Hemingway Among First Pulitzer Winners For 1953
The Old Man and the Sea author Ernest Hemingway wins the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel. Other honorees include playwright William Inge for Picnic and Archibald MacLeish and Don Whitehead for poetry and national reporting respectively.
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New York
Ernest Hemingway
William Inge
Archibald MacLeish
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
New York Times
Outlines Budget Plans To Governors
Governors receive reports on Eisenhower administration efforts to cut spending and civil defense against atom warfare. The two day conference resumes behind closed doors with President Eisenhower to hear updates from Secretary Humphrey and Budget Director Dodge. Val Peterson will report on civil defense plans for a possible atomic attack.
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Eisenhower
Secretary of the Interior
McKay Ov
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Joseph M. Dodge
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Val Peterson
Nebraska
United States
Two men saved after truck hangs from bridge
In Redding California a trailer crashed through the Pit River bridge railing as steering failed. The cab hung nose down with two men aboard who were rescued by passing motorists Walter Schau and Charles White just before the cab plunged 45 feet to the ground. The drivers were Paul M. Overbay and Henry H. Baum Jr both of Portland Oregon.
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Walter Schau
Charles White
U S Agents Break Counterfeit Ring in Manila and HK
Government security agents dismantle a million-dollar counterfeiting syndicate distributing bogus U S and Philippine treasury warrants. Philippine, U S Air Force, and Treasury investigators collaborated in a nine month operation ending with 22 ring members arrested.
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U. S
Treasury
Hong Kong
Central Bank
U. S. Air Force
U. S. Treasury Department
Engineer claims Churchill tank theft led to 20 million pound saving
London reports Canadian engineer John Donovan says he and his partner stole a Churchill tank to improve it. He seeks payment in the Inventors' Claims Court for the Engineer Tank modification, claiming 574 units were built late in World War II.
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London
Montreal
Britain
John Donovan
Tank Design Department
Inventors’ Claims Court
Ohio Weather Forecast Warm Trend Through Sunday
Rainy periods with a warming trend for Ohio, Wednesday through Sunday. Normal highs 66 to 73, lows 46 to 49. Cooler nights Wednesday and Thursday, then warming again Saturday and Sunday. Showers and a few thunderstorms expected mainly eastern areas Wednesday and by Friday statewide, totaling about half an inch to one inch.
Three Young Thugs Beat Columbus Man to Death
Three juvenile attackers in dungarees beat 74 year old John B. Chunh to death in a central market district saloon after threats to whip everyone present. Witnesses report the assailants appeared mean rather than drunk. Coroner cites head injuries from a stool as possible cause of death. Offenders fled. police identify them with witness help.
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Central Market District
John B. Chunh
John Paul
Market Grill
Church
Robert A. Evans
Rebel Troops Reinforced North of Luang Prabang
Vietminh forces reinforce surrounding posts at Muongkhoun and Muongsai north and northwest of Luang Prabang as French Laotian patrols fail to contact rebels. Insurgents avoid direct attack on Royal Laotian capital while mounting repeated assaults over three weeks.
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Luang Prabang
Vietminh
Muongkhoun
Muongsai
Plain Des Jarres
Labor Chief Christoffel Seeks New Sentence Appeal
The Supreme Court ordered re sentencing for Harold R. Christoffel former Milwaukee labor leader after he was convicted of lying about Communist party ties. The case returns to the U S District Court for sentencing under the federal code, replacing the prior District of Columbia code. He faces two to six years.
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Supreme Court
Harold R. Christoffel
Milwaukee
Christoffel
House Labor Committee
U. S. District Court
Ex Senator Robert Wagner Dies at 75 in New York
Former U.S. senator and New Deal architect of major laws including the Wagner Act died at 75 in New York. He resigned in 1949 due to illness and had long been bedridden, with services planned at his son’s Manhattan home.
