Firekills 30 Women in Montreal Hospice Blaze
A fire at Hospice Ste Cunegonde in downtown Montreal killed 30 residents, most of them elderly women on upper floors. Police and firefighters worked through debris hours after the alarm, with Mother Superior Rita Gervais and Sister Chauvin missing. About 200 aged residents and 200 children lived there. all children were reported safe.
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Montreal
Hospice Ste. Cunegonde
Herve Guimond
Grey Nuns
Rita Gervais
Chauvin
Knights of Columbus
Paul-Emile Gauthier
Fifth District GOP And Demo Conventions Today
Fifth district Republicans meet at Princeton court house at 1 p.m. and Democrats at Welcn court house at 11 a.m. to select nominees for the Kee vacancy. A July 17 special election was set by Governor Patteson. Mrs Maude Elizabeth Kee is assured of the Democrat nomination. Walter V Ross has withdrawn and backs Kee. Republican pick remains between Cyrus Gadd of Princeton and Sherman Ballard of Peterstown. Gadd has heavy delegate support. Senator Schoeppel to keynote for Democrats. Sen. Shoeppe L. (sic) address expected in Bluefield. Richmond?
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John Kee
Court House
Princeton
Welcn
Kee
Patteson
Maude Elizabeth Kee
Walter V. Ross
Bluefield
Ward Wylie
Mullens
Andrew F. Schoeppe
Kansas
Schoeppel
Virgil L
Stubby) Currence
Fifth District
Randolph B. Bias
Williamson
Bias
Cyrus Gadd
Sherman Ballard
Peterstown
Gadd
Mercer County
Ballard
Allied Armor Pursues Reds In N Korea
U S Eighth Army Commander Lt General James A Van Fleet warned of a third round of the Chinese spring offensive. Allied armored forces pressed toward Kum Song as Reds withdrew along a contested front in central Korea amid heavy artillery duels and difficult terrain.
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Allied
N. Korea
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Tokyo
Kumsong
United Nations
Iron Triangle
U.N
U. N
Hwachon Reservoir
Yaneeu
Inie
Fyoneeang
Chupa
U.S. Eighth Army
Western Europe defense plans delayed by France and Britain
General Omar Bradley said France will not approve Western defense plans until after the French elections. He cited decisions on German military contribution size and France’s industrial military gearing as awaiting polls. Bradley noted lingering doubts on appointing Admiral Fechteler as NATO sea commander amid Churchill objections.
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Washington
Europe
Omar Bradley
France
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
William Fechteler
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Winston Churchill
Logan Mayor Charges State Punishes Town Over Election Loss
Logan West Virginia June 15 Republican Mayor Litz McGuire accused the state administration of getting even with Logan voters after a Democratic defeat in city elections. He said the liquor board plans a new monopoly store outside city limits that would cut Logan’s $25 000 liquor tax share and threaten finances. McGuire and four Republican councilors won the city vote ending 25 years of Democratic control. He urged Governor Patton to stop the plan. a Charleston protest delegation failed to halt it. Logan and the county now have four stores.
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Logan
W. Va
Litz McGuire
Alastia
State Liquor Board
Harry Ellis
McGuire
Okey Patteson
Charleston
Commission
Truman Lifts Red Trade Ban
President Truman and the national security council temporarily suspend the Kem amendment to ban economic aid to nations trading behind the iron curtain for up to 90 days. The decision, announced as part of an appropriations bill, aims to allow review of individual country situations and was reluctantly signed into law.
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Washington
Truman
National Security Council
Council
Senate
House Foreign Affairs, Armed Services and Appropriations Committees
Kem
R-Mo
U. S
Soviet Bloc
Europe
Richmond Digs Out From Tornado Ruins
Richmond Va June 15 city officials say emergency relief mends after Wednesday tornado. Most streets cleared and 1100 disconnected telephones repaired, electrical connections restored, but homeless care and building repairs remain ongoing tasks.
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Richmond
West End
Pair Nabbed In Charleston As Cops Raid Narcotics Den
In Charleston West Virginia on June 15 a man and wife were arrested during a downtown raid described as a narcotics den. Dewey Smith 48 and Elizabeth 40 were named as the suspects after two prostitutes said they purchased morphine from Smith. About four grains of morphine were found on the bathroom floor along with syringes. Both suspects face charges of sale and possession of narcotics.
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Charleston
W. Va
Spraude Rutherford
Rutherford
Dewey Smith
Elizabeth
W. W. Fisher
Smith
Mayford Haynes
Haynes
No Verdict Yet In Rish Equipment Suit
Roanoke Va June 15 There was no verdict today in the Pre Shrunk Masonry Sales Corp damage suit in law and chancery court The special jury will resume deliberations tomorrow The jury heard portions of testimony from two witnesses about a July 15 order Pre Shrunk says required Rish Equipment Co to inspect the erection work on a tower built by C L Fielder Co which collapsed and killed a workman Rish and Fielder are defendants in the suit
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Roanoke
Masonry Sales Corp
Law and Chancery Court
Rish Equipment Co
C. L. Fielder Co
Rish and
Fielder
Bluefielder Kenneth Gilbert Among Seven Local Korea Vets Homeward
Seven area Korea combat veterans arriving in San Francisco aboard three ships are on 30 day leaves under the rotation plan. The Bluefielder is Cpl. Kenneth G. Gilbert Rt. 3. Also listed are Cpls Geremia Neve Ezra Roark Pfc Albert Owens Sgt Eli Phillips Jr and M Sgt Clarence Sprouse from Hinton Raysal McDowell county Kermit Anawalt and other communities.
