Gen Wainwright Testifies At Treason Trial
Gen Jonathan M Wainwright testified in U S District Court as a defense witness for John David Prován, recounting the surrender of the Philippines and the Corregidor siege in tense, hour by hour detail the day May 6 1942. His voice broke multiple times as he described the grim ordeal and morale questions surrounding the surrender.
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New York
Ilp
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Philippines
U. S. District Court
Trailor
John David Provan
Corregidor
Pravon
Provoo
Wainbwright
Grig
George Plotkin
Teenagers riot disrupt school, damage neighborhood
Police broke up a riot by about 15 Woodrow Wilson junior high students outside Claremont junior high. The youths, armed with improvised weapons, disrupted gym class and attacked the schoolyard before fleeing as officers arrived. Five were taken to the juvenile ball, and property in the neighborhood was damaged.
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Qakland
Sine
Claremont
Schaa
Donetla Brainard
Miss Brainard
Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
New Military Division Ready to Fight and Car Models Debut
Inside report notes Van Fleet announces a new Rok division prepared for battle. Three auto manufacturers unveil new models as pages detail broader topics from segregation debates to a Supreme Court study.
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van Fleet
ROK
Aulo
Eisenhower chooses Gruenther as next Army Chief of Staff
President elect Eisenhower plans Alfred Gruenther to become Army Chief of Staff after serving as NATO chief and a stint as Eighth Army commander. General Van Fleet, aging near 62, would rotate back to the US though expresses desire to retain command. The move aims to prepare Gruenther for the top post next August.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Korea
Alfred Gruenther
NATO
Joint Chiefs of
Start
Gruenther
Eighth Army
von Fleet
Beroges
J. Lawson Collins
Clert
Gruenthee Huring
Mark Lark
van Fleet
Joint Chiefs
Vanlos
Bratt
Grueither
Ambassador to China Quits Post After Illness
J Leighton Stuart an old China hand resigns as ambassador to Nationalist China after stroke and long recovery. He never assumed duties on Formosa and cites health as reason while Eisenhower eyeing a new envoy to Chiang Kai-shek’s regime. Stuart led Yen Ching University earlier and negotiated with Marshall during peace efforts. He was born June 24, 1876 in Hangchow.
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Washington
J. Leighton
Stuart
China
White House
Formosa
State Department
Eissenhower
Missimo Chiang Kai-shek
Yen[ching University
Peiping
Ise
George .C. Marshall
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U.S
Marshall
Jill
Naning
Hangchaw
Weekend Forecast Promises Clear Northern California Skies
A high pressure ridge is expected to keep most of California dry through Sunday, despite a large storm offshore west of Vancouver Island. The set pattern suggests fair weather continues, with central valley fog as the only persistent issue.
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San Francisco
California
Weather Bureau
Central Valley
Inquiry opens into San Francisco Bay ship wreck
A Coast Guard board of inquiry in San Francisco opened an investigation into the collision between the Norwegian freighter Fernstream and the Matson Hawaiian Rancher in thick fog off Alcatraz. All 42 crew and 12 passengers on Fernstream were saved. no lives lost.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard Board
San Francisco Bay
Coast Guard
Manila
Orient
Alcatraz Island
Golden Gate
William 1l. Meyer
Golden Gate Bridge
McCarran Ordered to Testify in $1 Million Suit
Las Vegas Senators Pat McCarran and Eva Adams face depositions in a $1,000,000 restraint of trade suit filed by Hank Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun. Judge Roger T. Foley ordered McCarran to give his deposition by January 1 in Washington, with the trial set for February.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Pat McCarran
Las Vegas Sun
Roger T. Foley
McCarran
Eva Adams
Foley
South America
William Leahy
Col
William Roberts
Washington
Hank Greenspun
the Sun
Greenspun
The
Sun
Feby
Valley Firemen's Club Dinner and Officers Installed
Santa Claus will visit children tomorrow night at the Linn's club building in Rutledge road for the annual dinner of the Casio Valley Firemen's club. Officers for 1953 include Dean Phillips president Douglas Miller first vice president Johnny Livingston second vice president William Sullivan recording secretary Charlie Johnson treasurer and Newton Moore corresponding secretary.
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Castro Valley
Santa Claus
Casio Valley Firemen's Club
Linn's Club
Rutledge Road
Dean Phillips
Douglas Miller
Johnny Livingston
William Sullivan
Charlie Johnson
Newton Moore
Hayward Pilot Presumed Dead In C-47 Crash
First Lieut Harry E Barlow 27 of Hayward is named among six believed dead in a C 47 crash in the Humboldt range near Wells Nev The missing plane was en route from Colorado Springs to Reno when sighted on a peak at 11090 feet The rescue task force including sheriffs deputies and Air Force personnel heads for the wreckage Barlow navigator of the crewed flight is survived by wife Caridean and son Jeffrey Dale The article notes a two day effort to recover remains and lists other crew members and a Navy passenger aboard the transport plane.
