Draft Test Gets Varied Reaction
More than 201 college men took tests yesterday at Long Beach City College to gauge readiness for college or potential draft deferments. The mass exam covers math, vocabulary, and reading, with 150 questions in three hours. Results may influence deferment as local boards use scores alongside grades. Testing occurred in three campus locations under faculty supervision.
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Long Beach City College
U. S
City College
Bile
Jane Millen
Selective Service
Soplo Icores
Long Beach State College
Rodway Feldman
Southland
City College Lakewood
Errol Flynn Ticket in California and Nassau Suit
Screen actor Errol Flynn faced legal issues in two distant spots. In California he received a traffic ticket for running a signal on Pacific Coast Highway at American Avenue while driving a new foreign car with Mrs Flynn. In Nassau his attorney filed against Duncan McMartin of Canada for alleged assault at Windsor Hotel on March 5 seeking damages with trial not yet set.
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Erroll Flynn
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Bahamas
Pacific Coast Hwy
American Ave
Albert LaRue
Flynn
Supreme Court
Duncan McMartin
Canada
Windsor Hotel
Molester Suspect Fatally Shoots Self in San Diego
Paul A. Metzger, 43, a Chula Vista plumber and former suspect in molestation charges involving two girls aged 10 and 13, was found dead by a telephone in his home with a shotgun nearby. He had been released on bail less than four hours earlier and left a note denying the accusations. His wife alerted police after he phoned from a laundry where she worked to say he would kill himself. The Metzger family includes two sons.
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Chua Vista
Paul A. Metzger
Chula Vista
Metzger
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Metzgers
Stratemeyer Condition Unchanged After Heart Attack
In Tokyo on Sunday May 27 the Far East Air Forces announced Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer remains in stable condition following a heart attack suffered a week ago while playing golf. The 60 year old former FEAF commander is hospitalized under care.
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Stratemeyer
Tokyo
al Far East Air Forces Headquarters
George E. Stratemeyer
FEAF
Memorial services and Harbor Day across the coast
Highlights note memorial services today and Wednesday to honor war dead. Thousands will visit Long Beach and Los Angeles ports for Harbor Day. June graduates total 2721 with names listed on pages A-14 and A-5. Obituaries on page B-10. Public Forum on A-17 and political news on A-13. Sports and arts coverage span A-19 to A-24 with theater and waterfront notes.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
City College
Public Forum
Southland
Woaterfront
Sacti
Surprise Said Due in Trial of McCracken
In Santa Ana on May 6 the prosecution and defense prepared for a bitter trial of Henry Ford McCracken 34 accused of kidnapping and murdering Patricia Jean Hull 10 of Buena Park. They poised to rely on medical testimony and circumstantial evidence including bloodstains and a crime-lab findings as key proof while defense argues insanity. The grand jury charged McCracken with triple counts of murder kidnapping and child stealing. trial set for June with psychiatrists and labs to weigh the evidence.
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Henry Ford McCracken
Patricia Jean Hull
Buena Park
James L. Davis
Orange County
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Live Oak Canyon
Davis
Grand Ave
George Chula
Hadleen
Chula
Sally Wiley
Raymond WH. Thompson
Robert Gardner
Me .Cracken
Gardner
Sheriff's Crime Laboratory
Canada Forest Fire Ravages Ontario Towns in 1951 Blaze
North Bay Ont May 16 Ten firefighters fled encircling flames of Canada’s worst forest fire of 1951. A 10 000 acre blaze swept Gogama and surrounding bushland as the Voulais River district near Sault Ste Marie saw crews plunge into a lake to escape the fast moving fire. The trapped men recovered gear hours later and escaped to safety.
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ICRI
Canada
Ontario
Gogama
FE. L. Ward
Gen Collins departs for Europe on inspection trip
Army Chief of Staff Bi Gen. J Lawton Collins began a routine inspection flight to continental Europe after delaying departure to testify before a Senate committee probing the ouster of Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
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J. Lawton Collins
Army
Europe
Collins
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Collins Sees Peace Settlement Possible In Korea
Army Chief Gen J Lawton Collins testified that a settlement based on the 38th Parallel remains possible as UN forces cross the border in Korea. He warned Russia may fear heavy Chinese Communist casualties and defended MacArthur’s actions as not following military policy. He also noted a slight Army manpower increase, though total force would stay under four million.
