Allied Tanks Readied To Bar Communists West Berlin March
West Berlin tense as American and British tank units move to front line positions to deter a large Communist Youth rally. U S planes stand ready and British troops take forward posts near the Brandenberg Gate as police rely on order to prevent violence during the Whitsuntide weekend.
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West Berlin
Berlin
East Berlin
John K. Cannon
U. S
Europe
International News Service
Russia
Germany
Brandenberg Gate
Free German Youths
FDJ
Kreuzwerg
Templehof
Neukoelln
Lerartkow
Tuesay
US restricts Romania diplomats from moving beyond DC area
The State Department barred Communist Romania diplomats from traveling 35 miles beyond the District of Columbia without permission in retaliation for Bucharest limits on Americans. The restriction applies to Minister Mahai Magheru and six other Romanians. Soviets face no current limits.
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Washington
United States
Romania
Bucharest
State Department
Mahai Magheru
District of Columbia
James E. Webb
Web
Alexander 58
Papyushkin
U. S
Bucharest Legation
Page & Col
Wherry Demands MacArthur Report At Congress
Senator Wherry urged General Douglas MacArthur return to the United States to report to Congress and the people on military needs in the Western Pacific. He called for a peace treaty with Japan and defense of Okinawa Formosa and the Philippines against Communist encroachment while criticizing Truman administration policy.
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Ins
Senate
Republican
Wherry
Neb
Douglas MacArthur
Congress
Western
Pacific
Japan
GOP
U. S
Okinawa
Formosa
Philippines
National Livestock Exchange
Omaha Livestock Assoc
Gen
Truman
Potomac
Baruch Urges Nationwide Industrial War Preparation Plan
Bernard M. Baruch urged Congress to enact equality of sacrifice and a full mobilization plan for America’s industrial power before mobilizing manpower under the Selective Service Act. He sent a telegram to Chairman Carl Vinson noting Congress debates on Selective Service and urging broader nation readiness.
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New York
Ins
Bernard M. Baruch
Congress
America
Car] Vinson
D-Gad
House Armed Services Committee
Lone Jong
Wildcat strike halts Oak Ridge construction work
AFL workers on an atomic lab, a high school, and 450 new homes join a three day walkout at a 227 million atomic plant project in Oak Ridge Tennessee. Government and union officials press for an immediate return to work as the dispute broadens.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
WA Strke
AFL
Atomic Energy Commission
William H. Davis
New York
Atomic Energy Labor Relations Panel
Richard J. Gray
AFL Building Trades Department
Washington
Gray
Allies demand German unity through free elections and freedoms
Bonn dispatch notes that the United States Britain and France propose a freely elected all German government leading to four power peace talks. They push for universal rights, independent courts, free movement, and a single currency under Four Power supervision, countering Soviet unity claims. Western observers doubt Russia will accept.
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Bonn
Germany
Russia
London
Soviet East Germany
Duel Fatality at Greenbrier Inn Leaves White Sulphur Springs Man Dead
White Sulphur Springs man William Carl Trent, 22, was shot to death in a tavern duel near Greenbrier Inn. Lloyd Hansen, tavern proprietor, held at Greenbrier County jail after claiming he fired three times with an 88 caliber pistol in self defense when Trent returned with a gun. Trent died about 50 yards from the tavern door.
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White Sulphur Springs
Trent
Ballard
Hansen
Jam at Rear Exit Blamed For High Toll of Crash
A Chicago street car collision with a gasoline truck killed 42 and injured many as passengers crowded the rear exit. Conductor William Liddell fled the scene. motorman Paul Manning died. Witnesses say rear doors jammed as fire spread, blocking escape. CTA investigations cite safety bars on windows as standard equipment.
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Chicago
William C. Liddell
Duster
Chicago Transit Authority
Liddell
CTA
Paul Manning
U N Head Calls Next 60 Days Critical in Cold War
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie warned the next sixty days are crucial to end the East West deadlock over Communist China. He said a break must come by July and expressed cautious hope for progress on the Chinese issue. Lie described the situation as grave yet hopeful that leaders still seek peace to avoid a new war.
