China Reds Strengthen Discipline after Purges in 1949
Tokyo reports Peiping Radio announcing a purge of Keo Kang and Jao Shushih, longtime Manchuria and Shanghai power brokers, as the Communist Party creates new party control committees to tighten discipline. The broadcast frames others as counter revolutionaries while demanding reporting of any violations.
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Tokyo
Chijua
Peiping Radio
Communist Party
Keo Kang
Stalin
Red
China
Jao Shushih
Kao
Peiping
Jac
East China
Penning
Rett Army
Central Committee
Heian Ming
Chang Hsiu-shan
Chang- i Ming-yuan
Chao Tea-tsun
Ma Ting
Kuo Feng
Chen Po- Tsi
Stamp honors armed forces on 2 cent tribute issue
The Post Office announced a forthcoming 2 cent stamp honoring the armed forces. It will depict five enlisted men from the Marines Coast Guard Army Navy and Air Force with a central design of servicemen against an eagle and shield backdrop. First day sale set for Armed Forces Day May 21 pending final color chosen.
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Washeingson
Armed Forces Reserve
Marines
Coast Guard
Army
Navy
Air Force
Britons Canadians Arrive to Observe Nevada Atomic Test
The Atomic Energy Commission says 24 Brit ish and Canadian military and defense officials will observe Nevada test. AEC schedules a record high altitude shot for 1 am Wednesday, six miles up, aiming to deter enemy targets. Weather caused a four day delay. the test is not described as large.
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Atomic, Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
Stevens Sees No Need of U S Forces for Formosa
Secretary Stevens, en route from Hong Kong after a briefing on Red buildup near offshore Formosa, said no U S ground forces are needed to defend Formosa or outlying islands. He favored increasing Military Aid Advisory Group size and speeding up vehicle deliveries while noting improved nationalist forces but citing risks of rising tensions and new MIG jets in Nanchang.
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Taipei
Wpi
U. S. Army
Robert T Stevens
Hong Kong
Formosa
Stevens
Okinawa
Qgne
Tsuchiao
Lutsiao
Shatsu Islands
Nanchang
Riaresi
Matsus
Mother Denies Cutting Up Her 2 Sons With Razor
In Galveston Texas Mrs Williams, a 32 year old Pasadena clerk, pleads innocent to indictments accusing her of drugging strangling and dismembering her two young sons Conrad age 8 and Calvin age 8 and burying the packages. A friend uncovered the remains Feb 22 and led to the arrest nine hours later. Trial set for May 23 at 9:00 am. Williams previously had FBI incident in 1946. Her mother and courtroom crowd watched as she entered the plea.
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Galveston
Tex
Iboys
Aun Williams
Conrad
Calvin
Audi
Percy Foreman
Pasadena
Henrietta Havill
Henrietta Havill. the Aldeswoman Broke Up Tears. Mrs.Williams
Williams
FBI
Smithville
Tenn
Bars Face Action on B Girls in L A
Five Los Angeles bars face action by the State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control over allowing burlesque style girl acts on their premises. The charges name Club 49er Fifth Street Cafe Panama Club Cafe Loyal Cafe and Rex Cafes Inc. A department hearing in Los Angeles will air the accusations.
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Moscow
Nikolai Ivanovich Veretennislov
Sacramento
State Department of Alco
Hetic’ Beverage Control
Moray Wikolai
Councilmen Study Action in Oil Case
The City Council met in a special session to plan next steps after the California Supreme Court Mallon decision. City officials, including City Atty. Waln fred Jacobson and City Mgr. Sam Vickers, said they would study the ruling before commenting.
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Harbor, Industries and Oil Committee
Jacobson
Sam . Vickers
Supreme Court
Mgr. Vickers
Mine near U S diplomat's wife forces tense Seoul ceremony
An unexploded land mine was unearthed today within arm's reach of Marian Tink, wife of a U S Embassy official Rue Link, during a tree planting in Seoul. South Korean Vice President Ham Tai Yung and other officials stood nearby as police moved the device. witnesses said everyone was terrified.