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Army
J. Lawton Collins
Russia
Korea
Collins
United” Nations
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Russ Collins
Japan
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Sen. Hickenlooper
Hoyt S$. Vandenberg
Air Force
State Acheson
Jesunzel MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army to rotate 20000 troops monthly from Korea
General J Lawton Callins testified that the Army will replace battle weary units in Korea with fresh troops from the states at a rate of 20,000 men a month. He said details of the rotation plan must stay secret and urged Congress members not to pressure officers running it.
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Washington
J. Lawton Callins
Korea
Congress
Vacation Time Southland Magazine Preview in Press Telegram
The 30 page Southland Magazine in this issue helps plan summer travel with preparations, ideas on where to go and what to see, lists many summer events near you, and features beautiful scenic pictures for enjoyment.
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Southland Magazine
Press-Telegram
World Court May Act in Oil Dispute
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports heavy fighting in Korea with 60,000 Chinese Reds retreating under allied bombardment near the 38th parallel. A frontline officer cited panic as Chinese troops tried to break from a trap near Chunchon while UN forces push from west to east.
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North Korea
Jim Becker
Chunchon
Seoul
38Th Parallel
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Sun Shines Over Long Beach as Desert Sees Heat Soar
Long Beach enjoyed bright sun and ocean breezes while inland areas baked. Palm Springs neared 114 degrees for the second day, with San Bernardino and El Centro around 100. The Weather Bureau forecast mostly sunny skies and little temperature change, with southwest winds and cooler interior/desert conditions.
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California
Palm Springs
San Bernardino
el Centro
U. S
Weather Bureau
Nuns Describe Mass Killings in China Town Visit
Nine Catholic nuns arriving from inland China testified in San Francisco about daily executions by the Communists. They described public killings in Yuanning in Hunan Province and said victims were dragged off at night to be shot, warning of widespread terror and bloodshed.
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China
Teresa
Yuanning
Hunan
Maria Loretta
Sisters of Charity
Wilson
Eisenhower Plays Odd Man In Democrat Convention Talks
In Denver on May 26, Democrats push President Truman's foreign and domestic programs while weighing Eisenhower as a potential nominee. National committee members say Truman may have to name the candidate if he doesn’t run, with talk centering on Eisenhower and Chief Justice Vinson amid a wave of familiar party figures.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
North Atlantic
Eisenhower
W. Averell Harriman
Western
Europe
Chicago
Fred Vinson
Menton
Sens. Douglas
D-Ill
Refauver
D-Tenn
Britain Seeks to Force Iran to Arbitrate
Britain and the Anglo Iranian Oil Co asked the International Court of Justice to compel Iran to submit to arbitration over oil nationalization. U S Ambassador Grady delivered a note to Iran urging negotiated settlement, warning of possible troop intervention by Britain and Russia. Some reports said Mossadegh’s bloc might accept talks, as Britain dispatched 4000 parachute troops to Cyprus near the Abadan refinery, while the 1933 agreement governs arbitration for oil rights.
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Netherlands
Britain
Anglo- Iranian Oil Co
International Court of Justice
Iran
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Tehran
Free World
United States
Russia
Mohammed Mossadegh
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Abadan
Anglo-Iranian Gil Co
Fanny Brice in Critical Condition After Stroke
Hollywood May 26 Fanny Brice the Baby Snooks star remains in a coma after a Thursday stroke at her Beverly Hills home. Cedars of Lebanon Hospital reports her condition unchanged as oxygen is administered in the hospital.
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Hollywood
Fanny Brice
Jay Dee
Comediene
Beverly Hills
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Bereaved Father Condemns Appeasement at MacArthur Hearings
A bereaved father accuses U S policy of appeasement in a letter read by Sen Knowland at the Senate MacArthur hearings. Eugene R Guild of Glenwood Springs Colo delivered the letter to Sen Millikin. Gen J Lawton Collins was present. The letter lauds a son killed in Korea and condemns allied restraint and red planes that hindered bombing supply lines.
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Korea
Senate
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Knowland
R.-Calif
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Colo
Eugene R. Guild
Glenwood Springs
Guild
J. Lawton Collins
Army
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