Allies May Set Up German Police Force
Washington reports the United States Britain and France study a west German appeal to create a federal police force of 25 000 men. US likely opposed unless it strengthens state police units to counter a Russian backed east German force. The move is seen as potentially fueling German rearmament fears and Russian propaganda.
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Washington
United States
France
Russia
State Department
Adenauer
Michael J. McDermott
Frankfort
Acheson
Schuman
Kevin
London
Moscow
Jap Reds Handed New Warning
Tokyo police backed by occupation forces warned Japanese Communists to stay out of downtown plazas during planned anti-U S rallies and a general strike. Officials branded a reported plot to assassinate General MacArthur as fake while outlining measures to outlaw the Communists. The defendants in a case linked to a Memorial Day clash faced a near complete defense, as organizers claimed massive turnout across Tokyo Osaka and nationwide student and worker walkouts.
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Tokyo
Japan
Japanese Plot To Assassinate General MacArthur
Charles A. Willoughby
MacArthur
U. S
Osaka
Flier Uninjured In Charleston Plane Crash
A 21-year-old ex Marine from Dover Dover walked away uninjured after his Piper Cub made a forced landing near Charleston West Virginia due to a heavy rainstorm. Pilot Joe Hammond said the plane nosed over when gear caught in tall grass along U S route 60 eight miles east of Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dover
Joe Hammond
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
U. S. Route 60
Foreign Ministers Adopt Five Year Plan For Europe
Paris reports foreign ministers of Marshall Plan nations adopt a five year plan to replace the European recovery program when it ends in 1952. Sources say six European countries except Britain will announce willingness to yield coal and steel line control to an international authority. OEEC says Europe must mobilize capital equipment and consumer goods to aid backward areas to sustain its world position.
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Paris
America
Britain
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
OEEC
Europe
Virginia Sider Dies In Wythe Auto Wreck During ABC Pursuit
A 25 year old Bluefield Virginia whiskey carrier died when his car plunged off a Wythe County mountain during a pursuit by ABC officers. Victor Anderson and accomplice Mrs June Adams were linked to moonshine running from North Carolina with Adams piloting the escape and Anderson facing federal charges awaiting a June court term.
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Sider
Wythe
ABC
Bluefield
Victor Anderson
Baldwin Court
Anderson
Long
Richard Richardson
Harless Taylor
Wytheville
Stoney Fork
June Adams
June's Grill
Virginia
A. E. Andes
J. M. Sutherland
Sutherland
North Carolina
Adams
Otis
Andes
Marshall Ira Helton
Tom Wilkins
LeRoy Gates
Charleston
ATU
Virginia Side
Brit Brown
Bluefield Avenue
West Virginia
U. S
William Arthur
Happy
Keystone
Tracks Now Clear At Fort Gay
Normal service returned on Norfolk and Western main line after a derailment at Salt Peter station near Fort Gay West Virginia. Thirty two cars of the 110 car freight train the bull dog jumped the track due to an axle failure, tearing up 150 yards of track and delaying several trains. No injuries reported.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Oakvale
Here
Cavalier
Norcross
Pocahontas
Portsmouth
Daily Telegraph
Fort Gay
W. Va
Salt Peter Station
Cincinnati
John Phillips
Williamson
Norfolk
Columbus
Rent Bill OK'd By Senate Banking Committee
The Senate Banking Committee approved a compromise bill extending federal rent controls to end 1950 with a local option for six months to mid-1951. The 8 to 5 vote keeps the measure moving to the Senate before the June 30 expiry.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Banking Committee
Maybanks
D-Sc
Truman
House
Mauna Loa Erupts Spilling Lava Over 25 Miles to Sea
Mauna Loa, Hawaii's most active volcano, erupts after an 18 month dormancy. A fiery lava river spreads across plantations and villages, 60 to 80 families evacuated, no casualties reported, two lava arms reach the Pacific, and highway communications are cut. Eyewitnesses report 500 feet high geysers and lava moving up to 40 mph. Hilo remains safe.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Milolil
George Martin
Hilo
Hawaii
Tax Cut Plan Revisions Narrow Night Club Levy
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee moved to restore part of a tax cut on night club bills from 20 percent to 15 percent after reconsideration. It approved roughly half of proposed excise reductions totaling about 1 billion dollars on items including furs jewelry luggage and movie admissions. Remaining items to be voted Monday along with possible action on a 650 million increase in corporate taxes. President Truman opposes bills that fail to offset losses with new revenue. Economy brand cigarettes and snuff face the same 4.9 cent per pack tax cut. Some lawmakers question if further cuts will occur this year given presidential preferences and slow progress in Congress.
