US and Chinese Confer on Joint Formosa Defense
US and Chinese officials hold talks on forming a unified defense for Formosa. Admiral Stump arrives from a 36 hour voyage aboard a Nationalist handover destroyer to meet First and Seventh Fleet leaders and Nationalist military chiefs. Discussions also involve Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist staff amid Red China threats to liberate Formosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Felix B. Stump
U. S. Pacific
U. S
Formosa
Stump
Formosa Strait
United States
William Phillips
Alfred Pride
Red China
Eisenhower
Seventh Fleet
South China Seas
Chiang Kai-shek
Hornet
Philippine Sea
Ail
Fride
Phillips
William G. Chase
Chou Chi-jou
Nationalist Security Council
Peng Meng-chi
Castro Valley Lions Club House Sold to Restaurant Operators
Joseph and Grace May, operators of the Crow Canyon Chateau restaurant, were chosen last night to buy the Castro Valley Lions clubhouse on Routledge road. They plan to convert the building into a new restaurant. Sale price was not announced but will cover all Lions debts. other offers came from the Castro Valley American Legion and the Moose Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro Valley
Joseph
Grace May
Crow Canyon Chateau
Castro Valley Lions
Lions Club
Mays
Routledge Road
Lions
Arthur Emmes
Castro Valley American Legion
Moose Lodge
County reports $874000 expansion with four plants
Alameda County reports 874000 in new manufacturing investment creating 118 jobs. The announcement notes four new plants and expansion activity amid July industrial sector doldrums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Alameda County
Mendes-France Tries to Sell New EDC Plan
Pierre Mendes France arrives in Brussels to push a watered down European Defence Community plan. opposition from West Germany Italy Belgium and Britain grows as Washington warns acceptance could force a reappraisal of U.S. Europe policy and Britain urges compromise before the proposal is shown to partner nations.
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Brussels
Belgium
Pierre Mendes- France
E.D.C
United States
Washington
Germany
France
Taly
Holland
Luxembourg
Britain
Mendes-France
Gladwyn Jebb
Paris
London
Gladwyn
Sir Gladwyn
U. S
B.D.C
Europe
John Foster Dulles
Justice Department Moves Fast on Immunity Law in Espionage
Deputy Attorney General William Rogers disclosed that the Justice Department has begun using the new immunity statute to reopen old espionage cases. U S Attorneys are to summon key witnesses who previously refused to testify, including several Communists expected to become government witnesses. The plan aims for indictments soon as part of long pending spy cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
U. S
War
Airline strike talks break up after failed mediation
Federal mediation meetings aimed at settling the 19 day old American Airlines strike broke up today with both sides deadlocked. C R Smith returned to New York saying no more talks between American Airlines and the AFL Airline employees union were scheduled. The firm renewed its proposal to arbitrate the dispute but the union again declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Airlines
C. R. Smith
New York
AFL
Airline Filets Association
Smith
Hoover's Son Succeeds Bedell Smith as Under Secretary
Herbert Hoover Jr. was unanimously confirmed by the Senate as under secretary of state to succeed Walter Bedell Smith, who resigns Oct. 1 to return to private life. Hoover, son of the former president, was nominated by Eisenhower a day earlier. Smith plans undisclosed post in Washington and cites overextension. Smith, a former OSS chief and ambassador to Moscow, will pursue occasional service and a new role in Washington. Hoover, a mining engineer like his father, has served as a consultant to South American governments and resides in San Marino, California.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Walter Bedell Smith
Hoover
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Smith
John Foster Dulles
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Moscow
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
San Marino
Calif
Hayward Sets 163572 Value For Water Meters District
The Hayward city council last night assigned a total value of 163,572 dollars to water meters, connections, and related facilities in the Cherryland district.
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Hayward
Cherryland
Typhoon Rips Across Japan Killing 39 People
A Typhoon swept Kyushu at 115 miles per hour killing 39 and threatening Honshu. Up to 20 inches of rain caused floods and landslides. Seven bodies recovered, 19 buried in a south Oita landslide, 13 missing. Damage already at $1.2 million with more expected. Big airbases near path. Osaki Osaka Kyoto Tokyo on alert.
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Tokyo
Kyushu
Honshu
Oita
Gnissing
U. S
Amari Oshima Islands
America
Far East
City Tax Rate Set At 1.90 In Muir District
The city council approved the current fiscal year tax schedule for the Muir district with District 1 at 1.90 and District 2 at 1.86 per 100 dollars of assessed value. The action reflects a 1 cent District 1 reduction tied to bond interest and redemption changes not affecting Muir. Total assessed valuation moved from 27.17 million to 28.21 million.
