Japanese police bar Communist rally as US Memorial Day events proceed
Japanese police directed by American MPs prevented a mass Communist rally in Central Tokyo at the Imperial Palace Plaza. About 100000 Communists vowed to demonstrate but were turned back peacefully while 8000 Americans attended the US Memorial Day service. In Berlin Western leaders claimed a victory against disorder but warned of Communist mobilization. In West Germany nationalists campaign to shake moderate parties ahead of June 18 elections. France seeks Britain’s formal approval to pool steel and coal. UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold continues a "save the United Nations" push after talks with Truman and Acheson.
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Tokyo
Imperial Palace Plaza
Douglas MacArthur
Germany
Berlin
United States
John J. McCloy
East Germany
West Germany
Ryguesses
Save the
United Nations
Lie
Truman
State Acheson
Washington
Memorial Day Observed Amid Cold War Shadows
Americans honor the dead with flowers and prayers as flags flutter over graves in national cemeteries at home and abroad. Army chaplains quote Major General Roy H. Parker urging guardians of liberty to unite in safeguarding the nation’s heritage.
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Army Chaplains
Roy H. Parker
Chief of Chaplains
Texas Young Democrats face national probe over Fort Worth meeting
Leslie Chappell secretary of Texas Young Democrats says the national president ordered an investigation into the Texas branch. He alleges regional director Barnes Griffith was sent to "iron out the trouble" after a Fort Worth Executive Committee meeting that voted against a state convention this year.
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Corpus Christi
Leslie Chappell
Texas Young Democrats
National Organization
Texas
Chappell
D. W. Gilmore
Benton
Scott County
Barnes Griffith
Fort Worth
Executive Committee of
Young Democrats Clubs of Texas
Texas Organization
Max Triplett
Hillsboro
Young Democrats
Gilmore
Nation
Triplett
State Club
Life of Laughs Ends for Comic Col Stoopnagle
Boston dispatch reports Chase Taylor known as Colonel Lemuel Stoopnagle died Monday at New England Baptist Hospital after two weeks at Lahey Clinic for a heart condition. He leaves widow Kay Bell Taylor of South Norwalk. A radio and screen comedian, he rose from a 1930s radio duo with Budd Hulick to prominence on CBS NBC and Mutual networks, later hosting Town Hall Va rieties and Quixie Doodle Contest.
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Boston
Chase Taylor
Colonel Lemuel
Stoopnagle
New England Baptist Hospital
Lahey Clinic
Puerto Rico
Kay Bell Taylor
South Norwalk
Col. Stoopnagle
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Taylor
WMAK
Buffalo
N.Y
CBC
Budd Hulick
CBS
NBC
NBC Blue
Taylor-Hulick
Hulick
Yankee
Mutual
Vaughn Monroe
Burglary ends in trouble after light-fingered spree
Police catch an anxious burglar after a break in and spree to sample goods, ending with his arrest. Memorial Day weekend finds a nudist colony at Zero Nature Park opening despite cold weather and a low-flying plane overhead. Sandra Rogers keeps her daughter in a jacket at Houston Elementary amid the sun suit dispute. A funeral for a drowned East River victim draws an overflow crowd as friends recall their pal.
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Indiana
Sandra
Houston
New York
East River
Page
Conviction of Writers Upheld by Court in Hollywood Case
Washington May 29 The Supreme Court refused to rehear the contempt convictions of Dalton Trumbo and John Howard Lawson for refusing to confirm Communist affiliation. If final, each faces one year in jail and a $1000 fine. The ruling affects eight other Hollywood figures cited in 1947.
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Washington
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumbo
Supreme Court
Congress
Lawson
Trumbo
District Court
House On American Activities Committee
Hollywood
House Committee
US Court of Appeals
Ring Lardner Jr
Albert Maltz
Alvah Vessie
Samuel Ornitz
Herbert Biberman
Edward Dmytryk
Adrian Scott
Lester Cole
FBI
Hollywood Ten
America
Ten
House Un-American Activities Committee
Wee
Special Election Call Considered for Lake Austin Property
Mayor Taylor Glass proposed a special city election to permit the conveyance of 400 acres in Lake Austin Metropolitan Park to Texas Vacation Villages Inc. The plan by William F. Butlin and A. C. Critchley aims to create a resort village with bundled vacation packages for middle incomes. The City Council voted to grant an option on the park portion, but the city attorney says only a public vote can authorize land sales from a park. The date of the election was not announced.