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San Francisco
Associated Press
Kenneth G. Gilbert
Rt. 3
Geremia B. Neve
Raysal
McDowell County
Albert L. Owens
Kermit
Eli Phillips
Jr. Gilbert
Ezra P. Roark
Anawalt
Clarence B. Sprouse
Hinton
Thompson Destroyer-Minesweeper Hit Off Korea Kills Three
The navy reports the Thompson was struck by enemy fire off Korea, killing three crew and wounding four. The ship endured 10 shell hits from shore batteries, with the wounded sent to another destroyer. The Libell silenced enemy guns with six direct hits. Thompson later sailed to a Japanese port.
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Washington
Navy
Thompson
Korea
Arnold J. Libell
U. S
San Diego
Calif
Walke
Johnson Says U S Can Beat Soviet Russia
Former Defense Secretary Louis Johnson told Senate investigators he believed the United States could defeat Russia if war were begun by the Soviets. He cautioned against a Korea war plan that could trigger a larger conflict, noting war is not inevitable and Russia is not yet ready, though a pistol shot might start one.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Russia
Johnson
Korea
Senator Russell invites MacArthur to testify again
Chairman Russell extended an open invitation to General Douglas MacArthur to return for further testimony before the senate committee investigating the five star general's ouster. Russell said MacArthur would get a chance to testify again if he desires after other witnesses read his prior testimony.
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Russia
Johnson
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Russell
Joint Committee
Gen
MacArthur
Washington
D-Ga
Douglas MacArthur
Senate
Rent Ceilings May Rise Over Level Set In 1942
Senate banking committee endorsed renewing and expanding federal rent controls with some ceiling increases. About 7 million private dwellings face June 30 expiration. new areas could enter control if defense needs arise. Some areas already saw 10 to 30 percent hikes, with a few at 15 percent. rollback is unlikely.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Bricker
Ohio
Secretary of Defense
Marshall
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Ives
St Louis Star-Times Sold to Pulitzer Paper
The St Louis Star-Times was sold to the Pulitzer owned Post Dispatch for an undisclosed sum. The sale leaves the Post-Dispatch without competition in the afternoon field in St Louis, while the Globe-Democrat remains the morning paper. Publisher Elzey Roberts cited economic conditions as the reason.
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St. Louis
Star-Times
Pulitzer
New Rubber Formula Adds Life To Tires
General Tire & Rubber Co. announced a revolutionary synthetic rubber formula that promises cheaper, longer wearing tires. Production has begun at Polymer Corp. in Sarnia Ontario with Canadian manufacturers beginning adaptation to tire and rubber operations.
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Akron, O
General Tire & Rubber Co
General
Polymer Corp
Sarnia
Ont
West Again Seeks Big Four Meeting
Washington June 15 western powers pushed for a big four foreign ministers meeting with the Soviet Union to ease tensions in Europe. They offered Moscow a chance to denounce the North Atlantic defense pact and American bases abroad while keeping those topics off the agenda and proposed July 23 in Washington for the talks. Acheson and the British and French foreign ministers sent independent yet identical messages to Vishinsky to urge Moscow to accept the invitation and deny the Russian rejection.
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Washington
Russia
Europe
Moscow
Acheson
Vishinsky
West
State to proceed on weight limit exemption for tank trucks
West Virginia officials plan to apply the new motor vehicle code exemption for tank trucks as constitutional unless a higher court says otherwise. Assistant Attorney General Thomas J. Gillooly noted possible questions under the equal protection clause but said the exemption is not clearly unconstitutional for the executive to act. The July 1 effective law exempts liquid carriers registered before that date from new limits, allowing continued use until wear out.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thomas J. Gillooly
U. S
Gillooly
MacArthur Debate Over Winning Korea War In Texas Speech
General Douglas MacArthur declared in the Cotton Bowl that the Truman administration avoids war responsibility in Korea. He argued for decisive victory to save lives and warned against appeasement, saying the people support his plan to bomb Manchuria, blockade the Red Coast, and deploy Nationalist troops in Korea.
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State Department
Johnson
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Red China
Manchuria
Formosa
Dallas
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Korea
Cotton Bowl
Red Coast
Texas
San Antonio
Acheson
Diplomatic Pair Seen In Spain Cross Frontier Under New Names
A well informed source says British Foreign Office diplomats Donald MacLean and Guy Burgess left Spain for France after two days in Barcelona. They used altered names Marshall MacLean and Willis John Burgess and stayed at the Victoria hotel before crossing the border near Puigcerda by a British car. Authorities noted their entry into Spain from France on Wednesday with forged passports.
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Barcelona
Spain
Foreign Office
Victoria Hotel
Donald MacLean
Marshall MacLean
Guy Burgess
Washington
Willis John Burgess
France
Puigcerda
100 Year Old Drug Cures Boy Of Malignant Cancer
Paris reports a seven year old boy cured of kidney cancer by a century old drug parahydroxyproproprophenone. Dr Rene Huguenin announced disappearance of all cancer signs after X rays. The drug, once unused, was found effective in some cancers, though not a universal cure.
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Paris
French Academy of Surgery
Rene Huguenin
Villejuif
Huguenin
William Perkin
Bao-Hoi
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