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Washington
House
Ways and Ieans
Truman
Senate
Northern Soft Coal Group Forms New Association
Cleveland reports the formation of a new northern soft coal producers association to handle labor relations. Pittsburgh Consolidated backs the group which aims to unite operators and work with the UMW to keep the industry competitive. Harry M. Moses is slated to head the Bituminous Coal Operators Association with headquarters in Washington DC.
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Northern Soft Coal Group
Cleveland
Soft Coal Producers’ Association
Mientane
Hava
UMW
Weds Umocivotu Itit Vwvvey
R. Livingstone Ireland
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Pittsburgh Consolidated
Harry M. Moses
Pittsburgh
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Ireland
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Ohio Coal Association
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Washington
Congress Hears Pleas For Foreign Oil Curbs
Washington June 2 Congress heard pleas for immediate action to curb foreign oil flow. A mine union official linked imports to coal pit shutdowns totaling 177 in 18 months. Other witnesses warned of rising unemployment in the oil industry railroads and related fields due to cutthreat competition.
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Washington
Congress
Refugees Pour Into West Berlin Amid Whitsun Rally Aftermath
Hundreds of refugees from the Soviet east flood West Berlin welfare offices amid the Whitsun rally chaos. German officials estimate thousands, including 270 blue shirt deserters and 38 police deserters, seek asylum with a commission set to determine who may stay. Western officials warn Berlin and western Germany are near capacity but expect most to be accommodated.
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Berlin
Soviet East
West Berlin
Western Germany
Red Rally
Joseph Stalin
People's Police
Central Welfare Board
Western
Germany
Soviet Zone
Atomic artillery and warheads developed in the United States
Washington reports the United States has developed atomic artillery shells and atomic warheads for guided missiles. Military planners in Atlantic pact countries see tactical atomic weapons as a way to match Soviet forces with smaller Western units while keeping allied defense affordable.
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Washington
United States
Associated Press
Europe
Russia
Western Europe
North Atlantic
West
U.S
Defense
Johnson
Truman
McCarthy Attacks Truman Over State Department Allegations
Senator McCarthy again accuses President Truman of defending Communist interests in the state department and calls for opening federal files on suspected pro Communist figures. He singles out Owen Lattimore, Phillip Jessup, John Stewart Service, and Haldore Hanson amid renewed charges and denials.
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Washington
McCarthy
Truman
Senate
State Department
Wisconsin
Haldore Hanson
Hanson
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me
GOP
Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Russia
United States
China
Phillip Jessup
U.S
John Stewart Service
Miners forfeit jobs in Island Creek case in Mingo Court
Seven United Mine Workers charged with violence against Island Creek Coal bosses gave up all company rights under a Mingo county circuit court order. The accord follows the conviction of Charles Varney for assault on E W Stepp. Indictments under an injunction may be abeyed for a year. each man gets 100 dollars vacation pay. company debts forgiven. John Reed, living in a company home, to vacate immediately.
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Rockhouse Fork
Pigeon Creek
Island Creek
John B. Reed
Israeli Village Named for Truman Planned in Israel
Zionist plans disclose at the White House a village to be erected in north Galilee bearing President Truman’s name in appreciation of his support for Israel and the Jewish people. Ben Brawdy of Brooklyn, president of the Zionist Organization of America, says Truman consented to the naming.
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Washington
Israel
Truman
White House
Ben Brawdy
Brooklyn
Zionist Organization of America
Balloon's Travels Yield Ice Cream Gift
Freeport Illinois reports a New York man will receive a free half gallon of ice cream after a balloon traveled from New York to Illinois. E Miklosky of Thiells found a rubber balloon with a slip offering the gift from Barney Coss owner of Coss Creamery in Polo Illinois. Coss will ship the ice cream packed in dry ice.
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Freeport
Ill
New York
E. Miklosky
Thiells
New York City
Barney Coss
Coss Creamery
Polo, Il
Miklosky
Coss
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N&w
Axel
Tion
Tom Kennedy
Kennedy
Kee
D-Wva
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Labor
Rep. Gossett
D-Tex
Senate Committee
Raps State Department
Neely
George F. Parrish
West Virginia Railroad Association
Association
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
the Virginia Railway Company
New England
New York-Philadelphia
Pocahontas Lines
SCPA
Walter R. Thurmond
Southern Coal Producers Association
Kentucky
Tennessee
Seaboard
Atom
Reds
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