Trains Crash Kills 11 in Bryn Mawr Night Collision
Major G A McLaughlin reports 11 dead and about 60 injured after two Pennsylvania Railroad trains collide near Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania. The Red Arrow rear-ended the Pittsburgh Philadelphia night express as crews searched for a drag beneath the halted train. One identified victim is Indianapolis surgeon C B Litenstahn.
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Bryn Mawr
G. A. McLaughlin
Lower
Merion Township
PRR
Ted Na C
Litenstahn
Tt Metalurgiat
Indianapolis
Red Arrow
Detroit
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Whited Endorses One Year Smoke Abatement Trial
Don Whited a local grocer and alderman hopeful urged a one year exemption for individual homes from the Smoke Abatement Ordinance as a test. He opposes abolishing the program but backs a May 26 bond issue vote and suggests appointing a neutral committee to assess dust and smoke from homes during the trial period.
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Don Whited
Litz Manor
Frisday
Whited
Fayors
Imaginative Boy Killed In Play Trap
A 14 year old boy in Neptune New Jersey died in his self made play trap a hangman style noose sprung by a lighted candle neighbors found him hanging from clothes line in his cellar with a knife strapped to his wrist police ruled the death an accident and described the device using a dolly box roller skates pulley sand pail and a candle to drop the sand and yank the rope
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Neptune
N. J
George Sherman
Shark River
George
UN votes arms embargo on Communist China
The United Nations Assembly passed an arms embargo on Communist China by a 47 to 0 vote with the Soviet bloc not participating and several nations abstaining. Sponsors aim to close loopholes and cut off strategic materials, marking the UN's first use of economic sanctions as a weapon.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
China
Free World
Afghanistan
Burma
Egypt
India
Indonesia
Pakistan
Sweden
Syria
Heiping
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Income Tax Checkup Slated For Tenn Ky
Nashville report says a two state crackdown on criminals and corrupt officials is set by Treasury agents in Kentucky and Tennessee. Lips Henslee, Tennessee collector, outlined focus on gamblers bootleggers bookies numbers runners abortionists and dope peddlers to ensure they pay taxes. The drive follows a Senate Crime Committee report urging enforcement to curb organized crime defrauding the Treasury.
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Nashville
Tenn
Kentucky
Tennessee
U.S. Internal Revenue
Lips Henslee
Treasury Department
Henstee
Senate Crime Committee
Treasury
Hensler
Louisville
NAM Demands Removal Of Wage Price Controls
The National Association of Manufacturers calls for removal of wage price controls and accuses President Truman of seeking dictatorial powers. CIO backs stricter price controls while meat industry spokesmen warn of beef price rollback reducing supplies. The Wage Stabilization Board could pierce the pay controls, as leaders of 57 major civilian industries meet the NPA to discuss cuts to metal supplies below Korea levels. Truman urges stronger controls and defense production, while NAM warns of economic system destruction and calls for Congress to set authority before June 50 expiry. Carey proposes stiffer price controls with ceilings and labeling amid inflation racketeers.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Truman
CIO
Wage Stabilization Board
National Production Authority
NPA
William H. Ruffin
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Association
James B. Carey
Peaarral
The
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Carey
Demanils
School Contracts Awarded for Kingsport Schools
In an adjourned session the Board of Mayor and Aldermen awarded four contracts totaling $180,526.02 for Kingsport school improvements. Bids cover remodeling Dobyna Bennett High, upgrades at Junior High, and new equipment at Washington Elementary with completion by August 15.
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Kingsport
Dobyna-Bennett High School
Washington
Dobyna-Bennett
Jow
Rentenback and Wright, Inc
Weird-Looking Aircraft Models Hit 3000 MPH Test
On Wallops Island Virginia NACA scientists launch six to seven foot scale airframes to 3000 mph. They seek basic data to predict future warplanes and missiles. Designs hint at razor thin wings tri angled shapes and needle like fuselages. Human limits hinge on G forces and air friction heat as speeds climb.
