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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1950
Page
4
A fragment mentions mail clerks and heavy traffic, with scattered words about Tokyo, Nec. 18, a South African mail from Johannesburg, and an investment referenced alongside light want ads.
Sales pitch styled notice invites readers to Arthur Murray studios for holiday dance lessons. Emphasizes quick, inexpensive instruction and expert guidance, urging immediate action as holidays approach. Studios claim long hours from 10 AM to 10 PM.
Several newspapers urged U S support for an invasion by Chinese Nationalists into mainland China to relieve UN forces in Korea. They claimed 1.5 million guerrillas await to join Nationalists from Formosa and called for a Pacific military alliance and a Japanese peace treaty.
In Korea on December 18, four U S Air Force F-86 Sabres defeated four Soviet MIG 15 jets in a tense dogfight. Lt Col Bruce Hinton of Stockton Calif claimed one MIG while Col John Meyer praised the Sabre as fast and reliable in combat. The incident followed two earlier missions as pilots hunted MIGs, with Hinton describing his victory as the best there is.
Manila dispatch reports Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay ordered the sale of 280 staff cars to current army officer users after a decision to make officers buy their own staff vehicles. The move affects Philippine Army officials and aims to reduce government holdings.
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