48 Nations Sign Peace Pact. Gromyko Warns of Consequences
In San Francisco on September 8, Andrei Gromyko denounced the Japan peace treaty as a plan for a new war in the Far East. He said the Soviet Union would boycott the signing and urged the 48 nations to reject measures that would empower militarism. He pressed for concessions including withdrawal of foreign troops, democratic rights, and open trade for Japan, warning of consequences for signers.
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San Francisco
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
Japan
Far East
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Gromyko
War Memorial Opera House
Gro
Police Fire On Fugitive Bur glar Kills L B Frazer In Long Beach
Police bullets and shotgun pellets felled Earl Melvin Frazer after a dramatic 25 foot rooftop jump from a Long Beach market. Four bullets ended the chase as officers ordered surrender and he fled to the roof before falling to the sidewalk. Frazer, 25, of 334 Marker Lane, died at the scene.
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Earl Melvin Frazer
Marker Lane
William D. Lesle
Norman Bouvy
Long Beach Blvd
Leslie
Frazer
Officer Bouvy
Police Seek 4 Lost Boys in Palos Verdes Hills
Four San Pedro youths aged 8 to 11 disappeared after a hike in the Palos Verdes Hills. William Ward, James Ward Jr, Clinton Thompson Jr, and Clyde Holmes from 3401 N. Gaffey St. were last seen yesterday morning. police and Lennox deputies searched with barefoot boys reported earlier, and parents filed missing persons reports.
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San Pedro
Palos Verdes Hills
William Ward
James Ward Jr
Clinton Thompson Jr
Clyde Holmes
Navy
N. Gaffey St
Los Angeles
Russians Reserve Two Cars for Train Trip East
SAN FRANCISCO Sept. Russians to leave Oakland Monday noon by auto from Hillsborough to join a train. Two cars will be attached to a New York Central train from Chicago at 6 30 p m and arrive in New York at 1 30 p m Thursday.
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San Francisco
Sept
Russia
Oakland
Hillsborough
Southern Pacific Railroad
Chicago
New York Central
New York
Senate OKs State Hike on Postals
The Senate moved to raise postal revenues by about 400 million annually, doubling penny postal card rates and lifting ordinary letters from 3 to 4 cents and air mail from 6 to 8 cents. The House plans a separate bill for roughly 136 million more, with differing rate changes and a pay raise proposal for 500,000 postal workers.
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Washington, Sept
House
Senate
Norway Spy Suspect Found Innocent
OSIO Norway September 8 PF acquits Per Edvard Danielsen a 32 year old former naval lieutenant and son of Vice Admiral Edvard C Danielsen of Norway. He faced charges of spying for Russia after a trial begun Tuesday alleging he provided military information to the Russian naval attaché in Oslo.
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OSIO
Norway
Per Edvard Danielsen
Edvard C. Danielsen
Oslo
Hurricane Bores Down on Bermuda as Shipangles Toward Ocean
Miami reports a giant hurricane bearing 150 mph winds locking a 6000 ton tanker, the African Grove, in its grip. The storm, 1800 miles east of Melbourne and 300 miles south southeast of Bermuda, moves north at 10 to 11 mph and should reach Bermuda by Sunday morning. Small craft along the U S Atlantic coast were warned to stay clear.
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Miami
Fla
Aria
Honeymoon
Bermuda
U. S
Melbourne
Miami Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Virginia
Atlantic
New York
Disability checks held up after Korea injury
Michael J. Ropczycki Jr 20 of Lakewood says war injuries left him penniless and jobless as red tape and an army error blocked disability payments. After a shell blast last November he lost both hands and arms and now relies on his father while Patsy Jo, his wife expecting a February child, struggles with mounting debt. His pay was cut from 52 to 10 dollars during convalescent furlough at Letterman and Oak Knoll. a Red Cross claim is pending.
