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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1957

Page

12

Striking Japanese Sit Down on Tracks

Striking railway workers staged sit downs at over 20 stations in Japan Sunday halting or delaying 48 passenger and 144 freight trains. The unions protested the firing of 23 government employees and reprimands for 836 others tied to wildcat strikes in March.

Tokyo Japan

Ex-L B Girl Chosen Queen in Northwest

Mrs Mildred Woestern daughter of Mrs Ellen Males 3850 Rose Ave will reign over Armed Forces Week activities in Bremerton and Kitsap County Washington Queen Mildred mother of three is wife of Chief Warrant Officer Tex Western USN now at Ichapan She was chosen by Armed forces Way committee for service wife spirit She will be honored with Undersecretary of the Navy F A Bante at Armed Forces Day luncheon May 18 and participate in Puget Sound Naval Shipyard parade and events She is a Wilson High School graduate and attended Long Beach City College.

Mildred Woestern Ellen Rose Ave Armed Forces Week Bremerton Kitsap County Wash Mildred Tex Western USN Ichapan Armed Forces Way Committee

Iranian girls drown as floods sweep village school

TEHRAN Iran UP Vight reports two dozen girls aged 8 to 12 were drowned Sunday when floods inundated a village school 22 miles south east of Tehran. Some classmates escaped by climbing onto the roof as water rose around them.

Tehran Iran

Reds Treat Hundreds for Radiation Illness in Germany

Osnabrueck reports West German doctor Schmidt says at least 200 Russians are under his radiation sickness treatment. He notes Russian doctors informed him the method, derived from blood disease work, has shown good results and uses restoring balance of red cells and boosting white cells. Details from Moscow physicians and Japanese sources are cited.

Osnabruek Germany Saldischmidt Soviethute Moscow Schmidt Dr. i Sima Kents Bogemoley Kiev Shima Hospital STA

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