From Lilibet to Queen Elizabeth II Childhood Chronology
Elizabeth II is profiled from birth to early childhood as she is poised to be crowned. The narrative recalls her early royal prerogatives, playful incidents with Buckingham Palace sentries, and influence of Grandpapa England, King George V, as she grows toward the throne amid 1926 strikes and national upheaval.
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Elizabeth I
Britain
Commonwealth
Victoria
James EF. King
The
London
Elizabeth IF
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
George V
England
Duke and Duchess of York
Earl of Strathmore
Bruton St. London
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor
David
Davie
Prince of Wales
Edward VI
George VI
William Joynson-Hicks
Queen Mary
Three Earthquakes for Wide California Area
Three quakes rattled California communities along a rough north south line on Sunday evening but caused little damage. The Bakersfield Los Angeles shock lasted eight minutes and registered magnitude 4.5, likely an aftershock of last summer’s Tehachapi quake. Seismologists foresee continued aftershocks for years.
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San Francisco
California
Hollister
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Ukiah
Calpella
University of California
Berkeley
Bakersfield-Los Angeles
Tehachapi
Charles Herrick
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
British Vessel Halted in Chinese Waters Report
Nationalist Chinese naval headquarters said it was investigating a British report that a Hong Kong registered freighter bound for Communist China with general cargo had been intercepted Sunday by a Nationalist gunboat. The Royal Navy said the 1000 ton Tai Coung Shan left Hong Kong May 18 for Tientsin with cargo. no word has been received from the freighter or its British captain.
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Taipeh
Hong Kong
China
Navy
Royal Navy
Tai Coung Shan
North China
Tien- Tsin J
Royal Navyi
Shun Cheong Navigation Co
Opium Seizure in Singapore Shocks Dutch Shipping Ring
Customs agents in Singapore seize 145 tons of raw opium valued at over 1.25 million dollars, described as the largest capture in the Venu Nuney-2 era. Five seamen die when a Dutch ship capsizes off the English Channel amid a storm. eight others rescued. Opium hidden under firewood on a truck and in canvas-wrapped containers on board two ships. No fatalities reported from the opium incidents.
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Sagapore
Venu
Nuney
Sail Colony
Straits Dolars
U.S
Northe
Engtish
Huge Cannon Heralds New Artillery Era
LAS VEGAS AP report on the United States 280 mm cannon firing an atomic shell at Frenchman Flat, northwest of Las Vegas. The shot, observed by Secretary of Defense Charles E Wilson and Adm. Arthur W Bradford, lit the range and formed a rising atomic cloud, signaling a milestone in nuclear artillery tests.
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Las Vegas
United States
Frenchman Flat
Charles E. Wilson
Arthur W. Bradford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Spotted Range
Indian Springs
Harold Filan
Woodrow MclIntosh
Forever Air Transport Command
Eleanor Roosevelt Jeered by Japanese Demonstrators in Tokyo
In Tokyo on a lecture tour, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was dragged from an automobile by about 20 Japanese women carrying Communist banners. Guards rescued her uninjured, and she proceeded to a downtown restaurant for a meeting with prominent Japanese women. The incident prompted questions about embassy notification and did not alter her schedule, including a factory visit and a luncheon with Gen. Mark Clark.
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Tokyo
Eleanor Roosevelt
Yomiuri
Japan
Roosevelt
Yosmiuri
Three Louisiana Rivers Threaten Coast and Oil Fields
Three flooding rivers drive muddy crests toward southwest Louisiana threatening Cameron and oil wells near the Calcasieu River mouth. Lake Charles with submerged Air Force base prepares to mop up as typhoid vaccination continues and Cameron braces for 3 foot floods within 48 hours.
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Lake, Charles
Louisiana
Lake Charles
Air Force
Cameron
Calcasieu
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ln A
Plane completes polar flight from Europe to Orient
PUKYU-A scammawan air lines plane landed at Tokyo International Airport tonight completing the first commercial flight from Europe to the Orient over the top of the world. The DC-6B carried 41 hospital workers for Korea and 11 crew men. It landed at 11 p m after a 22 hour flight from Shemye Island in the Aleutians. The polar route covered 6683 miles about 3000 less than conventional routes.
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PUKYU
Bus Crash on Olympics Blvd Injures Four in Los Angeles
A Los Angeles Transit Lines bus and a car collided at Olympics Blvd and Union Ave today injuring four. Bus driver Meda Barlow 24 auto driver Max Lodge 43 and passengers Roberta Cox 35 Margaret Manning 62 were hospitalized.
