British Merchants Plan to Abandon 800-Million Dollar China Investment
British business reportedly plans to pull out of its 800 million dollar stake in the Chinese mainland after nearly three years of Communist harassment. The move aims to sell holdings to Chinese government agencies, with little expectation of compensation. The withdrawal would not affect Britain’s recognition of the Peiping regime nor its control of Hong Kong, and would follow formal communications to Chow En-lai and a potential diplomatic negotiation.
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Leonard Leddington
London
Britain
Peiping
Anthony Eden
China
Foreign Office
Ailvy Express
Reds
Asiatic Petroleum Company
Hong Kong
Far East
British-American Tobacco Company
Shell Oil Company
Butterfield and Swire
Jardine, Matheson and Company
Daily Express
the Express
News Chronicle
Chow En-lai
United States
Senators To Hear Ridgway Describe Koje Incident
Washington All 96 members of the Senate invited to a closed Armed Services Committee session Wednesday to question Gen Matthew B Ridgway about the Koje Island incident A Seoul dispatch says the Eighth Army board of inquiry has finished its probe into the seizure and release of Brig Gen Francis T Dodd by Communist prisoners on Koje Island Findings were sent to Gen Mark Clark who will forward them to Washington Ridgway is en route to Europe to assume command of NATO forces
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Washington
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Matthew B. Ridgway
Koje Island
Seoul
Eighth Army
Francis T Dodd
Mark Clark
Tokyo
Ridgway
Europe
Dwight D. Fisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Collision Derails 59 Freight Cars in Michigan
A derailed Chesapeake and Ohio freight train blocked downtown Sawyer Michigan after colliding with a pickup at a crossing north of town. Crews cleared 59 cars, with three teenagers in the pickup hospitalized in critical condition at St Joseph Mercy Hospital in nearby St Joseph. No fatalities were reported.
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Sawyer
Mich
Michigan
Chesapeake & Ohio
Here
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
St. Joseph
Abe Lincoln and Ann Rutledge Tale Declared Myth
Mary Todd Lincoln says in a public letter to a Supreme Court justice that she remains firm in her belief that Ann Rutledge is a myth. Historian Willard L. King notes discovering the letter in David Davis IV papers while researching a biography of Davis, who helped Lincoln from estate matters.
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Chicago
Abe Lincoln
Ann Rutledge
Mary Todd Lincoln
Supreme Court
Lincoln
Willard L. King
David Davis
Bloomington
U. S. Supreme Court
Davis
King
David Davis IV
New Saler Till
Campaign Against British Firms Widens in China
The Communist takeover looms as a constant amprogrive campaign targeting British businesses. Foreign firms face special taxes, fines, and government ordered exorbitant wage scales for Chinese employees, hindering operations.
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Tientsin
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Koje
Elizabeth Gilbert
Joseph Gilbert
San Re Drive
Dayton
Ono
Hubert Gilbert
Fairground Ave
Ohio
Apple
Walter R. Bender
Abe-Ann
Armrel Paving Company, Inc
Franklin, Ohio
Franklin
Lebanon
National Research Council
Continental Baking Company, Inc
Wonder Bread
ORAM
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U-San-O
America
Butler
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