Quadruple Amputee Returns To Walter Reed For Care
Washington dispatch reports Pvt. Robert L. Smith, 20, first Korean War soldier to lose all four limbs, arrived at Walter Reed for special treatment. The Middleburg Pennsylvania native, smiling despite frost bite stumps, will undergo rehabilitation with his mother en route, while Army and Legion officials arrange care and mental support.
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Fast Life By 'ETRONIUS Jr
War mobilization brings more servicemen, many youths, to the streets daily. The City’s Servicemen's Club is closed but may reopen as troops arrive for weekend furloughs.
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Etronius Jr
Servicemen's Club
Truman to Seek Drastic Tax Increase in 1952
Washington December 27 President Truman plans to ask Congress for a drastic tax increase to fund a war crisis budget for the 1952 fiscal year. Officials say the program could raise at least 10.0 billion dollars annually, with total outlays near 50.0 billion. The proposal is to be sent to Congress around January 15 amid earlier emphasis by White House and Treasury officials that taxes must rise.
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Tides Today Elevations and Timings Update
The forecast details tides with high tides at 5.2 feet near 10:38 am and 3.7 feet at 11 am, followed by 4.7 feet at 11:25 pm. Low tides are around 2.6 feet at 6:38 am and 2.0 feet at 6:50 pm.
CIO Attacks HST Price Control Policy as Deceptive
Washington, Dec 27. CIO chief Emil Rieve condemned President Truman’s voluntary price controls as cruelly deceptive and called his December 1 rollback request a shoddy Christmas present. He argued the Economic Stabilization Agency standards will not reduce living costs and urged enforcement powers and penalties. The report notes next year’s revised cost of living index will include beer, TVs, baby food and other items, with updates due in February.
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Americans Most Handsome Race: Portraitist Dana Salmon Says
Nashville Tenn December 27 Dana Salmon noted portrait painter of British nobility said Americans are the most handsome race in the world. She discussed studying American faces across New England the Northwest the Southwest and the South while painting for Vanderbilt University and society leaders. She noted blending of many cultures shapes the American face and predicted American noses may disappear in New England. Salmon plans to paint portraits of Southern traders and industrialists and cites influences from Renoir and her global studies.
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Slide School
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South Africa
Three-Car Collision Injures Two on Pacific Coast Highway
Beulah James 35 of Carson Street and Henry D. Cory 33 of Los Angeles suffered minor injuries in a three car crash on Pacific Coast Highway near Ximena Avenue yesterday evening. Kenneth V. Grant 49 of Los Angeles drove one car. his passenger was Cory. The driver of the third car was Sarah E. Strouble 49 of Livingston Drive. Police cited Grant for failure to stop at a red light.
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Henry D. Cory
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New Cabinet Aide Becomes DPC Chairman
John W. Gibson former assistant Secretary of labor was sworn in as Chairman of the Displaced Persons Commission. He succeeds Ugo Carusi who resigned.
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John W. Gibson
Labor
Displaced Persons Commission
Ugo Carusi
Assam Quake Deaths Top Sim 1500 Plus
The August Assam earthquake death toll rose to more than 1500 with property damage exceeding 40,000,000 rupees. The quake altered 15,000 square miles of terrain, caused lakes to vanish, streams to shift, and geologist Dr. Ramachandra suggested Everest may have risen several hundred feet.
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Christmas Scooter Tragedy Sparks Death Near Home
Arthur Blanco of Santa Maria received a scooter for Christmas. While riding near his home he was struck by a dump truck and died. The incident highlights a fatal accident involving a child and a vehicle in a residential area.
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Heavy fighting in Indo China as forces clash
Heavy fighting raged tonight in northern Indochina as French and Communist forces clashed. French headquarters announced the recapture of a port on the frontier, a move described as saving China from threat.
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Queen Begins Her Reign Tonight for 1951 Tournament of Roses
PASADENA December 27 Eleanor Payne will start her reign as Queen of the 1951 Tournament of Roses tomorrow night. She will receive her crown during an elaborate coronation pagent at Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Marine Corporal Robert Gray, Korea veteran and grand marshal, will escort the queen to the coronation ball.
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Eleanor Payne
Pasadena Civic Auditorium
Robert §. Gray
Korea
Bali
Heads Probe Panel In Senate Over Shipments
Washington December 27 Sen Herbert R O Connor a Democrat from Mid was named chairman of a five member Senate subcommittee to probe shipments of strategic materials to Communist countries.
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Herbert R. O'Connor
D-Mid
Senate
Fake Colonel Held on Bad Check Charge
The FBI in Los Angeles arrested John McCarthy, previously of Buffalo and San Francisco, once known as John B Turner, for a one month $1000 check forging spree. Posing as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Force, he passed checks in San Francisco and Buffalo after arriving in the area. He claimed to have reached master sergeant rank in prior service.
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Richard B. Hood
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Jet Fighters Guarding Eastern U.S. Air Space
The Air Force assigns 62nd Fighter All-Weather Wing at McGuire AFB New Jersey to stand 24 hour interception over New York and nearby industrial targets, flying upgraded F-94 jets with radar and high altitude performance.
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New Hollywood Freeway Link Opens to Traffic
Los Angeles announces the opening of a 2.5 mile divided freeway spur from Grand Ave to Silver Lake Blvd to ease Sunset Blvd and Temple St congestion during peak hours. A next section will extend to Western Ave later next year, with further links planned to connect to the Cahuenga Pass and the San Fernando Valley by 1953.
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Silver Lake Blvd
Sunset Bid
Termple St
Western Ave
Cahuenga Pass
San Fernando Valley
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Ramona
P. E. Abandons Six Rail Lines in Los Angeles
Pacific Electric completes abandonment of six rail lines serving Pasadena Venice Watts and Hollywood areas. One train service dropped to preserve franchise. Bus service substituted on all lines.
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Venice
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Irish poet James Stephens dies in London shooting
London December 27 James Stephens Irish poet, 68, author of The Crock of Gold, dies after a gunman shot at his home last night in London officials said. The writer was famed for his vision of treasure at the rainbow end and his influence on Irish literature.
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Trish
James Stephens
City Officials Score Million Dollar Day in Long Beach
City officials authorized and signed requisitions totaling 1.11 million dollars for land deals in Long Beach. Major purchases included 24 acres for a state college site east of Veterans Hospital with 987,267.50. payments to Ford H. Bixby Properties 850,000. Fred H. Bixby Home Trust 7,000. and Lloyd S. Whaley 72,267.50. Additional 172,925.14 covered 57 acres south of Spring and west of Lakewood Blvd to protect airport approaches with plans for a nine hole golf course. The state college land sale was approved by voters at the June primary. The city pursues a condemnation order, with officials coordinating with state finance on deeding procedures. Other major land buys this year include 52 acres in Alamitos Bay for 135,000 and 40,000 for a center strip on 14th Street.
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Long Learh Veterans Hospital
Ford H. Bixby Properties
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Joe Lamb
Sufferioy Court
Vickers
James Dean
Long Beard
Alamitos Bay
14Th St
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