Rains aid Red advance as Korea battle widens
Rain concealed Communist forces of about 625,000 moving south along the front from the 38th Parallel toward Pukhan River and Kapyong while Allied air and ground units strike supply dumps and patrols report scattered Red units near Seoul and Uljiunbu.
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Tokyo
38Th Parallel
Manchyuan
Korea
Pukhan
Chunchon
Kapyong
James A. van Fleets
International Eighth Rmy
Seoul
Uijonbu
Old Republic of Korea
Uljonbu
Berling Jury Faces Charge Of Misconduct
Charles Cheatham reports Violet Berling seeks a new trial in the slaying of Kay Frances Erickson. Affidavits allege juror Edna Blossom and out of court evidence swayed the panel. Ramsey claims Blossom, sister of Dr Henry Blossom, traveled from Los Angeles to discuss the case.
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Charles Cheatham
Violet John Berling
Kay Frances Erickson
Berling
Miss Blossom
Seventh St
Hanry 5
Blossom
Patton State Hospital For the Insane
Los Angeles
al Jeges
Reasonable tax change proposes reinvestment home sale tax break
A suggested tax reform would exempt profits from home sales if proceeds are reinvested in another residence within a set period. Current law taxes gains, reducing net proceeds. example given shows a $10,000 gain on a $20,000 sale facing a $2,500 capital gains tax. Continued on Page 12.
Hit and Run Victim Dies in Los Angeles Suburb
Police intensified the search for a hit and run driver after 84 year old Caroline Beckman died from injuries suffered when she and 76 year old Elizabeth Fox were struck at the intersection of Second Street and Cerritos Avenue Sunday night. Fox remains hospitalized with serious leg injuries. Two men were arrested for felonious hit and run but not linked to the case, as detectives seek the suspect car. Beckman’s death marks Long Beach’s 14th traffic fatality of the year, nine of them pedestrians.
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Wating
Second St
Cerritos Ave
Caroline Beckman
First St
Side Hospital
Elizabeth M. Fox
Oceanside
Beckman
Long Beach
Valcour collision kills sailors in fiery clash with collier
NORFOLK Va May 14 36 Navy men either dead or missing after the sea plane tender Valcour rammed by the collier Thomas Tracy off Cape Henry. Fire engulfed the Valcour as rescuers in gas masks recovered nine bodies and towed the burning ship to Norfolk. Sixteen sailors were hospitalized. some leave records burned.
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Norfolk
Navy
Valcour
Cape Henry
Thomas Tracy
Hampton Roads
Collier
Bamboo Spills Block Traffic Circle After Truck Capsize
Three tons of bamboo lay scattered across the southern portion of the Traffic Circle last night when the load toppled from a truck. Driver Mike Arhallo said he steered to avoid another car and grazed a curb, causing the rollover en route to a furniture plant.
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Mike Arhallo
California Governor Signs Land Title Bill to City of Los Angeles
Sacramento May 14 The signing of a bill extends from ten to twenty years and grants titles lands to the City of Los Angeles. Gov Earl Warren signed the measure, with Jay as a cited signer.
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Sacramento
Los Angeles
Earl Warren Jay
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