Ridgway Raises Atrocity Toll in Korea Report
Paris date and United Nations reports show Gen. Matthew Ridgway increased the estimated American prisoners slain by Communists in Korea to about 8000, up 2000 from earlier figures. The disclosure, in regular U N semimonthly reports, covers Aug 16 to Aug 31, with about 400 killings confirmed as of July 20.
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Paris
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Far East
United Nations Security Council
U. N
U.N
VA. S
Cease-Fire Talks Progress On Long Beach Front
Staff officers report 65 to 70 miles of cease fire line mapped with progress noted after a five hour session. Levie says both sides gain from late information from front lines and expect further talks to begin tomorrow. Major differences remain on the western end near strategic hills west of Yonehon and a five mile contested area.
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Munjom
Long Beach
Levie
United Nations
Yonehon
Postal Parcel Station Slated for Christmas Mail
A temporary parcel post sub station will handle Christmas mail from December 1 at 629 W Anaheim St. Postmaster Howard K. Goodwin announced. It will process incoming and outgoing parcel post with connections to Pacific Electric trains. Lakewood parcel post will move to another substation under the Veterans Memorial Stadium grandstand, opening around December 10.
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Anaheim St
Howard K. Goodwin
Goodwin
Pacific Electric
Lakewood
Grandstand
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Battle over Yankee plane stirs Soviet protest
The United States rejected a formal Soviet protest over a U S Navy P2V Neptune flight near Soviet borders. Moscow claims the aircraft crossed the Manchurian frontier and faced pursuit, while Washington says the plane stayed 40 miles from Russia and carried out a plotted, cautious mission with crew briefed to avoid border proximity. No survivors found. families of missing crew await word.
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Ussr
Soviet Union
United States
State Department
U. S
Hugh
Cumming Jr
Moscow
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyka
Pentagon
Russia
United Nations Command
U. N
Navy
Ridgway
San Francisco
Franz Rosenfeld
Sam Rosenfeld
Sam. Rosenfeld
J. S
Flying Magazine
Comar
Farwell
Judd C. Hodgson
Dakota
Camér
Guy Howard
Clarence E. Hodgson
Howard
Baltic Sea
Weisbaden
Germany
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Yellow Sea
Newest L. B. Bank Opens Pacific Ave Headquarters
Crowds greet the Pacific National Bank of Long Beach at 2200 Pacific Ave as it opens with a modern stucco brick exterior and three drive in windows. The $250000 building spans 144 floors with 7000 square feet of space and 40 car parking, housing a seven inch thick vault door and 1000 safety deposit boxes. Total deposits reach $1.7 million and resources $2.4 million. Officers include Mark Taper founder Alfred Reinertson president James C. Mills VP Carl C. Goller secretary H M Joesting cashier and George Hewlett Loroff Dittemore and Clarence Pester assistant cashiers.
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Pacific National Bank of
Long Beach
Pacific Ave
Mark Taper
Alfred Reinertson
James C. Mills
Carl C. Goller
H. M. Joesting
George Hewlett
Loroff Dittemore
Clarence Pester
Frigid Wave Hits North Midwest and Mississippi Freezes
A severe cold wave chilled the northern Midwest with subzero readings in Minnesota including 12 below in Alexandria and five below in Minneapolis while a broad band of rain stretched from north central Texas to the Atlantic Coast. The Mississippi River iced over at Minneapolis as families fled houseboat homes and two 400-ton barges broke loose, with a drinking father later arrested for intoxication.
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Midwest
Texas
New England
Minnesota
Alexandria
Minn
Minneapolis
Jamestown
N. C
Grantsburg
Wis
Mason City
Iowa
Atlantic
Ohio Valice
Paducah
West Plains
Phoenix
Aziz
Mississippi
Sioux City
Dennis Rapp
Farm Show Opens in Chicago at 52nd International Exposition
The 52nd International Live Stock Exposition opened with Tinois and Louisiana sharing top junior livestock honors. James Maher 19 of Princeville Stark County DL won junior Aberdeen Angus steer blue. Jack Noel 13 of Donaldsonville La took second. Nearly 12,000 cattle sheep and swine were penned as judges began selecting champions from 11,967 entries from 36 states and Canadian provinces. Prize money totals 120000 with extra earnings from premium stock sales.
