Wasp Collides With Hobson During Night Flight Ops
The carrier Wasp and destroyer Hobson collided off the Azores while the Wasp bulked into the wind to recover aircraft. The Hobson, famed for wartime action from Casablanca to Okinawa, sustained damage but both ships were en route to the Mediterranean with other task group vessels.
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Charleston
Admiral O'Regan
Hobson
O’regan
O'Regan
Mediterranean
Palau
Worcester
Baltimore
Police Break Up Union Meeting Sparks Dispute
Police dispersed a meeting at field avenue after disorder. Conflicting statements emerged about the prior schedule and a closed meeting declared by the executive board on April 7. An election to decide union representation is set for May 9 with multiple suspensions and accusations of dual unionism and leadership issues.
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Willard
Mr. Willard
Fred Witham
Michael Tyrawski
Carey Baker
IUE
Tyrawski
George McCray
IUE- CIA
Iue-Cio
CIO
Nicholas Tomasetti
New Britain
Episcopal drive expands youth work and parish growth
At Woodbury shrine Bishop Gray announced large gifts to establish three new parishes and to support youth programs, a summer camp, a conference center, and student facilities at Yale and the University of Connecticut. The diocese will assign three fulltime clergy to form parishes and aid hospital and jail ministries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
University of Connecticut
Woodbury
Samuel Seabury
Gray
Sheen Reveals Reds Target Church in US Infiltration Plot
Bishop Sheen in Rome accuses communists of trying to infiltrate Catholic offices in the United States and calls for volunteers to join religious orders. He cites a Moscow agent who claimed to oppose communism but was traced by the FBI. The pontiff warns of parallels with Italian Jesuit Alighiero Tondi, who reportedly embraced communism.
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Sheen
Rome
U. S
Pontifical Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Moscow
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
China
Mongolia
Alighiero Tondi
Tondi
Senators Praise RAP JAP Treaty: War Beginnings and Legacy
Senators praise the RAP JAP treaty as effective today while criticizing Asia policy. Wiley supports the pact, saying Japan will contribute to peace and prosperity. Japan plans to celebrate the emperor's birthday and regain custody of its former embassy on Massachusetts Avenue from U.S. government stock.
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Acheson
Owen
Japan
Asia
Massachusetts Avenue
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Amnesty Grants To 1 230 000 In Japan Independence Day Mark
Japan granted amnesty to 1 230 000 people to start anew as a democratic sovereign nation. The move excludes 949 war criminals and 240 inmates jailed for offenses against the occupation. The U S Embassy resumes operations under Ambassador Robert D. Murphy as Tokyo marks the peace treaty becoming effective. Diplomatic ties reopen with many nations while Russia remains at war with Japan.
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Tokyo
Japan
Gray Sugamo
U. S
Robert D. Murphy
U. S. State Department
Allied Occupation Headquarters
Russia
San Francisco
Rome
Italy
Paris
Robert Schuman
Community of Free Nations
General Headquarters
Japan Issues White Paper On Dangers And Democracy
The Japanese government released a white paper outlining perceived threats from communism and Russian psychological warfare. It argues democracy is Japan’s best path and urges national unity to prevent World War III, noting peaceful balance of power as key to avoiding major conflict.
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Tokyo
Japan
Asia
Europe
Texan finally receives WWI medal after 33 years
Albert H. Graves of Grapevine, a veteran of both World Wars, was awarded a French medal for helping liberate Saint-Mihiel during World War I. The citation, signed by the French president and Saint-Mihiel's mayor, notes he was among 100 Texans honored for the action.
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Grapevine
Tex
Albert H. Graves
France
Saint-Mihiel
Graves
Connecticut Republicans urge caucus turnout for Taft Eisenhower test
Connecticut Republicans rally to attend Monday caucuses and primaries as 626 delegates will be chosen to the May Hartford state convention. The test will sample Taft and Eisenhower sentiment in Stamford Meriden Norwalk and Westport with local power battles in Greenwich Shelton Ridgefield Norwalk and others. Governor Lodge supports Eisenhower in this contest while J Kenneth Bradley backs Dr Janson.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Eisenhower
Taft
Stamford
Meriden
Westport
Norwalk
Shelton
Greenwich
Governor Lodge
J. Kenneth Bradley
GOP
Lodge
Helen Warnock Mackie
C. William Janson
Govenor
Mackie
Bradley
Taft Organization
Dr. Janson
Stanley Stroffolino
Frank E. Raymond
Chest Ferris
Andrew M. Johnson
William E. Sheehy
Ridgefield
New Canaan
Wilton
Trumbull
Bridgeport
Fairfield County
Red Army Builds Defensive Belt Across Front
Report notes the communists have exploited nine months of inactivity to construct a belt of defensive positions along the front. Fortifications are crude but improving daily with bunkers heated and stocked with food and ammunition. The Siegfried line reference highlights parallels to Nazi Germany's border defenses.
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Siegfried Line
Seigfried Line
Nazi Germany
Maine Cops Nab Pair In Arsenal Case
Maine state police recovered a Belgian 9mm pistol along with a 7.65mm pistol, two .32s and a GI jungle knife from a car. Det. Lt. Arnold W. Olsson and Trooper James A. Barker led the probe tied to a wave of New England bank robberies. Snell and Seger were arraigned in Bangor on concealed weapons and pistol larceny, each held at 3000 dollars for May 6 hearing.
