Ground broken for largest Syracuse VA hospital
Ground breaking for the $10 million Veterans Administration Hospital at Irvingay and Van Buren streets occurred in freezing weather. Four World War II veterans used shovels to mark the start of construction for a 500 bed facility, the largest in Syracuse. Local officials and veterans leaders attended and spoke, with religious leaders and military recruiters present.
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Syracuse
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Irvingay
van Burenst
Five Admit Espionage in Rostov Treason Trial
In Sofia five witnesses testified they spied for Yugoslav intelligence as 11 Bulgarian Communists faced treason espionage and sabotage charges. They claimed direct instructions from Yugoslav embassy officials to undermine the fatherland front and the Communist Party. Tri Nikotov, a former Nevrokop prosecutor, said he carried out subversive Macedonian activities to annex Bulgarian Macedonia to Yugoslavia. The trial entered its fourth day with 51 prosecution and defense witnesses and five expert commissions ready for questioning.
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Bulgaria
Rostov
Yugoslavia
Fatherland Front
Communist Party
Tri
Nikotov
Nevrokop
Macedonia
Today's Features Half Month Planner in Education Bulletin
The information bulletin issued by the Soviet gog ue is printed in English and freely distributed to many American public schools. James Marlow reports on page 14 15 noting the editorial page column.
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Gogue
James Marlow
Columm the Nation
UN approves trusteeship over Jerusalem amid regional tensions
The United Nations Assembly voted 33 to 14 to internationalize Jerusalem with 7 abstentions, despite strong opposition from Israel and Hashemite Jordan who control parts of the city. The United States and Britain backed Israel but lost on every proposal.
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Jordan
Abdullah
United Nations
Moshe Sharett
Jerusalem
United States
Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
British Commonwealth
Canada
South Africa
Australia
India
Pakistan
New Zealand
Ed Wynn Cracks Rib In Shower Injury
Hollywood report says comedian Ed Wynn aged 63 cracked a rib after slipping in a shower. His doctor says he could be well enough to appear on his TV show next week.
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Hollywood
Ed Wynn
France Expels Polish Citizens in Diplomatic Dispute
Paris reports France ordered the expulsion of 12 Polish nationals, raising the total ousted to 39 amid escalating diplomatic tensions between France and Poland.
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Paris
France
Investigating Russia and a Texan’s reflections
Leland C. Morse returns to Big Spring Texas after a Russia trip. He likens investigators to a young school ma'am and shares a humorous exchange where Mary explains why she wipes her mouth with the back of her hand.
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Russia
Leland C. Morse
Big Spring
Tex
Mary
Truman's Brain Trust Enjoys Florida Holiday Fun
President Truman's brain trusters relaxed in Key West Florida over the weekend trading policy talk for sunshine and leisure. Budget Director Frank Pace warned of no balance without tax increases as Congress faces a looming deficit and the 1951 fiscal year begins July 1.
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Fla
Truman
Florida
Gulf
Congress
Havana
Frank Pace
Colony Chief Duncan Stewart Dies After Stab Wound
British Governor of Sarawak Duncan G. Stewart, 45, died in a Singapore hospital after a seven day battle following a Dec 3 stabbing in Sibu during his first visit to the North Borneo crown colony. The attacker and an accomplice were said to belong to a native group opposing crown rule and the Brooke family.
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Sarawak
Duncan G. Stewart
Stewart
Sibu
North Borneo
Fast Stop Lights Will Add Zip to Traffic in Gotham
The Traffic Commission announces a new system of traffic lights to cut travel time on New York avenues and major streets by 40 percent. The program, costing 1,897,500 dollars, will install 2,300 signals over two years and shorten timing from 90 to 50 seconds to speed vehicles and aid pedestrians.
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New York
INL
The
Traffic Commission
New York City
Warmer Weekend Forecast With Snow Turning to Rain
The Weatherman at Hancock Airport predicts a chilly night followed by a warming trend this weekend. A cold air mass over Syracuse shifts east, as warmer southerly winds from the Gulf melt cold snaps across the Midwest and Northeast. Snow is possible tonight with a rise to around 40 by tomorrow and rain as temperatures climb. The warm spell should last into Monday with southerly winds at 15 to 25 mph.
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al. Sadowski
U.S
Syracuse
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Midwestern
United States
Rockies
Sadowski
Yugoslav Spies Expelled by East Berlin Paper
Neues Deutschland the East German party newspaper accused 20 Yugoslavs of spying for Britain and the United States. It said the group ran espionage cells in Western Berlin and the Soviet sector.