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Robert F. Wagner
U.S
Wagner
Senate
Manhattan
Robert F. Wagner, Jr
Roman Catholi
U.S. Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Herbert H. Lehman
Dulles
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Red Stall Mires Prisoner Parley in Korean War Talks
UN Command accuses Communists of stalling in truce talks and demands on 48,000 prisoners. Lt. Gen. Harrison says a neutral custodian is essential and warns that without agreement on custody and neutral state no armistice. Nam Il seeks clarification on removal of military control and stabilizing prisoner camps.
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UN Command
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William K. Harrison, Jr
Korea
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Nam _ Il
Nam
Theeutral
Arrison
Big 3 Revive Treaty Plans
The United States Britain and France consider proposing renewed talks with Russia on a peace treaty for Austria. Officials noted a Pravda editorial suggesting democratic rights for Austrians could help. About 260 meetings by the Big Four have failed. the last session was in London in February.
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United States
Britain
France
Russia
Austria
Pravda
Moscow
London
Boy Lost on Fishing Excursion Found Dead
Ten year old Kerry Smith disappeared Monday while fishing with his father near Kaycee Wyoming. Searchers found the Casper boy dead Monday in Outlaw Canyon about 27 miles west of Kaycee after he traveled seven miles up the Powder River canyon and apparently collapsed from exhaustion and exposure.
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Kerry Smith
Outlaw Canyon
Kaycee, Co
Casper
Powder River
Band Leader Shaw Denies Communist Ties
Artie Shaw testified before the House Un American Activities Committee in New York denying direct Communist ties. He said he attended meetings by Hollywood Reds but did not join or support the group as the committee launched a larger probe into entertainment industry infiltration.
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Artie Shaw
House
Hollywood Reds
Shaw
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Paving Pacts Void In Columbus Bid Revamp
Common Pleas Judge Ralph J. Bartlett ordered Columbus to tear up $319000 in paving contracts for 13 streets and alleys. The city mustdraw up new plans and seek competitive bids on alternate paving methods.
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Columbus, CO
Common Pleas
Ralph J. Bartlett
City of
Columbus
Bicycle Death Shocks Cleveland Youth
Linden Heffley aged 16 collapsed while riding a bicycle Monday night in Cleveland and died. The incident prompted an investigation by local authorities.
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Cleveland
Linden Heffley
Taft Objects To Eisenhower Arms Budget Cut
Washington reports Sen. Robert Taft criticizes the 8 percent cut to defense requests, arguing the reduction is insufficient while urging a full wartime role survey. He supports reorganizing the Defense Department and appointing new chiefs of staff to begin the assessment before summer. Pentagon notes show manpower cuts of about 250,000 if the war ends, with smaller trims if the stalemate persists.
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Eisenhower
Robert Taft
Truman
Taft
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Congress
Defense Department
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Navy
Air Force
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Pentagon
Lone Enemy Sighted Sparks Front Action
Seoul report notes a lone Communist soldier spotted near an outpost as U S Navy task force pounds Wonsan harbor with heavy shelling. The bombardment centers on Red gun positions around the port while carrier planes strike coastal defenses.
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Wonsan
New Jersey
Wonsan Harbor
Jobless Pay Fight Brews In Ohio Senate Session
The Ohio Senate prepared for a partisan clash over cutting employers unemployment compensation assessments by about 30 million dollars a year from current around 70 million. The Pollock bill seeks to reduce payments to roughly 40 million annually. The session also debates raising pari mutuel wagering taxes at horse tracks.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Senate
Senate Democrats
Singing Trio Faces Money Discord in Andrews Sisters Row
The Andrews Sisters embroiled in a financial dispute as Laverne says the trio could split after 21 years. Patty and her husband Wally Weschler, the act's manager, press for changes, though two members doubt a breakup.
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Andrews Sisters
Laverne
Los Angeles Mirror
Patty
Wally Weschler
Verne
Supreme Court Delays Rulings on Segregation Cases
The Supreme Court closed its opinion session without issuing decisions in the segregation cases pending before it. No ruling was issued on the appeal by atomic spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Atom
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Senate Vote on Tidelands Ownership Seen Today
The Senate moves toward passage of a bill that would recognize state ownership of offshore submerged lands up to ten miles from the coast. Opponents call it a giveaway of federal property and vow court and election battles to follow.
