Red Prisoner Dodd Seized at Koje Camp
General Dodd was captured at Compound 76 on Koje Island after being lured by Red leaders. Lt. Col. Raven escaped as Dodd endured three days of captivity while negotiations and limited concessions were granted. Ridgway urged force to secure release, while Panmunjom talks debated the incident and NATO reshuffles followed.
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Robert Raven
Newton
Texas
Raven
Army
Kose
Dor
Ridgway
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
Nam Il
Panmunjom
U. N
NATO
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Adenauer Seeks Coalition for Pact in Bonn
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer summoned his cabinet as he seeks support from two key parties for the peace contract with the Allies. He pledged to be ready to sign by May 20 with the three western powers, while Socialists oppose the pact and coalition partners press for modifications. The deal aims to restore West Germany’s sovereignty and align with Western European neighbors in a joint defense.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
West Germany
Du Bois Denies Balking at Canadian Interview
Dr W E B Du Bois 84 famed Negro author and teacher said the report he refused to answer Canadian officials questions was a flat lie after he was barred from entering Canada as a speaker for the Canadian Peace Congress. He arrived in Toronto by air and was sent back to New York where his office is. His home is in Baltimore Md Officials said he and his wife were sent back for refusing to undergo an examination meaning answering questions.
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W. E. B. du Bois
Canada
du Bois
Toronto
Malton
Balltimore
MD. Co
E.S. Smith
Immigration
Ottawa
Fickling Lumber Co Safe Looted for 14th Time
Burglars pried open the office safe at the Fickling Lumber Co. 929 W. Anaheim St. last night taking 199 dollars in cash. Entrance was gained through an unlocked window, according to police and Dorian H. Fickling, a company official.
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Fickling Lumber Co
Anaheim St
Dorian H. Fickling
Emperor Luncheon Honors Ridgways at Imperial Palace
Emperor Hirohito and Empress hosted a farewell luncheon for Gen. and Mrs. Matthew Ridgway at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Ridgway, supreme Allied commander in the Far East, departs tomorrow for Europe to assume the NATO leadership post.
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Lokyo
Emperor Hirohito
Matthew B. Ridgway
Imperial Palace
Ridgway
Far East
Europe
NATO
Hat Interfered Jurist's Wife Put 2 Pendants on Ear
Mrs. Harold Burton, wife of Supreme Court Justice, wore two earrings on one ear at a White House judiciary reception. A bystander noted the effect and she explained she wanted both pendants to show under her slanted hat.
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Washington
UPI
Harold Burton
Supreme Court
Charles E Lindner obituary in Torrance hospital notice
Charles E Lindner M1 of Long Beach died May 7 in a Torrance hospital. Born in Pittsburgh he moved to Long Beach in 1926 and was a retired meatcutter. Surviving are widow Matilda a son Charles B Lindner Jr a brother and a sister and three grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 2 p m at Spong berg Chapel with Rev Robert Reid officiating.
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Charles E. Lindner
Wanda
Torrance
Pittsburgh
Long Beach
Matilda
Charles B. Lindner Jr
Scranston
John Lindner
Birs
Rose Hopkins
Spongberg Chapel
Robert Reid
Revival Center
Richardson
Irs
Mary
Atlantic Ave
Longy Beach
Harrisburg
Ohio
Gunnison
Colo
Methodist Church
Nannia/ EL Merritt
Nan L. Dunn
Emily Lindsley
Salida
Rivera
Thur Strangberg
Los Angeles
Victor Strangberg
Whittier
Ray Strangberg
Pittsburg
Calif
H. J. Strangberg
Signa Bullock
Neelcs Memorial Chapel
Coampton Lodge of Elks
Local Woman's Kin Passes Away in East
The death notice from Huntington Virginia reports Mrs. Albert Sidney Harmon, 75, mother of Mrs. Hugh Prichard, survived by another daughter Mrs. Leslie Midkiss and son Roy Lees Harmon of Huntington and by sons Frank and Carlos Harmon of Chicago, plus six grandchildren and one great grandchild. She had been ill for months. Klinger Crapenter Mortuary, Huntington, handles the funeral service.
