First shells of battle smash into Shanghai city
Shanghai endures a night of bombardment as Communist forces strike the city’s east bank and Whangpoo river area. Nationalist defenders report intact positions along the riverfront while warnings of potential military withdrawals rise. General Kal-Shek and General Joseph W. Stitt feature in dispatches.
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Shanghai
Asia
T Te Ule Pench
Allushix
Pho
Lisfight
Cpi Alkbriel
Waestine
Yungtae
Commuunique
Setae
Goverment
Peanut
Sas
Maine
Joseph W. Stitt
Uhder
Biscsnin
Uhlan
Jeff Shanghai
Hom
Songwriter Visits School Officials
A garbled OCR item mentions a songwriter visiting school officials and notes about texts for national schools. It references meetings at a local school district office and names individuals connected to music depiction and textbook provision, with era references to 1944 1945 and corporate figures. The fragment hints at civic and educational themes without coherent narrative.
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Gytcher
Ghiatas
Cindier
Music Depictiment
Gla and Co
Gallitue
Iris
Minky Seation
Ford Astana PpER Refuses Open Union Talks
Detroit May 20 Ford Motor Company today flatly refused ten open simultaneous union contract talks as negotiations stalled over the 16 day old strike at Tutte Auto Workers. Ford vice president Bugis said the company would not reopen talks before June 1 promising a reasonable time before the July 15 contract expiry. The union asserts the delay is aimed at confusing issues and extending negotiations.
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Detroit
Font Marter Company
CTO
Tutte Auto Workers
TAW
Hew
Éoa
Utian
Bugis
Ford
Gompiny
Aland
Bugas
Plan for Large Crowd at Horse Show Sunday
Plan for a large crowd at the annual Horse Show by No 3er Riding Club and Columbus Aine Department. More than 100 entries expected across 21 events, English and Western classes, starting noon. Cash prizes total 500, with a late-wary drawing for spectators and concessions such as hot lunches and a pig contest. Music by The Sunset Ramblers enhances the eight hour program.
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Columbus
Sintec
Quallestars
Inder
Sunset Ramblers
Dowser Finds Water With Pliers In Stoystown
In Stoystown Pennsylvania on May 20 a local water company announced a dowser using improvised tools claimed to locate underground water. He used a pendulum and a makeshift device while the drillers began work after the dowser predicted water at about the 141-foot level, and water reportedly gushed forth once drilled.
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Stoystown
Dave Foing
Stoystown Water Co
Bes
Holes
Vans
Lancaster County
Itil Ab
Dave Ring
Economy group again seeks 10 percent spending cut
Washington May 20 The economy faction presses for the deepest cut yet proposing a ten percent reduction in army civil fund totals. Senator Douglas leads the measure to shave 400 million from a 7.5 billion appropriation amid harbors flood control allocations. Republicans Ferguson and Bridges back a five percent cut on three bills, while Democrats denounce the move as demagoguery in heated debate. The battle chills the budget stance as votes fail to seal a broader cut.
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Associated Press
Washington
Detieraire Senate
Douglas
Dan
Dotty
Velisind
Senate
Ferguson
Mich
Bridges
Tey
Sen
Lato
Agriculture Department
Benate
House
Tydings
West German constitution ratified by 5 states
May 20 Munich. The American zone draft states ratify the West German constitution as Bavarian parliament rejects it 101 to 61 and then votes 97 to 6 to join the proposed government if other states approve. A statewide referendum is urged to decide Bavarian approval. Only Communist deputies oppose the charter in four ratifying states.
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Associated Press
Munich
Germany
Gene “Tate
Hesse
Bavaria
Boi
Rhine-Westphalis
Duesseldart
Eight Hurt In Cleveland Bus Crash
Eight persons were injured when a Greyhound bus en route to Wheting collided with a passenger car on Route 22 near Moreland Hill. Among the injured taken to St Luke’s Hospital were Tosph Calla Midlands Pat passenger, with others treated for cuts and bruises after the vehicle skidded off the highway.
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Cleveland
Greyhound
Wheating
W. Way
Jak Wigden
Moreland Hill
Bt Luke's Hospital
Tosph Calla
Midlands
Bill Palle
Cary
Lewis Seeks Return to AFL Amid Labor Tensions
Cleveland May 20 Associated Press reports Lewis aims to rejoin the American Federation of Labor as coal labor struggles loom. He faces resistance from AFL leaders and rivals amid Taft-Hartley debates and a looming contract showdown with the soft coal industry in July. Some see a bid to lead if Green retires, though that goal is disputed among council members.
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Associated Praxa Cleveland
Apt
John
Lewis
Dickering
Amatiican Federation of Labor
Stnne
APL
William Cheen
APE
Muincis
Green
Worliey
Tine
Jeader
AFL
AFT
San Francisco
ATL
Tine Council
Pine Grove Cemetery takes over Lutheran site plans future care
Beginning in June the Pine Grove Cemetery Association will take over operations of the Lutheran Cemetery just north of the city. The church council requested the transfer due to size limits. Pine Grove plans to develop the burial site, arrange perpetual care, and set rates for selling remaining lots as it operates the Pine Grove annex.
