Stalin splits with Mao over Manchurian concessions
Tokyo reported an unverified claim that Stalin and Mao clashed over Russian demands for Manchurian ports and other concessions. The dispute followed Soviet led Cominform tensions with Japan's Communist party as Mao allegedly stayed in Moscow during negotiations. Paris sources noted talks were momentarily interrupted amid possible consultations.
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Tokyo
Joseph Stalin
China
Red
Mao Tse- Tung
Cominform
Japan
Communist Party
Sanzo Nazaka
Stalin
Mao
Moscow
Dairen
Port Arthur
Formosa
Russia
Odd Birth and Local Notes From Highland Heights
Mr and Mrs Ralph Mitchell of Highland Heights report a birth on January 11 of twins born to their son Stephen Mitchell and wife in Decatur Georgia. The Mitchells also have 11 year old twins. Friday the Thirteenth Club will meet twice this year. Local farmers work frost free ground, removing fruit trees and shrubs in readiness for spring. Wells are at good levels. an air enthusiast enjoyed evening flying. Plane continued on Page Two.
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Ralph Mitchell
R. D
Highland Heights
Pa Nene
Stephen Mitchell
Decatur
Ralph Mitchells
Weather Seen As Cloudy Mild With Rain Tonight
The daily forecast calls for cloudy skies and milder temperatures with rain tonight and tomorrow. Icy rain is possible in the northeast tonight with lows of 30 to 35 in the northeast and around 40 in the southwest. US weather stats for the 24 hours ending this morning show a high of 44 and a low of 22 with no precipitation. River stage stands at 11.6 feet. Year ago figures: high 37 and low 26.
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United States
State 4-H Clubs Highlight Farm Show Lambs and Baby Beef
At the Pennsylvania Farm Show Harrisburg today 4-H lambs and baby beeves compete with judging by P C Mackenzie J B Henderson and others. Ninety three lambs and 130 beeves entered. Sale set for tomorrow and a live stock parade tonight draws crowds as attendance nears 500000.
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Harrisburg
P. C. Mackenzie
Pennsylvania State College
J. B. Outhouse
University of Maryland
Mackenzie
J. B. Henderson
Hickory
Farm Show
British Freighter Elsie Moller Reaches Shanghai Amid Blockade
Report from Hong Kong states the British freighter Elsie Moller reached Shanghai this morning, slipping past the Chinese Nationalist blockade of the Communist-held port. In Hong Kong a chartered vessel’s crew announced the run from Hong Kong to Shanghai. Meanwhile the American freighter Brooklyn Heights faced Nationalist shellfire with sailing decisions delayed until Friday.
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Hong Kong
INS
Elsie Moller
Shanghai
Brooklyn Heights
U. S
Italian Cabinet Resigns in Italy's Political Reorganization
Prime minister Alcide De Gasperi and his cabinet resigned in Rome to allow a government reorganization. President Luigi Einaudi is expected to ask De Gasperi to form a new cabinet within days. The Christian Democratic leader had headed cabinets since 1945, with the resigning group in office since April 1948 amid intra party rifts and a restrained crisis.
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Rome
INS
Alcide de Gasperi
Luigi Einaudi
de Gasperi
Christian Democratic Party
Italy
Deaths in Ellwood City and nearby towns
Infant Edmond Ray Spezza of Ellwood City is listed among recent deaths. Other obituaries include Mrs. James Harmon 33 of 12712 West Washington Street and Miss Mary A. Burke of Lincoln Avenue. Jonas Gilbert Shutts 75 of R. D. 9 and Mrs. Carmel Compera tore 73 of Lowellville Ohio are also recorded.
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Edmond Ray Spezza
Ellwood City
James Harmon
West
Washington Street
Mary A. Burke
Lincoln Avenue
Jonas Gilbert Shutts
R. D
Carmel (Polito) Comperatore
Lowellville
County Seal Sales Pass Fifteen Thousand Mark
Seal sale totals across Lawrence County reach 15732.81 dollars announced by Dr. Frank L. Burton seal sale chairman. Ellwood City district included. Goal 16500 dollars but further envelopes are being returned at the tuberculosis office with hope of reaching the target.
