Wealthy Swiss bridegroom hunts runaway Cinderella wife
Roland Devigier, 28, seeks his 16-year-old bride Martha after she left him 15 days into their November 14 Quartzite ceremony. Martha files separate maintenance suit seeking 10,000 monthly support plus 75,000 in attorney fees and court costs, claiming extreme cruelty. Martha’s mother calls the suit ridiculous as the pair were said to be happy at her Torrance home. The couple separated in Los Angeles last Thursday after a whirlwind courtship that began in a Long Beach soda fountain.
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San Francisco
Roland Devigier
Martha
Devigier
Sean Sorell
Sorell
Long Beach
Quartzite
Ariz
W Devigier
Los Angeles
Dudley Gray
Torrance
Calif
Charles Morris
Sorrell
Arizona
Paris
Martha Morris DeVigier
St. Anthony's
Notre Dame Cathedral
Mighty Blast Buries Villages in Hot Ashes
Hibok volcano on Camiguin Island in the central Philippines erupted killing at least 142 villagers. Rescue workers faced hot ash and lava as makeshift hospitals treated many injured. US aid planes and naval ships were pledged to deliver supplies and evacuate residents from the 45,000-strong island population.
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Manila
Hibok Hibok
Philippines
Red Cross
Camiguin Island
Sitios
Philippine Weather Bureau
Bonifacijo Caid
Camiguin
U.S
U.S. Navy
All Philippines
Philippines Air Force
Mindanao
DC-3 Crash Kills Pilot Two Trainees Near Denver
A United Air Lines DC-3 training flight crashed on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal federal reservation near Denver, killing Captain Jordan D. Kocher and two student pilots Lawrence G. Wilson and Wayne C. Moon. The craft took off from Stapleton at 6:30 am, crash occurred about an hour later five miles northeast of Denver. Weather was clear and mild.
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Derby
Cole
United Air Lines
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Oftf
Stapleton Municipal Airfield
Denver
Lowry Air Force Base
Jordan D. Kocher
Calle de Arholles
Redondo Beach
Calif
Lawrence G. Wilson
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Wayne C. Moon
el Cerrito
Truman Grants Holiday Break For Federal Workers
President Truman approves a four day Christmas and a three day New Year holiday for federal workers nationwide. Agencies will shift schedules so the work week runs Tuesday through Saturday during the holiday period, with all employees off Dec 22 to 25 and Dec 30 to Jan 1, and working extra Saturdays around the holidays.
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Key West
Tis
Trumen
Truman
Communists Slams Door On Red Cross Prisoner Aid
Geneva dispatch reports the Communist China bloc refused to allow Red Cross relief to Allied POWs in North Korea. Despite Geneva conventions and repeated messages, no access or talks occurred with North Korean authorities. A July letter from Communist China’s Red Cross denied any aid agreement, deepening the stalemate.
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Geneva
Switzerland
International Red Cross Committee
China
North Korea
International Red Cross
Paul Heugger
Feiping
Ruegger
Red Cross
Marines Rip Rail Link to Vladivostok Raid Behind North Korean Lines
U S and British Marines cut North Korea main link to Vladivostok in a daring raid 125 miles behind enemy lines near Tanchon 20 miles south of Songjin and 155 miles from Vladivostok. They blasted railway lines and a tunnel while leaving a wake of Communist dead. The raid follows reports of 1000 Communist troops recapturing three small islands near the Yalu with heavy casualties claimed by Communists. Front activity was limited to three small probing attacks repelled. temperatures dipped near zero in the east.
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Eighth Army
Korea
U. S
North Korea
Vladivostak
Tanchon
Songjin
Siberian
Manchuria
Vlanivostok
Yalu
Manchurian
U. N
Kur-' Song
Punchbowl Valley
Seoul
Mystery Shrouds Divorcee Death in Culver City
Culver City police investigate the death of 24 year old Shirley Fawcett Keylin after she became unconscious following an afternoon with Clyde Duber and Fred Yeager. An autopsy is ordered after Duber said they had vodka and orange juice and returned from Long Beach before she collapsed.
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Culver
City
Shirley Fawcett Keylin
Culver City
E. A. Maier
Kevlin
Clyde Duber
Los Angeles
Fred Yeager
Duber
Gusty Winds and Rain Tonight Then Showers Tomorrow
Weather forecast warns gusty westerly winds 15 to 25 mph with occasional strong gusts tonight into tomorrow. Small craft warnings extend from Pt Concepcion to San Pedro for rough seas and rain showers expected through the period.
