Senate Hearing Opens on McCarthy Lustron Ties
The Senate elections subcommittee began hearings on Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy regarding his dealings with Lustron Corp a former prefabricated housing firm. Witnesses including RFC officials and Lustron executives testified about the $10 000 fee and the company’s financial troubles amid calls for McCarthy’s expulsion or censure.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Senate
Lustron Corp
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Guy M. Gillette
D-la
William Benton
D-Conn
Wisconsin
Gillette
George E. McCanley
Reconstruction Finance Committee
Lustron
A. S
Mike Monroney
Dokla
McConley
Monroney
House
RFC
Navy
Columbus
Benton
Republican
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Carl Strandlund
Lorenzo Semple
Walter Royal
Housing and Home Finance Agency
New
McCarthy Washington
Ll.p
Stanley B. Fisher
Internal Revenue
Dodd recounts capture by Reds at Koje Island camp
Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd said Communist prisoners threatened his life and staged a mass break if UN troops entered Camp 76 at Koje Island. He was held four days before release after UN tanks and Colson’s assurances of humane treatment and no more forcible screening.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
Francis T. Dodd
Eighth Army
Koje Island
Dodd
Compound 76
Tokyo
Mark Clark
Colson
Koje
Clark
Kose
United Nations
Gen. Dodd
Pw’s
Charles W. Christenberry
Wisconsin Weather Skies Open Cool May Transition
Wisconsin experienced cool conditions after Sunday's snowfall in the far north. Forecasters expect partly cloudy skies and a cooler night with frost in northwest and central areas. Tuesday should bring fair skies and warmer temperatures with highs in the 60s. The noon reading at the sewage plant was 48, with yesterday's high 58 and low 34.
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Wisconsin
United Nations Warplanes Hit North Korean Rail Lines
North Korean rail traffic was struck by UN planes in saturation bombing aimed at hindering repairs. The Fifth Air Force reported 28 cuts on the Kanggye Sinanju line near Huichon, with 90 tons dropped on the Huichon rail bridge and 80 plus craters south of Sunchon. Marine Corsairs and Panthers also attacked front lines, destroying bunkers and eight gun positions.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Kanggye- Sinanju
Huichon
Sunchon
Manchuria
Pyongyang
U. S. Marine Corsairs
Panther
Delegates to National Conventions Picked in North Dakota
North Dakota will choose uninstructed delegates to both major parties presidential nominating conventions this week. Democratic and Republican state chairmen predicted the selections, shaping early party representation.
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Bismarck
N. D
U.P
North Dakota
State Man Is Charged With Murder
Ronald Blackburn 35 was to be arraigned today on murder charges for shooting Harvey Schuman 43 on a residential Oshkosh street. Police say Blackburn fired first missing then killed Schuman with a shotgun as he fled after a confrontation over Blackburn’s wife and a pending divorce suit. Undersheriff Reiter said Blackburn confessed he wanted to drive Schuman out to talk.
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Oshkosh
Wis
U.2
Ronald Blackburn
Harvey Schuman
Blackburn
Schuman
Herbert A. Reiter
Reiter
Police Nab Five At Road Blockade
Wood county police arrested five burglary suspects after firing out two tires during a fleeing car crash at a road block on highways 13 and 73 near Wisconsin Rapids. Roy Kuehl 28 Toledo Ohio Ronald Wessell 21 and three Milwaukee teens held for questioning.
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Portage
Wis
U.P
Wood County
Roy Kuehl
Toledo
Ronald Wessell
Milwaukee
Dane County
Portage and
Endeavor
Otsego
Wisconsin Rapids
Kuehl
Marquette County
Montello
Oil Walkout Strikes Across Nations Hits Aviation Fuel
Nationwide oil workers strike halts fuel supply from Finland to Honolulu. A wage pact between Standard Oil of California and 20 local unions raises hourly wages, but does not end the 90,000-worker stoppage. Airlines cancel flights and fuel use is cut worldwide as authorities urge reductions.
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Denver
Colo
U.P
Findland
Honolulu
Standard Oil of
California
Independent Union of Petroleum Workers
CIO
AFL
O. A. Knight
Oil Workers International Union
Barney McMahon
California Union
Wage Stabilization Board
Washington
U. S
Midwest
United Airlines
San Francisco
United
Debates on Vanech Bar Qualifications and Korean Armistice Talks
Washington editors disclose Deputy Attorney General A Devitt Vanech admitted failing bar exams in DC and Virginia before licensing in Tamaccapo in 1941. House leaders question his credentials amid Kefauver ties. In Panmunjom, UN said Communists rejected armistice talks, accusing Allies of propaganda while Nam Il leveled massacres and torture charges. Joy warned the talks are a propaganda arena.
