Helstein to Speak at Dedication of Labor Temple
Ralph Helstein will headline the dedication of the Labor Temple in Austin at 2:30 p.m. Local 9 president Frank Schultz invites the public and union members. The program includes former officials Frank Ellis and Joe Uhlman and features clergy and remarks with coffee and donuts served during the open house.
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Local
United Packinghouse Workers of America, Cio
Ralph Helstein
The
International Union
Austin
Frank Schultz
Local 9
Temple
Water Street
Franklin and
Jay
International
Frank Ellis
Joe Uhlman
Ellis
Uhlman
Glenn Chinander
South St. Paul
UPWA
Russell Bull
Des Moines
Robert Davidson
CIO
St. Paul
Rodney C. Jacobson
Packing House
Minnesota
Iowa
Schultz
Fort Dodge
D. A. Cunningham
William J. Campbell
DFL Seeks New Auditor as Ticket Changes Loom
The Democratic-Farmer-Labor leaders meet Saturday to select a new state auditor after John Essene withdrew following endorsement at Albert Lea. Clinton Haraldson and Koscie Marsh are also discussed as potential candidates with Marsh facing opposition over pari mutuel betting stance. Senate ally Senator Simington of Missouri is slated as the dinner speaker.
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ST. Paul
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
John Essene
Hopkins
Albert Lea
Clinton Haraldson
Renville Farmer
Marsh
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Tehran Glass Factory Explosion Kills Nineteen
Tehran reports 19 dead after a glass factory blast yesterday. Gen. Teimour Bakhtiar said about 60 of the roughly 200 injured remain near death, and a preliminary probe points to a cooling system water shortage as the cause.
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Teheran
Iran
Tehran
Teimour Bakhtiar
Bakhtiar
Rebuilds Wall After Truck Plunges Through It
CHIPPENHAM England Bert Lewis 66 begins rebuilding his garden wall today for the 20th time after a truck plunged through the wall yeserday. He has lived at the foot of a hill for 40 years and 19 other vehicles have done the same before.
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Chippenham
England
Bert Lewis
Unidentified Driver Rams Parked Auto in St. Paul
A car owned by Carroll Plager at 607 Park was damaged Thursday when a second, unidentified driver backed from a stall near a street mailbox on St. Paul and collided with Plager’s car, pushing it into a third vehicle. Front and rear damage totaled 125 dollars.
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Carroll Plager
Park
Plager
St. Paul
U N Likely to Act Slowly on Peace Patrol
The U N Security Council appears to delay action on Thailand s request for a peace patrol of U N observers on the Thai Indochina border. Influential delegations indicate a careful, extended review, hoping for a Geneva cease fire. Thailand urged speed, but a majority prefers waiting for the Indochina talks to progress.
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U.N
United Nations
N. Y
U.N. Security Council
Thailand
U. N
Indochina
Washington
Pete Sarasin
Delegates Entangled In Far East Peace Talks
Geneva delegates to a long weekend recess amid deadlock over policing the truce in Indochina. Fifteen secret talks failed to yield progress and a closed door session Tuesday was planned to address the stalled issue as Western delegates protest what they call Communist propaganda tirades. Pham Van Dong drew sharp critique from Western sources and Georges Bidault prepared to reply with a lecture on decorum.
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Geneva
Pham van Dong
Vietminh
van Dong
France
Georges Bidault
St Michael Man Held on Check Fraud Charge
A 41 year old St Michael man Alden T Peterson was held on suspicion of passing about 20 worthless checks totaling 400 dollars in the Twin Cities. He was arrested after attempting a 20 dollar check at Nick's filing station in St Paul. Police recovered seven of the checks and expect the total to reach 20 drawn on Security State Bank of St Michael. Peterson signed his own name but had no account. He has prior terms in Minneapolis for check fraud.
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ST. Paul
St. Michael
Twin Cities
Alden T. Peterson
Nick
Seventh St
Nick Wilkus
Ray McCarthy
Peterson
McCarthy
Security State Bank of
Minneapolis
Indochina Reds Overwhelm French Outpost
Vietnamese forces under Viet Minh leadership stormed a village 75 miles southeast of Hanoi, embedding three rebel battalions about 3,000 strong. The seven hour battle left heavy losses on both sides as defenders retreated to a Catholic seminary, then were overrun.
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Hanoi
Indochina
High Command
Buichu
Commuters Play Cards on Streetcar in Los Angeles
Commuters on the streetcar route between Los Angeles and Bellflower now have a special card playing section courtesy of conductor V. C. Pretty man. The car features a board score sheets and kibitzers as riders enjoy games during the ride.
