General Van Fleet says Koje Island talks proceed with Dodd safe
General James Van Fleet reported that Brig. Gen. Francis Dodd is held unharmed on Koje Island and that the Allied command has granted minor communist demands while seeking a clear statement of full demands. He warned force could be used if negotiations fail and noted Dodd urged no violence during talks.
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Seoul
Kose Island
Eighth Army
James A. van Vieet
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
Koje Island
Southeast Korea
van Fleet
Koje
General Dodd
van Fieet
Rocky Island
Korea
Official Weather Bridgeport and vicinity forecast
Showers and cooler today with a high near 63 degrees. Tonight showers with little temperature change, low around 50. Tomorrow fair and mild with a high near 70. Winds today southeast to northwest tonight. New York City: same as Bridgeport. Almanac notes May 10 is the 131st day with 5:39 a.m. sunrise.
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D. & Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
New York City
First Homes to Be Ready In New Project in June
Sawyer urged to end price and wage controls as business leaders deem a buyers market grows. Bridgeport prepares the Charles F. Greene Homes, a $3 million low rent development in the Lexington avenue area with seven stories and four upper floors reserved for elderly or infirm residents. Public inspection is proposed before opening and construction advances on five buildings including the State moderate rental project at Trumbull and Reservoir. Vacancies are being filled at Barnum Apartments in the West End.
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Hot Springs
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council Today
Sawyer
Mobilization
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Charles F. Greene
Bridgeport Housing Authority
Lexington Avenue
Frouge Construction Company
Plan
Harold C. Poole
BHA
Authority
Poole
Greene Homes
New England
Harry G. Lindsay
Trumbull
Reservoir Avenues
Barnum Apartments
West End
Canada Lee Dies at 45 Star of Stage and Screen
Canada Lee, renowned for breaking racial barriers in theater, died at 45 from a heart attack in New York. He rose to fame as Bigger Thomas in Native Son and recently completed filming Cry, the Beloved Country, ending a career that began seven years earlier in WPA productions.
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New York
Canada Lee
Bigger Thomas
Lee
South Africa
Sullen Buckowski Dies in San Quentin Gas Chamber
San Quentin, Calif. May 9 AP Buckowski, 27, died in the prison gas chamber at 10 03 a m after refusing religious rites and a final handshake. He confessed murders in Los Angeles and at Toronto and others in the death house remained silent.
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Sullen Kaller
Death House
San Quentin
Calif
Stanley Buckowski
Buckowski
T’e
Harley O. Teets
Los Angeles
Toronto
Ont
Fire destroys Fairfield house in $30,000 blaze
The former Clarence Banks home on Banks North road Fairfield burned late yesterday. Damage exceeded $35,000 as the 10 room house was gutted while occupants Miss Myrial Banks Mrs Helen Vogel and Arthur Vogel were away. Firemen from Greenfield Hill Southport and Center fought the blaze aided by wells and a brook.
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Arthur F. Choate
Clarence Banks
Banks North Road
Catamount Road
Fairfield
Myrial Banks
Helen Vogel
Thomas Grant
Old Mill Road
Chief
Curtis D. Taylor
Redding Road
Carlton Taylor
Greenfield Hill Fire Company
Banks House
Taylor
Greenfield Hill
Southport
Center
Ike Stands Firm Won’t Campaign for Nomination
Gen Eisenhower reiterated no plans to campaign for the Republican presidential nomination aside from a June 4 Abilene speech. Taft said his preconvention drive is nearly finished with focus on North Dakota Indiana and South Dakota. Nevada delegates vote today as Wedemeyer presses for a non interventionist platform. Pepper comments on Kefauver Russell race signaling liberal mood in the South.
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Eisenhower
Taft
Oslo
Norway
Abilene
Kans
Paris
Ohio
New York
North Dakota
South Dakota
Indiana
Chicago
Nevada
Albert C. Wedemeyer
National
Citizens For Taft Committee
Claude D. Pepper
Florida
Kefauver
Russell
South
Pepper
New York Young Democratic Club
Cam
Beers Found Dead In Stratford Home
Howard Lorenzo Beers 61 retired Bridgeport city engineer was found dead in the attic of his Stratford home at 136 Blake man place at 5 15 p m by his wife Gertrude Bankwitz Beers. Medical examiner Dr Chester E Haberlin said he hanged himself amid illness and despondency. Investigating officers included Lieut Raymond E Chaffee and Patrolmen Roland DeReucher and William McDonald. Services set for Monday at 2 30 p.m. at George P Potter and Son funeral home 880 Fairfield avenue with burial in Union cemetery Stratford. Friends may call Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Beers retired from engineering in 1951 after 38 years with the department. He was appointed by Mayor McLevy in 1950 to fill the unexpired term of Henry L Rowland.