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Chicago
Tinois
Louisiana
James Maher
Princeville
Stark County
A. R
Jack Noel
Donaldsonville
Maher
Raymond Maher
Harold D. Hepner
Freedom
Okla
Dick Palzkill
Mineral Point
Wis
Estel Standridge
Chickasha
Pat Hennessey
Ogilvie
Explosions Hit Danish Marines Compound In Peacetime Disaster
Explosions at a Danish marines site collapsed bunkers and caused panic among 1100 asleep sailors. The Navy officers school sustained heavy damage. Police imposed a blackout on the investigation as military courts opened in secrecy after a defense minister tour of the roped off yard. It was the nation's worst peacetime disaster.
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Navy
J. Odmar
Defense
Harald Petersen
Bandit Robs Liquor Store on Anaheim Street
Attendant William E. Lewis 51 reported a holdup at the liquor store at 2510 E Anaheim St early today. The robber, about 30, shabbily dressed, took $70 total from the cash register with the wife Helen Lewis witnessing the crime around 1 a.m.
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Anaheim St
William E. Lewis
Elm Ave
Lewis
Helen
Russia Rejects Western Disarmament Plan at UN
Soviet Foreign Minister Vyshinsky challenged the US Britain and France draft as flawed and urged amendments. He pressed questions on unconditional atomic prohibition and strict international control, arguing Western plans ignore immediate disarmament and accuse the West of masking aggressive blocs at the NATO Rome conference.
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United States
Britain
France
Vishinsky
General Assembly
Acheson Vishinsky
Russia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Rome
Visikinsky
Middle East
Acheson
NATO
Burglary at Cleaning Shop Slips Cash Register
A burglar unlocked a rear door at 1332 W 1th St and stole a cash register, $175 in currency, an $83 wristwatch, a $150 ring, an auto pink slip, and a ce pister valued at 200. The burglary occurred between 10 p.m. and midnight while Kenneth A. Jones, 3643 Webster Ave, worked in front and was unaware of the crime.
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W. 1Th St
Kenneth A. Jones
Webster Ave
Group to Attend Hospital Meet in San Diego
Long Beach hospital officials plan to attend the State Association meeting in San Diego from November 27 to 29. Attending are hospital administrators Eugene DeKover Bixby Knolls George J Baden hausen Harriman Jones Clinic and Hospital Howard Hatfield Community and Irmela Witke Seaside. Also from Seaside are Meta Maxie administrative assistant and Hazel Christensen afternoon director of nurses.
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Long Beach Hospital
State Association
San Diego
Eugene DeKover
Bixby Knolls
George J. Badenhausen
Harriman Jones Clinic
Howard Hatfield
Community
Irmela Witke
Seaside
Meta Maxie
Hazel Christensen
Four German Reds Convicted of Sabotage
In Rason Germany on November 24 four Communist youths were sentenced to up to two years in prison for sabotaging western wartime defenses. They were found guilty by the U.N. High Commission Court of sealing demolition chambers with concrete on a railroad bridge near Kassel, a move Western defense planners fear could delay a Soviet advance.
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Rason
Germany
W U
High Commission
Kassel
Thief Steals Car Radio and Shoes From Police Station
A car parked in front of the police station was looted last night. Thieves seized a portable radio and a suitcase with seven pairs of women's shoes. Loss set at $115 by owner Albert T. Skonberg, Navy sailor, 18 Truman Hoyd Manor Morrow.
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Albert T. Skonberg
Truman Hoyd Manor
Morrow
Union Picketing Cargo Ship Once Strikebound in L. B.
MEBA members picket the SS Las Vegas Victory at Seattle amid Clem designation and prior Long Beach action. The ship, one of three strikebound longshoremen confrontations, may be moved to Tacoma to join AFL port workers. Court orders and work resumption actions shaped the ongoing dispute and potential port-wide stoppages.
