Admits Worry Over McCarthy Article Payment
Carl G Strandlund testified before the senate elections subcommittee that paying Sen McCarthy $10000 for a housing article troubled him. He said he avoided further contact with McCarthy and defended the fee as a fair investment amid ongoing questions of ethics and the Lustron Corp financing.
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Washington
Carl G. Strandlund
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Strandlund
Sen. Benton
D-Conn
McCarthy
Lustron Corp
Columbus
Ohio
Benton
Senate
Lustron
Reconstruction Finances Corporation
Sen. Hennings
D-Mo
Sen.Monroney
D.-Okla
Congress
Monroney
Stradlund
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Senate Banking
AFT
Strandland
Walter L. Dunham
RFC Board of Directors
Dunham
Clark Lashes Koje Generals By Rutherford Ports
United Press reports Gen. Mark Clark berated Koje POW camp commanders Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd and Col. Charles F. Colson after hauling them on the carpet at headquarters to explain how prisoners gained the upper hand. An investigation into the Kose incident is ongoing with possible courts martial discussed but not confirmed.
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Clark
Rutherford Ports
Tokyo
U.P
Mark Clark
Koje
Francis T. Dodd
Charles F. Colson
United Press
Dodd
Colson
Washington
GHQ
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kose
Reds
Ship Eloise Sinks 30 Miles Off Golden Gate
The schooner Eloise reported sinking today about 30 miles off the Golden Gate with 10 aboard. The coast guard announced the vessel had been sighted.
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San Francisco
U.P
Golden Gate
Coast Guard
Recapture Two Of Four Convicts In Angleton Texas
Two of four escaped convicts were recaptured before dawn after releasing three hostages unharmed. The hostages, a mother and daughter, endured a night of running gun battles and an attempted airplane theft. Recovered were John E. Welch, 24, life sentence for murder, and Russell H. Pulliam, 21, robbery assault.
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Angleton
Tex
John E. Welch
Russell H. Pulliam
Russians Lift Blockade and Pass Patrols
Berlin reports the Russians suddenly lifted a seven day highway blockade of Allied patrols and allowed a patrol car to pass. In Philadelphia the CIO Steelworkers threaten a nation wide mill strike over wage demands as 2,500 delegates affirm the move. Iowa City leaders brace for discipline after 800 students raided a girls dormitory seizing underwear. Washington announces Korea battle casualties at 108,413, up 241 from last week.
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Berlin
U. S
Philadelphia
CIO
Iowa City
Ila
U.P
University of Iowa
L. Dale Faunce
Washington
Korea
Police Head Affirms Gross Testimony in graft case
New York police commissioner George P. Monaghan says bookie Harry Gross’s graft testimony is credible and fires Lt. Thomas J. Evans hours before retirement. Evans, a 21 year veteran, loses a $2,575 yearly pension after being found guilty on direct evidence linking him to the $1 million a year bribe scheme.
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New York
Harry Gross
George P. Monaghan
Gross
Thomas J. Evans
Evans
Monaghan
Daniel Jacobson
State Supreme Court
North Dakota Democrats pick 16 delegates for Chicago
The North Dakota Democratic Party met to choose 16 delegates for the upcoming national nominating convention in Chicago. Delegates will represent the state at the party gathering and help select the presidential nominee.
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Minor
N. D
North Dakota
Chicago
Wage Board To Set Cap On Oil Pay Amid Strike
The Wage Stabilization Board prepared to approve a general but flexible ceiling on wage increases for about 90 000 striking oil workers as a three week stoppage strains production. Six local pacts before the WSB could lift wages 13 to 18 cents an hour, with unions seeking at least 18 to 20 cents while industry says 10 cents is the limit.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Great Britain
U. S. Third Air Force
Petroleum Administration For Defense
Chapman
O. A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers Union
Korea
Riot Leader Ward Transferred Amid Prison Turmoil
Earl Ward co leader of a $1 5 million riot at Southern Michigan prison arrived for temporary confinement at Oakland County jail after a Monday rampage. Sheriff Bassett demanded Ward move from Livingston County Jail. State Corrections officials balked at Ward transfer to Ionia State Hospital for the Criminal Insane and hospital officials declined.
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Pontiac
Mich
Earl Ward
Southern Michigan
Ward
Oakland County
Livingston County
Howell
Loren Bassett
Bassett
Ernest Brooks
Ionia
Truman allocates 400000 for Iowa flood relief
President Truman announced a 400000 flood relief grant for Iowa to be administered by the Housing and Home Finance Agency. The aid targets flood damaged areas and aims to support housing recovery and reconstruction efforts.
