German Border Closed By Reds at One Point
A sudden Communist order closed one of five interzonal rail crossings linking the Soviet zone with West Germany. The Gutenfuerst to Hof feeder line was shut to passenger traffic, leaving freight movements on that route and six other interzonal crossings operating for passengers on four lines.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Passeger
Gutenfuerst
Thuringiaa
Hof
Frontier Communications Center
Bavaria
Berlin
Bonn
West
Red People’s Police
Berlin-West Germany
Grand Rapids
Chicago
Six Die in Wisconsin Weekend Auto Crashes
Associated Press reports a trio of fatalities from a single head on collision on Highway 47 near Shawano, killing Mrs. Marion Kincaid and Fred Heling with his son Lyle. Two more deaths occurred in separate incidents a Three Lakes collision and a Wood county crash, while Morris Hawkins died near Kenosha. Five injured across the incidents.
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Wisconsin
Shawano County
Marion Kincaid
Chicago
Fred Heling
Lyle
Rt. 2
Shawano
Kincaids
Hazelhurst
Lyndon Rich
Three Lakes
Marvin Rich
George L. Aniwash
Arpin
Vesper
Wood County
Morris Hawkins
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Television Set Explodes Scaring Milwaukee Family
The Early Simon family awoke to a loud crash as their 21 inch television exploded in the living room. Large glass shards flew up to five feet, shocking the owners and baffling electronics experts who called the event unprecedented in their experience.
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Milwaukee
Simon
Wisconsin Weather Fair Across State With Mild Rise
Weather across Wisconsin remains generally fair with a slight rise in temperatures after a cool weekend. Kenosha expects little change with cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday, a low of 38 to 45, and a lake-influenced high around the low 60s tomorrow. Local sewage treatment plant reports a high of 53 yesterday and a low of 45 last night, with noon temperature at 55 today.
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Wisconsin
Kenoshans
Train Wreck Near Sawyer Hurts Three Teens
A Chesapeake and Ohio freight train derailment near Sawyer Michigan injured three teenagers from Lew Troy, after a pickup crossed the tracks. The crash damaged property, toppled power lines, and derailed 59 cars as crews cleared the wreckage in the downtown area.
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Sawyer
Mich
Michigan
Chesapeake & Ohio
Here
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
St. Joseph
Shirley Pratt
Starr Brighthill
Lew Troy
Roland Sonnenberg
Court Silent On Steel Grab
The Supreme Court met for 22 minutes and adjourned without a decision on President Truman's seizure of the steel mills. It was the court's first decision day since hearings on the case. No opinions were issued, with most time spent admitting attorneys to the court bar and 17 brief orders issued before adjourning.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Truman
Rejected socialized medicine bill stirs old age debate
Washington reports the house refused the old age insurance bill 149 to 140 under suspension rules, with 44 votes short of the required two thirds. Opponents argued the measure would open doors to socialized medicine and tighten debate limits.
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Washington
U.P
Debating Price and Credit Controls Ahead of June Expiry
Washington report notes congress delves into price wage and credit controls set to expire June 30. Ex Senator Francis J Myers accuses the Office of Price Stabilization of using phony figures and ignoring actual selling prices in defense of controls. He urges stripping the Fed reserve board of standby power to reimpose curbs.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Francis J. Myers
D-Pa
House Banking Committee
National Foundation For Consumer Credit
Office of Price Stabilization
Myers
OPS
Federal Reserve Board
National Association of Food Chains
American Retail Federation
Ellis Arnall
Odets Faces Red Inquiry Before House Panel
Playwright Clifford Odets appears before the House Un American Activities Committee in a public session after prior staff questioning. Odets, author of Waiting for Lefty and Golden Boy, was named by Elia Kazan as a fellow member of a 1934 36 theater cell of the Communist party and is cited as having left the party amid disillusionment with its regimentation.
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Washington
Clifford Odets
House Un-American Activities Committee
Odets
Lefty
Elia Kazan
Communist Party
Kazan
UN truce talks hit snag as Joy labels Red denials a lie
At Panmunjom UN negotiator Vice Admiral Joy called North Korean and Chinese claims that they agreed to Allied POW screening an outright lie. He accused the Reds of falsehoods while Gen. Nam II argued against returning prisoners as talks stalled. Harrison named as Joy’s successor as senior UN truce delegate.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Panmunjom
Adm. C. Turner Joy
Nam II
Tokyo
Mark Clark
William K. Harrison
Joy
Far East
U. S. Naval Academy
Harrison
Clark
Reds
Fairchild Declines Run for U.S. Senator
Madison Wisconsin United States Attorney Thomas E Fairchild announced he will not seek the Democratic nomination for U S senator He thanked supporters for their kindness and noted others in his party could not back him due to prior commitments.
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Madison
Wis
U. S
Thomas E. Fairchild
United States
Fairchild
Senators to Hear Ridgway on Koje Island Incident
All 96 members of the senate invited to a closed session of the armed services committee to question Gen Matthew Ridgway about the Koje Island incident. Seoul dispatch says the Eighth Army reports a board of inquiry completed its inquiry into the seizure and release of Brig Gen Francis T Dodd by Communist prisoners on Koje Island.
