Wry World News Highlights And Oddball Local Tales
In Naples Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce praised joint security as signs of war danger easing, while in New York John A. Erving faced grand larceny charges after car and trailer thefts sparked a multi-state manhunt. Other items include a Canton tax stunt, a pickpocket’s escape, and San Francisco’s odd traffic scramble plan. Local crime, civic notes, and quirky incidents round out a day’s mix.
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Korea
Clare Boothe Luce
Italy
Naples
Europe
Asia
Efor
Luce
New York
John A. Erving
Hooston
Texas
Virginia
Erving
William Goddard
State and Defense Chiefs Called in Red POW Atrocities Probe
Senators press for full Capitol inquiry into alleged Korean War prisoner abuses. Bridges will question top State and Defense officials in a closed session to uncover truth, background, and actions to free more captives amid reports of death marches, beatings, and food shortages.
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Washington
Bridges
R.N. H
Senate Appropriations Committee
U. S
Korea
Walter Bedell Smith
Wea Wank
U. N
Far East
Congress
North Korea
Douglas CIO Ask US Aid on Deadlock
Long Beach Douglas Aircraft Co and Local 148 of the United Auto Workers CIO seek Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service help after 12 weeks of deadlocked talks over a new contract for about 12,000 production workers. A meeting with mediator Harry Malcolm is planned in Los Angeles Friday morning. The old contract remains in effect under a five day termination notice.
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Long Beach Douglas Aircraft Co
United Auto Workers, Cio
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Tos Angeles
Harry Malcolm
Long Beach Douglas
Weather Outlook Mostly Sunny Through Thursday
Forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through Thursday with local night and early morning fog along the coast. Temperatures rise slightly in the afternoons making it a bit warmer daily.
Cost of Living Edges Higher
Washington reports the consumer price index rose two tenths of 1 percent from mid February to mid March, reversing a three month decline. The index reached 113.6 with 1947-49 as base, while food costs remain about a third of consumer expenses and show declines from last year.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Senate Unit Approves Debate Shutoff Change
The Senate rules committee approved a change to ease cloture by a two-thirds vote of Senators present and voting, instead of two-thirds of all members. The move targets lengthy submerged lands bill debate but takes effect only if the full Senate approves.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
U N Meeting Sought On Return Of More Captives
The U N Command ordered a special meeting with Communist liaison officers for Thursday to discuss repatriation operations amid reports of sick and injured prisoners still in stockades. The exchange has already seen 14 Americans and 86 others handed over, with ongoing claims of deaths totaling about 1500.
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Robert B. Tuckman
Milo Farneti Panmuntom
Korea
U. S
U. W
Long Beach
U. N
Japan
Associated Press
Robert Bunson
Reds
Government cuts 830 jobs and 160 positions abroad
Dr Robert L. Johnson announces a federal economy move cutting 830 employer positions in the United States and overseas. 160 vacancies will be abolished as the International Information Service trims staff and overseas broadcasts, including French Portuguese Spanish Hebrew Malay Thai, while English air time drops from 5 hours 45 minutes to 30 minutes daily.
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Washington—Llp
Robert L. Johnson
Overseas Information Service
United States
Johnson
State Department
International Information Service
Budget Bureau
Voice of America
Nove
Wife of Gl Held as Bank Robber
In Alapaha Georgia Mrs Vernell Harper Burch 24 Ambrose Ga wife of S Sgt Chester Burch identified by a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent as the would be bank robber. She used her small son's toy pistol and killed only by a broken bottle when the attempt failed. She is in fair condition at a Nashville Ga hospital and will be turned over to the FBI for the Tuesday robbery attempt. Her handbag contained money according to Agent W A Ross who cited her claim that a dream commanded the act.
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Alapaha
tPl
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Vernell Harper Burch
Ambrose
Chester Burch
Korea
W. A. Ross
Tifton
Nashville, Ga
FBI
Ross
Dynamite Attack Foiled in Daly City Attempted Murder
A 44 year old truck driver and former fight manager escaped injury when dynamite wiring in his car was spotted and disconnected in Daly City California. Investigators consider a possible link to the San Mateo murder of Tom Keen and state officials opened an inquiry into the motive and perpetrators.
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Daly City
Calif UE
Tom Keen
San Mateo
Philip Rancatore
Keen
Voters Recall Hill Officials In Special Election
Voters ousted Mayor Lloyd J. Tomlin and Councilman Lloyd S. Colson by narrow margins in a Tuesday recall. Tomlin recall 627 to 595 retention. Colson recall 629 to 401 retention. City Clerk Heber M. Chapman reported 1042 votes of 2307 eligible, with 371 absentee ballots. Horace W. Green Jr. resigned before the election. recall vacancies to be filled by a six week hence special election.
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Signal HU
Lloyd J. Tomlin
Lloyd S. Colson
Ton- In
Colson
Heber M. Chapman
Horace Wi. Green Jr
Shell explodes near PW convoy in Korea near Panmunjom
In Munsan Korea an artillery shell exploded near Freedom Gate Bridge as an ambulance convoy bearing Communist prisoners neared the truce village. The blast landed close to an American MP. the shell's allegiance and the hit location within the neutral corridor were not immediately known.
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Munsan
Korea
Freedom Gate Bridge
Panmunjem
Lighth Army
Taft Forces Vote Delay on Offshore Ownership Debate
Senate Republican leader Taft postpones a test vote on state versus federal ownership of offshore lands. He plans to move to table a substitute for federal control and indicated a 20 vote margin to sidetrack that proposal. Eisenhower backs state ownership as debate continues with opposition from Fulbright and others.
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Washington
Senate
Robert A. Tait
Jande
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Dalate
Anderson
Eisenhower
Sen
Fulbright
D.-Ark
Senate Today
White House
James C. Hagerty
Liberated GIs Reveal Deaths of 1170 POWs
Liberated American soldiers report horrors from Korean camps and death marches including prisoners pushed off cliffs and bayonetted by Chinese guards. They describe dysentery deaths and brutal neglect, with details linked to the broader repatriation talks at Panmunjom.
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Rutherford Ports
Tokyo
Classifieds and Pages Listed for Newspaper Sections
The note outlines where to find various newspaper content by page and section including Beach Combing on 21, Boyla on A-13, Bridge on A-13, Classifieds on 4 to 12 and 17, Comics on B-10, Crossword on B-12, Editorial on A-12, Financial on B II, Obituaries on B-2, Radio and TV on B-6, Shipping Table on 8 to 12, Sports on As 15 to Ad7, Theaters on B-8, and Tides Temperatures on B-2, with Women on B-4, 8-5.
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Philadelphia
Baithmore
Roevaughn Woolridge
Detective Headquarters
Woolridge
Chamber of Commerce
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton
Joseph Nessinger
Los Angeles
Tvomdin
Mort
Gove
San Francisco
Vijay
Grimsby
England
Comdr
Ray Proctor
Ed Sirege
Everett, Wash
Sirege
San Diego
John Butler
Donnell Ouli
Will Coleman
Milbert Gack
Chattanooga
Tenn
Andy Austin
Chicago
Sife
Evelyn Padgen
Patsy Parzych
McCook
Ill
Edna Ar Eldridge
Greenview
Miss Padgen
Douglas
CIO
U.N
Hill
EI Fumie
United Nations
Tady
Odie Lawley
Regal
Medicine Park
Oklo
Lawley
Lewley
Vallsies
Freas Cn
Donald K. Legay
Leominster
Mass
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