Veteran Traps Japanese Camp Foreman Facing Treason Charge
A Japanese American, Tomoya Kawakita, is jailed without bail after being identified as a wartime camp foreman in Honshu on charges of treason. An ex GI, William Bruce, spotted him in Los Angeles, triggering an FBI pursuit and indictment preparation for June 11.
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Los Angeles
Honshu Island
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tomoya Kawakita
Calexico
Calif
U. S
David B. Head
Kawakita
James M. Carter
Oeyama
Honshu
William L. Bruce
Buena Park
Kawkida
Bruce
FBI
Richard Hood
Japan
Keiji University
United Stats
Yokohama
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
William A. Murphy
Ralph W. Montgomery
Fort MacArthur
Thomas J. O'Connor
Miami Beach
Fla
J. C. Grant
Clarkesville
U S Drafts Protest to Russia Over Hungary Crisis
The State Department drafted a strong note accusing Soviet authorities in Hungary of ousting Premier Ferenc Nagy and interfering in Hungary’s government. It cites violation of Yalta terms, proposes a joint US Soviet British inquiry, and warns of a United Nations appeal if Soviet responses are unsatisfactory.
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Washington
Truman
State Department
Russia
United Nations
United States
Hungary
Ferenc Nagy
Soviet Union
Security Council
UN General Assembly
New York
Moscow
Budapest
Balkans
Europe
Des Moines River Flood Forces Eddyville Evacuation
Des Moines river floods force 900 Eddyville residents to flee as a levee breaks and water rises through town. mayor Chris Hartog says water covers three feet of main streets and evacuation spreads to schoolhouses on hills and other towns in central and southern Iowa.
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Des Moines
U.P
Eddyville
Chris Hartog
Iowa
Tracy
Ottumwa
Raccoon
Middle
North
South
White Breast
Naval Air Base
Rail Strike Paralyzes Eastern France Transit Network
Rail traffic across eastern France halted as workers at Paris Gare de Lest and connected networks walk out demanding higher pay. The action disrupts travel through major routes and hubs, signaling mounting tensions between unions and rail operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Paris Gare de Lest
Southern Coal Operators Call Indefinite Recess
Southern coal operators recessed negotiations with the United Mine Workers after talks stalled over a daily wage increase. The breakdown followed the operators publicizing an 85 cent raise offer, delaying any resumption of talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southern
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
San Quentin Library Plays Selection Over Radio Hookup
Warden Clinton Duffy announced San Quentin has a large records library and will broadcast request numbers over the prison intercell radio. Selections include Time On My Hands How Was I to Know Gentlemen of the Jury They Didn’t Believe Me Till the End of Time A Door Will Open and I’d Do It All Over Again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin
Calif
Clinton Duffy
Employment in Kenosha Dips First Time Since 1945
Kenosha area employment fell for the first time since 1945 as 91 firms reporting to the Wisconsin State Employment Service show a drop from a March peak of 20 100 to an expected 18 900 in July with a slight rise to 19 200 by September. Women workers edge up by 20 but forecasts expect a decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wisconsin State Employment Service
Albert E. Shipley
Hungary Gets Evidence On Nagy Resignation Report
London says Russia informed Britain that all evidence and information leading to Premier Ferenc Nagy resignation have been handed to the Hungarian government, according to a foreign office spokesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Britain
Ferenc Nagy
Foreign Office
Mystery Writer Says Crime Does Not Pay Enough
Chicago mystery writer William L. Hamling, executive committee man of the Chicago chapter of Mystery Writers of America, complains that crime fiction pays poorly. He cites long effort for modest returns and outlines a proposed model contract with $500 advance, 10–15 percent royalties, and 75 percent of movie and book club rights to improve writers’ finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
William L. Hamling
Hamling
Mystery Writers of America
Wisconsin Senate Rejects Tavern Hours Change
Wisconsin Senate defeats Milwaukee hour extension amendments 21 to 10 and 19 to 12 while backing a state liquor research bureau and anti trust division funding. Debate centers on closing times, alcohol taxes, and enforcement. references to Attorney General and FBI testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
U.R
Wisconsin Senate
Milwaukee
Rudolph Schlabach
LaCrosse
Robert Tehan
Senate
Chester Dempsey
R. Hartland
Milwaukee County
Assembly
State Bureau of Alcohol Studies
Welfare Department
Charles Madsen
Luck
Robert Robinson
Beloit
Madsen
Bureau
Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute
Attorney General's Office
Wisconsin
Attorney General
Vernon Thomson
Richland Center
Assemblyman
Rudy
Opponents Rally As Taft Predicts Labor Bill Approval
Senator Taft expects final congressional approval of the union curbing labor bill by nightfall and vowing it would become law even if Truman vetoes it. House Republicans back passage 320 to 79 as Morse remains opposed to the measure and would support a veto.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Senate
House
Senate Labor Committee
Morse
Ore
Oregon
Gromyko Urges Big Five To Reduce War Bases
At Lake Success New York Anrei Gromyko told the Big Five meeting as a United Nations armaments panel that air naval and military bases left from the war should be reduced now. He argued there was no reason to maintain the bases any longer.