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Washington
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Matthew B. Ridgway
Koje Island
Seoul
Eighth Army
Francis T. Dodd
Trapped UW Student Feared Dead In Mount St Helens Crevasse
20 year old Art Jessett of Seattle slid into a 90 foot crevasse on Mount St Helens while climbing with three companions. Rescue teams from Seattle and Portland battled freezing conditions with ice axes and ropes but found only a hole after Oliphant, lowered into the crevasse, reported a 60 foot ledge and two groans before silence.
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Spirit Lake
Wash
University of Washington
Mount St. Helens
Art Jessett
Seattle
Jessett
Portland
Bruce Raby
Raby
Ford Oliphant
Chehalis
Oliphant
Eisenhower Camp Seeks First Ballot Victory at GOP Rally
The New York Times reports Eisenhower supporters claim 524 votes on first ballot at the Republican convention and expect 604 on the second ballot to secure the nomination. Taft backers say he is within striking distance of a first ballot win. James Hagerty notes the estimate comes from personal delega te contacts and includes undecided delegates and unelected delegations.
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New York
The
New York Times
Dwight Eisenhower
the Times
Eisenhower
Sen
Robert Taft
GOP
James A. Hagerty
Milwaukee Construction Resumes After Brief Labour Pause
Building and construction in the Milwaukee area began today with no labor disputes for the first time in over a month. Local crews returned to sites as managers reported normal operations and steady progress across projects.
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Milwaukee
Filipino Fighters Challenge Chinese Outposts On Western Front
Filipino 20th battalion combat team launches bayonet and grenade attacks on Chinese outposts killing at least one more and driving back until repelled by artillery. Allied air forces destroy 41 troop shelters and 22 mortar positions as 60 more enemy casualties are logged. United Nations patrol engages around Panmunjom with unclear details.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
20Th Battalion
Oklahoma
45Th
Panmunjom
United Nations
8Th Army
Diplomat Elizbeth Hejnal Reported Missing in Copenhagen
Copenhagen authorities say Elizabeth Hejnal the senior Hungarian commercial adviser in Denmark disappeared from her hotel last week. Officials think she may have fled as a political refugee or suffered an accident. Two Hungarian legation staff retrieved her belongings.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
U.P
Elizabeth Hejnal
Teen-Age Robber Holds Up Milwaukee Hotel Cashier
A bare headed teen loitering near the Empire Room of the Schroeder hotel near Milwaukee held up cashier Mrs. Gertrude Briesemeister in the early hours and fled with 1312 dollars after displaying a pistol. He was seen at 2 15 a.m. sitting at a table and claimed he was waiting for one of the bus boys.
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Milwaukee
Empire
Schroeder
Gertrude Briesemeister
Truman to Attend West Point 150th Anniversary Celebration
President Truman will join a commemorative event at West Point tomorrow marking the 150th anniversary of the U S military academy. The occasion honors the academy's founding and honors its history and alumni.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
West Point
U. S. Military Academy
Sinclair Oil Workers Vote to End Long Strike
About 10 000 Sinclair Oil employees returned to work after voting 58 percent in favor of a 15 cent per hour raise. Contracts are being signed in New York as work resumes at six refineries and pipelines restart. An estimated 4 000 others had already returned or will soon.
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Denver
U.P
Sinclair Oil Company
Sinclair
Oil Workers International Union
CIU
New York
O. A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers Union
E. B. Watson
CIO
Augusta
Topeka
Kansas City
Nebraska
Iowa
Union Company
Texas Company
Illinois
Shirley Temple Recovers From Pleural Illness
Shirley Temple recuperated at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland after developing pleurisy about a week after giving birth to a son on April 28. The actress was hospitalized following the birth and is reported in stable condition.
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Washington
U.P
Shirley Temple
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Band Holds Two Captive Near Crash
Brazilian army parachutists join a rescue near a Pan-American Stratocruiser crash site 930 miles north of Rio. U S government official Scott Magness and Brazilian Major Miranda Correa were seized by thrill-seekers, with two other Americans possibly held.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
U. S
Soldiers of Fortune
Rio
Scott Magness
American Civil Aeronautics Administration
Miranda Correa
Charles Collar
U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board
Collar
Robert Wisenbacker
Pratt & Whitney Co
Stanley Brooks
Brink's Robbery Case Marked by State Anger
Rhode Island Attorney General William Powers accused Massachusetts officials of withholding information in the 1950 Brink's robbery and the murder of Carlton M. O'Brien. He said a Rhode Island witness is ready to testify that Joseph F. McGinnis planned the heist with Alfred A. Gagnon and O'Brien.
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Brink
Boston
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
William E. Powers
Carlton M. O’brien
Powers
Joseph F. McGinnis
O’brien
Warwick, R. I
Providence
R. I
McGinnis
Alfred A. Gagnon
Pawtucket
Rhode Island State Prison
Gagnon
O'Brien
Suffolk County
Mass
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Corpus Christi
Tex
General American Tank Company
Rai
Gutenferst-Hof
Associated Press
Western Union Telegraph
Western Union Telegraph Co
Red Inquiry
Hayden L. Boatner
Arf
Senators
Ridgway
Koje
Robert Udice
United Press Staff
Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Sariwon
Wonsan
Sinclair Oil
Military
Mattos
Magness
Correa
U.S. Air Force
Miller
Brazilian
Foreign Office
Air Force
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