Chinese Reds Brace For Push On Yangtze Barrier
Nanking reports tightened security and threats to sink ships on the Yangtze at night. Government warns listeners to Communist broadcasts, notes a lull near Nanking, and cites buildup of Reds around Peiping and Tientsin with possible 45 000 and 75 000 troops.
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Yangtze
Red
Nanking
North China
Peiping
Tientsin
Fu Tso- Yi
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
China
Truman Takes Early Walk on White Christmas
In Independence Missouri President Truman rose at 7 a.m. for a bright Christmas morning. He walked the nearly empty streets at 8 with a blue top coat and army boots, greeting a few locals and noting Santa was too good to him. He planned to open gifts with his family but gave no details.
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Independence
U.P
Truman
Santa Claus
American Legion
Mr. Truman
Garvey Enjoys Christmas Dinner From Goose He Shot
Phoenix dispatch reports Governor Dan E Garvey took a holiday from duties to dine with his family at Christmas. The main course was a wild goose he killed on a Colorado river hunting trip.
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Phoenix
U.P
Dan E. Garvey
Garveys
Colorado
Blood transfusion aids woman in grave condition
In Wickenburg Arizona Marie Watson 33 of Cottonwood was rushed to hospital after a traffic incident. State highway patrolmen transported blood from Phoenix 54 miles in one hour to aid her life threatening condition.
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Wickenburg
Marie Watson
Cottonwood
Wickenburg Hospital
Phoenix
Cold Wave Follows Snow Across Midwest
A sweeping cold front moved from Canada into the Great Lakes after a heavy snowstorm that blanketed much of the nation. Deaths from accidents rose to 58 as travel surged with trains planes and highways congested nationwide.
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Great Lakes
Canada
Santa Claus
Arctic
New York
San Francisco
Boston
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Rocky Mountains
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Nebraska
Louisville
Hudson Bay
Pemina
N. D
Grand Forks
International Falls
Minn
Duluth
Pugamiente, Marie
Woman Held In Tucson Murder Case
In Tucson on Christmas Eve a quarrel over a 17 year old girl ended with Henry Barrett being shot three times. Mamie Tipps, aunt of the girl and sister of Barrett's estranged wife, was arrested for murder after fleeing the scene and confessing at the police station. Barrett died. services to be announced.
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Henry Barrett
South Convent Street
Mamie Tipps
Barrett
Miss Tipps
Opal
Josie
Maricopa County Delays Civil Service Start Date
The Maricopa county board of supervisors postponed the civil service program start from December 21 to January 1 to align with the statewide system. They also named a three member commission to administer the program: Zachary Taylor Helm and W. M. Nellis of Phoenix and George N. Goodman of Mesa.
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Phoenix
WUP
Maricopa
Last Civil War Vet In Nebraska Is Dead
Beatrice Nebraska December 25 Michael Bondell Nebraska's last Civil War veteran died Friday at the age of 99 He would have turned 100 next June
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Nebraska
Beatrice
Neb
Michael Bondell
Tucson Woman 65 Falls Over Heater And Dies In Fire
An elderly woman identified as Mrs. Rose Robinson died in a bedroom fire at 741 East First Street Tucson. She reportedly collapsed against an electric heater while asthmatic and was found burned beyond recognition. her son Ben Shapiro notified by neighbors. Coroner undecided on inquest, life sent to Chicago for services.
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Rose Robinson
East First Street
Tucson
Chicago
Ben Shapiro
Los Angeles Basks in One of Its Coldest Christmases
The December 25 morning in Los Angeles dropped to 38 degrees at 8:15 a.m., marking one of the coldest Christmases in 32 years since 1916, though still above the all time low of 30 in 1879. Winds rain and mountain snows were forecast to add variety to the holiday weather.
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Los Angeles
California
Barkley in Berlin for Christmas with Gen Clay
Vice President Elect Alben Barkley arrived in Berlin to spend Christmas with General Lucius D. Clay, the American military governor, arriving shortly after noon on Saturday.
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Berlin
Alben Barkley
Lucius D. Clay
Taft urges new life in GOP campaign tactics
Sen. Taft of Ohio says the Republican Party must energize its 1950 campaign to win back Congress. He plans a strong Ohio re election bid and will challenge labor on the Taft Hartley act. He doubts a national policy conference now, suggesting it wait until Congress adjourns.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Republican Party
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Congress
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
Taft
GOP
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Scott
Copters Race to Rescue Stranded Airmen in Greenland
The aircraft carrier Saipan heads toward Greenland with five helicopters aboard to try to lift 11 airmen stranded 16 to 18 days on a 7,500 foot icecap. Weather delays and previous failed attempts prompted a naval icebreaker rendezvous to aid the mission.
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Greenland
Norfolk
M A
Saipan
Air Force
Joseph L. Kane
Washington
Kane
Rain Fails to Bring White Christmas in Tucson
Old Man Weather aimed to boost December rainfall in Tucson to normal levels by Christmas Day but fell short. By 11 am on December 25, 0.31 inch had fallen, compared with a normal 0.82 inch for the day and 1 inch for the month, with showers expected to continue into Sunday. Rain also recorded at Douglas.
