Million Japanese Trained by Reds Back in Homeland
Nearly 1,000,000 Japanese soldiers once held by the Russians have returned to Japan indoctrinated with communism. Cecil G. Tilton disclosed estimates of 1,277,600 originally captured, 935,000 repatriated in groups over years, raising questions on how many remain active Communist party workers. MacArthur anticipated dangers and funded reeducation through public meetings and press. Rotary program noted public speaking contest winner Robert Croucher praising Ted Williams.
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New Master Clock Monitors Time Across Large Nation
A Bell Telephone Laboratories master clock, drifting less than a ten thousandth of a second daily, begins nationwide timekeeping. It uses four quartz crystals and six white dial indicators to coordinate radio stations and telephones across the northeast, aiming to extend to the entire United States. Engineers Ferguson Means Felch Packards Marrison designed the device to beat Earth’s variable rotation and move toward atomic time.
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Lions Club Cites P-T Carrier 15-Year-Old Joe Reeves
Joe Reeves, a Belmont Shore paper route carrier, receives a meritorious service award for outstanding scholarship from the Downtown Lions Club. The 15-year-old Long Beach student, born in Open, Utah, lives on Broadway and attends Rogers Junior High, serving as quorums president and active in Boy and Air Scouts. He plans to attend Wilson High School next year.
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MacArthur to Have Office in New York
Gen Douglas MacArthur plans to move to New York and set up headquarters at 90 Church Street in a few weeks. His office will be under the New York military district and funded by the government. He chose New York over Washington and will not report to command levels below the Pentagon.
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House blocks Booker T. Washington veterans hospital plan
The House rejected authorizing a veterans hospital in memory of Booker T. Washington by a 222 to 117 vote. Two Black Congress members pressed the bill, but opposition prevailed, and the project was not funded. General MacArthur would receive a small office suite on a government building floor if approved.
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Assembly Hears Ex-sinners at MRA Meeting on Jamaica
The World Assembly on Moral Rearmament drew delegates to Mackinag Island for a camp meeting style session. Jamaican House member Willis Isaacs testified how MRA ideals replaced his intense British-hostility with honesty, purity, and love.
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Missionary freed after death sentence in Red China
Pro Catholic missionary from Newark, New Jersey, released after four months in Chinese jails where he faced a death sentence. He shielded his name for safety. He described trials before a four Communist panel and the push to expel him from China despite earlier arrests for aiding anti Communist guerrillas.
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Pipeline Permit Sought for Southern California Gas Line
Washington June 7 The UP Southern California Gas Co of Los Angeles seeks authority from the power commission to build a five mile pipeline into the Antelope Valley in Southern California. The line would deliver natural gas to Mojave Lancaster and Palmdale already served by the company with liquid petroleum gas and to Rosamond which lacks gas service.
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