Biggest Korean Raid On Air Armada Levels Red Base
United Nations aircraft conducted a large saturation bombing near Pyongyang, attacking a major industrial complex along the Taedong River. About 800 fighter-bomber sorties, supported by B-26s and various fighters, blasted tunnels, mines and storehouses, with heavy napalm and machine-gun fire.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Taedong
Chinnanpo
Manchuria
Fifth Air Force
12Th Marine Air Group
Lynwood Clark
Delhi
N. Y
Clark
Clark tightens grip at Koje Island POW camps
General Mark Clark said orders were issued for the U N I forces to seize uncontested control of the POW camps at Pusan and Koje Island. He cited isolating the rebel leaders and warned August 8th actions may include force if prisoners do not comply. The 187th Airborne Regiment was sent to Koje last week after Dodd and Colson were replaced as camp commandants.
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TOKYO
Mark Clark
U.S. 8Th Army
United Nations
Pusan
Koje Island
Matthew B. Ridgway
Clark
187Th Airborne
Koje
Francis T. Dodd
Charles Colson
Dodd
Colson
Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
Truce Talks Inch Toward Break Three Day Recess
In Munsan Korea the UN and North Korea agreed to a three day recess in armistice talks. Nam Il pressed for daily meetings while Maj. Gen. Harrison set resume time. Vice Admiral Joy left the camp to become superintendent at the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis.
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Munsan
Korea
Red
Nam Il
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison, Jr
Harrison
Turner Joy
United Nations Command
Joy
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Big 3 Set to Ink West Germany Treaty
In Bonn the foreign ministers of the United States Britain France and West Germany prepare to sign a peace pact. The agreement aims to bind 48 million Germans west of the iron curtain to the Atlantic alliance politically and militarily.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Free Europe
United States
Britain
France
Iron Curtain
Soviet Protest Claims U S Iran Pact Violates Treaty
The Soviet Union formally protested to Iran over accepting American military aid, saying it breaches the 1921 Soviet Iranian treaty allowing Russian troops in Iran if foreign forces use Iranian soil against the Soviets. Foreign Minister Vishinsky delivered the note. Iran may reconsider accepting U S aid under Moscow's pressure.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Iran
Kremlin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U.S
Free World
Urbana City Hall Burned, No Injuries Reported
Urbana and Champaign County lost their official city hall after a fire gutted the 62 year old three story brick building. Fire crews from Urbana Springfield and Piqua battled the blaze with most records saved and no injuries reported. Mayor Frank Ewing valued replacement at about 300000.
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Urbana
Champaign County
Springfield
Piqua
Harry Ream
Frank Ewing
Zanesville Offered Zane Grey Volumes
Mrs. Zane Grey widow of the western novelist offers her husband's entire personal collection for a local memorial. The set includes originals of novels and short stories. Mayor William Watson was unavailable for comment. Grey was born January 31 1875 in Zanesville and died in 1939.
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Zanesville
Zane Grey
William Watson
Washington, D. C
Grey
Paroles Granted to 62 Mansfield Inmates in Ohio
The state pardon and parole commission approved paroles for 62 Mansfield Reformatory inmates on Thursday. Parolees by county include Hocking with Carl Six Jr and Charles Robinson both charged with auto theft, effective July 23.
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Columbus
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Mansfield Reformatory
Hocking
Carl Six, Jr
Charles Robinson
Congress Seeks War Powers Check On Seizure Power
A House judiciary panel weighs a war powers extension bill authorizing a congressional declaration that the president has no inherent power to seize private property. The measure, tied to Truman's steel seizure, argues seizures require statutory authority and bars wage, hour, or price changes in seized plants. The Senate debate and Supreme Court case surrounding the seizure loom over the vote.
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Washington
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Rep. Pickett
Dtex
Truman
Supreme Court
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Sen. Morse
R-Ore
Oregon
Subcommittee
Executive Branch
Senate approves new immigration bill amid intense debate
The Senate voiced approval of a 302 page immigration measure sponsored by Sen. McCarran to revise and unify law. Opponents called it harsh and compared it to Nazi policy as the bill moves to conference with the House.
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Washington
The
Senate
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
House
Lehman
D-Lib
Humphrey
D-Minn
Truman
U. S
John Garfield Laid to Rest After Heart Attack
The 39 year old actor known for theater roots was buried in a New York cemetery after dying Wednesday. Thousands of fans packed the funeral home and cemetery, creating a disorderly scene despite family efforts to keep the viewing orderly. About six thousand people viewed the body during the day.
