Eisenhower Outlines Peace Platform Split Koje Island Prison Camp
Allied infantry and engineers halved a major prison compound on Koje Island Korea to create smaller camps for about 80,000 prisoners. Brig. Gen. Haydon Boatner ordered the fencing as raids continued with ration cuts reported in three compounds. Observers noted near chaos as flags were destroyed and Red banners removed during operations.
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Koje Island
Korea
Haydon Boatner
Kose
Boatner
Reetser
State War Dads And Auxiliary Convene Here
The ninth annual state convention of the American War Dads and Auxiliary will meet Saturday and Sunday with headquarters at the Whitney hotel. National Auxiliary president Mrs Paul Miller of Albert Lea Minnesota and state officers will attend. Events include a blue and gold luncheon for gold star parents and families, speeches by Lester Kluever and Harry C Crowl, and Sunday elections and officer initiation at the VFW club.
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American War Dads and Auxiliary
Whitney Hotel
National Auxiliary
Paul Miller
Albert Lea, Minn
City Hall
Amvet Hall
Lester Kluever
Harry C. Crowl
V. F. W. Hall
V. F. W. Club
Little Action Seen On Korean Front
Allied and communist patrols skirmished on the central front in a stale 23 month war. Small communist units engaged UN forces, while fighter bombers conducted rail cuts and bombing runs. B 26 attack bombers destroyed 68 vehicles supplying the front. Dallas couple Tenxee Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ergenbright visit Mrs. Clara Ergenbright for a week.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Tenxee
Robert Ergenbright
Dallas
Tex
Clara Ergenbright
Weather Outlook: Fair, Warm With Easing Tonight
Central region sees partly cloudy skies this afternoon with a chance of isolated thundershowers near the Minnesota border this evening. Tonight and Friday remain generally fair with little temperature change, then continued fair and warm conditions Saturday.
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Minnesota
Rhee Seeks Resolution Amid Korean Political Tensions
President Syngman Rhee told President Truman the South Korean crisis is exaggerated and vows to dissolve the national assembly only as a last resort. Truman, Britain, and Australia urged restraint while Rhee seeks a peaceful settlement through compromise.
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Korea
Syngman Rhee
Truman
National Assembly
Two Iowa Teens Die in Separate Drownings
Two Iowa youths died in separate drownings. Stephen Thomas, 14, of Creston, drowned in Summit Lake while seeking golf balls from a nearby course. Dick Gallentine, 13, of Gladbrook, was found in a sandpit near Gladbrook after swimming with friends. he disappeared before supper.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Stephen Thomas
Percy Thomas
Creston
Dick Gallentine
Charles Gallentine
Gladbrook
Thomas
Summit Lake
Gallentine
Strike Averted At Pitts burgh Des Moines Steel Co
A strike was averted at Des Moines based Pitts burgh Des Moines Steel Co after union and management officials reached a pension system agreement. Local 493 AFL Ironworkers had faced a contract expiration at midnight.
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Des Moines
Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Co
Emil Peterson
AFL Ironworkers Union
Jury finds Rourick guilty on cattle theft charges
John Reurick, 38, Brayton, and eight jurors convicted him after a four hour verdict. The indictment followed a regional demand for action by five western Iowa counties amid a spate of cattle thefts over two years. Rourick faces a five year term with bonds set at ten thousand dollars.
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Idn
Iowa
Smedal
Ames
Guile County
Ace Tevier
Richard Rourick
Cass County 4-H Girls Elect Marcella Carter President
Marcella Carter of the Glad Girls of Grove was elected president of Cass county 4-H club girls at a rally held in the high school auditorium. Also chosen were Jean Russell as master of ceremonies and Pat McKee as senior better groomed girl.
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Glad Girls of
Grove
Cass County
4-H Club
Jean Russell
Massena Merry Maids
Karen Peterson
Bear Grove Brownies
Doris Kinen
Franklin Farmerettes
Judy Rock
Ramona Follmann
Marian Young
Betty Jane Bradley
Extension Home
Misa Bradley
Lincoln Lincolnettes
Bear Grove
Claus Fitchen
Benton Sunshine Club
Final Confederate reunion teases thinning gray ranks
In Jackson Mississippi two 106 year old veterans, William Townsend of Osle Louisiana and William Buen of Fitzgerald Georgia, reunite at a Sons of Confederate Veterans banquet. Townsend teases Bush for not meeting him at the airport while both wear gray as they recall Civil War era memories.
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Jackson
Miss
William Townsend
Osle
William Buen
Fitzgerald
Bush
Townsend
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Youth Fails Again To Enter Army In Cold War Era
Johnny Arsoomanian, 13, Bronx native, repeatedly attempts to join the army or board a Korea-bound ship. He was picked up on U S Route 301 in Ferndale, Md after leaving home Monday night, having previously been found in Washington area and Battimore. He told police he will keep trying.
