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gives photos to White House aides; illus
TOKYO, Friday, Dec. 25 -- The United States returned to Japan yesterday control of the Amami Islands, which lie between the Japanese main islands and the United States' Far East bastion on Okinawa.
more time for ints demanded by Czech and Polish reprs; rejected by NNRC; Peiping radio demands indefinite detention of POWs; charges US used pressure on Thimayya; 3 pro-Communist POWs tell UN newsmen that Communists urged them to return to SK villages; deny compulsion
reptdly to appt F W H Adams Police Comr; to reappt W E Boyland Tax Comm Pres and S N Siegel Munic Broadcasting System and Radio Communications Dir
1953Kaarlo Maaninka, Finnish runner[†]
Kaarlo Hannes Maaninka is a Finnish former long-distance runner who won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres and a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Maanink later admitted to using blood transfusions during the 1980 Olympics, although this practice was not prohibited under the rules at that time.
1953Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1865)[†]
Patrick Joseph Donovan was an Irish born right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1890 to 1907, most notably the Pittsburgh Pirates. Donovan started his career with Boston in 1890 but shuffled over to Brooklyn before the season ended, which saw him win the National League pennant. He played for Louisville and Washington of the American Association for a season each before he found himself with the Pirates in 1892, where he would play for the next seven years. In his first full season with the team, he had his first .300 season as a National League player, batting .317 with 46 stolen bases and 158 hits in 113 games. He batted .300 in each of the next five seasons with Pittsburgh before his tenure ended in 1899. He joined St. Louis in 1900 and played the next four seasons for the team, which saw him bat .300 three straight times and lead the NL in stolen bases with 45 in 1900. He played a season in Washington before sitting out 1905; he played eight combined games in 1906 and 1907 with Brooklyn to end his career.
1953William Haselden, British cartoonist (born 1872)[†]
William Kerridge Haselden was an English cartoonist and caricaturist.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]