British Foreign Office Seeks Missing Diplomats
The British Foreign Office reports three diplomats missing for two weeks as secret agents and police search Western Europe. William Ridsdale notes messages from Paris suggest the men may be abroad but not harmed. no warrants issued. MacLean, Burgess and their families are cited with details on their backgrounds and relationships. The United States is kept informed of the hunt.
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London
Foreign Office
Son Ey
William Ridsdale
Feign
Duart MacLean
Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess
Washington
Europe
MacLean
Ridsdale
Paris
Melinda
Marling
Chicago
New York
Burgess
France
United States
Train Collision Kills Six in Tennessee Rainstorm
Six Louisville and Nashville crew members die when Pan American and local No. 103 collide near Hematite Tennessee after orders to stop were ignored. Thirteen passengers injured including one in critical condition as two trains wrecked in the rain.
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L. & N. Railroad
Clarksville
Tenn
Crack Pan American
Airview
AP Wirephott
Louisville and Nashville
Here
Pan American
Memphis
Bowling Green
R. C. Parsons
Louisville
Hematite
W. J. Miller
Paris
H. Johnson
Buck Hagan
Harold Glen
Tom Dillahay
Dixon Springs
J. A. Richardson
Indictments Target HST Region Official in 1948 Campaign
Leonard Irving congressman from Missouri’s fourth district faces two federal indictments alleging improper use of labor union funds in the 1948 campaign. Also charged are the International Hod Carriers union AFL local No. 264 Roy E. Livingston and union officials. Each indictment covers 12 counts with possible penalties up to 24 years in prison and $24,000 in fines.
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Kansas City
Leonard Irving
Congress
Pres. Truman
Irving
International Hod Carriers, Building and Construction Union
AFL
Union
Roy E. Livingston
Fred L. Howard
U. S
Co Irving
Albert L. Reeves
Stanley Cole
Chicago
Missouri
Ace Swimmer Four Dying Of Leukemia
Four year old Dennis McShane of Reseda California battles leukemia with six months to two years left. A child prodigy who swam at Pasadena's Tournament of Roses in 1948 and earned a social security wage, he has lived a life beyond his years. His swimming efforts helped him endure illness as he undergoes transfusions and hospital care away from his parents with his grandparents in Los Angeles.
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Reseda
Calif
Dennis McShane
Pasadena
Dennis
Glen McShene
Roy Denniston
Los Angeles
Dennis’ Cocker ‘Spanie
Mugsy
Truman press for extension of controls amid inflation fears
President Truman pressed Congress to renew the defense production act for another year as inflation pressures loom from rising defense spending. Senate and House committees planned to draft extension legislation while lawmakers weighed interim renewals and rent control scope amid warnings of escalating prices. Bernard Baruch urged nationwide, nonpreferential application of stabilization measures including rents, prices and wages.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Senate Banking Committee
Baruch
Bernard Baruch
Wisconsin Senate approves redistricting compromise plan
Wisconsin Senate backs Kaftan amendment to place a advisory referendum in the November 1952 election on whether to redraw legislative districts by area and population. If voters say no, Rosenberry population plan would take effect Jan 1, 1954. if yes, constitutional change could enable area population districting.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Senate Friay
Kaftan
Green Bay
Fees
Friends
Senate
Assembly
Rosenberry
Marvin B Rosenberry
State Supreme Court
Milwaukee
Racine
Menomonie
Ludvigsen
Rhartland
Gov. Kohler
Sen. Hicks
R-Phillips
No Fuss in Anniversary for Cat Hollow Couple
CAT HOLLOW Ky In inflation and Sprouse wedding anniversary arrives on the same day Friday after five years of marriage Delbert Shorty Sprouse their 84 year old wife Grandma Sprouse consented for him to work out farm conditions are bad He is working at $3 a day Grandma says we aint making no more fuss They remain the same couple with a New York trip and a log cabin still drafty She still helps with chores and enjoys chewing plug tobacco continuing their simple life as the world learns of their marriage.
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Cat Hollow
Sprouse
Delbert
Shorty) Sprouse
Grandma Sprouse
Ramabe Cribes
New York
Grandma
Shorty
Acheson says he did not know Marshall was going to Korea
Senate hearing reveals Secretary of State Acheson did not know Defense Secretary Marshall planned a Korea trip. Republicans question cabinet cooperation amid MacArthur dismissal fallout and claims by Ambassador Muccio about fighting communism. Acheson defends colleagues and offers telegrams for record while President Truman endorses his work.
