Connally Pushes Quick Windup of MacArthur Hearings
Washington June 3 Senate Foreign Relations chairman Connally urged ending the MacArthur hearings after three more witnesses testifying on China's policy and Far Eastern issues. Secretary Acheson will resume Monday with Wedemeyer Harriman and Johnson to follow as Connally says it may be time to quit. Hunt backs a negotiated peace in Korea but others resist ending the probe now.
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Albert C. Wedemeyer
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Sen. Hunt
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Hunt
Wyoming
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Wedemeyer
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Martin R-Pai
United States
Martin
MacaArthur
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Heat wave grips Kanawha counties for third straight day
Temperatures topped 90 degrees for the third day as hundreds swam and picnicked in Kanawha and nearby counties. State police reported heavy Sunday traffic as families fled the heat. Charleston hit 95 at 3:25 PM, with rain and cooler 84 forecast later. No serious accidents or drownings were noted despite crowds. Gusty winds threatened a storm, which subsided by 9:30 PM.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Defense Groups May Be Merged on Wee Swing At Beef Feeders
Economic Stabilizer Johnston attacked beef producers and other price control opponents as harming consumers. He warned of an economic time bomb and questioned the welfare of consumers if controls end. He noted a dairy milk shortage risk if beef prices stay high and said some cattlemen disagree with rollbacks and will confer with him.
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Plane explodes in lightning crash kills ten crewmen
Witnesses in New Boston Texas report a C-82 Flying Boxcar struck by lightning and exploding midair. Ten crewmen died as the flaming fuselage hit the ground with witnesses saying motors were at full throttle and some parachutes opened while others remained in packs. Ambulances transported bodies to Texarkana.
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Pat Oglesby
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Red River Arsenal
Johnny Bevill
Texarkana
Two Fires Leave Weatherford Building Beside Courthouse
A three story Weatherford Texas business block and a section of Ottawa Canada’s No 25 Central Ordnance Depot burned yesterday, causing about 2 million dollars in damage. In Weatherford twelve families were made homeless as flames gutted the Hopkins building and adjacent shops. One man leaped from a third floor balcony but escaped serious injury and six fire companies battled the blaze. In Ottawa the depot wing fire sent two people to hospital and destroyed large stocks of clothing and other military items amid ether and paint fuels.
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Plane Crashes Into Cabin Creek Near Girley Injuring Pilot
Buckhannon plumbing executive John W. Keim 48 was injured and passenger Ward Blaney escaped unharmed when their single engine Cessna 140 crashed into Cabin Creek one mile west of Girley while en route to Logan. Keim’s condition listed as good with possible fractured spine after engine oil pump failure ignited bearings and a telegraph wire slowed the descent. Local residents pulled the men from the partly submerged aircraft as authorities reported the propeller engine and landing gear damaged.
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Kanawha County
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Dulles Arrives in London for Japanese Peace Talks
John Foster Dulles arrived in London to discuss a draft peace treaty for Japan with British officials. The roving ambassador will meet Foreign Secretary Morrison tomorrow and Prime Minister Attlee on Tuesday as negotiations enter final phases.
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Truman
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Japan
State Department
United States
Herbert Morrison
Clement Attlee
Shah Pressures Iran for Oil Peace Amid Crisis
Tehran June 3 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi directly intervened in the oil dispute meeting Premier Mohammed Mossadegh. He stressed the need for a negotiated settlement per President Truman and discussed the premier’s reply. U S Ambassador Grady remained hopeful. Crisis easing as Anglo-Iranian Oil Co plans talks with Tehran officials. Threats of assassination from Kashani surfaced. A Reuters report said the crisis was virtually ended after Britain softened its stance.
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Reuters
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Middle East
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Korea
Russia
Sailor's Leave To Wed Cancer Victim Cancelled
CHICAGO June 3 INS Young Tom Amburn’s special Navy leave to be with his cancer doomed Georgia sweetheart ended abruptly as he received orders recalling him to duty. The sailor left his emergency address and flew to Sioux Falls without notifying command, postponing marriage plans while Betty Thompson of Atlanta awaits his decision.
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Sioux Falls
Betty Thompson
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Tom
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Pius X Beatified as Eighth Pontiff in Catholic History
Vatican reports beatification of Pope Pius X in St. Peter's Basilica and square, with Pope Pius VII invoking peace. About 200,000 pilgrims, including 6,000 from Riese birthplace, witness rites. Pius X reigned 1903 to 1914 and lies in a crystal casket as solemn prayers end the ceremony.
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Basilica
Churches Face New Demands From Reds on Missions
In San Francisco on June 3, Communist pressure on Chinese Christians intensified with orders to sever all ties to foreign missions inside Red China and to join in anti American campaigns. A Peiping broadcast quoted Wu Yao tsung, former Shanghai YMCA official, as Christian leader, noting a push toward church independence and removal of foreign influence.
