UN Advances Deep Into North Korea Amid Air Skirmish Tactics
The United Nations forces pushed about 30 miles beyond the 38th parallel near the Manchurian frontier as Allied jets battled 30 Soviet MiG-15s over Sonchon. B 29s bombed Sunan airfield north of Pyongyang while ground troops seized Punch Bowl Valley near Inje. Communist anti aircraft fire and counterattacks continued with heavy losses on both sides.
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Earnest Hobbrecht
United Press
Tokyo
United Nations
38Th Parallel
Manchurian
Inje
North Korea
U. S
U.N
Sonchon
Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
Sunan
Pyongyang
Kumsong
GOP seeks tax bill support in battle over $7.2 billion plan
Republicans in the House push for Democratic concessions and a rewrite of the proposed tax hike. Leader Martin says many GOP members oppose the bill and favors spending and tax reductions, while Democrats defend a broad increase across individual, corporate, and excise taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Martin
Centerist Victory Sets France On Path To Free Market Shift
France's Center parties won the national elections, forming a coalition with a conservative tilt. The new National Assembly will total 627 seats, with Communists reduced to 103 and De Gaullists at 112, signaling a parliament unlikely to be pro American despite initial hopes. W Averell Harriman commented on the developing balance of power.
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Paris
France
National Assembly
Tabulat
Disabied de Gaullists
Cenbad
Oeee
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
AP Bureau Chief To Stand Trial In Prague
Prague reports indicate Associated Press correspondent William Oatis will face trial within days on charges of hostile activities toward the Czechoslovak government. Oatis, 37, was arrested April 23 and is based in Prague as AP bureau chief.
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London
Prague
U. S
Associated Press
William Oatis
Oatis
Vilem Siroly
Ellis
Briggs
Foreign Ministry
Merion
Ind
Badger Says South China Might Revolt Against Communists
Vice Admiral Oscar C Badger told Senate committees there is a chance South China may revolt against the Communists and noted areas like Manchuria and Sinkiang are under Moscow's influence while southern China still holds anti Communist sentiment. He outlined U S objectives should war occur with the Soviet Union and described current regional dynamics ahead of MacArthur dismissal hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oscar C. Badger
South China
Badger
Navy
China
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
War College
Manchuria
Inner Mongolia
Sinkiang
Moscow
U. S
Russia
Yangtze River
Southeast Asia
Senate
MacArthur Lnquiry
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Japan
Na Stes
So Arthur
United Nations
Korea
Senate Armed Services and
Foreign Relations
MacArthur
Far Eastern
Atlantic
Sea Frontier
Crowell Named New Publicity Head for Motor Vehicles Dept
William L. Crowell of Raleigh appointed director of public relations for the Motor Vehicles Department by Commissioner L. C. Rosser. A 25 year old Asheville native and former managing editor of the Carolina Farmer magazine he will start July 1 with a salary of 3480 dollars.
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Raleigh
William L
Bill) Crowell
Motor Vehicles Department
L. C. Rosser
Crowell
Jo Spivey
Greensboro Daily News
Asheville
Carolina Farmer Magazine
State Rea
Invasion planned to lure Japanese survivors from Anathan Island
U S military and civilian officials outline a three stage operation to persuade 18 Japanese shipwreck survivors on Anathan Island, including leaflets and letters from Japan, to surrender. The island hosts armed survivors led by Nakagawa Ichiri, with a planned mass landing in stage three.
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Saipan
United States
Anathan Island
Anathan Harbor
Nakagawa Ichiri
Anathan
Anathan Beach
Kanagawa
Japan
Ichiri
Policy King In Shootout Over Renewal Of Gang War
Theodore Roe, Chicago's leading policy racketeer, says three men posing as police dragged him from his car and opened fire. He fired five times but hit none in the head. Leonard Caifano died later from a temple wound as police investigated a gangland confrontation tied to the West Side policy trade. Roe reported the attackers demanded proof of police status before the gunplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Theodore Roe
Roe
John Walsh
Uniform
Leonard Caifano
Caifano
Jack
West Side
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
South Parkway
Duke Drivers Win Five-Cent Per Hour Increase
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen accepts Duke Power Co pay raise for 625 bus drivers in six cities after lengthy talks. The retroactive contract runs Jan 2 to May 1, 1952, with AFL allied transit unions in Greensboro and Durham also on the same terms. F. L. Picotte signed for the union, while Thomas F. Hill and S. L. Duckett signed for the company. Federal mediators Yates Heafner and Joseph C. Wright aided negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Railway
Duke Power Co
Charlotte
Point
Winston-Salem
N. C
Greenville
8. C
BRT
American Federation of Labor
Greensboro
Durham
Brotherhood
F. L. Picotte
Atlanta
Union
Thomas F. Hill
S. L. Duckett
Yates Heafner
Joseph C. Wright
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Anevane
Detroit Strikers Return To Work
Detroit trolley cars and city buses resumed service today after a 59 day strike by AFL drivers demanding wage increases. Arbitration will determine the wage issue as transit workers return to the streets in the city's longest municipal strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
AFL
Britain Moves to Block Strategic Goods to Red China
London announces all exports from Britain to Hong Kong and China will require licenses starting next Tuesday. Sir Hartley Shawcross notes no licenses will be issued for goods of strategic or military importance amid widening controls.
