Peiping Is Isolated as Red Armies Knock at Walls
Peiping stood isolated as Communist forces pressed near the city walls. The south air field and last external air link were closed, with west field shut yesterday. Nationalist guards patrolled the west approach while passenger traffic on the Peiping Tientsin route halted. Rumors of peace talks in Nanking spread amid denials from Chiang Kai-shek.
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Peiping
Peiping-Tientan
Pelphy
Nanking
China
Nanking Tong
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Hong Kong
Nas
Columa
Sigma Chi Serenades 1948 Sweetheart at Syracuse University
Sigma Chi members serenaded Sheila Goldsmith at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house under her window. The 18 year old from Hilo Hawaii was crowned Sigma Chi Sweetheart at a Friday dance in the Hotel Onondaga Watha Room with flowers and a loving cup.
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Sigma Chi
Syracuse University
Sheila Goldsmith
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Sheila
Slama Chi
Hilo
Hawaii
Katherine McCarthy
Buffalo
Lorraine Keane
Greenfield
Mass
Becky Veldeon
Haworth
Sheila Hopkins
Hastings Pl
Miss Gultsmitty
Hia- Watha
Hotel Onondaga
Jank Hepner
Fred Holncomb
Comsterkav
Bilas Goldsmith
WSYR
Fine Arts Freshnean
Haw
Ists Bn
Collector 'Dead' Man's Only Friend in Palermo
Giovanni Villa of Palermo Sicily seeks to have himself declared alive after four years of effort. The civil register lists 23 dead since 1044 at Patricia village, a place Villa says he never visited. His wife recently had a baby. officials say dead men cannot father children. Villa continues to pay all taxes and bills.
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Rome
Giovanni Villa
Palermo
Sicily
Tacole
Patricia
Villa
Gela
Venables in court over damaged pub window incident
Venables 33, accompanying a pet mouse, entered a bar where staff killed the animal. He faced charges for brick throwing at the window, pleading not guilty to causing 390 in damage. Judge deferred judgment pending a report on his drinking, leaving Venables distressed and muttering about his lost pet.
Today’s Features and Regular Pages Listing
The notice lists page allocations for today’s newspaper sections. Comics Ida Jean Kain and Dr Dean appear on pages 33 and 39, with Mary Haworth horoscope and Talking It Over featured on page 2. Regulars include financials page 33, obituaries pages 24 25, editorials page 30 32, and sports page 30. Also mentions today’s pictures on page 18.
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Ida Jean Kain
Dean
Mary Haworth
Ig Sovial
Winchell
State OKs Plans on War Memorial in Onondaga County
County purchasing agent announces final plans and specifications for the memorial have received unqualified approval from the New York State Public Works Post War Planning Commission. The ruling enables financial assistance toward architect fees and reflects strong support for the project led by Marl but W. Saith and the Onondaga War Memorial Commission throughout Edgarton & Edgarton, the architectural firm.
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Onondaga County
Ava Memorial
Robert Sollinger
Albany
New York State Public Works Post
Marlbut W. Saith
County Way Memorial Commission
Sollinger
Smith
Edgarton & Edgarton
Fatal pedestrian crush mystery cited in Onondaga case
Victim identified as Russell Eppler of 102 Russell Ave found crushed beside a roadway twelve hours after disappearance. Driver of a nearby truck reported mechanical trouble and no sight of anyone. three helpers saw no one. Coroner cites crushed chest and pelvic injuries. Survived by wife Crystal and daughter Helen. Deputy sheriffs investigated with no arrest.
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St Agnes
Gat Roper
Russell Av
Eppler
Aisson
Albert A. Avon
E. Seneca Tapk
Jamesville
J Eppler
Dustin King
Herald-Jour
Jeven
Tom
THCCL
Tie ‘Russell Av
Onondaga County Hospital
Labor Dept reports fall in New York factory workers’ buying power
The State Labor Department says the purchasing power of factory workers in Albany New York declined in October by 1.07 dollars from October 1 1947.
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Albany
State Labor Department
New York
Grange Head Urges State Fair Debate and Funds Help
At the 76th annual State Grange convention in Lake Placid Henry D. Sherwood urged deferring State Fair site decisions until the New York State Fair Commission report is studied. He advocated a complete two day fair and extended soil conservation, improved institutes, and roads for farms while warning against increased state control with more school funding.