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Johnny Arsoomanian
New York
Bronx
Wip
Korea
Battmore
Twire
Washington
Local event seating and service details noted
Ushers were Eldsen club members in charge of Mrs. William Reier. Mrs. Ronald Piearson chaired the platform and assembly. flowers were provided by Washington Workers. Lunch at noon was served by Mrs. Ted Hansen, county women's chairman, and the girls' county committee, assisted by the Brighton Hillehelles and their mothers.
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Eldsen Club
William Reier
Ronald Piearson
Washington
Ted Hansen
Brighton Hillehelles
Berlin Front Tensions Escalate As Kidnappings Rise
The Berlin border clash tightens with Russia tightening control on the highway to West Germany. West Berlin and British sector police boost frontier defense after two women were seized by Russian and communist police. The radio Berlin broadcasts anti western rhetoric from a guarded transmitter while patrols are turned back at the highway entrances. An American MP jeep briefly breaches the barrier by mistake. Gunfire erupts twice amid heightened security.
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Red Papera
West Berlin
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Red Army
Audubon Jury Finds Marvin Jurgens Guilty In Assault Case
A six and six juror panel convict Marvin Jurgens, 40, former trucker, of assault with intent to murder for firing through a cabin window near Extra and wounding Wilhelm Petersen, 55, in the head. He faces up to 30 years and may appeal by July 3.
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Marvin Jurgens
Extra
Jurgens
Wilhelm Petersen
Clark Mantz
L. Dee Mahonee
Petersen
Audubon County
Glen McLaughlin
State Bureau of Investigation
Petersen Cabin
Plane crashes into British minesweeper during NATO maneuvers
A Dutch Thunder jet crashed during NATO air sea maneuvers at Den Helder, hitting a 65 ton British minesweeper. The Dutch pilot was killed and two survivors from the minesweeper were rescued. 15 sailors were feared dead.
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Netherlands
Rural Electrification Agency approves Griswold telephone loan
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a loan of 144000 dollars to Griswold Iowa Cooperative Telephone Co. to fund line construction to Lyman and the installation of a dial switchboard along with other improvements.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Griswold
Iowa
Fatal auto crash near Bedford kills man from Maryville
Killed was K. M. Jones about 60 of Maryville Missouri after a car driven by Mia Jones failed to turn on Highway 2 and rolled down a steep embankment. His daughter-in-law Mrs Vida Jones was critically injured and taken to Mt Ayr hospital. They were en route to Fort Sumter South Carolina to pick up her husband 2nd Lt Wendell Jones.
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K. M. Jones
Maryville
Vida Jones
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Here
Harry Lucas
Taylor County
Mia
Jones
Fort Sumpter, S. C
Wendell Jones
Truman says he will not be party nominee at convention
President Truman told reporters he will attend the Democratic National Convention after a nominee is chosen but he will not seek the nomination himself. He said he may attend the Chicago gathering in full but would avoid causing a disturbance. He rejected Republican charges of a devious plot and declined to comment on Eisenhower’s preconvention campaign. He also spoke about steel strike legislation and the Taft Hartley act and the Supreme Court ruling on seizure of the steel industry.
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Truman
Chicago
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Congress
Supreme Court
Taft narrowly leads Eisenhower in South Dakota primary
In the South Dakota GOP mayoral primary Taft leads Eisenhower by about 690 votes with 10 precincts unreported. Taft’s unofficial count shows 64 740 to 64 150, a 50.23 to 49.77 percent edge. Eisenhower supporters seek a recount as county canvassing continues.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Robert Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
South Dakota
Ohioan
Eisenhower
Taft
George T. Mickelson
Mickelson
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
William E. Borah
Idaho
Boys State Attendees From Atlantic Named
Claire Neiby and Larry Focht attend the American Legion Boys State camp at Camp Dodge this week. They were sent to the program by the Atlantic Legion post and the Atlantic Elks lodge.
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Claire Neiby
Larry Focht
American Legion
Camp Dodge
Atlantic Legion ‘Post
Atlantic Elks Lodge
Ike in New York Press Conference Sets Policy Lines
General Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke at a news conference in a theater, outlining views on Korea, FEPC, labor policy, medicine, and the St. Lawrence seaway. He argued states should handle FEPC, warned against forced labor, urged sound farm prices, and favored minimal government regulation in labor relations.
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FEPC
Eighth Atomic Bomb Burst Over Nevada Test Site
Las Vegas reports the eighth spring nuclear blast at Yucca Flat at 4:55 a.m. visible 65 miles away. The AEC says the detonation came from a 300 foot tower with about 751 mice tested for radioactivity effects. ground distance of the animals not disclosed.
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Nev
Nevada
Yucca Flat
Atomic Energy Commission
Testa
House passes compromise bill to meet overdue payrolls
The House approved a compromise appropriation bill by voice vote to fund payrolls for about 500,000 federal workers. The measure moves to the Senate for prompt approval and eventual sending to President Truman.
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Washington
House
Truman
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