First Group of Returnees Due Thursday
United States fliers report two convoys of Allied sick and wounded moving south in North Korea with antiaircraft fire, as third convoy seeks route. Communists claim about half of 600 liberated prisoners depart Tuesday, including some Americans. A sitdown strike by sick and wounded at Pusan ends as guards intervene. Dispatches hint at possible prisoner exchange talks resuming at Panmunjom, though no official word yet.
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Munsan
Korea
U. S
North Korea
Pusan
Panmunjom
White House family woes and grits in the kitchen
The column notes the Eisenhowers amid grandparenting duties and a homeward pull to Highland Falls, N Y, recounts a steady supply of grits for the White House kitchen. It also covers Senate maneuvers over Morse, Stevenson’s Malaya trip, and a string of odd local incidents from a crow reunion to a runaway bull.
Kidnaping of Murder Case Figure Shocks Los Angeles
A frantic 24 hours in the Mabel Monahan murder case ended with the abduction of Baxter M. Shorter, 43, a former associate of Mickey Cohen, from his Long Beach area home. Police link the case to motives tied to the March slaying and potential hidden cash. two suspects, Emmett Perkins and Jack Santa, face an arrest order as detectives pursue leads. Shorter, warned by Burbank officials to leave town, vanishes after two men abduct him at gunpoint.
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Baxter Shorter
Burbank
Mabel Monahan
Baxter M. Shorter
Mickey Cohen
Shorter
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Police Department
Esquire
North
Polie
Rex Andrews
Voters Order Poker Banned at Seal Beach
Seal Beach voters approved banning draw poker with 848 to 811, forcing the Quonset club to close by May 20 when its license ends. It was the second election in seven months to outlaw the activity. Good Government League head Horace W. Losch praised the result as a curb on gambling and gangsterism.
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Airport Club
Seal Beach
Draw Poker Club
Seat Beach
W. L. Robertson
Los Angeles
Horace W. Losch
Good Government League of
Losch
Robbers Use Charity Unit as Cover-up
A gang of ex-convicts used The Salvation Army charity unit as a front while committing at least ten robberies in St. Louis. Detectives say the men were not members but clients in a rehabilitation program. First degree robbery warrants issued for three men. one killed in an April 3 gun battle. Names: Charles Bay, Walter Lee Donnell, Jerome C. Anderson. Continued on Page A-8.
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ST. Louis—Jr
Salvation Army
James Chapman
The
Charles Bay
Tmder
Walter Lee Donnell
Jerome C. Anderson
Cal
James Thompson
Predicted Soviet Blast Claims China Received Atom Bomb
London editor Kenneth de Courcy says two independent intelligence sources report the Soviet Union delivered an atom bomb to Communist China on March 4. He claims China keeps the device at Kamussu Air Base under guard with Russian technicians nearby and ties delivery to Stalin’s death.
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London
Russia
Soviet Union
China
Kenneth de Courcy
de Courcy
Review
Kamussu Air Ris
Moscow
Stalin
Reds Accused of Sell in a Dope to US Troops
United Nations reports accuse Red China of running a vast dope ring to undermine U S troop morale and to fund a Peiping directed smuggling network across Japan and Korea. Harry Anslinger outlined heroin routes reaching U S personnel via Japan with street girls used to peddle narcotics. France and Indonesia urged resumption of full scale Korea armistice talks with the Communists to avoid propaganda setbacks.
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United Nations
WN. Y
U. S
Red China
Harry J. Anslinger
U. N. Commission On
Japan
South Korea
Far
Anslinger
United States
France
Indonesia
The
U. N. Command
Mark Clark
Defense Department lists 183 casualties in new Korea war tally
Washington reports the Defense Department released casualty list No. 794 naming 183 Korean War deaths and injuries. The tally shows 41 killed, 117 wounded, 13 missing, three injured and nine captured.
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Washington
Defense Department
Where to Find It Beach Combing and More
A compact guide lists sections and page numbers for the newspaper. It includes Beach Combing on Page B-1, Boyle on Page A-15, Bridges on Page A-18, Classifieds on Pages B-14 to B-19, Comics on Page B-12, and Crossword on Page B-14. It also notes Editorial on Page A-14, Financial on Page B-13, Obituaries on Page B-2, Radio and TV on Pages 8 to 10, Shipping Table on Page B-14, Sports on Pages A-17 and A-18, and Theater on Page B-3 with tides and temperatures on Page B-14 and Women’s pages 8-4 and 5.
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Boyle
For Love Of Woman Doctor Sparks Duel And Chaplin Reentry
In Frankfurt a U S Army prison sociologist Blondell Groseclose challenged Capt Tarpley to a pistol duel over a raven haired German doctor, claiming honor and a lost love. In Washington Chaplin surrendered his U S reentry permit signaling he will not resume residence in the United States.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Blondell Groseclose
Mannheim
Charles D. ‘Tarpley
Groseclose
Hoechst
Margarete Meyer
U. S
Robert L. Guthrie
Army
97Th General Hospital
Tarpley
Washington
Charlie Chaplin
Justice Department
Department
Chaplin
Europe
James P. McGranery
Accstor
United States
Brownell
State Department
Geneva
Switzerland
U. S. State Department
Hollywood
MeeGranery
McGranery
Peace Is Ikes Talk for Editors in Washington
President Eisenhower will address the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington on Thursday about peace for all peoples in 1953. Hagerty said the major foreign policy speech will be televised and radio broadcast nationally. He will return to Augusta after the luncheon then fly back to Washington for the baseball game between the Senators and the Yankees.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Washington
James C. Hagerty
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Haggerty
Soviet Union
Augusta National Club
Capital
White House
Statler
Griffith Sta
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Hagerty
Weather Summary for Coastal Region
Mostly clear through Thursday with fog and low clouds along the coast late tonight and early Thursday. Slight warming with highs around 78. Expect cooler nights and light winds along the shore.
Senator Byrd Blames Defense for Korean Ammo Delays
Sen. Byrd labeled Defense Department handling of Korean ammunition problems as a series of tragic mistakes. He cited slow Army programming and a 30 day approval gap after reports reached the Secretary of Defense, accusing instructions of acting as a slowdown order.
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Washington
Army
Sen
Byrd
D.-Va
Defense Department
Special Armed Services Subcommittee
William O. Reeder
Reeder
Secretary of Defense
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Senate
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Taft
Mouse
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Malaya
Adiai Stevenson
Stevenson
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Portland, Ore
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Michael Hintz
Hintz
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Robert F. Wise
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Chicago
Rita Meany
William A. Kritmnar
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San Francisco
Anthony Cummings
Joe Roach
Santa Fe
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Donnell Culpepper
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U.N
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Senator Flays
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