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Roy B. Fairman
York State Grange
Henry D. Sharwoal
Pine Plains
Sherwood
Syracuse
Maliydaie
Olympic Arena
Grange
New York State Fair Commission
Big Farm Organization
New York State
Arctic Cold Front Braces For Warmer North Weather
The forecast warns of frigid air sweeping in from the north with a sunny day ahead. Temperatures will dip below normal by about two degrees, making the recent warmth feel cooler despite the sun. A light snow event is possible as a cold front nears, though winds remain northerly.
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Wat
Canada
Lestmani
Romenoven
Winda
Injections Fatal to 45 Jap Children
Japanese news agency Kyodo reports Kyodo says 77 more children died in Kyoto from immunization injections. The deaths were blamed on impurities in the injections. Total fatalities rise to 45.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Kyoto
Jilted Actress Patricia Styles Ends Life After Shooting Suitor
Hollywood tragedy unfolds as Patricia Styles shoots ex suitor Nathan N Sugarman during a drive in Los Angeles. Miss Styles dies at the scene. Sugarman is wounded but survives. Police describe a fatal gelid end to a long troubled romance and a crime in progress.
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Los Angeles
Patricia Styles
Alo
Nathan N. Sugarman
Avelioneering
Beaulifs
Varia
Star Styles
Fott
Nathan N Sugarman
Eeheem
B. W. Sten
Miss Styles
Sugarman
Styles
Styles Falhery
Wamous
Radi Prograts
Abe
Bles
Dorothy
Styles Smith
Grain stocks reach record as harvest period opens
The report notes an unprecedented 115,000,000 bushels in storage with grain activity expanding today. Analysts expect continued growth as the farming season begins, and official figures highlight strong production prospects ahead of market adjustments.
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Bern
Circus Theme Divides Family In Wartime War Talk
Mrs. Monroe Whitman of the World Peace Union laments America must stop war worldwide. A fatherly warning about soldiers and military leaders turns into a boy fleeing a circus and asking his mother not to attend church if she ever goes to a circus.
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America
Monroe Whitman
World Peace Union
Bags River
Mass
Patton Likely to Get Five Year School Superintendent Pact
David H. Patton may receive a five year contract as Syracuse schools superintendent with a $10,000 salary for 1949, as board of education member Clare C. Rossel disclosed. The board plans renewal talks, with final terms for future years to be set after state budget guidance and possible $750,000 underpass funding is considered. The crossing project spans four railroad tracks and involves New York Central and L. V. W. lines, part of a broader grade crossing elimination program begun in 1930.
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David H. Patton
Clare ¢. Rossel
Board of Education
Russel
Patton
Board of Estimate
Syracuse Graile
Emulic
Aedecuins Commission
Syracuse Federation of An In Laborio & Continuation of Parton
Cudger
Hiawatha
Rossel
Sabine Meacham
Nelson F
Pitts
Syre l
John E. Cusa Federation of Teachers
Yas Burton
AGI
Arer Railroad
Lwo
Oex Central
L. & W. Syracune Webrheps Association
Lineen
Syracuse
Oswego
Nepithhic
New York Central Structures Service Industries
West St
Esophagus Operation May Save Baby's Life
Syracuse infant David Albings life hangs on a pioneering esophageal surgery at Crouse-Irving Hospital. Doctors report the esophagus has been joined and the child shows improvement after a thoracic procedure to prevent milk formula from entering the lungs. Full recovery time remains uncertain, but early signs are hopeful.
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Membre
Crouse-Irving Hospital
Syracuse
David Albino
Charles Albing
Surprise Witness Refuses to Confirm Communist Link in Spy Hearings
Marian Bachrach 50, identified as a writer for the Communist Party in New York, refused to confirm membership or connection to witnesses in House Un American Activities Committee hearings. She testified briefly behind closed doors and later publicly asserted she is a Communist Party member.
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Washington
Congressional
Marian Bachrach
New York City
Communist Party
Mis. Bachrach
House Un-American Actvities Committee
Red Wing
State Department
Abs
Bachrach
Bureau of Standards
Navy Department
Hiss
Alger Hiss
Rep
Nixon
R.calif.t
Mundt
R-S.d
jMundt
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Donald Hiss
Alger
Stripling
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