Barkley Enters Democratic Presidential Race at 74
Vice President Alben W. Barkley announced he would accept the nomination if offered, becoming the sixth avowed candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Kentucky senator joins Kefauver Russell Kerr McMahon Harriman and others as the Chicago convention nears.
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Administration War Horse
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Georgia
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Oklahoma
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Connecticut
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Harriman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
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Russell
Chicago
Kentucky
Berlin clashes as 15000 Communists clash with police
Fifteen thousand Communist demonstrators surged from the Russian zone into Kreuzberg sparking a savage clash with West Berlin police. Police wounded hundreds, arrested 300, and broke up the protest after about an hour without gunfire. The event coincided with a visit by British Foreign Secretary Eden who urged calm and unity.
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Kreuzberg
West Germany
United States
Anthony Eden
Eden
Bonn
Konrad
Prison Riot Crackdown at Red POW Compound in Korea
About 100 Allied troops raided an unruly Red POW compound on Koje Island, destroying the headquarters and seizing flags and knives. Two hours later a U S guard killed one prisoner and wounded another with an accidental rifle discharge.
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Korea
U. S
Henry Taylor
Magnolia
Ark
38Th Infantry Regiment
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Warn Queen of Overwork
A British medical journal warns Queen Elizabeth II to guard against overwork blamed for King George VI’s early death. The Lancet notes royal ceremonial strain risks health and urges advisers to limit official appearances to truly major occasions.
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London
Elizabeth II
George VI
Lancet
Queen Mother pilots Comet jet airliner in joyride
Queen Mother Elizabeth revealed in a telegram she piloted a Comet jet at over 500 miles an hour during a joyride over Western Europe last week. She serves as honorary air commodore of the City of London Auxiliary Squadron of the Royal Air Force.
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London
Elizabeth
Europe
City of London
Royal Air Force
Mild Smoke Hides Real Yankee Bill
Mrs. Margaret Brown of Sheraden reports buying a cigarette in Pittsburgh and discovering a five dollar bill rolled inside instead of tobacco. She says she sparked the cigarette but no smoke appeared. Police were notified and investigations began into the unusual concealment.
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Yankee Bill
Pittsburgh
Margaret Brown
Sheraden
Air Force Accepts First F 86 Jet From Columbus Plant
The Air Force accepted the first F 86 jet fighter built at the Columbus plant of North American Aviation under a Navy contract.
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Columbus
Air Force
North American Aviation Corp
Navy
Kroger Chief States Minor Impact of Price Increases
Cincinnati based Kroger president Joseph B. Hall says CPA price hikes will have little effect on family food bills. He notes over half the foods sold are below ceiling prices and that competition and supply drive prices more than ceilings. Hall also serves on Ohio University’s Board of Trustees.
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Joseph B. Hall
Kroger Co
Washington
Hall
Midwest
South
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Denies Guilt In Robbery Case In Newport
Joseph Trupiano 41 testified innocent to aiding and abetting armed robbery and awaits grand jury action in Newport Kentucky. Police Judge Alfred Maybury kept bond at 5900. He is half-brother of Detroit victim Michael Trupiano shot at Playtorium Night Club May 19. Police say he heard plans in Detroit and warned them against it.
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Newport
Joseph Trupiano
Michael Trupiano
Detroit
Glenn Schmidt
Alfred G. Maybury
Kentucky
Two Columbus Firms Cited by OPS Agents
The Office of Price Stabilization enforcement division filed actions in U S District Court against two Columbus wholesalers James V Sugar Co and Central Ohio Fruit Co and William W Callis and Sons Co Inc for alleged black market potato sales as part of eight commission houses enjoined from over ceiling prices by Judge Frank Picard.
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Columbus
Office of Price Stabilization
U. S. District Court
James V. Sugar Co
Central Ohio Fruit Co
William W. Callis and Sons Co, Inc
U. S
Frank Picard
Royal Match Hinted For Belgium's King
Rome report says King Baudouin of Belgium and Italian Princess Margherita di Savoia Aosta travel to Italy for a preliminary gathering ahead of a possible royal wedding. Family members attend a get acquainted meeting. an engagement announcement is anticipated.
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Truman Opposes Public Board Overhaul in Wage Controls Debate
Senate rejected a bid to end wage and price controls by June 30 and began arguing how long to extend authority. President Truman urged against an all public Wage Stabilization Board and warned it would signal distrust of labor and management. Dirksen’s lapse proposal failed 52 to 18, with 16 Republicans and two Democrats voting for it.
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Dirksen
Farm Prices Rise Slightly Across Broad Range of Goods
The Agriculture Department reported a one percent rise in farm prices from mid April to mid May. Hog prices led the upswing while cattle, calves, wool, corn, soybeans, most fruits, potatoes and cabbage also climbed. Some commodities fell, notably dairy products, poultry, eggs, cotton, hay, wheat, oats, barley, sheep, lambs, tomatoes and onions. Prices paid by farmers for production and living costs remained unchanged at a record level.
Cincinnati Enquirer bid decision delayed to Tuesday
U S district judge Bolitha J Laws has postponed ruling on two competing offers for the Cincinnati Enquirer, pushing the final decision to Tuesday.
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Washington
Uss
Bolitha J. Laws
Cincinnati Enquirer
Truman Seeks 3 Billion For A Plant Expansion
President Truman asked Congress for 3.341 billion dollars as a supplemental appropriation to expand atomic production facilities. The funds would go to the Atomic Energy Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority to boost leadership in atomic energy amid Soviet noncooperation. The request covers the fiscal year beginning July 1. The AEC declined to detail plans beyond noting Ohio River Valley plant under consideration.