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Hayward
Muir
McCarthy won't cross examine witnesses in censure hearings
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy will not personally question witnesses. his attorney Edna Bennett Williams will handle the hearings as counsel. Chairman Watkins said the committee can have all six members ask questions, while Chadwick defends his past remarks about Marshall.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Edna
Bennett . Williams
McCarthy
Wallace Chadwick
R-Pa
George C. Marshall
Chadwick
Pennsylvania
Arthur ¥. Watkins
R-Ctai
Watkins
Chester
Radio and Television Correspondents Association
Williams
House of Representatives
Gen
Marishall
House
Marshall
Gen. Marshall
Watkins St
Teens in New York City kill for thrills gang leadership named
A four teen gang in Brooklyn aged 15 to 18 confessed to a wave of thrill killings and brutal assaults. Jack Kraslow led the group with Melvin Mittman Jerome Lieberman and Robert Trachtenberg involved. Victims included a vagrant beaten to death and two elderly men struck in parks. Police seek more victims.
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New York
INS
New York City
Brooklyn
Edward Silver
Jack Kraslow
Melvin Mittman
Krasiow
Jerome Lieberman
Robert Trachtenberg
Mittman
Lieberman
Kraslow
Trachtenberg
Silver
Washington Park
Rheingold Ulrichson
McCarran Park
Four San Francisco Firms Cut Wholesale Coffee Prices
Four large San Francisco companies Hills Bros Folgers MJB and S W reduced wholesale coffee prices by 10 cents a pound yesterday. The price fell to 1.245 dollars per pound as the firms announced cuts in rapid succession.
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San Francisco
Four Hills Bros. Folgers
MJB
S&w
Shooting Spurs Probe By Coroner In San Leandro
Oscar Lyon, 69, a Chertryland contractor, was killed by a San Leandro police officer on a rooftop near his home. Officer Charles Kane, 25, said he acted in self defense when Lyon leveled a .22 rifle. The coroner will investigate. Chief Lamoureaux said possible action against Kane. Police were at Lyon's home about lumber theft from Larson Lumber Co.
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San Leandro
Oscar Lyon
Chertryland
Charles Kane
Lyon
Cherry Way
Chie A. J. Lamoureaux
Kane
Kenneth Swanson
Larson Lumber Company
West Joaquin Avenue
Alameda Supervisors divert courthouse funds to hospital build
Alameda County Supervisors cut more than half a million from the 1954-55 budget, diverting $800,000 reappropriation for a new courthouse toward hospital construction. Total cuts reach $665,145 with further budget battles pending, including welfare relief and tax-rate implications.
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Oakland
Alameda
Eden Township
Board of Supervisors
Alameda County Taxpayers’ Association
Alameda County Welfare Commission
South County
13Th
Jackson Streets
Staples ‘Ranch
Hall of Records
Superior Court
Oakland Berkeley
San Leandro
Highland Hospital
Boys’ Camp
East Bay
Captain Says Russ Fired on His Steamer
Groningen Netherlands The captain of a small Netherlands coastal steamer Dora 392-ton says Soviet cruiser Ivan fired on his ship in the Gulf of Pinland during a strange game. He reported the attack continued as they changed course and finally dropped anchor with no casualty or damage details disclosed.
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Groningen
The
Netherlands
INS
Gulf of Pinland
P. Peik
Ivan
Senate Approves Flood Control Bill With San Lorenzo Creek Funding
The Senate increased authorization for river and harbor projects and flood control nationwide and sent the measure back to the House. It earmarks 3.79 million for San Lorenzo Creek flood control in Hayward, with total authorizations over 180 water conservation projects totaling about 1.072 billion dollars. The bill also includes 25 million for partial Susquehanna River flood protection and other river projects, with Saginaw River funding and Navarro Mills Reservoir on Richland Creek in Texas approved.
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Washington
Ins
Senate
House
Tivers
San Lorenzo Creek
Hayward
Thomas H. Kuchel
J Calif
Public Works Committee
Army Engineers
West Branch
Susquehanna River
Pennsylvania
New York
Saginaw River
Michigan
Navarro Mills
Richland Creek
Texas
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California
William Hanson
Bob Sheridan
Roy Manning
William D. Robinson
Robinson
Jackson Street
Eastshore
Robert Allen
Main ST
Bedell Smith
Japan
Wall Pass
Itami Air Base
Nagoya Air Base
Osaka
Kyoto
Heyward
Aste General Fund
Sen. McCarthy
East River
Harry Lieberman
Action
Butwatofs Department
Fairmont Ospitel
Sheriff's Department
Civil Defense
Russ
Lorenzo Creek
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