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Acheson
Marshall
Korea
Washington
State Acheson
Senate
MacArthur
Defense Marshall
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Gen. MacArthur
Muccio
Scott
Truman
White House
Sen. Green
D-Ri
Wiley Praises Acheson After MacArthur Earings Confusion
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin, a critic of Dean Acheson, commends the secretary of state for a grand job during the MacArthur hearings. Acheson remarks some questions were hard to understand and answers were challenging, acknowledging it may be his fault for the confusion.
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Washington
Wiley
R-Wis
Dean Acheson
MacArthur Earings
Acheson
Sen. Wiley
Rwis
Acheson Presses Case At Hearings On Trips
Acheson tearfully protested that he had been up here continuously day after day and questioned why Marshall telephoned him during the hearings to say he would take a trip as secretary of defense. The exchange occurred on his seventh day in the witness chair before the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees as they continued the hearings.
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Acheson
Marshall
Plea Moves to Remove Acheson Shared by ACT Group
A substantial majority of the American Commercial Travelers of America is seen backing a resolution urging President Harry S Truman to replace Secretary Dean Acheson. Read at a meeting in the American Legion hall, the resolution accuses Acheson of harming foreign policy over Korea and asks copies be sent to state congressmen and senators.
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Truman
Dean
American Legion Hall
United Commercial Travelers of America
Korea
United States
Harry S
Disces Dean Acheson
Soldier stops bullet with tongue in Korea incident
Pfc. Eugene T. Lucas of Edwardsville Pennsylvania, 19, towing an anti air craft truck with the U S 7th infantry division in Korea, stopped a bullet with his tongue when an enemy shot pierced the windshield and grazed his lip and front teeth, according to report.
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Tokyo
Eugene T. Lucas
Edwardsville
Ucas
U. S. 7Th Infantry
Korea
Lucas
City Council Meeting Scheduled for June Evening
The council has a regular meeting set for June at 7:20 p m. The agenda includes standard city business and public comment opportunities.
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Cil
State Building Program Gets Assembly OK
Madison Wisconsin. The Assembly approved Gov Kohlers 15 120 000 state building program by 81 to 0 vote placing money in long and short range plans and authorizing about 12 000 000 for new projects in two years. An additional 3 100 000 was approved for Milwaukee State College and the University of Wisconsin extension center in Milwaukee.
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Madison
Wis
Kohler
Assembly
Milwaukee State College
University of Wisconsin Extension Center
Milwaukee
Lakeshore College
General Treasury
Finance Committee
Wisconsin General Hospital
Extension Division
State Colleges
Public Welfare Department
State Motor Vehicle Department
B. L. Marcus
Longstock
R-Marinette
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Legislative Council
Marcus
Grove
Wisconsin
Joint Finance Committee
Wisconsin ‘Assembhe Assembly
Sire
Marshall defends trip as military honor visit in Korea
General Marshall denied peace-move ties for his Korea trip and said it was to congratulate army leaders. He called the war a military classic and noted UN forces pressing toward Chorwon while Chinese resistance blocked westward advances. Front-line gains included tanks and road thrusts, with censorship limiting details.
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Marshall
Korea
Mao Tze-Tung
Red China
Lee
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
United Nations
38Th Parallel
Matthew B. Ridgway
Chorwon
Eighth Army
Kumhwa
Caterpillar Horde Invades Upper Michigan and Ontario
A vague report notes a caterpillar infestation affecting Upper Michigan and Ontario. No specific dates or statistics are provided. Local officials have not issued formal action details or containment plans in the readable text.
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Upper Michigan
Ontario
Week ends with slump at nation’s top cattle markets
Chicago reports 122 100 cattle entered the 12 major live stock centers this week, the lowest since April 1948. Receipts fell from 141 600 last week and 167 700 a year ago as small packers and eastern buyers bought most cattle, signaling potential supply disruption and regional shortages. OPS investigators collect buyers’ names and destinations to enforce compliance.
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Chicago
Office of Price Administration
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Smith
Secretary of Defense
George C. Marshall
Matthew Ridgway
Haneda Air Field
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R-Vi
Sakon
Iran
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Iowa
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