Boy Battered, Left Dead in Junk Lot
In a Bronx junk lot, 15 year old Paul Peltz was found beaten to death with a heavy concrete slab. Identified by his mother, he had been missing since Tuesday night and was last seen with an air rifle. Police doubt a gang motive.
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New York
Bronx
Pail Peitz
Lillian
Bos
Charles Hockman
Paul
Fordham Hospital
Mar
Emanuel Peltz
West Bronx
Hochman
Asistant
U S Commandant in Berlin Changed
In Heidelberg Germany the U S Army announced a transfer of the commandant in Berlin. Maj Gen Lemuel Mathewson to France and Maj Gen Thomas B Timberman to Berlin shift top European commands. Timberman brings World War II staff experience as he assumes Berlin duties.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U.S
France
Jor
Lemuel Mathew
Berlin
iMaj
Thomas B. Timberman
Darmstadt
Timberman
Europe
Mathewson
State Mails 1953 Motor Vehicle Registrations
California's 1953 license renewals are sent by the State Motor Vehicle Department. The first of five percent 1 million renewal applications went out by mail Friday for attaching to 1951 license plates.
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California
State Motor Vehicle Department
Ancient Skeletons Dug Up in Los Altos
Two prehistoric skeletons were unearthed late Friday afternoon among ruins of a 1500 year old Indian village near Bellflower Boulevard and Stearns Street in Los Altos. Over 40 archaeologists uncovered 106 additional artifacts including arrowheads knives bones and beads.
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Los Altos
Pubagna
McCarthy Hits Again in Oil Wildcat Venture Near Luther
Houston oil man Glenn McCarthy reports another wildcat success north of Oklahoma City near Luther. Jordan's No. 2 Rogers produced 240 barrels in a five hour test, with McCarthy owning a half interest in 2200 acres. Plans to form a new company to develop the property are under way as McCarthy leaves for Oklahoma, noting the Christmas Day strike also marked his birthday.
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Houston
Texas
Glenn McCarthy
Oklahoma City
Luther
McCarthy
Wao
Shamrock
Jordan
McCarthy ‘S
Robert M. Jordan
Oklahoma
Margo Petroleum Corp
John, Q. Maberry
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Stengel
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Shanbeck
McCarthy “Qi Co
Equitable
Delaware
Securities Exchange Commission
Maine students to train on income tax returns
The U S Treasury says it will sponsor courses in junior and senior high schools across Maine to teach students how to prepare income tax returns, aiming to help families with filings.
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Augusta
Maine
U. S. Treasury
True Prediction Former Pike Daredevil Kills Self
Joe Barnett, a 30 year old motorcycle racer known for Pike motor drome high speed stunts, died by suicide Christmas Day after leaving Long Beach for San Diego. He had vowed to quit dangerous rides following a crash with fellow rider Ted Poteet and faced despondency from a separation from his wife June Huntley. Police cited suicide as probable, with uncertainty whether to return his body to Long Beach or Florida for services.
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Joe Barnett
Pike Motordrome
Barnett
San Diego
W. Pike Jenme
Long Beach
Florida
Pike
Ted Poteet
Poteet
The
Virginia Park
June Huntley
Neighbor’s Good Deed Ignites Gasoline In Garage
C L Whipple attempted to thaw a frozen gas line by heating it with a light bulb next to a neighbor’s car. The bulb broke, igniting hot wires and gasoline on the garage floor, setting the car and garage ablaze.
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Spokane
C. L. Whipple
Whipple
Air Forces Hit Communist Supply Lines And Front Lines
U S fighter bombers destroyed 15 Red supply dumps indicating ammunition hits while 16 Sabre jets tangled with MiG jets over north Korea with no damage claims. Allied ground forces repelled four Red probing attacks along a 155 mile front and skirmished at Heartbreak Ridge. Temperatures fell to 2 degrees with snow. Eighth Army reports 10 Reds killed and 30 wounded. Air Force lost three planes that week.
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Seoul
Us. S
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Heartbreak Ridge
Chorwon
Eighth Army
Air Force
Lakewood Christmas Decorations Winners Named
Grand prize went to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ezra for interior Santa’s workshop scene. Second and third in interior were Mrs. Jane Gordon and FR. T. Zimmerman. Exterior winner was Mr and Mrs. Charles Heckel with runner ups Victor Jefferson and Mrs. Michael Swendra. First prize awarded war bonds, others medals or "Iseralis" per organizer A C Engelman.
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Lakewood
Melvin Ezra
Fidler Ave
Verdura Ave
FR. T. Zimmerman
Radnor Ave
Santa Claus
Charles Heckel
Clark Ave
Victor Jepperson
Bellflower Blvd
Michael Swendra
Fairman Ave
A. C. Engelman
Iseralis
Judge refuses to dismiss Young perjury indictments
Federal Judge Henry A Schweinhaut rejects requests to drop perjury charges against E Merl Young key RFC inquiry figure and three associates in the Senate investigation Young his brother Herschel Rosenbaum and Dudley indicted for lying to investigators in connection with government scandals and a mink coat linked case
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Washington
Henry A. Schweinhaut
E. Merl Young
Senate
RFC
Young
Herschel
Joseph H. Rosenbaum
Robert W. Dudley
Rosenbaum
New York Curb Exchange to be Renamed American Stock Exchange
The New York Curb Exchange will formally change its name to the American Stock Exchange on Monday, per E. F. Hutton & Co., exchange members. Hutton’s firm maintains ticket and Transitx service to the exchange exclusively in the Long Beach area, with W. CG. Ferguson as resident manager.
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Lne
new_ rork Curb Exchange
American Stock Exchange
E. F. Hutton & Co
Hutton
Long Beach
CG. Ferguson
Long Trail of Recipients Winding Back to Shops
Post-Christmas shoppers return to stores for exchanges as clerks note that men often misjudge women's sizes. Sears and other shops report rapid, satisfactory exchanges with customers like Mrs. Anne Thetford and Miss Polly Decker, reflecting a busy postholiday season of returns and credits.
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Long
Sears Roebuck
Anne Thetford
Myrtle Ave
Sears
Susie
Helen Paris
Polly Decker
19Th St
Queen Elizabeth II Leads Rainy Sandringham Royal Hunt
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh joined a post Christmas royal hunt at Sandringham Castle. The event, a long standing family tradition, featured grouse as the main game, with the royal bag kept private and observers noting good sport.
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Sandringham
Eng
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Royal Hunt
Sandringham Castle
George VI
Ex Mate Takes Sons Woman Ends Her Life
VAN NUYS ICPS Mrs Berla Hyers 34 killed herself by carbon monoxide fumes after her ex husband Frank Hyers took their two sons John 7 and Frank 12 to spend Christmas Day. Police said she was left alone in the car when the fumes were piped through a vacuum cleaner hose.
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van Nuys
Berlas Hyers
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