No War Date Seen by Kremlin Says U S Arms Chiefs
Washington May 11 AP Top American military leaders say it is likely the Kremlin has not set a war date. Secret testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee describes large ready forces in Eastern Europe and notes the need for bases far from shores. The committee reports the defense forecast includes billions for military aid and equipment next year with detailed delivery plans.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Western
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Arma
Mansfield Woman Killed In Germany GI Mate Held
Warrant Officer Bernard J. O'Brien of San Antonio Texas is in custody in Munich Germany on suspicion of murdering his wife Dorothy 36. The Army says he killed her with a spade in Bad Aibling and then drove the body into a tree. Dorothy O'Brien daughter Penny Lucia age 4 and Robert age 3 with two other children survived her.
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Germany
Bernard J. O’brien
San Antonio
Texas
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Dorothy
Army
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Merrow
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Allerton C. Kibbe
Mansfield
Penny Lucia
Robert
Weather Outlook Bridgeport and Vicinity
Cloudy and cool today with occasional rain. High near mid-50s, low tonight mid-40s. Tuesday remains cloudy with light rain and a high around 55. Winds east to southeast, turning west tonight. Small craft warnings in effect for the area.
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Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
New York City
Allied Planes Bomb Communist Rail Lines Near Seoul
Allied fighter bombers hit communist rail lines in 80 locations south of Sunchon on Sunday while F 86 jets guarded the routes farther north. Two MIGS attempting to break the Sabre formation were damaged. No major frontline clashes reported as U S First Marine Division moves to the western front from the east.
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Korea
Sunchon
Fifth Air Force
Eighth Army
U. S. First Marine
Leathernecks
Boy Falls Five Stories Escapes With Bruises
Five year old David Burgos fell from the roof of a five story tenement in New York. Clotheslines broke his fall and he landed in a sandpile where neighborhood children were playing. His mother Julia Burgos said she slept and her son apparently slipped from their fifth floor apartment to the roof.
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New York
David Burgos
Julia Burgos
Oil worker walkout ends with Standard Oil raise
A national oil strike settlement was announced in Denver between Standard Oil of California and the Independent Union of Petroleum Workers. The agreement provides an 18 12 cent basic wage increase, the first major company raise during the 12 day walkout. A U S British fuel conservation plea seeks worldwide aviation restrictions. A government order reserves motor gasoline in 32 eastern and midwestern states and the District of Columbia.
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Standard Oil of
California
Independent Union of Petroleum Workers
United States
Ministry of Fuel
London
District of Columbia
Pet
Lawmaker Calls Steel Grab a Vital U S Issue
Senator Edward Martin calls President Truman s steel seizure a vital national issue and a step toward dictatorship. Supreme Court oral arguments begin soon after lower court ruling that the action was unconstitutional. Industry supports uphold, while union and government seek reversal.
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U. S
Washington
Edward Martin
R-Pa
Truman
Supreme Court
Probers Study McCarthy Tax Returns, Gillette Says
Senate investigators have been studying Joseph McCarthy income tax returns, said Sen. Guy Gillette. He noted investigations into the $10,000 Lustron payment for a firm booklet and that evidence on communists in government remains conflicting.
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Gillette
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Senate
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
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Diona
Illette
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McCarthy
Lustron Corporation
Iowa
State Department
William Benton
D-Conn
Benton
Lustron
Information Com
Dodd Release Seen Speeded By Army Tank Massing
Army massed at least 20 medium tanks on Rose Island delaying Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd’s captivity on Koje Island. An International News Service reporter reported tanks arrived by ship Saturday morning and the POW was unharmed after a heavy rain day of security.
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International News Service
Koje Island
Francis T. Dodd
Sanford L. Zalberg
Rose Island
Dodd
Cloak of secrecy shrouds Koje Island case
Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd, seized at Koje Island, was flown to Seoul for talks with Gen. James Van Fleet amid secrecy. Reports denied he was sent to Tokyo as confusion and conflicting briefings unsettled reporters. Dodd, 52, stood at prison camp gate when captured. Raven escaped.
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Francis T. Dodd
Koje
Seoul
Korea
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Kose Island
Dodd
James A. van Fleet
Kose
Dodds
O. C. Mood
Wilbur Raven
Newton
Tex
Raven
Sanford L. Zalbert
International News Service
Army
R. P. Rosengren
Red Guerrillas Raid South Korean Town Hamyang
South Korean police report about 60 communist guerrillas attacking the town of Hamyang, 45 miles west of Pusan. There is no immediate word on damage or casualties. Hamyang lies about 190 miles behind the front line in the peninsula's south.
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Hamyang
South Korea
Derby Fire Damages New Incinerator On Third Floor
Derby residents report a major blaze at the city's $125,000 municipal incinerator on the third floor, with damage pegged around $50,000. Firefighters from Derby and Shelton battled the flames under First Assistant Fire Chief Edward J. Cotter Jr. and faced water supply issues as the near hydrant was two miles away and a shuttle system was used. Conrad Gagnon of Hotchkiss Hose was injured when a hose burst, striking him in the groin.
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Shelton
Edward J. Cotter, Jr
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Conrad Gagnon
Hotchkiss Hose Company
Weather no barrier to Dogwood viewers in Fairfield
Hundreds of autoists braved overcast skies to view dogwoods blooming along Dogwood Row in Greenfield Hill. Fairfield Police Chief James Kranyik noted a three hour period from 2:30 to 5:30 with near bumper to bumper traffic on Hillside Congress Redding Old Academy Road and Bronson roads. Twenty officers directed intersections as cars arrived from Merritt Parkway.
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James Kranyik
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Redding
Old Academy Road
Bronson Roads
Kranyak
Dogwood
Merritt Parkway
Meteor blast lights West Coast sky in midnight fireball
Air Force probe seeks identity of object seen across western Washington at 1 26 am PDT with observers including an airline pilot and weather staff reporting a blazing ball that disintegrated into flaming streamers. Experts say meteors cause the explosion and shock sounds, no debris found, thousands frightened by the bright display over Seattle and surrounding areas.
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Seattle
U. S. Air Force
Washington
Hans Homann
Ing
25Th Air Force Defense Division
McChord Air Force Base
Col. Bennett
Pacific Northwest
McChord
Eugene
Ore
J. Hugh Pruett
Dr. Pruett
University of Oregon
Pacific Region
American Meteor Society
Coast Guard
Lee Drake
Green Lake
J. H. Davis
R. G. Carmody
Lake Washington
Ridgway to leave Tokyo for U S today
Gen. Matthew Ridgway prepared to depart Haneda airport with family and staff for Washington before flying to Europe to relieve Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as Supreme Allied Commander. Japanese enthusiasm was tempered by genuine regret at his departure.
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Mathew B. Ridgway
Europe
Ridgway
Haneda
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Truman
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MacArthur
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