US Recognizes Indonesia. Cochran Named Ambassador
The United States formally recognizes the new Indonesian government. H Merle Cochran becomes the first ambassador to the republic and has presented credentials. Dow named acting U S representative on the Indonesia commission.
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Washington
United States
Indonesia
H. Merle Cochran
New Republic
White House
Cochran
U.S
United Nations Commission For
Republc
East Indies
Pakistan
Truman
Edward H. Dow, Jr
Nebraska
Commission
Netherlands
United Nations
Food Price Index Declines One Cent
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index fell one cent this week to 5.72, down from last week and 9.0 percent below the year ago level of 6.21. The index sits 2.7 percent above the year’s low of 5.57 and 6.5 percent below the year’s high of 6.12 on Jan 4.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Business Research Agency
Heat Wave Ends In New York City
Cool dry air from the west is expected to break up the December heat wave in New York City. Warm moist air from the Gulf Stream raised temperatures to 62 degrees, the highest on this date in 76 years of Weather Bureau records.
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New York
INS
New York City
Weather Bureau
Pan Am to Seek Single U.S. Airline Post Merger Plan
The Civil Aeronautics Board examiner backs Pan American Airways and American Overseas Airlines merger as a step toward a single U.S. airline in foreign operations. Juan Trippe aims for a unified carrier. Marquis Childs discusses the issue on the editorial page along with the day’s features and page allocations.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Pan- American Airways
American Overseas Airlines
Pan- Am
Juan A. Trippe
U.S
Marquis’ Childs
Fungi Found in Cancers Reported by Dr. Irene Diller
Dr. Irene Diller announced to the AAAS that tiny fungi grow in cancers across 20 human cases and 100 mice tumors, a finding she says marks a startling century advance. The fungi, including altenaria, were not detected in healthy tissue, with rare exceptions in susceptible mice breast cancers.
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New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Irene Corey Diller
Institute For Cancer Research
Philadelphia
American Cancer Society
Car What Car Kiss Scene Ends With Parking Ticket
In San Francisco 18 year old Hilton Gill recalls kissing his girlfriend good night before entering his parked car. The auto rolled 400 feet downhill striking a second car. A policeman asks about brakes gear and wheels and Gill admits memory gaps but recalls the kiss and receives a ticket to jog his memory.
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San Francisco
Hilton W. Gill
Joseph Anzini
Gill
Rochester Plans Four Model Train Systems
Rochester aims to curb juvenile delinquency by spring with four model train layouts for recreation. City Commissioner David Brady calls the project the latest technique to channel frustration of children and parents who cannot possess or play with such toys.
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Rochester
David Brady
Public Safety
City Worker Hurt In Fall Off Truck
FRANK EASTERLY a 44 year old public works employee and brother of Police Lt George Easterly was critically injured when he fell beneath a moving garbage truck in the 1000 block of South Avenue. He sat on a front fender when the driver Stanley G Bieszczad started moving the vehicle and a can fell from the rear. Easterly was pinned under the right front axle and taken to Onondaga General Hospital with a crushed chest several broken ribs a dislocated right hip a fractured pelvis and multiple bruises.
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Frank Easterly
E. Fayette St
Public Works
George Easterly
South Av
Easterly
Stanley G. Bieszczad
N. Geddesst
Onondaga General Hospital
GOP Leaders Travel to Albany Amid Appointment Talks
Mayor Frank J. Costello and Onondaga County Republican chairman Charles A. McNett left Syracuse for Albany to meet Rep. William L. Pfeiffer state Republican chairman. They declined comment on a possible state post though speculation grew about potential offers. The conference began at 2 30 P M with Pfeiffer and other leaders present.
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Frank J. Costello
Charles A. McNett
Onondaga County
Albany
William L. Pfeiffer
Syracuse
Pfeiffer
Romans Afoot Bus and Tram Workers Strike
In Rome a two hour walkout by bus and tram workers from 10 A.M. to noon halted transport for thousands of workers shoppers and pilgrims. The strike protests the company’s failure to negotiate a seven hour workday contract.
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Rome
American relief official Israel Jacobson freed in Vienna
Israel Jacobson an American relief official expelled from Hungary and detained by Russian authorities at the Austrian border was released and arrived in Vienna. He drove a red convertible from Budapest to Vienna after being arrested 13 days earlier and held incommunicado. another American, Robert Vogeler, remains jailed in Hungary amid espionage charges.
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Austria
Israel Jacobson
Hungary
Jacobson
Rochester
N. Y
Budapest
United States
Robert Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Vogeler
Nickelsdorf
U. S
Dewey Readies Annual Message for 1950 Legislature
Governor Dewey conferred with Senate and Assembly leaders on his annual message to the Legislature. The address will be read when the 1950 session opens next Wednesday in Albany.
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Albany
Dewey
Senate
Storm Kills Eight in Buenos Aires Province
A violent electrical storm swept central and north Argentina injuring and killing people last night and today. Eight deaths reported in Buenos Aires Province with more casualties possible as reports come in from other storm areas.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Miss America a Mrs She May Lose Title
LITCHFIELD PARK Ariz a Miss America of 1949 wed Douglas Cook 20 yesterday in a surprise marriage. The couple broke pageant rules by marrying before June. Park W Haverstick said directors would meet to discuss possible action but would wait for Lenore Slaughter to return from vacation.