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Gromyko
Big Five
Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
Andrei Gromyko
The
United Nations Commission For
Hungarian Reds Boast of Coup in Budapest
Matyas Rakosi, Hungarys No 1 Communist, told factory workers his party took control before the United States could react. He praised democracy led by the Communist party and said the feat was acclaimed worldwide. Premier Ferenc Nagys resignation followed, with MTI documents noting the coup. Truman's view remained unreported in Hungarian papers. Budapest residents seek foreign news in cellars at night.
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Budapest
Matyas Rakosi
Hungary
United States
Rakosi
Ferenc Nagy
MTI
Truman
U. S. Senate
Four Teens Hurt as Truck Rolls in Zion Illinois
Four teenager riders were injured when a light pickup veered off Highway 42 north of Tobin Road in Zion Illinois and rolled over. Driver Jene Ostrander 16 said he tried to pass a car and lost control. McCleary 18 and Studebaker 16 suffered serious injuries. both in fair condition. Two girls 17 and 16 were treated for bruises and released. Two other passengers escaped injury as the truck rolled into a ditch, ending on its wheels. A separate crash on Highway 50 near Padock Lake involved Harold Shreve 28 with minor facial and hand cuts.
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Leo Sikora
Zion
Gene Ostrander
Sikora
Ostrander
Ill
Highway 42
Tobin Road
Jene Ostrander
William Fennell
Sheriff's
Harry McCleary
Wendell Studebaker
Rose Miller
Land Delores Bourdeau
Kenosha Hospital
William P. Schmitt
Floyd Hughes
McCleary
Studebaker
Sheriff's Deputies
Harold Shreve
Fourteenth Avenue
Highway 50
Paddock Lake Pavilion
Shreve
Donald McLuckie
Truman and Eisenhower Attend 35th Division Reunion
President Truman and General Eisenhower arrived in Kansas City to attend a 35th division World War I reunion. Their plane the Sacred Cow landed at Fairfax airport at 12:35 p m and the party moved to a downtown hotel before plans to visit Truman's seriously ill 94-year-old mother, Mrs Martha E Truman, in Grandview.
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Kansas City
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fairfax Airport
Kas
Grandview
Martha E. Truman
Harvard Dean's Tongue Slip at Commencement
Harvard University commencement saw Dean James Stevens stumble over words while awarding degrees to eighty five public health graduates. He jokingly declared he conferred upon them the following diseases, drawing laughs from the crowd in Cambridge Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
U.P
James Stevens
Harvard University
Ward Captains Named for Kenosha Housing Survey
Eighteen ward captains were named by City Manager A. E. Axtell for a city wide housing survey in Kenosha aimed at locating space convertible to dwellings. Veterans organizations and eight posts were present as the Chamber of Commerce outlined survey administration and cost estimates for conversions with FHA financing data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
A. E. Axtell
City Hall
Matt Taylor
Taylor
Charles Werner
Joseph Kontont
Allen Ebert
Paul Hauser
Donald Meier
John H. Benn
Donald Slater
Robert C. Krah
Mario Ciotti
Carl Chiapetta
Anthony Valeo
Gene Tenuta
James Cunningham
Gust Krup
Peter J. Dahl
Rupert Henneman
Rudolph Wirth
Earl Leff
Charles Dilday
Chamber of Commerce
City Housing Authority
George W. Anderson
Chamber
Axtell
Federal Housing Authority
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Veterans Committee
Disabled American Veterans
Kenosha Ma
Two-Year-Old Takes Early Morning Walk in Pajama
George Grover aged two wandered from his home on Seventh Avenue at around six o clock in pink pajamas. Patrolman Chandonais helped identify the boy after he walked toward nearby houses, then he was taken to police headquarters where Officers Irving and Zicarelli warmed him with milk and a blanket before his parents retrieved him.
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George Grover
Kenneth Grover
Seventh Avenue
George
Sixth Avenue
William Chandonais
Chandonais
Lester Irving
Eugene Zicarelli
Salary Action Delayed Again in Kenosha
Kenosha city council and county board salary committee held a closed session to review requests for pay raises amid forecasts of deficits for both governments. No action was taken but progress was reported, with plans for future meetings with Local 70 and the City Employes Council to discuss wage issues and financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
County Employes Union Local No. 70
Kenosha City
Roosevelt Leaves Estate Of Nearly Two Million
The late President Franklin D Roosevelt left a gross estate of 1,943,885.86 at his death April 12, 1945, with first executors' accounting filed in Dutchess County Surrogate's Court.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dutchess County
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Pittsburgh
Hamlings
State Senate
Missouri
Albert L. Reeves
Senate Judiciary
Justice Department
Reeves
John Caskie Collett
Albert A. Ridge
Subcommittee
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Kansas City Star
Pat McCarran
Nev
Ferguson
Stockard
Star
Nowise
Wear
McCarran
Pepper
Murray
Mont
Barkley
Florida
Conference Committee
Evening News
President
Harvard
Housing Survey
Roosevelt
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