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Synopsis: US 7th Fleet Covers Evacuation To Formosa (Taiwan), 25 Perish In Chicago Barton Hotel Fire
Boy Scouts Visit Aircraft Carrier During Scout Day, Photoplay Magazine Presents Awards To Lucky Stars, New Mile Record In Track And Field Competition, Golden Gloves Boxing In New York City... (read more)
Tachen Islands US 7th Fleet Covers Evacuation To Formosa (Taiwan)
Ships f the U.S. 7th Fleet cover the evacuation of the Tachen Islands. Red China has been warned interference will mean war – and there’s no incident as Nationalist soldiers and 14,000 civilians are loaded aboard transports for the trip to Formosa. As they leave, military installations are demolished, to minimize the islands’ usefulness to the Red Chinese.
United States 25 Perish In Chicago Barton Hotel Fire In sub-zero temperatures, the Barton Hotel becomes an inferno, trapping at least 25 of 245 tenants in their cheap night cubicles. It’s the second worst hotel fire in the city’s history.
United States Boy Scouts Visit Aircraft Carrier During Scout Day Scout Day aboard the U.S.S. Boxer in San Francisco; thousands of scouts visit the carrier for ceremonies presenting scrolls of good will for Far Eastern Scouts, which will be delivered by the vessel.
United States Photoplay Magazine Presents Awards To Lucky Stars A star-studded array of personalities on hand for the annual Photoplay Magazine Gold Medal Awards in Beverly Hills California. Among those honored, June Allyson, Jane Wyman, and Rock Hudson.
United States New Mile Record In Track And Field Competition More thrills on the indoor winter track circuit in New York City. 12,000 watch the fiercely competitive mild running trio of Wes Santee, Gunnar Nielsen, and Fred Dwyer. This time, its serviceman Dwyer who rips off the fastest Baxter Mile on the books.
United States Golden Gloves Boxing In New York City Leather flies with more enthusiasm than skill as Golden Gloves hopefuls fight their way up another rung on the ladder to ring fame – a good show with plenty of action.