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Seoul
Marian Tink
Winonetka, IL
U. S
Ham Tai Yung
Court Rules Against L.B. in Tideland Suit
Long Beach loses control over tidelands revenue as court rules harbor funds belong to the state. Case details outline 50 percent trust, future transfers, and Legislature power to divert surplus oil and gas revenues for state use. Appeals window opens as city weighs rehearing.
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Sacramento
Long Beach
Earl Warren m
Uplands
Mallon
Oil Grab Bill Under Fire
Opposition to the Allen Bill vilified the tidelands revenue grab and drew board opposition from Long Beach directors of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Lange County. The group also endorsed three Senate sanitation district measures and announced a general membership meeting for April 26 at Tor a Marine Corps Air Station.
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Santa Ana
Tidelands
Long Beach
Associated Chambers of Commerce
Lange County
Senate
Ats
Tora
Ban on Draw Poker Gets Committee OK
A committee approve a ban on draw poker amid a broader review of gambling rules. The action followed debate in the Assembly and included motions by Lester McMillan and Bernard Br. aimed at shaping the measure while maintaining party support. The record notes opposition-free amendments and related policy discussions during the session.
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Arter
Assembly’ Committee On
Senate
Gov
Knight
Assembly
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Lester McMillan
Los Angeles
Bernard Br
San Francisco
Felon Slays Official in Florida Jail
In Raiford Florida a 25 year old inmate used a .25 revolver to kill J G Godwin 26 assistant superintendent and wound five guards during an escape attempt. The gun was smuggled to the inmate by an unidentified person and the suspect was subdued in a corridor near the superintendent’s office. Several prison staff were questioned as authorities seek to determine how the weapon got inside.
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Raiford
Fla
George Heroux
Heroux
J. G. Godwin
Alu Bungie Godwin
Atty
T. E. Duncan
Prisor
Heoux
George
Providence
Keystone
Heights
Only 3 in State Dept Fired as Risks in ’54
In 1954 the State Department fired three of its 11,282 employees as security risks. Dennis A. Flinn, security director, revealed under oath that two were accused of Communist Party ties. He noted a total of 104 employees fired for sex perversion, and said all field investigations are complete to update security records.
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Washington
State Department
Dennis A. Flinn
Deparment
House Appropriations Committee
Flinn
R. W. Scott McLeod
Department
Anti Cancer Drug Near, Researcher Says
Kanematsu Sugiura of Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York told the Japan Medical Congress that an effective cancer drug may be developed within the next year or two. He cited about 100 of 15 CO G- drugs showing some effect in experimental animals over the past six years.
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Japan
Kanematsu Sugiura
Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
New York
Japan Medical Cogress
Intifure
UAL Plans to Equip Planes with Storm-Piercing Radar
United Air Lines launches a four million dollar program to outfit 200 transports with radar capable of penetrating heavy rain and revealing clear corridors for safer operations. A 212 million dollar RCA contract funds radar sets with installation at Sacramento and San Francisco maintenance bases. First aircraft to receive the radar are slated to enter service by March 15, 1959.
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Los Angeles
United Air Lines
W. A. Patterson
United
RCA
Sacramento
Ben Stein
Patterson
O. B. Close
California
San
Knight
Francisco
Knowland opposes UN Formosan trusteeship
United States Senator William F. Knowland of California today opposed any United Nations trusteeship over Formosa. He warned that such action would be seen as colonialism and could trigger disarmament risks, emphasizing Quemoy and Matsu must remain free for China. He called for a Big Four meeting only if free nations uphold fundamental principles.
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New York
William F. Knowland
Treat Clu
Knowland Defrom
Knowland
Quemoy
Matsu
China
Berlin
Germany
U. S
Russia
Britain
France
Eisenhower
Texas Near Solvent as Tax Revenue Narrows Deficit
Texas moved within 6000 dollars of solvency as tax collections swelled the general revenue fund. The state was 3 million dollars in the red a month ago, and the exact deficit is now 59676 dollars, state treasurer Jesse James announced.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
General Revenue
Nut
Jesse James
Senate Votes Listing of Drivers Ailments
The Senate approved a measure to require drivers licenses show serious health ailments that may impair driving. Gov Knight proposed signing the bill after assembly approval. Senator John F McCarthy noted the bill arose from a Marin County case where a driver with diabetes faced a DUI arrest.