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Litchfield Park
Ariz
Douglas Cook
Cook
Universityof Chicago
Park W. Haverstick
Atlantic City
Mrs. Cook
Lenore Slaughter
Florida
Princess Yasmin Born To Rita Hayworth And Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan welcomed a daughter named Yasmin at Mont Choisi Clinic in Lausanne. The baby weighed about five and a half pounds and arrived naturally under gas labor at 9:45 AM local time. Yasmin is described as a mix of Spanish American and Iranian Italian heritage and is the granddaughter of Aga Khan.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Rita
Montchoisi
Yasmin
France
Prince Aly
Aga Khan
The Body Has Heart Attack In Hit Run Crash
Hollywood police report Marie McDonald 24 suffered a heart attack after her husband Harry Carl 35 was hit by a car on a San Fernando Valley boulevard. McDonald had shown heart symptoms recently and collapsed on the set of her latest film.
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Hollywood
Marie
Hand Amputation For Betty Lou Marbury In Memphis
Betty Lou Marbury, a 10 year old farm girl, had her right hand amputated between the wrist and elbow at Baptist Hospital to halt malignant bone tumor spread. Her father Clay Marbury stated doctors warned she might die if the hand was not removed, while Betty remained hopeful and prayers were offered nationwide.
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Memphis
Tenn. Ue
Betty Lou Marbury
Baptist Hospital
Betty
Clay Marbury
Florida Gets Maine's Cold Spell
Portland Maine reports a weather forecaster regrets Maine’s influence on Florida Christmas weather. A high pressure system off Maine stalled, pulling moisture from the Atlantic into Florida’s Everglades, damaging crops. Chief Forecaster Ernest W. Kliemann urged Florida residents to consider Maine winters and summers.
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Portland
Maine
Florida
Ernest W. Kliemann
Everglades
Kliemann
Emil Jannings Reported Critical at Vienna Home
Emil Jannings, famed German actor, was reported critically ill today at his country home on Wolfgangsee in the U S occupation zone. Dr Hans Lauda, dean of Vienna University medical faculty, was called to his sickbed.
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Vienna
Emil Jannings
Wolfgangssee
U. S
Hans Lauda
Vienna University
Civil Rights Showdown Dominates Early Senate Session
Washington report on a heated clash between Senators Wherry and Lucas over which civil rights bill should lead the new session. The debate centers on FEPC versus an anti-lynching measure with filibuster risk and the gag rule test. Senator Sparkman cautions tempers could hinder progress.
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Washington
Congress
Dixie
Wherry
Nebraska
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Sparkman
Dala
FEPC
Two Lost Children Found Dead in Pond
Bodies of Irene Biron thirteen and Robert Bourque seven were recovered from Stebbens Pond near Bedford New Hampshire after a large search by posses. The pair had been missing since Tuesday afternoon prompting a wide manhunt in the woods.
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Bedford
N. H
Woodlands
Stebbens Pond
Irene Biron
Robert Bourque
Cardinal Mindszenty Removed From Budapest Hospital
Rome reports Cardinal Mindszenty was moved from a Budapest hospital under heavy guard and might be transported to Moscow. The Ari agency cites the possibility of transfer and uncertain destination amid security measures.
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Rome
Ari
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest
Moscow
Truman ends Christmas vacation returns to Washington
President Truman ended his Christmas vacation at the Independence home and departed by air for Washington.
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Independence
Truman
Kand
Washington
Winter Weather Returns to Central New York
The Mercury fell 26 degrees overnight as winter weather returns to Central New York. Assistant weatherman Fritz Schwarz says the change will be gradual with snow flurries tomorrow night. A cold front brought 42 mph winds in Syracuse at 6 10 P M and .14 inches of rain yesterday. The high yesterday was 59, brief warm spell ends as temps drop to 33 tonight and 39 tomorrow with a low of 16.
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Mercury
New York
Fritz Schwarz
Syracuse
Schwarz
Gas Killed 4 By Gift Tree
A New York family perished from gas fumes in a city apartment on Christmas Eve. Andrew Gazak his wife Veronica and their two children Vernonica and Andrew Jr died after a refrigerator leaked fumes, leaving unopened gifts around the tree while the parents slept. A relative found the scene after smelling the odor.
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New York
Santa Claus
Andrew Gazak
Veronica
Gazak
Vernonica
Andrew, Jr
Mary Fabsik
New Syrian Cabinet Formed After Military Coups
Premier Khaled Bey Azem forms a 10 member cabinet in Damascus and retains foreign affairs portfolio. He is re installed after a March coup ousted his government and a later December army upheaval unseated the former commander in chief led by Col Adeeb Sheishaki.
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Damascus
Syria
Khaled Bey Azem
Khaled Bey
Adeeb Sheishakii
Nationalist Air Raids Reported on Communist Invasion Fleet
Nationalist sources claimed heavy air raids hit a Communist force of about 1 000 junks massed on the Liuchow Peninsula coast preparing to attack Hainan Island.
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Hong Kong
Liuchow Peninsula
Hainan Island
Propter & Gamble Cuts Soap and Crisco Prices
Procter & Gamble announced wholesale price cuts on main household soaps and Crisco shortening in Cincinnati Ohio. Soap prices dropped about 4 percent and Crisco about 5 percent.
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Cincinnati, CO
CUP
Procter & Gamble
Crisco
GOP Puts Finger on Fair Deal in Debt Debates
The new Congress opens amid sharp party clashes over finances with Republicans blaming the Fair Deal for borrowing needs and Democrats defending deficit spending to support world peace. Senator Taft warns of farm subsidies reaching 6 billion dollars annually under Brannan plan, while Lucas defends deficit financing to avert war, and Wherry calls for Marshall Plan cuts.
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Taft
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G.O.P
Congress
Atl
Lucas
Illinois
Havana
Western
Europe
Wherry
Nebraska
Truman
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Silent quip on weather and golf from Jim Conway
Sammy Snead recalls Jim Conway criticizing cold weather golf. He tells of Conway guiding his young son to measure temperature, warning against letting the thermometer move, lest the mercury rise and "bust" the tube.
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Sammy Snead
Jim
Conway
Jim Conway
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