Veterans Rush Home for Holidays Surging home from Korea and beyond
Veterans from Army Navy and Air Force rush home for Christmas and New Year across the United States. An Army airlift from Oakland speeds 1500 men home from Korea while others face weather delays. At New York Fort Hamilton and a chartered plane helped families reach Germany and join loved ones. Some destinations stalled by engine trouble or missed flights.
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United States
Army
Navy
Air Force
San’ Francisco
Oakland
Korea
Seattle
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Des Moines
Pendleton
Ore
Ihildren
Germany
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Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
California
Camp Gordon
Oakland Airport
Bush Field
Augusta Ga
Burbank
Calif
Loretta McIntosh
McIntosh
Distressed Danish Vessel Martin Carl Reaches Safety
The Danish ship Martin Carl of 2499 tons ran aground off southeast Newfoundland early yesterday. The coast guard cutter Rockaway found its engine room dry with water in three holds. 19 of the 29 crew members were sent ashore and the ship is in no immediate danger in a smooth sea.
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New York
Dee. Ue
Martin Carl
Newfoundland
Coast Guard
Rockaway
Czechs Seek Iran Oil Amid Tehran Financial Crisis
Tehran dispatch reports Communist Czechoslovakia moving to buy Iran state oil as Iran pleads poverty after calling home 26 diplomats to cut costs. Talks cover price and transport as Britain opposes sales to outsiders and other nations consider deals.
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Tehran
Iran
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Italy
India
Belgium
Oper Lator
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Mohammed Mossadegh
Jan Sabacky
Hussein’ Pirnia
Javad Busheri
Sabacky
Pirnia
Anr
Purge Claims Reported in Kwangtung Province
Hong Kong dispatch cites Wah Kiu Yat Po claiming 220000 executions in Kwangtung in late 1951 and 500000 sent to labor camps with 500000 more marked for purges. Another 22000 executions were previously noted by Yeh Chien Ying, though observers doubt the counts.
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Hong Kong
Wah Kivu Yat
Canton
Kwangtung
Yeh Chien Ying
Yen
Wah Kiu
Reconciliation Fails Laborer Ends Life in Oaklan d
Walter W Roenke a 48 year old laborer from Redmond Oregon killed himself with a shotgun in Oakland after a failed reconciliation with his wife Viola 44 The couple spent Christmas at their daughter’s home Mrs Roberta E Horton in Castro Valley They found his body and a brief note when they returned from a movie The baby granddaughter six weeks old was sleeping nearby
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Walter W. Roenke
Redmond
Ote
Roenke
Viola
Roberta E. Horton
Castro Valley
Roepke
Juvenile in Jail for Christmas Day in Santa Monica
Eighteen year old Donna Arches spent Christmas Day in a jail cell as she was transferred between foster homes. Juvenile officers said overcrowding forced the temporary jail stay. Officers bought a Christmas tree and a $160 check from an anonymous visitor.
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Santa Monica
Donna Arches
Donna
Superior Court
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