Prison riot silenced as 31 POWs die on Koje Island
U S paratroopers from the 187th Airborne Regiment halted a two hour prisoner uprising at compound 76 on Koje Island Korea. Thirty one inmates were killed and 139 wounded as Reds used spears and improvised weapons. one American was killed and 14 wounded. The assault followed orders to move prisoners to new enclosures and uncovered a plan to liberate all 80,000 Communist prisoners on Koje.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Tuckman
Koje Island
Korea
U. S
U.S. Army
Koje
U.N
Haydon L. Boater
Kose
Boatner
Boamer
Lee Hak Koo
Lee
Patton
Apple Raisers Warned on Codling Moths
ST. PAUL Farmers in south central and south eastern Minnesota were warned to protect orchards from codling moths. Cooled moth egg laying is under way and hatching will begin in about a week. Growers should apply lead arsenate or DDT by June 15 and repeat about every 10 days for six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minnesota
State
Augustana Synod Opens Amid Unity Proposal Booking
Des Moines reports the 93rd annual synod of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church opens tonight with a unity proposal on the table. The body may reject the plan unless it includes all eight general bodies of the National Lutheran Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
National Lutheran Council
Pastor's Condition Remains Critical After Accident
Rev. S. A. Erling, 77, pastor of First Lutheran Church in Aitkin Minnesota, remained unconscious and in critical condition in a Farmington hospital. His wife was killed when their car collided with another while en route to Des Moines for an Augustana Lutheran Synod meeting. Bernard Erling of Des Moines identified his mother.
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Farmington
Minn
S. A. Erling
First Lutheran Church
Aitkin
Erlings
Des Moines
Augustana Lutheran Synod
Erling
Bernard Erling
On Way to Far East but Files for Office
William Krieger plans to file by mail for re election as Jackson County Judge of Probate while en route to Far East duty. He has two years served of his term and is with the 47th National Guard Division. His tour ends January 6 1953, the same day new officials begin office after the general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Minn
William Krieger
Far East Command
Jackson County
Krieger
47Th National Guard
Flaxseed Firm Seeks Transfer Of OPS Case
In Minneapolis, Spencer Kellogg & Sons moves to transfer an OPS lawsuit to Buffalo, citing contracts and records there while OPS cites Minneapolis as the location of its expert witnesses. Judge Joyce kept the motion under advisement as OPS seeks a temporary injunction and treble damages over alleged $8 per ton over ceiling profits from flaxseed crushing contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Spencer Kellogg & Sons
Buffalo
N. Y
OPS
M. M. Joyce
Truck Auto Collision at Main and College
A collision at Main and College caused $50 damage to the auto of E. E. Hopkins of 806 Marshall and $30 damage to the truck driven by James C. Crichton of 1012 Gleason.
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Main
College
E. E. Hopkins
Marshall
James C. Crichton
Gleason
Mac Arthur Named GOP Keynoter At Convention
CHICAGO General Douglas MacArthur was chosen as the keynoter for the Republican National Convention opening July 7. The arrangement committee, in a voice vote, split the keynoter post from the temporary chairman role and nominated Walter S. Hallanan as temporary chairman. Rep Joseph Martin was named permanent chairman as Taft supporters celebrated the MacArthur selection amid Eisenhower opposition notes.
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Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
William Mylander
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Mylander
Hallanan
West
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Macar
Don Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
G. Mason Owiett
Pennsylvania
A.C. Remmel
Arkansas
Cyrus L. Phillip
Wisconsin
Howard A. Coffin
District of Columbia
Margaret A. Rockwell
Arizona
Rep
Clarence Brown
J. Bates Gerald
South Carolina
John B. Cooley
North Dakota
Harrison E. Spangler
Iowa
Nylander
Guy G. Gabrielsen
Pilgrim Fellows Attend Frontenac Camp This Week
Twenty four members of the First Congregational Church Junior and Senior Pilgrim Fellowship travel to Frontenac Camp on Lake Pepin for a week of fun, fellowship, and study. They will return Saturday afternoon and plan September local activities. Campers include Bill Venema Donna May Sheetz Pat Venema Tony Maus Bonnie Leck Melissa Dougherty James Randall Jean Randall and more.
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First Congregational Church
Frontenac
Lake Pepin
Bill Venema
Donna May Sheetz
Pat Venema
Tony Maus
Bonnie Leck
Melissa Dougherty
James Randall
Jean Randall
Dean Shankland
Chuck Morris
Douglas Michie
John Thompson
Marcia Lembcke
Frank Bucklin
James Lembcke
Delores Dean
Carol Requa
Delma Klein
Alice Requa
Connie Chambers
Joan Naslund
Jean Naslund
Shirley Kezar
Henry Gower
High Court Renews Segregation Study
The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in the new term starting October 6 on whether racial segregation in schools violates the Constitution. The cases from Topeka Kansas and Clarendon County South Carolina challenge the doctrine of separate but equal, arguing segregation stigmatizes and harms Black children.