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Los Angeles
Here
Bellflower
V. C. Prettyman
Bullitt Arrives in Seoul To Reconnect With Rhee
Former U S ambassador to Russia William C Bullitt arrived in Seoul to renew old friendships with President Syngman Rhee, stating the visit has no political significance and focuses on friendship.
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Seoul
William C. Bullitt
U. S
Russia
Syngman Rhee
Senators pressure McCarthy to reveal 133 suspected Communists
Sen Symington urged the McCarthy subcommittee to order Sen McCarthy to provide the FBI with the names of 133 alleged Communists or security risks in defense plants or the federal government. The motion paused due to absent Republican leaders as the panel weighs the Pentagon terms for sharing the list.
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Washington
Sen
Symington
McCarthy
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Wilson
Cohn
Defense Department
FBI
Subcommittee
Preacher Verifies Son Fights Big Fish Tale
In Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania a 1 year old boy named Dale Stauffer claims he battled a large fish at a nearby stream and beached it, but before measuring it a cat grabbed and ran away with the fish. The Rev. Samuel F. Stauffer, Dale’s father, witnessed the scene and aided in the chase, but the fish was not recovered.
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Mauch Chunk, Pa
Dale Stauffer
Dale
Samuel F. Stauffer
President Arthurs Desk Preserved by Historical Society
The Albany County Historical Society donated to Union College a desk once used by Chester A. Arthur, Union alumnus and 21st U S president. The ornate silver plated desk served Arthur as quartermaster-general of New York during the Civil War era and reflects his 1848 Union College class affiliation.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Albany County Historical Society
Union College
Chester A. Arthur
United States
Arthur
New York State
Union
New Zealand Volcano Ngauruhoe Erupts Today
Ngauruhoe, one of three active volcanoes on New Zealand's North Island, erupted today belching molten lava 500 feet into the air and showering the 7000 foot slope with 100 ton boulders. No injuries reported as no residents live nearby. Ngauruhoe last erupted in 1948.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Ngauruhoe
North Island
Electrician Hurt As City Power Dips For Hours
Lester Johnson, 37, of 303 N First, critically burned when a power switch he worked on was grounded causing a three hour citywide outage. The Draeger Electric Co. employee was tending a 13 800 volt cubicle in the city utilities plant control room. Power restored by noon.
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Lester Johnson
Johnson
Draeger Electric Co
Mankato
City Utilities
K. W
Perry
Harold Lamon
Westinghouse Corp
Twin Cities
Austin
Lamon
John Tobar
al Albright
Dulles Urges Flexible Aid for Indochina Crisis
Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Indochina’s military situation is grave yet not hopeless. He urged broad presidential flexibility in a proposed 3 billion dollar foreign aid program to counter Communist expansion and defend U S allies in Asia.
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Washington
State Dulles
Congress
Indochina
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Dulles
United States
Pacific
China
Southeast Asia
Stray Dogs Outwit Cleveland Catchers on One-Way Streets
In Cleveland, stray dogs outsmart dog catchers by decoying a truck along a one-way street and then doubling back. Dog Ward Al Rhoden notes the dogs seem to know the street layout and often stop running to sit and grin at the pursuers.
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Cleveland
al Rhoden
Rhoden
Photographer Injured After Tree Fall in Waterbury
Richard Steppattis climbed a tree in Waterbury to capture photos and suffered a broken ankle when a limb snapped and the camera fell. Paramedics were called and he was treated at the scene.
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Waterbury, Conn
Richard Steppattis
Snap
Ike's Housing Bill Heads to Senate House Conference
Eisenhower's housing program moves to a joint conference after Senate approval on a liberalized credit plan and slum clearance. The Senate backed 66 to 16 for public housing safeguards and the authority to build 35 000 units annually, while the House rejected that provision 21 to 176. Senate Banking Chair Capehart said a compromise likely to pass.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Senate House
House
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Banking Committee
Van Zandt to Testify Today at Shooting Trial
Witnesses include doorkeeper W Swein Elgin and Rep James Van Zandt who rushed to the gallery to aid in capturing the Puerto Rican assailants. The four defendants Lolita Lebron Rafael Cancel Miranda Andres Figueroa Cordero Irving Flores Rodriguez face up to 75 years each for the March 1 House shooting.
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Kenneth A. Roberts
D-Ala
Lolita Lebron
Rafael Cancel Miranda
Andres Figueroa Cordero
Irving Flores Rodriguez
W. Swein Elgin
James van Zandt
R-Pa
Frank B. Wise
Takoma Park
Figueroa
Ex Film Star Rex Bell Wins Nevada Lieutenant Governor Bid
Former actor Rex Bell, husband of Clara Bow, wins the Republican nomination for Nevada lieutenant governor after a Tuesday primary victory over two opponents. Analysts see a strong chance against Democrat James Sailor Ryan in November as Democrats outnumber Republicans in state registrations. Bell runs a Las Vegas western goods store. he and Bow previously owned 600000 acres of sage ranchland, sold last year, and have two sons aged 19 and 16.