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Seal Sale
Lawrence County
Frank L. Burton
Ellwood
Two Year Fight for 70 Group Air Force Ends
Washington January 12 The two year congressional fight for a 70 group air force is seen as ended as house leaders accept President Truman's stand for a smaller USAF. Vinson Short and Cannon said they will go along this year with the president though still favor a 70 group force and note the president refused to use extra funds voted.
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Washington
Congress
House
Truman
USAF
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Rep. Short
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Britain Out On a Limb Over China Recognition
Washington report notes House Foreign Affairs members fear Britain's recognition of the Chinese Communist regime leaves London exposed. Acheson faces GOP opposition to the administration hands off China policy after a secret committee session. He plans to brief the Senate committee Friday on Truman’s refusal of military aid to anti Red Chinese for Formosa defense.
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Acme
Washington
D. C
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Rep
Mich
Eft
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Congress
Formosa
Dean Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U. S
Vanderberg
INS
House Foreign Affairs
Acheson
Britain
London
Capitol Hill
China
State Department
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lewis Set to Retire From UMW Presidency
John L. Lewis will turn 70 and retire as president of the United Mine Workers on February 12. The union invites applicants to apply at its Washington, D. C. office on or after that date.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Fifteenth and
First Streets
N. W
Washington, D. C
Iowa
America
UMW
Churchill Returns To Lead Election Battle
Winston Churchill 75 returns to England from Madeira to lead the Conservative campaign for February 23 general elections. He cut short a Madeira vacation and is due in London to confer with Conservative chairman Lord Woolton on plans for the fierce contest.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
England
Madeira
West Africa
Funchal
Lord Woolton
Tsiang Faces U.N. Vote Today to Unseat Him
At Lake Success N Y January 12 Nationalist China delegate Tingfu F Tsiang faces a U N Security Council vote on a Russian motion to unseat him in favor of the Communist Peking regime Soviet representative Jacob Malik staged a walk out to protest Tsiang's chairmanship Malik is expected to attend during the vote Tsiang will yield only during discussion and will cast his vote on the motion
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U.N
United States
Security Council
Tsiang
Russia
Yugoslavia
China
Britain
France
Egypt
Norway
Ecuador
Cuba
India
Malik
Attack on Three Japanese Trawlers in Yellow Sea
Tokyo reported three 500 ton Taiyo Fishing Co trawlers were attacked with machine gun fire and seized in the Yellow Sea between Korea. The Japanese maritime safety board said unidentified patrol vessels captured the ships, with officials supposing Chinese Nationalist or Korean forces were responsible.
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Tokyo
INS
Yellow Sea
Korea
China
Japanese Maritime Safety Board
Taiyo Fishing Company
Economic Unity Plans Urged For Western Europe
President Truman sent a Marshall Plan report to Congress urging immediate steps toward European economic unity. It notes that European cooperation nations weathered currency devaluation and highlights third quarter 1949 recovery while calling for relaxed fiscal and trade barriers to boost buying and selling and accelerate recovery. The report references the Organization for European Economic Cooperation and plans for discussion in Paris. It emphasizes that integration is a long term objective but a favorable moment to begin.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Western
Europe
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Paris
Commanders Talk With MacArthur In Pacific
In Tokyo on January 12 Gen. Douglas MacArthur hosted lunch with Vice Admiral Thomas L. Sprague and Vice Admiral Charles T. Jay at the U S embassy. The discussion centered on naval strategy with the Allied supreme commander. Previously MacArthur met Maj. Gen. Ray Robinson, inspector general of the Marines.
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Tokyo
INS
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Thomas L. Sprague
Pacific Fleet Air Force
First Task Fleet
Charles T. Jay
Far East
U. S
MacArthur
Ray Robinson
Marines
Chinese Reds Massing Boats for Invasions Near Shanghai
Reports from Hong Kong indicate Chinese Communists have seized about 2,000 junks and are assembling them in Hangchow Bay south of Shanghai for an amphibious strike on the Chusan islands, key to the Nationalist blockade of Shanghai. The Isbrandt line announced continuation of service in New York.