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Hayward
Hary_E. Barlow
Humboldt Range
Wells
Nev
Colorado Springs
Reno
Barlow
Stead Air Force Base
Ain
Air Force
Hathaway Avenue
Car
Dean
Jeffrey Dale
Air Force Reserve
Navy
Seaman
Four Oakland Men Arrested In Berkeley Liquor Store Hold Up
Four Oakland men were arrested after robbing a Berkeley liquor store on San Pablo Avenue last night. They demanded cigarettes, took $65, fired a shot at a woman, and fled. Penry fired back and police halted them at Ninth and Grayson streets. Suspects named Dudd Hooper 31 Thomas Smith 31 James Smith 28 and Charles Berry 28, all of Oakland.
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Berkeley
Oakland
San Pablo Avenue
Harrison R. Penry
Alice Penry
Ella Smith
James Smith
Charles Berry
Prep Students Visit San Jose
Forty five students from Hayward High School toured San Jose State College campus on Wednesday. The group, members of the California Scholarship Federation, was escorted by Miss Edrls Rahn and William Gregory of the high school faculty. Mrs Izetta Pritchard, assistant dean of women, led the campus tour along with Mrs Diana Meyers and Lowell C Pratt from the public relations office.
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Hayward
Heyward High School
San Jose State College
Edrls Rahn
William Gregory
California Scholarship Federation
Izetta Pritchard
Diana Meyers
Lowell C. Pratt
Truman to Name Four New WSB Industry Members
President Truman prepared to announce four new industry members to the Wage Stabilization Board ending a week long pay raise freeze. An administration source said the appointments would come before nightfall and include regional wage board members and business leaders. The board collapsed when industry members quit over a $1.90 coal miner pay raise, leaving the body with no consensus. CIO President Walter Reuther then went to the White House urging immediate end to wage controls, arguing price controls have weakened and wage controls lack moral justification.
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Washington
Crumman
Truman
Yan
Ard
Ane
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
White House
The
Heather
Congress
Alvarado Zoning Plans Discussed With Local Group
Alvarado area zoning suggestions were reviewed by the local chamber of commerce and county planning director John Jay Thomas. A revised land use map showing current uses and proposed future boundaries was requested for further refinement before February.
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Aalvaralo
Alvarado
Chamber
Commerce
John Jay Thomas
L. Chamber
Thomas
Washington, Township
Aly Alvarado
Reroup
Eisenhower Denounces Truman Demagoguery Over Korea Trip
President Elect Eisenhower's aides reject Truman's claim that his Korea visit sprang from demagoguery. Eisenhower, returning from a six day voyage aboard the Helena, plans golf at Kaneohe and meetings on military topics before New York with possible Mac Arthur talks. Aides stress no public comment. staff discuss next moves as the blackout on flight details continues.
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Merriman Smith
Honolulu
Eisenhower
Truman
Isenhower
Battlefront
Helena
Guam
Tony
Kaneone Marine Air Station
Mac
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
James C. Hagerty
United States
MacArthur
Hagerty
Korea
Konolulu
Lefl
Edwards Air Force Base
Muroc
Calif
Charles J. Wilson
Defense
George Humphrey
Treasury
Herbert Brownell
Omar N.J. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lucius Clay
Lisenhower
Joseph Madge
Budget Bureau
Roger Keyes
Detroit General Motors
Travis Aim Force Base
San Francisco
California
Wilson
Austin
Tex
Kansas City
John Foster Dilles
Interior
Douglas Mc Kay
Hawaii
Travis Air Force Base
Travis
U S Loyalty Reports Sought for United Nations
The State Department weighs methods to supply secret U S loyalty data to UN secretary general Trygve Lie to root out subversives in the UN secretariat. Senator Alexander Wiley warns of a possible U N funding boycott if subversives remain and calls for adequate security procedures.
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Washington
State Department
U. S
Trygve Lie
United Nations Secretariat
Jurist Commission
U. N
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Department
Lie
United States
Congress
Wiley
New York
VU. N
The
Murderer Billy Cook Executed at San Quentin
William E. Billy Cook, convicted of six murders, was executed in San Quentin Prison by gas chamber. He faced witnesses at 10:33 a.m. PST, displayed defiance, and was described as stoic during the procedure. The case drew observers from Oklahoma and other areas.
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San Quentin
William E
Billy) Cook
Joplin
Mad Dog
Cook
Atwood
U. N
United States
Glen E. Boydstun
Boydstun
Comanche
Okla
Andrew Grimes
Temple
Boydston
Howard Mortis
Oklahoma City
Vance King
Air Force
Toy Drive to Be Shown on TV in Alameda County
Alameda County Toys for Tots drive will be televised tomorrow from 3 to 8 p.m. on station KPIX. Children will donate toys at CBS TV studios on Van Ness Avenue at Greenwich Street and be introduced by Captain Fortune and other TV personalities.
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Nayward
Alameda County
Marine Corps Reserve
KPIX
CBS TV
van Ness Avenue
Greenwich Street
Captain Fortune
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