Russia Plans Grand New Year Gala in Moscow
Soviet Russia prepares a major New Year celebration with the Kremlin chimes signaling 1950. Moscow hosts parties in hotels and restaurants while Grandfather Frost visits children with gifts. The American colony at Spasso House plans an elaborate embassy gala for 300 guests.
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Spasso House
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Alan G. Kirk
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Consumer Credit Near All‑Time High Across 1949
Washington report shows consumer credit rising to a record $17.823 billion in November and likely surpassing $18 billion for 1949. Installment debt also hits a high at $310.45 billion, with charge accounts up $257 million as holiday shopping climbs.
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Washington
Consumer Credit
Federal Reserve Board
Fenced Years and the Gate of Time
A reflective verse fragment contemplates the futility of fencing time guarding the passage of years. It muses on old and new eras, suggesting continuity beyond human measures and the inevitability of change.
Red Aid Feared in Mao Moscow Visit Report
Nationalist reports claim Mao Tse-tung traveled to Moscow to seek Russian aid for an invasion of Formosa. The information reportedly comes from Chinese foreign informants and is described as from usually reliable sources.
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Formosa
Red
Mao Tze-tung
Moscow
Movie Showtimes Brief for City Theaters
Listings show Loew's State with On the Lawn at multiple late hours. Keith's presents The Outlaw at varied times. Paramount Vaudeville runs daily matinee and evening shows. Empire offers Holiday Affair with several daily starts. Eckel screens Prince of Foxes and Loew's Strand shows Ambush at fixed times. Midtown presents Fallen Idol across multiple slots.
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49 Lynching Tally Reported by Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Institute issued a year end violence tally for 1949 noting 17 attempted lynchings nationwide with 16 thwarted by law enforcement. The report lists two lynchings in Georgia Mississippi as well as incidents in New York State and multiple Southern states where mobs were blocked and victims rescued.
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Ala
Tuskegee Institute
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Mississippi
New York State
North Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
South Carolina
Tennessee
Negro Institute
Camden killer's total 13 victims cited in cooling tensions
Howard Unruh killed 13 people in Camden New Jersey on September 6. An angry mob rushed police lines attempting to seize him, while Tuskegee said the case is classified as a lynching only if three or more murders are involved.
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Howard Unruh
Camden
N. J
Unruh
Tuskegee
Prisoner mitt filled with marijuana causes strip of laughter
In Guadalajara Mexico state prison officials found why baseball is popular among inmates A prisoner dropped a catcher's mitt and discovered it was stuffed with marijuana rather than cotton revealing a covert drug stash behind the sport and its appeal.
Mother and Daughter Divorce in Circuit Court Day
A 37 year old mother Thelma Sharp and her 19 year old daughter each obtained divorces in Chicago Circuit Court after testifying for the other. Thelma Sharp was granted a divorce from Earl W Sharp on habitual drunkenness, waived alimony, and got custody of a 17 year old son. The daughter followed with a separate divorce request.
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Daniel A. Roberts
Thelma Sharp
Earl W. Sharp
William
Patricia Sharp Espinosa
John Espinosa
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