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China
Christian Movement
Associated Press
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YMCA
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Peiping Peoples Daily
Communist Party
Reds Announce Arrests Of 14 Missionaries
In a June 3 dispatch from Hong Kong the Chinese Communists disclosed the April arrests of 14 American and European Catholic missionaries in South China. They charged six others including four bishops with involvement in the death of 16,000 Chinese children, noting the arrests occurred April 18 with no prior explanation.
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Six in Family Die In River Plunge Near Oskaloosa
Six members of the Postel family drowned when their automobile plunged into the Des Moines River nine miles west of Oskaloosa. Lyle Postel 29 Waterl as, his mother Mrs Namie Postel 38, and three children Richard 7 James 5 Mary Jean 16 and Stanley 1 died. Dorothy Postel wife and mother survived and was rescued in serious condition. Truck driver William Powell of Milwaukee pulled the survivors from the river and notified authorities.
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Mahaska County
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Cornered Reds May Hit Back On Parley Bid
Paris dispatch reports Communists on the defensive as Russia faces a Washington invite for a Big Four conference to ease East West tension. Western powers push for a July 23 meeting while domestic crises in France and Britain pressure leaders to progress. U.N. force successes in Korea aid anti Communist campaigns and American generals bolster Atlantic Pact confidence. Russia to reply by tomorrow or Tuesday, with no side wanting blame for a failed conference.
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Italy
United Nations
Korea
France
Andrei Gromyka
Britain
America
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London
John £. Carlova
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Two C-119s Lost To U N Guns In Korea
Two American C-119 Flying Boxcar aircraft were lost in Korea on Sunday due to Allied artillery fire in a tragic error. Three crewmen have been rescued after parachuting, seven remain missing, as the planes carried high priority supplies to Allied front line troops in the eastern Korean front.
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Far East
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Puerto Ricans Vote On Constitution Today
In San Juan Puerto Rico on June 3 voters will decide in a nationwide referendum tomorrow whether to adopt a local constitution. The proposed charter would grant the Puerto Rican governor the power to appoint the supreme court justice and the auditor, currently appointed by the U S president.
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Allied Armor Gains Three Miles in Korea Front
Allied armor and infantry surged through central North Korea guarding the Chorwon-Pyongyang-Kumcheon triangle with gains of one to three miles on west and east-central fronts. U N forces pressed from Yenchon to Yanggu advancing north of Inje amid heavy resistance and counterattacks as Red defenses slowed the push.
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United Nations
Foreign Aid Battle Looms in Congress Over Truman Plan
Washington June 3 Congress braces for a sharp clash over President Truman’s 9.5 billion dollar foreign aid program. GOP critics pledge scrutiny of Marshall Plan items while aiming to trim economic grants, and a rider blocks war goods sales to Communist nations. The fight centers on defense funding and economic aid totaling about 6.25 billion.
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Congress
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U. S
Slavs Walk Out Of Danube Talks
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia walked out of a Danube commission meeting in Galati Romania last night over what Dragoje Djuric called Soviet dominated talks. He said Yugoslav claims were rejected by outvoting as the group considered new navigation rules perceived as discriminatory to Yugoslav shipping.
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Tanjug
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French Report 2 000 Reds killed in Vietminh Push
French Army headquarters reported over 2,600 Vietminh troops killed in 24 hours as General Vo Nguyen Giap launched night attacks across an 11 mile front between Ninh Binh and Phat Diem. French artillery and air power inflicted most casualties while at least one outpost, Caitri, was penetrated and retaken.
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Indochina
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Vo Neuyen Giap
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Phat Diem
Ninhbinh
Hanoi
Caitri
Associated Press
Max Clos
Iis
Wam- Ldinh
Nambinh
Ninhdinh
Mexican immigrant Roundup Sparks Kidnap Probe in Imperial Valley
Three men of Mexican origin were arrested in Brawley on suspicion of holding 18 suspected Mexican immigrant workers against their will during the Imperial Valley farm strike. National Farm Labor Union claims the arrests are part of legal citizen arrest programs, with about 1,200 detainees since the strike began 21 days ago. Immigrant workers were handed to U S Immigration Service in El Centro, which runs an airlift deporting 180 aliens daily to Mexico. Imperial Valley Farmers Assoc says the strike has not yet affected operations.
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Hane Hasiwar
U. S. Immigration Servence
el Centro
Mexico
Imperial Valley Farmers Assoc
30 Second Prayer for Peace from Dunbar Church
Evangelist H W Lucas of the Church of Christ in Dunbar offers a brief prayer for peace. He asks God to bless efforts toward permanent peace and to inspire every nation tribe and tongue to study the Word and live peaceably with all humankind in the name of Christ.
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