Man Loses Business as Card Sharps Target Hotels
A 37 year old John C. Boyd admitted robbing 25 Los Angeles area hotels in six weeks to fund poker games in Gardena. Police halted his getaway car after plain clothes officers tailed him, finding a revolver and confirming his identity as a Boulder City Nevada businessman who allegedly lost his business gambling.
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Los Angeles
Gardena
John C. Boyd
W. R. Stewart
Jack Ricketts
Boyd
Boulder City
Nev
Biggest Refinery Walkout Settled
The 23 day petroleum strike at the World's biggest refinery ended as Standard Oil of Indiana and the Central States Petroleum Union agreed to a 15 cents an hour wage boost after an all night session at Whiting plant. About 2000 workers began returning to work at dawn and the contract included classifications and apprenticeship changes. The back to work movement lifted restrictions on automobile gasoline kerosene and fuel oil with government easing of aviation gasoline controls. sport and pleasure flying remain banned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiting
Ind
Standard Oil. Co
Indiana
Central States Petroleum Union
Standard
Classifieds and sections listing in the paper
A brief index lists where to find Church notices on pages A6 and A7, classified ads on pages 6 through 8, comics on page A8, financial news on page A4, obituaries on A3, radio and television on page 8 and 4, shipping on A4, sports on B2 and B3, theaters on A2, and tides and weather on A4.
Bandits Attack Newsboy and Man at Dawn Here
A 14 year old Long Beach newsboy and a Lynwood man were assaulted at dawn by two men planning a Norwalk robbery. Everett Walker, 40, escaped after being beaten and chased. James Grandstron, 14, fled as a flashlight was thrown. No hospital treatment was needed.
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Long Beach
Lymwyood
Norwalk
Everett Walker
Wright Rd
Lynwood
Walker
15Th St
Atlantic Ave
James C. Grandstron
Lemon Ave
Ninth St
Lime Ave
Grundstrong
Hawaii Quake Triggers Landslides On Kona Coast
A strong earthquake off the Kona coast jolted part of a cliff into the sea on Hawaii Island, causing landslides that blocked highways and damaged two schools. Mauna Loa showed no eruption, with the epicenter near Napopooo shore and seismograph outages at Kona station.
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Honolulu
Kona
Hawaii Island
Mauna Loa
Gordon MacDonald
Hawaii Volcano Observatory
Napcopoo
Quake Hits Reno and Las Vegas Area
A slight earthquake lasting about a minute jarred Nevada last night around 9 18 p m. It caused no damage and was felt over a wide area including Reno where it appeared to center and also felt in Las Vegas, Nevada. Some residents suspected an atomic blast from the nearby proving ground.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Nevada Proving Ground
Reno City
Here
Reno
Fulton Oursler Dies at 59. Editor and Author
New York May 24 Fulton Oursler 39, author of The Greatest Story Ever Told and former Reader's Digest editor, died today in his Hotel Navarre apartment of a heart attack. A Baptist turned Catholic, he wrote mystery thrillers and modern religious works, edited Liberty magazine 1931 to 1942, and contributed to major magazines. He authored Father Flanagan of Boys Town with his son, and syndicated Modern Parables. He was twice married, with four children.
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New York
Pi Fulton Oursler
Hotel Navarre
Ourster
Jana
MacFadden Publications
Liberty Magazine
Reader's Digest
Oursler
Father Flanagan
Will Oursier
Oursier
American Mercury
Atlantic Monthly
Cosmopolitan
Liberty
Reader’s Digest
Good Housekeeping
Rose Keller Karger
Helen
William
Crace Perkins
Grace April
Charles Fulton
Six Feared Killed in Brazil Air Crash
A Brazilian cargo plane crashed and sank in the Negro River. All six Brazilian crew members aboard are missing and believed dead.
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Brazil
Rio DE Janeiro
Negro River
Desert giant toppled on girl crushed by cactus
In Tucson on May 24 a five-year-old girl, Cindy Lauther, was killed when a 22 foot saguaro weighing over 144 tons fell on her. Deputies say a hand ax cut caused the hollowed and rotted base to fail. neighbors were delayed by a party-line telephone, and six men with timbers finally lifted the cactus off the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Cindy Lauther
Gernat Lauther
Sweetwater Drive
Tucson Mountains
Cindy
Tommy Lauther
Youth narrowly escapes burglary gunfire at home
Roy R. Sanders, 16, of 2752 1 Easy Ave., says a burglar fired at him twice last night as he returned home. He hid, then fled toward the front door. bullets were found lodged in a wall and a pistol was recovered from the living room. Police and inspectors documented the scene.