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Wallopa Island
Atlantic Coast
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
United States
Russia
NACA
Robert R. Gilruth
Wallops Island
Big Sunspot May Disrupt Airwaves And Radio
A large sunspot could disturb radio communications for two to three days. The Bureau of Standards warned the Civil Aeronautics Administration the Army and Navy and commercial stations. CAA relayed the alert to pilots. Officials noted the sunspot is visible without aid but advised eye protection.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
Civil Aeronautics ‘Administration
Army and Navy
CAA
Truman Statement Triggers Shock Over MacArthur Removal
Washington reports President Truman acknowledged considering removing General Douglas MacArthur from command of UN forces in Korea for about a year. Senator Hickenlooper accused Truman of deceiving the public as MacArthur said the president's remarks were astonishing and hard to reconcile with his appointment of MacArthur. The exchange follows earlier controversy and calls for new leadership in the Far East.
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Washington
Trumman
Get
Douyghin MacArthur
Atdniii
Lohaley
H House
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Promidential
Joseph Short
Mn Arthur
Sade le
United Nations
Hickenlooper
Far East
MacArthur
New York
Mr. Truman
United Nations Command
Korea
Ship and Pier Swept By Waterfront Blaze
A fierce waterfront fire hit a Philadelphia pier and the cargo ship Pineland from Leith Scotland. The vessel broke from moorings and drifted toward Pier 38 South as crewmen jumped into the river. Some were hospitalized as firefighters battled the blaze with multiple fireboats on the Delaware River.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Leith
Scotland
VA General Alarm
Plier 38
Reds Push South In Fifth Chinese Offensive
Communist forces pressed down the Korean front driving deep into eastern and western sectors. Allied lines yielded ground across a 50 mile reentrant front as Red units threatened Seoul while massed artillery and air power tried to blunt the onslaught. UN reports warned of heavy casualties and a bold plan aimed at marking the invasion’s first anniversary.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Seoul
Korea
Manchuria
New Communist Attack To Fail Says Van Fleet
Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, commanding the UN forces in Korea, declared the new Red offensive futile. He praised Allied valor against the human wave tactics and urged continued courage, unity, and perseverance as the free world watches the battle on the Korean front.
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U.S
iKoren
Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
United Nations
Korea
van Fleet
Fifty French Troops Killed In Nhatrang Explosion
An explosion shattered the French Navy LST Adour off Nhatrang, injuring about 130 and killing around fifty soldiers. The vessel, tied to a dock, had just taken aboard 900 troops for operations against the Viet Minh near Saigon.
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Saigon
Indochina
LST
Adour
Nhatrang
Four Die in Alabama Midnight Gun Battle at Farm Home
A midnight gun battle at a farm home three miles east of Boat Alabama left three officers Sheriff E M Boyles of Marshall County Chief Leonard J Floyd of Bow Kilpatrick the farmer and Chief Deputy Sheriff W M Barnett dead A fourth officer was seriously wounded and hospitalized in Gadsden Five suspects are jailed without charges in Gadsden while investigators continue to probe the assault with intent to murder charges tied to Kilpatrick The firefight erupted as the group approached the Kilpatrick home when they were met with heavy gunfire and returned fire. weapons found included two pistols three shotguns and a carbine
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Ala
Here
Gadaden
Gadsden
E. M. Boyles
Marshall County
Leonard J. Floyd
Bows
Aubrey Kilpatrick
W. M
Ous Farm
Birmingham
Howard Hardin
Kilpatrick
Boyles
Hardin
Floyd
Some Telegraph Men Ignore Union Order
Some Western Union employees returned to work but many in Philadelphia Detroit and San Francisco Bay Area refused amid a week old management training program for excluded supervisory staff. Back to work orders by AFL Telegraphers Union President Adolph Brunegs restored normal conditions in Cincinnati Boston and Buffalo, while Chicago and other cities remained unsettled.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Detroit
San Francisco-Oakland
Calif
Cincinnati
Boston
Buffalo
Adolph Brunegs
AFL Telegraphers Union
Chicago
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