East German Reds Map Reprisals and Border Controls
The East German government announced plans to strengthen border controls with West Germany, directing the Red secret police to set up safeguards against spies and saboteurs. Demonstrations by blue shirted youths protested the Bonn pact as Eisler warned West Berlin to sever ties with West Germany or face consequences.
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Berlin
West Germany
East Zone
Wilhelm Zaisser
Red Secret Police
East
West Berlin
Bonn
East Germany
Gerhardt Eisler
Eisler
Official Weather Bridgeport and vicinity forecast
Fair and warm today and tonight with a high near 75 and low around 55. Tomorrow’s high in the 70s. Winds NW today then light and variable tonight. New York City sees the same forecast. Temperature note: May 27 is the 148th day of the year with 69th of spring. sunrise at 5 24 a m sunset at 7 15 p m.
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U. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
New York City
Deadlock at Panmunjom Truce Talks Resumes Parleys
In Panmunjom on Tuesday May 27 the stalled talks between North Korea and United Nations command resumed after a three day recess. General Nam Il warned that Red troops cannot ignore captured comrades being slaughtered while the UN called the statement propaganda. The 34 minute session produced no progress on the key prisoner exchange issue and both sides remained far apart.
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Munsan
Panmunjom
Nam Il
Nam
William K. Harrison
Kose
Harrison
United Nations
Three sign Bonn peace pact in historic Western alliance
The United States Britain and France signed a peace contract with West Germany to end occupation and form a new Western defense alignment. Ratification by four parliaments is required amid Moscow protests, with Eastern Germany potentially remaining separate. long battles loom in West German and French legislatures.
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Bonn
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Konrad Adenauer
Europe
Moscow
Russia
West
East Zone
Paris
Six Nations
Western
West Germany
U. S
Connally Defends Foreign Aid Bill Amid Debate
Senator Connally urges vote of six point nine billion for foreign aid to deter communist threat, warns against large cuts as Bridges calls for eliminating unnecessary expenditures. He frames the fight as a test of national security with Eisenhower backing maintaining aid.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Truman
United States
House
Court Rejects McCarthy Plea to Use Wire Recorder
Washington May 26 AP A federal court refused to approve Sen Joseph R McCarthy plan to use a wire recorder in pre trial hearings of his two million dollar libel suit against Sen William Benton Benton a Democrat from Connecticut refused to testify May 5 after learning of the recording McCarthy appeared as his own attorney and argued the point Judge Walter M Bastian denied the motion saying wire recorders have never been used to take testimony in District of Columbia courts The suit stems from a Senate resolution by Benton seeking an inquiry to see grounds for McCarthy expulsion.
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Washington
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
William Benton
Benton
Connecticut
McCarthy
U.S
Walter M. Bastian
Wisconsin
Bastian
District of Columbia
Senate
Purtell Leading in Senate Race As GOP Opens State Convention
Hartford report details Clare Boothe Luce joining a dinner at the Governor’s house with Walter Judd. Amid travel confusion, Luce notes it was circumstantial that Democratic Senator William Benton rode in the same car. Father Murray assisted Luce’s late arrival, seeking directions to Hartford.
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Purtell
GOP
Hartford
Clare Boothe Luce
Governor's House
Walter A. Judd
William Benton
Luce
Ridgefield
Dorothy Farmer
Yale University
John Courtney Murray
S.J
Delegates Named to GOP National Convention in Conn
Clare Boothe Luce appears on a draft list of Connecticut delegates to the GOP national convention issued by state leaders in Hartford. The slate includes Governor Lodge, State Chairman Clarence Baldwin, and national committeewoman Anna Mae Switaski among others. District picks cover Manchester, Hartford, Canterbury, Hamden, Danbury, Waterbury and more. Meantime Alcorn forecasts all 22 Connecticut delegates backing Eisenhower.
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Mathewson
Republican National
William H. Brennan
Stamford
GOP
Bushnell Memorial
Hartford
Brennan
National Committee
Clarence F. “Cappy” Baldwin
Woodbridge
Alice K. Leopold
Weston
Elizabeth McConaughy
Cornwall
Clare Boothe Luce
Ridgefield
Fourth
Governor Lodge
Guilford
Bernard Matthies
Seymour
Charles S. House
Manchester
Harry Schwolsky
John D. Alsop
Avon
Nelson Carpenter
Canterbury
Frank C. Parizek
Willington
John R. Thim
Hamden
Helen M. Smith
Milford
Henry Gebert, Jr
Danbury
John A. Minetto
Goshen
Raymond Snyder
Waterbury
Alcorn
Eisenhower Organization
Connecticut
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lodge
Baldwin
Purtell Poised To Lead Connecticut Senate Race At GOP Meet
Hartford May 26 William A Purtell West Hartford led in early returns as the Republican state convention opened with prospects of a 22 delegate roll to back Gen Dwight D Eisenhower. Contenders included Prescott Bush Mansfield Sprague Lupton and Walton Clark with a possible first ballot deadlock.
