Allies Power Counterattack Along Korea Front Recapture Hangye
Allied forces break a wide front northward drive in Korea recapturing Hangye and advancing up to three and a half miles. The U S 10th Corps led the push with Second Infantry and First Marine Divisions. Reds withdraw along front from Mun san to Pungnam as Allied tanks seize a supply route pass near the Trans Korean highway.
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Tokyo
Korea
U. S
10Th Corps
East Central
Hangye
Key Road
Mun
San
Pungnam
Polk Proposal Taken Lightly
Bradley County residents show skepticism toward dissolving Polk County to end political feuding. Governor Browning asks the attorney general to rule on whether Polk might vote on abolishing the county and parceling its land to neighboring counties. A Cleveland correspondent notes both parties respond with skeptical humor about the proposal amid fears of a reign of terror between Polk Democrats and the Good Government League.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga Times
Bradley County
Polk
Gordon Browning
Polk Democrats
Good Government League
Times’ Cleveland
Bradley
Folk
Six Airmen Die When Plane Crashes On Indiana Farm
A C-124 from Patterson Field Dayton crashed on a New Lisbon area farm Indiana. At least six airmen were killed and five survived with burns or injuries. Pilot Capt. Joan M. Christenson and four others were hospitalized in New Castle. Names of the injured and unaccounted varied in reports.
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Indiana
New Lisbon
Ind
Air Force
Patterson Field
Dayton
Joan M. Christenson
Christenson
Henry County Hospital
New Castle
Jack Sowers
Wiliam Snell
James Stelyn
Cassius Zedaker
Wilford Thompson
Wiliam Turner
WCTW
Secret Federal Grand Jury Sets Espionage Probe in New York
A newly sworn federal grand jury in New York is to conduct a wide inquiry into spying and subversive activities. Jurors, 19 men and 4 women, were instructed by Judge Goddard to maintain secrecy. Prosecutors Cohen and Donegan will present evidence as the body, the third federal grand jury here to probe espionage, weighs major cases including appeals by 11 top U S Communist leaders convicted of conspiracy.
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New York
Cohen
U. S
Search Extended For Small Girl
Orange County authorities and volunteers continue a large scale search for 10 year old Patricia Jean Hull. Sheriff James A. Musick leads the probe after Henry Ford McCracken, 34, is held on suspicion of kidnapping and questioned about accompanying the girl after a movie. Blood evidence at McCracken's cabin is being tested. Water behind Peters and Santiago Dams will be dragged to aid the search.
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James R. Bacon
Santa Ana
Calif
iPi
Patricia Jean Hull
Orange County
James A. Musick
Henry Ford McCracken
Sheriff Musick
University of Southern California
Klamath Falls
Ore
Patricia
McCracken
Buena Park
Short
Musick
Peters Dam
Santiago Dam
Bradley warns of possible Russian move into Iran
General Omar Bradley told senators there is a danger of the Russians moving into Iran and starting another aggression. He noted the Iran issue ties to oil field nationalization and Europe’s energy needs, as the MacArthur dismissal inquiry continued before Senate committees.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Iran
Bradley
Korea
Yugoslavia
Indo-China
Britsh
Europe
Senarate Armed Services and
Foreign Relations Committees
MacArthur
Truman
Brewster
U. S
Formosa
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Israel halts drainage work on Huleh swamp area
Israel orders a halt to drainage operations on the Huleh swamp land held by Arab owners along the Syrian border. Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett said the work in the demilitarized zone would stop today and resume tomorrow except for seven Arab owned acres.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Huleh
Moshe Sharett
United Nations
William Riley
Syria
Sharett
Atomic expert says U S leaders unknowingly hiked red strength
Dr Eugene Rabinowitch of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists argues that U S political and military actions in 1945 gave the Soviet Union access to uranium regions in Czechoslovakia and Germany, boosting Moscow’s atomic power more than spies did. He warns secrecy hindered proper warnings and debate on uranium supply.
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U. S
Chicago
Russia
Eugene Rabinowitch
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Congressional Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
United States
Canada
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Free Chest X Rays Offered in Kingsport
Four hundred forty three persons were x rayed yesterday at Kingsport Utilities Building bringing total examined to 832 since Monday. Free chest x ray examination runs through Friday May 25 from 9 am to 4 pm for anyone aged 15 or over. It takes only minutes and you need not remove your shirt. Offered by state and local health departments with Sullivan County Tuberculosis Association assistance.
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Kingsport Utilities
Sullivan County Tuberculosis Association
Williams Freed On Morals Count
Sneedville Tenn A former Hancock County high school principal was acquitted by a circuit court jury of abducting a 16 year old girl for immoral purposes. Drew B Williams 43 testified he was in Rogersville on a business trip on the night of May 2 1950 and he said he was the victim of a political frameup.
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Sneedville
Tenn
Hancock County
Drew B. Williams
Rogersville
Willams
Congress Probes Beefs Wages and Aid Amid Debate
Congress weighed public sentiment on beef prices wage ceilings and housing curbs while considering a new aid bill for India. Administration leaders expressed confidence in passing a grain aid package to Nehru's government despite opposition linking repayment in strategic minerals.
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Congress
Washington
India
Nehru
United States
Senate
Tax writers Okay Flat Rate Boost Amid Senate Recess Talk
In a stormy session the House Ways and Means Committee backed a flat 12 14 percent increase in individual income tax and a boosted excess profits tax on corporations. The party line vote spurred charges of railroaded legislation as lawmakers consider summer recess amid talks on a broader tax bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Simpson
Senate
Rep. Reed
New York
Congress Committee
McFarland Footie Aamines
Arizona
Senate Policy Committee
Staltaldes
Tehran in Crisis as Mossadegh Sways Capital
Police and troops patrol Tehran streets on a 24 hour alert as tanks roam the city amid rumors of Mossadegh's resignation. A mass rally praised a strong stand against Britain and the United States. Moslem leaders and Mujaheddin Islam hurled hostile chants against foreign forces.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Hussein Fatimi
Ufe
United States
Britain
Ghanatabadi
Mujaheddin Islam
Gate City Election Set For June 12 Mayor Race Attracts Three
Gate City Virginia voters head to the polls June 12 to choose a mayor and five town council members. Three candidates seek the mayor's post: incumbent Mack Wallace faces Mont Quillen and E. B. Elliott. A field of 14 council hopefuls includes Maude Stallard Naomi C Salling E F Hilton C T Meade and others with two women on the ballot.
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Gate City
Spl
Gate ‘Cllans
Mack Wallace
Mont Quillen
E. B. Elliott
Maude Stallard
Naomi C. Salling
E. F. Hilton
Schulberg Breaks With Communist Party Over Writing Control
Budd Schulberg said he joined the Communist party briefly in the late 1930s but left because its leaders tried to dictate his writing. He testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee after an ex-Communist linked him to Hollywood’s prewar exposure to communism.
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Korea
William Doernbach
Exg Harbor
N. J
Seoul
U. S. Army
Washington
Budd Schulberg
Communist Party
Schulberg
Hauge Un-American Activities Committee
Young Communist League
Hitler
Un-American Activities Committee
Richard Collins
Ring Lardner, Jr
Hollywood
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Cooley
D-Nc
Eric Johnston
Michael V. Disalle
Brannan
1Finance Committee
Ways and Means
McFarland
Wherry
Nebraska
le Vets
Eliner Maier
Walgace Lake
Sherotes Lane
Robert B. Hewett
Red Party
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