Soldier Escaped Reds Home on Rest in Long Beach
Sergeant Robbie Bomberry, 35, the first Long Beach casualty from the Korean war to return, arrived in Los Angeles for a 20 day convalescence with his sister Mrs. Leona Haskell after escaping a massacre near the Korean front. He and five other prisoners were found wounded and near starved following the escape by playing dead.
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Bomberry
Leona P. Haskell
Albury Ave
Lakewood
Long Beach R
Union Station
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Haskell
Louise Rappulc
ESA Orders Price Ceilings on Autos
The ESA announced price ceilings on new passenger cars, applying to net factory prices to the one class of purchaser on Dec 1. The rule covers standard equipment and pre December pricing for updated lines, with no effect on trucks motorcycles or foreign cars. A wage stabilization board inquiry was ordered to curb automobile industry wage increases as inflation concerns rise.
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Automotive Lacor and
Washington
ESA
Teacher Hele in Girl Death CALHOUN, Ga. Dec. 16
A business school instructor Clyde C. Gentry Jr. was charged with murdering 21 year old Bobby Jean Baxter after allegedly running her down with his automobile at a country club dance. Baxter died at a hospital after being found in a peach net evening dress. Gentry, a University of Georgia graduate and navy veteran, could not recall details. He admitted running over the girl, while being questioned by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation at Atlanta headquarters.
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Clyde C. Gentry Jr
Bobby Jean Baxter
Gentry
University of Georgia
Ed Norton
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Atlanta
GBI
Orton
North Georgial Business College
Rome
Wounded Cab Driver in Critical Condition
Hollister reports cab driver Ronald E. Booth 31 a San Francisco resident was placed on the critical list after being kidnapped and shot Thursday night Doctors say pneumonia complicates his recovery While San Francisco police pursue Harold Harmon 18 alleged shooter and cab thief authorities describe Booths condition as very poor after lying exposed on Highway 101 roadside for about 12 hours
Shirley Temple Secretly Marries Millionaire Suitor Black
Shirley Temple and Harold Black wed in a private ceremony at Del Monte. The 22 year old star and 30 year old Hawaiian pineapple executive, now living in Hollywood, had dated since her split from actor John Agar. The couple kept plans undisclosed despite friends noting romance and wedding talk. Temple has a daughter, Linda Susan, from her prior marriage.
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del Monte
Mr. Black
Shirley
Hawaiian Pineapple Company
Linda Susan
Honolulu
John Agar
San Francisco
Hollywood
Agar
Susie
Santa Claus
Los Angeles
Reds Push Yankees Back Near Hungnam
Troop movements and fighting in northeastern Korea as U S forces retreat toward Hungnam. The Third Infantry Division, U S Marines, and Seventh Infantry repelled elements of Chinese Reds amid shelling and fires from Hamhung. Allied air and ground actions limited, with reports of planed regrouping and ongoing patrols along the 38th parallel line.
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U. S. First Marine
Seventh Infantry
Hungnam
Changjam Reservoir
Associated Press
Stan Swinton
Lambert
Hamhung
Tenth Corps
Korea
United Nations
West
U. S. Eighth Army
38Th Parallel
South Korea
MacArthur
Tokyo
Kaesong
Yesong River
Onjong
mid-Korea
Eighth Army
27Th Commonwealth Brigade
29Th Independent Infantry Brigade
George E. Stratemeyer
Far East Air Force
Wonsan
Earle E. Partridge
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Red Air Force
Self-made Man Chosen New General Electric Head
Ralph Cordiner, who built his career from selling electrical appliances, was elected president of General Electric, succeeding Charles E. Wilson who resigned to lead the Defense Mobilization Board. Cordiner, 50, born in Walla Walla Washington, rose from commercial manager at Pacific Light and Power to GE’s top post with a record of wartime service and broad leadership of GE’s 120 plants.
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EW York
Ralph . Cordiner
General Electric Company
Cordiner
Charles E. Wilson
Ito
New Defense Mobilization Board
Walla Walla
Wash
Whitman College
Ex-sailor confesses to killing bit player in Hollywood
Oakland man James Francis Silva admitted to police that he battered bit player Tommy Hood to death with a frying pan on December 5 after spending the night in Hood's apartment. He said Hood had made improper advances.
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Hollywood
Oakland
Calif
Tommy Hood
James Francis Silva
Hood
Cal Tech Receives $738,081 In Gifts In Year
Pasadena December 16 The California Institute of Technology reported gifts for current purposes totaling 738,081 during the year ending June 30 including a 100,000 anonymous donation The Rockefeller Foundation gave 94,146 for chemistry and biology Government contracts supported research exceeding 4.5 million Endowment funds rose by more than 9 million bringing total endowment to 23,219,877.
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Pasadena
Dee
California Institute of Technollogy
Lee A. Dubridge
Rockefeller Foundation For Chemistry and Bioology
Morales
Scholar Convicted in University Campus Arson
Robert H. Stacy a 30 year old Latin scholar and teaching fellow was found guilty of arson in the Haven Hall blaze at the University of Michigan. A nine to three jury deliberated two hours seven minutes before convicting Stacy and Circuit Judge James R. Breakey Jr will set sentencing. Maximum penalty is ten years in prison.
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Mich
Robert H. Stacy
Moody
University of Michigan
Haven Hall
James R. Breakey Jr
Stacy
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