Judge Dismisses Key Charges Against Lattimore
Federal judge Luther Youngdahl dismissed the two main perjury counts against Owen Lattimore, labeling them form of and obscure. The case, tied to statements before a Senate subcommittee in 1952, remains with five counts pending appeal. Lattimore, a Johns Hopkins professor and former State Department consultant, faced renewed indictment earlier.
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Luther W. Youngdah
Owen Lattimore
Youngdehi
Lattimore
Senate
Youngdahl
U.S
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Thurman Arnold
Latrimore
Lauchlin
Currie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pacific Affairs
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
Hemophiliac Reaches 220th Blood Transfusion Milestone
Duke Hospital physicians report Willie I Cooke a hemophiliac in Varham North Carolina has received his 220th pint of whole blood and plasma. He began treatment after a tooth extraction in Durham on January 5 and has required ongoing transfusions as his blood fails to clot properly.
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N.C
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Durham
Secret dynamite in Senate power probe plans
The Anti Monoply subcommittee holds confidential utility papers to shock headlines in a forthcoming investigation of the electric power industry. Key items include minutes of NAEC executive committee in Washington and a memorandum by Purcell Smith, NAEC lobbyist. The probe aims to capitalize on disclosed material as Senator Kilgore leads judiciary actions.
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Senate
Utive Committee
National Association of Electric Companies
Congress
Purcell Smith
NAEC
T Capital
Harley Kilgore
D. W. Waid
Judiciary Committee
Weed Filled San Lorenzo Cemetery May Become Memorial Park
San Lorenzo could gain a memorial park for pioneers if a proposed bill allows Alameda County to take over and rehabilitate the weeded cemetery at Hesperian Boulevard and College Street. Pioneers buried there since the 1850s have faced neglect and toppled stones amid community calls for restoration.
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San Lorenzo
Francis Duan
Alameda
Convicts Seize Guards In Bizarre Charlestown Prison Riot
Ten rioting prisoners at Charles Town state prison surrendered while 12 inmates held five guards hostage seeking freedom. The uprising led to a standoff as ringleaders pressured for escape, with gate doors, telephone links, and dramatic threats shaping hours of tense negotiations.
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INS
Charlestown State Prison
Charlestown
John J. O'Brien
Theodore F. Green
Walter Balben
Fritz Swenson
Joan Flaherty
Balben
O'Brien
Cherry Hill
Breed Rapid Transit Plan Introduced in California
The Bree Rapid Transit plan for the San Francisco Bay area was introduced in the Senate and Assembly. Sen. Arthur Breed and Assemblyman Walter I. Dahl proposed creating a rapid transit district with taxing power to acquire and operate bus and rail lines. Voters in the district would form the district by petition or city action, and a five member board would appoint a general manager. The plan would not interfere with existing transit facilities owned by public agencies.
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Sacramento
San Francisco Bay Area
Arthur Breed
Oakland
Walter I. Dahl
Piedmont
Perpetual toll bill eyed in Senate Transportation panel
A sweeping measure in Sacramento seeks to authorize perpetual tolls on existing state bridges to fund construction of new crossings. The bill advances before the Senate Transportation Committee amid debate over long term financing and transportation needs.
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Sacramento
Senate Transportation
Assemblyman Bee Key Figure in Alameda Race Hearing
Sacramento assemblyman Carlos Bee becomes a focal point in hearings over the Alameda county race between Robert Crown and incumbent Democrat Randolph Dickey. Bee faces an affidavit of prejudice demand from Dickey unless Bee recuses himself, as Bee signals potential disqualification while weighing Crown’s recount request. If seated, Bee would primarily hear Crown’s petition as vice chairman of the elections committee.
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Carlos Bee
State Assembly
Alameda County
Randal F. Dickey
Alameda
Bee
Hayward
Assembly
Robert Crown
Dickey
Crown
San Francisco
Election Committee
Burglars Strike Soren Son Elementary School
Thieves broke into Soren Son Elementary over the weekend stealing 1042.20 in office equipment and sporting goods. They reportedly forced a rear glass door after attempting to break in from the outside, then ransacked the nurse's office and kitchen.
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Sorenson
Douglas Pimentel
Hayward
Pimentel
Red forces seize Yichangshan island as Tachens brace for threat
Seaborne Chinese Red troops stormed Yichangshan isle, 8 miles north of the Tachens, with 3000 attackers supported by air and naval bombardment. A Communist task force pressed toward Pishan, aiming to isolate the Tachens’ northern invasion routes to Formosa. Nationalists claimed ongoing combat late night as U.S. advisory views and weather shifts influence planned actions.
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al-Shek
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Mum Lpoldt Bay
San Rafaels
San Anselmo
San Francisco
Ingleside
Smog Control Plan Backed by UC Report in Bay Area
A UC Bureau of Public Administration report backed a regional smog control program for nine Bay Area counties warning pollution may rival Los Angeles unless swift actions are taken. It notes air quality lags LA due to fewer people, cars, and smokebelching industries. Kaiser engineer Caplan says Bay Area pollution is already half as bad as LA and worsening, urging research on air pollution capacity and pollutant removal rates.
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San Francisco Bay Area
University of California
Bureau of Public Administration
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Los Angeles County
Los Angeles
Bay Region
Knowlton J. Caplan
Kaiser Engineers
San Francisco
Dulles Says Yichangshan Island Unimportant to Formosa Defense
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles stated the island of Yichangshan, recently invaded by Red China, holds no significant strategic value in defending Formosa. He urged that the latest fighting does not justify U.S. military intervention at this time.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Yichangshan
FBI Nab Hayward Bank Robber Ends Crime Spree
Floyd Vernon DeFrates 26 formerly of Oakland was arrested on a warrant for the December 27 Fremont First National Bank holdup. Traced from Hayward and Fremont notes signed Pretty Boy Floyd to a Gila Bend hotel car purchase, he admitted the Fremont theft and the Hayward robbery. FBI and SBI agents linked handwriting and letters to confirm identity.
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Fremont
FBI
de Frates
Phoenix
Oakland
U.S
Cameron Wolfe
DesFrates
John O. Johnson
Burlingame
William Whelan
San Francisco
DeFrates
Gila Bend
Ariz
Nebraska
Pretty Boy Floyd
Washington, D.C
Travel agency operator sought over Hawaii trip thefts
Police issued a warrant for Blanche Osuna a travel agency operator in San Leandro after four women claimed they paid 700 in total for Hawaii passage on a Matson liner but never sailed. Complainants say Osuna took cash and checks, promising May sailings, while Osuna reportedly resides at 955 Davis Street Oakland and is linked to theft charges involving her husband William Martin.
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Matson
Blanche Osuna
Lurline
Hawaii
Matson Navigation Company
Los Angeles
San
City Council Weighs New Swig Annexation Petition Tonight
Hayward council members will study Ben Swig’s revised annexation request tonight after the Alameda County Boundaries Commission approved new boundaries. The 62 acre site between Winton Avenue and Jackson Street near the Eastshore Freeway seeks annexation and commercial zoning. Henry Stoneson’s purchase of 50 acres forced Swig to revise. Council may set a public hearing date. agenda includes pawnshop regulation and zoning reports from the Hayward Planning Commission covering four annexations including the Washington annex between the Hayward Golf Course and Hillview Crest.
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Hayward
Alameda County Boundaries Commission
San Francisco
Winton Avenue
Jackson Street
Henry Stoneson
Swig
Boundaries Commission
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