Senate Questions Ridgway Conference Will Cover Many Items
Republican Senator Bridges prepared to grill Gen. Matthew Ridgway as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in a closed session. Topics include Koje Island POW uprising, Korea, peace talks, European command assessment, and defense and foreign aid spending. Bridges also urged a temporary fifth star for Ridgway.
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Washington
Bridges
New Hampshire
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Far East
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Senate Armed Services Committee
Ridgway
Koje Island
Korea
Pidgway
Douglas" MacArthur
Japan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
NATO
Seward VFW Post Robbery Under Investigation
State Police from Greensburg seek three men in connection with an armed robbery at the Seward VFW Post Home. Post Steward Felix Mancini reported he was leaving the club at 4:15 a.m. when three men forced him back inside to open the safe and steal a metal box containing 600 dollars in cash and checks.
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Greensburg
Seward V. F. W. Post
Post
Felix Mancini
John Garfield Found Dead at 39 in New York Apartment
The actor John Garfield was found dead of heart ailment in his Gramercy Park residence. Dr. Thomas Gonzales, chief medical examiner, confirmed the death. Garfield was known for his tough guy screen and stage roles. Dance tonight at Hotel Homer features The Diamond Brothers and Floor Show with 236% seating.
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New York
John Garfield
Gramercy Park
Thomas Gonzales
Garfield
Four Million Men Expected From Allies
Washington reports Rep. Richards states Allied nations could raise and support about four million soldiers and produce 3. Billion dollars in weapons next year. The mobilization would add roughly 1.6 million to European strength. Allies already have 50 million under arms or ready. Richards opened debate on a 6.889 billion foreign aid bill for year starting July 1, with cuts anticipated. Greece and Turkey together hold about 500,000. Store your furs with Indiana Furs Storage. Phone 5-528, 236.
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Russell Brines
Washington
Richards
D—Sc
The
House Today
Figt
America
Soviet Union
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Truman
Greece
Turkey
McGranery Approved As Attorney General
James P. McGranery, a Philadelphia jurist and former federal judge, won Senate confirmation to become attorney general. He pledged to fire incompetent or dishonest department staff and to fight corruption. Republican opposition centered on doubts about his performance, while most Democrats supported the nomination.
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John Chadwick
McGrath
Washington P
Newbold Morris
James P. McGranery
McGranery
Senate
Justice Department
Truman
Philadelphia
Deta
J. Howard McGrath
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Ment
Price
Pennsylvania
Duff
Martin
Ferguson
Hougelin
McCarran
D-Ney
Pennsylvahe
Judiciary Committee
Vania
Taxi Taxi service in Indiana changes ownership
Indiana Taxi Services now operates Taxi Taxi under William N. Brown replacing the Orr Transportation Company. Calls should be directed to Indiana Taxi Services listed in the telephone book Floor Show.
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Indiana
William N. Brown
Orr Transportation Company
Controls Extension Vote Due
In Washington AP reports a Senate Banking Committee vote today on a bill to extend wage price controls to next March 1 and rent and credit controls to June 30 1953. Amendments would strip the Wage Stabilization Board of labor dispute intervention and broaden its public representation. Fulbright seeks to link Walsh Healey labor Act revisions to the measure inviting AFL CIO criticism. Humphrey may move to remove Fulbright changes. debate to precede passage. The panel’s closed session precedes a broader floor fight on the controls program and steel crisis handling.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Labor Department
AFL
CIO
Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Banking Committee
Maybank
D-Sc
White House
House Banking Committee
Sheriff Will Be County Chairman
Pittsburgh report indicates Sheriff Thomas E. Whitten appears set to become county Republican chairman after Leonard J. Parsons withdrew at Gov. John S. Fine’s request. McGrath not seeking re election as chairman, with prior appointments to county patronage roles including a $11,000 salary Workmen’s Compensation Board post and governance by Fine.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas E. Whitten
Allegheny County
Whitten
Leonard J. Parsons
Parsons
John S. Fine
L. Pat McGrath
Fine
McGrath
Workmen's Compensation Board
John M. Kane
Reds Protest Riots During Peace Talks
In Munsan Korea negotiators at armistice talks protested Red riots at an Allied POW hospital in Pusan. Nam Il demanded an accounting after one prisoner was killed and 85 injured. Joy urged the Reds to accept a ceasefire proposal. Talks adjourned with no resolution on prisoner exchange and refinery worker strikes.
