General War May Be Unavoidable Says General
London reports quote War Minister John Strachey warning that a general war with China may be unavoidable. He opposes offensive moves against China and urges rigid restraint in Korea while criticizing Gen. Douglas MacArthur's policies as dangerous to the West.
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London
John Strachey
China
Douglas MacArthur
Strachey
Kroea
Chia Kai-shek
Korea
Bes Korea
Winston Churchill
Labor Party
Rty
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Asia
Far East
Ooaeee
Packinghouse Workers Seek New Pay Boost This Summer
The CIO United Packinghouse Workers moved to launch another drive for higher wages after a unanimous vote at their wage and contract conference. They rejected the nine cent WSB award as insufficient and pledged action this summer, stating no industry wide strike is planned.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse
Ralph Helstein
WSB
Armour
Swift
Wilson
Detroit Bus Strike Shows City Keeps Moving Amid Disruption
Detroit faces up to a fifth week without buses or streetcars as transit workers strike for higher pay. Despite 2,000,000 residents experiencing inconvenience, factories, stores, and schools run normally. Cars fill streets and pool taxis aid traffic. unlicensed jitneys are barred. senior drivers operate the remaining buses.
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Detroit
Srey
Board of Tion
Allies Hit Back In Korean War Fighting
Allied and Chinese forces clashed as counterattacks and probing assaults continued near Seoul and along major roads. American units repelled night charges while Chinese focused on Inchon highway positions and Hongchon defenses. Reports described prisoner accounts and ongoing “probing” actions rather than full-scale offensives.
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United Press
Wil
Burson
Mijongbu
Seoul
Clark L. Ruffner
Hongchow
South Korea
Chunchon
Chipyong
Wonju
Anot
Korea
Uijongbu
Train Crash in Bryn Mawr Kills and Injures Dozens
Federal investigators question crewmen and passengers after a Red Arrow express rammed a halted Pittsburgh to Philadelphia night train near Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania. The crash killed 11 and injured 63 as the engineer and others suffered injuries and shock. Authorities seek to determine why the Red Arrow was speeding through the Philadelphia main line.
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Bryn Mawr
F. B. Yentzer
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Rae Ber
Socae Brealeadl Tous Pase Gastors
One-Armed Man Denies Murder in Slaying Case
George Phillips a 23 year old insurance salesman and bowler denied a first degree murder charge in the brutal April 25 slaying of 32 year old Mrs. Russell Alter. The case hinges on a bloodstained car and home evidence including stains in the bedroom bathroom and even on the ceiling.
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Columbus
George Phillips
Russell Alter
Phillips
Alter
Gromyko Proposes Flexible German Remilitarization Agenda
Paris May 19 Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko drafted a plan for the Big Four foreign ministers conference. The proposal would place the German remilitarization issue high on the agenda and again lower down, allowing ministers to decide when to discuss the question.
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Paris
Andrei A. Gromyko
West m
Russia
Druggists Gather for 71st North Carolina Convention
Pinehurst hosts the 71st annual North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association convention from May 19. Speakers include Dr. George D. Beal of the Mellon Institute, Dr. H. P. Fraser of the U S Public Health Service, E Z Jones civilian defense director, and John G. Clark of the Eastern North Carolina OPS office.
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Pinehurst
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association
George D. Beal
Mellon Institute
American Council On Pharmaceutical Education
H. P. Fraser
U.S. Public Health Service
Lexington
E. Z. Jones
John G. Clark
North Carolina
Office of Price Stabilization
UNC Art Students To Tour Europe For Credit
UNC art students will earn graduation credits while touring Europe this summer. Professor Clemens Sommer will conduct the tour teaching art history courses with full credit. The group departs July 25 and returns September 6 visiting Rome Orvieto Augsburg Heidelberg and more.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Italy
Clemens Sommer
University
Rome
Orvieto
bachelors organize to protect single life in new club
Richard Kleiner reports on 25 000 unmarried men joining a Bachelor Protection Association. The group promotes bachelorhood with a 35 cent gag membership and distributes tips, magazines, and an apartment tour. A Bachelor Opinion Poll finds 89 percent of respondents might still marry, 11 percent stay in bachelor life.
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Richard Kleiner
NEA
New York
America
R. W. Marriage
EPA
Hemsch
BPA
Mrs Vogeler Describes Husband’s Imprisonment Experience
Virginia Beach May 19 AUP Mrs Robert Vogeler wife of a U S business executive who spent 14 months in a Communist prison spoke briefly about his treatment He is recovering at Bethesda Naval Hospital after release He faced solitary confinement and threats during imprisonment and cannot speak publicly while under security restrictions She urged businessmen to defend freedom and free enterprise The first sawmill in the West dated to 1827 at Fort Vancouver built by the Hudsons Bay Company.
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ED Grimmsley
Virginia Beach
Robert Vogeler
Ener
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Vogeler
Wen
Aes
Bob
Pgtfa
Fort Vancouver
Washington
The
Hudsn Bay Co
Las Vegas Gambling Boom Draws Big Spenders
Las Vegas hotels report peak winter bookings as illegal gambling probes drive gamblers to the Strip. Nevada tally shows 542 326.91 in gambling taxes and licenses in early 1950s, with round‑the‑clock play at dice tables and slots. Operators tout honest play and high tips for dealers while promoting plush rooms and cheap meals to attract high rollers.
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Douglas Larsen
NEA
Las Vegas
Nev
Estes Kefauver
Miami
Chicago
Eland
Nevada
Nvada
Last Frontier
Desert Inn
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