HUDSON TUBE HALTS IN A 4-HOUR STRIKE; Trains to Jersey Stop From 2:50 to 6:50 P. M. as Men Protest Dismissals
By Stanley Levey
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January 1, 1949
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EGYPTIANS ROUTED BY ISRAELI FORCES; Arab Partition Area Invaded -Tel Aviv is Bombed During Early Hours of New Year
By Gene Currivan
Egyptians routed; Israel invades area allotted to Arabs in UN '47 partition plan; takes El Auja and Bir Asluj; captures convoy to Faluja; perils Gaza; border raids on El Arish reptd; map; Cairo claims Israeli retreat; Israel weighs UN armstice order; offers new talks
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7 Fliers Saved on Icecap Arrive; Tell of Life in Heated Snow Huts; AIRMEN RESCUED FROM GREENLAND ICECAP ARRIVE HERE
By Frederick Graham
7 rescued from Greenland icecap after C-47 and B-17 crashes arrive, NYC, with rescuer Lt Col Beaudry and aide; rec by Maj Gen Kuter and NYC officials; described life on icecap; silent on crash causes; Beaudry describes rescue; illus
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TUG UNION DEFERS STRIKE TILL JAN. 12; REJECTS PAY RISE; Disappointment Is Expressed by Mayor as Third Offer by Owners Is Refused
By Arthur H. Richter
ILA Local 333 rejects owners 3d pay offer; sets Jan 12 strike; fuel threat stressed; Mayor O'Dwyer says McCormack com will push talks; union reprs refuse to pledge membership action; Capt Bradley and others comment; dispute revd
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Chiang Ready to Talk Peace, But Sets His Own Conditions; Intimates Willingness to Quit but Asserts Government Must Fight to a Finish Unless Communists Are Sincere
By Henry R. Lieberman
Pres Chiang Kai-shek ready to talk peace with Communists on his terms; sees need for fight to finish if Communists are insincere on peace; may be willing to resign as Pres, New Year statement
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Notable Births
1949Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician and diplomat[†]
Borys Ivanovych Tarasyuk is a Ukrainian politician who twice served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and a former MP who is since December 2019 Ukraine's permanent representative to the Council of Europe.
Historical Events
1949United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.[†]
The United Nations (UN) is a global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the articulated mission of maintaining international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among states, to promote international cooperation, and to serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of states in achieving those goals.