Nationalist Air Force Sinks Gunboat Off Fukien
Nationalist Chinese air force said its planes sank a 150 ton Communist gunboat off Fukien Province and strafed it four times at 11 16 a m A Communist shelling of Tatan island in the Quemoy group occurred soon after the air strike marking a renewed exchange along the Formosa Strait The lull on the front from Quemoy to Matsu continued Van Fleet arrives for a three day visit to discuss the Formosa crisis with Chiang Kai shek and US observers note artillery buildup in Fukien province
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Taipei
Formosa
Fukien
Formosa Strait
Tatan Island
Quemoy
Tatan
Amoy
Redheld
Tatao
Ministry of Interior
Matsu
Quemoy Island
James A. van Fleet
U. S. 8Th Army
Chiang Kai-shek
Aruba tanker refuses China voyage over kerosene cargo
The Finnish tanker Aruba defies a Red China run and sails no farther than the Nicobar Islands while crew protests running the Chinese Nationalist blockaded route. Owners seek instructions from Peiping as the hull remains unused and potential transshipment at sea is discussed. Hong Kong sources say no tanker available to the Communists if Aruba transships.
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Helsinki
Finland
Aruba
Peiping
China
Colombo
Ceylon
Nicobar Islands
India
Straits of Malacca
Sumatra
Singapore
Gunnar Damstroem
Re-Be Shipping Company
United States
Hong Kong
Far Eastern
Romania
Chemical Plant Fire Causes Large Damages in Menasha
A flash fire at the Chemical Supply Co. in Menasha Wisconsin Friday night caused about 200000 dollars in damage. No injuries are reported. Local fire crews battled the blaze as investigators began assessing the site.
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Menasha
Wis
The
Chemical Supply Co
Weather turns warmer in Kenosha with sun
Sunny skies warmed Kenosha as temperatures rose from a 21 degree low to 42 at the treatment plant 44 downtown and 46 at American Motors by noon Yesterday's high was 37 and the morning low 22 A forecast calls for a low of 20 to 25 tonight with Sunday partly cloudy and colder remaining under 25 degrees.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Fire at Milwaukee St Stanislaus Church Sparks Probe
Milwaukee authorities investigate incendiary cause after a boy seen near St Stanislaus Catholic church before a Friday blaze near the sacristy. Burnt matches found as damages grow from 200 to potentially several thousand dollars due to smoke damage and redecoration needs.
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Milwaukee
St. Stanislaus Catholic
William Rossiter
Frank Majerowski
Soviet Charge Rejected By France Over West German Rearmament
The French Foreign Ministry rejected Moscow’s claim that West German rearmament violates the Franco Soviet Mutual Assistance treaty of 1944. Moscow warned Paris that ratification would cancel the pact and hold France “entirely responsible.” The exchange followed five days before France’s senate debate on the accords.
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Paris
Russia
West Germany
France
Louis Joxe
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Kremlin
Filipino Soldier Kills Five in Morong Ambush
A Filipino soldier went on a shooting spree in Morong about 20 miles east of Manila, killing five people before being killed by fellow soldiers. Army sources identified him as Bacat.
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Manila
Morong
Here
Philippine News Service
Bacat
PNS
Vet Leaders Attack Hoover Commission on VA Benefits
Milwaukee and Manitowoc veterans leaders denounce the Hoover Commission plan to cut benefits and shutter VA hospitals. James A. Martineau of the American Legion says the idea is costly to veterans and dismisses economy claims as smoke. Edwin J. Nelson Jr. of Amvets criticizes reliance on a 1952 GAO report and cites VA policy consistency and a later House committee report showing flaws.
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Milwaukee
Hoover Commission
James A. Martineau
The
American Legion
Martineau
Manitowoc
Amvets
Edwin J. Nelson, Jr
Nelson
General Accounting Office
House Veterans Committee
GAO
Mail Cover Found Legal for McCarthy Mail in 1952
Assistant Attorney General Warren Olney III informed the Senate that the mail cover involving Sen Joseph McCarthy in 1952 did not violate federal law. The post office tracked postmarks and return addresses for mails to McCarthy and aides, but none were opened. The letter was read at Senate hearings requested by Lyndon B Johnson.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Justice Department
Warren Olney
Post Office
Guy Gillette
D-la
McCarthy
Olney
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Family of Eight Dies in Peru Fire
A house fire in Callao Peru killed an entire family of eight including parents and six children aged three months to 12 years. Firefighters reported the blaze caused total destruction of the home and could not save any occupants.
