Ward Liberated After Reds Endure Cruel Arrests and Escape
Consul General Angus Ward and 19 family and staff members left Tientsin aboard the Lakeland Vic with Ward declaring freedom after 13 months under red surveillance and a 28 day period in Mukden jail in freezing conditions. He described the prior confinement as hellish while noting the group had endured signaled deportation and forced boarding under communist pressure. Ward plans to go to Kobe, Japan, and then Tokyo for Christmas before resuming travel arrangements with General MacArthur nearby.
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Lakeland Victory
Tientsin
Angus Ward
United States
Mukden
St. Peter
Ward
Ted
Reds
Paul Sexton
Lakeland
Kobe
Japan
Tokyo
Far East Lines
C. W. Evans
Toka Bar
General MacArthur
Counterfeit Money Warning Amid Holiday Shopping
Retailers and shoppers are urged to watch for counterfeit $10 and $20 bills as Christmas shopping picks up. The source notes that bogus notes flood regions and notes counterfeiter focus on small denominations, making tracing difficult. Authorities offer vigilance in local businesses and banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee-Jackson
Place Full of Gas Explosion Kills Five in Birmingham
Five people die and five are hurt in a Birmingham antique shop explosion as fire inspector Lee Carroll probes a gas leak. The blast collapses the building, leaving only the chimney standing. victims include Edith Jones and Wilson Jones, a 200 foot distance noted. Patrolman Pepperell quotes Carroll reporting a gas filled house before the line went dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Edith Jones
Mother and Son
Wilson Jones
Lee Carroll
Ruth Bramson
Bloomfield Hills
Arthur Bae
Dearborn
Ercy Hospital
Pontiac
Birmingham Fire Department
Carroll
Robert Pepperell
Rent Control Act Is Held Valid
The Supreme Court upheld the 1949 Federal Rent Control Act in an 8 0 ruling. The decision reversed Judge Elwyn R. Shaw of Chicago who had ruled the act invalid. The court noted an earlier rent control case and cited 14 000 000 housing units under rent control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
U. S.district Court
Elwyn R. Shaw
Chicago
Shaw
Justice Department
Department
Federal District Courts
Car Mishaps Harm Two and Damage Several Vehicles
A pedestrian was injured in Winchester as four weekend accidents caused extensive property damage. Arthur Lee Rowe, 66, was struck while crossing Kent and Clifford Streets at 50 p m Saturday. Driver Henry Addison Boyd of 109 E Pall Mall St faces a hearing December 16 on reckless driving. A second collision at Woodstock Lane and Lincoln Street involved a 1948 Dodge truck owned by L A Barnes Jr and a 1948 Buick owned by George Poston. one woman was injured.
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Winchester
Arthur Lee Rowe
Kent and
Clifford St
Henry Addison Boyd
E. Pall Mall St
Woodstock Lane
Lincoln St
L. A. Barnes Jr
Woodland Ave
George Poston
Purcellville
June Grubbs
Purcell Ave
Russia Promises Release of Last German Prisoners
Moscow reports informed circles say all German POWs in the Soviet Union are expected home by Christmas. Some have already returned or are en route, with the rest to follow this month despite prior promises of Jan 1950 returns and ongoing German protests over continued detention.
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Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
East Germany
Germany
Ussr
Americans Freed After North Korea Confinement
Two emaciated American ECA officials, Albert E. Willis and Alfred T. Meschter, returned to Seoul after six days of confinement by the North Korean regime. They sailed on the Kimball R. Smith and were seized during a crew mutiny while en route to Kunsan. The men, once weighing 190 pounds, were described as severely cachectic but not physically mistreated.
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Seoul
North Korea
United States
Economic Cooperation Administration
Albert E. Willis
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alfred T. Meschier
Kinderhook
Willis
Beatrice Willis
Pusan
Meschter
ECA Marine Bureau
Kimball R. Smith
Kunsan
Chinampo
Train Levers Thumb Caught Between Rails
George Masnager was seated on Santa Fe tracks in Los Angeles when an electric switch closed as he rose. The wheels clipped his right thumb, leaving him with no other serious injuries.
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Los Angeles
Dec
George Masnager
Santa Fe Railway
Masnager
Coal Operators Prepare For Possible January Strike
The New York Times reports that about 400000 soft coal miners may face a new walkout on January 1 if UMW chief John L. Lewis does not act. Operators may force a strike under Taft-Hartley if negotiations stall and could suspend full production to pressure federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Times
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
the Times
UMW
Times
Lewis
Sident Truman
May
Hoover Reforms Push Backed by Business and Labor
Business leaders and labor join in a campaign to urge Congress to adopt Hoover Commission reorganizations for federal economy and efficiency. The National Reorganization Conference launches the drive with Hooverspeaking plans and remarks by Walter J. Kohler Jr. urging continued battles.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover Commission
Citizens Committee
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Walter J. Kohler Jr
Wisconsin
Fough
Cee Ee Dieser
Urg Oveta Gulp Hobby
Houston
Rock Slab Crushes Four Picnickers in California Cliff Collapse
A 70 ton granite slab split from a cliff near Victorville California and toppled onto a group picnicking by the Mojave Desert edge killing four and seriously injuring two. Milburn Hirschman of Pomona recalled how the rock fell without warning and a child witnesses the tragedy.