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Huntington
Hugh Prichard
el Parque St
Albert Sidney Harrimon
Leslie Midkiss
Roy Lees Harmon
Frank
Carlos Harmon
Chicago
Four States Choose Delegates in Presidential Roundup
A report on the day’s delegate selections across Nevada Michigan Utah and Virginia for the July national conventions. It covers Democratic and Republican allocations, debates over foreign aid spending and the views of Senators Ellender George and Taft on Eisenhower and Taft. It notes liberal shifts in the South and comments from Gov Warren on Republican prospects.
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Chicago
Nevada
Michigan
Utah
Virginia
Tonopah
Wells
Grand Rapids
Salt Lake Sux
Washington
Allen Ellender
Louisiana
Walter George
Georgia
Robert Taft
Ohio
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Europe
Taft
Ellender
George
New York
Claude Pepper
Florida
South
Richard Russell
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Pepper
Kefauver
Senate Rules Committee
Oregon
Associated Press
Eisenhowser
Gov. Warren
California
Salem, Orr
Garage Looted at California Ave Loss $132
Police report a garage at 3839 California Ave rear was looted with items valued at 132.50 taken between 1 and 2 a.m. The loss included two tool boxes six cases of unlabeled tuna and 12 cans of motor oil. Walter R Creasy reported the incident noting a cocker spaniel slept through the night and entry was via an unlocked door.
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California Ave
Walter R. Creasy
Servicemen Abandon Car After South Street Crash
Two servicemen were in the car abandoned yesterday on South St after it turned pecan, police said today. The vehicle, reported by police as registered to a Bellflower man, had been sold in recent months and is now owned by a sailor who escaped injuries and was driving at the time of the mishap.
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South St
Strike plans and Communist links emerge in Moscow testimony
LOS ANGELES May 16 UP The San Francisco waterfront strike of 1934 was planned in Moscow, witness Nathaniel Honig testified to a jury of 14 Communist leaders charged with conspiracy. He named Frank Spector and William Schneiderman as attendees and said Comintern directives followed. He described pledges by Phillip M. Connelly and identities of other defendants as party members and Moscow attendees. A San Francisco contractor, Mrs Daisy Van Dorn, testified about joining in 1945 at the FBI’s request and recalled remarks by Mother Eila Bloor predicting revolution and blood in the streets as the United Nations gathered.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Moscow
Nathaniel Honig
Communist Party
Honig
Macow
Frank Spector
William Schneiderman
Schneiderman
Toronto
Ail
Edgar Brandt
Rose Chernin Kusnitz
Pveman
Daisy van Dorn
Communist i Party
Toastmistresses Breakfast to fund delegate to Chicago event
Realetta Toastmistresses of Long Beach plan Sunday Breakfast at Betsy Byrnes home 251 Campo Dr to raise funds for sending a delegate to the International Convention of Toastmistresses in Chicago June 13. Games and entertainment will be provided at the breakfast hosted by past president Betsy Byrnes.
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Betsy's
Realetta Toastmistress Group
Long Beach of Realtors
International Convention of Toastmistresses
Chicago
Campo Dr
Betsy Byrnes
Eight Sailors Gravely Burned at Naval Fire School
Eight sailors were critically burned at the Naval Operating Base when they reentered the fire fighting school building to extinguish smudge pots after a training drill. The school, about ten years old, trains personnel to combat shipboard compartment fires.
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Newells
Navy
Naval Operating Base
Steel Row Briefs Filed With Court
Companies failed to show damage from seizure outweighing public interest while the Taft Hartley remedy was cited. CIO steelworkers argued the seizure was over prices not a labor dispute and criticized use of executive action. President Truman seized the mills in April before a 30,000 worker walkout. Then a classifieds note urges hiring domestic help in Campton area.
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Korea
CIO
Truman
Apri
Child Hunt Expanded as 3 Year-old Vanishes in New Mexico
In Aztec New Mexico authorities pressed a dispersing search for 3 year old Johnny Wade missing since Sunday. State Police Captain Archie White said the force in this county seat has grown from two to five for the hunt aided by county officers and volunteers.
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N. M
Johnny Wade
Archie White
New Mexico
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