Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Independent in Long Beach, California

We have 16,224,693 pages in California

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 3 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1957

Page

5

Chiang Fires Two Chiefs for Riots in Formosa

Chiang Kai-shek dismissed Formosa garrison commander Lt Gen Huang Chen-Wu and military police chief Lt Gen Lin Wei and Formosa police commissioner Lt Gen Lo Kan after anti American riots that damaged the U S embassy and injured 13 Americans. A new garrison head Gen Stuang Chihh was named with deputies Wu Chih-Haing and Chen Yu-Ching. curfew was imposed and U S citizens were kept indoors.

Taipei Formosa Chiang Kwi-Shek U.S Karl L. Rankin Eisenhower Dulles M. Set Robert St. Reynolds Colora Reynolds Chiang Huang Chen-Wu Lin Wei Lo Kan K. Yul Control Yuan Stuang Chihh Wu Chih-Hailung Chen Yu-Ching Aunset Travia Air Force Base Calif Toute Ztara Shirley

Navy Averts Pauper Grave for Old Hero

The Navy arranged burial for Medal of Honor winner William J. H. Gowan after his body lay unclaimed in a Brooklyn morgue since Wednesday. Rear Adm. Bruce E. Bradley directed the St Albans Naval Hospital to claim the body and arrange burial in a national cemetery since relatives could not be located. Gowan, 72, won the Medal of Honor in 1909 for heroism in Chile and later worked in Queens before his death after a fall at his ropemaking job.

Washington Navy Brooklyn Bruce E. Bradley St. Albans Long Island William JH. Gowan National Bradley Gowan Ilavor William Howard Taft Chile Lce Queens New York

Prayer Fellowship Cites Healing Power of Daily Prayer

A Philadelphia group, the Prayer Fellowship, reports prayers for strangers across the U S aiding alcohol recovery and family healing. Juno Reader's Digest highlights the theme with 42 condensed articles from various publications.

Prayer Fellowship Juna Reader's Digest Philadelphia U.S Juno Newsat Arthur Godfrey CBS Radio Tune In

Also Mentioned on This Page

Robert Reynolds Talpci Hickman Field Honolulu Georgia Tripel Peng Meng-Chi Eleanor Rysnevelt All Watke Jifs Rataing Roosee Mars Eleanor Roosevelt VELOZ_and Yolanda Broadway Long Beach Paga Navy Averts Formlit Warner Ball Broken Lakewood Center Gayett Columbia Downtown Lakewood San Francisco SAS Cy A Tae Altkt Pacific —Long Beach Columbia
Search Courier

Search the Independent Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Independent?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication