Russia Might End Korea War At Any Time
Adm. Forrest Sherman testified that Russia could call off the Korea War at any time if pressured and the U S grows stronger He said Washington’s strength could influence Moscow and noted U N forces faced a low point last winter with fears of a Dunkirk like evacuation and a world war possibility.
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Washington
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Russia
Korea
United States
Sherman
Naval Operations
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Pentagon
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Tokyo
Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
Collins
China
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Senator Lodge
Rmass
Lodge
Kremlin
U.S
Joint Chiefs
United Nations
U.N
Mrs Mackland Named Master Homemaker in Iowa 1951
Mrs Wayne Mackland of Crescent is one of six Iowa farm women chosen as master of farm homemakers for 1951. The award was sponsored by Wallaces' Farmer and Iowa Homestead with a luncheon honor in Des Moines. Other winners include Mrs Keith Barnes of Brighton Mrs Walter Neubaum of Barnum Mrs Tor Kil Aure of Bode Mrs Howard Schnitter of Delhi and Mrs Z M Phelps of Hillsboro.
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Wayne Mackland
Crescent
Iowa
Associated Press
Mackland
Des Moines
Wallaces
Iowa Homestead
Keith Barnes
Brighton
Walter‘ Neubaum
Barnum
Tor- Kil Aure
Bode
Howard Schnitter
Delhi
Z. M. Phelps
Hillsboro
Navy officer fired for hot letter targets Acheson views
Former Lt. William H. Evans of Edgewater Maryland says in a hot letter to Alfred Kohlberg that the State Department is pro red and that Americans are dying due to a pro red administration. Admiral Sherman says shipmates did not share Evans views and Evans was dismissed after a Navy review.
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Washington
Navy
Far East
Wiliam H. Evans
Edgewater
State Department
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Evans
Senate
MacArthur
Sherman
State Acheson
Dean Acheson
Congress
Alfred Kohlberg
New York
Rogers
Korea
Kohlberg
Priest credited with saving youth on hotel ledge
In Boston a white-haired priest, Father Joseph P. Curran of St. Stephen's, is credited with saving 18-year-old Albert Thomas, an Army private AWOL from Fort Dix, who clung to a hotel ledge for 92 minutes on the ninth floor of the Touraine. Curran persuaded him to come inside after several failed attempts by others.
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Boston
Albert Thomas
Fort Dix
N. J
Joseph P. Curran
St. Stephen's Catholic Church
Thomas
Gas Truck Crashes Into Kellogg Plant Killing Driver
A gas delivery truck plowed into the Kellogg Cereal plant in Omaha damaging the structure and igniting a blaze that killed the driver and possibly a passenger. About 25 workers fled as flames consumed the truck and building. Three people were hospitalized for minor injuries. Fire Capt. Dan Mulcahey identified the driver as 27 year old Robert Woodworth of Omaha.
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Omaha Plase
Kellogg Cereal Company
Dan Mulcahey
Robert Woodworth
Omaha
Air pioneer Blair calls polar flight easy for lone crossing
New York, Charles Blair Jr the first to fly solo over the north pole in a single engine plane says the trip was awfully easy but he does not want to repeat it. He flew 3,300 miles from Bardu Norway to Fairbanks Alaska in 10 hours 27 minutes aboard a converted F 51 Mustang nicknamed the flying gas tank. Eight hours later he embarked on a 3 450 mile non stop hop to New York arriving at 2 40 p.m CST Wednesday.
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New York
Charles Blair Jr
North Pole
Airlines
Bardu
Norway
Fairbanks
Alaska
Blair
Lew
Explosion Traps 14 Miners in German Mine Shaft
An explosion trapped 14 German miners in a burning mine shaft in Hamm Herringen on Thursday. Rescue workers abandoned hope of rescuing any of the trapped men as 20 miners were saved, four of them critically injured.
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Hamm-Herringen
Germany
Out Court Settlement Halts Marshalltown Auto Racing Action
An out of court settlement likely will halt the Marshalltown city lawsuit to bar auto racing at the Central Iowa fairgrounds. The agreement appears to resolve the dispute without a court ruling and allows continued activity under new terms.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Fairgrounds
Police Seek Suspect With Gashed Hand In Jewelry Burglary
Police hunt a suspect with a severely cut hand linked to a $900 Lacey-War ford jewelry store burglary. The story and photo appear on page 18. Also noted are Memorial day tornado deaths in Nebraska and Iowa accidents, with related stories on other pages.
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Lacey-Warford
Nebraska
Iowa
MacArthur’s Worldly Goods Catch Up With Him
New York dispatch reports Gen Douglas MacArthur’s worldly goods totaling 49 tons arriving aboard the naval transport C. C. Ballou from Tokyo. Included are three private cars and 43 pieces of baggage for the MacAr thurs, plus the private tutor of Arthur and four dogs. Mrs Phyllis Gibbons accompanies four Tokyo guard members and meets Mrs MacArthur and young Arthur at the pier. The group returns to the Waldorf Astoria where Mrs Gibbons will stay temporarily.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
C. C. Ballou
Taylor Bridge Work Plans Survey Considered by County Board
The county board of supervisors will study four survey plans for the Taylor bridge project located a mile and a half northwest of Avoca. The bridge was washed out nine years ago and has not been replaced. after completing surveys, the board will decide on a solution.
Cardinal Dougherty Dies in Philadelphia
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, 85, archbishop of Philadelphia since 1918, died in his residence after a stroke. He celebrated mass earlier the day marking the 61st anniversary of his ordination, and remained active in duties as dean of the American church.
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Philadelphia
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
United States
Schmitz Named Administrator of Mondamin Sacred Heart Parish
The Rev. Peter N. Schmitz assistant priest at Mondamin has been named administrator of Sacred Heart Parish. He will assume the post June 5 after serving three years in Mondamin coming from St. Francis in Council Bluffs.
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Ine Nonydren Earling
Peter N. Schmitz
Sacred Heart Pansh
Mondamin
Schmitz
St. Francis
Council Bluffs
Des Moines Fire Causes 10000 Dollar Loss at Elevator
A Thursday morning fire at the Farmer Elevator Service Co in Des Moines caused an estimated 10000 dollars in damage. The blaze started when lightning struck the electrical system. No injuries are reported.
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Des Moines
Farmer Elevator Service Co
Two Brilliant Brothers in Juvenile Home at Toledo
In Toledo Iowa two wards of the state aged 15 and 13, brothers, show exceptional mental powers with IQs of 160 and 156 learned during a routine state psychologist examination. Their parents are divorced, the father remarried and left the state, the mother cannot provide a suitable home. Supt Ladd notes they appear normal and well at the home but would thrive in a private setting with better guidance. A farmer offered care, but doubt exists about farm life suitability. The older boy aspires to baseball, the younger to aviation but teachers urge a teaching path for him due to fluent speech.
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Toledo
Il. H. Ladd
More Rain Due In Bluffs Area After Memorial Day Storms
After a sunny Memorial day thunderstorms brought 1.24 inches of rain in Council Bluffs late Wednesday night and early Thursday. More thundershowers were forecast for Thursday night and Friday with highs in the upper 80s Thursday and near 60 Friday morning. The weatherman noted cold air aloft driving the unsettled pattern and warned of a 51 to 60 degree dip in the coming days. Lightning struck a home in Billings, with injuries. street crews reported paving damage from the deluge and widespread rain across the state. Memorial Day crowds surged at Lake Manawa and Playland, with thousands at state park openings and large turnout for auto racing and local clubs.