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Paul M. Yost
Washington
Supreme Court
Topeka
Kan
Clarendon County
South Carolina
Mill Cillan Dies in Illinois Auto Crash
A youth identified as Steven Goodrich Grove, 22, of Minneapolis, was killed last night in a truck collision on Route 30 about 14 miles northwest of Joliet. The semi trailer driver was unhurt according to State Policeman Louis Wasilewski.
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Joliet
Steven Goodrich Grove
Minneapolis
Louis Wasilewski
Grove
Truman Asks Power to Seize Steel Mills
Michael Rene Visconte, 25, Argentine former army officer and GM Institute student in Flint, fined 1000 and banned from driving in the US after pleading guilty to negligent homicide. He admitted driving the car from which Richard Westby, 21, of Austin, Minnesota, was thrown to his death in Detroit on January 12. Visconte, a former Argentine Army second lieutenant, came to the United States in 1951 to study dealership management. his parents run Buenos Aires auto dealerships. His student visa expires in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Michael Rene Visconte
General Motors Corporation Institute
Flint
Mich
United States
George T. Murphy
Buenos Aires
Mercury Nearby Heat in Austin as US Sees Storms
The weatherman notes a hot day in Austin with readings near 81 degrees. Across the nation, a June storm struck New York City and Long Island, uprooting trees, killing one man, and drowning a fisherman. Cooler Northwest winds spread, with scattered showers in the Midwest.
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Austin
Herald
New York
Long Island Lighting Company
Long Island
Great Lakes Region
Gulf Coast
Middle Atlantic States
Northwest Pacific States
Midwest
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Locates Room Beneath Floor of St. Peter's
Rev. Joseph Lynch a Fordham seismologist reports tests in Vatican City found a room beneath the marble floor of St. Peter's Basilica. He tested to locate Nero's Circus and Palestrina's tomb but found no evidence of the circus. The room was found on a site formerly a pagan cemetery dating to Nero's era, tests done for Vatican authorities.
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New York
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University
Basilica of
St. Peter’s
Vatican City
Lynch
Rome
Nero’s Circus
St. Paul
Palestrina
Basilica
Nero
Vatican
11 Killed in Milan Apartment Blast
In Milan Bovisa an explosion flattened a three story building killing 11 and injuring five. Three children aged 10 to 12 were among the dead. Five or six families lived there. Eyewitnesses saw a large flame from the basement at dawn. A gas plant in the basement is thought responsible.
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Milan
Italy
Bovisa
24 Pound Child Pronounced Dead, Lives
In Philadelphia at Einstein Medical Center a premature baby girl born Sunday night to Catherine Hughes of Minersville was pronounced dead and wrapped in a newspaper. After an hour the infant scratched the paper and was found alive with the condition described as fair by physicians.
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Philadelphia
Einstein Medical Center
Catherine Hughes
Minersville
Thomas
Hughes
NLRB tosses out profane ballot in union vote
In Los Angeles the National Labor Relations Board rejected a ballot marked h no in an election among employees of the National Screw and Manufacturing Company to decide on joining the CIO United Auto Workers. The workers voted 63 to 36 against unionization, excluding the profane vote as a de facement.
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Los Angeles
National Labor Relations Board
National Screw and Manufacturing Company
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
NLRB
Mountain Lake Observer Sold to Sherburn Couple
The Mountain Lake Observer is sold by Mr and Mrs L E Wetmore to Mr and Mrs Larry Paulson publishers of the Sherburn Standard. The Paulsons will take charge of the Mountain Lake plant around July 1 while the Wetmores plan to move to Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Lake, Minn
Mountain Lake
L. E. Wetmore
Larry Paulson
Sherburn
Minn
Paulsons
Sherburn Standard
Des Moines
State Vets Fund Approved for Tuition and Aid
The Legislative Advisory Committee approved $65,000 to the state department of veterans affairs for World War II veterans tuition and other benefits through January 1, 1953. Commissioner William E. Revier said 905 veterans and 12 orphaned children are in school, with 18,358 veterans having benefited since the law’s enactment. An additional $120,000 was approved for disabled veterans relief for the July quarter.
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Revier
Lifeguards Rescue 14 Year Old at Phalen Beach
A 14 year old St Paul boy Domingo Tijirina Jr was pulled from 15 feet of water at Phalen Beach after wading 30 feet beyond the roped area. Lifeguards revived him with artificial respiration for 15 minutes.
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ST. Paul
Domingo Tijirina Jr
Phalen Beach
Plea for Legislation at Joint Session
President Truman urged Congress to grant power to seize and operate the steel industry, arguing only federal seizure can prevent war and ensure essential production. He condemned Taft Hartley injunctions as unwise and urged swift action to stabilize wages and maintain steel output during rearmament.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
United Steel
Supreme Court
Taft-Hartley
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Commia
Maj
Daze
Richmond, Va
Col Lee Hak Koo
SYNOD
Far East
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Mac Odd
Gop
Pilgrim Fellowships
Frontenac Camp
Mill Cillan
Visconte
Boston
India Wharf
Custom House Tower
Mercury
St. Peter's
Kristjan G. Kristjanson
Kristjanson
Mountain
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Iceland
Pembina County
Sen
Maybank
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Wage Stabilization Board
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