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Senate
P.m
House
Sen
Morse
Holland
D-Fla
Supreme Court
POWs Freed From Communist Camps Headed Home
Three large U S transport planes carried the last group of 149 sick and wounded prisoners of war across the Pacific. One plane with 19 men landed at a U S base in ae another with 19 aboard was due in Hawaii. A third left Tokyo with 12 Americans two Canadians and six Colombians. No date given for onward movement from Hawaii to Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco. Only two liberated captives remained in Tokyo.
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Pacific
Hawaii
Tokyo
Travis Air Force Base
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Death by own action blamed on broken romance
SAN FRANCISCO A Navy veteran James Donald Whitaschek 23 of Riverside Calif. was pulled back from a downtown building ledge by Police Sgt. Robert Gremminger after he threatened to leap to the crowded sidewalk. He sobbed that he was alone in the world because of a girl.
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San Francisco
James Donald Whitaschek
Whitaschek
Riverside
Calif
Robert Gremminger
Ford Canton strike cuts output and jobs across plants
Ford Motor Co says a two week strike at its Canton Ohio forge plant will affect all manufacturing and assembly in days, with layoffs and shutdowns possible. The Canton plant supplies about two thirds of Ford's basic forgings, and the company notes varying effects by plant with no fixed nationwide shutdown date.
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Mich
Ford Motor Co
Canton
Ohio
Ford
Ord
Canton Forge
Ike To Make Air History
President Eisenhower will fly to New York on a commercial airliner for two $100-a-plate Republican dinners, marking the first time a sitting president travels by commercial plane. The White House cites fairness to taxpayers and notes previous presidents used military aircraft for official travel.
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Eisenhower
New York
White House
Columbine
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Tax Chief Sees End To Income Tax Returns Within Years
Commissioner T Coleman Andrews said in a U S News World Report article that 30 to 40 million workers may eventually get billed or refunded by the revenue bureau with taxes paid by payroll deductions. He cautioned the change could come in a year or two, not this year. A bureau survey in three cities seeks to identify nonfilers, cities unnamed.
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Internal Revenue
T. Coleman Andrews
Revenue Bureau
Andrews
U. S. News and Worldport
The
Social Security Board
Ike and Dulles Seek 5.8 Billion in Foreign Aid
President Eisenhower asks Congress for 5.828 billion dollars in new foreign aid framed as essential for U S security against the Soviet threat. Dulles agrees the total is restrained but necessary, with Omar Bradley testifying to a joint session of key Senate and House committees.
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Congress
America
Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs
United States
Dulles
Rains Ease Wildfire Threat Across District
Ernest Gebhart reports relief from drought as rains slow fires in the district. The first outbreak Saturday burned 100 acres in Zaleski forest near Radcliffourg Route 50, with 18 prisoners and a fire unit quelling it in five hours. A northeast Hamden fire scorched 60 to 70 acres. another blaze north of Allensville grew large though damage totals remain unavailable.
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Allensville
Radcliffourg
Hocking
Chesser
Gebhart
Police Foil Plot to Bomb Nehru Train Journey
A live explosive on a railway track near Kalyan hub 35 miles from Bombay was discovered minutes before Prime Minister Nehru's Amritsar Express passed. The attempt occurred as his train from Jalna neared Bombay. Police detained suspected conspirators and investigated the bomb placement.
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India
Nehru
Kalyan
Amritsar
Jalna
Pike County atomic plant on schedule with 4000 workers
Goodyear Atomic Corp begins training part of a 4000 worker workforce for the Pike County atomic energy plant. Walter C. Youngs Jr. said construction is proceeding on schedule and the plant should be completed in about four years during remarks at the Petroleum Club in Cleveland Today.
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Pike County
Goodyear Atomic Corp
Walter C. Youngs Jr
Petroleum Club
British Star Weds London Actress Renee Asherson
British film star Robert Donat marries London actress Renee Asherson, 33, in a second marriage. The ceremony links two notable figures in British cinema and theater, highlighting Asherson as Donat's chosen partner in a high profile union.
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London
Robert Donat
Renee Asherson
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