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J. Lloyd Randall
Don Earl
Oklahoma City
Okla
Doyle
Peru
Callao Peru
Memory of Husband In Fatal Drunken Orgy
Steve Stortecky, aspiring to be town constable, faces a murder case after his wife Julia was fatally shot during a seven hour drinking spree at the farm. The couple’s son Stanley, nine, testified that the shooting occurred as he cried out in fear while Stortecky allegedly forced dancing with a pistol. Stortecky claims the pistol discharged accidentally while he was “monkeying around.” He was held under a $15 000 bond as prosecutors pursue possible second degree murder charges based on the boy’s account and the alleged brutality.
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Medford
Steve Stortecky
Stortecky
State Crime Laboratory
Madison
Raymond Scott
Stanley
Julia
Taylor County
Scott
Senators Press Publication Of Wartime Conference Reports
Senate Republican leader Knowland says he will push for within year publication of Tehran and Potsdam wartime reports along with China documents. He argues disclosures could influence the 1956 campaign while Sparkman warns side remarks may disturb international relations.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Tehran
Potsdam
Senate
Russia
Joseph Stalin
State Department
Yalta
Cairo
China
Truman
U. S
Dulles
Ottawa
Canada
Free Nations
Sparkman
Fear Copter Down Back of Curtain Near East Germany
A U S army H-13 helicopter with two aboard is believed to have gone down in East Germany after last being seen Thursday near Friedberg. A 7th Army spokesman cited strong eastward winds and ongoing searches, noting snow and poor visibility but no wreckage found. The pilot was American and a German national labor service employee rode as passenger.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Ipa
East Germany
7Th Army
East Zone
Friedberg
Frankfurt
Fulda
Iron Curtain
Army-Air Force
Moscow Criticizes Stock Market Dip
The government newspaper Izvestia called the recent New York stock exchange fluctuations feverish and said they show the solid ground on which the American economy rests, challenging White House rhetoric.
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Moscow
Izvestia
New York Stock Exchange
White House
Britain condemns U.S. see of wartime conference papers
Britain voices mounting horror as the United States releases documents from Potsdam Tehran Casablanca and the Yalta papers draw criticism from the Foreign Office. Churchill Attlee Truman and Roosevelt attended the talks with Britain keen to avoid misinterpretation of events and notes.
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London
Britain
United States
Potsdam
Tehran
Casablanca
Yalta
Foreign Office
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Clement Attlee
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Foster Dulles
Europe
U. S
East Berlin
Tot 4 Survives Role as Superman in Snowbank Rescue
Four year old Walter Adams Jr. leaped from a fourth floor Brooklyn window while showing off for girls and landed in a snowbank with bushes breaking the fall. He walked away unharmed and told his worried parents I played Superman.
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New York
Walter Adams, Jr
Brooklyn
Walter
Superman
Quartet Beats Non-Striker Near Home in Milwaukee
John E. Rice a 37 year old non Striker employed by Joseph J Ryerson Inc said four men beat him late Friday He was moved from a trailer at the rear of a new home he helped a fellow worker move Rice had a cut hand and nose lacerations but refused hospitalization He said an official of the CIO United Steelworkers drove by in a car with four men just before the assault.
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Milwaukee
John E. Rice
Joseph J. Ryerson, Inc
Rice
CIO
United Steelworkers
May Quit Top Post In April
Insistent speculation in London swirled that Sir Winston Churchill will retire as Prime Minister next month and be replaced by Sir Anthony Eden before the April 19 budget. Reports say Eden would run the premiership briefly, then Foreign Office, with Harold Macmillan as defense minister and R. A. Butler as chancellor.
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May
Top Post
London
Sir Winston Churchill
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Britain
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
the Express
Eden
Westminster
Beaverbrook
Foreign Office
Harold Macmillan
Defense
Macmillan
R. A. Butler
London Star
Elizabeth II
Winston
Prince Philip
No. 10
Downing Street
Daily Mirror
Anthony Head
Carshalton
Surrey
Michigan GOP Attacks Williams Over Kohler Strike Extradition
Lansing Republicans denounce Governor Williams for blocking the extradition of John Ganaca from Oakland County to Wisconsin to face charges in a Kohler Co strike case. Speaker Wade Van Valkenburg accuses Williams of lacking independence, alleging pressure from CIO figures and a prior Benton Harbor property destruction case.
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Lansing
Michigan
Williams
Wisconsin
van Valkenburg
John Canaca
Oakland County
Kohler Co
Gunaca
Emil Mazey
CIO
Benton Harbor
Nicholas Rothe
Detroit
Supreme Court
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Japan
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Iran
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GOP
Kohler
Wade van Valkenburg
Kalamazoo
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