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London
Britain
Kong
Hartley Ross
The
Board of Trade
United
Hong Kong
China
Shawcross
House of Commons
Lumber Prices Fall Below Ceiling in Eastern NC
Eastern North Carolina lumber prices run 5 to 15 dollars per thousand feet under ceiling according to the Raleigh OPS. A recent survey shows an overall lumber surplus with only spotty scarcities for some grades. Law officers chase Thomas C Brackett in a two state search since May 18 after Asheville meat market operators were jailed for selling horsemeat. McMullan discusses sporadic gas price wars in North Carolina after a meeting with the NC Oil Jobbers Association led by Roby F. Taylor of Winston-Salem.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Asheville
South Carolina
Thomas C. Brackett
Brackett
O. B. Harris
J. W. Anders
Harry McMullan
N. C
Police Officers Convene at Carolinas Convention
Several hundred law enforcement officers gathered in Wilmington for the annual convention of the North and South Carolina Police Officers Association.
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Wilmington
North and South Carolina
Power Plant Planned by Tidewater Power Co
Warren president of Tidewater Power Co announces plans to build a 23 million dollar plant near here with 150000 kilowatts capacity to meet the needs of southeastern North Carolina.
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Warren
Tidewater Power Co
Dell
North Carolina
Two-State United Red Feather Campaign Discussed
A two-state United Red Feather campaign plan was discussed today by Community Chest representatives from 18 Carolina cities. The meeting was called by James Fogarty of Greensboro and Harold Weekley of Greenville, chairmen of the North Carolina and South Carolina Association of Chest and Council Executives.
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Charlotte
United Red Feather
Community Chest
Carolina
James Fogarty
Greensboro
Harold Weekley
Greenville
D. C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Chest
Council
Tar Heel truckers protest tobacco rail rate cut
The North Carolina Motor Carriers Association led truckers in Raleigh against a proposed cut in tobacco rail rates. They told the State Utilities Commission that railroads cannot justify lower weight charges while claiming a need for higher rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Motor Carriers Association
State Utilities Commission
Madison County elections lease drew new review front
The State Board of Elections sent a Bureau of Investigation report on vote irregularities to Attorney General Harry McMullan for review. He was asked to forward the findings to W. K. McLean, 19th district. More on page twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Madison County
State Board of Elections
Bureau of Investigation
Harry McMullan
W. K. McLean
United Airlines Pilots Strike Halts Flights Coast to Coast
About 900 pilots and co-pilots walked out in a strike led by AFL Air Lines Pilots Association president David L. Behncke. United Air Lines cancelled flights nationwide as a mileage based pay demand clashed with the company’s hourly system and union limits.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
David L. Behncke
AFL Air Lines Pilots Association
Vase
UAL
W. A. Patterson
New York
United States
United
San Francisco
Pan-American Airways
Eastern Airlines
Truman signs tougher draft law lowering age to eighteen
President Truman approved a new draft statute cutting the age to 18 and permitting induction of 385,000 currently deferred registrants ages 19 through 25. The measure creates a framework for a postwar universal training program and extends the draft term to two years with 24 months for reserves and guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMT
United Prese Statf Correapontental Staff
Washington
Truman
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
Controls Extension Approved by Senate Banking Panel
The Senate Banking Committee approved an eight month extension of wage price and rent controls, with 7 to 6 vote. It kept Defense Production Act authority through March 1 1952 and allowed an 18 month payment period for autos, while limiting down payments. House panel meanwhile voted to eliminate beef price rollbacks of 412 percent on August 1 and October 1.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Board
House Banking Committee
Michael V. DiSalle
Senate Committee
Defense Plants Corp
Hospital mixup leaves Kuykendell in distress
E D Kuykendell told hospital staff his wife had just given birth in the truck front seat. Attendants rushed to help the wife while Kuykendell himself fainted in the hospital ward, staggered by the surprising claim and his own collapse.
Weather report updates with temps
The forecast notes a low tonight of 63 degrees and a high tomorrow of 86. Today's high reached 5? and last night’s low stood at 61.
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Robert L. Doughton
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Jess
New
William L. Crowell
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Duke
NC Briefs
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Pentagon
Tehran
Tran
Moeee M H
Henry F. Grady
Iran
Grady
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
AIOC
Abadan
Mossadegh
Hossein Maki
Ape Fe
Europe
Weather Bureau
Boston
Charleston
St. P
Mt. Mitchell
New Orleans
San Antonio
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