County Grand Jury Calls Special Session to Probe L. A. Strike
In Los Angeles a two day transit strike by 4000 AFL transportation workers disrupted 1,000,000 daily riders. The county grand jury will reconvene to investigate the walkout, with D. D. McClurg and L. A. T. L. officials among those testifying. Shrine leaders urged a one week truce as talks continued with management and union reps.
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OS Angeles
Los Angeles
Gary Foreman
Carey S. Hill
AFL
Hill
D. D. McClurg
Cone T. Bass
Harry Malcolm
Fletcher Bowron
Raymond Darby
Bowron
Shrine Imperial
Harald Lloyd
Truman
Malcolm
Istrikers
Shriners Arrive in Los Angeles for Imperial Council
Los Angeles welcomed Shriners in a rapid influx by plane train bus and car as 200 000 on hand prepare for the 76th imperial council session. Delegations arrived from Rochester N Y Montreal Madison Cleveland San Francisco and Miami amid a clouded sky and a streetcar strike. A tent city rose at Pershing Square for registration. An afternoon parade in Pasadena led by Mayor Bowron and Roy Rogers preceded the induction of 3000 new nobles in the Rose Bowl.
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Los Angeles
Masonic Order
Imperial Council
Rochester
WN. C
Montreal
Madison
Cleveland
San Francisco
Miami
Fletcher Bowron
Roy Rogers
Air Sergeant Held in Fatal Beating Case
San Francisco police custody a 30 year old Air Force sergeant Edwin A Walter Jr for suspicion of murder in the May 27 fatal beating of 44 year old Jack Burket a publicity man for Gov Earl Warren Burket died from a fractured skull after a confrontation outside a Mason Street cafe Walter had been with John O Donnell after a Warren rally and was moved from assault to Camp Stoneman pending case details
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Air Force
Earl Warren
Edwin A. O'Hare
Edwin A. Walter Jr
Walter
Culpepper
Jack Burket
Mason St
O’haire
Burket
Gov. Warren
John O'Donnell
Warren
Burker
Camp Stoneman
Here
Air Gargantua From Hawaii to San Diego Sets Record Flight
The Caroline Mars carried 144 aboard a 2609 mile hop from Pearl Harbor to San Diego, Navy officials say it may set a world record for passenger load on the distance. The Hawaii Mars followed with 106 aboard for a 2400 mile leg to Alameda, with plans altered to stop there before continuing.
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Pearl Harbor
California
Navy
Honolulu
Long Beach
San Diego
Calif
Hawaii Mars
Alameda
Hawaii
Continental United States
Explosion of danger as aquaplaner accident amputates leg
Norma Thompson, 18, leaped from a speedboat to aid her husband during an aquaplane incident at Atlantic City. Her left leg was caught in the boat propeller and was amputated above the knee at Atlantic City Hospital. Bernard Thompson, a sailor at Atlantic City Naval Air Station, swam to shore unaided.
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Atlantic
Ux. 1
Norma Thompson
Atlantic City Hospital
Bernard
Atlantic City Naval Air Station
Freakish Wind Twister Upsets Paramount Poultry Yard
A freak whirlwind struck a yard at 15143 Gundry Ave Paramount late yesterday, upending two 50 by 50 foot laying pens and dumping hundreds of chickens into chaos. Owner M M Dillman estimates damage at 500 dollars as two sections weighing nearly a ton were lifted and flipped onto adjacent pens. Neighbor Bill Hart reported the dusting along the edge, noting the wind disappeared as quickly as it came.
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Gundry Ave
Paramount
M. M
Dillman
Bill Hart
Bandits Battle Off-duty Officer and Escape in Liquor Store Heist
Two bandits robbed Drive-In Liquor Store on Santa Fe Avenue taking 113 from clerk James Smith of San Pedro. An off duty officer Darrell Goldsmith fought back after he followed suspects, exchanging gunfire. the suspects fled in a late model Packard. A 30 mile chase ensued, ending when the pursuers’ car crashed near Alameda Boulevard. The driver, 26, identified as James Babbs, claimed escape from Camarillo State Hospital and theft from a Los Angeles lot.
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Santa Fe Ave
James Smith
San Pedro
Smith
Darrell Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Delta Ave
23Rd St
Pacific Coast Hwy
Alameda Blvd
Wilmington
James Babbs
Camarillo State Hospital
Los Angeles
Oceanic Rescue Shoots To Harbor After Fishing Incident
The sport fishing boat Oceanic, from San Pedro, carried an unconscious fisherman, Ben Greenfield of Inglewood, from Catalina Island to Wilmington after a medical emergency. Skippered by Shorty Guist, the faster vessel outran a mercy craft as Coast Guard arranged a Wilmington emergency ambulance to meet at Harbor Water Taxi Landing at Avalon Boulevard.
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Oceanic
Catalina Island
Wilmington
Harbor General Hospital
Ben Greenfield
Inglewood
San Pedro
Shorty” Guist
Greenfield
Coast Guard
Harbor Water Taxi
Avalon Blvd
Processing in Free Zones Now Legal
Washington June 17 reports President Truman signed a bill permitting manufacture and display of products in duty free foreign trade zones. The zones listed are New York New Orleans San Francisco Los Angeles and San Antonio. The move aims to bolster trade and legalize operations in these zones under federal supervision.