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Munsan
Korea
Pusan
Nam II
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Reds
Denver
United Na
Trans
Joy
Panmunjom
O. A. Knight
CIO
Oil Workers International Union
Nam Il
U.S. Naval Acadief
Emy
Annapolis
Rainy Month Keeps Normal Total Despite Many Wet Days
Weather report notes since the month began only three dry days and seventeen rainy days in the county. Despite persistent rain the total rainfall remains below normal, spread over an extended period.
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Arele
Iaeine
Die Hard Communists Sparking Prison Riots Overseas
Tokyo reports say United Nations Command officers blame small bands of die hard Communists for riots in prisoner camps at Pusan and Koje Island, with one Red POW killed and 85 injured. U.S. Eighth Army cites hospital orderlies as instigators, while United Nations observers warn of planned propaganda through fabricated incidents.
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Tokyo
United Nations Command
U.N
UNC
Pusan
Koje Island
U.S. Eighth Army
Kasah
Kose
Mark Clark
U.N. Com
Mander
Taft Ike clash seen in House foreign aid debate
The House opens debate on a 6.89 billion dollar foreign aid bill with Taft and Eisenhower supporters trading aims for deeper cuts. Republican leaders urge reductions while Southern Democrats ally with Republicans to trim about 10 percent. outcome hinges on a Taft Ike test amid presidential race overtones.
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Washington
House
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Taft
Eisenhower
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
Seo. E. Allen
R-D
Rep
Fulton
R-Pa
U.S
Richards
D-Sc
Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Hep. McCormack
Massachusetts
France Decorates Gen Eisenhower in Paris Tribute
In Paris a farewell tribute honors Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower with France's Medaille Militaire at Les Invalides Court of Honor. Premier Pinay presents the award, marking the first foreign honoree since Winston Churchill in 1946.
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Paris
France
Medaille Militaire
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Napoleon
Europe
Antoine Pinay
Les Invalides
Winston Churchill
Collegiate Panty Raids Flare Again
Collegiates staged panty raids across multiple campuses while police and students clashed in dorms and on streets. At Penn, 200 officers and four fire units contained the crowds. 22 students were arrested and released with warnings. Kansas and Tennessee incidents followed with water buckets and light-slicing disturbances. several hundred men tried dormitories, and dozens were detained.
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Northwestern University
Evanston
Presa
University of Pennsylsylvania
Concussion Grenades Stop Fight at POW Camp
In Pusan at Camp No. 10, U S Army spokesman reported an outbreak of violence by Communist prisoners at a war camp. Concussion grenades and forceful measures subdued the riot. One prisoner died, possibly bayoneted, and eighty five POWs were injured, with half the injuries minor. An American guard was lightly hurt. The Army noted the separation of orderlies from patients proceeded without incident and the camp was in quiet.
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Seoul
Korea
Pusan
U. S. Highth Army
No. 10
County GOP Confab Set for Late June
The Indiana County Republican Committee announces its biennial meeting will occur in the third week of June with the exact date to be fixed by County Chairman Harvey George. Officers will be elected. the delay was due to holiday activities and early June court sessions.
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Indiana County Republican Committee
Harvey George
GOP
108,707 Battle Casualties Now
Washington reports U S battle casualties in Korea reached 108,707, up 294 from last week. Arlington area note lists Choice Memorial Day flowers and Ready now Learn's Teenhouse East Pike 236% remains unreadable.
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Washington
U.S
Korea
Choice Memorial Day
Ready Now
Learn’s Teenhouse
East Pike
Murray Cleaning Company Is Sold
Murray's Dry Cleaning Company in Indiana, long run by T. C. Hoyt for 32 years at 36 North Sixth Street, has been sold to Louis Runco who operates on Fourth Street and will relocate to the Sixth Street site. Hoyt thanks customers for 30 years of support.
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Murray
T. C. Hoyt
Indiana
Louis Runco
Hoyt
North Sixth Street
Runca
Fourth Street
Sixth Street
Church leaders debate faith in modern America
The Rev John Sutherland Bon and the Rev Robert J McCracken of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian led a two day evangelical conference drawing more than 1 200 church leaders. They warned materialism and corruption erode core Christian values and urged believers to understand what Christianity stands for in contemporary life.
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John Sutherland Bon
Robert J. McCracken
Afjnell
Fifth Avenue
New New York
Riverside Church
York
Presbyterian
America
McCracken
Pal
General Assembly
Harrison Ray Ander
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