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Council Bluffs
Billings
Mont
North Platte
Neb
Jeppe Bundgaard
West
Graham Avenue
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Spencer
Sioux City
Onawa
Emmetsburg
Gene Carrier
Lake Manawa
Elks Country Club
Fish and Game Club
Playland Park
Bernie Kelly
Iran moves to seize Britain's oil stake in Iran
Tehran declares plans to nationalize the major Anglo Iranian Oil Co immediately and gave the company five days to propose changes. British observers say hopes for a quick solution have dimmed after a Wednesday memorandum.
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Tehran
Iran
Britain
Hermit Dies After First Encounter With Car
A Wisconsin hermit of the Ozarks wandered from the woods and sighted an automobile for the first time, but did not see it soon enough, ending in his death per the Milwaukee Road Magazine.
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Ozark
Milwaukee Road Magazine
Three Fort Dodge Crewmen Dead in Woodbine Rail Wreck
Three Ilinois Central railroad crewmen from Fort Dodge are believed dead after a locomotive and 15 freight cars plunged through a flood weakened trestle near Woodbine at dawn. Engineer Edward Holland 51 Fireman Cecil Lyerly 32 and Head Brakeman Milford Jenison 42 trapped in wreckage. Conductor and rear brakeman aboard caboose unharmed. Wreck scene described as crushed locomotive with no visible trace of the men save one shoe. Flood waters earlier swept the creek. no eyewitnesses to the moment of collapse. Local doctors and section workers aided but could not reach the entombed men until cars cleared. Holland Jenison and Lyerly details follow their railroad service.
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Fort Dodge
Edward Holland
Cecil Lyerly
Milford Jenison
E. L. Edwards
Woodbine
Fof Woodbine
Edwards
Council Bluffs
Holland
Jenison
Iran
Lyerly
The
Road
Red Troops Fight With New Fury Near Chorwon Kumhwa
Allied forces push 13 miles from Chorwon and Kumhwa as China and North Korea press renewed offensives. U S B 29s bomb rail bridges while F 86 Sabres and Red jets clash. Yonchon remains a no man s land as American and Chinese forces trade blows.
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Tokyo
Chorwon
Kumhwa
United Nations
Hwachon
Seoul
Yonchon
John Randolph
Memorial Day Toll Hits New Low Across Nation
The Memorial Day death toll was unusually light with 128 violent deaths recorded, including 30 highway fatalities. Officials called the overall figure a marvelous achievement as drowning and other accidents added to the toll, staying well under safety council estimates.
Body Identified As That of Ralph Hager
A body identified from papers as Ralph Wallace Hager of 2932 Avenue G was recovered from the Missouri river near Plattsmouth Nebraska. Cass County Sheriff Tom Solomon identified the remains from an honorable discharge folder found in a pocket. Hager, a music store employee, had been missing since February. County Coroner Henry Meyer was en route to Plattsmouth to investigate. The report also notes delays in the disbarment hearing of local attorney Meldrum with a three judge panel.
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Ralph Wallace Hager
Avenue G
Missouri River
Plattsmouth
Neb
Associated Press
Cass County
Tom Solomon
Hager
Henry Meyer
Clarence B
Meldrum
Platsmouth
B. Forsling
Sioux City
Florida House votes to sustain Warren veto on racing info ban
The Florida House, by 47 to 44, sustains Gov Fuller Warren's veto of a bill that would prohibit publication of horse race information useful to gamblers.
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Wallahassee
Flame
Florida
Fuller Warren
Mental Competence Found for Bank Robber Edward Wiese
Edward Wiese 26 of Elbow Lake Minnesota who admitted an $11 629 holdup of the Dallas County Savings bank has been ruled mentally competent by Dr A S Price psychiatrist and member of the Polk county insanity commission.
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Des Moines
Edward Wiese
Elbow Lake
Minn
Dallas County Savings Bank
A. S. Price
Polk County
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Illinois Central
Woodbine Cab
Sigurd Hansen
Z. M. Decker
Sarrison County
Harold M. Hennessey
Secretary of Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Creighton University
David Lawrence
Cardinal Dougherty
Bluffs
Ralph Hager
Warren
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