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Reno
Rex Bell
Bell
Clara Bow
Nevada
James
Sailor) Ryan
Las Vegas
Sage
Rex Anthony
George Robert
Stassen Vows Dishonor Sanctions for Secrecy Breach
Washington Harold E Stassen head of the Foreign Operations Administration said any employee who leaks secret information would be discharged He spoke after a White House statement defending executive branch control of enforcing laws and orders in response to Senator McCarthy's push for disclosures McCarthy rejected secrecy orders.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Foreign Operations Administration
Stassen
White House
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Polite Gunman Robs Mill City Store
A courteous robber at W. I. Appel drug store 4952 Lyndale Ave Minneapolis held up the store Thursday night taking about 250 dollars from the registers. Victims initially thought the robber was joking as he spoke the demand in a calm manner.
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Mill City
Minneapolis
W. I. Appel Drug Store
Lyndale Ave
Six Businesses Destroyed in England Arkansas Fire
A downtown fire in England Arkansas destroyed six business firms and damaged two others. Estimated losses near 500000 dollars. Fire crews from Stuttgart North Little Rock and Pine Bluff aided England volunteers. Three firefighters were uninjured after a wall collapse. England lies about twenty miles southeast of Little Rock.
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England
Ark
Akansas
Stuttgart
North Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Little Rock
Guatemalan Critics Flee to Embassies
Five more critics of President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán sought refuge in Latin American embassies after an official report uncovered an antigovernment plot. Rodolfo Rehnol, director of an anti Communist student weekly, headed to the Salvadoran embassy. The total political fugitives in foreign embassies was about ten.
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Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Rodolfo Rehnol
Executed After 5 1 2 Years in Death Cell
Eddyville Kentucky report states William T. Reed 45 of Louisville was executed for the murder of his common law wife Louise Young after spending nearly 50 years in Eddyville State Penitentiary's death house. He was convicted December 8, 1948 and brought to Eddyville January 29, 1949.
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Eddyville
William T. Reed
Eddyville State Penitentiary
Louise Young
Louisville
Power Failure Halts Half Hormel Plant Operations
A 9 a.m. power failure sharply reduced Hormel Co operations at the Geo A Hormel plant. About half the plant closed with only beef kill and hot cutting floors active. Meat already on tables and in cookers continued to process, while generators sustained refrigeration. Normal operations planned to resume Saturday.
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William Dunlap
The
Utilities Board
St. Olaf Hospital
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
C. W. Hildreth
Dunlap
City Springs
Geo. A .Hormel and Co
Hormel
Hormel Company
Bennington Crew Toll Tops 102 After May Explosions
The death of Alton Lee Robinson of Cleveland, Ohio, in Newport Naval Hospital raises the Bennington toll to 102 from the May 26 explosions. Seven crew members remain on the critical list and 11 on the serious list as a naval inquiry hears claims of full safety precautions.
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Quonset Point
R. I
Bennington
Navy
Alton Lee Robinson
Seaman
Cleveland
Ohio
Newport Naval Hospital
Naval Court of Inquiry
Leyte
Boston
Justice Douglas Attacks Anti Red Competition Speech
In Bronxville at Sarah Lawrence College commencement Justice William C. Douglas denounced public competition to denounce communists as a reign of intolerance. He warned that political races to condemn communism harms America and stressed communism is not a political issue.
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Bronxville
N. Y
U. S&s. Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Sarah Lawrence College
Douglas
America
Two Teens Drown in Bald Eagle Lake Disaster
In St Paul on Bald Eagle Lake two 16 year olds Mary Brown and John Bemlett died after their boat swamped. A rescuer was saved by a woman who jumped in after seeing victims floating like logs. Others aged 15 and 17 were rescued when a capsized boat forced them to cling to debris.
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ST. Paul
Bald Eagle Lake
Mary Brown
John Bemlett
Arlene Berggren
James Lavorato
Oscar Roodell
Adelaide Smith
Roodell
Arlene
James
Blue white Cullinan mine stone valued at 280000
Trade sources report a 426% carat blue white diamond found at Premier Mine near Cullinan in South Africa. The uncut gem is valued at about 100000 pounds, or 280000 dollars, though smaller than the Cullinan diamond of 3024 carats found in 1905.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
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DFL
Koscie Marsh
William N. Oatis
Roy M. Cohn
City Plant
Circuit Supplies Hospital
Henry Quam
Frank Landreville
Quam
Austin Daily Herald
Ike
House of Representatives
U.S. Dist
Alexander Holtzoff
Arkansas
Hormel Co
Justice Douglas
Cullinan
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