Fiery Fascism Rises in Italian Local Elections
In Italy a rising neo-Fascist movement the Italian Social Movement MSI allied with monarchists challenged the Reds as the second strongest force. Early returns from about 2400 towns show Christian Democrats leading, with Communists-Socialists and Neo-Fascist Monarchy blocs behind.
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James M. Long
Rome
Italy
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Mussolini
Il Duce
Alcide de Gas
Naples
Europe
Bari
Christian Democrat Bloc
Communists-Socialist Alliance
de Gasperi
Demands rise for full explanation of Koje uprisings
Senate and military leaders press for answers on the Koje prisoner of war camps disturbances. Senator Bridges seeks a Senate investigation to assign responsibility to Gen. Ridgway, amid questions over how violence escalated and why authorities failed to prevent mutiny and hostage-taking.
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Washington
Koje
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Senate
Matthew B. Ridgway
Hoje
Far East
Stockades
Bridges
Ridgway
Senate Armed Services Committee
Europe
New President Named for Southern Academy of Periodontology
Dr. Sylvester Gay of Greensboro is installed as president of the Southern Academy of Periodontology. The ceremony occurred in Asheville as the dental group met yesterday with attendees from 11 states.
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Asheville
Sylvester Gay
Greensboro
Southern Academy of Periodontology
Gay
Western Big Three discuss Berlin blockade threat in Paris
In Paris the Western Big Three Dean Acheson Anthony Eden and Robert Schuman met for nearly three hours to review threats to Berlin and the wider conflict from Korea Indo China and Berlin. They urged caution noting no immediate action is needed while outlines of a joint note on Germany are refined. The session followed renewed Russian demands for a four power conference and responses to East West border tensions.
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Berlin
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
Far East
Korea
United Nations
Indo - China
British Malaya
Germany
Western
Lire. A looking glass shows your defects to yourself
A reflective quip compares a wine glass to self awareness, noting that a mirror reveals one’s faults while a glass reveals them to others. The line plays on self-knowledge and social perception with a witty twist.
Berlin braces for renewed East West barricades and land seal
In Berlin the Communist authorities raised new street barricades between the eastern and western sectors and began sealing a 375 mile no man s land between East and West Germany. Guards at Wie Sameine faced American and British police lines as barricades blocked 163 of 190 cross border streets. Western officials warned of further closures while pondering a possible resumption of the 1948 49 blockade. West Berlin s Ernest Reuter urged calm as the Big Four powers had split Berlin at Potsdam.
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Russia
Berlin-West Germany
Berlin
No-Man's Land
East
West Germany
East Germany
East Berlin
Wie
Sameine
Oomilao
Amain
Bertin
West Gasman
Barly
Western Berlin
West Berlin
Ernest Reuter
Soria
Germany
Soviet Zone
Officer firings amid Koje Island prisoner riot fallout
Koje Island officers including Lt. Col. Wilbur Raven and Col. Charles Colson were relieved of command as generals and aides discuss the Dodd case. Brig. Gen. Hayden Boatner leads the base with U N troops ordered to quell unrest. prisoners in Compound 76 forge crude weapons while 238 detainees died in rioting and executions.
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Koje Island
Ares
Jesse Island
Lee
Blackshear M. Bryan
Wilbur Raven
Newton
Tex
Walter
Walter M. Redden
Ariston
Dant
Raven
Dodd
Charles F. Colson
Maurice J. Fitzgerald
Rose Island
Aero Nations Supreme Ae Aieus Eo
Clark
Tenth Army
Bryan
U. N
Hayden L. Boatner
Boatner
Rail Issues Gain Fractions in Mixed Market Rally
New York stocks edged higher with rail shares leading gains as the market held a steady course. Atlantic Coast Line rose about 5 percent, sparking talk of a possible stock split and upbeat earnings. Seaboard Air Line and others climbed while Bethlehem Steel and several sectors declined.
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NEW York Railroad
Tlantic Coast Line
Wall Street
Seaboard Air Line
Santa Fe
New York Central Southern Railway
Union Pacific
Red— Steel
Goodrich Rubber
Jar
Commonwealth Edison
American Cyanamid
Dow Chemical
American Tobacco
Bethlehem
Sante Soa American Phone
Annecott Copper
McIntyre
Allied Chemical
Philip Morris
Reds Threaten Again to Hurl Million-Man Army at U N
From Panmunjom Korea United Nations forces face renewed threat from the Communists who declare they will unleash a 1,000,000-man army in retaliation for alleged prisoner killings. Gen Nam Il asserts the North Korean and Chinese forces will not stand idle while prisoners are murdered. U.N. patrols widen front as officials reveal screening questions to encourage prisoners to return.
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Reds
U.N
Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Six Nations
Kose Island
United States
Britain
Canada
Greece
Netherlands
Republic of Lemon
Nam Il
China
Korean People's Army
Harrison
U. N
Thhey
Truman Attacks Kremlin Over Germ Warfare Claims
President in White House Rose Garden criticizes Soviet charges of U S germ warfare in Korea, calls them lies and denounces mass deportations in Romania. He cites committee delegation reports of forced evacuations, exile, and labor camps as savage acts under Bucharest rule.
