Parade Honors City War Dead This Afternoon
Downtown Memorial Day parade in Charleston features Air Force leader speech on library steps. Brig Gen J W Crabb will address at 2:30 pm after formations by multiple posts, with fighter planes overhead and a wartime citation to honor a fallen veteran’s family.
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Air Force
Armed Services
Charleston
John C. Krause
John Brawley
American Legion
Usted
Kanawha Blvd
Morris St
Boulevard
Brooks St
Broad St
Capitol St
Capitol
Lee St
Lee
Kanawha County Public Library
Myrause
Marshall Krause
Frank Craner
John Alexander
C.R. Levy
Frank Levers
L. K. Landau
Marshal Landau
Marshal Krause
Marshal Craner
150Th Infantry
West Vir
Ginia National Guard
Charles
Ton Fire Department
West Virginia
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Corps
Marine Reserve
Charleston High School
Rainbow Girls
United Nations
Marshal Alexander
Blandon Relief Corps
Garnet High School
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Elk Kanawha
C. B. Levy
Auxiliary
Kanawha
Legion
Red Cross
Navy
Charleston Auxiliary Patriotic Service
CAPS
Army
Frank
Levers
Stonewall Jackson
Boy Scouts
Seal Scouts
Scout Safety Patrol
Cub Scouts
Crabb
J. W. Crabb
Greenville S. C
Ninth Air Force
R. H. Amick
Park A
Nelson Dingley
West Virginia Military District
West Virginia National Air Squadron
Blandon Rebief Corps
South Side Bridge
Addie Kendricks
Kanawha River
Birdsey Hughes
Joba
Evanley
Marine Service
Municipal Auditorium
Herbert J. Thomas de
Plesse
Nee Be
Peaceful Memorial Day Ends Major Labor Strikes
The nation enjoyed a holiday respite as the Chrysler strike settled for a 13 cent wage increase after 75,000 CIO UAW workers were out for 17 days. Packinghouse workers at Rath Packing Co reached an agreement. meat strike ends show remaining tag ends. Unsettled rail and three operating brotherhood disputes linger, with White House mediating. GE and CIO U E workers talks resume for 128,000 employees next Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Chrysler
Cio-United Auto
CIO Packinghouse
Wilson and Company
Rath Packing Co
Waterloo
White House
General Electric
CIO - United Electrical Workers
Students Steal $6,000 Boat Climax Shoplifting Spree
Five East End junior high youths aged 14 to 16 admitted stealing merchandise over two months and hijacking a 36 foot Criss Craft cabin cruiser to "give the kids a ride." Police say the ring’s largest theft was the boat from C. C. Jordan on the Kanawha River. The group used the craft to thrill classmates at the Daniel Boone state park before it ran out of gas and was recovered by the owner’s brother. The investigation linked shoplifting across downtown stores to a Charleston area garage motor theft.
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Neil Boggs
East End
Frank Riddle
Riddle
C. C. Jordan
129Th St. i
Sgt. Riddle
Kanawha City
Campbell’s Creek
Daniel Boone State Park
Charleston
Frizzell Named GOP Convention Official
Virgil F. Frizzell president of Frizzell Distributing Co. was named assistant secretary to the Republican national convention. The appointment, announced from Philadelphia, places him as an aide to Mrs. Dudley C. Hay of Michigan, the first woman named secretary of a national convention. Hay is a native of Braxton county.
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Virgil F. Frizzell
Frizzell Distributing Co
Court St
Philadelphia
Frizzell
Dudley C. Hay
Michigan
Hay
Braxton County
Solons Near Accord On Trade Bills
Senate Republican leaders near agreement on a one-year extension of the reciprocal trade program with no veto strings but Democratic leader McGrath of Rhode Island warns the measure is unsatisfactory. He signals possible administration opposition and notes concern over ERP impacts.
Voice to Cut Music and Nonsense From VOA Broadcasts
Rep. Chenoweth urges removal of entertainment from Voice of America programs to foreign countries. He says factual news should remain, entertainment makes up about a third of VOA, and a broader checkup is needed.
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Voice
Washington
State Department
Voice of America
United States
Rep
Chenoweth
R-Cole
Memorial Day Observance Marks War Dead Tribute
The United States pays tribute to war dead with Memorial Day prayers for peace led by President Truman who will lay a wreath at Arlington at 10 50 a m and address the nation via radio. Holidays suspend federal and state operations as travel soars and major events including the Indianapolis 500 draw crowds.
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Associated Press
United States
Truman
Arlington National Cemetery
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Washington
Williamsburg
Arlington
Union (Railroad
Senate
House
Congress
Indianapolis Speedway
Mt. Surabachi
Iwo Jima
Jerusalem Front War Escalates As Armies Battle City
Arab troops widen battle for all Jerusalem while Jewish forces try to break the blockade of four highways. Egyptian units advance from Majdal toward Isdud, clash with Jewish armor near Beerot Yitzhak, and strike Tel Aviv coastal defenses. Jewish air force attacks Jenin Nablus and Ramallah as fighting grips the Old City where fires devastate the ghetto and 1,500 civilians are evacuated.
