Americans in Red China Count and Fates
Tokyo dispatch notes about 50 Native Americans living in Red China with roughly double that number of Chinese-Americans. Four Americans are known prisoners in Communist China while some hold roles in propaganda networks. It names Anna Louise Strong and George Hatem among notable residents, cites mixed loyalties, and details the four prisoners from the Korean War era with varying terms and health, plus their limited contact with families and humanitarian aid. The piece ends with a brief hint of broader historical context.
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Tokyo
Red China
U.S
Peking
China
Mao Tse-Tung
Mao
Liu Shao-Chi
Radio
Anna Louise Strong
Seattle
Wash
United States
Miss Strong
Sun Yat-Sen
Chinese Republic
Talitha Gerlach
Gerald Tannanebaum
State Department
George Hatem
Buffalo
N.Y
Ma Hai-Teh
Howard G. Adams
Corsicana
Tex
James G. Veneris
Hawthorn
Peking University
Oth
Ers
James E. Walsh
Shanghai
Cumberland
Hugh F. Redmond
Yonkers
Hong Kong
John T. Downey
Wallingford
Lynn
Mass
Downey
International Red Cross
Bishop Walsh
Redmond
Fecteau
Smith says he stays mad all day and writes sharp satire
New York AP report profiles H Allen Smith, famed humorist turned author of Son of Rhubarb, detailing his defiant stance against worldly pomp, view of humor as social critique, and reflections on past and present peers in American literary culture. Graduation note adds Marie E McMorran of Biddeford, editor and performer, engaged to Raymond Thibodeau, planning a July wedding and teaching English at Sanford High School.
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New York
H. Allen Smith
Smith
America
H. Allen
Huntington
Ind
Horatio Alger
Florence Nightingale
Jonathan Swift
H. L. Mencken
Fred Allen
Bob Benchley
Donald Ogden Stewart
Ring Lardner
Frank Sullivan
Dorothy Parker
Don Marquis
Mark Twain
St. Joseph’s College
North Windham
Marie E. McMorran
Albert E. McMorran
Elm St
Biddeford
Sanford High School
Kennedy Loses Harvard Overseers Board Bid
Sen Robert F Kennedy fails to win a seat on Harvard Universitys Board of Overseers in the alumni mail election. Results announced at commencement show Kennedy among four other losers in a ten candidates field.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Harvard University
Harvard
John F. Kennedy
Two Die in Stockton Springs Car Crash
A two car collision at a US L intersection killed Forrest Socca 62 of Rockport and Earl Webster 61 of Belfast. Nancy Ginn 15 of Stockton Springs was listed in critical condition with multiple injuries at Eastern Maine General Hospital in Bangor.
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Stockton Springs
Forrest Socca
Rockport
Earl Webster
Belfast
Nancy Ginn
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Bangor
Car Crash Injures Teen Passenger and Family
Donna Ginn aged 16 another passenger in Socca vehicle sustained lesser injuries. The other car driven by Norman Morse of Bass Harbor carried Morse his wife and two young children who all suffered minor injuries.
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Donna Ginn
Socca
Norman Morse
Bass Harbor
Morse
Independent eye movement in flatfish noted
A science note explains that flatfish eyes can turn independently to look in different directions. One eye may look forward while the other looks backward or sideways, enabling broad field vision.
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Oberlin College
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Russia
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
G. Robert Aaron
Alvin Aaron
Saco
University of Maine
Phi Kappa Phi
Boyle
Catherine the Great
Towle
Main St
Bop
Daly
Alfred Street
York Savings
Masonic Bldg
Chichester
England
Danny Kaye
Kaye
Chichester Theater Festival
Israel
Fenella Fielding
John Clementes
Sarnia
Ont
Twiggy
Margareta Arvidssen
Sweden
New Delhi
India
Svetlana Stalin
Hindustan Times
Svetlana
Kalak Jankar
Delhi
Nirjesh Singh
Moscow
Ganges
Kalakankar
Joseph Stalin
Biddeford Savings Bank
F.d.lc
Biddeford, Maine
Salvation Army
Union Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Earle Nugent
All People’s Church
Belmont
N. Fl
California
Mr. Nugent
N. H
South America
Canada
Franklin’ St
Trusl Nursing
May Street
Grants
Hi.p
W.T. Grant CO
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