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Truman
Kremlin
United Na
Korea
White House
Romania
Genghis Khan
Coun
Bowen
Bucharest
Western Big Three propose armed forces ceiling plan
The Western Big Three propose a ceiling of 1.5 million armed personnel for the Soviet Union United States and China with UN consent and strict safeguards. They view the plan as a response to Soviet and Chinese calls for broader cuts and aim to delay implementation until agreement is reached with major powers and the United Nations. They note Soviet forces around four million US about 3.6 million and lack clear China figures.
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Max Harrelson
Nations
N. Y
Soviet Union
United States
China
United Nations
U. N. Sarmament Commission
Russia
Pigg Wee
United EU
France
Europe
Phas
Ch Kai-shek
U. N
New England Textile Wages Lead Southeast by 18-24 Cents
The Labor Department's March survey of 391,000 cotton textile workers shows New England wages 18 to 24 cents an hour higher than the Southeast. Average New England earnings reach $1.38, Southeast $1.17, with national average $1.19. Women make up 40 percent of the workforce, earning six to nine cents less per hour on average.
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Washington
Labor Department
New England
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Southern
Beast
CIO
AFL
Ole Atlantic States
Southwest
United States
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
South
Government to raise ceiling prices on wide range of foods
Washington reports the Office of Price Stabilization plans penny or slightly more boosts across many food items, lifting grocer margins to fund higher costs. The impact is a roughly 100 million dollar annual rise in the national food bill, covering cereals canned vegetables meats fish and more. Salmon excluded.
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Washington
Tornight
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Sean Enety
Tae Eet
Missing freighter B. F. with 11 aboard in St Lawrence
A 1000 ton freighter named the B. F. disappeared in the St Lawrence River with 11 crew aboard. The ship, captained by Charles Noel Bernier, left May 15 from St Anne des Monts for Three Rivers loaded with pulp wood and carried no radio. Evidence washed ashore at Les Boules, 50 miles northeast of Quebec City.
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St. Lawrence
St. Anne Des Monts
Three Rivers
B. F
Rheal
Henoch
State Briefs Highlight Clerk's Late Filing and Construction Permits
Officials explained Rep. Woodrow Jones’s late expense statement due to an oversight after it was mistakenly sent to the board. Non residential permits slowdown and a drop in total value for April are blamed on a drop in non residential permits. Doris Ann Hall, a national spelling champion, returned home from Washington and New York tour. A Wright brothers museum planned at Kill Devil Hill aims to open for the 50th anniversary with private industry funding.
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Raleigh
Board of Election
Woodrow Jones
Uith
Thad Lure
Raymond Maxwell
Jones
H. Priteha Cantiahohen
Doris Hall
Hudson
Doris Ann Hall
Doris Ann
Washington
New York
Winston-Salem
Wright Brothers
Kill Devil Hill
Kerr Scott
David Stick
Kill Devil Hills
Stick
Aviation and
Biother Industries
State Highway Commission to meet and review bids
The North Carolina State Highway Commission will meet in Raleigh on June 4 to consider low bids totaling 2 751 115 28 received yesterday across 28 to 32 counties. One bid group came in 80 015 over the estimate. In separate action, three NC car dealers face federal suits totaling 15 308 97 for ads showing cars above ceiling prices. The Dickinson Buick Co Fayetteville Sound Chevrolet Co Morehead City and Britt Buick Co Elizabethtown Biladen Wrightsville Beach are named. Lions convention closes with banquet and dance. About 1 500 Lions and wives attended. Sam Alford of Henderson spoke as Lions International counselor.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
North Carolina
Dickinson Buick Co
Fayetteville
Sound Chevrolet Co
Morehead City
Britt Buick Co
Elizabethtown
Biladen
Wrightsville Beach
Sam Alford
Henderson
Lions International
Kefauver Closes Lead in Florida Delegates Fight
Florida returns show Sen. Richard B Russell gaining 19 pledged delegates as he expands a lead in the Deep South contest with Kefauver. Across districts Russell supporters pile up votes while Kefauver trails with a few strong counties, as eight at large posts loom in the Florida results and a hot governor race drives turnout.
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Miami
Richard B Russell
Florida
Estes Kefauver
Russell
Kefauver
Ohe
Issell
Auver
W. Averell Harriman
United Press
Georgia
Chicago
Arity
Efauver
Whittle
Don McCarty
Fuller Warren
J. Brailey Odham
Odham
Allied Patrols Jab at Reds in Korean Skirmish
Allied bank task force and patrols clashed with Communist forces in a three hour forty minute fight. The assault involved tank fire and heavy mortar and artillery barrages as troops fought to seize a hill under cover. No military evidence of an imminent large offensive was reported by Allied officials.
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Seoul
Korea
Red
Partiol
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