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Roy R. Sanders
Easy Ave
Sanders
Roy W. Sanders
Labout
Rey
Roy
G. E. MeIntire
Tom Milovich
Davenport
Paris Demands Free Hand in North Africa
Paris balks at signing the Bonn peace pact and the European Defense Community treaty until France’s conditions are met. France seeks guarantees against German pullout, financial arrangements, rapid Indochina considerations, no liberal pressure on Tunisia and Morocco, and continued Allied German industry controls.</s>
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Paris
North Africa
Bonn
Germany
France
Robert Sehman
Endochina Aid
Europe
Indochina
United States
Britain
Tunisia
Morocco
Konrad Adenauer
Argu
Allies Suffer Severe Losses in Korea Air War Week
The U S Fifth Air Force reports a rough week in Korea with 12 Communist kills to 4 Allied, 3 F 86s and 2 F 84s lost to enemy action, 4 more planes lost to anti aircraft fire or unknown causes. The week ends with the worst losses since the war began 23 months ago.
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U. S
21 High Soviet Officers Nabbed in Thuringia
West Berlin Telegraf reports 21 high Soviet officers among them senior officers of the occupation army in Thuringia were arrested in the first week of May in Weimar Erfurt and Ohrdruf on charges of taking part in counter revolutionary movements. West Allied authorities could not confirm the report.
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Berlin
Thuringia
West Berlin
Télegraf
Thuringian
Weimar
Erfurt
Ohrdruf
POWs Haul Down Flags on Koje Island
On Koje Island Korea May 24 Communist prisoners obeyed orders to haul down red flags inside their compounds while two former camp commanders lost their ranks. The new commandant Brig Gen Haydon L Boatner oversaw flags removed in nine of 17 compounds including Compound 76 where Brig Gen Francis T Dodd was held. A separate riot on April 10 left at least 11 prisoners dead and many wounded after guards entered Compound 985 to retrieve a prisoner. Col Francis T Dodd voiced discontent over the outcomes.
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Koje
Korea
Koje Island
Haydon L. Boatner
Kose
Boatner
Francis T. Dodd
Eighth Army
Kore
Rose Island
Senators Seek More Koje Facts in Prison Camp Probe
Washington May 24. Senate military experts pressed the Pentagon for more facts to assign responsibility for Koje Island prison camp policies. Leaders welcomed Army demotion of Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd and Gen. Charles F. Colson but Byrd urged a deeper inquiry. The committee will review the Rose report and Clark’s orders after Pentagon study is completed.
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Washington
Senate
Pentagon
Koje Island
Army
Francis T. Dodd
Charles F. Colson
Harry F. Byrd
D.va
Senate Armed Services Committee
Byrd
Rose
Mark W. Clark
Far East
Frank Pace Jr
J. Lawton Collins
Armed Services Committee
Face
Collins
Clark
Sunny days with low clouds and mild temps all week
Weather report notes sunny days with night and morning fog and low clouds. Little temperature change overall. Today's high near 80 degrees.
Coast-Wide Strike Voted for Monday Across West Coast
The AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific authorized a Monday walkout after shipowners rejected a 3 percent wage rise and overtime pay for Saturday work. Three ships tied up at the harbor here the Wayne Victory Hawaiian Packer and TNT Seafarer while Seafair and Sierra slated to sail Monday. 15 vessels in San Francisco were left in limbo as 3000 union members prepared for strike action. Federal conciliator Omar Hoskins planned talks with shipowners today to try to avert delays to the President Wilson sailing scheduled with more than 100 aboard.
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AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Pacific Maritime Association
Wayne Victory
San Pedro
Hawaiian Packer
TNT Seafarer
Wilmington
Seafair
Long Beach
Sierra
Marine Fley
San Francisco
PMA
West Coast
Charles Brenner
International
Omar Hoskins
Wilson
Texas Flood Kills 2 In Bosque River Swell
Flash flood on the Bosque River near Stephenville north of Texas drowns two people. The town of about 1250 reports three feet of water in some houses and three bridges washed out as ten inch rainfall swelles the area. The two victims are Jack Harrell, 19, and Adrian Ballard, 60, both swept away by floodwaters.
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Hico
Tex
Texas
Stephenville
W. R. Hampton
Nath Ne Inroe
Jack Harrell
Adrian Ballard
Harrell
Ballard
Delegates Chosen in Three States Drive GOP Battle
Republicans in Washington Maryland and Minnesota name a total of 51 presidential nominating delegates in a Taft Eisenhower clash. Washington backs Eisenhower with Spokane convention control and a 22 delegate target, while Seattle delegates may shift. Maryland favors a favorite son but splits expected after the first ballot in Chicago. Minnesota plans three at large delegates from the Minneapolis convention as the contest broadens.
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Washington
Maryland
Minnesota
Dwight Eisenhower
Spokane
Seattle
Eisenhower
Robert Taft
Ohio
Convention Rules Committee
Theodore Meleldin
Chicago
Taft Eisenhower
Seannet
Taft
Ax Gates
Minneson
Minneapolis
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U. 5
Newsboy
Hawaii
Reno, Las Vegas
iFeel
Fulton Oursler
Statesman
Austria
Leopold Figl
Emmi Matesich
Figl
Emmi
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