ROK Troops Win Fresh Victory on Imjin Front
South Korean troops captured Little Nori hill near the Imjin river after a hard two day battle with Chinese forces. Engineers rushed in with logs and sandbags to fortify under heavy shelling as the fighting continued along a 40 mile front north of Seoul.
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Nori Hill
Korea
U.N
Hoi
Imjin
ROKS
U.S
Howard A Tramel
Breckenridge
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Thursoas
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U. S. Fighth Army
Artill
Nori
Wrest
Four Allied Planes Lost Over Korea This Week
Four Allied aircraft were reported lost in the past week over North Korea, with no air clashes against MIG15s. The Fifth Air Force noted several enemy losses and ground-fire incidents, as South Korean and Allied forces pressed to retake Little Nori and nearby peaks, amid heavy fighting and artillery bombardment.
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Seoul
North Korea
S. Fifth Air Force
Fifth Air Force
Just Like Old Times Ex Mate Sub For GI
In Suuerda Court San Pere housewife Mrs Flava C Gilmore 27 testifies she lives platonically with first husband Harold Alexander 26 under same roof while Sgt Winsford Gilmore her Marine husband fights in Korea. Alexander seeks divorce custody of son Edward 6 and support while Gilmore contends Mexican divorce legality. Alexander agrees to leave boy with Gilmore and pay 40 monthly, judge warns the living arrangement must be clarified.
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San Pere
Suerida Court
Flava C. Gilmore
Lewis Drucker
Harold Alexander
Sgt
Winsford Gilmore
Tijuna
Mexico
Alexander
Korea
Gilmore
California
But No Charm Trap Works On 3rd Try
A booby trap at Berando Street Junior High School finally activated Friday after safe crackers breached the student store twice in recent weeks. The device released tear gas, startling intruders who fled with smarting eyes. Principal William J. Ferguson confirms prior attempts failed. Irene Ramsey notes the sign reading Have fun on the strongbox door.
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Los Angeles
Berando Street
William J. Fergueson
Irene Ramsey
By Any Other Name Army drops the term casualty
L.A. SAYS the Army will stop using casualty to describe the weekly list of dead wounded and missing. Pentagon officials justify the shift by noting most wounded recover and return to duty. The writer doubts the change will work and says the public can read the losses already. Continued on Page 6.
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Fortune Teller Ends His Life in Despair
Paris report says Charles Fosset also known as Fakir Birman aged 31 hanged himself in his Paris apartment. He left a letter stating he could not face what life had in store for him.
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Charles Fosset
Fakir Birman
Fosset
Water Front Strike Ended By Injunction
Seattle front strike ends as Superior Court Judge James Hodson grants a temporary injunction. Pickets are halted and employers ordered to honor contracts with the International Longshoremen's Association. Only military and some Alaska relief cargo had moved since the strike began November 10 over hires by an independent group.
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Seattle
Superior Court
James Hodson
Bomb Rios San Pedro Malt Shop Bombing Ties to Youth Gangs
Twenty people narrowly escaped death when a grenade sized bomb hit the glass front of the SAN PEDRO malt shop at 550 W Fifth St Friday night. The blast shattered the display and sent glass splinters through the interior. investigators say a simulated ground bursting shell with a fuse was used. Police pursue links to teen groups seen fleeing the area and a possible youth gang war amid concerns of harbor district turmoil.
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Chicago
Fifth St
Charies Ellis
Ellis
Paul Wilbur
Eugene Sullivan
Army Ordnance
Beulah England
10Th St
Harbor District
Blizzard Devastates East Coast Killing At Least 100
A wind driven storm exploded into the season’s worst blizzard from Boston to New York and New England on Friday. Up to 20 inches fell on Vermont and New Hampshire highlands while communications failed and roads closed. A major fire in Rockland Maine caused substantial damage and was brought under control with help from volunteers and civil defense. Fifteen inches reported at Montpelier Vermont and Mt. Washington New Hampshire. Southern New England spared the worst as Boston cleared by late afternoon.