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Pt. Concepcion
San Pedro
In-Law Troubles End in Car Crash in Lancaster
Albert Eberly, 46, of near Stevens, Pa, lost control of his auto and crashed into a parked car. He later learned the damaged vehicle belonged to his father-in-law and that another car’s lights had blinded him, a machine he found out belonged to his brother-in-law.
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Lancaster
Albert Eberly
Stevens
Eberly
UN presses for immediate talks on war prisoners
At Panmunjom, UN negotiators urged start of prisoner exchange talks as part of a Korean armistice while another subcommittee continues negotiations on enforcement. The Communists demanded halt to troop rotation and allowed only rest leaves for troops, delaying fresh replacements. New questions from UN aim to clarify the Red proposals.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
U. N. Command
Prgram
Long Beach
United States
Japan
U. N
L. N
Howling Gale Lashes North Shipping Halls
The Weather Bureau warned Long Beach residents of a violent storm bearing down from the north with gusty winds and heavy rain. Small craft warnings from Pt. Conception to San Pedro. Coast Guard reports wind gusts up to 115 mph offshore. Traffic and shipping disrupted along the Pacific coast with power outages and snow/ flood conditions in several states.
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Weather Bureau
Long Beach
California
K. Showalter
Los Angeles
Pt. Conception
San Pedro
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Coos Bay
Coast Guard
Columbia River
Klamath Falls
Oregon
Washington-Oregon
Monterey
Oregon Coast
Free Airmen Demand Release of U S Crew in Hungary
In Budapest on December 4 the United States demanded the release of four American airmen whose C-47 was forced down by Soviet fighters in western Hungary on November 19. Charge d Affaires George Abbott presented the note to Hungarian Foreign Minister Karoly Kiss, seeking swift information on the crew and their release, while noting standard equipment including parachutes and radios.
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Budapest
Hungary
United States
George Abbott
U. S
Nathaniel Davis
Abbott
Karoly Kiss
Legation
U. S. State Department
Tass
Soviet Union
Attorney warned of tax trouble in half million shakedown
Washington dispatch reports wealthy Chicago attorney Abraham Teitelbaum telling House tax investigators he was approached by Burt Nastor and Bram Nathan in Miami Beach with a demand of 500000 to aid him against supposed income tax trouble. He named a Washington clique including Charles Olphant Jess Larson and George Schoeneman plus ex IRS chief Noonan Caudle and Nathan as possible links. Teitelbaum testified amid hearings into tax fraud led by T Tamar Caudle and related cases.
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Washington
Abraham Teitelbaum
Chicago
Teitelbaum
Burt K. Nastor
Bram Nathan
Miami Beach
Ae Teitelbaum
Charles Oliphant
Jess Larsan
Noonan
Internal Revenue
Schoeneman
Caudle
Naster
Theron Lamar Caudle
Wastor
Nathan
Internal Revenue Bureau
Charles Olinhant
General Services
Frank Nathan
Caudle Mare
Where to Find It
A brief reference list directs readers to specific pages for puzzles, editorials, entertainment, sports, theaters and activities across the newspaper. It enumerates page locations such as Crossword Page B-8 and Sports Pages A-16 and A-17, aiding quick navigation.
45 Million More Workers Needed
Government official Robert C. Goodwin forecast defense industry demand will require 4.5 million more workers by end of 1952. He spoke at the Labor Department conference, detailing sources of hires from civilian goods, expansion, and unemployed, with a net employment rise of about two million.
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Washington
Robert C. Goodwin
Defense Manpower Administration
Defense
Goodwin
Labor Department
State Labor Commissioners
Fifty Fishermen Rescued From Ice
In Onamia Minnesota Civil Air Patrol planes aided the rescue of more than fifty ice fishermen swept from Mille Lacs Lake by a 60 mile per hour gale. Motorists alerted authorities as large ice floes broke loose from the south shore around 3 40 am. Anglers up to two miles from shore faced danger until rescue crews in a motorboat pulled them to safety.
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Onamia
Minn
Big Lake Mille Lacs
Civil Air Patrol
Minnesota
Tos
Emil Lindeman
Blaze Extinguished at Buckingham Palace
Fire crews rushed to Buckingham Palace today and doused a small roof blaze started by two workmen using a blow torch. Workmen were repairing lead facing when rafters caught fire. Smoke filled the palace as King George VI Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret remained inside while firefighters worked.
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Lundgon
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Highway Patrol Tightens Holiday Traffic Checks
California Highway Patrol orders full deployment of patrols in December to curb holiday wrecks. Commissioner Peterson warns against drunk driving speeders and risky behavior while stressing a strict enforcement stance. December has been the peak month for traffic casualties in the past decade with thousands injured and hundreds dead.
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Sacramento
California Highway Patrol
Clifford E. Peterson
Peterson
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