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Howard Lorenzo Beers
Bridgeport
Blakeman Place
Stratford
Beers
Gertrude Bankwitz Beers
Chester E. Haberlin
Raymond E. Chaffee
Roland DeReucher
William McDonald
George P. Potter and Son
Fairfield Avenue
Union Cemetery
McLevy
Henry L.rowland
Veteran City
Reds Alarm Over Koje Isle Case Brought to Talks
In Munsan on Saturday May 10 AP reports North Korean General Nam II accused UN forces of planning a massacre to recover hostage Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd on Koje Island. Vice Admiral Joy dismissed the claim and pledged UN action to restore control. Negotiators met 12 minutes and scheduled a session for tomorrow amid earlier prisoner breaks on Koje Island.
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Munsan
Korea
Koje Island
Francis T. Dodd
Nam II
United Nations Command
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam
Reds
United Nations
Dodd
Southeast
U S Moves to Protect Dwindling Gas Supply in East and Midwest
Sen Williams charged ex-bookie Harry Gross with dodging taxes as he testified in New York graft cases involving five officers. The Brooklyn figure allegedly earned about 25 thousand dollars in his life, yet contributed 20 thousand to a campaign fund and paid bribes cited in testimony. Williams criticized the Internal Revenue service in a widening attack.
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U. S
Midwest
Washington
Sen. Williams
Del
Senate Today
Harry Gross
Brooklyn
Williams
Police Department
New York
Senate
Bookie Harry Gross Questions Police Graft Prosecutions
Bookmaker Harry Gross says the top brass of ex mayor O Dwyer era police faced no graft prosecutions. He doubts reasons for arrests and hints at possible cover up. Brooklyn Attorney Miles McDonald defends the probe and suggests more indictments if Gross had promptly cooperated.
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New York
Harry Gross
William O’dwyer
GIO DEFEATED IN COLUMBIA VOTE
The IUE CIO was defeated in its bid to unseat Local 237 United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America as bargaining agent for Columbia Records production and maintenance workers. Workers voted 388 to 317 for Local 237 in a consent election overseen by the NLRB. Seventeen votes were cast for no union and four ballots voided. Lloyd Willard, Local 237 president, said wages and pension benefits will be discussed as negotiations resume Monday with management. Approximately 866 employees were eligible to vote under NLRB field representative Sidney Levy.
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Iue-Cio
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Columbia Records, Inc
National Labor Relations Board
Willard
Lloyd Willard
CIO
Sidney Levy
NLRB
Connecticut Gasoline Supply Stays Steady Amid PAD Order
A spokesman for the gasoline industry said no immediate effect from the PAD conservation order is expected in Connecticut. He noted most plants have at least a 30 days supply, no strikes exist, arrivals proceed normally, and storage tanks remain full in the usual manner.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Acheson Opposes Aid Budget Cuts in Senate Hearing
Secretary of State Acheson and Gen. Omar Bradley testified against any reduction in the administration's 7.9 billion dollar foreign aid budget during a closed Senate Armed Services Committee session. Eisenhower, Bradley and Acheson urged full funding as Congress weighed potential cuts amid a North Atlantic treaty nations tour and Eisenhower's impending return to U.S. politics.
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Washington
Acheson
Omar Bradley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Western Europe
Bradley
Senate Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
Europe
United States
Asheson
Gen. Bradley
Congress
Truman
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Bryd
Armed Services Committee
Girl 15 Slain on N Y Street as Lover Commits Suicide
In New York near Penn Station a 30-year-old Brooklyn post office clerk Eduardo Charriez fatally stabbed 15-year-old Olga Ealer after a dispute over their relationship. He then stabbed himself, whispering I want to die as police arrived.
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N. Y. Street
Manhaton Street
Pennsyl Station
Eduardo Charriez
Brooklyn
Olga Ealer
Anly
James Buckley
Charrier
Daniella Salart
Charriez
Olga
Order Directing Conservation 9 Effective Today
Nation wide oil strike nears day ten as government directs bulk gasoline plants terminals and large stations in 32 eastern and midwestern states to reserve supplies for potential allocation to maintain essential transportation. PAD notes overall adequate supply but local shortages possible in eastern and central states. CIO Oil Workers leader Knight cites stalled talks and demands settlement before return to work. Taft-Hartley injunction not invoked yet amid continued negotiations.
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District of Columbia
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Rhode Island
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New York
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Indiana
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Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
O. A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers International
Wage Stabilization Board
Knight
WSB
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Pws
Koje Isle
Sprm
Banks Homestead
Commerce Dept. Advisory Council
C. F. Greene
Telegram
Angelo Patri
Constantine Brown
Dr. Herman Bundesen
Erich Brandeis
Fairfield House
Banks
Ike
General
THE
Associated Press
H.L. Beers
Gross
Bookie King
Internal Revenue Bureau
Gio
Columbia
NEW
Copenhagen
Demark
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Forign Relations Committee
Puerto Rico
Champlin Refining
Enid
Oklo
Nathan Feinsinger
Hi Nasor
Olin Miller
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