Japan greets peace as war ends and occupation ends
Tokyo marks the end of six years and eight months of Allied occupation as the peace treaty with Japan and 48 nations takes effect at 10:30 p.m. EST. Prime Minister Yoshida calls it a magnanimous peace while others mourn, and Hirohito's birthday tomorrow becomes a national holiday. Ambassador Murphy is set to arrive in Tokyo about midnight.
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Tokyo
Japan
U. S
Broadway
Shigeru Yoshida
Hirohito
Robert D. Murphy
U.S
Prison Riot Warden Gets Another Job
Jackson, Mich. a young psychologist who helped end a five day mutiny at Southern Michigan Prison has been reassigned from assistant deputy warden. Dr Vernon Fox 36 remains with the department but moved to other duties outside the prison after guards demanded his firing and protection from armed troopers. Fox had congratulated mutineers over the loudspeaker as they won concessions and freed eight hostages.
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Jackson
Mich
Southern Michigan
Vernon Fox
Earnest C. Brooks
Brooks
Fox
Six County Men Called for Indiana County Draft Board
Six young men were called up by the Indiana County draft board. Charles Mergin Eckman, Smicksburg. Fred Fetterman, Indiana. Eugene Victor Buoncompagno, Detroit. Ronald Edgar Coulter, Salineburg. James William Brust, Indiana. and Harry Henry Abel, Marien Center, must report to Room 314 at the Indiana Theater Building by 6:45 a.m. on May 8. Winchester, Remington, and Savage shotguns and rifles offered with easy payments and no carrying charge by Rogers Jewelry. Also promoting the 4th annual Antique Show and Sale at the First Presbyterian Church May 2 and 3 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with fifteen Pennsylvania dealers displaying china, glassware, and furniture, plus a snack bar.
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Indiana County Draft Board
Indiana Theater Building
Charles Mergin Eckman
Smicksburg
Fred Fetterman
Indiana
Eugene Victor Buoncompagno
Detroit
Ronald Edgar Coulter
Salinburg
James William Brust
Harry Henry Abel
Marpion Center
First Presbyterian Church
Pennsylvania
Court Decision Due On Seizure Of Steel
The long running fight over President Truman’s steel seizure continues as Judge David A. Pine weighs arguments from the steel industry seeking return of the mills. Truman defends limited executive power while advocating court review of legality amid national safety concerns.
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Washington
Truman
David A. Pine
White House
Pine
Holmes Baldridge
Baldridge
Congress
Joseph A. Martin
Massachusetts
House
GOP Policy Committee
Nation-Wide Oil Strike Threat Looms Over Industry
Nation wide walkout threatened as Oil Workers International Union CIO completes final preparations for a strike starting at 12:01 a m Wednesday. A 2 man policy committee met at Denver union headquarters to plan and warn of potential paralysis of gas and oil output. O A Knight signed statement saying final plans are ready unless a wage settlement arrives before the deadline.
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Denver
Oil Worksers International Union
CIO
OWIU
O. A Knight
AFL
Independent
Oil Workers Union
Starford Gl Dies In War
Mr and Mrs Hugh E Shaw learn their son 19 year old Pfc William Shaw was killed in Korea when a fellow soldier discharged accidentally The Defense Department said he died March 2 and the body was en route to the United States aboard the Yugoslavia Victory Shaw enlisted August 22 1949 and trained at Ft Dix served in Texas before going to Korea with a 90 mm anti aircraft battery He attended Green Township High School.
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Starford
Hugh E. Shaw
William Shaw
Korea
Defense Department
United States
Yugoslavia
Pvt. Shaw
Army
Ft. Dix
N. J
Texas
Green Township High School
Victim Killed in Route 24 Crash in New Jersey
George Faydil aged 65 from East Greenville Pennsylvania died after a pickup driven by his son Philip struck a bridge abutment on Route 24 in Lopatcong Township. Police say the son fell asleep at the wheel and lost control early yesterday.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
George Faydil
East Greenville
Philip
Lopatcong Township
Three Men Hold Key to Nomination
In a potential convention stalemate between Taft and Eisenhower, Gov. Earl Warren of California Gov. John S. Fine of Pennsylvania and Michigan national committeeman Arthur Summerfield loom large as uncommitted delegates. Their influence could sway the 603 votes needed for a first ballot victory, with New Hampshire and New Jersey results cited as context.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Earl Warren
California
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Arthur Summerfield
Chicago
Archusetts
Eisenhower
Taft
North Atlantic Seaboard
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Last Test For the Taft Seen In Mass. Vote
Massachusetts primary tests Eisenhower against Taft for GOP delegates with 28 district seats and 10 at large. Taft leads nationwide with 266 pledged or known delegates to Eisenhower's 233. six at large uncommitted. Preferential voting allows write-in picks like Bob and Ike as voters choose.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A.taft
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Taft
Taff
Bob
Family of 4 Injured In Area Crash Near Elderton
A Detroit family of four was hospitalized after a one car crash near Elderton Saturday. Mrs Julia Danko 30 suffered a broken back and leg injuries. Stephen Danko 38 head injuries. son Stephen 9 a left arm fracture. daughter unnamed lacerations and shock. Vehicle valued about 1800 wrecked after swerving onto berm and tumbling down a 10 foot embankment. The family, en route to Homer City to visit relatives, escaped death by a miracle.
