Big Three Move to Bring Germany into Western Europe
London reports the United States Britain and France agreed to incorporate West Germany into western Europe politically and economically while pledging to protect Berlin rights despite the Soviet blockade. They pledged to seek information on prisoners and aid repatriation. Discussions covered future German policy and potential looser occupation controls, with focus on 1952 Marshall aid and Berlin reunification.
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London
Germany
Western Europe
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Russia
Soviet Union
Robert Schuman
U. S
Dean Acheson
Ernest
Europe
West Germany
Western
Senator Chavez Denounces Budenz as Publicity Seeker
Senator Chavez denounced Louis Budenz as a lying publicity seeker who used his Catholicism for effect while defending Lattimore in the Senate inquiry into the State Department. Senator McCarthy countered that Budenz is courageous and truthful and predicted Budenz would continue his testimony despite attacks.
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Washington
Chavez
D-Nm
Louis Budenz
Owen Lattimore
McCarthy
R-Wis
Budenz
Senate
State Department
New Mexico
Danger Lessons In Flood Areas
Residents of flood devastated Winnipeg Manitoba saw the Red river hold level for six hours raising hope that the peak has passed yet officials warned the danger continues and fleeing residents should proceed immediately with plans. In Nebraska and Oklahoma floodwaters receded after 26 deaths and million dollar damages while other regions enjoy mild spring conditions with scattered rain from Kentucky to Virginia.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Red River
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Midwest
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Elmer Gets Exactly What He Wanted
Elmer Owen Wilson received six months on the road after interrupting testimony in Bristol police court on a drunk and disorderly charge. Judge Robert Davis ordered the sentence after Wilson asked the judge to give him the time.
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Bristol
Elmer Owen Wilson
Wilson
Robert Davis
U. S. Demands Mass Ouster Of Red Envoys
Washington reports a state department draft calls for mass expulsion of Czech diplomats in retaliation for Czechoslovakia’s action. If applied on a two thirds scale, about 20 of the 30 Czech diplomats in the United States would be sent home, with roughly 40 affected in Prague and Bratislava.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Prague
Bratislava
Redistricting Topic Highlighted At Final WV Rotary Session
Harvey Stowers of Aircraft Industries urged delegates to pursue international peace through air power. He warned the U.S. must stay strong to deter Russia and cited past aviation plans and Eisenhower era defense shifts as lessons. He spoke at a West Virginia Rotary district convention luncheon in Bluefield Princeton hosts.
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Jim Runner
United States
United Nations
Harvey Stowers
Aircraft Industries Association
Los Angeles
Calif
West Virginia
Rotary District
West Virginian
Bluefield
Princeton
Stowers
Atlanta
Germany
America
Pearl Harbor
Russia
U. S
Eisenhower
Brinks Guards Robbed in Thompsonville Payroll Heist
Four bandits hid in the payroom of the Bigelow Sanford Carpet plant and ambushed three Brink's guards, fleeing with a 15000 payroll. Guards were beaten and tied. car tracks and a Massachusetts license plate noted. Police had a description from one survivor as investigators probe entry method and links to a Boston robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompsonville
Conn
Brink's
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company
Massachusetts
Boston
Brink's Inc
Manganese Ore Found In Russell Virginia
Manganese ore with high manganese content has been found in Russell County's southwest area. Samples analyzed up to 54 percent manganese. Industrial Minerals Co has signed prospecting contracts on about 2300 acres, with several local landowners named. A second firm is also reportedly prospecting with a lease option on at least one property.
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Lebanon
Russell County
Elwood Bausell
Lebanon News
Ellis F. Hargis
Industrial Minerals Company
Steubenville
Industrials Minerals
Hargis
Himself
W. E. Cross
Walker Kiser
D. J. Altizer
Clint Herbert
Bausell
Britain claims new jet speed record on closed course
Britain reports a meteor jet fighter flew 1000 kilometers on a closed course for a claimed world record average speed of 510.925 mph. The previous recognized mark was 462.97 mph set by Lt. Henry A. Johnson of the U S Air Force in Dayton Ohio on May 19 1946 flying a P 80 jet.
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Gloucester
Eng
Henry A. Johnson
U. S. Air Force
Dayton
Ohio
Air Force Speed King Narrowly Survives Jet Crashes
Capt. Charles E. Yeager, famed faster-than-sound pilot, had an engine failure during takeoff in an XF-92A at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The jet crashed from about 20 feet but Yeager, 27, escaped serious injury, marking his third near-miss in his career.