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Washington
Truman
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Antonio
Larsen Fined in Amerasia Probe Talks of Conspirator
Emmanuel S. Larsen testifies before a Senate subcommittee that Andrew Roth was the principal conspirator in the Amerasia documents case and a Communist ally due to his association with Ho Chi Minh. Larsen also questions John S. Service's wartime reports and cites McCarthy’s charge about payoff favors, with Roth’s charges later dropped.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Emmanuel S. Larsen
Amerasia
Senate
Andrew Roth
Larsen
Senate Foreign Relations
Roth
Ho Chin Minh
Indochina
State Department
Naval Intelligence
John S. Service
China
Service
Sen. McCarthy
Wisconsin
John E. Peurifoy
Peurifoy
McCarthy
Mormon Church Buys Former Mayer Farm
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has bought the Mayer Farm near Perris for general agriculture. The deal, announced by attorney Owen Reichman of Salt Lake City, involved Ellsworth Statler as the seller. Reichman did not disclose the purchase price.
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Perris
Sune
Lewis B. Mayer
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon
Owen Reichman
Salt Lake City
Ellssworth Statler
Reichman
Russians Budget 3.75 Billion for Revived Navy
Moscow reports the Supreme Soviet adopted a defense budget totaling 433,167,000,000 rubles with 64,000,000,000 rubles for the separate War Ministry and 15,000,000,000 rubles for the Navy Ministry. Finance Minister Arseny Zverev announced the figures before bannered approval by the two houses, underscoring a shift to a distinct Navy Ministry. The budget shows projected expenditures of 427,937,000,000 rubles and a surplus of over 5,000,000,000 rubles amid a total defense outlay of 79,400,000,000 rubles for the year.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Truman
U. S. Navy
Arseny G. Zverev
Council of the Union
Council of Nationalities
Ministry of Defense
War Ministry
Walkout Closes Bethlehem Steel Johnstown Works
VOHNSLAWI June 17 A UPA strike by United Steelworkers Local 2635 closed large portions of Bethlehem Steel Co Johnstown works as 800 workers walked out over discipline and management actions. Evening shift open hearth and other departments followed, reducing production with plate mills halted while some blooming and billet mills operated at reduced rates leaving 16,000 employees affected. The union met but did not move to end the walkout.
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Vohnslawi
Upa
C. S. O. United
Striking Union
Dad or Not Dad What Boy Says to Paper
A news item from June 17 features a boy calling the Arkansas Democrat to praise his father. The unnamed speaker insists on his father being noted, while revealing a personal wish to give his dad a Father’s Day present. The piece centers on a child’s affectionate claim and newspaper curiosity.
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Title Rock
Arkansas Democrat
Gordon Shaw
E. State
Danny Shaw
Kramer
Flash Floods Fatal to Six in Northwest Storms
A cloudburst near Pomeroy Washington triggered a flash flood that killed an elderly couple and their son. In Ohio Jonathan Creek dumped waters into three counties, killing two women and threatening a national rowing regatta. Fraser River and local floods forced evacuations in coal regions as rivers rose above flood levels and a four year old drowned in the Cowlitz River near Longview. Authorities warned residents to remain alert for 48 hours as weather worsened.
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Herman Baden
Pomeroy
Wath
Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Wash
Ohio
Jonathan Creek
Marietta
Pennsylvania
New York
Agassiz
B. C
Fraser
James Fraser
Child
Judy Gibergen
Cowlitz
Longview
Kootenai
Idaho
Midwest
Tatman Creek
Carl
W. B. Grounds
Carl Baden
Roseanna
Skyhawk Canyon
Baden
Fraser River
Chen Yi Executed for Conspiracy With Communists
Gen Chen Yi once Chiang Kaishek’s high chief in Formosa is executed for conspiring with the Communists. The 67 year old former postwar Formosa governor was shot after pleading guilty to collab and attempting to aid Reds in 1949. Chiang approved the sentence, noting a strong Formosan reaction to his brutal 1947 crackdown. Separately, Nationalist guerrillas attacked Yuhwan Island south of Shanghai amid a naval bombardment with reports of casualties on the Communist side.
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Taipel Formaona
Chen Yi
Chiang Kaishek
Formosa
Chiang
Chen
Shanghai
Navy
Yuhwan Island
President Truman sails down the Potomac aboard Williamsburg
President Truman boarded the yacht Williamsburg at the Naval Gun Factory for an overnight cruise down the Potomac River. The craft will anchor tonight near Blakistone Island with a return planned around 6 pm Sunday, EST.
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Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
Naval Gun Factory
Potomac River
Potomac
Blakistone Island
Unusual Fishing Salmon Chased Across Fraser Pastures
In the flooded Fraser Valley at Glen Valley near Agassiz British Columbia on June 17 salmon were seen swimming in pastures 6 inches to 2 feet deep. Wakes from the fish were visible as they moved through clover flooded by the rising water.
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Agassiz
B. C
Fraser Valley
Glen Valley
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