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Senate
Oacramen TY
Iene Heraper
Knight
Richard McCollister
San Ansselmo
John F. McCarthy
San Rafael
Marin County
Navy Demonstrates New Steam Catapult on Shangri-La
In San Francisco the Navy tested a 20 ton dummy launch using a steam catapult fitted to the carrier Shangri-La. Captain Roscor L. Newman, the ship’s skipper, said the system will enable launching any carrier plane on draft. Shangri-La becomes the first World War II Essex-class carrier equipped with the British steam catapult designed for heavy jet aircraft capable of bomb delivery.
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San Francisco
Navy
Lane
Shangri- la
Roscor L. Newman
Shangri-La
Assembly Approves Star Chamber Bills in California Senate
The California Assembly sent two closed meetings bills to the Senate. One measure outlines how local government meetings may adjourn and keep discussions from private adjournments. The other allows school boards to hold closed sessions when locating new school sites.
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Assembly
Salitamen LU Gel
Lincoln in Dixie follows Marine enlistment from Rochester
Abraham Lincoln of Canandaigua joined the U S Marine Corps in Rochester on Monday and was sent immediately to the Deep South for boot training at Paris Island where he has been ordered to report.
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Fier Angeli
Palm Springs
Vic Damone
Hollywood
Rochester
Abraham Lanceln
U. S. Marine Corps
Deep South
Lincoln
Canandaigua
Paris Island
Chinese trade mission blocked by five Nargoяa plants
Five major manufacturing firms in the Nar goya area refused to permit a visiting Chinese Communist trade mission to inspect their plants. Three other firms may follow suit, according to sources learned today.
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Okyu W
Nargoya
Seek to End Formosa Crisis at Conference
Report that behind the scenes of the Asian African Conference opening April 18 an effort to settle the Formosa crisis is under way. Officials say at least one sponsor nation advocates a plan to bring Chinese Premier Chou En-lai together with anti Communist Asian leaders and neutral states in private Bandung sessions.
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Djakarts
Indonesia
Furi
Formosa
Chou En-lai
Ers. OE
Bandung
Allen Faces Move to Fast-Track Tidelands Cash Bill
Costa Mesa Republican Bruce Allen says he will begin immediate action on a state bill to redirect tidelands revenues to the state treasury. The assemblyman argues the 1911 grant was a trust not Long Beach ownership and cites a Supreme Court decision as support. Fellow Assemblyman Herbert Klocksiem notes high stakes and potential Supreme Court appeal, declining further comment until analysis.
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Costa Mesa
Sacramento
Blgman
Bruce Allen
R-San
Jose
Barbage Isiet
Jam Savage
X Shi Vy
Gee Kaan
Savage
Alen
Newport Blvd
State Supreme Court
de Monte Vista St
Harbor
Long Beach
State Treasury
Allen
Santa Clara County
British protest Greek radio broadcasts to Cyprus
London informed that the British ambassador to Greece has been told to protest to the Athens government over Greek radio broadcasts aimed at Cyprus. The Foreign Office stated the broadcasts incite Cypriots to violence and called for restraint.
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London
Greece
Athens
Cyprus
Foreign Office
Thirteen Koreans Drown When Ferry Capsizes
Thirteen Koreans including a five member family drowned Sunday after a small ferry capsized on the Nak dong River near Pusan. Survivors were rescued by local authorities and bystanders. The tragedy prompted official inquiries and safety investigations into ferry operations on the river.
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Pusan
Nak' Dong River
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U.S. Formosa
Laincg
Spee Soria
Clayton A. Johnson
L.A
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Dover
L.B
Tideland
Superior
Paul Noursé
Almali Swart
Swart
Nourse
Tidelands Funds
San Jose
Tnate
Harbor Depts
State Dept. of Public Health
McMillan
Brady
Florida
L. E. Qobbs
L. L. Wainwright
sirMillan
Lst
Tate
Gardena
Fred Adam
Gerdena Civic Improvement Assa
Adan
Dursley Gray
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Gray
VIEW
American Legion
Unruh
Clayton Dills
D-Gardena
Leroy Lyon
State Dept
UAL
U.N. Formosan
Dixie
Red Chinese
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