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New York
John Garfield
School of Hard Knocks
76Th Street
Carload of Potatoes Stolen in Columbus
Police report a burglary at William Califf & Sons Produce House in Columbus. Thieves took 8900 pounds of potatoes, valued around $880, prompting an investigation.
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Columbus
Herb Califf
William Califf & Sons Produce House
Califf
Oil shortage forces air travel cuts
Aviation fuel shortages force drastic airline flight reductions as Pan American World Airways and American Airlines cut operations. Airlines seek decontrol from Secretary of the Interior Chapman, PAD head, amid ongoing fuel restrictions likely through June 8. The Air Force also trims training flights due to fuel needs.
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Denver
Secretary of the Interior
Chapman
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
Air Force
Pan American World Airways
American Airlines
Mercy Flight Saves Infant at Sea
An infant weighing two pounds three ounces was saved at sea after the U S Navy rushed oxygen to a ship 800 miles off the Atlantic coast. The Washington refueled with oxygen from the Blue Jacket to sustain the premature baby born to Mrs Janet Rozelle of Dallas en route to Bovington where her husband serves.
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London
U. S
Atlantic
Washington
Bluejacket
Janet Rozelle
Dallas
Tex
Bovington
Eng
State Plans 250 Million in Road and Bridge Projects
The State Highway Department wraps up 25 million dollars in road and bridge projects to be contracted in June and July as part of a 45 million dollar budget for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Major items include a Muskingum River span at Marietta and a 2.5 mile East Memorial Shoreway extension in Cleveland.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Muskingum
Marietta
East Memorial Shoreway
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Lima
Beaver
Ike Bids Farewell to NATO Troops at Central Sector HQ
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower bade farewell to about 300 officers and 700 enlisted men from six nations at Fontainebleau France the central sector command called the key field headquarters in the defense of Europe He urged officers to seek the truth and share the viewpoint of every nationality in this headquarters and battlefield command.
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Fontainbleau
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
NATO
Europe
Eisenhower
Gay Attire Sparks Suspicion on Euclid Avenue
A 30 year old man walked Euclid Avenue in a flamboyant outfit including a Coonskin cap red visor white dinner jacket zebra shirt luminous tie red plaid pants and blue white sneakers. He wore a false nose a white pipe and a luminous multicolor bag of gadgets. Police arrested him on a suspicious persons charge.
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Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Three Youths Held After Wild Van Wert Chase
Three Detroit youths ages 14 16 were jailed on auto theft charges after a high speed chase through Van Wert. A 14 year old was wounded by a police bullet and listed in fair condition at Van Wert County Hospital. The youths admitted stealing four cars in Detroit Flat Rock Mich Toledo and Findlay.
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van Wert
Detroit
van Wert County Hospital
M. E. Kennedy
Flat Rock
Mich
Toledo
Findlay
Europe Letters Urged Columbus Proclaims May 1925
Gov. Frank J. Lausche designated May 1925 as Letters From America Week urging Ohioans to write truthful messages about the United States to friends and relatives in Europe.
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Europe
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
America
Indictment for Weinberg on Three Perjury Counts
Joseph W. Weinberg, a scientist involved in wartime atomic research, is indicted on three counts of perjury for denying under oath that he was a member of the Communist Party. The case stems from his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee and his appearance before a federal grand jury in Washington. If convicted on each count, he faces up to 10 years in prison.
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Washington
Joseph W. Weinberg
Congressional
Communist Party
Weinberg
House Un-American Activities Committee
House
Truckers Sue Sister Local Over Bread Strike
In Pittsburgh a group of 19 members from Local 377 Youngstown filed for a federal injunction against their sister Local 485 in Pittsburgh. Local 485 with about 1200 members has been on strike for two weeks against 18 bakeries in Western Pennsylvania over pay and benefits. The Youngstown picketing disrupted bread deliveries to Youngstown distributors, affecting supplies for distribution.
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Pittsburgh
AFL Teamsters
Youngstown
Ohio
Teamsters
No. 485
Local 485
Pennsylvania
West Bridgewater Bakery Co. Inc
West Bridgewater
Youngstown Group
Rev Walter R Dickhaut Named Zanesville Methodist Superintendent
The Rev Walter R Dickhaut is appointed as the new superintendent of the Zanesville district of the Methodist Church. He assumes leadership in the district under the church’s regional structure and oversees congregations in the area.
