State to Try to Prove Girl Brutally Slain
Orange County officials press for first degree murder charges against Henry Ford McCracken in the disappearance of 10-year-old Patricia Jean Hull. District Attorney James L. Davis says a corpus delicti not required for conviction, with an estimated 4000 searchers and fingerprints collected as investigators pursue clues in the Huntington Beach area.
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Buena Park
Orange County
Henry Ford McCracken
Patricia Jean Hull
Grand
Dist
James L. Davis
Davis
McCracken
Leonard Hull
Huntington Beach
Eugene Biscailuz
Los Angeles County
Bil Barron
Jim Musick
Patricia Jean
Patricia
Auto workers to get hourly pay rise in cost of living tweak
Washington May 23 announced a three cent hourly increase for about a million auto workers based on rises in the government cost of living index. The March 15 to April 15 index showed small change but enough to trigger the raise with a rent allowance agreed by General Motors Ford Chrysler and the CIO United Auto Workers. The old index stood at 184.5 percent of the 1933-39 average, while the new index based on later buying habits was 154.6 percent, 0.1 percent above March 15 and 9.6 percent above a year ago.
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Washington
UPA
Bureau of Labor Statistics
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
International Union of Electrical Workers
Contents listing shows sections and page numbers
A newspaper table of contents lists sections such as Beach Combing Bridge Classified Ads Comics Crossword Editorial Financial Obituaries Radio and Television Shipping Table Sports Theaters Weather Temperatures and War's activities with respective page references across A and B sections. It enumerates pages for specific topics like A-14 editorial and B-7 obituaries.
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Boyle
Valley of Death claims remnant Marines in Korea battle
On the Central Front in Korea dated May 13, wounded Marines from a U S battalion were rescued after a six day nightmare in a valley overrun by Chinese forces. The command post was destroyed as the enemy swarmed from the hills. tents were ripped, vehicles burned and scattered.
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Korea
Marine Division
U. S
Little Valey
Beef-price Lid to Stay, Truman Tells Sen Moody
Washington May 23 UP Sen Moody said President Truman assured him he backs Price Administrator Michael Di Salle and his beef-price fallback. DiSalle defended the rollback saying it rests on cost facts to stabilize the economy and denied favoring any segment. He noted packers and processors would gain from the 10 percent cattle price rollback, restoring margins lost under the January freeze.
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Washington
Sen. Moody
D.mich
White House
Truman
Michael di Salle
Moody
Sen. Vandenberg
R.mich
Senate Banking Committee
DiSalle
House Agriculture Committee
Riot at RPI as Students Protest Draft Tensions
About 700 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students staged a near riot in Troy. A spokesman cited draft and exam tensions for the demonstration. One student and two policemen were injured. seven students were arrested for disobeying officers. A bonfire sparked the unrest and traffic stalled on 15th Street until the president urged dormitory return.
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Troy
N. Y
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
RPT
15Th St
RPI
Livingston W. Houston
Commando Kelly switches to GOP in echo of Korea war doubt
JM E Commando Kelly a World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient shifts from Democrat to Republican saying the U S should not have soldiers dying in Korea for leaders in Washington. His brother Danny is listed as missing in action in Korea and he registered as a Republican formally yesterday.
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Sburgh
Kelly
Korea
Washington
Danny
Reds Retreat on Wide Front as Gas Strike
Communist troops pull back along a 100 mile Korean front as Allied tanks and infantry press the retreat. U S Tenth Corps joins the attack in east central Korea, with advances to Hangye and gains near Kapyong. Western front sees pressure around the Hangye area and a Red withdrawal under heavy air and artillery pressure.
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Tokyo
LU. S. Tenth Corps
Korea
Tenth
Hangye
U. S
Kapyong
Seoul
Cnhenese
U.S
Key Big Way
Edward M. Almond
Dogs Let Thief Take Radio but Resist Officers
TOLEDO Ohio May 25 Mrs Marcia Miller left her front door open while she chatted with a neighbor yesterday Her two dogs slept by a radio in the living room protection failed on the theft When two policemen arrived the dogs awoke and attempted to block entry to the house
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Toledo
Ohio
Marcia Miller
Flaming Globemaster Crash Kills Seven Near New Lisbon
An Air Force Globemaster from Patterson Field Dayton crashed on a farm near New Lisbon Ind killing seven aboard and injuring five survivors. Captain John M Christenson said 13 men were aboard with one unaccounted for. Survivors were hospitalized at New Castle Henry County Hospital. The wreck left a long burning debris trail as the pilot attempted a forced landing. The aircraft was a 1 CAB built by Douglas at Long Beach Calif.