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Taylor Glass
Lake Austin
Texas Vacation Villages, Inc
William F. Butlin
General A. C. Critchley
City Legal Department
Trueman O'Quinn
Glass
Kefauver Eyes California in Gambling Probe
Senate investigation into interstate crime may turn next to California or possibly New Orleans. Kefauver said new information from a Miami hearing ties bookmaker Frank Erickson to wider ramifi cations. Names like Adonis and Costello surfaced as Erickson associates. Records show Erickson profited from Florida gambling at the Colonial Inn. Open hearings likely in about three weeks with a nationwide probe funded at 150000 dollars.
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Washington
Senate
California
New Orleans
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Frank Erickson
Hunt
D-Wye
Miami
Fla
Frank Hogan
New York
Joe Adonis
Frank Costello
Erickson
Florida
Costello
New York Grand Jury
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
New Jersey
Adonis
Colonial Inn
Sol Gelb
Erickson Records
General Sessions
Owen W. Bohan
Kefauvey
Downey Rice
Leada
Thunderstorms Expected To Miss City Austin
Austin will probably escape the storms that hit northern parts of the state Monday night and early Tuesday as a front halted about 20 miles north of the city. Dallas Fort Worth Abilene and Amarillo saw heavy rains with hail in the Fort Worth area.
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Austin
Austin Weather Bureau
Dallas
Fort Worth
Abilene
Amarillo
North Texas Storm Leaves Deaths and Destruction
A violent multi hazard storm battered upstate Texas with hurricane force winds, hail, and rain. In Greenville and nearby communities damage was extensive and a 21 year old man, Billy Ray Webb, died after stepping on a downed wire near Peniel. The storm damaged trains, power lines, homes, and trees across Denton and Dallas areas.
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Greenville
Peniel
Tidwell
Jacobie
Dallas
Fort Worth
Pilot Point
Denton County
Denton
Sherman
Billy Ray Webb
Austin Weather Bureau
Abilene
Amarillo
Cotton Bell
Commerce
Jaycee Stadium Drive Postponed
The Austin Junior Chamber of Commerce postpones its 20 000 softball stadium fundraiser meeting to Thursday as volunteers finish sales materials. City funds totaling 16 000 will match Jaycees 44 500 seating capacity pledge at Buller diamonds in South Austin. Co chairmen Allen Gain Don Phillips and E G Kingsberry lead the drive.
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Austin Junior Chamber of Commerce
Don Phillips
Prnners
Phillips
Jaycees
Buller
Austin
Cochairmen Allen Gain
E. G. Kingsberry
Texas Sesqui Group Forms for 1951 Exhibit Effort
Governor Shivers presides at the Texas Sesquicentennial group organizational meeting in Austin. The panel plans Texas Honor Day in Washington and a Texas exhibit at the Sesqui show, featuring a Davy Crockett letter. No state funds yet allocated. private contributions expected to support the exhibit.
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Texas
Washington
Allan Shivers
R. J. O'Donnell
David Crockett
Shivers
Capitol
Paul Wake Chinn
O'Donnell
E. H. Sellard
A. Garland Adair
Texas Memorial Museum
Davy Crockett
Texas Museum
Texas Sesqui Commission
Ter
David Crock
Neal Douglass
Loyalty Row Spurs Fight Over Commerce Official Firing
Washington May 29 A Commerce Department official Michael Lee earning 10000 a year challenged a move to fire him after loyalty questions in Congress. Lee said he asked for an interview with Secretary Sawyer who is out of town. Remington another 10000 a year employee faces ouster hearings while both deny Communist ties and vow to fight for their jobs.
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Washington
Michael Lee
Commercce Department
Congress
Lee
Sawyer
Department
William W. Remington
Commerce
Remington
New York
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Department Loyalty Board
Bergstrom Plane Forced To Land
A C47 from Bergstrom Field, Austin bound for Tinker Field Oklahoma City ditched cargo and landed at Tulsa after one engine failed. Co pilot Major C A Eckert said the crew feared losing altitude and jettisoned cargo before reaching Grand Lake area. Captain Robert Brundage led the flight with Staff Sergeant D L Allen as crew chief.
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Tulsa
Okla
Air Force
C47
Grand Lake
Bergstrom Field
Austin
Tex
Tinker Field
Oklahoma City
C. A. Eckert
Robert Brundage
D. L. Allen
Bekert
Allen
Brundage
Senate Breaks Record For Shortest Session
Washington May 29 The Senate set a new brevity record with a noon session lasting 15 seconds. Senator Hayden presided and announced recess until noon Wednesday for Memorial Day observances.
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Senate
Washington
Hayden
D-Ariz
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