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Pine Grove Cemetery Association
North City
Unis
Zahra
Cligge
Beine Mide
Walter Scall
Pine Grove Association
St Elizabeth's Cemetery
Pine Grove
Lutheran Church Council
Lik: Assodiatinn
State CIO Plans Political Drive for Change in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg May 20 The State CTO mobilized 1 630 000 members to wage an intensive political action campaign aimed at transforming state government. At a closing session Pennsylvania I s Unite political convention leaders approved a push to broaden registration and voting, asserting that mobilizing the labor base could drive major governmental change and industrial progress.
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Harrisburg
CTO
Pennsylvania
Jere
Gio-Pennsylvania
Susteial Uniott Conniell
St Edward's School to Drop Four Top Grades
A local Catholic school plans to close its high school program affecting about 25 students as enrollment declines and teacher shortages force reorganization. Grades one through eight will continue, with nine to twelve eliminated and staff reassigned to other sites as needed.
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ST. Edward's School
Brecht
AllMoigh
Heperachia
Econsisuely
Grives
Ward
Spuns
Morrow Warns Chiefs of Communist Threat to U S Business
Franklin May 20 Members of Chambers of Commerce heard Joy Mfg Co president D A Morrow denounce Communists and bureaucratic termites as enemies of American freedom. He urged business leaders to target these ideologies with resolve, sell and fight in ideas and in policy to back government action against the menace.
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Joy Mfg. Co
Franklin
Chambers of Commerce
Prandin
Corry Chamber of Commerce
D. D. A. Moyrow
Joy Manufacturing Company
Morrow
Aken
14 Cars Derailed In Pennsy Wreck
RAHWAY New Jersey May 20 Fourteen freight cars were derailed at dawn blocking all six tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad main line to Philadelphia. With one track cleared by seven a.m. commuters would be delayed considerably. A railroad spokesman said there were no injuries. Wrecking crews worked to clear the site and restore service, the railroad estimated the bottleneck would take hours to fix.
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Rahway
N. J
Bermeylvania
Rhiladelphni
Raillond
Pennsylvania
Avot
Meeting to discuss new school taxes announced
Merchants council and school board finance committee held a joint session to study proposed tax measures including a 7 percent amusement levy and a one dollar per membership fee. Attendees included School Trustees RW Peldt Gra sium and Roger Brown with lawyer Walter Scott. No substitute plan for tax was proposed and directors oppose raising existing levies. Next meeting Monday will decide on_SPAXING_ wording and potential special session May 31. Budget depends on two General Assembly bills affecting salaries and inflation, neither of which has been adopted.
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Wehy
Allone
School Sinclovks RW. Peldt
T.18
Grasium Ad
Roger ‘Brown
Fépre
Lawrence Thaning
W. W. Waterhouse
W.W. Harmond
Rolert
Walter Scott
Hey
Uader
Burr of Education
Slater
General Assembly
Duff Signs Bill Creating State Building Authority
Harrisburg May 20 The governor signs a law enabling transfer of unfinished building contracts to a new general state building authority. The act allows moving assets and projects between authorities and permits the governor to reallocate funds and land to the General Authority, Highway and Bridge Authority, and Public School Building Authority. The measure shifts millions in expected revenues and alters the state’s multi agency construction program.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
General State Building Authority
Commonwealth
Bulding Pro- Jean
James H. Duff
Legislaure
Duff
General Authority
Highway and Bridge Authority
Aes
Uo Ald
Archbishop Damaskinos Dies Former Regent of Greece
Archbishops Damaskinos, former regent of Greece, died at 58 after a period of illness. He led Greece as regent from 1944 to 1946, helped guide the church during the Nazi occupation, and was archbishop of Athens and primate from 1928. He was noted for mediating church disputes and guiding national leadership in crisis.
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Sy Asbociaem
Athens
Archblishop Damaskinos
Regen
Greece
Vain
Hwallix
Damiskinos
Damastinus
Abertess
Watt H
United States
Naai
Damasklias
Rain brings relief to Corry amid wind storm damage
The Corry district received 1.53 inches of rain ending a dry spell that hurt crops. Cooler weather followed as winds toppled glass at Hahn Furniture, knocked over brass trees, snapped wires, blew mailboxes, and caused property damage across the state line into Ohio. One death reported in Youngstown, prayers for damage and injuries continue.
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Corry
Waus
Vierai
Mehr
Airieaeionn Hia
Ameciaied Press
Biapabeiy
State Line
Ohio
Crandall Parke
Youngstown
Traffic Rumbles On To Berlin Amid Uncertain Ties
Berlin reports a tense day with Soviet and Western zones at odds over wages and currency. Moscow accuses Western forces of trying to collapse the Soviet economy while Western rail workers threaten a midnight transport strike. Mayor Jonesk Reuters of West Berlin plans talks with anti Communist railway leaders to seek a path forward.
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Berlin
Dental
Jrnesk Reuter
West
Failway Union
Western Europe aims to protect recovery at Paris talks
Secretary of State Acheson sails to Paris for the Foreign Ministers Conference pledging a no compromise stance with the Soviet Union on Germany’s future. He vows to defend Western Europe’s economic recovery and political stability, resisting concessions that could risk a repeat of wartime conditions. Berlin reports see Western powers aligned as a united front against Soviet pressure ahead of the talks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Acheson
Paris
Russia
Germany
Europe
Wight
John Taster
Perbasis
Moscow
London
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