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LUD Angeles
LOS Angeles Transit Lines
Olympics Blvd
Union Ave
Meda Barlow
Max Lodge
Roberta Cox
Margaret Manning
Truce Talks Resume and Break Until June First
Truce talks in Panmunjom resumed amid secrecy and recessed again until June 1 to address the critical prisoner exchange issue. The session marked by absence of South Korean delegate Maj. Gen. Choi Duk Shin. the United Nations Command reportedly presented a new proposal while Allied and Korean positions remained divergent on prisoner returns and neutral commissions. Gen Mark Clark met with President Syngman Rhee in Seoul during talks.
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George McArthur Panmunjom
United Nations Command
Choi Duk Shin
Choi
Mark Clark
SA. N
Far East
Syngman Rhee
Seoul
U. N
Washington
Red Iile
Unidentified plane sighted over northern Japan
A unidentified aircraft was seen on U S Air Force screens over Hels walde in northern Japan at 8 a.m. local time but moved out of range before identification or interception could occur. Previous clashes with Soviet planes near Japanese and Russian border prompted warnings from General Mark Clark.
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Tokyo
Helswalde
Japan
Isand
Air Force
Mark Clark
Far East
U. S
Dutch Air Crash Kills Two Near Schiphol Airport
An early Amsterdam report says a Convair fighting KLM plane broke in two while taking off from Schiphol for Paris. Two bystanders, a woman and a child, were killed and about 20 passengers injured as the aircraft collided with trees and gates just outside the field. No fire occurred.
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Amsterdam
Ine Weilands
KLM
Schiphol
Paris
Mostly sunny Tuesday with light variable winds
Weather outlook calls for mostly sunny skies on Tuesday with little temperature change. Winds will be light and variable in the morning, increasing to 1 to 22 miles per hour Tuesday afternoon.
Plane Crashed on Mammoth Mountain Near Fresno Flight
Inyo County deputies head to Mammoth Mountain crash site after a Beechcraft Bonanza carrying J Paul Marchant and Weldon Cedarholm from Bishop to Fresno disappeared Sunday. The two men were on a fishing trip. no signs of life were reported at the barren crash area.
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Fresno
Fran Bishop
Mammoth Mountain
San Joaquin
Mano County
Inyo County
J. Paul Marchant
Lafayette
Lawner
Bishop
Weldon Cedarholm
Orinda
Marchant
Cedarholm
San Francisco
GE Picket Line Violence Hurts Four Workers
SYRACUSE N Y Four workers were injured today as picket lines surrounded two GE plants during a return to work. Deputies arrested four CIO International Union of Electrical Workers members and held them without charge. The IVE represents 7000 production workers who struck for seven weeks over local grievances. A large traffic jam formed near the electronics plant as GE invited 4000 salaried employees to return.
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Syracuse
N. Y
General Electric Co
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Santa Monica Editor Nominated for Customs Head
Washington I Carley White, 69, of Santa Monica, nominated by President Eisenhower to be district 27 customs collector with Los Angeles HQ. A managing editor at the Santa Monica Outlook, White began in newspapers in 1916 as a reporter on the Emporia Gazette, succeeding William Jennings Bevan Jr.
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Washington
I. Carley White
Santa Monica
Eisenhower
District 27
Los Angeles
White
Emporia
Kan
William Jennings
Bevan Jr
Assembly OKs Tight Budget in 1954–55 plan
The California Assembly approved a trimmed budget of 1.29 billion for 1954–55 by a 61 to 7 vote and sent it to the Senate. Final House figure was 36.9 million below the original request with 21.6 million in actual cuts. Democrats praised Marvin Sherwin for steering the measure amid a school funding boost from November.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Senate
Gev
Earl Warren
Sherwin
L A Mayor Bowron v Poulson Poll Tuesday
In one of Los Angeles hottest campaigns Bowron and Poulson face off with 1,049,939 voters to decide the mayoralty race. Bowron touts 14 years as mayor and public housing as the key issue while Poulson campaigns against it. Voters will also elect three council members and consider two bond issues and five charter amendments.
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Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Norris Poulson
Nies Bowron
Jed Poulson
Bowron
Poulson
Where to Find It Beach Combing Page 8-1 Boyle
A reader friendly guide lists section locations within the newspaper including Beach Combing on Page 8-1, Boyle on Page A-1, Bridge on Page A-11, Classified on Pages B-40 to B-15, Comics on Page B-6, Editorial on Page A-0, Financial on Page B-32, Obituaries on Page B-2, Radio and TV on Page B-0, Shipping Techie on Page B-2, Sports on Pages A-2 and A-3, Theaters on Page B-7, and Tides Temperatures on Page B-2 along with Women on Pages B-4 and B-5 and Your World on Page A-2.
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Boyle
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Thelma O'Boyle
Los Anaélas
Colleen Sandra
Colleen
Alyina Jiminez
Long Beach
Robinson Hotel
GE Picket
Customs
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