Britain Recognizes Communist China Ending Ties with Chiang Kai-shek
Britain formally recognizes Mao Tze-tung’s government in Peiping, severing relations with Chiang Kai-shek’s Nanjing regime. The move aligns with heavy British interests in China and Hong Kong, while the United States and France hesitate. Chiang’s envoy in London was notified that Chiang’s representatives are not recognized. Other Western powers and Ceylon are expected to follow.
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Peiping People’s Republic
Cheng Tienhsi
Rain Ahead and Sleet in Upstate Weather Outlook
The Weatherman predicts a half inch of rain for Central New York tonight and tomorrow as temperatures stay above normal after a 33 degree drop yesterday. Low ceilings caused Syracuse flight cancellations. Colonial Air Lines flew once to Washington while American Airlines remained grounded.
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Syracuse
Colonial Air Lines
Washington
American Air Lines
Ohio
Rochester
Buffalo
Andrew P. Keller
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Rural Electrification powers 80 percent of U S farms
The editorial notes that about 80 percent of American farms now have electric service thanks to the Rural Electrification Administration, a pillar of New Deal and Fair Deal policy cited by Marquis Childs. The piece highlights ongoing political themes as elections approach.
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Rural Electrification Administration
New Deal Fair Deal
Marquis Childs
Ice Storm Paralyzes Memphis as Floods Roil Midwest
The worst ice storm in 17 years shuts down Memphis utilities and transport. Thousands lose electricity and heat while schools close and bus service halves. Widespread freezing rain coats Illinois Indiana with ice. rivers flood farms and highways remain slick.
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Girl Trapper Wins in Monroe County Fox Trapping Contest
Sylvia Dietrich topped the Monroe County 4-H Club fox trapping junior division beating the boys. She took 15 pelts in three months earning a .22 rifle a silver trophy and five dollars.
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No Other Man Faye Emerson Seeks Divorce
New York actress Faye Emerson travels to Mexico City seeking a swift divorce from Elliott Roosevelt. She denies any other man involved, cites a private, long formed reason for the split, and mentions a property settlement while declining to detail terms.
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Mexico City
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Gigi” Durston
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Mayor Thomas J. Lonnepedn Seeks $15,000 Salary
The Common Council prepared to raise the mayor's annual pay from $10,000 to $15,000. Republican and Democratic council members indicated willingness to vote for the increase. The measure was introduced weeks ago by Alfred W Haight, then a Democratic at large and now council president, after Republicans previously refused to vote due to former mayor Costello's four years at the $10,000 salary.
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Alfred W. ‘Haight
Frank J. Costello
Hell Freezes Over As Temperature Dips to 40 Below Zero
Report from Norway indicates a dramatic cold snap with temperatures hitting 40 degrees below zero in Hell yesterday. Local residents sought warmth as icy winds swept through the region.
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Watchman Abducted After Dynamite Found at UAW HQ
George Thomas, 58, night watchman at the United Auto Workers International headquarters in Detroit, was abducted at 5 AM and dumped alive beside the River Rouge. He says two men tied him, corralled him with rope, and left him in exposure after reporting a dynamite charge outside the building last month. Doctors say he is in serious condition at Wayne County Hospital.
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River Rouge
George Thomas
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Ex-Hill Student Won't Bring Egyptian Dancing Girls
Christopher Janus, former Syracuse University liberal arts student and Chicago businessman, inherits four Egyptian dancing girls from his late uncle Pan Z. Aristophron. His wife Bea tries to stop the move, arguing the women are not suited to city life and would not speak English. Janus is fluent in languages and has ties to Phi Kappa Psi, Harvard, and Oxford, with a summer home at Kidder’s-on-Cayuga.
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Syracuse Likely Host for State Legion Convention
State Legion officials met Syracuse leaders to plan a three day Ameri can Legion state convention expected to draw 15 000 to 20 000 guests in late July and early August. Attendees included State Commander Louis Drago Adjutant Maurice Stember and local officials from Syracuse and the Chamber of Commerce Convention Bureau. Estimated convention cost runs around 8000 with Saratoga Springs as a rival site. Buffalo hosted last year.
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Frederick E. Norton
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Thomas J. Corcoran
Fay Mareness
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James F. Gilday
Pat, Miller
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SaratogaSprings
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Saratoga Springs
Tacana Volcano Erupts After 48 Years Reported
In Tapachula Mexico refugees described Tacana Volcano erupting for the first time since 1902 after a week of tremors at its 13000 foot peak. Farmers fled the threatened area as smoke ash and lava emerged and were seen thirty miles away.
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Postoffice anecdote from Kiwanis leader in Chicago
Geoffrey Campbell of Kiwanis International recalls a boy named Cornelius who visited a Chicago Postoffice asking for peanuts. The clerk says no peanuts, and the boy quips that this is a Postoffice. Campbell notes Four Corners towns sell varied goods like flour, reapin machines, dress goods, soap, plows.
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Kiwanis International
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Truman's proposed economic program to Congress
President Truman outlines twelve legislative recommendations in his economic report. They include tax reform, housing investment for middle income families, longer CF Corp loan maturities, farm income protection, creation of a Columbia Valley Administration and Seaway project, expanded federal education and health funding, social security expansion, extended rent controls, foreign recovery aid, trade organization charter, aid to underprivileged countries, and banking reserve authority plus consumer credit regulation.
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Five Ohio Coal Firms Sue Lewis and Union Leaders
Five eastern Ohio coal firms including Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal and Cadiz Mining sue John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers leaders seeking nearly 8 million dollars. The suits accuse the union and its treasury of damages from tonnage losses caused by a three day work week and miner strikes in 1949.
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Cadiz Mining Co
Gunman pulls extraction job on dentist in Chicago
A Chicago dentist, Dr. George W. Bailey, 62, was held at gunpoint in his chair as a would-be patient demanded money. The assailant extracted $126 from his wallet and fled, while Bailey, known for extracting hundreds of teeth, experienced the victim’s eye view of an extraction.
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McNutt Undergoes Gall Bladder Operation in New York
Paul V. McNutt former U S high commissioner to the Philippines and former Indiana governor is in New York Hospital. He underwent a gall bladder operation described as not serious and expected to recover.
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INS
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Philippines
Indiana
New York Hospital
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Truman forecasts US job boom and poverty elimination
President Truman delivers an optimistic economic message to Congress, asserting 61 million jobs this year and 64 million in five years, with potential income rise near $1,000 per family by 1954. He calls for standby credit powers, looser loan terms, and a moderate tax increase while noting prices near desired levels and wage adjustments to be managed by business and labor.
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Truman
United States
Congress
Futtle
Sydney Heat Wave Claims Three Lives
A mid summer heat wave in Sydney caused three deaths and 64 prostrations as temperatures peaked at 102.2 degrees, the highest in four years.
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Sydney
Australia
Indigestion Causes Emotional Links Revealed
Doctors find at least one in four indigestion cases tied to emotional factors. Learn the facts about this stomach disorder and how you may alleviate it with guidance from medical and mental health perspectives.
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