Peace-by-Christmas Await Reds Nod
The United Nations pressed for a Korea armistice plan as subcommittee talks resume with a 30 day window to resolve the remaining items. If the Communists accept, it could move toward a ceasefire and release of prisoners, while fighting to continue until a full agreement is signed.
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Long Beach
Hodes
U. N
Hades
Korea
Tokyo
William Nuckols
Matthew B. Ridgway
Howard S.levie
Reds
U.N
Peron Forces Out Dissident Chaplains
In Buenos Aires on November 17, President Juan D. Peron ordered the retirement from the Army of five chaplains linked to the failed Sept. revolt. The move formed part of a broad army shakeup after the uprising, with nine generals also dropped from duty including the former army commander in chief and the chief of the general staff.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Person
Czechs to Execute Catholic Leader in Moravia
Vienna report says Father Jan Bula a Roman Catholic administrator in Moravia was sentenced to death by a Czechoslovak state court for sheltering Czech terrorists. Sixteen others received prison terms from one to two years.
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Vienna
Austria
Jan Bula
Moravis
Father Bula
Lee Fortune Becomes Custodian of Large Estate
In Los Angeles on November 17, 1935, court ruling makes Dwight Merrill sole custodian of the Thomas S. Lee fortune valued at 312.5 million in radio and automobile assets. Merrill plans to distribute mainly to relatives of Lee’s mother and father, with $1.5 million immediately released after testimony that Merrill promised not to take for himself. Lee, son of the late Don Lee, died by jumping from a 12th floor window last year after being adjudged mentally incompetent and placed under guardian Mrs. Nora S. Patee, who received 29 percent of the estate after contesting the will. Merrill will share the remainder.
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Los Angeles
Dwight Merrill
Seattle
Thomas S. Lee
Superior Court
Lee
Merrill
Don Lee
Nora S. Patee
Mrs. Patee
Bus Crash Toll Now Eight Dead
The toll from the Oct. 28 Greyhound bus crash in Oakland rose to eight with the death of Harry Burger, 64, of San Francisco, in a hospital. Seven others died or were fatally injured. Alameda County District Attorney J. Frank Coakley said a special grand jury may weigh charges against Orville C. Russell, 26, the Navy boatswain’s mate who drove the car that struck a concrete abutment moments before the bus crash.
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Oakland
Greyhound
Harry Burger
San Francisco
Bay Bridge
Alameda County
J. Frank Coakley
Orville C. Russell
Russell
Composer William Mayhew Dies at 62 in Baltimore
William Mayhew ages 62 composer died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after long illness. Orphaned at age three he learned music in St Marys Industrial School where Babe Ruth started in athletics. His best known song It’s 4 Sin to Tell a Lie became a hit in 1936 after Kate Smith popularized it.
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Saltimore
William
Billy) Mayhew
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mayhew
St. Mary's Industrial School
Babe Ruth
Kate Smith
British Troops Raid Port Said Buildings
British troops armed with Tommy Burns broke into customs warehouses at Port Said and ousted Egyptian officials. They seized a shipment of Italian dried apples after Egyptians refused to surrender without payment of customs duty.
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Cairo
Egypt
Port Said
President Fires Caudle as Tax Prosecution Chief
President Truman in Key West dismissed Caudle, chief government prosecutor of tax frauds, amid a broad push by the King committee to expose corruption in the Internal Revenue Service. Caudle, tearful, said his heart is broken and he had no chance to explain to the President.
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Key West
Washington
Caudie
Rep. King
D.- Calif
Houseways and Means
Internal Revenue Service
Truman
Caudle
Justice Department
Joseph Short
Fla
King Committee
King
Charles Murphy
Adan W. Dewind
Mar
Tax Division
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Rep
Reed
R-N
Ways and Means
San Diego
Calif
Sen
Nixon
Atty
Gen
McGrath
Wake
Oklahoma
Po Flood Displaces 150000 in Northern Italy Rescue Efforts
Italy faces its worst floods in half a century with 94 lives lost as 150000 flee their homes around Rovigo and nearby villages. Premier de Gasperi joins relief efforts while police report looting and ongoing evacuations amid vast reconstruction needs. In Manila, Negros violence prompts security deployments and Nacionalista party gains in post election results.
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Rovigo
Italy
Villa
Marzana
Alcide de Gasperi
Padua
Bianco Canal
Governor of Samoa Needs Medical Aid
Governor Phelps of American Samoa was due to depart Pago Pago for emergency medical treatment in Honolulu. A Samoan government report said he suffers a serious gallbladder condition and must proceed immediately to Hawaii for treatment.
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Honolulu
Uri
Phelps Phelps
American Samoa
Pago Pago
Hawaii
Oren E. Long
Phelps
Move to Fire Tax Investigator Hit
In San Francisco on November 17 a push for immediate investigation followed a bid to dismiss Assistant U S Attorney Charles O Gara. O Gara led a grand jury probe into the Internal Revenue Bureau of Northern California, with Nixon and Hillings calling the dismissal a reprisal. Attorney General McGrath said no action will be taken until a full inquiry is complete. Tramutolo refused to comment beyond calling talk of a reprimand absurd.