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Washington
Truman
Iowa
The
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Taft Leads In West Virginia Delegates Race
Taft's slate dominates the 16 West Virginia GOP delegate races with a 2 to 1 edge in four at large slots and clear margins in 11 of 12 district contests. Eisenhower trails except for one district where his delegate is ahead. The state’s 1,037 of 2,824 precincts reported Taft 55,240 to Stassen 13,143. Eisenhower drew 802 write-ins.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West Virginia
Eisenhower
Taft
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Chicago
Stassen
May Relax Controls On High Price Homes
Washington housing official Raymond Foley said credit controls could be eased for new houses costing above $12,000. He noted housing agencies do not support a full revocation of real estate credit regulations.
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Washington
Raymond Foley
Foley
National Savings and Loan League
Yale Riot Over Ice Cream Sparks Public Apology
Yale President A Whitney Griswold apologized after a two hour riot by about 1500 students sparked by police banning ice cream vendors Good Humor Man and Humpty Dumpty. Eight treated in infirmary, two examined for brain concussion, cases continued to May 21.
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New Haven
Conn
U.P
Yale
A. Whitney Griswold
Good Humor
Barry Good
Good
William Lutwinick
Central Green
Young
UN Air Forces Hit Communist Rail Lines Across Korea
Fighter bombers from the United Nations struck the Communist rail network in Korea in heavy raids. Panzer jets and carrier aircraft damaged rails and rolling stock in numerous locations, with dozens of locomotives and freight cars destroyed. Ground forces reported gains at central front positions and several skirmishes along the Iron Triangle.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
Air Force
Navy
Panther
Princeton
Valley Forge
Yalu River
Kumhwa
Iron Triangle
Bey of Tunis Placed Under House Arrest by French Troops
Tunis France places 70 year old Bey of Tunis under virtual house arrest for balking at martial law decree. French troops replace his honor guard at the summer palace near Carthage after he refuses to countersign the decree.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
Sidi Mohammed Al-Amin
Carthage
Wisconsin Weather Reports Sunny Warm Day statewide
A sunny spell woke Wisconsin residents as highs reached about 70 with 73 logged in Kenosha Madison and La Crosse. Tonight mostly cloudy with scattered showers south and east and cooler in the northwest. Thursday partly cloudy and cool with more showers. Noon at the sewage plant showed 63 degrees. Yesterday’s high was 73 and the low 42 one degree above the state low at Lone Rock.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Madison
la Crosse
Lone Rock
Tobin Backs Wage Boost For Steel Workers
Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin told 2,500 United Steelworkers delegates he backs the wage increase linked to the wage stabilization board. The board recommends 17.42 cents hourly rise over 18 months plus fringe benefits, amid union support and industry resistance. Philip Murray, head of the union, says delegates are united for a fair settlement.
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Philadelphia
Maurice Tobin
CIO
Tobin
United Steelworkers Union
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Truman
U. S. Supreme Court
Philip Murray
UN team enters Red-held Kaesong amid armed Chinese along road
United Nations investigators led by Air Force Col. Andrew J. Kinney entered Kaesong under watch of Chinese Communist soldiers. They examined flares and 20 millimeter shells bearing American markings after a claimed flare and strafing incident near the security zone. MPs said no sounds accompanied the air over Panmunjom and no damage was reported.
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Kaesong
Korea
U.S
United Nations
Air Force
Andrew J. Kinney
Kinney
Panmunjom
Merrill Purvis
Vista. Calif
David Packard
Los Angeles
Gather Victims Of Air Disaster In Brazil
Brazilian parachutists organized by Adhemar Barros search dense jungle near a wrecked Pan American Airways strato cruiser. The airliner, en route Buenos Aires to New York via Rio and Port of Spain, disappeared April 29 and was found May 1 with 50 aboard.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Pan American Airways
Adhemar Barros
Buenos Aires
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Rio
Legislature Opens Amid Riot Debates And Budget Clash
Lansing lawmakers return for a session after a failed bid two weeks earlier and face a riot investigation at Southern Michigan Prison and scrutiny of the state budget gap.
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Lansing
Mich
Southern Michigan
Jury Investigates Cops Bloody Party in Central Station
Los Angeles officers beat seven youths during a drunken Christmas party at Central station. The grand jury indicted eight officers on felony assault charges after a 2,356 page report detailing brutal beatings witnessed by many and a photographer who described the scene.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Central Police Station
Central Station
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