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Berlin
Neues Deutschland
Socialist Unity Party
Ward and Party in Good Health Aboard Lakeland Victory
U S Consul General Angus Ward and 19 companions are in good health after being detained by Chinese Communists at Mukden for a year. An agent aboard the SS Lakeland Victory reported they will depart Tientsin tomorrow noon on a tug-drawn lighter.
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Ins
U. S
Angus Ward
Tientsin
Robert Puck
Ward
Mukden
Prince Charles Recovery From Acute Tonsillitis Reported
Buckingham Palace disclosed that Prince Charles is recovering from acute tonsillitis with a normal temperature and no expected complications. Three doctors have attended the year old son of Prince Elizabeth II for several days.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Prince Charles
Palace
Prince Elizabeth I
Coffee Prices Could Stay High Despite Brazil Crop Decline
A U S Senate subcommittee heard that Brazilian reserves nearly vanished and poor growing conditions threaten a bumper crop next year. Robert Elwood of the U S Embassy in Rio warned Brazil may never again be a large producer, while Gillette blamed speculative forces for past price hikes.
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Washington
Congress
Brazil
Robert B. Elwood
U.S
Rio de Janiero
Senate Agriculture
Elwood
Gillette
D-Ia
Elawoond
Pawn Tickets Found After Jewelers’ Tycoon Death
Boston police and New York jewelers investigate the death of diamond merchant Benjamin D. Bessler 46 who killed himself in a Back Bay hotel after pawning gems worth more than 3150 000. About 200 pawn tickets were found on his person as detectives probe the crime. He carried only four dollars when his body was discovered.
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Boston
INS
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Back Bay
Benjamin D. Bessler
Dagwood and Herb Cook Up Mischief in Puck Weekly
Dagwood and Herb star in a two section color comic in Puck The Comic Weekly. They chase trouble while trying to prove great cooks are men in a comical adventure featured in Sundays Herald American.
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Herb
Puck
Comic Weekly
Big Color Comic Magazine
Downtown Stores Extend Hours Ahead of Christmas
Downtown stores will stay open tonight until 8 30 as part of a pre Christmas program by the Retail Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce. Night shopping continues next Friday and Saturday and again the Tue Wed Thu and Fri of Christmas week. Regular noon to 830 hours apply on Mondays. On Saturday December 24 stores close at 530 to allow employees to be home for Christmas Eve.
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Chamber of Commerce
Nationalists’ Grip Loosens As Forces Desert Kunming
Chinese Nationalists lose Kunming and Yunnan to the Reds as roughly 40 000 troops desert. Deserters seize 12 planes at Kunming airfield, one flown by Capt. F E Birkman escapes under fire with a small number of passengers to Hong Kong. U S Consul Larue Lutkins reports recent events.
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Sichang
Sikang
Luichow
Hainan
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Yunnan
Lung Yun
Chiang Kai-shek
F. E. Birkman
San Francisco
Pacific Overseas Air Service
U. S
Larue Lutkins
Port Chester
Jury awards pay to killer's wife in NYC murder case
A New York jury convicted Thomas McCormack of second degree murder and voted to give its jury pay to his wife Jean McCormack. She testified for the prosecution, describing how he stormed from his home drunk with a bayonet and threatened to kill. The victim was 73 year old neighbor William Lexa.
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Thomas McCormack
New York City
General Sessions
George L. Donnellan
Jean McCormack
McCormack
Willam Lexa
Western European nations move toward regional monetary union
Five West European countries reached a preliminary accord on an economic and monetary union to widen trade and align currencies. The agreement signals steps toward closer regional integration among Paris and other capitals.
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Paris
Labour defeat signals Liberal coalition win in Australia
In a sweeping general election the Liberal Country Party coalition appears to have won or nearly won 64 of 121 Lower House seats, while the Labour Party holds about 50 seats with seven still undecided. Reports from London cite Labour conceding defeat as Robert Menzies heads toward premiership. Voter turnout hits a record as Australians grow weary of controls and inflation. Ta bbed by other Commonwealth results, the change mirrors New Zealand and Britain. The prime ministerial handover is imminent with J B Chifley conceding no personal defeat and thanking supporters.
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Labor
Liberal- Country Party
Labor Party
London
Austrian News and Information Bureau
Radio Australia
TUS
Australia
New Zealand
Robert Gordon Menzies
Great Britain
Britain
Ton
Menzies
Tabor
J. B. Chifley
Chifley
Australian Labor Party
Senate
House of Representatives
Thomas Goes Behind Bars For Fraud
DANBURY Conn INS J Parnell Thomas began a six to 18 month jail term for defrauding the Government by padding his office payroll. The former Republican legislator and ex HUAC chairman entered Danbury Correctional Institution after being sentenced and fined 10000 dollars. His wife Amelia Thomas plans to seek his Congressional seat.
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