Sir Knights Close 68th Conclave With Banquet Parade and Ball
Delegates of the Knights Templar conclave in Austin wind up activities after a banquet and parade. Paul C. Knopf presided at the banquet. Louis Henry Wieber spoke on moral aims. The KT Educational Foundation reported a $60,000 fund and loan program for college students. A Divine worship service followed the parade and a grand ball closed the events.
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Knights Templar Conclave
Paul C. Knopf
Austin
State of
Minnesota
Austin High School
Knights Templar
John Anderson
St. Paul
Anderson
Louis Henry Wieber
Cleveland
U. S
Knopf
KT Educational Foundation
William J. Campbell
Terp
County Short in Storm Aid
Mower county failed to raise its full Red Cross disaster fund quota in the March and April drive, delaying its share of tornado relief. George Healy urged donations by non solicited residents as floods and other disasters strain 1951 funds, stressing the need for adequate national disaster aid.
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Mower County
National Red Cross
National Organization
George Healy
Mower County Fund
Healy
Red Cross
Stage Set for Congress Action on Controls Bill
Washington actions in both houses set the stage for decisions next week on continuing price wage rent and other economic controls. Senate and House banking committees approved bills limiting President Truman powers and delaying broader rollbacks amid debate over the Defense Production Act which expires in a week.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Truman
Senate
House
Mr. Truman
Austin Electricians Go On Strike Over Wage Dispute
Local 949 IBEW electricians in Austin walk out today after wage talks failed with six contractors. Union seeks 2.12 per hour. contractors offered 2.00. About 20 electricians involved across firms including Austin Electric and Heise-Roberts following a conciliation attempt on January 1, 1951.
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Austin Electricians
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Donald Cassidy
St. Paul
Cassidy
Ray Smith
Austin Electric
Heise-Roberts
Paton Electric
Flavin and Perry
Ray Smith and L
W. Carle
Nurse Found After 13 Days in Smoky Wilderness
Evangeline Lorimer, 21, a nurse, was located in the Smoky mountains after wandering 13 days with no food and little clothing. She walked in circles, cried out, and drank from mountain brooks, losing 18 pounds but otherwise unharmed. A ranger questioned if she was entirely lost.
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Sevierville, Tenn
Wild Smoky Mountains
Evangeline Lorimer
Mountain Brooks
Jumping on Roof Triggers Lights Slump at Parade Site
Spectators watching the parade from Fantle’s roof jumped to the Griffin pharmacy roof causing two fluorescent fixtures to jar loose and three tubes to break. No injuries reported as ceiling remained intact and debris cleared after the incident.
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Knights Templar
Griffin Pharmacy
Fantle
West Cuts Off Big Four Meet at 74th Session
Paris reports the Big Four talks on war jitters collapsed after 16 weeks of deputy-minister efforts. The western powers told Russia there was no point in continuing with unresolved topics. They suggested the July 23 Washington conference and noted deadlock over the North Atlantic treaty and overseas bases. Russia pressed for a joint declaration on the treaty, a move deemed impractical by the western side.
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Paris
Brittain
France
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
Washington
Reds Fire Bombs and Jets Clash Over Korea
In North Korea air battles, Ameri can Sabre jets shot down two Russian made planes and damaged three, raising weekly Red losses to 11 shot down, one probably destroyed and 17 damaged. On the ground UN patrols face what may be a limited Communist counter offensive by Monday.
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Clen Clements
Tokyo
Red Airforce
North Korea
U. S
Yonchon
Pyongyang
Manchuria
Yalu River
Manchurian
Chorwon
Tax Boost Bill Faces House Vote in High-Stakes Clash
Washington reports that House Democrats must be on hand as final debate on a 7.2 billion dollar tax increase bill nears. Republicans threaten to recommit, seeking major rewrites, while Truman’s lower request faces stiff opposition and calls for an eight billion dollar cut.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Percy Priest
Tennessee
Ways and Means Group
Truman
Release of Reserves to Begin in Mid-July
Tokyo reports that the army will begin sending home enlisted reservists from Korea in mid-July. With exceptions, all should be on their way by November 30 and back in the United States by year’s end. The plan covers inactive and volunteer reserve enlisted men called to service in Korea. Exceptions include irreplaceable specialists, those who volunteer to stay, and regulars ordered to active duty the day after retirement.