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Victorville
Calif
Mojave
Government Rests In 2d Hiss Trial
The government rests its case in the second Alger Hiss perjury trial as the final witness Mrs. Hede, former wife of Gerhart Eisler, testifies regarding Hiss alleged communist ties while he held a State Department post. Hiss’s trial began November 17 and the case ends with the government’s 15th court day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alger Hiss
Hede
Gerhart Eisler
Hiss
State Department
Depidentiene
A Vien J
Anese
Communist Party
Whittaker Chambers
Revision Urged of Juvenile Court Laws in Virginia
The 1950 Virginia legislature urged reforms to juvenile justice including a new method for appointing judges in juvenile and domestic relations courts. It recommends creating a centralized State juvenile probation system within a new Welfare and Institutions division and encouraging state efforts to help localities address juvenile detention challenges.
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Virginia
State Department of Welfare and Institutions
Mind in Blank: Iowa Coed Slain. Suspect A Lovelorn Senior Charged
In Iowa City a University of Iowa coed Margaret Jackson 20 Burlington dies from strangulation. Senior Robert Bednasek 24 claimed love but is charged with murder after a night at Sigma Phi Epsilon and a rooming house death. He denies killing her.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
William E. Jackson
Bednasek
Miss Jackson
Olga Bednasek
Sigma Phi Epsilon
U S Pledges Aid to Chiang to Hold Formosa
Manila reports the United States will take positive action to counter the communist threat to Formosa and provide adequate arms to Chiang Kai-shek to defend his last Nationalist stronghold. Washington may offer economic and diplomatic support but not new military aid.
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Manila
United States
Philippines
Formosa
Malacanan Palace
U. S
Chiang Kai-shek
Washington
Chiang
Malacanan
U.S
Far East
Clarke County Featured in Var Magazine Spotlight
Clarke County is highlighted in Var Magazine a monthly League of Virginia Counties publication. The lead Clarke County Profile by clerk Loring C. Kackley accompanies photos of Carter Hall Long Branch Berryville cattle 4-H farm exhibit apples at a Berryville plant and images of local figures including Sen Harry Byrd and Harry F Byrd Jr. and State Senator Raymond Guest at the 1948 Apple Blossom Festival.
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League of Virginia Counties
Clarke County
Loring C. Kackley
Clarke
Carter Hall
Long Branch
Berryville
Blue Ridge
GOP Chiefs Stand At Cross Roads
GOP leaders meet in New York and Chicago to map the path of the 1950 campaign. Senator Jenner and other Republicans push for policy shifts while weighing opposition to the Truman Fair Deal and plans for a possible reorganization effort.
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GOP Chiefs
Cross Roads
New York
Chicago
Jenner
R-Ind
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Ferguson
Congress
Aiken
R-V
Bricker
Ohio
Vermont
Thalk
Cleveland
Taft
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
GOP
Truman
Finance Committee
Sincair Weeks
Massachusetts
A Sre
Ieee Taft
Train auto accident claims Woodstock youth near Strasburg
Giles Getz a 16 year old of near Woodstock died when a panel truck struck a Southern railway freight train at a private crossing eight miles south of Strasburg today. John Williams another youth was critically injured and taken to Woodstock hospital.
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Giles Getz
Carter Getz
Woodstock
Southern Railway
Strasburg
John Williams
Woodstock Hospital
Early Yule Mailing Urged By Postmaster Campbell
Postmaster Carl L Campbell urged early Yuletide mailing as the season is expected to bring a record flood of mail. He warned volumes could exceed 1948's 588 380 pieces and said follow best practices to ensure delivery by Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Carl L. Campbell
Byrd proposes shifting Virginia school control to board of supervisors
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. argues public schools should be run by elected county supervisors to give patrons a direct voice. He asserts this change would boost efficiency and public support, placing tax levy and school operation under one accountable body.
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Board of Supervisors
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Byrd
Winchester
Frederie
Shenan
Senator Byrd
Pete
Rew Board of Supervisors
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Kurtz
Stephenson, Va
H. E. Shirley
Stephenson
Bailey Brothers
Supreme Court Rules
Eisler
Mrs. Hede Massing
the Star Today
Roy Rogers, King of Cowboys
Clark Ike
Red China
China
Var Magazine
Sen
H. F. Byrd Jr
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