Koje Island POWs prepare defences amid invasion drill
On Koje Island Korea tense Communist prisoners labor on chest-high trenches and metal weapons as Allied troops stage a dress rehearsal for invasion outside the barbed wire. Prison camps 76 77 and 78 churn with preparations as tanks flame throwers and loudspeakers frame a looming breakup, while Col Lee Hak Ku observes and seeks ransom details.
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Koje
Koje Island
Korea
Stockades
United Nations
U.S
Lee Hak Ku
Francis T. Dodd
Tehearsal
CIO Urges Congress to Uphold Tidland Veto in Oil Debate
Washington June B The CIO urged Congress to sustain President Truman's veto of the tidelands bill and block exploitation of 40 billion dollars in off shore oil. Nathan E Cowan said the union opposes divesting federal title and favors using royalties for education and public interest.
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Washington
CIO
Congress
Truman
Tidelands
Nathan E. Cowan
International Union
United States
House
Senate
Cowan
America
Officer Nabs Own Son In $100000 Robberies Case
TAMPA FL June 8 UP A detective arrested his own son as Hillsborough and Pinellas county officers rounded up three men a woman and two patrolmen in a gang robbery spree totaling about 100000 The sheriff identified arrested officers as Patrolmen A M Yelvington and Carl B Overstreet Sr Overstreet's wife and Joe Bowers Jr son of a city detective sergeant were also charged The gang allegedly robbed the State Theater manager and looted stores safes and merchandise including watches and refrigerators The arrests closed most of the 14 robberies in the two counties during the past year
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Tampa
Fla
Hugh Culbreath
A. M. Yelvington
Carl B. Overstreet Sr
Overstreet
Joe Bowers Jr
Culbreath
Hillsborough County
Pinellas County
Culbreaihs
Yelvington
Yelvin
Prowls at North Long Beach Drug Store and Beauty Shop
A burglar pried open the front door of Gordon and Wagner Drug Store at 6601 Orange Ave in North Long Beach, ransacked the prescription department and broke through to the adjacent beauty shop owned by Mary Agnes Booker. He stole $35 in change and caused $175 in building damage. No items were taken from the beauty shop.
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North
Long Beach
Gordon and Wagner
Orange Ave
Hiram
Gordon
Downer
Beauty Are
Mary Agnes Ooker
Queen Joan Davidson Reigns at Verdugas Day Event
Glen dale High School student Joan Davidson sixteen reigned as queen of the Days of the Verdugas on the final day of the annual observance.
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Glendale
Glendale High School
Joan Davidson
Coast Guard Tries to Save SOS Vessel Cynthia Olson
Coast Guardsmen at Coos Bay Oregon attempt to rescue the lumber schooner Cynthia Olson aground on a sand bar. The 300 foot ship left Terminal Island June 1 with 28 men aboard as winds rise and rescue ships, Bentiam and Bandon, rush to aid. Two SOS signals were sent as cargo is jettisoned and a hawser snaps under strain.
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Coos Bay
Ore
Cynthia Olson
Terminal Island
Coast Guard
Creamien
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Harold Winans
H. W
Recue
Justber
Angry Reds Demand End To Walkout
In Tokyo on June 9 communist truce negotiators urged Allies to end their three day walkout at Panmunjom and resume armistice talks before the recess. No response came as Radio Peiping attacked the UN for “dragging out” the negotiations amid Red protests.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Panmunjom
U.N
Radio
Peiping
Voice
China
Red
U S Pilot Fails To Crack German Speed Record
Miami June 8. Test Pilot Anson Johnson aged 26 flew an F1 Mustang eight laps on a three kilometer course aiming to beat a 13 year old German prop aircraft speed record but fell short by less than a second. Johnson, who won the 1948 Thompson Trophy, said he might try Agen this winter with a souped up F-51.
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Miami
Fla
Anson
Johnny) Johnson
Cleveland
Petre
Anaheim Bridge Project Hit by Strike Over Pay
A wage dispute joined by the Operating Engineers and the International Association of Steel Workers threatens the Anaheim St. Bridge over the Los Angeles River. If halted, six workers would be directly affected and ripple via dependencies. The project, costing about 1.4 million dollars, began nearly two years ago with a targeted October finish but faces possible delays.
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Los Angeles River
Steel Workers
Guy F. Atkinson Co
Dave Rooi
Cnarre
Long Beach
San Diego
Anaheim St. Bridge
Anaheim
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Nabs
Prowls Pharmacy and Beauty Shop
Walter H. Boyd
Conner
Gold Star Mothers, Inc
Lillian B. Marshioh
Hartford
Conn
Municipal Auditorium
Bernadeus Gagne
Woonsocke
H. 1
Thressona
Boyd
Marsh
York
California
Roy Springer
New York
England
Los Angeles
Sacramento
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