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Tokyo
Korea
U. S
Policies of Mac Gen Barr Praises 8th Army as Finest
Sen Knowland produced Ridgway’s December dispatch urging Nationalist forces to strike China as a way to ease Korea pressure Barr testified the United States has never had a finer or more efficient army than the American eighth army in Korea Ridgway supported MacArthur’s view while Ridgway was Far Eastern commander and MacArthur’s dismissal followed.
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Gen. Barr
Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Far Eastern
Douglas MacArthur
China
Senate
MacArthur
Red China
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Ridgway
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Korea
United Nations
David G. Barr
Barr
Collins
U. S
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Truman
Plane Vanishes Over West Africa With 40 Aboard
A Pan American World Airways Constelation carrying 40 people disappeared off the west African coast on a Johannesburg to New York flight. The overdue airliner left Accra and was last seen near Roberts Field in Liberia. Pan American reported 31 passengers and nine crew. Capt Frank J Crawford led the crew. Dozens of French planes and other craft searched for signs of the craft.
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Dakar
French West Africa
Pan American World Airways
Johannesburg
New York
Roberts Field
Monrovia
Liberia
Accra
Gold Coast
Pan American
Frank J. Crawford
Huntington Station
New York Metropolitan Area
British staff ready to exit Iran over oil clash
AIOC general manager A. E. C. Drake told about 3000 British staff at Abadan to prepare passports for a hasty exit as Iran presses for immediate turnover of oil operations. The British consul urged evacuation of women and children under Operation Heartbreak, with 150 dependents remaining. Drake cautioned staff would stay as long as possible but would depart if Iranian interference makes work impossible.
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Tehran
Iran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
A. E. C. Drake
AIOC
Abadan
England
Francis Shepherd
Drake
Ickes Attacks Congress and MacArthur in Ethics Hearing
Former Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes told a Senate subcommittee hearing on government ethics that Congress bears the largest share of blame for eroding public confidence. He praised federal workers as honest but criticized lawmakers for sensational headlines and smear tactics.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Congress
Douglas MacArthur
Senate Labor
Ickes
Truman
America
Stole Saddle but Not Horse, Thief Claims
Melvin Spurline 20 admits taking the saddle but denies horse theft. Police testified to seeing him with the saddle while a horse trotted behind. He testified the horse follows him for sugar. Judge dismisses horse theft charge and sets July 18 for probation and sentence hearing on saddle theft.
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Los Angeles
Melvin Spurline
Spurline
Detective Foils Hotel Robbery in Shootout
In Minneapolis a detective planted in the Maryland hotel on Grant Street and LaSalle Avenue halted a would be robber in a gun fight. Nine shots were exchanged as the bandit tried to force clerk May Bride to open the safe. Detective Robert Ball fired five shots and the bandit four. the suspect escaped as patrols swarmed the area.
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Minneapolis
Maryland
Grant Street
LaSalle Avenue
Robert Ball
Loop
May Bride
Ball
Miss Bride
Warren Lee Irwin Sought in Murder Kidnap Warrants
FBI and Midwest police continue the hunt for Warren Lee Irwin a 27 year old ex convict wanted on murder and kidnap warrants The alert spans Chicago and surrounding jurisdictions.
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Irwin
Chicago
Warren Lee Irwin
FBI
Midwest
Archbishop Pleads Guilty in Red Charge Trial
Arch bishop Joszef Groesz successor to Cardinal Mindszenty pleaded guilty to plotting Hungarys overthrow of the Communist government. He confessed for an hour before Judge William Vilmos Olti. The judge also sentenced American businessman Robert A Vogeler to 14 years on spy charges.
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Budapest
Hungary
Joszef Groesz
Mindszenty
William Vilmos Olti
Robert A. Vogeler
Street Bathers Use Fire Hydrant To Beat Heat
In South Philadelphia on a humid Thursday night six men linked a hose to a fire hydrant and drenched each other in a cooling ritual. Police intervened with reinforcements, arresting them for resisting arrest rather than indecent exposure. They remained clothed throughout.
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Philadelphia
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