Korean Gets 10 Years for GI Stab Death
In Tokyo on May 7 a Korean youth, So Gei Kan, 21, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for fatally stabbing U S soldier Cpl. William E Jordan of Floral Park New York. Jordan was among six Americans attacked by Koreans in the Asakatsu amusement district of Tokyo. The other three defendants will face separate trials by a U S military commission.
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Connsonata
G. Conn Itd
Tokyo
So Gel Kan
Cpl
William E. Jordan
Floral Park
U. S
Jordan
Asakatsu Amusement District
So Gei Kan
UN Troops Probe Center of Front as Reds Fight Back
U N spokesmen offered no interpretation of a sign that the war had again reached a stalemate. Allied air forces claimed to have blocked Red tank movements from Manchuria and reported heavy Soviet transport activity heading south. Casualties from the latest fighting reached 570 Reds on Sunday, with the nine day toll about 75,000, as pilots kept up daily patrols and ground operations continued along the line near Seoul and Chunchon.
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U. N
Manchuria
Far Eastern
No Man's Land
U.N
Seoul
Chunchon
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N. Command
US N
Songjin
Wonsan
Grandmas Defy Critics In Cheerful Glimpse Of Aging
A column surveys grandmothers and grandfathers embracing modern life while staying true to old fashioned values. Mrs Perry of Linden and Grandmother Ingraham share quilts, work, and pride in family, while letters praise youth in spirit over age. The piece ends with a playful jab at museum curations for seniors.
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Perry
Ted
Marlene Dietrich
Whistler
Bea White
Lewiston
Idaho
Grandma
Grandpa
Grandma White
Margaret Ingraham
Beverly
Mass
Gramps
Ingraham
Israel Independence Celebration Begins in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv marks independence week starting May 7 with nonstop festivities through Thursday night. Commemorating the establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine three years ago, events are highlighted by public displays and community activities across the city during the weeklong observance.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Palestine
TheUcal Advertiseme
Britain China exports debate sparks censure motion
Blackburn filed a censure motion over China exports claiming Britain ships ten times their civilian need to China. Sir Hartley refused to accept figures or conclusions. Churchill criticized rubber exports to Red China and urged halting them to ease U. S. relations. Hartley said China export questions will be reviewed by the U.N. and colonial governments.
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Blackburn
China
Britain
Hartley
Winston Churchill
U. S
U. N
Wounded Marine Reservist George T. Jacobson Reported Recovering
George T. Jacobson 23 of Long Beach, a Marine Corps Reserve replacement in the First Marine Division, was wounded in action in Korea on April 24 by shrapnel in the right arm. He is listed as making a rapid recovery. Jacobson, a veteran of five wartime and postwar years, served in Japan and Korea, and joined the Marine Corps Reserve after discharge. He is married to Mary Ann Means and their daughter Vickie Lee, 17 months, lives with them in Lakewood at 3654 Ocana Ave.
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George T. Jacobson
Long Beach
First Marine Division
George Jacobson
E. Pleasant St
Mary Ann Means
Jacobson
Korea
Re Rats
Tague
Army
Japan
Marine Corps Reserve
John
Dewey Continuation High
Vickie* Lee
Ocana Ave
Lakewood
Drunk Drivers Penalties Stiff In Court
Two men pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Municipal Court before Judge Wilber F. Downs. Randolph A. Hean, 20, an aircraft worker, was jailed 30 days after being arrested at St. Louis Ave and Seventh St for running a traffic signal. Joseph Rippelle, 42, a carpenter, must pay a 300 dollar fine or serve 30 days after arrest at Atlantic Ave and Pacific Coast Hwy for the same offense.
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Wilber F. Downs
Randolph A. Hean
St. Louis Ave
Detour Expected to Open May 14 by Harbor Dept
The Harbor Department plans a new detour roadway across the Los Angeles River bottom at 14th Street and hopes it will be open by Monday if conditions permit. The detour has washed out four times during construction of the Anaheim Street Bridge, which has closed the span for months.
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Harbor Department
Los Angeles River
14Th St
Charles L. Vickers
Anaheim St
Five Injured in Auto Collision
Walter McQuain and passenger Frank Hunter were hospitalized after a two car crash at Alameda Street and Fernwood Avenue in Lynwood. Jimmy Hollingsworth Laberta White and Oscar Lyons, all from Los Angeles, also treated for bruises at Rummage Sales locations. Community notices include rummage sales by Tweedy Industrial Hospital Temple Sinai Sisterhood and Degree of Honor, plus a New York New Jersey States Society meeting at the YWCA and a City College string trio and dancers program.
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Walter McQuain
Jimmy Hollingsworth
Laberta White
Oscar Lyons
Los Angeles
States Society
New York-New Jersey
YWCA
Robert F. Dilday
Jean Cox
Margaret Mee
Barbara Hawes
City College
Ben Phelan
Contracts Given for Steel Piles
Port Manager E. J. Amar announced steel pile contracts totaling 997 448 dollars for harbor work. Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp to 388 626 50 and Columbia Steel Corp to 608 312 for sheet steel piles. Wester n Corp awarded 48 thousand dollar contract for reinforced concrete walls at the inner harbor transit shed.
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E. J. Amar
Amar
Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp
Columbia Steel Corp
U. S. Steel Corp
The
Harbor Commission
Weston Corp
Tax Liens Filed Against Mavier Cugat and Wife
Federal tax liens totaling 52530 were filed in New York against band leader Mavier Cugat and his wife. The records show arrears of 24518 for 1948 21998 for 1949 and 6014 for 1950. Liens were filed by internal revenue collector R A Riddell in the city registrar's office. Address listed for Cugat is 470 N Layton Way Los Angeles.
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Cugats
New York
Mavier Cugat 1
R. A. Riddell
Internal Revenue Collector
Federal District
California
Cugat
N. Layton Way
Los Angeles
Harbor Guards Vote to Recognize AFL Union
In Newton, guards and patrolmen from the Newton Detective Bureau voted to recognize the Guards and Watchmen's Union affiliated with the Seafarers' International Union as their bargaining agent. The election follows a National Labor Relations Board ruling on April 26 in Washington, which found an ILWU contract with a guard employer illegal for requiring ILWU membership as a condition of employment. Floyd C. Brewer conducted the election as an NLRB official.
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Jergins ‘Trust Bldg
Newton Detective Bureau
Guards and Watchmen's Union
Seafarers’ International Union
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
D. C
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Newton
ILWU
Floyd C. Brewer
Labor Relations Board
Death of Mrs. Betty Miller Evans Reported
Word was received today of the death of Mrs. Betty Miller Evans yesterday in a Los Angeles hospital. She was born in and lived for several years in Long Beach.
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Betty Miller Evans
Los Angeles
Long Beach
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