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Zanesville
Columbus
Walter R. Dickhaut
The
Methodist Church
New Arrests Loom in Atom Plant Dispute
Cincinnati sheriff investigator Car G Meyer said more warrants may be filed after fights among workers at the Atomic Energy Commission Fernald plant. Four workers faced concealed weapon charges as security guards seized guns knives and bludgeons. George Osterkamp of the carpenters union demanded better security and an end to Wednesday’s violence, delaying construction on the $39,000,000 uranium plant.
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Cincinnati
Car G. Meyer
Atomic Energy Commission
Fernald
Carpenters Union
Had Carriers and Building Laborers Union
George Osterkamp
The
Three Escapees Flee Lima State Hospital by Bedsheet
Police continued a search for three inmates who escaped Lima State Hospital by sawing bars in a second story window and dropping to the ground with knotted bedsheets. Identified as Jack Bauer 19 Theodore Butler 24 and Richard Moxley 17. It was the second escape since May 5. Floyd Keith and Neville Slusser fled earlier by kidnapping guards and remain at large.
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Lima
Lima State Hospital
Jack Bauer
Hamilton County
Theodore Butler
Cuyahoga County
Richard Moxley
Orient School
Floyd Keith
Neville Slusser
Taft Backers Claim Control of Key Convention Machinery
Taft backers say they will control the credentials process for the GOP presidential nominating convention in Chicago. Rep. B Carroll Reece cites surveys showing Taft supporters leading in more than half of 53 state delegations and thus likely to outvote rivals on the credentials committee. Georgia Louisiana Mississippi and possibly Texas split delegations could bring 75 votes into play as contests proceed.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
B. Carroll Reece
Taft
Chicago
Reece
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Earl Warren
California
Eisenhower
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Republican National Committee
Union Endorses Rate Boost Aimed At Ending Telegraph Strike
Washington AP reports a 51 day AFL CTU strike against Western Union may end under a two part condition. federal authority to raise telegraph rates and ratification by CTU members. terms include a 40 hour week for pre 1941 hires with no pay cut, new 10 cent hourly raise for post 1941 hires, agency shop, 22 monthly for 35 hour workers, and five cent messenger raise. union backs federal rate increase and approval of terms.
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Washington
APY
AFL
Western Union Company
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Compaly
W. L. Allen
CTU
W. U
Federal Communications Commission
Allen
Kilgore Fire Injures Four In Westerville Shed
Four workers were injured in a flash fire at Kilgore Inc. in Westerville, a pyrotechnics and plastics firm. Lee Marvin Selby, 18, of Centerburg, was hospitalized in critical condition with second and third degree burns. The other three were treated and released. Kilgore Inc. operates in buildings formerly used by Kilgore Manufacturing Co. with no connection between the two companies.
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Columbus
Kilgore, Inc
Westerville State
Lee Marvin Selby
Centersburg
Westerville Medical Center
Westerville
Kilgore Manufacturing Co
Jackson Spelling Bee Champ Loses in Finals
In the national spelling bee finals Gene Profant of Canton Ohio placed fourth after adding an extra n to anodyne. Other finalists included John Woods age 12 Harrisville Ohio missing tessellated Cai liff Shelley Palay 12 Cleveland Heights and David Hudson 12 Cuyahoga Falls missing landau Dean Hickman 13 Jackson Ohio missing meretricious Doris Ann Hall 13 Hudson North Carolina won the event.
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Washington
Gene Profant
Canton
Ohio
John Woods
Harrisville
Cailiff
Shelley Palay
Cleveland Heights
David Hudson
Cuyahoga Falls
Landau
Dean Hickman
Jackson
Doris Ann Hall
Hudson, N. C
Army Returns Rails To Private Owners
The Army returned full control and operation of the nation’s railroads to private owners at 3 p.m. EST today under Secretary Karl R. Bendetsen. The action ends 21 months of Army possession and operation of the rail transportation systems seized in August 1950 by order of President Truman to avert a strike.
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Washington
Karl R. Bendetsen
Truman
Extended Forecast Sees Warm Saturday Then Cooler Week
Temperatures will average a few degrees above normal with a warm Saturday. Cooler conditions are forecast from Monday through Wednesday. Numerous showers are expected during the period, bringing one to one and a half inches of rain.
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Norman
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Jackie Fitzer
Sanford Borofsky
Garfield
Ike
University of Minnesota
Truckers Sue Sister
Atom
Lima Hospital
Kilgore
Army
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