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Tucson
Old Pueblo
Tuecson
Douglas
Christmas bells amid air raids in Palestine and world war news
Sirens and church bells sounded in northern Palestine on Christmas day as Bethlehem and Nazareth faced occupation by Arab and Jewish forces. Worshippers, including international pilgrims, attended Mass under watchful tanks with UN observers present.
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Palestine
China
Indonesia
Indo-China
Costa Rica
Negev
Christianity
Bethlehem
Jesus Christ
Nazareth
United Nations
Kol Israel
Voice of Israel
Church of the Nativity
Jerusalem
Joseph
Mary
Christmas Cards Destroyed In Phoenix Mail Rush
Phoenix, December 25. More than 100,000 Christmas greetings cannot be delivered and are destroyed by the Phoenix post office due to cent-and-a-half stamps. The mailings could not be forwarded or listed in the postal directory service.
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Phoenix
Phoenix Post Office
Two Killed and 30 Injured In Arizona Crashes
Two died and at least 30 were injured in separate Arizona traffic accidents. Victims include Marion Wills, 69, of England Ranch Coolidge, and Alex Alvarez, 19, of Phoenix.
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Arizona
Associated Press
Marion
Happy) Wills
England Ranch
Coolidge
Alex Alvarez
Phoenix
Wills
Two Christmas Babies Reported in Tucson Hospitals
The first baby of Christmas born at 6:15 a.m. at Tucson Medical Center is a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Cleve land of 449 East Bryan. A second boy followed at the same center to Mr. and Mrs. Miller of Route 2 Box 406. A girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Barrios at St. Marys Hospital on Christmas Eve at 11:19 p.m. and a girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Edmonds on Friday at the Medical Center complete the holiday trio.
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Tucson
Harry Cleveland
East Bryan Street
Tucson Medical Center
Medical Center
Robert E. Miller
Route 2
Box 406
Juan C. Barrios
West
Kennedy Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
James Edmonds
East Third Street
Pima County Plans Inventory Tax Equalization Action
Tucson merchants pressed the county board to align personal property values with real estate assessments. The board approved a plan to equalize inventories, with County Assessor Leo Finch noting state approval risks and the Arizona Assessors Association stance. Chairman J Homer Boyd urged independent action, and supervisors Boyd and Lambert Kautenburger said they would notify the tax commission. G. T. Alley was absent.
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Pima County
Tucson
County Board of Supervisors
Leo Finch
State Tax Commission
Finch
Arizona Assessors Association
Tax Commission
J. Homer Boyd
Boyd
Lambert Kautenburger
G. T. Alley
Ajo
U S Envoy Walter Smith Leaves Moscow for Home
Berlin December 25 Walter Bedell Smith U S ambassador to Moscow arrived at Tempelhof en route to the United States after resigning on the eve of a new presidential term He will continue to Washington while Mrs Smith sails home from Bremen Diplomats at the airport discussed a possible successor U S envoys names mentioned include H Freeman Matthews Avra Warren and Charles Bohlen
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Berlin
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Moscow
Tempelhof
United States
Soviet Union
Truman
Smith
Washington
Bremen
V. M. Molotov
Sweden
H. Freeman Matthews
Finland
Avra M. Warren
Charles E. Bohlen
State Department
Dutch seal Java conquest with Madiun capture in Java
Batavia reports Dutch forces sealed control of key Java cities and roads by Saturday with Madiun fall, a major rail hub and former center of the September Communist revolt. Full mop‑up operations begin as UN cease fire fights drift unresolved.
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Batavia
U.P
Java
Madiun
Kediri
East Java
United Nations Security Council
Dutcna
Security Council
Darmasetiawan
Hatta
Tam Malaka
Tan Malaka
Hague
Good Offices Committee
Duggan Cleared. House Drops Duggan Espionage Inquiry
UK spy investigators closed the files on Laurence Duggan’s case after admitting possible errors linking him to Communist espionage. Attorney General Clark announced a FBI check found Duggan loyal to the United States. Mundt and Nixon conceded they may have erred releasing secret testimony, while defending their actions.
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Washington
UK— House
Laurence Duggan
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
House UN American Activities Committee
Duggan
State Department
New York
Atty
Tom C. Clark
Clark
FBI
United States
Mundt
House Committee
Richard M. Nixon
R-Calif
John E. Rankin
Miss
F. Edward Hebert
Nixon
Isaac Don Levine
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Tientsin Is Prize
Tangku
Garvey Dines
Midwest
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Clay
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Beit Jala
Gustavo Testa
Europe
Pope
Pius XII
Vatican
Germany
Turkey
S. B. Spoor
George Stinson
James Mills
Willcox
Mills
Joe
William G. Roach
Alvarez
Lateral 14
Grand Avenue
Richard Ybarra
Glendale
Joe Delarosa
St. Monica’s Hospital
Marciano Vidaure
Julian Ajeda
Gilbert
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