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Lake Success
U. N
Trygve Lie
Lie
China
Stalin
United States
U. S
Soviet Union
Tr. N
Europe
Stalin Seen Healthy by UN Chief Lie After Moscow Visit
Secretary General Trygve Lie announced he found Premier Stalin in good health and alert after a 90 minute Kremlin meeting. Lie described Moscow as improved with new avenues and noted Muscovites were better dressed. He watched a Dynamo stadium soccer match and compared the crowd to Wembley or Ebbets Field.
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Lake Satin
INS
Trygve Lie
Stalin
Russia
Moscow
Lie
Lake Success
Kremlin
Mossow
Dynamo Stadium
Wembley Stadium
London
Ebbets Field
New York
Cranes Hatch 38th Whooping Crane Alive
In Rustwell Texas on May 25 observers report the birth of the first whopp ing crane hatched under observation. The chick named Rusty, from ARKANSAS NATION AL GAME REFUGE, is No. 38 and one of only three known in the wild. National Audubon Society official Bob Allen confirmed the sighting from 1 000 yards through a scope as watchers kept the nest quiet and no visitors allowed.
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Rustwell
Tex
Rusty
Arkansas Nations
Texas
Louisiana
Jo Ahd Crip
Bob Allen
National Audubon Society
Truman Nominates Six For Federal Posts
President Truman nominates six men for key federal posts in Washington. Nominees include Dale Doty of California and Vernon Northrop as new assistant secretaries of the interior. Edward Lee Norton would join the Federal Reserve Board for a 14 year term. Bowen, Smith, and Sterling receive reappointment or new posts in securities, power, and communications commissions.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Dale &. Doty
California
Vernon D. Northrop
Interior
Edward Lee Norton
Birmingham
Ala
Federal Reserve Board
Ernest Draper
Paul R. Bowen
Massachusetts
Securities and Exchange Commission
Nelson Lee Smith
New Hampshire
George E. Sterling
Maine
Coal Men Plan Industry Wide Bargain Group
Northern and Western coal operators move to create a permanent industry wide body to negotiate with the United Mine Workers. George H. Love of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co described the aim to educate operators and the union on coal economics and to keep the industry competitive.
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Miners’ Union
New York
United Mine Workers
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
American Iron and Steel Institute
UMW
Love
U. S. Steel
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
West Virginia
Indiana
Farmers Protest Higher Oil Tariff
The American Farm Bureau Federation opposed proposals to sharply raise tariff rates on imported fuel oils. In a letter to Sen. Neely the board said reducing petroleum imports now would harm United States exports and farm income. Venezuela, a major oil supplier, bought U.S. agricultural products and accounted for a large trade balance in 1949. Coal witnesses claimed oil imports harmed miners and urged duties from 0.10 to 1.05 per barrel.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Sen. Neely
D-Wva
Shairman
Senate Labor Sub
Farm Bureau
United States
Jack C. Lynn
Bureau
Venezuela
Lynn
U.S
Labor
Hartford Libel Trial Sees Jury Deadlock Over Pro Communist Claims
A federal jury in Hartford failed to reach a verdict in a $200000 libel suit filed by Draper and Adler against Mrs Hester McCullough a Connecticut housewife. They accuse her of harming their reputations and engagements by labeling them pro Communist in a 1949 Greenwich letter.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Hester R.t
J McCullough
Greenwich
Highway Crash Kills Two Teens Near Spencer
A rear highway collision near Spencer killed Wanda Belcher 13 and Olef R Belcher about 18 both of Sybil Kanawha County. Three others were injured including Olimer Hayse Crystal Belcher and Elsie Jones. The truck driver John Henthorn escaped injury. Police said the crash happened on State Rt 14 eight miles from here. The victims were returning from a visit to Cleveland.