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Hong Kong
Formosa
Hangchow Bay
Shanghai
Chusan Islands
New York City
Isbrandtsen Line
Dividend Checks Being Printed for WWII Veterans
The U S Treasury begins printing 2.8 billion in National Service Life Insurance dividends for about 16 million veterans. Checks start mailing Monday with distribution weeks tied to the veteran service number's backward third digit. about 10 million will be mailed in the first cycle while the rest face incomplete or misfiled applications.
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Washington
INS
National Service Life
United States Treasury
Gray
Treasury
Snyder
Donaldson
Wampum Joins County Firemen
At the Lawrence County Volunteer Firemen Association meeting in Princeton the Wampum department was accepted as a member. Delegates from Bessemer and Wayne township pledged attendance at February, strengthening county ties. Wilfred Fry Joe Ferrucci and Clarence Doutt attended for Wampum. A Red Cross donation was approved and a safety program is planned for February at Wurtemburg Perry township hosts.
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Lawrence County Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Princeton
Slippery Rock
Wampum Department
Robert Miller
Mt. Jackson
Bessemer
Wayne
Wampum
Wilfred Fry
Joe Ferrucci
Clarence Doutt
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Wurtemburg-Perry Township
Miners Trapped In Salt Mine Near Houston
A crew of miners was reported trapped today in a remote salt mine near Hockley Texas after a fire burned elevator cables in the shaft. The sheriff's office said the fire was still raging with no communication from the mine and the number of men trapped was not immediately known.
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Hockley
Tex
Houston
Women Attacked in Pittsburgh in Two-Day Span
Pittsburgh police report a second attack on district women within two days. Marjorie Weller 28 a Wilkinsburg nurse said a man forced her into a car held her for over an hour then she escaped at a red light. Florence Anderson 19 said she was slugged by a man who followed her in dim late afternoon streets. her aunt heard her scream and the assailant fled.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Marjorie Weller
Wilkinsburg
Florence Anderson
Complaint Filed Against Sun Oil In Antitrust Case
The Justice Department filed a civil complaint in Philadelphia charging Sun Oil Company with antitrust violations in gasoline motor oils petroleum products and automotive accessories. It alleges Sun Oil forced about 10 000 independent service station operators to buy exclusively from Sun Oil and to avoid competitors' products.
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Washington
INS
Justice Department Today
Philadelphia
Sun Oil Company
Sun Oil
War veteran kills six then dies in Hammond murder suicide
Felix Samas 27 shot and killed his wife, their two children, and the Norman couple in a burning Hessville home. Firemen found Samas dead, stabbed by his wife’s four inch hunting knife. police noted divorce action and an injunction had been filed. The six victims were identified as the Samas family and the Normans.
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Hammond
Ind
INS
Felix Samas
Hessville
Hamemond
Samas
Ben Chidlaw
Lake County
Burns) Chapel
Felix
Norman
Destroyer Escorts Flying Arrow Toward Tsingtao
The Navy said a U.S. destroyer Bausell is escorting the steamship Flying Arrow to a point off Tsingtao China. The ship will enter outside Chinese waters. The prior withdrawal of Bausell and Stickell followed repairs after shells damaged 17 hull holes. The master of the Flying Arrow asked for continued escort for protection against fire.
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Washington
INS
U.S
Flying Arrow
Tsingtao
China
Bausell
U. S
Stickell
Coal man grumbles over weather as temperatures hold at forty two
Arthur Mometer notes a grim mood from the coal man while the day’s forecast hints at cooler air. He hopes temperatures stay steady at forty two for strong coal demand and steady supply.
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Him
Peking
Pierre J. Huss
MN. S
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Gen. MacArthur
Jesse James
Rcme Telephoto
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N. Y
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Col
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Nashville
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Acme Telephoto
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Golden Gate Bridge
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