Warren Bill Moves to Outlaw Punchboards in California
Sacramento reports a bill to outlaw punchboards passed the Senate and moves to Governor Warren for signing. The measure, backed by peace officer associations, would empower police to seize punchboards on sight to cut a 30 million dollar annual racket. Senate support was 21 to 2 with Sen. Swift Berry dissenting on principle.
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Sacramento
California
Senate
H. Alien Smith
Glendale
Swift Berry
Placerville
Randolph Collier
R.-Yrekal
Luther H. Lincoln
Oakland
Lincoln
Collier
Yreka
Edwin J. Regan
D.weaverville
Collier's Transportation Committee
Left-Wing Hit by New GOP Chief
Washington dispatch reports Leonard W. Hall elected GOP chairman denouncing left wingers as sniping at Eisenhower and Congress and pledging to build a true majority party. He warns it will take time to advance the Eisenhower program and restates anti left wing stance amid intra party tensions.
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Washington
LLP
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
Hall
National Committee
Congress
GOP
Long Island
Roberts
Kansas
Democratic National Committee
Hal
Eisenhow
Europe
Peron Clamps Down as 39 Stores Closed in Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires President Juan D. Peron’s anti profiteering squads shut 39 stores and jailed 450 merchants as the first day of new price ceilings ended. Violators face jail, fines, closing of stores and stock seizure amid calls to curb inflation and satisfy CGT fears over living standards. The CGT warned of discontent while Peronistas look to elections in the new provinces Presidente Peron and Eva Peron. The Communist party offers little opposition, urging boycott.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Buenoss Aires
Peron
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Feran
Peronista
Domingo Mercante
Congress
Presidente Peron
Eva. Peron
Chaco
la Pampa
Eva Peron
Federal Congress
Peronistas
Communist Party
Reds Press for Peace and Prisoner Exchange in Korea
U S Rear Adm John C Daniel said the United Nations command in Tokyo would answer the question of a Korean armistice as talks hinge on prisoner exchange. The pact to swap sick and wounded captives proceeded in a brief ceremony at Panmunjom, with 120 Americans among those released and 700 Chinese and 5 00 North Koreans to be exchanged daily by the Communists.
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Korea
U. S
John C. Daniel
U. N
Tokyo
Mark Clark
L. MN
Far East
Panmunjom
Munson
Freedom Gate
Japan
Yokohama
U.N
Psi, Fri
Daniel
Lee
U. N. Coramant
Picnic joy turns to disaster as fire engine capsizes
Fireman Yos hio Irizawa was fired after four friends were taken on a picnic. After drinking sake, the borrowed fire engine tipped into a rice paddy, spilling occupants and igniting gasoline. The fire destroyed the vehicle.
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Tokyo
Yoshio Irizawa
Trizawe
Irizawa
Russia to aid freeing 13 Americans in North Korea
The United States said Russia will use its influence to secure release of 33 Americans seized after the Korean War outbreak. Moscow notified the Soviet Union would act following an appeal from U S Minister Jacob Bear. Seven released numbers are named, with others sought including missionaries, officials, and private citizens.
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Washington
Russia
U. S. State Department
North Korea
Department
Moscow
Ussr
U. S
Jacob Bear
Korea
China
Wiliam Robert Booth
Maryknoll Society
New York City
Louis Leo Dans
State Department
Pusan
Chicago
Nellie ‘Arkansas Dyer
van Buren
Ark
Anders Christian Jensen
Mary Helen Rosser
Macon
Bertha Adkisson Smith
Marshall, Mo
Lawrence 4. Zellers
Weatherford
Texas
Patrick P. Byrne
Maryknoll
District of Columbia
Patrick Thomas Brennan
Ace Captured Also Divorced
LAS VEGAS Nevada UP. Capt Harold Fischer a US double air ace was divorced the same day the Communists shot him down and reported capturing him. Mrs Dorothy Fischer charged him with unspecified mental cruelty. The decree was disclosed Friday granted last Tuesday. The same day 27 year old Fischer one of the hottest aces in Korea was reported missing. Peiping radio said he parachuted from his plane and was caught. The Iowa pilot who shot down 10 Russian built MGs in previous sorties was on his 70th mission. The Fischers were married in Columbus Ga April 22 1949 the same year Fischer joined the Air Force. They have 2 son 6 year old Harald TY.
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Las Vegas
Nev
U.S
Harold Fischer
Dorothy Fischer
Fischer
Korea
Peiping
Iowa
Fischers
Columbus
Air Force
Harald TY
Minn. Prison Riot Suppressed After Large Locks Up EN
A riot at the Minnesota prison near Minneapolis and Saint Paul was contained after convicts were secured in two cell blocks. Prison director Jake Leirfallom noted potential shop-damage avoided millions in losses. Guards and deputies moved 89 prisoners to cells as authorities secured the facility's 1000 acre farm and twin factory workshops.
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Earily
Jake Leirfallom
Twin
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Luther Youngdahl
Washington
Washington County
Bayport
Farn
Probers to Question Two Educators in Closed Session
A House un American Activities subcommittee will quiz two educators next Monday in a closed executive session at the federal building in Los Angeles. Thomas McGrath of Los Angeles State College teaches Interpretive Poetry and Mathilda Lewis of Laguna Beach is a school teacher. Both are subpoenaed as the committee wraps up its hearings.
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Los Angeles
House un-American Activities Committee
Federal Building
Thomas McGrath
Los Angeles State College
Mathilda Lewis
Laguna Beach
Miss Lewis
McGrath
Donald L. Jackson
R.-Calif
Illinois Prison Blaze Kills Two Inmates at Stateville
A 16 hour fire at Stateville prison in Joliet killed two inmates trapped in a basement storeroom of the furniture factory. John Petrowski, 24, serving life for murder, and John Johnson, 14 to 15 years for three sex offenses, both from Chicago, perished. Warden Joseph L. Ragen estimated damage at $50,000.
Reluctant GI Thrice AWOL in 3 Months
Belleville police report Rol Te R. Ummers of Bonne Terre Missouri admitted to multiple AWOL incidents. He twice left Fort Leonard Wood for two days this time and had three AWOL episodes in three months, citing dissatisfaction with Army life.
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Belleville
Rol Te R. Ummers
Bonne Terre
Fort Leonard Wood
Paintings by Joseph Kleitsch Auctioned in Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach hosts the second day of an open air auction at the Little Church by the Sea. About 50 collectors attended as 225 Kleitsch paintings, including a Pope portrait commission, were sold mostly under $100. Proceeds fund a trust for his son Eugene Kleitsch, born 1885 in Hungary and died 1931.
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Laguna Beach
Tate
Joseph Kleitsch
Ist
Oswell Jackson
Euugene
Kleitach
Hungary
Bodies Found in Empty Tank Car at El Segundo Refinery
Two Mexican men were found dead Friday inside an empty tank car at the Standard Oil refinery in El Segundo. Ray Marlow, a refinery worker, said they apparently climbed into heated tar as it returned from Arizona and died from fumes.
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EL Segundo
Standard Oil Company
el 5 Sagundo
Ray Marlow
Arizona
Hair specialist to demonstrate hair growth aid in San Diego
Trichologist D Welch will demonstrate home hair growth methods in Long Beach at the Wilton Hotel tomorrow from 2 to 3 pm. He offers personal scalp examinations, home treatment kits with germicides and stimulants, and a money back guarantee if not satisfied within 30 days. Women and men are invited to attend without appointments.
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J. D. Welch
San Diego
Calif
Long Beach
A. D. Welch
Wilton Hotel
Welch
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