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Wanda Belcher
Sybdial
Kanawha
Vandale Mortuary
Olef
R. Belcher
Olimer Hayse
Cleveland
Elsie Jones
Elie Creek
Kanawha County
Crystal Belcher
Gordon Hospital
Hayse
Belchers
Miss Jones
Billingson State Rt. 14
Tpr
Fred Patton
State Road Commission
John Henthorn
Bases Built Before Jap War Revealed to Senate Panel
Gen J Lawton and Collins testified that the United States quietly began constructing secret Pacific bases before Pearl Harbor. They described stepping stone air bases between Hawaii and Australia that saved perhaps a year in the Pacific war. The hearings influenced changes to keep more Army officers in Washington and on the General Staff, with limits raised from 2700 to 4000 in Washington and 700 to 1500 on the staff.
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Washington
House
Army General Staff
Collins
Senate
Preston Will Urge Court To Block State Building
City Solicitor Joan J D Preston says she will urge Ka Circuit Court to issue an injunction blocking a $1 7 million state office building project on the former site, arguing the plan violates zoning. The state contends the city must not halt construction and will contest the action as a test case to enforce state projects. Southeastern Construction Co is bidder for the project, with state officials preparing to proceed.
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Joan J. D. Preston
Nawha Circuit Court
Preston
Southeastern Construction Co.tion
Per
State Office Building Commission
Mission
Attorney General's Office
State Merit System Council
Sity
State
Southeastern Company
Low
Ing Commission
Pai
Building Commission
Jeson
Atty
William C. Marpettt
House to tax university and charitable organization business
House Ways and Means members said the tax draft group voted to tax business activities of universities colleges and charitable organizations. Educational and charitable groups now enjoy tax exemptions and the Treasury estimates about 100 million dollars in annual revenue from this change, with total measures reaching about 450 million. Chairman Doughton hopes action on the bill next week.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Doughton
D-Nc
Senate
Finance Committee
Dayton
Ie Cooperatives
Aa Aia
Senate Plans Long Memorial Holiday
The Senate will recess until Wednesday aside from a token session Monday. Upon resuming at noon Wednesday the body will hear Secretary of State Acheson address a joint session on his European trip at the Library of Congress. The House also began an all-day recess with members expected for the Wednesday session.
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Washington
Senate
Library of Congress
Secretary of
State Acheson
Congress
House
Bist Isoreé
Ex-Prosecutor Says Amerasia Case Kept Quiet to Save Face
Former U S attorney Robert M Hitchcock testified before the Tydings committee that six principals in the Amerasia theft case were spared to “save what could be saved” after evidence was obtained illegally He noted Philip Jaffe pleaded guilty to theft of hundreds of secret government documents and was fined 2500 Larsen a state department employee admitted passing documents to Jaffe with a 500 fine The testimony covered illegal searches of the Amerasia office and Larsen apartment and raised charges of political manipulation and secrecy in the proceedings.
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Washington
Amerasia
Senate
Robert M. Hitchcock
U. S
Tydings
Philip Jaffe
Jaffe
Emmanuel Larsen
Jother
Larsen
State Department
Hitchcock
James P. McInerney
Justice De[partment
Sen
McCarthy R-Wisi
Tydings-McMahon
Eattier
McCarthy
iHitchcock
Browder
Field
British End Gasoline Ration After 11 Years
London May 26 In a Commons announcement Fuel Minister Philip Noel-Baker said rationing ends due to American oil company agreements. The Standard Oil and California Texas Oil companies will supply fuel and accept pounds sterling, enabling Britain to resume unstrained petrol access as Whitsun travel looms. Police warn of possible road jams and urge careful driving.
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London
Harold Scott
Philip Noel-Baker
House of Commons
Standard QO. Co
New Jersey
California
Texas Oi Co
Britain
Charleston Saturday Skywatch Evening with Planets
The Charleston forecast highlights visible planets and prominent stars including Spica near the Moon. The Big Dipper sits high in the north while Saturn and Jupiter appear in the south and southeast respectively with Venus low in the western sky.
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Wores
Spica
Follaes
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
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