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Atlantic
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Knox County Civil Defense Corps
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Record Heat Forecast as Weekend Promises More Warmth
Parched northeast winds pushed Long Beach temperatures to a record 82 degrees on Friday and forecasters said it would rise further. Shoppers wearing summer clothes prepared for Christmas as the five day outlook showed above normal temperatures with a chance of light rain in the northwest coastal and mountain areas. Lifeguards reported steady beach activity despite heat while other regions reported heavy snow in Kratka Ridge and Mt Waterman with icy roads and closures on the Big Pines to Blue Ridge route.
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Bem
Weather Bureau
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Blue Ridge
Nab Attorney in Estate Shortage
A 44 year old Lakewood attorney once a Signal Hill Township candidate for high judicial office was arrested Friday on charges he mismanaged an estate he was executor for. He was jailed two hours before a $500 bond release ordered by Superior Court Judge Joseph Maltby. Boland to appear Monday to answer default charges. he previously received a suspended sentence after contempt for failing to supply an account of the Gustave A. Wanger estate.
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Lakewood
Signal Hill Township
Joseph R. Boland
Faculty Ave
Superior Court
Joseph M. Maltby
Boland
Paul Nourse
Gustave A. Wanger
Visit to shrine triggers executor abuse case
R O Dawson of 4202 Marwick Ave alleges attorney Boland neglected and mismanaged the Wanger estate and seeks termination of Boland’s executor powers. Judge Nourse suspended Boland’s executor duties June 1 1952 and ordered estate fees placed with a special administrator. Contempt cited for failure to account and produce vouchers. Boland had filed a partial accounting in April 1952 amid claims by the sole beneficiary of Wanger.
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Marwick Ave
Mexico City
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Virgin of Guadalupe
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Wanger
Ords
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Waniger
Debris Found From Two Planes in Nevada Storms
Wreckage of two airplanes with seven aboard sighted in northeast Nevada after storms. Authorities believe the Air Force C-54 missing since Monday on a Colorado Springs to Stead AFB run near Reno may be among the finds, located 18 miles southwest of Wells. A single-engine Cessna 170 piloted by Ivan T. Hart was found in Independence Valley, 65 miles northwest, with no signs of life.
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Wells
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Here
Blaze Destroys 16 Businesses in Rockland Me
A wind driven fire swept Rockland Maine on Friday night destroying two hotels a theater a bowling alley and about a dozen other businesses. No serious injuries were reported though property damage ran into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hundreds of residents were evacuated as firefighters from multiple towns fought the blaze.
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Roving Envoy Quits Near East Post
Edwin A. Locke Jr, roving U S ambassador in the Near East, resigned Friday. President Truman accepted the resignation with sincere regret.
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Washington
Edwin A. Locke Jr
U. S
Near East
Truman
Eisenhower Ends Hawaii Parleys on Noon Today
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower is due to land at Travis Air Base California from Honolulu near 11 p.m. today and proceed to LaGuardia New York around noon Sunday completing his Korea trip. He is expected to issue a new statement on his Pacific visit after arriving in the mainland.
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Secret Service Detains Teen Threat to Eisenhower
The Secret Service picked up a teenage boy who said he would like to put a bullet through Eisenhower's head. Fred A. Irwin said a citizen reported the remark. The boy, on probation for burglary, was turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Secret Service
Eisenhower
Fred A. Irwin
Irwin
Eisenhower Hears MacArthur Plan On Ending Korean War
President elect Eisenhower intends to meet with MacArthur in New York to hear a clear plan for solving the stalemate in Korea. A spokesman said Eisenhower requested the plan to address the urgent global crisis and avoid wasting time on lesser issues. The trip from Hawaii includes a noontime departure by military air transport and a planned newsreel and TV statement at the field.
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Eisenhower
New York
Far East
Hoodlums Attack Women on Local Streets Police report
Two separate assaults Friday night on local streets left two women robbed and one purse seized. Norma D. Alien, 20, teacher at Lowell Elementary, fought briefly as a slender youth grabbed her purse on Eighth Street. 25 cents was taken before he fled with two accomplices in a nearby car. In the second incident, Rose Reed, 54, and Mary G. Robbins, 60, were robbed by two young men on Eucal Avenue. one was armed and the pair escaped in a car with Reed’s purse containing $1.
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E. Eighth St
Lowell
Eighth St
Rose Reed
Chestnut Ave
Mary G. Robbins
Cedar Ave
Eucal Ave
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