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New England
Arnold W. Olsson
James A. Barker
Massachusetts
Boston
Maine
Penobscot County
Alje Savela
Barre
Mass
Fabrique Nationale
Savela
Snell
Seger
Bangor
Oil Workers Union Threatens Nationwide Oil Strike
The Oil Workers International Union 26 man policy committee completed final plans for a nationwide strike in the oil industry. The date set is 12:01 a.m. local time April 30 unless a wage settlement is reached before the deadline.
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Denver
Oil Workers Interna’’ Nal Union
CIU
OWIU
O. A. Knight
Taft Holds Lead In Delegates Race At Chicago Convention
Taft maintains a delegate advantage as Republicans push toward the Chicago convention. Humphrey signals candidacy for the Democratic nomination while dismissing no one as possible VP choice. Johnson rules out any presidential run. Russell pledges to oppose FEPC if nominated. News notes draft Truman discussions and Kefauver opposition within the Democratic Party. Republicans reach the halfway mark in delegate selection with Taft edging Eisenhower in key states.
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Chicago
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesta
Minnesota
Truman
Humphrey
Johnson
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Tampa
Fla
Washington
Jack Bell
Bell
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Taft
Colorado
Eisenhower
Rotarians Open 2 Day Conclave
The Rotary Club hosts a two day conclave with a morning discussion on vocational service led by Mr. Hodgson, plus a panel including Dr. E Harvey and others. An afternoon session features Rotary aims and a theater presentation. A friendship hour and closing dinner complete the program.
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Hodgson
Klein
E. Erskine Harvey
Greenfield
Mass
District 291
Kurt Conley
Hamden
Malcolm B. Taylor
Stamford
Harold W. Brown
Naugatuck
United Church
Rotarians
Rotary Aims
Donald A. Adams
New Haven
Frederick O. Davis
Windsor
Harry G. Roos
Greenwich
Merrill Dreyfus, Jr
New London
Rotary
University of Bridgeport
Stratfield
Bridgeport Boys’ Club
Paul Neureiter
Rotary Club of
Geneseo
N. Y
Yale Driver Killed as Parkway Crash Kills and Injures Dozens
In Stamford area a Yale man died and 24 were hurt when a multi-vehicle parkway crash sent several cars over embankments near Hoths pond. Investigators say the deceased was driving west, crossed the center esplanade, colliding head on with a Bronx man. Several occupants were pinned under wreckage and rushed to Stamford hospital with skull fractures, internal injuries, and other traumas. Additional injuries occurred in Greenwich when another car overturned, injuring five New York residents. Police arrested drivers for auto-law violations while assessing condition updates and charges.
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Geller
Stamford
James Costello
Arthur Lassen
Benjamin McCrensky
Mattapan
Mass
McCrensky
Hoth's Pond
Stamford Hospital
Richard Kaplan
Jeannette Parker
Brookline Mass
Fannie Greene
Brighton
Dorothy Serser
Nancy
Dorchester
Fred L. Post
New York City
Simione
Kellar
Stella
Greenwich
Parkway
Round Hill Road
Greenwich Hospital
James Cross
Louise
John A. Jones
Jones
Spyros P. Skouras
Rye
N. Y
Richard Fifer
Charles Wilkerson
Charles Luckner
Stafford Springs
Richard A. Haberland
Salem
Route 58
Fairfield
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Truman Defends Steel Seizure in Nation's Interest
President Truman defends the steel seizure as a necessary emergency measure to prevent an industry wide strike. He argues constitutional limits constrain presidential power and says Congress has not prescribed an alternative, aiming to end government operation at the earliest safe moment.
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Truman
Justice Department
Congress
Baldridge
Stamford Man Dies in New York Car Crash
Fred Bostick a 43 year old Stamford resident was killed when he was thrown through a car windshield on Franklin D Roosevelt Drive in New York City. Driver Wellman Scott 48 of Stamford was charged with motor vehicle homicide and arraigned on the count. Scott said another car tried to cut him off and Bostick grabbed the wheel before the crash. Scott held on $1,000 bail for a May 5 hearing.
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New York
Fred Bostick
Hazel Street
Stamford
Conn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wellman Scott
Spruce Street
Scott
East 34Th Street
Bostick
Amedeo Lauritano
Girl Stowaways Travel to Guam In Flight Throughout Pacific
Four girls aged in their teens stowed away in a bomber’s rear bomb bay from McClellan Field to Guam. They rode to Hickam Hawai i Kwajalein and Guam with two airmen, washed at Kwajalein, shared lunches en route, and surrendered by telephone to authorities yesterday.
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Wood
Miss
Robert L. Quick
Colo
McClellan Field
Sacramento
Hickam Air Base
Hawai
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Guam
Pacific Island
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Pacific
Okinawa
Pringle
Norfolk
Bayonne
N. J
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Episcopal
Ludlowe
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David Armstrong
Roger Ludlowe
Aecticut
Republican State Central Committee
RED Army
Lyndon B. Johnson
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