advances on bone safety research project
Washington reports on National Bureau of Standards experiments with human and animal bone to understand compression and twisting stresses. Navy funded work aims to model forces in impacts and improve safety devices for pilots, with findings on bone strength, brittleness, elasticity, and potential links to X-ray readings.
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Frank Carey
Por Jane Eads
Washington
National Bureau of Standards
Naval Medical Research Institute
Bureau of Standards
The
Bureau
MOPSY by SLADYS PARKEP Q A guide to curious questions
A series of quick Q A items addresses Brazil nut trees in the Amazon the ocean salt content the purpose of disposable cups on trains the Salic Law and the origin of the wedding ring tradition Each answer provides concise historical or scientific context in a breezy Q A format.
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Brazil
Amazon Valley
Atlantic
United States
Labor Seeks Tax to Curb High Profits and Stabilize Prices
C I O officials told the Senate committee that industry is earning lush profits to hedge against a coming downturn. Stanley H Ruttenberg urged a new excess profits tax to tax away speculative gains. He warned that high profits from price setting amid rising costs distort supply and demand and could hasten a recession. He noted wages rose less than living costs since 1945, reducing real earnings by about 17 percent. Senator O Mahoney urged taxing inflated dollars similarly to defense costs.
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Washington
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
Labor Organization
Senate-House Economic Committee
Ruttenberg
Labor
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
O’mahoney
Western pact eyed for Yugoslav trade of Western equipment
Yugoslavs reportedly handed over mobiles trucks tractors combines and other equipment to the state. Republika says six Western European countries Britain France Italy Belgium Netherlands and Denmark discussed a trade pact with Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Poland Finland and Austria involving an exchange of machinery for wood and iron ore valued at about 300 million dollars. No official confirmation.
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Republika
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Finland
Austria
Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Denmark
Berlin's Maron Signals Economic Mobilization Plan
Maron announces impending economic mobilization amid sunny skies and hints allied counter blockade harms Russia sector. He promises winter coal ration distribution to eastern residents by next April while keeping handiwork shops under private control in Berlin as industries shift to socialism. Maron, 45, a locksmith who fled to Russia in 1934, returned to Berlin with a Russian general after 1945 conquest.
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Maron
Berelin
Russia
Berlin
Red Army
Across and Down Puzzle Clues Mixed with Word Fragments
A scrambled crossword style clue list presents across and down entries with partial words and misprints. The page includes miscellaneous hints for words like ship's boat oar, constellation, olive genus, Roman garment, and various others alongside garbled fragments and placeholders.
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Aily
Sun World
Laily and Sun
Monroe
Nex
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Branham CO
Chicago
Atlanta
Dallas
Detroit
St Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
News-St
Dallye
Business Office
Cccosee
Vregret
Bea Sertce
Henry McLemore
Jimmie Fidler
Howard Hughes
Gene Kelly
Robert Mitchum
England
Esther Williams
Linda Christian
Tyrone Power
Paramount
Mona Freeman
Margaret O’brien
Dean Stockwell
Met
Margaret
Dean
Wald
Warden Duffy
San Quentin
Irving Cummings
RKO
Groucho Merx
Irving
Our
Angelo Patri
Jane Eads
Mopsy By
Sladys Parkep
Gaul
Clovis
Mopsy
Righ
By Hershberger
Ona
Foreman
Alaska
Lace
Mecca
Taz
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