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New Lisbon
Ind
Air Force
Patterson Field
Dayton
Ohio
Here
John M. Christenson
Christenson
Henry County Hospital
New Castle
Jack Sowers
William Snell
James Stelyn
Cassius Zedaker
Wilford Thompson
Douglas Aircraft Corp
Long Beach
Calif
Way With Girls Aged Man Rescues Cash From Woman
Upset on the street last night, 80 year old Dave J. Barnes chased a woman who grabbed his wallet containing seven dollars and seventy one cents. He seized her coat pocket as she fled, recovered his wallet and the cash, and the woman escaped.
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Burbank
Dave J. Barnes
Barnes
Tax Boosters Vote Increase of 12.5 Percent Tax
In a stormy session the House ways and means committee approved a flat 12.5 percent increase for individual income taxes and a higher excess profits tax on corporations. Republicans called the move railroading, while aides say revenue is similar to the original plan. The change shifts the burden toward higher earners, sparing small taxpayers slightly more than the earlier bracket approach.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Simpson
R.-Pa
Rep
Reed
New York
Allies in Mock Europe Air Raids
Paris May 23 AP enemy bombers struck Western Europe in the first air defense exercise under Gen Eisenhower's Atlantic Pact command. Jet fighters from six Allied nations joined the raid as a single air force in a test of coordination. Communique said the enemy opened hostilities without warning and is making some progress.
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Paris
Western
Euope
Eisenhower
Atlantic Pact
Weather outlook with low clouds and sunny afternoon
Low clouds persist at night and early morning with a mostly sunny tomorrow afternoon. Expect little change in temperature as skies brighten and drying conditions continue.
Truman Trims Request for Billions to Finance Aid Abroad
President Truman prepares a package request to Congress totaling about 3.5 billion dollars for economic and military aid to nearly 50 foreign countries. The plan prioritizes arms shipments to North Atlantic allies and the Far East, plus a Middle East recovery program. The draft message, to accompany the package, is due to be sent within days. The overall 1952 aid total is about 8.5 billion, with reductions from January estimates and a focus on accelerating arms production.
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Truman
Ashington
Congress
North Atlantic
Far East
Middle East
Sund
Congressional
Exportimport Bank
Budget Bureau
Israel
South
Southeast Asia
Israel Premier Ben Gurion in LA Envi es America
Israel Premier Ben Gurion arrived in Los Angeles for a two day California visit after landing at International Airport. He said Israel envied America for its desert arable land and noted Israel must cultivate all its land for food as more than 1000 people daily arrive there, increasing demand for arable space.
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Los Angeles
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
International Airport
California
America
Pan American Airways
Ben-Gurion
Tehran on edge as 30000 rally supports oil nationalization
Crisis mood grips Tehran as police, tanks, and patrols flood the capital after a mass rally led by Moslem religious leaders and Mossadegh's bloc. Speeches vow to seize the Anglo Iranian Oil Co amid U.S. Britain tensions. Makki denounces a U.S. State Department statement as a stab in the back.
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Terran
Iran
Tehran
United States
Britain
Mohammed Mossadegh
Ghanatabadi
Mujaheddin Islam
Fighters For Islami
Persian Gulf
Hossein Makki
U. S. State Department
State Department
Makki
Mossadegh
Misfortunes Beset Bereaved Man in Alhambra Fire
Wilfred C. McCall aged 30 was critically burned when a March 7 fire damaged his home and killed his wife Catherine. While he was away, thieves stole 400 dollars in cash and furnishings. he returned from a hospital today to learn of his losses and injuries.
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Alhambra
Wilfred C. McCall
Catherine
Bradley Limits McArthur Plan Korea War Prolongation
Gen. Omar Bradley told Senate hearings that fighting in Korea curbs U S ability to counter Soviet moves elsewhere and that MacArthur's proposed methods would not end the Korean war. He cited Iran Yugoslavia and Indochina as danger zones and warned the plan could risk a wider war. Continued on Page A-8 Col. 6.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Korea
U. S
Iran
Bradley
Douglas MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations
MacArthur
Yugoslavia
Sen
Brewster
Maine
Indochina
Chiefs of Staff
Sen. Flanders
R.vt
Manchurian
Red China
China
Formosa
House Committee Seeks 50 Percent Third Class Mail Hike
Washington May 23 The House Post Office Committee voted to raise minimum charges on bulk third class mail advertising and circulars from one to one and a half cents. The plan would add about 33.8 million dollars yearly. a 10 cent third class fee would yield 2.35 million. The panel also reimposed a 3.10 fee for mailing permits and proposed a five cent charge for odd shaped pieces. The bill awaits further action, then House approval and presidential signature.
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Washington
House Fost
Post Office
Truman
House
Senate
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