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San Francisco
U. S
Charles O'Gara
O’gara
Internal Revenue Office
Chauncey Tramutolo
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Patrick J. Hillings
Nixon
J. Howard McGrath
San Francisco Chronicle
Tramutolo
O'Gara
Internal Revenue Bureau
California
Louis E. Goodman
Fraternity Urges Free Press Fight in 1951 Conference
Sigma Delta Chi urged defense of press freedom as a safeguard against totalitarian effort to suppress information. The report, led by Norman Isaacs and Russell C. McGrath, backs honoring Elijah Lovejoy’s Alton site as journalism history. Identifies new officers and sets Denver as 1952 meeting site with dates November 13 to 18.
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Detroit
Manust
Sigma Delta Chi
Fraeraty
Freedom of Informaton Committee
Norman Isaacs
St. Louis Star- Times
Russell C. McGrath
Seattle Times
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Alton
Lovejoy
Malibu Brush Blaze Under Watch
A brush fire near Malibu raced on a 50 mph wind last night with threats to nearby top secret missile installations atop Laguna Peak. Ventura County fire officials said the Navy sites were not menaced and kept watch as firefighters worked to control the smoldering remnants.
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Uanand
Malibu Mountains
Here
Navy
Laguna Peark
Ventura County
Five Hurt as Blast Hits Grain Elevator
Five workmen were injured when a violent explosion rocked a 4 000 000 bushel grain elevator in Baltimore docks. None seriously hurt. Several smaller explosions and a fire followed. Spokesmen for Pennsylvania Railroad estimated damage at $200 000.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Most-Sought Escapee Held in Denver
FBI top ten fugitive Raymond Edward Young was arrested in Denver at a bakery where he worked. He had been living there under the alias Donald L. Sherman with his wife after escaping Soledad Prison on August 31, 1948 while assigned to a forest fire. He faced a five-year-to-life burglary sentence.
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Denver
Raymond Edward Young
FBI
George C. Burton
Young
Burton
Donald L. Sherman
California
Soledad
Calif
Two Known Dead in Bomber Crash
A twin engined Air Force bomber apparently caught fire from a distress flare in fog and snow near Aurora West Virginia. Two of the three fliers were found dead. Civil Air Patrol and about 1000 residents searched for the remaining crewman. The crash is the third Langley Air Force Base related mishap in 10 days, with three killed last Thursday and two on November 5.
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Aurora
W. Va
Air Force
Civil Air
Pasadena to Return Japanese Trophy
Pasadena city officials voted to return a Japanese temple bell, displayed in City Hall as a war trophy, after Lt David C. Momsen urged that it be sent back. The bell arrived in the United States aboard the cruiser Pasadena following World War II.
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Pasadena
Japan
David C. Momsen
Europe
Burly Man Holds Up Las Vegas Bank
A Robbery at the Bank of Nevasa in Las Vegas involved a burly, half drunk gunman who wore an overcoat and demanded big bills. Teller Robert Peterson reported the incident, with $1631 taken as the suspect waited in line and announced this is a stickup.
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Las Vegas
Bank of Nevasa
Robert Peterson
Bradley in Rome for NATO Talks in November Conference
Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the U S Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Rome from Paris for talks with the military committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The discussions precede a full NATO conference set to begin November 24.
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Rome
UPI
Omar Bradley
U. S.joint Chiefs of Staff
Paris
North Atlanta
Commander Chosen for Killer Submarine K-2 Skipper
Lt Comdr Davis E Bunting of Geneva New York will command the K-2 the second killer submarine commissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard yesterday Five hundred guests attended the launching for a vessel built to hunt and destroy enemy submarines
Ridgway Confirms Atrocity Murders
General Ridgway confirmed atrocities in Korean war custody cases and defended a prior release as coordinated with Washington. He cited a film of recovered bodies and condemned Communist treatment while expressing sympathy for missing soldiers families. South Korean officials quoted high civilian death tolls and called for harsh action.
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Ridgway
Washington
Hanley
Panmunjom
United States
U. N. Command
Korea
Foe
Peiping
Ryee
Seoul
U. N
Pleven's Tottering Regime Gets Aid
Paris backed Premier Rene Pleven as his government survived a 12 hour debate over economy measures. The national assembly postponed a confidence vote to Tuesday amid Socialist abstention doubts. Austerity plans to slash imports and return to 1947 levels were central as the franc fell to a record rate before the session. Finance Minister Mayer warned the choice lay between US led cooperation or neutrality.
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Paris
Rene Fleven
National Assembly
Pleven
Socialist Party
Assembly
Dene Mayer
United States
Reds Bail-Out Pleas Studied in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles 15 Communist leaders petitioned for reduced bail of 50000 dollars each as their case was reread after an Appeal Court ruling. U S attorney Tolitz urged the original bail stand, citing disappearances of others freed on bail. The conspiracy defendants await trial next month.
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Los Angeles
William C. Mathes
U. S
Ernest Tolitz
Canine Hit-Runner Strikes Woman Then Flees
Mrs. Walter Belew of Denver was hospitalized after a large brown dog charged from behind during a walk with her husband and knocked her down. She suffered fractures to her right leg and right arm.
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Denver
Walter Belew
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Teodoro Evangelista
Jose C. Zulueta
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