U N Demands on Buffer Zone Spark Confusion
The U.N. demands on a demilitarized buffer zone prompted swift, tangled briefings from the Civil Information and Education Division. Gen Ridgway made a late-night dash to his Tokyo headquarters as Allied and U.N. teams reported no progress in Kaesong talks.
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Civil Information and Education Division
Kremlin
China
Donald R. Nugent
U.N
Eedgway
Matthew B. Ridgway
Supreme Allied
Dai Ichi
U. W
Dredging Pushed in Central Valley
Fresno report says the Federal Bureau of Reclamation moved to dredge the San Joaquin River below Friant dam to sustain 2000 cubic feet per second flow as court-ordered. The injunction allows phased reductions after dredging, preventing CVP disruptions and preserving water for Friant Kern and Madera canals.
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Fresno
Federal Bureau of Reclamation
Central Valley Project
San Joaquin River
Bureau
Friant Dam
Peirson J. M. Hall
Los Angeles
Richard L. Boke
Sacramento
CVP
Friant
Friant Kern
Madera
U S Nabs 35000 on Ciano Diary Sale
The Justice Department seized about 35000 from the sale in America of the diary of the late Count Ciano, Italian foreign minister executed by Mussolini. The funds were held in American banks for Ciano's widow Edda Mussolini, daughter of the former dictator.
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Washington
America
Ciano
Ttalian
Benito Mussolini
Justice Department
Edda Mussoya
Dic
ALOT
Beaten Airman May Never Talk
Ri Cpl Frank Baerga a 19 year old from the Bronx may never speak again after being beaten unconscious on July 26 for refusing to buy marijuana cigarettes. Doctors at Fitzsimmons General Hospital report skull fractures and a possible blood clot near his speech center, with only cautious hope for restoring speech via delicate surgery.
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Denver
Frank Baerga
Bronx
N.Y
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Baerga
Navy Civilian Employees Receive Awards of Merit
Navy shipyards in Long Beach honored 25 civilian workers with Awards of Merit for outstanding performance beyond normal requirements. Capt E E Spring presented certificates at a ceremony. Mae Gaerke, the only woman honoree, earned a second such award in 26 years.
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E. E. Spring
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
W. Dale Clement
Shipard
Clement
Navy
Prass-Telegram
USN
Honer
Ployes of
Long Beach
Naval
Empyara
Prison Sentence Given Robber Downs Faces Possible Life Term
San Jose August 4 1948 press report says Emory Lee Downs once among FBI's most wanted must serve three to five years for a 1948 San Jose base robbery at San Quentin. Judge William F. James noted potential life sentence as habitual criminal under California law. Downs, 43, has prior burglary sentences in Idaho Oregon Utah and Washington. Arrested in Daytona Beach Florida last year he was convicted of the $3500 robbery.
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San Jose
Emory Lee Downs
FBI
San Quentin
Downs
California
Idaho
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Daytona Beach
Fla
Gestapo Torturer Sentenced to 20 Years
BRUSSELS Belgium Aug 4 Karl Constantin Canaris nephew of the late Adm Canaris and a former Gestapo chief in Belgium was sentenced to hard labor for 20 years by a Belgian military court He must pay half the trial costs 85 000 Belgian francs $1700 He may appeal within 10 days He ordered the shooting of hostages at Peet concentration camp near Antwerp and Limburg and was charged with torture and arrest of Jews who died in camps
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Brussels
Belgium
Karl Constantin Canaris
Adm
Canaris
Gestapo
Peet
Antwerp
Limburg
Breendonck
Movie Credit Line Brings Macburnie Brothers Back Together
HOLLYWOOD August 4 A film credits line reunites John Macburnie 59 and his brother Charles 53 years apart John credited as director of photography nephew Charles Macburnie Jr 33 discovered the credit in New York and informed their father They had not seen each other since 1910 when both were in a Massachusetts home
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Hollywood
John
Charles Macburnie
Charles Macburnie Jr
New York
Charles
Massachusetts
Bandit Robs Express Office With Children Waiting Outside
Los Angeles report: a hold up man tied clerk Marjorie Sanchez and grabbed 700 dollars in currency and 1200 dollars in checks from a Railway Express Agency office. A witness saw the robber flee in a one year old car with two children waiting outside.
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Los Angeles
Railway Express Agency
Marjorie Sanchez
Slain and killer end life in Grudge murder suicide
In Warsaw Virginia Aug 4 a white farmer Grover Webb II and his two children were killed by Moses Gordon a 26 year old farmer who then killed himself Gordon had held a grudge against Webb for some time The dead include Elizabeth Webb 33 Grover Webb III around 8 and William Webb about 3 A nine year old Shirley Ann Webb survived after Willard Balderston heard shots and rushed to assist her
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Warsaw
Grover Webb II
Moses Gordon
Webb
Gordon
Elizabeth Webb
Grover Webb III
William Webb
Shirley Ann Webb
Willard Balderston
Korean Fears New Outbreak of War
In San Francisco on August 4, South Korea's ambassador to the United States Dr You Chan Yang warned that Korea would be attacked again if the armistice keeps the country divided at the 38th parallel He urged rapid reunification talks and said a unified Korea would have no Communists except a few Kremlin inspired leaders and those duped by communists have learned a harsh lesson and reject communism.
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Yalu
Nuckols
Air Force
William P. Nuckols
Tokyo
United Nations
Kaesong
Long Beach
Pyonggang
Yangin River
38Th
38Th Parallel
U. N
Red
North Korea
China
U.N
Nam Il
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam
Joy
Jay
U. WN
San Francisco
Aue
South Korea
United States
You Chan Yang
Korea
Kremlin
90 Ousted Cadets Protests Raw Deal at Army Academy
The Army Academy faced upheaval as more than 100 cadets from the June class and over 200 participants protested against expulsions related to a cheating scandal. General discharges threaten the football team and 1-A drafts loom for many cadets, while some may seek appeals or reviews.
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Bob Blaik
Army
Black Knights
Hudson
Tocali
Academy
James B. Leer
Academy Public Information Officer
M Fen
Washington
Korea
Building Trades Official Concludes 46-Year Service
George D. Hammond announced his resignation as secretary of the Long Beach Building and Construction Trades, ending 46 years in the industry. He has led since 1942 and will be temporarily replaced by Bryan P. Deavers with a permanent successor to be named next Thursday. Hammond, a veteran carpenter, will depart for a vacation at Zion National Park after a long record of civic involvement.
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George D. Hammond
Long Beach Building and Construction Trades Connell
Hammond
Bryan P. Deavers
Long Beach
The
Carpenters Union
Los Angeles
Runaway Auto Injures Four in Los Angeles
A parked car with no driver rolled down a hill and struck Mrs. Ruby Holquin and her three children, pinning them against a wire fence. Salvadore Jr. escaped with cuts, while Diane, age 2, suffered a possible skull fracture and Carolyn, 3, a possible hip fracture. Constable David B. Cook had left the car parked.
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Los Angeles
Ruby Holquin
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Linton
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