Red Cross Fund Exceeds Quota in Long Beach Area
Long Beach Chapter of the American Red Cross reports a total of 10 655 85 dollars raised as 520 above quota. Campaign chairman H E Ridings notes contributions from Commanders Cruisers Destroyers Force to 3463 52 and U S Naval Shipyard to 4082 88. Navy stations Coast Guard Air Force Base and other area installations also donated while Harry W Isenberg led the effort.
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Long Beach
American Red Cross
H. E. Ridings
U. S. i Naval Shipyard
U. S. Naval Station
Naval Base
Coast Guard
Air Force Base
Hurricane Remains Active Off Florida Coast
Miami reports the Atlantic hurricane nearer to the Florida coast moving offshore 28 miles away. Winds reached 90 miles per hour as caution advised for shipping in its path.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Nationwide Armed Forces Pageant Draws Massive Public Show
A grand nationwide observance showcases 2000 soldiers, 500 Marines, 500 Air Force personnel, a 50 member Navy band, 500 sailors, a Coast Guard contingent, and 400 Los Angeles ROTC students in a ceremonial parade at the Coliseum. Washington hosts 10,000 marchers under Truman with 16 bands. New York sees 400,000 along Fifth Avenue. Germany, Austria, and Trieste hold large displays as 500,000 Germans attend multiple city parades. Navy ships open ports to the public. eight monster Elis tour the nation.
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Sixth Army Band
Camp Pendleton
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
Muroc
Navy
Coast Guard
Los Angeles
Washington
Constitution Ave
Truman
Bolling Air Force Base
New York
Upper Fifth Ave
Armed Services
Germany
Austria
Trieste
Red offensive checked on Korea front by air and artillery
Front dispatches report steady Red pressure met by 7 air and artillery attacks as U S Second Division and two South Korean divisions faced 125 000 Chinese troops Join the fight. Casualties cited exceed 35 000 with 12 000 Chinese killed along the east central front. Colonel Coughlin recalls trapped men breaking out and linking with the division after days of brutal fighting near Hongchon 55 miles east northeast of Seoul.
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East Central Front
William C. Barnard
U. S
Clark J. Ruffner
Hongchow
Wonju
Coughlin
Hongchon
Seoul
South Korea
Lettuce Growers Defend Plowing Under Crops
Salinas May 19 lettuce industry spokes men defend plowing under part of the crop despite a federal court injunction. Fishermen contend the action stabilizes prices and spreads losses, while government lawyers allege conspiracy to raise prices and limit supply affecting over 225 producers in the central California region.
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Salinas
Vegetable Association of
Central California
Beard
Oliver C. Bardin
Growers’ Committee
Bardin
Trade Association
Truman Presents Medal of Honor to Three Heroes
Three Korean War heroes received the Medal of Honor at the White House on May 19. Lt. Carl H. Dodd, M/Sgt. Ernest R. Kouma, and Sgt. John A. Pittman were praised by President Truman for actions under heavy fire. Kouma saved many during a night assault near Agok, Dodd led a charge on Hill 256, and Pittman sacrificed himself to shield comrades by grabbing an enemy grenade.
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Washington
Truman
Carl H. Dodd
Kenvir
Ernest R. Kouma
Dwight, Neb
John A. Pittman
Talula
Miss
Army
White House
Kouma
Agok
Korea
Lt. Dodd
Peainst
Removal of Civil Defense Chief Urged
Long Beach NAACP sponsors a 3 p.m. protest at Recreation Center 1450 California Ave calling for the removal of Mil lard F. Caldwell as federal civil defense administrator. Robert E. Jackson, president, cites a national board resolution accusing Caldwell of anti-Negro utterances and discriminatory conduct as Florida governor.
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Millard F. Caldwell
Long Beach
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
California Ave
Robert E. Jackson
National Board of Directors
The
NAACP
Caldwell
Florida
Atom Blasts Planned to Test U. S. Shelters
Rex Nicholson, a Berkeley industrialist and unpaid special assistant to the national civilian defense director, said atom bomb explosions planned in the United States this year will test the adequacy of public shelters for civilians and reveal how current defense plans hold up.
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San Francisco
United States
Rex Nicholson
Berkeley
National Civilian Defense
Wiley Seeks Full Facts From Truman Hearings
Wiley urged fuller disclosure after White House conversations with President Truman. He criticized aides for withholding facts, cited Bradley’s secrecy, and argued Congress and the press should jointly seek complete records to inform the public. He stressed bipartisan accountability and urged constructive criticism.
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Truman
MacArthur
Taft
Senate
Korea
Potsdam
Joe Stalin
Joe
Wiley
White House
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Marshall
U. S. Supreme Court
America
Lam
American Congress
French Budget Huge Outlay for Defense
Paris May 19 The French National Assembly approved a record 2 643 000 000 000 franc budget for 1951 with more than a quarter for armed forces The vote 301 177 Communists opposed Expenditures to exceed receipts by 544 000 000 000 francs The deficit is to be partly covered by 255 000 000 000 francs of American Marshall Plan aid not yet voted by Congress.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Congress
Onetime Boy Hero Here Visiting Father
A boy hero of yesteryear, Donald Dusty Taylor, visits Long Beach to see his father Ed Taylor. Taylor dived into Alamitos Bay 16 years ago to save two Los Angeles boys aged 12 and 14, and was hailed as a hero. Now general foreman for International Harvester Co. in Louisville, he travels with wife Lois and their 14 month old daughter Elaine.
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Yesteryear
Long Beach
Donald
Dusty) Taylor
Alamitos Bay
Los Angeles
Taylor
Louisville, Ky
International Harvester Co
Lois
Elaine
Ed Taylor
Lei Ave
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Cat. Hwy
Simmons
Red Cross Fund
Cowen
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Westy
W. Broadway
Cormer
Buffums
Rr Bree Parking
Cowen Credit Dentist
James Gorman
Dennis
James
San Bernardino
Blackie
Burk's
Eal Et
Atlantic
Suilding
Sufat
Bhoent Doug
Store Cocmetic Cownters
John Randolph
U.W
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