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Hartford
William A. Purtell
West Hartford
U.S. Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
William H. Brennan
Stamford
Republican National
U. S
James Patterson
Naugatuck
William Painter
Mr. Purtell
Prescott Bush
Greenwich
Mansfield PD. Sprague
New Canaan
John M. Lupton
Weston
Walton Clark, Jr
Darien
Sprague
William Benton
Lupton
Judge Clark
Lodge
Baldwin
Clarence F. Baldwin
Senate
Purtell
New London County
Tolland County
Film Ban Upset in Court Ruling
The Supreme Court ruled it lawful to broadcast music and ads to riders aboard streetcars and buses, and unconstitutional for states to ban a movie on sacralization grounds. It did not resolve whether President Truman overstepped in seizing the steel industry and adjourned until next Monday for a steel decision. The case centers on the Italian film The Miracle by Roberto Rossellini, banned in New York after protests by Cardinal Spellman. The court acted unanimously on these points.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Truman
Roberto Rosselini
Ingrid Bergman
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
GOP Keynoter Charges Democrats Appease Reds
Hartford May 26 Republicans at their state convention hear Rep Walter H Judd Minnesota as keynote speaker charge the Democratic administration with appeasing communism abroad and fostering socialism at home A GOP victory is needed to preserve freedom Judd attacks President Truman's steel seizure and vows to defend constitutional government Reds threaten world conquest from outside and inside the United States
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Hartford
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Rep
Judd
Truman
Republican Party
De Gasperi Leads In Rome Returns
Italy's democratic coalition led in Rome provincial returns on Tuesday May 27 while a neo fascist monarchist alliance led Naples and Bari. Municipal results were still unfolding with De Gasperi's Christian Democrats controlling 152 administrations, the Communist and Socialist bloc 48, and the MSI with allies five. Neo fascism appears to be rising.
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Rome
Italy
Naples
Bari
U. S
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democratic Party
Socialist Alliance
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Sparano retires as Bridgeport patrolman at 53
Patrolman Charles Sparano of 112 Ochsner Place, age 53, was retired at his own request by the Bridgeport Board of Police Commissioners. He served since January 22, 1926, and was granted 52 percent of his salary as a pension. The board also approved stop signs at multiple intersections, denied University of Bridgeport police suitability for Manuel Mello, and granted a request by the Bridgeport Officers Association to seek a city attorney opinion on uniforms and clothing allowances.
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Charles Sparano
Ochsner Place
Board of Police Commissioners
Sparano
John A. Lyddy
Harlem Avenue
Wayne Street
Deforest
Newfield Avenues
Park and Stillman Streets
New
Bridgeport Officers Association
Police Department
Truman Attacks Defense Bill Cuts in Washington
President Truman denounced House cuts to the defense budget as foolish and reckless, warning of demobilization risks in an hour of peril. He criticized leaders of the 46 billion dollar limit and urged keeping politics from jeopardizing world peace at a dinner honoring a Israel colony named for him.
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U. S
Washington
Truman
House
White House
Cie
Kremlin
Kir
Israel
Dr Bernard J Burns Stricken While Driving on Turnpike
Dr Bernard J Burns aged 60 of 636 West Taft avenue was struck by a cerebral hemorrhage while driving his auto along Huntington turnpike near Broadbridge avenue and crashed into a highway fence. He was taken to St Vincent's hospital where attendants described his condition as fair. Patrolman Richard Meehan said he was driving slowly and damage was not extensive.
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Bernard J. Burns
Taft Avenue
Huntington Turnpike
Broadbridge Avenue
Burns
St. Vincent's Hospital
Richard Meehan
Ousted Reservist Argues Right To Be WAC and a Mother Too
Former major in the Women's Army Corps testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee urging that motherhood should not bar continued reserve service. Mrs. L. B. Thompson of East Orange New Jersey, mother of a seven month old son, argues for non compulsory discharge and criticizes army policies. Senator Long of Louisiana questions compulsory WAC mother discharge and supports allowing mothers to remain in reserves.
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Ousted Reservist
WAC
Washington
Women’s Army Corps
Senate Armed Services Committee
L. B. Thompson
East Orange
N. J
Sen. Long
D-La
Long
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