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Michael J. Ropeyzcki Jr
Patsy Jo
Press- Telegram
Michael J. Ropczycki Jr
Carson St
Lakewood
Korea
Mike
Michael Sr
U. S
Army
Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco
Oak Knoll Naval Hospital
Oakland
Red Cross
Oak Knoll
Red Troops Tanks Move Into Kaesong
Communist forces and tanks were reported entering Kaesong amid suspended truce talks. The move, seen as a violation of the neutral zone, follows intensified ground probing on western and central fronts. An air clash over northwestern Korea involved 25 Allied jets and 40 MiG-15s with no damage reported.
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U. S.S
Eighth Army
Korea
Kaesong
United Nations Command
38Th Parallel
Berlin G1 Soldier Dies After Red Police Shooting
U S Army reports an unarmed American serviceman shot by East German Communist police died in a Soviet hospital near Potsdam. The body was returned to U S authorities. An eyewitness said there was no provocation by the soldier. The Red policeman involved was arrested. The incident followed a crash at a Communist checkpoint on the Berlin border.
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Berlin
Germany
Actin
Lad
Potsdam
Former Enemy Rejoins Circle of Free Countries
Forty eight nations signed a peace treaty with Japan in brief ceremonies boycotted by Communists who warned of sowing seeds of a new war. Argentina’s ambassador Hipolito Jesus Paz led the signing at 10 31 a m as the Japanese flag was raised for readmission into the community of free nations. British Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison spoke briefly before the ceremony.
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San Francisco
Japan
Society of Free Nations
Hipolito Jesus Paz
Argentina
Herbert Morrison
Russia
Japamese
Shigeru Yoshida
Pearl Harbor
Indonesia Solons May Reject Treaty
Indonesia's parliament may reject ratification of the Japanese peace treaty amid a cabinet crisis, as Aneta News Agency reports. The treaty would pave the way for a postwar settlement and allow U S bases in Japan. Russia's Gromyko objects while Japan signs with 47 other nations, concluding a week of diplomatic struggle.
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Djakarta
Indonesia
Aneta
Night and morning low clouds give way to clear afternoon
Weather forecast notes night and morning low clouds with a transition to generally clear skies tomorrow afternoon. Temperature remains steady with little change. Winds from the west to southwest at 10 to 17 mph tomorrow afternoon.
Shipyard Strike Predicted Here
Harold Shapiro of CIO predicts a strike across three Long Beach and Los Angeles shipyards Todd Los Angeles Bethlehem Pacific Coast and Craig after deadlocked talks with management and a labor conciliator. Workers removed personal tools and planned to report back Monday without them while demanding a 32 cent hourly wage rise against a five cent offer.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Harold Shapiro
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Shapiro
U.S
Todd-Los Angeles
Bethlehem Pacific Coast
Craig
Los Padres Fire Out of Control
A brush and timber blaze in Los Padres National Forest near Tecuya Ridge remained out of control with about 100 firefighters in the isolated area as of early today. A helicopter dropped tools and food to the crews battling the fire.
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Frazier Park
Sept
Los Padres National Forest
Tecuya Ridge
Czech Nationalist Reds Oust Stalinist Leaders
Vienna report says Czechoslovakia created a state run economy with a new superministry of state control to oversee all sectors. Five new industrial ministries replace heavy industry as Stalinist leaders are ousted for nationalist communists amid a party shakeup.
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Vienna
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Czech Communist Party
Prague Radio
Soviet Walkout Echoes At San Francisco Peace Conference
At the War Memorial Opera House Andrei Gromyko and two aides left the conference room as Kennet Younger spoke. Czech delegate Gertrude Sekaninova and Polish Stefan Wierblawski followed. Police cleared a path as Gromyko rejoined the room. a Czech deputy noted it was a chance meeting over a cigarette.
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Russia
Andrei Gromyko
S. A. Golunsky
San Francisco
Gromyko
War Memorial Opera House
Aids
Kenneth G. Younger
Britain
Gertrude Sekaninova
Czechoslovakia
Stefan Wierblawski
Opera House
Gromyka
Five Die As Bus Plunges From Embankment
A bus toppled over a 140 foot embankment near Las Palmas Canary Islands killing five people and injuring 40 last night. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as authorities investigated the cause of the crash. Survivors described a chaotic ride before the vehicle left the road.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
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