Family of Nine Wins Eviction Stay
In Columbus Ohio a mother and her seven children plus husband faced eviction from a Reynoldsburg area home on Route 40. A local landlord sought immediate possession but with Gov. Lausche backing a delay, Justice of the Peace Jesse Owens extended the eviction for 15 days. The Derenburger family kept their roof for now amid possible further court action. Phone-Wage Pact announced in Los Angeles with a wage rise for about 1000 plant toll maintenance workers at Pacific Telephone and Telegraph.
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Columbus
Ohio
Reynoldsburg
Justice of the Peace
Jesse Owens
Owens
Frank J. Lausche
Holy Derenburger
Los Angeles
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Diphtheria like illness sickens crew of USS Bayfield
Army doctors in Honolulu report 21 crew members of the naval transport USS Bayfield faced a severe flu type infection of the upper respiratory regions. Initial diphtheria diagnosis was revised. All in Hawaii to receive diphtheria antitoxin under joint military regulation effective Feb. 3. One sailor, Seaman Calvin R. Johnson of Cleveland Tenn., is in critical condition with encephalitis and pneumonia. The remaining 20 are recovering and may rejoin their ship when quarantine ends.
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Honolulu
Army
Triplier General Hospital
USS
Bayfield
Hawaii
Navy
Calvin R. Johnson
Cleveland
Tenn
Japan
Lovett Warns Reds Against Resuming War
Secretary of Defense Lovett warned the Communists they face heavy losses if they renew large scale attacks in Korea. He urged ending hostilities without appeasement and noted UN forces hold defensive positions across central Korea. Air Secretary Finletter highlighted jet air challenges and MIG-15 numbers while Lovett projected 1952 defense spending at about 18 percent of GNP and sustained manpower needs.
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Washington
Lovett
Korea
Congress
Defeense Department
United Nations
United States
Thomas Finlettter
Air Force
Defense Department
Finletter
Van Fleet says Korean war strains Soviet industry
Eighth Army commander General James A. Van Fleet warns that Chinese and North Korean forces in Korea are draining Soviet heavy industry and easing pressure on other fronts. He argues a renewed full-scale war could be won by the United Nations, and that Korean consumption of Soviet military equipment remains high despite U.S. losses. The general also says Eighth Army is ready to pursue decisive action if a decision is made to destroy the enemy.
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Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
Korea
United Nations
United Press
van Fleet
United States
Seeraeistanaes
Newport Gets Scout National Jamboree in 1953
Santa Ana reports the 1953 National Jamboree will be held in Orange County. About 50 000 Scouts from around the world will camp on 3000 acres of Irvine Rancho along Upper Newport Bay from MacArthur to Coast Highway. The event spans a week to ten days with campfire pageants and a rodeo by Irvine Rancho plus the Snowbirds flight at Newport Harbor.
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Santa Ana
Boy Scouts
Orange County
Cecil S. Fife
Orange Empire Council of Boy Steattie
Irvine Rancho
Newport Bay
MacArthur Blvd
Coast Hwy
Washigton
D. C
Valley Forge
Henry B. Grandon
San Marino
Scout Region 12
Los Angeles
Southland Scout Movement
Newport Harbor
Fife
National Council of Boy Scouts
Torrance Deal To Be Probed By Senate Panel
Senate investigators will open hearings next month into a Torrance California surplus plant sale bought by Landulant Torrance Corp involving a $57000 finder’s fee paid to Pittsburgh gambler Frank Nathan. The inquiry follows prior probes into War Assets and internal Revenue matters linked to Jess Larson and Nathan.
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Washington
Senate
California
Pittsburgh
Frank Nathan
Clyde R. Hoey
de N. C
Torrance
Calif
Landulant Torrance Corp
General Services
Jess Larson
Hoey
Pacific Isles Jurisdiction Shifts to Navy Chiefs
The Joint Chiefs of Staff assign military jurisdiction over Formosa and the Philippines to the Pacific Fleet. President Truman orders the shift from General Ridgway to Admiral Radford, aligning command with the service branch most involved in the mission. The decision ends MacArthur's push for unified control in the region.
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Pearl Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
Navy High Command
Formosa
Philippines
Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
Matthew Ridgway
Far East
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific
Truman
Joint Chiefs
Washington
Southwest Pacific
Adms
Chester W. Nimitz
William F. Halsey
Solomons
New Guinea
Man ties rock to neck and leaps to death in lake
Two fishermen watched a man tie a rock weighted rope to his neck and dive into the icy reservoir at American Falls Idaho. Officers recovered the body and tentatively identified him as William Black, 50, of Aberdeen Idaho. In Washington the Wage Stabilization Board urged a 144 cent hourly wage boost for about 11 500 CIO auto workers at Wright aeronautical plants in Woodridge New Jersey.
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American Falls
Idaho
William Black
Aberdeen
Ida
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO
Wright Aeronautical
Woodridge
N. J
Beck Threatens Booksellers Over Defamatory Book
Seattle March 15. An attorney for labor leader Dave Beck said bookstores in several states face libel suits if they sell the book U S A Confidential. Samuel B Bassett said warning letters are sent on Beck's behalf to booksellers in Oregon California Washington Illinois Michigan Missouri and Utah. Bassett warned Seattle booksellers that Beck as vice president of the AFL Teamsters Union objected to remarks about him by Jack Tate and Lee Mortimer of Newark.
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Seattle
Dave Beck
Samuel B. Bassett
Beck
Oregon
California
Washington
Illnois
Michigan
Missouri
Utah
Bassett
AFL Teamsters’ Union
Jack Tat
Lee Mortimer
Newark
Mexican to Maintain 24 Hour Teen Border Watch in Tijuana
Teeners banned. Tijuana officials announce a 24 hour watch to turn back unescorted teenagers attempting to cross the international border into Tijuana. Fernando Calzada, chief of immigration here, announced tonight.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Fernando Calzada
New London Texas School Disaster Remembered
A 1960 blast at the New London school killed 28 children, 14 teachers, and two mothers, with 700 students in the building. Survivors recall the gas explosion lifting floors and collapsing walls as classrooms emptied and a school day turned tragic. Billie Sue Hall and other students faced the chaos as emergency crews responded and memories endured.
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New London
Texas
Thurst
Billie Sue
Hall
New London School
Orben
Billie
L. J.hall
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