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Cairo
Jerusalem
Holy City
Tel Aviv
Majdal
Isdud
Jaffa
Defense Ministry
Beerot Yitzhak
Gaza
Isduel
Israel
Q. N
Jenin
Nablus
Ramallah
Thei Arab Legion
Old City
Holy Sepulchre
Air Force plans long range bombers with large fund
The Air Force seeks 1 998 800 000 for long range strategic bombers, part of a defense package with 653 635 000 for naval aircraft. Forrestal and the White House will review needs in September and December, with possible further allotments. The plan prioritizes bomber construction, including B-50 type planes, while trimming non bomber/fighter orders.
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Washington
Air Force
Defense
Forrestal
Congress
Navy
White House
Budget’ Bureau
Wallace Raps Mundt Nixon Bill Attacks Communist Link
Senate judiciary witnesses Henry Wallace and Norman Thomas condemned the Mundt Nixon anti-Communism bill as dangerous and subversive. Wallace warned against confronting Russia with both the atom bomb and the Mundt bill, while Thomas suggested Wallace’s third party is largely controlled by communists, though not declaring Wallace a communist. Wallace defended his 3,000 word statement as his own work and read it to the committee.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
United States Congress
Russia
Wallace
Norman Thomas
Senate Judiciary Committee
U.S
Red
Thomas
Henry Wallace
Overtime Pay Dispute Heads to Supreme Court
Washington May 29 A wage hour dispute over overtime rates for longshoremen could reach a Supreme Court ruling soon. The case centers on whether time and a half pay for night and holiday work counts as overtime or a premium built into the regular rate. If the court sides with workers, overtime beyond 40 hours may be calculated at two and a quarter times the daytime rate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Streak Editions Suspended for Memorial Day Weekend
The Gazette announces blue streak editions normally on Sunday and Monday nights will be suspended to give employees a Memorial Day weekend off. Other editions will appear as usual.
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Gazette
Trials of Nazis Seen as Helping Humanity Law
Washington May 23 The United States has made the greatest step forward in human morality in history a war crimes trial judge declares Capt Michael A Musmanno presiding judge in the Nazi trial has just returned from Germany He will soon leave the Navy for his former judgeship in Pittsburgh He says humanity can be defended in court International law exists and a court will rise He sentenced 14 men to the gallows and long imprisonments but denies vengeance motive He warns against victors executing defeated foes и maintains the law of humanity as a tower of justice for all mankind
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Washington
United States
Hitler
Michael A. Musmanno
R Musmanno
Womn
Germany
Navy
Pittsburgh Court of Common Pleas
Law For Humanity
Court of Humanity
Musmanno
Deadline Given To ERP Lands
Washington May 24 The 17 Marshall plan countries were asked to meet in early June to file first year recovery programs. Paul G Hoffman head of the ECA urged Paris to push ahead promptly with plans for using 5 2 billion dollars in American aid. ECA assigned gifts and loans totaling 1 326 billion for first quarter aid to 14 nations including western Germany. Actual shipments of food fuel cotton and other goods totalled 162 747 087. Hoffman said a major objective is filling top agency jobs with high caliper men and quashing Soviet propaganda attacks on the Marshall plan. He asserted Europe is gaining confidence in recovery and that the U S will not set price controls for now. He said the agency will monitor market buying and talk to nations if needed. Please Turn to Page 13 Cal. 5
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Teonomic Cooperation Administration
Paris
Setar Eca
Germany
Swat Red
Hoffman
ECA
Europe
British Plans Civil Defense Study For Atomic Age
British plans a concentrated civilian defense study against atom bomb attacks. Field Marshal Montgomery announced that officials from heavily bombed World War I cities will join next year to shape a program for a potential surprise attack. The effort, named exercise Britannia, will coordinate civilian defense with military tactics across the empire.
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Camberley
Eng
Field Marshall
Vicount
Bernard L. Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Montgomery
Britain
War Office Staff College
Security Council sets June deadline for four week Palestine cease fire
The Security Council urged a four week cease fire in Palestine for a renewed UN peace effort. It approved several paragraphs of a British resolution with votes varying by clause. Russia and allies abstained on key points and warnings of action under Chapter 7 were voiced if violations occurred.
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Palestine
United Nations
Council
Alexandre Parodi
France
Russia
United States
Colombia
Egypt
Lebanon
Syria
Trans-Jordan
Iraq
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Ukraine
Stata of
Israel
Middle East
P. m
U.N
Argentina
Warren R. Austin
Millikin May Head Platform Builders
Congressional sources expect Sen. Millikin to be named chairman of the GOP national convention resolutions committee. The 57-year-old Senate finance chief would craft the platform, shaping a document that rebukes Truman's domestic policy while endorsing a strong foreign program and reflecting Vandenberg’s foreign policy influence.
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INS
Sen. Millikin
Coto
GOP National Convention Resolutions Committee
GOP
Congress
Millikin
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Sen
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Gov
Dewey
Harold E.stassen
Senate
Martin
Mass
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