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Muroce
Calif
Charles E. Yeager
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
Yeager
U S Commie Chief Begins Jail Term
Eugene Dennis general secretary of the Communist party began a one year jail term for contempt of Congress with an additional five years and ten thousand dollar fine hanging over him for conspiracy to overthrow the government. Judge Pine rejected defense requests to delay imprisonment pending appeals. He had refused to answer the House Un American Activities Committee questions after volunteering to testify against banning the party.
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Washington
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
David A. Pine
Dennis
Congress
Supreme Court
New York
Joseph Forer
Forer
Pine
House un-American Activities Committee
Baby Shot Wounds Family’s Four Year Old Accidental
Arlington May 12 Little Brenda Wood 212 is in critical condition after a rifle bullet pierced her digestive tract following a play session with her brother Richard four years old. Parents say Richard said I did not mean to do it. The family kept the rifle on a shelf in a bedroom closet and shells nearby.
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Arlington
Brenda Wood
Richard
William Wool
Falls Church
Brenda
Wood
the Woods
Barbara
Susan
Groucho Marx Divorces Young Wife Over Mental Suffering
Groucho Marx, 59, secures a divorce from his 29 year old wife citing grievous mental suffering. He says he must handle the household as they share custody of daughter Melinda, nearly four, while he also has two children from his first marriage.
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Los Angeles
Groucho Marx
Mother's Day Tribute Roots Deep in Grafton History
In Grafton West Virginia on May 12 1907 the first Mother's Day service was held at Andrews Methodist Church marking a long standing local tradition. The community honors mothers with ceremonies read by C V Miller and Arthur G Yates and a corage presentation to the oldest and youngest mothers as canaries sing among flowers.
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Grafton
W. Va
Tygarts Valley
Andrews Methodist Church
Grafton Daily Sentinel
the Inquirer
Philadelphia
Independence Square
MacLeod
Anna Reeves Jarvis
West Virginia
Mothers
Jarvis
Anna M
Webster
Anna
Taylor County
Andrews Church
Jarvises
C. V. Miller
Anna Jarvis
Arthur G. Yates
William E. Glasscock
Clyde W. Ash
Claude S. Ebert
Grafton Merchant
Canaries
West Chester
Mediation Efforts Fail To Break Up Big Rail Strike
Chicago May 12 Chairman Francis O Neill Jr of the national railway mediation board said the locomotive firemen strike is deadlocked and no new offer from the Firemen s Union exists. Despite reported peace proposals officials warned of ongoing walkouts across the Southern and other systems with violence and sabotage incidents and plans to run trains by supervisory staff.
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Chicago
Francis O'Neill, Jr
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Princeton
Louisville
St. Louis
French Lick Springs
Ind
Evansville
Appalachia
St. Charles
Applachia
Bolls Gap
Tenn
Atlanta
L. W Bondurant
Southern
Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Santa Fe
Elkhart
Collinwood Yards
Cleveland
W. Taylor
Southern Railway
Knoxville, Tenn
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Railroad
Columbus
C. J. McCloskey
Welch suffers 800 phones down after storm outage
About 800 Welch residents and 1 400 subscribers served by the Bluefield Telephone company lost service when an underground conduit flooded during a rainstorm. Repairs began after the damaged cable was located, with long distance lines remaining working. The Welch Daily News relied on AP copy by bus from nearby papers to publish Friday's edition.
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Welch
Alexander Graham Bell
Bluefield Telephone Company
Welch Exchange
Welch Daily News
Associated Press News
Daily News
Bluefield Sunset News
Bluefield
Truman Attacks Russian Lies Aboard Train in Montana
President Truman told a Great Falls crowd that Soviet claims about U S weakness and desire for war are preposterous lies. He asserted the United States seeks peace and praised the Great Falls Tribune. He also addressed support for the Brannan farm production payments plan and its market effects.
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Truman
Russia
United States
Great Falls
Mont
Brannan
Great Falls Tribune
Secretary of Agriculture
Wise Countion Takes Cake For Sentiment
Wise Countion near Wise, Virginia, recounts a neighborly tale of Lee F Craiger who left his heavy truck idle to spare a wren nesting in the tool compartment. He bought a second vehicle during the hatch period and now awaits the young birds' flight before resuming long distance hauling.
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Wise
Lee F. Craiger
Craiger
Chrysler Gives Workers Vacation Pay Advance
Chrysler Corp paid 77,000 employees seven million eight hundred thousand dollars today as vacation pay two weeks early after a 100 day strike. Workers returned to the plant last Monday and their next regular payday is May 19. Pay ranged from sixty two to one hundred twenty four dollars and forty cents based on service length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Firecracker Plant Explosion Kills 18 in Bahia State
A firecracker factory in Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil exploded killing 18 people, including two children. The plant was preparing fire crackers for St. John’s day on June 24.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Alagoinhas
Bahia State
St. John’s Day
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George Jason
Robert R. Wilson
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