Red drive smashed as Allies go on offensive
On the fifth day of the East front Red offensive Communist China’s forces suffered 48 000 casualties as Allied armor seized the initiative along the east central front. Reds shifted to smaller attacks elsewhere while the Allied lines held and some withdrawals occurred on the west central front. An Eighth Army spokesman called the enemy gamble smashed with heavy losses as armored relief columns moved to seize the initiative.
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C.P
Ching
United States
East Central Front
West Central Front
Eighth Army
Korea
Yanks Sail for Duty in Germany
New York May 19 3200 American infantrymen sailed for Germany forming the van guard of the 18 000 strong Fourth Division under General Eisenhower. They boarded the transport Gen Patch and Gen Hodges as a drizzle fell and a band played Women waved and cheered as Ivy Division troops left for Atlantic pact war service Some were draftees trained at Fort Benning and the Rolling Fourth followed from Staten Island.
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Fourth Division
New York City
Germany
General Patch
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Patch
Hodges
Ivy Division
Ft. Benning
Muir
Staten Island
Second Armored Division
Europe
Stars' Homes Periled by Encino Brush Fire
In Encino on May 19 firemen confined a brush fire advancing toward the hills, threatening the homes of film star Clark Gable and other celebrities in the area. The blaze was contained with no reports of injuries.
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Encino
Clark Gable
Encino Hills
Reds Can Seem Nice People
A columnist warns that the Red menace hides traitors within unions lodges and churches and even charming movie colony Communists conceal a dangerous moral degeneration. The piece notes a continued discussion on page 14 A.
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U S Parades Military Might for Berliners
Berlin on Armed Forces Day witnessed a display of reinforced occupation troops, with soldiers in fighting trim and air force planes roaring overhead. Tanks and artillery backed the march before Allied and German audiences in the American zone, described by observers as the best postwar display of discipline and appearance.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Bere Im
Three Car Crash Injures Two on Atlantic Avenue
A three car pileup on Atlantic Ave south of Carson St sent two people to the hospital last night. Injured were Frank Janeway 48 of 1418 78th St and Demetre M Danalis 11 of 3775 Gardenia Ave. Police said Janeway stopped for traffic when Jones Los Angeles driver 47 halted behind him and Wolff 48 rear ended. The injured boy was a passenger in Jones car.
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Frank Janeway
78Th St
Demetre M. Danalis
Gardenia Ave
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Atlantic
Charles H. Jones
Los Angeles
Herbert A. Wolff
Chestnut Ave
Jones
Tenney to Seek Probe of $250000 Poker Fight
Sen. Jack B. Tenney announces a resolution asking the Sacramento County district attorney and the attorney general to investigate allegations that about $250000 was sent to defeat a bill outlawing draw poker. He cites a Long Beach Independent editorial and seeks action by the Senate Governmental Efficiency Committee.
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Sacramento
Jack B. Tenney
Los Angeles
Tenney
Senate Governmental Efficiency Committee
Poker IL
Southern California
The
Long Beach
Lawrence A. Collins, Sr
Independent
Senate
Soviet Generals See Armed Forces Day Display in Washington
Capt Aleksander Kurthdsn, senior military representative of the Polish government, and Maj Gen Alexander Sizov along with Maj Gen Victor Nicolaevich watched a joint U S services weapons show at Bolling Air Force Base. They sat with a large crowd as tanks, planes, helicopters and Marines demonstrated weaponry. The event drew about 101000 attendees.
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Armed Services
Aleksander Kurthdsn
Pollah
Ahso
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Air Force
Coast Guard
Marines
Bolling Air Force Base
Alexander Sizov
Victor Nicolaevich
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