Burma Seeks U S Help to Expel Chinese Nationalists
Washington May 15 AP Burmese government asks United States for diplomatic aid to remove armed Chinese Nationalist troops inside Burma amid reports of arms smuggling from Thailand. 5,000 to 10,000 Nationalists believed present, many retreating from southern China, with numbers and locations unclear. The Burmese fear Communist retaliation and may take the issue to the United Nations if unresolved. The Thai government, not recognizing Chiang Kai-shek, has a small force aiding UN troops in Korea. State Department aims to avoid UN involvement while passing Burmese complaint to Chiang Kai-shek's government.
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Washington
United States
China
Burma
Thailand
Iar
United Nations
Korea
Chiang Kai-shek
For ‘Mgsa
State Department
Chiang
Hospital Fire Fears at Baptist Hospital in Jackson
A blaze in the walls of Baptist Hospital's crippled children's ward in Jackson was controlled in 45 minutes. No injuries, but fifteen patients from the fourth hour of the north wing were evacuated, about half of them children. Other patients were removed from the third floor due to smoke and water seepage.
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Jackson
Miss
Baptist Hospital
Hosal
California Poker Parlors Faces Senate Decision On Draw Poker Ban
Legislative roundup notes Assembly approval of a bill to outlaw draw poker and Senate review by the government efficiency committee. Meanwhile a 3-cent-per-pack cigarette tax for school funding stalls, with May 24 hearings set on tax issues.
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Sacramento
California
State Senate
Assembly
Ways and Means
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Jonathan J. Hollibaugh
Huntington Park
Senate
Governmental Efficiency Committee
Herbert R. Klookstein
R. Long Beach
Gardena
Los Angeles County
Klockstein
Washington
House
Judiciary
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Warren
Assembly Democrats
Fresno
Baskots
Superior Court
San Diego
Alameda
Randolph Collier Ir.yreka
Transportation Committee
Finance Committee
Sacramento Briefs Highlight Truman Birthday and LA Dry Zone
In Sacramento on May 25 the Legislature passed a resolution congratulating President Truman on his 67th birthday amid a minor dispute led by Sen. Jack B. Tenney. A separate Assembly bill would create a 1.5 mile dry zone around UCLA, banning new licenses for high alcohol content drinks, while existing licenses remain. Other measures include groceries aids for needy children and a $10 monthly incidental allowance for elderly in private boarding homes. The Senate also urged officials to study the impact of inexperienced milkers on California cows despite a divergent debate on the matter.
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Sacramento
President Truman
Senate
Jack B. Tenney
Los Angeles
Tenney
Ucla
Assembly
Harold K. Levering
Wass and Means
Haroll K. Levering
State Senate
California
George J. Hatfield
Wewman
Assembly panel approves five member State Adult Authority
The Ways and Means Committee backed increasing the State Adult Authority from three to five members with two new seats at 10000 dollars each. Senator Edwin J. Regan said the board needs extra members to run two empowered panels as cases come in roughly every nine minutes. Senate also passed a drunken driving bill increasing penalties with 90 day license suspension on first offense, one year on second, and three years on third within seven years.
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Assembly
State
Ways and Means
Edwin J. Regan
D.weaverville
Senate
Jurist Adjourns Suit of Kaiser Frazer in New York
Federal Judge John W. Clancy adjourned the Kaiser Frazer damage suit against Otis Company after allowing a last minute motion to raise claims from 54,000,000 to 5,737,500. Otis, a Cleveland investment banking firm, faced the case in Federal Court with no jury.
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New York
Kaiser-Frazer
Otis & Co
John W. Clancy
Otis
Clancy
Cleveland
Detroit Transit Strike Threatens City Operations
Detroit faces a 25 day AFL transit strike by 3700 workers as Mayor Coho and transit leaders consider court injunction to restrain picketing and keep cars and buses running only under a union contract.
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Detroit
AFL
Albert E. Coho
Rita Hayworth to seek 3 million for custody of Yasmin
Rita Hayworth plans divorce from Aly Khan and will demand a 3 million dollar trust for their daughter Yasmin, to raise her as a Moslem. Crum said Aly will not block the divorce and that Hayworth seeks no alimony or property settlement.
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New York
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Yasmin
S Bartley Crum
Crum
Aly
Paris
Vto
Miss Hayworth
Brooklyn
Hollywood
Glenbrook
Nev
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Aga Khan
Rita
Nana
Assembly
Crumex
Judiciary Committee
George Collins
Alya
French Riviera
Lausanne
Switzerland
Rebecca
Orson Welles
Rhee Urges Calm Amid Political Turmoil in Korea
President Syngman Rhee called on South Koreans to stay calm and united against communism as political shakeups rattled the country. He announced no fear for the future and promised orderly resolution after ministers were dismissed and the vice president resigned amid two weeks of uncertainty.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Minister Says Norse Fear No Red Attack
New York May 15 Norways Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen said there was no imminent danger of a Russian attack as long as solidarity created by the Atlantic Pact is maintained by western nations. He noted a strong Norwegian sense of security and planned private travel with meetings in Washington with President Truman and Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
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New York
Norway
Einar Gerhardsen
Europe
Midwest
West Coast
Washington
Truman
Dean Acheson
Court Upholds Loyalty Oath Reinstatement Ban
In Los Angeles on May 15 the District Court of Appeals upheld a Superior Court ruling that bars 17 former county employees from applying for reinstatement for refusing to sign loyalty oaths in 1943. Chief Justice Mihor Moore, with Justices McComb and Wilson concurring, ruled the oath did not affect beliefs.
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Los Angeles
District Court of Appeals
W. Turney Fox
County Civil Services Commission
Mihor Moore
Marshall McComb
Emmet Wilson
Scalp Collector Chief Divorces Wife in Oklahoma Case
Los Angeles May 15 Chief Wah Nee Ote a Creek Indian who collects human scalps for a hobby is divorced from his wife Anna Louise McGuire 23 who he said drank too much firewater She ran away when drunk His un contested divorce was granted in Superior Court He explained his grandmother marries an Irishman He has nearly 100 scalps many bought from curio dealers and his ancestors took eight of them the hard way
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Los Angeles
Wah-Nee-Ote
Muskogee
Okla
Anna Louise McGuire
William McGuire
Superior Court
Marr
Reacher
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