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Washington
A. Devitt Vanech
House
District of Columbia
Virginia
Tamaccapo
Vanech
J. Howard McGrath
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Rep
Keating
McGrath
New York
Justice Department
Board For Red
C. Turner Joy
Mystery blast over Seattle sparks mete or theories
Residents awoke to a blinding blue white explosion over North Seattle at 1 30 a m seen as low as 2000 feet altitude. Witnesses including Northwest Airlines pilot Bert Carlson described eight breaking pieces and fireballs. Scientists offered meteor or aircraft event explanations with no damage or debris found.
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North
Seattle
Northwest Airlines
Bert Carlson
Seattle-Tacoma International
J. H. Pruett
Pacific
American Meteor Society
United Press
Peter Hayes
Bellingham
Five Killed In Mishaps In Wisconsin Over Weekend
Five people died in Wisconsin accidents over the weekend. Frank Lassa, 47, Milwaukee, was killed after a chain of crashes as he tried to cross an intersection. Robert Lee Nelson, 18, of Dousman, perished when his car failed to navigate a turn on Highway 90 near Palmyra, injuring three. Max A. Kucharski, 47, Milwaukee, fatally injured from a fall at work. Herbert Justice, 10, died when a tractor overturned on his father's Holcombe farm. Isaac Burger, 67, Cedar Grove, died from injuries after a car left a county road and struck a tree near Sheboygan.
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Wisconsin
Frank Lassa
Milwaukee
Lassa
Robert Lee Nelson
Dousman
Nelson
Palmyra
Jefferson County
Russell Edwards
James F. Lawson
George Wait
Max A. Kucharski
Herbert Justice
Holcombe
Chippewa County
Isaac Burger
Cedar Grove
Sheboygan
Local Telegraphers Strike Settled in New Orleans
John C. Jackson Western Union superintendent said the Commercial Telegraphers Union AFL strike in New Orleans has been settled locally and workers are returning to work.
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New Orleans
John C. Jackson
Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers Union
AFL
Wisconsin JCC honors Floyd Springer with 1951 award
Floyd Springer of Madison, president of the Wisconsin Junior Chamber of Commerce, receives the state JCC distinguished service award for 1951. He is noted for his leadership within the organization and contributions to local civic efforts in Wisconsin.
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Janesville
Wis
ULP
Floyd Springer
Madison
Wisconsin Junior Chamber of Commerce
JCC
Grand Jury reports crime trends in western Wisconsin
A federal grand jury in Madison notes low drug activity across the western district of Wisconsin but flags prostitution as an established, profitable business in Hurley Superior and nearby areas. Iron County seeks closure of several venues while Superior hosts four establishments deemed necessary evils. Since April 21 the panel has returned six indictments and one by a special assistant, with two more cases under review.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
Patrick T. Stone
Hurley
Superior
Iron County
U. S
Knowland Proposes Jet Limitation Until U S Air Power Ready
Sen Knowland R California offered an amendment to the Foreign Aid bill before the Senate Armed Services Committee. He urged that jet planes shipped to American allies be limited to 10 percent of U S production until the U S air force is fully equipped with jets.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
R.-Calif
U. S
Senate Armed Services Committee
End of 25 Cent Prisoner Pay Limit Urged
Madison officials push to abolish the 25 cent daily wage cap for prisoners in the auto license plant. Welfare Director John W. Tramburg asks the welfare board to back the change and seeks a 1953 legislative act to raise the base labor charge in license plate manufacture from 75 cents to two dollars per day.
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Madison
John W. Tramburg
Welfare Department
Tramburg
Welfare Board
Probers Link La Crosse Gamblers to Police
A federal grand jury suggested state authorities examine the relationship between La Crosse gamblers and city police officials. East German communists warned consequences for West Berlin after West Germany signs a peace contract with the Allies.
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LA Crosse
Madison
la Crosse City
Berlin
U.P
West Berlin
West Germany
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Robert Udice
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James A. van Fleet
8Th Army
Wilbur Raven
Newton
Tex
Raven
Russia
Idlewild International
Europe
Idlewild
Trans-Canada Airlines
Eastern Airlines
Northeastern Airlines
Great Britain
Petroleum Administration For Defense
Mutual Security Agency
Finland
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Peekskill, N. Y
Military Academy
Nam Il
Kangdong
North Korea
Nam
Joy
William P. Nuckols
Wish
UPR
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Sidney Howick
Associated Press
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