American troops rout Communist defenses on Korea island
On AIG ISLAND Korea June 4 American forces stormed three POW compounds led by Brig Gen Haydon L Bulle Boamer. They removed flags banned banner signs rescued 17 bound anti Communist victims and arrested 15 vendors including five officials who ran Red courts. No shots fired. Clean sweep followed stern island inspection and ultimatum to lower flags.
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Aig Island
Korea
U.P
Pepitz
Allied Authority Ad
Haydon L.bulle Boamer
Boatner
Allied demand for immediate accounting of prisoners
In June 4 5 Allied truce negotiators pressed for an immediate accounting of about 1 000 United Nations troops captured by Communists but not listed as prisoners. Maj Gen Will Harrison led the bid, citing North Korean and Chinese captives not in POW records. The item notes a history of missing names among Allied stealth troops and urges a complete accounting of all captured personnel.
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Lswunsons
Siemand
Will Harrison
Nam
Wilfred R. Gratton Patrol raises routine patrol inquiry
A terse bulletin notes Wilfred R. Gratton on a routine military patrol near North Gratton as official observers record the act. Gratton’s movements and the patrol’s purpose are briefly described in the notice.
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Initier
Wilfred R
North Gratton
Wit Grat
Getting Hot SGINES and Weather Impacts District Pump Doors
Veterans BAYTOWN participants, including Gina Desert Mavne and Ben W Button, faced delays as Fresh Water Supply concerns rose. Warnings urged youths to avoid pump houses as district officials prepared for a cooler start while weather disruptions continued.
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Baytown Ten
Smy
Exfon
Nevis Desert
Gina Desert
Mavne
Welle
Ben W. Button
Bastoirn
Ned Fife
Hen- Srith
North Ashbel
Harrar
Sat Wooster
Bletsch
Toaith
Fragmentary Tale From a Busy Day in Town
Readable snippets depict a crowded social scene with Mrs George Mo, Virginia Blanak, Don Richardson, Pad Belting, and others. A car trouble incident, study moments, and a host of townsfolk appear amid informal dialogue and blurred actions as a camera of daily life captures fleeting exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Blanak
Don Richardson
Commandos Seize Renault Plant Near Paris
Communist commandos seized control of the Renault plant near Paris as part of a national sit-down strike against Jacques Duclos imprisonment. Police prepared to storm if needed while workers and guards held off an initial seizure.
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Paris
Hupe
Tha Ng Arm
Red
Jacques Duclos
Antoine Pinay
Reds
Renault
Rawling
Oquisidé
Houston Repeats Second In Tonnage At Inland Meet
Fort Worth June 4 Houston claimed to be the nation’s second largest port in total tonnage at the Texas Ports Association inland meeting. Port of Houston general manager Wo Heavey said the port handled 45 million tons of cargo last year and is about seven percent ahead of 1951 figures, as the association gathers port cities from Brownsville to Orange.
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Fort Worth
Texas Ports Association
Houston
Texas
Brownsville
Orange
Wo Heavey
Kefauver and Warren Win California Presidential Primary
Sen Estes Kefauver and Gov Earl Warren won the California presidential primary. Kefauver gained 68 Democratic convention votes and, with South Dakota results, holds 251 votes toward the nomination. Warren defeated an unpledged Republican slate and earned 70 convention votes, with gains including six delegates in Wisconsin. Knowland won re election to six year Senate term.
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James C. Anderson
San Francisco
Estes Kefauver
Earl Warren
California
Kefauver
Chicago
Truman
South Dakota
Tennessee
Warren
Robert A.tafti
Gen
Douglas. MacArthur
Thomas H.werdel
Rcalif
Werdel
Knowland
Wisconsin
Day on the Beaches for Supply Over the Beaches Exercise
In France near St George's Beach on June 4 thousands of American and French troops join Operation Supply Over the Beaches. Units under Brig Gen Charles Blanchard, notably the 460th Transportation Amphibious Truck Company, rehearse rapid unloading and crossing the Gironde estuary, echoing D-Day memories and a Croix de Guerre past.
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ST. George’s Beach
France
Atlantic Coast
Normandy
Gironde
Paimte de Graves
Sydney FP. Hyde
U. S
Charles €. Blanchard
460Th Transportation Amphibious Truck
Greenland
Eisenhower Edges Taft In South Dakota Primary
In South Dakota Taft led early as Eisenhower narrowed the gap late tally shows Taft ahead by 527 votes with 256 of 1953 precincts counted. Kefauver appears to cruise to a Democratic delegate victory amid 4621 precincts reporting.
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Pierre
Robert A. Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
South Dakota
Pienhower
Taft
Eisenhower
Ohio
Tait
Mystery death of La Porte child sparks investigation
Sheriffs deputies probe the mysterious death of three year old Robert Lon Leach of La Porte as his nine month old brother Walter Leach shows similar symptoms. Both children suffered high fever and passing blood while en route to Pasadena area hospitals.
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Sheriffs
la Porte
Robert Lon Leach
W. M. Leach
Carpenter
Pasadena
Jefferson-Davis Hospital
Little Walter Leach
Robert
Davé
Thompson
Steel strike threatens vast industry and military output
Government and industry officials sought ways to end a nationwide steel strike that idled tens of thousands across coal mines rails and shipping firms. The CSO United Steelworkers wage dispute halts production of secret military items and endangers 1.5 million ingot tons of steel this week with layoffs across railroads Erie New York Central and other lines.
