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record number of aliens detained, Ellis Is; illus; pub demonstration of procedures; ints show most have only nominal totalitarian ties
SUNCHON, North Korea, Oct. 21--Korean Communists massacred at least sixty-eight American prisoners of war Friday night near the Sunchon railway tunnel ten miles north of here.
Hanley, touring Wall St, contrasts his financial condition with Lehman's and Lynch's
UN troops meet virtually no opposition; seize positions along Chongchon River; SKs take Pukchong, drive to Suso; pass Huichon; capture Anju; drive to Kunu and Kujang; air force raids fleeing enemy; US and Commonwealth forces drive toward Sinanju; B-29s drop leaflets on Kanggye, Chongjin and other NK cities demanding surrender; US 8th Army repr believes organized resistance ended
US Rear Adm A E Smith says Russians supervised laying 30-mi minefield, Wonsan, with Soviet mines; repts US mustered only 7 of 500 minesweepers for war
1950Maths O. Sundqvist, Swedish businessman (died 2012)[†]
Maths-Olov Sundqvist was a Swedish entrepreneur and business magnate. Sundqvist was one of Sweden's wealthiest individuals; however, during the Great Recession, he was forced to sell most of his possessions at huge losses.
1950Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (born 1886)[†]
Al Jolson was an American singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]