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Stephen Danko
Homer City
Delroiy
Kittanning Hospital
Elderton
Julia Rapp Danko
Stephen, Jr
Detroit
Danko
Kittanning
John Molnar
Molnars
ROTC Annual Formal Inspection at State Teachers College
Second Army conducts the annual Reserve Officers Training Corps inspection at Indiana State Teachers College. The board, led by Colonel John L. Behrns, reviews drill field conduct, classroom work, cadet files, weapons and vehicles, supplies, and supply room operations. The inspectors travel from the University of Scranton and will visit Carnegie Institute of Technology on April 29, 1952.
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Reserve Officers Training Corps
Indiana State Teachers College
John L. Behrns
William ©. Printup
Maurice Y. Griffin
Horace C. Lorek
John J. Sircovis
State Teachers College
University of Scranton
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Queen Juliana Leaves Canada After Four Week Tour
Queen Juliana and Prince Bernard returned to The Netherlands after completing a four week tour of the United States and Canada. The royal party traveled through major cities and met with officials and citizens during the state visit.
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Ottawa
Juliana
Prince Bernard
Netherlands
United States
Canada
Baker Strike Could Hit Pittsburgh Area Saturday
About 4000 AFL Bakery and Confectionery Workers and drivers may strike in the Pittsburgh region this Saturday after union members voted over the weekend to walk out. Contracts expired March 1 but workers remained on duty during wage talks.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Two Auto Crashes Reported In County Over Weekend
Two car collisions occurred at the Route 80 and Legislative Route 32063 intersection and at Devil's Elbow near Franklin RD. Gibbons and Sinko were identified in the first crash with $300 damage and no injuries. Abersold drove a truck in the second collision, with police reporting trunk driving and a high highway gauge. no injuries were noted.
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Indiana
John Gibbons
John Sinko
Clymer
Sinko
Gibbons
William Abersold
Franklin RD
Devil's Elbow
Abersold
L. A. McDivitt
Ronald Helman
Two Navy Ships Crash In Mid Atlantic Disaster
The destroyer Hobson sank after colliding with the aircraft carrier Wasp 1200 miles east of Boston. Sixty sailors were rescued from Hobson, 176 listed missing, and search efforts were called off as weather worsened. Wasp reported no casualties.
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U. S. Navy
U. S. S. Hobson
Washington
Navy
Norfolk
Wasp
Atlantic Ocean
Navy Department
Mediterranean
Boston
Azores
Hobson
Department
New York
Navy list on missing seamen delayed by pending kin notices
Editor notes that Indiana County man was not yet listed as of noon and full list awaited public release. Aides warned of possible errors while next of kin were notified. The mid ocean crash described as possibly the most disastrous naval collision.
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Associated Press
Indiana
NAVY
Air Defense Test Proves Satisfactory
More than one thousand radio stations joined a nationwide emergency facilities test for civilian defense preparations in case of atomic attack. Next month air warning stations in 27 states will operate around the clock as part of regular defense training ordered by the Defense Department. The events show progress in strengthening air defenses despite broader tensions.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea Peace Session Secret Negotiations Surface
In Panmunjom the United Nations Command delivered an overall solution to three Korean armistice sticking points. The Communists agreed to keep talks secret, seeking more time to study a plan possibly to be submitted to Peiping and Pyongyang. Proceedings began at the main delegations meeting for the first time in over two months.
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Munsan
United Nations Command
Peiping
Pyongeyang
William P. Nuckols
U. N
Panmunjom
Russia
Reds
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