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J. Robert Shubert
Pittsburgh
CSO United
Defense
Henry H. Fowler
Iron Age
Industry Magazine
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Erie Railroad
New York Central
United Mine Workers
Women Form Own Party In Texas
The American Women’s Party rises in Dallas as a third force pledging a balanced budget tax cuts and national service. Led by Mrs. Leslie Frost the group calls for constitutional adherence electoral reform drafting women and placing armed forces under a united command while backing women in policy roles in Washington.
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New Party
American, Women's Party
Dallas
Leslie Frost
Repubican
United Nations
Washington
Ike's Abilene Speech Scheduled At 5 P.M.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to his Kansas homeland to launch his 1952 campaign with a 5 PM speech in Abilene. The town brims with visitors and speculation on issues, while Thorn ton and other boosters tout his cross party appeal and prospects for a GOP victory.
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John L. Cutter
Abilene
Kans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kansas
Town House
Kansas City
South Dakota
Robert A. ‘Taft
Eisenhower
Ike
Edward Fy
Ann
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Harry Darby
U. S
Hisenhower
Arnand Thornston
Evidence Heard in $250000 Suit Over Busch Death
In Cedar Bayou a $250000 lawsuit over the death of J Busch seeks damages from H H Hardy et al. The husband was killed instantly when a tractor was struck by a pipe hung over a truck bed on Highway 146 near his home. Ten witnesses, including Mrs Busch, testified in Judge W H Hollands civil district court as hearings continued.
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J. Busch
Cedar Bayou
H. H. Hardy
Busch
Highway 146
Arthur Barrow
Bilasin
Hardy Gunite Company
Blasingame
W. H. Holland
Wife accuses Air Force corporal in lethal San Antonio slaying
In San Antonio on June 4 a 44-year-old wife accused her husband, a 31-year-old Air Force corporal stationed at Brooke AF base and recently transferred to Fort Bragg, of fatally stabbing Florence Elder 33 times and abandoning her nude body in the San Antonio river. She handed detectives bloodstained fatigues, a knife, and Mrs Elders belongings as she reported the confession and threats. The provost marshal requested Pope AFB authorities arrest him.
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San Antonio
Air Force
Florence Elder
Rit
Air ‘Force
Brooke Air Force Base
Pope Air Force Base
Fort Bragg
Elder
Joé Hester
Hester
Hitler
Court Won’t Rule On Election Code
Texas Supreme Court refused to rule on three election code provisions in a suit by State Rep. William A. Miller Jr. of Houston. The court directed Miller to sue in a lower court, saying the relief sought is injunctive and the court has original jurisdiction to grant it. Miller sought mandamus to remove Andrew Z. Baker from the ballot and asked for review of a First Civil Appeals decision in Galveston that ordered Baker’s name be placed on the ballot.
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Austin
Texas Supreme Court
William A. Miller Jr
Houston
Miller
Andrew
Z. Baker
First Court of Civil Appeals
Galveston
Baker
Robert Tacker
Harris County
Democratic Executive Committee
Tucker
Four Networks to Carry Ike Speech Broadcast
Four major radio networks and two television networks will carry Dwight D. Eisenhower's speech from Abilene this Wednesday night. NBC CBS ABC and Mutual will provide radio coverage with NBC, CBS, and ABC also offering TV telecasts as the address unfolds at 5 pm EST.
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New York
Dwightco
Hans
National Broadcasting and Armé@rican Broadcasting Companies
NBC
Columbia
Abilene
CBS
Mutual, Broadcasting System
Plan Aims 120 Day Ban On Steel Strikes
Washington reports Sen Maybank proposed a national emergency price and seizure plan under an amendment to the defense production act extension. The measure would ban strike or lockout for 120 days after a steel crisis triggers action, with the White House coordinating with steel executives and CIO Unit Steelworkers.
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Washington
U.p.j—Sen
Senate
Maybank
State Banking Committee
Supreme Court
John
R. Steelman
Truman
Ste
CIO
Steelworkers Union
Steelman
Steelworkers
Philip Murray
New York
Four Texans among trio bank burglary suspects charged
The FBI filed burglary charges against four Texans linked to three bank robberies in Texas and Oklahoma totaling 143000 plus in bonds cash and valuables. James Virgil Counts Lois Counts Hall Donald Wells Hall and one more suspect were named with arrests made in Mississippi and Texas. The case involved Merchants Bank Mount Enterprise Carter Bank Trent and Home State Bank. The FBI said the arrests concluded over six months of joint investigations.
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Oklahoma
City
FBI
Texas
D. A. Bryce
Oklahoma City
FBY
Planters State Bank
Mount ‘Enterprise
Tex
First National Bank
Carter
Okla
Home State Bank
Trent
Carter Bank
James Virgil
Amarilla
Donald Wells ‘Hall
Terminal City
Wilma Hall
Lubbock
Mount
Enterprise
Virgil
Lois
Hall
Wall
Trent Bank
Bryce
Mount Enterprise Bank
Counts
Corrinth
Miss, Hall
Sheriff's Office
Lois Counts
Meridian
Miss
Bryte
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Skhylarking
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Chatita
Armita
Ye Kefauver
Joten Manding
Weymouth
Mass
Marion
Sen. Taft
Ken Reynolds
Mat
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Idte
Ayen
Minnesota
Mesabi Range
Hinabor
Olin Miller
Aicago Son
Ompard and
Jaci
Crossen
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