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L. B
Isthmian Line
California
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Seattle
Long Beach
Wee Seattle
Isthmian
Tacoma
American Federation of Labor
MEBA
AFL
United Press
Las Vegas
Too Much Soup Yeggs Big Blast Scatters Money
In Indianapolis a safe at a southwest filling station was blown open with nitroglycerine. About $35 in cash was destroyed, coins were blown through a vendor, and walls and an alley were damaged. The safe combination remained unfound and Trooper Jack Larsen warned the burglars would have likely been killed if they stayed inside.
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Indianapolis
Jack Larsen
Larsen
Commodity Price Index Climbs for Fourth Week
New York report shows wholesale commodity prices rising for the fourth week in a row. The Associated Press index stands at 195.62, up from 194.47 last weekend and near 195.63 a year ago, with six groups advancing including food reaching a new 1951 high, while textiles dipped and industrials were flat.
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New York
Associated Press
Hogs and livestock judged at Los Angeles show
Los Angeles hosts the 26th annual Great Western Livestock Show at Union Stockyards with well fed hogs, prize cattle and sheep on display. Future Farmers of America 4 H Clubs and ranchers from western states participate. Fat lambs judged tomorrow by James Brennan and cattle by Clair Polianco of Sanger. The event runs six days under the California 48th District Agricultural Association.
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Los Angeles
Union Stockyards
Future Farmers of America
James Brennan
Clair Poliancd
Sanger
Calif
Police Benefit Ball Attracts Large Crowd In Long Beach
The 17th annual Police Benefit Ball drew more than 1100 attendees at Municipal Auditorium last night. Albert N. Du fault, president of the Long Beach Police Officers Association, said the net proceeds will go to the association. Frank De Vol's orchestra provided the music.
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Municipal Auditorium
Albert N. Dufault
Long Beach Police Officers Association
Police Officers Association
Frank de Vol
Cold thief robs robes from car trunk
Two lap robes valued at 16 dollars were stolen from an unlocked car trunk belonging to Frank Jessing at 419 East 52nd Street. Jessing checked the trunk around 8 30 p m to find the robes missing and the rest of the contents intact.
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Frank Jessing
E. 52Nd St
Jessing
Texas Oil Tycoon and Dancer Delay Nuptial Permit
King, heir to a Texas oil fortune, and dancer Samia Gamal waited two hours for a government marriage permit in Cairo as Brigadier Ibrahim Imam Bey was away on urgent business. They planned to return tomorrow with the ceremony likely delayed to Tuesday or Monday in Moslem court. Electricians at Samia’s film studio hosted a tea for the groom.
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Texas Oil Tycoon
Catro
Sheppard
Abdallah
King
Texas
Samia Gamal
Ibrahim Imam Bey
Dant
Cairo
Samia
Man and wife slain as son held in Renwick
In Renwick Iowa an elderly couple Howard Bogard 69 and Elsie Bogard 63 were found shot dead. Their son Clyde Bogard 33 who ran a pool hall in Renwick was jailed at Humboldt County jail in Dakota City on suspicion though no charges were filed. Sheriff Bradley said the killings occurred a few hours before daybreak today.
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Coloranro Springs
Colo
Iwri
Ruby Virginia Bynum
Iuoday
L B.dad Bruce
James’ Quine
Bruce
Robert C. Bynum Jr
West Monroe
Bynum
Manitou Springs
B.C
Korea
Bynums
Europe
Japan
Renwick
Towa
Howard Bogard
Elsie
Dakota City
Humboldt County
Clyde Bogard
BE. H. Bradley
Two Ships Land Troops Tuesday
Two attack transports refurn ing Marines from Korea are scheduled to arrive at West Coast ports at 8 a. m. Tuesday, head quarters of amphibious forces of the Pacific Fleet reports. The USS Lenawee will arrive in San Diego with 1231 Marines and naval corpsmen. Of the Marines, 229 are attached to the Corps Air Wing. They will go immediately to El Toro Air Base. The other transport is the Menard, sched uled to arrive in San Francisco with another group of combat veterans.
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Korea
West Coast
Amphibious Forces of
Pacific Fleet
Lenawee
San Diego
Corps Air Wing
el Toro Air Base
Menard
San Francisco
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