Preparedness Emphasized On Armed Forces Day Across Nation
President Truman and Secretary Johnson urged a universal training program and extension of the draft to bolster national defense on Armed Forces Day. Gen. Omar Bradley warned of a possible Russian atomic attack while top officials called for readiness to deter a broader cold war.
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Truman
Defense Johnson
Washington
J. Truman
Congress
United States
United States of America
Johnson
Defense Department
Omar Bradley
San Francisco
Armed Forces Day Observances Across Berlin and Europe
About 70 000 U S military personnel gathered to mark Armed Forces Day with activities in Berlin at Tempelhof and demonstrations of C 54 loading and unloading. German sailors toured a U S destroyer in Bremerhaven while jet fighter flights lifted over Munich Erding Nuernberg and Linz Austria.
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Berlin
U. S
Navy
Air Force
War In
Europe
Tempelhof
Munich
Erding
Nuernberg
Linz
Austria
Monkey Escapes Habitat Climbs Drive-In Screen Tower
A blue-tailed monkey from Africa escaped captivity at the Pen Deton Pike drive-in in Indianapolis. It climbed the screen tower's steel framework after being placed in a confinement area, ate a banana bait and left another banana bait as operators planned to lure it down when a vehicle left.
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Indianapolis
Pendeton Pike Drive-In
Africa
Gao
Lunger
Bender Returns to Glenview After China Prisoner Span
Marine MSgt. Elmer C. Bender lands at Glenview after 18 months as a prisoner of Chinese forces and hints at signing a statement about spying. He vows to straighten it out later and plans to remain in the Marines despite his 1949 hitch end. He reunites with his wife Shirley who beams at the arrival and helps celebrate the homecoming.
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Chicago
U.P
Elmer C. Bender
West Coast
Long Beach
Bender
Glenview Naval Air Station
C.S.T
Shirley
Two Baby Girls Born During Munitions Blast
In South Amboy New Jersey a munitions blast rocked the city as two baby girls were born at the local hospital last night Both infants and their mothers Mrs Frank Kriskowski of Sayreville and Mrs Fred Page of South Amboy were reported in good condition.
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South Amboy
N. J
South Amboy Hospital
Frank Kriskowski
Sayreville
Fred Page
Strike Delayed By Switchmen Until June 1
The switchmen union postponed a planned strike of about 6000 yard workers on western rail lines west of Chicago. Talks on pay for a 40 hour week and time and a half for weekend work are set to resume with 10 railroads after the mediation board arranged new peace talks next week.
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Washington
Arthur J. Glover
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Chicago
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
National Mediation Board
Glover's Union
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and
Order of Railway Conductors
Glover
Mother Watches Two Sons Drown in River Tragedy
Nahunta Georgia report of a mother, Mrs Omer Manning, watching her two sons Lester 10 and Chester 12 drown in the Big Satilla river as they swam near the bank Lester slipped from a shallow ledge into deep water and Chester tried to save him but both disappeared beneath the turbulent current.
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Nahunta
Omer Manning
Satilla
Lester
Chester
New Jersey Ammunition Blast Devastates South Amboy
A massive explosion rocked South Amboy and Perth Amboy amid 600 tons of munitions bursting into the night sky. Police and military units cordoned the area as officials announced hundreds injured and up to 29 dead. crews worked amid shattered windows and an improvised morgue.
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South Amboy
N. J
American Red Cross
New York
New York Harbor
John Leonard
Charles Bersin
Stalin
Raritan Bay
Isbrandtsen Line
Far East
New York City
Youth Admits Murder Near Chicago Home
A 16 year old girl, Patricia Swartz, was beaten and stabbed to death at her doorstep in Englewood. Raymond Jenko, 19, living nearby, admitted the slaying after a lie detector test. Authorities cite motive as rape, later disputed as robbery. The victim was a high school junior.
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Chicago
Raymond Jenko
John Golden
Andrew Aiken
Jenko
Golden
Patricia Swartz
Englewood High School
Tragic blast devastates South Amboy as four barges explode
Panic and wreckage sweep Broadway after a deadly explosion near the waterfront in South Amboy New Jersey. Residents rush to safety as first responders and volunteers aid the injured amid collapsing buildings flying glass and looming fires.
Blueprint of Communists Revealed in Senate Probe
Washington senators disclosed a purported blueprint for disaster said to detail bombing government offices destroying utilities and poisoning water supplies. Police and senators view the document as genuine and tied to a broader inquiry into sex perversion among federal workers.
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Washington
U.P
Russia
Congress
Military Establishment
State Department
James K. Hunter
Washington Police
Kenneth S. Wherry
Neb
Lister Hill
D. Ala
Hunter
Wherry
Hill
Senate
Senate Appropriations
Department
Dean Acheson
Weather Quiet and Cool Statewide With Weekend Outlook
Wisconsin sees a belated spring with cool but fair conditions across the state. Morning temperatures linger in the 40s and 50s, reaching 55 in Kenosha by noon, while Lone Rock tops the day at 78 and Superior records a 43 low.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Lone Rock
Superior
Grandmother Dies In Burning Milwaukee Home
Milwaukee police report Stella Sublett a 60 year old grandmother died Friday after re entering a flaming home to retrieve a money filled purse. Neighbor Joseph Nikolaus witnessed flames from a window and saw Sublett push her four year old grandson Larry Wydell to safety before re entering the blaze. Larry described a wood stove fire that puffed back.
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Milwaukee
Stella Sublett
Joseph Nikolaus
Nikolaus
Larry Wydell
Earl Johnson Approved as Assistant Secretary
The senate yesterday approved the nomination of Earl Callam Johnson as assistant secretary of the Army.
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Earl Johnson
Washington
Senate
Earl Callam Johnson
Morse Wins Oregon Primary in Senate Race
Sen Wayne Morse captured the Republican nomination for the U S Senate in Oregon, defeating farmer Dave Hoover as returns from 1322 of 2017 precincts showed Morse leading 63026 to 35544 for Hoover. Hoover conceded. Democrats fielded three hopefuls for governor.
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Sen. Morse
Oregon
Portland
Ore
U.P
Wayne Morse
U. S. Senate
Dave Hoover
Hoover
Morse
Douglas McKay
Austin Flegel
Lew Wallace
Truman
Howard Lafourette
Louis Wood
Republican McKay
Flegel
Pearson
Wallace
Multnomah
Homer D. Angell
U. S
Carl C. Donaugh
Phil Dreyer
H. H. Stallard
Angell
Tug James Smith Sinks After Collision on River
Six crewmen missing as tugboat James Smith wrecks near ridge bridge on Atchafalaya River. Eleven aboard. five rescued by local boats. police suspect six sank with vessel while others slept. Bridge tender’s wife described bridge clearance and sudden collision in treacherous current.
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H. V. Long
Collision Kills Woman Near Ada Wisconsin
Mrs Norma Grien aged 33 of New Holstein was killed in a two car crash Friday night at the intersection of two town roads five miles north of Ada. The incident occurred in Sheboygan County and involved two automobiles. Local authorities reported the fatal collision and opened an investigation to determine causes.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office
Sheboygan
Norma Grien
New Holstein
Ada
Powells Expecting Addition in December
Hollywood couple Dick Powell and wife June Allyson announce they expect a baby in December. They already have a two year old adopted daughter Pamela.
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Dick Powells
Hollywood
June Allyson
Pamela
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Miss Swartz
Englewood Baptist Church Community Center
William Swartz
St. Bernard’s Hospital
Luke Lyons
Belt
Andrew Kudrick
Broadway
G. Frank
Steve Dobrynski
Keyport
Paul Kelly
Bernie Mackiel
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