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Truman
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Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rayburn
Soviet Union
Free World
AEC
Ohio River Valley
Rat Bite Victim's Mother Sentenced in Mansfield
Mrs. Jean Gieseman, 33, mother of a two month old killed by rat bites May 21, was sentenced by Juvenile Judge Stuart Cramer to one year on a neglect charge with six months suspended. She will serve six months in the Toledo Workhouse. The judge also placed four Gieseman children in the custody of the Welfare Board amid testimony that a rubbish filled house had been fumigated after the infant's death and that 17 rats were found on the open floor.
Communists Call for Fight as Leader Held in Paris
Paris police clash with rioters as Communist leader Jacques Duclos is arrested amid anti Ridgway protests. Authorities seize Communist papers and CGT calls for general strikes to protest his arrest and demand peace bread and liberty.
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Jacques Duclos
France
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Duclos
L’humanite
Furious Red Bombardment Rakes Allied Lines
Seoul reports intense artillery exchanges on the Korean front for a second day as Communist forces shell Allied positions. The East front saw heavy firing exceeding Wednesday’s rate with 7126 rounds and 1400 rounds in a 90 minute span. An Allied patrol halted about 300 Chinese troops near Chorwon with 54 casualties after a four hour engagement.
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Seoul
U. S. Eighth Army
Chorwon
Uncover Body In Car Trunk At Newport Beach
In Newport Beach California a crowbar pried trunk revealed a man’s body in a parked 1951 Buick near Norm's Landing on Lido Isle. Police identified the case after Riverside County deputies reported a missing Desert Hot Springs man named Sam Davis.
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Calif
Harry Lace
Los Angeles Police Department
Norm's Landing
Bay Front
Lido Isle
Sgt. Lace
Riverside County Sheriff's Office
Sam Davis
Desert Hot Springs
Kremlin ends peace push and shifts to forceful stance
The piece reports Moscow abandoning a peace offensive to mobilize Western Germany and threaten further action. It notes Communist mobs in Paris and Berlin, Chinese threats in Korea, and Allied plans including a $3 billion atomic weapons boost. Churchill and Truman warn the era is grave.
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Subversives Still in U S Ex Reds Say
Former Communists Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley testified that Red agents may still operate in the government seeking vital secrets. They could not name names or departments but warned against assuming none exist. Bentley said two spy groups are active, though she could not identify members.
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Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Elizabeth Bentley
Red
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Chambers
Miss Bentley
Russell Bids for Vote In Far West
Georgia Senator Richard B. Russell named Colorado Senator Edwin C. Johnson as his campaign manager in a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Johnson praised Russell as a top Senate leader and the most qualified candidate for the presidency.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Russell
South
Johnson
Senate
Ohio Turnpike Trust Trustee Chosen for 330 Million Funds
The Ohio Turnpike Commission awarded trustee duties over 330 million dollars in turnpike funds to a Columbus bank with one vote against. The move advances plans to hire an investment syndicate to market turnpike bonds for the 241 mile toll road in Northern Ohio. Commission Chairman James W Shacknessy said a court suit is not expected to delay bond sale or construction slated to begin in October. Dr J Gordon McKay of Cleveland voted against the Ohio National Bank of Columbus and offered no elaboration, fueling speculation he preferred a Cleveland bank.
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Ohio Turnpike Commission
Columbus Bank
Ohio
Commission
James W Shacknessy
J. Gordon McKay
Cleveland
Ohio National Bank of Columbus
McKay
Dumb Swans Do It Again in London Basin
In Cubitt's basin London houseboat dwellers report Siegfried and Odette have completed their 14th consecutive annual nest with an egg. Despite attempts to move them to higher ground, Siegfried drives away would be nest sites as the lock opens and cold water floods the nest. Odette remains on the eggs, likely to hatch by mid June.
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London
Cubitt's Basin
Siegfried
Odette
Turnpike Toll Rates Listed for Motorists
Columbus report estimates private autos will pay about 3 dollars to travel the full 241 miles of Ohio's proposed turnpike. The rate works out to roughly 1.2 cents per mile. Construction not finished until 1955, no immediate problem.
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Columbus
Ohio
UN Urges Rhee to End Martial Law Decree
United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea asks President Rhee to lift martial law and release nine arrested assemblymen. Rhee, 77, defends the decree citing guerrilla threats and accuses assembly members of seeking power by intrigue. Defense Minister Shin Tai Yung says eight of the nine arrested are involved in a suspected conspiracy.
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Rhee
Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
National Assembly
Assembly Congress
United Nations Commission For the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
Red
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South Korea
Defense
Shin Tai Yung
Truce Talks Fall Back Amidname-Calling at Panmunjom
In Munsan Korea negotiators halted threats of military action but traded rapid accusations of massacres against prisoners. Allied Maj. Gen. Harrison blasted Communist protests as propaganda while urging careful handling of prisoner repatriation as key to any armistice progress.
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Korea
William K. Harerison, Jr
Harrison
Ashingon
Washington
Moscow
Europe
Marital Age Drops in the United States
The Census Bureau reports younger marriages in a 1951 survey with the average age of new grooms about 22.6 years and brides around 20.4 years. The trend shows a decline since 1940 and a narrowing gap between spouses.
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Washington
Cenesus Bureau
President Returns Oil Rift to Solons
President Truman vetoed a bill granting coastal oil rich lands to individual states. He argued the measure would give away valuable lands and mineral resources of the United States. The veto returns the issue to Congress, where a two thirds vote in both houses would be needed to override.
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