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January 15, 1950

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Historical Context for January 15, 1950

In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people^[†]

Notable Births

1950Marius Trésor, French footballer and coach^[†]

Marius Paul Trésor is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation.

Notable Deaths

1950Henry H. Arnold, American general (born 1886)^[†]

Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and later, General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), commanding general of the United States Army Air Forces, the only United States Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the world's largest non-profit global policy think tanks, the RAND Corporation, and was one of the founders of Pan American World Airways.

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Headlines from January 15, 1950

Winds, Snow, Floods Kill 28; Upstate New York Hard Hit; SHEEP BLINDED BY BLIZZARD IN THE WEST WINDS AND FLOODS CAUSE 28 DEATHS Buildings Wrecked

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Wabash levee breaks near Oaktown, Ind; 4 dead; Ohio River overflows for 200 mi; 5,000 homeless; Shawneetown evacuated; Natl Guard called

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21 BACK ON BEATS IN POLICE SHAKE-UP; But Only One Loses the Extra Plainclothes Pay--Others Rejoin Old Commanders 21 BACK ON BEATS IN POLICE SHAKE-UP

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21 plainclothesmen get uniform duty

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TAXPAYER IN NEW HANDS; Investor Takes a Building in Rockville Centre

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Late Selling of Stocks Reduces Early Advance

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11,000 MINERS REBEL AT ORDER BY LEWIS TO RETURN TO WORK; Nine Locals Balk at Going to Soft Coal Pits Tomorrow to Renew Three-Day Week CRY '5 DAYS OR NOTHING' Wide Discontent at Lack of Contract Indicated--Denham Injunction Move Due Soon Issue Left to Locals 11,000 MINERS BALK AT RETURN TO PITS West Virginia Cut Is Seen

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J G Forrest on Lewis tactics

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ACCORD IS REACHED OVER TENNIS DATES; West Side Club Agreeable at Eastern Meeting to Early Closing Asked by Coast ACCORD IS REACHED OVER TENNIS DATES

By Allison Danzig

At the end of one of the most harmonious annual meetings of the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association, the West Side Tennis Club went on record yesterday as having no objection to holding the 1950 national championships at the same early date as last summer.

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WHETHER TO GO NORTH OR SOUTH; Some Like Winter Hot and Some Like It Cold, Which Is Why There Are Snowbirds and Sun Followers amd Plenty of Resorts for Both

By Horace Sutton

ONE of the most passionate North-South controversies since the Second Battle of Bull Run is the seasonal dispute between winter vacationists who follow the sun and those who seek the snow.

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BUSINESS INDEX RISES IN WEEK

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Army Staves Off Bid by Rutgers To Take Fifth Straight, 58-54; Cadet Five Paced by Boydston as Galiffa, Tixier Also Shine--West Point Victor Over Harvard in Hockey, Swimming ARMY FIVE DOWNS RUTGERS, 58 TO 54

By Roscoe McGowen Special To the New York Times

WEST POINT, N.Y., Jan. 14-- For the first time since 1947 Army's basketball team had won five straight games after outscoring Rutgers today, 58--54, in the field house before a crowd of 3,500. The game was the headliner of a long afternoon and evening of sports competition.

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ASSESSED VALUES AND TAX RATES UP SINCE WAR ENDED; Average Rise of 26.5 Per Cent in Assessment Figures Is Shown for 248 Cities KEEPING BEHIND MARKET Growing Problem of Exemptions Cited in Survey Made for the Municipal League ASSESSED VALUES AND TAX RATES UP

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ed cites C of C survey

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WILT FIRST IN MILE AND 3-MILE RACES; Establishing a New Record in Metropolitan A.A.U. Championships WILT FIRST IN MILE AND 3-MILE RACES

By William J. Briordythe New York Times

A great double scored by Fred Wilt, this country's premier distance runner, stole the show at the Metropolitan A.A.U. senior indoor track and field championships at the Third Engineer Group Armory last night. A crowd of 5,000 watched the program sponsored by the Bronx County Democratic Committee.

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THREE PEOPLE; 'The Member of the Wedding' Superbly Acted by an Excellent Company Dramatized Novel Three Chief Characters Joining Human Society Harold Clurman's Gifts

By Brooks Atkinson

EVERYONE recognizes the single deficiency that keeps Carson McCullers' "The Member of the Wedding" from being a thoroughly overwhelming play. It is static; it lacks the inner motion of a fully resolved piece of theatre work.

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