Acheson Criticizes Soviet Berlin Policies Amid German Move
President Truman and Secretary of State Acheson defend West German rearmament and Western Europe alliance. They deny any secret commitments, stress Berlin as attack on all, and urge rapid Senate ratification. They praise a six nation defense plan linking Western Germany to the West and warn Soviet obstruction blocks unity.
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Berlin
Germany
Acheson
Truman
Congress
West Germany
Europe
Western
Russia
Senate
Free World
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Texas
United States
Britain
France
West
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Eisenhower
North Atlantic
White House
State Acheson
General Clark Visits Koje Island Amid POW Uprising
General Clark arrives with Gen James A. Van Fleet and Brig. Gen. Paul Yount to Koje Island to assess efforts to restore order at Compound 602. Brig. Gen. Haydon L Boamer orders forceful action, including tanks and bayonet armed troops, to compel prisoners to lower their flag and obey commands. One Red prisoner is wounded amid brief unrest as Clark emphasizes minimal bloodshed and links to Panmunjom.
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Patton
Compound 602
Boamer
United Nations
Koje
Clark
Kose
Panmunjom
Kore
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Paul Yount
South Korea
Strike Closes War Plane Plant Amid Mediation Efforts
Republic aircraft plant suspends operations after union shop stewards contest contract grievance machinery. Company calls strike unauthorized while federal mediators seek a settlement. Martin Bickley works to broker talks as New Zealand frigate Rotoiti supports UN forces in Korea.
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Fred H. Coonley
Machinists
Republic
Korea
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Martin J. Bickley
Union
Mark Adiletta Captures Junior Open Eastern Seaboard Baton Title
Mark Adiletta of Stuart won the Junior Open Eastern Seaboard baton twirling championship at Mineola over the weekend. He earned the right to compete in the world championships in Johnstown, Pa., on July 18.
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Mark Adiletta
Thomas Adiletta
Stuart Place
Mineola
Young Adiletta
Johnstown
Secretaries Host Meeting on National Secretary Week
Bosses praise the vice president’s future role and urge policy changes. Jackman criticizes the gag rule and notes the coming House upheaval. Ike campaign support grows as investors push for Hoover plan inclusion and tax reform, with National Secretary Day planned for tomorrow.
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Whitehouse
Capitol
Senate
House of Representatives
Jackman
Ike
Eisenhower
Anne Mulhare
John F. Dunnigan
H. O. Canfield Company
Ellen Solar
Harry F. Jopp
Dictaphone Corporation
Bridgeport
Margaret Flood
Dorothy Ellam
Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court upholds treason verdicts and censorship rulings
The Supreme Court affirmed the death sentences of Kawakita and Collazo while allowing presidential clemency as the sole remaining path to avoid execution. It also upheld use of concealed microphones and walkie talkies in narcotics cases and struck down Marshall Texas movie censorship as vague, with ongoing rulings on film freedom.
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U. S
Justice Department
Kawakita
San Quentin
Supreme Court
Oscar Collazo
Truman
Collazo
White House
Leslie Coffelt
Blair House
High Court
On Lee
New York City
Lee
Jackson
Douglas
Frankfurter
James J. Moran
Senate Crime Committee
Moran
New York
William O'Dwyer
Mexico
Marshall, Tex
Marshall Censors
Searchers Find Four Teenagers Missing in Boat
Volunteers on a coast guard style search scoured the Housatonic River mouth and nearby shores for four teenage sailors missing since a sailboat vanishing yesterday. Sea Scout Ship 74 led by Kenneth Fredericksen joined Stratford harbormaster J Fletcher Lewis and Thomas Downes in coordinating boats and alarms while Milford police used searchlights and Stratford police alerted nearby communities.
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Kenneth Fredericksen
Sea Scout
Lordship Community Church
Thomas Downes
J. Fletcher Lewis
Stratford
Housatonic
Milford
Walstin Fox
Factory workers to give blood at Red Cross
Eighty employees from Bullards and the Underwood corporation join groups from Jenkins Brothers Bridgeport Fabrics and the Metropolitan Body company in donating blood today at Red Cross headquarters 271 Park Avenue. Call 5 0191 for appointments. Donor hours are noon to 430 p.m.
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Bullards
Underwood Corporation
Red Cross
Park Avenue
Jenkins Brothers
Bridgeport Fabrics Company
Metropolitan Body Company
Yale coach Joe Rossomando links to St Viator’s history
Yale assistant baseball coach Joe Rossomando, a St Viator’s graduate from Bourbonnais Illinois, is profiled linking his coaching career to school origins.
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Joe Rossomando
Yale
St. Viator’s
Bourbonnais, Ill
Eisenhower Prepares for Big Fight in 1952 Campaign
Retired status expected for Maj. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as he confirms plans to enter politics. He will speak in Abilene Kansas, while Taft campaigns question his readiness. Eisenhower visits Walter Reed for eye and dental checkups before more meetings with military and government officials.
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Floyd Parks
Army
Europe
Goodby
Washington
Abilene
Kans
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Gen
L Eisenhower
Air Force
Navy
Walter Reed Hospital
Bandit Nabbed After Bank Vault Hold Up
A bandit robbed a bank of about $10,000, piling cash into a sack and forcing staff into a vault. He fled toward a rear exit but was confronted by state troopers at the door and surrendered without further resistance.
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Wilcox
Milford Names Finance Director In Municipal Purchases Case
Milford appoints a finance director for tax study duties. The appointee previously worked as a consultant in municipal purchasing for Ardmore Pennsylvania and cost accounting and forms control for Camden New Jersey. He also advised Chester Pennsylvania on sewer rental study before taking the Milford post after August DeBard resigned to become Halifax city manager.
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Ardmore
Camden
N. J
Chester
Desmond
August A. DeBard, Jr
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Babe Ruth Dominates AL Home Run Titles Twelve Times
Babe Ruth claimed the American League home run title 12 times, establishing a record of consistent power hitting across seasons. The feat underscores his status as a premier slugger in early baseball history.
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Babe Ruth
Norwalk Denies Teachers Raises Amid Citywide Hikes
The Norwalk Tax Board approved raises for custodians secretarial staff and health workers while denying teachers a raise beyond the current schedule. New wages include a $200 bump for custodians and a $200 flat for secretarial help, with teachers maintaining the $2,400 to $5,000 scales and a ten year $200 increment maximum. The board controversy centered on whether to extend raises to all municipal employees despite the Teachers Association seeking higher pay. The board cited a State Supreme Court ruling granting the tax board final authority over salaries.
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Board
B.A
M.A
Norwalk Teachers Association
Board of Education
State Supreme Court
Tax Board
John Casey Dies After Brief Illness in Bridgeport
John Casey aged 60 of Botsford Hill Road Newtown died last night at 11 10 p m in Bridgeport hospital where he had been admitted April 24 as a medical patient.
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John Casey
Botsford Hill Road
Newtown
Bridgeport Hospital
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Bull) Boamer
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