Paratroopers Reinforce Koje Garrison Under Clark Order
General Mark Clark announced the U N Command has sent the 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment to Koje Island to reinforce UN troops guarding Communist prisoners of war. He said the unit would prevent mass outbreaks and enforce Geneva Convention rules at POW Camp No. 1 under Gen Hayden Boamer.
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Torco
Mark Clark
U. S. 187Th Airborne Infantry
Koje Island
United Nations
Clark
U.N
Far East
Kote
Kore
James A. van Fleet
U. S
Eighth Army
187Th
Beppu
Japan
Korea
187Th Airborne Infantry Regiment
Hayden L. Boamer
Fire Destroys Huge Film Set at Warner Brothers Studio
A two block square area of Warner Brothers in Burbank burned, wrecking Sound Stage 21 and exterior sets. The fire began during lunch, burned eight acres, and caused an estimated 12.5 million dollars in damage with explosions from air compressor tanks. Spectators including Gordon MacRae and Burt Lancaster watched as crews battled the flames for two hours.
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Burbank
Calif
Warner Brothers
Gordon MacRae
Ray Bolger
Burt Lancaster
Virginia Mayo
Bruce Humberstone
Jack L. Warner
New York Street
Brownstone
Hopping Sentenced To Bad Conduct Discharge
Seaman Bruce S. Hopping son of a New Jersey lumber family was sentenced by a special Navy court martial to a bad conduct discharge after conviction on charges of conspiring to criticize Navy discipline and discrediting superiors aboard the salvage ship Reclaimer. His attorney said an appeal would follow.
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Pearl Harbor
Bruce S. Hopping
New Jersey
U. S. Navy
Ripleypping Lumber Co
Port Newark
Hopping
Reclaimer
Hyman M. Greenstein
For and vicinity continued notice fragment
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Valve Break Tears Open Gas Line In Lancaster County
A section of the Little Inch pipeline ruptured at a valve in Mariette Pennsylvania injuring six workers and flooding a mile square area with natural gas. Police and volunteers warned residents and blocked access while officials said the break would not affect eastern gas supplies. The 20 inch line runs parallel to the Big Inch and is operated by Texas Eastern Transmission Co.
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Mariette
Lancaster County
Texas
Texas Eastern Transmission Co
Million-Dollar Oil Tank Fire Doused in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi fire crews ended a sleepless night as a million-dollar oil blaze at the Gen eral American terminal was quenched with foamite foam and carbon dioxide extinguishers. About 200 firemen faced a massive blast at 3 am and a 27-block evacuation left 300 families displaced. Navy firefighters aided, with 400 on site and guards posted to deter looting.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Houston
Kathleen Marshall
The
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
John Carlyle
Red Cross
Corpus Christi Naval Training Center
Corpus Christi Coast Guard
Navy
GOP Caucus Opposes Population-Only Redistricting in Wisconsin
Republicans from the Ninth Congressional District oppose redistricting on a population basis. The 173 delegates from 11 counties heard remarks from Gov. Kohler, Atty. Gen. Thomson, and State Treasurer Warren Smith and endorsed three incumbents for reelection. The session offered support for Sen. McCarthy, with attendees urged to meet him at the state GOP convention in Milwaukee next month.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Kohler
Thomson
Warren Smith
Sen
McCarthy
Merlin Hall
Black River Falls
McCarthy Patricia Kenney
Thorp
Milwaukee
Miss Kenney
Aanan Kenosha
Nounced
Wayne Hood
la Crosse
GOP
Hood
Guilford M. Wiley
Galesville
Hull
Washington
George E. Sipple
Menomonie
Joy accuses Reds of never wanting truce at Panmunjom
United Nations truce negotiators told North Korea and the Red delegation at Panmunjom that the U.N. has made its final negotiatory effort for an armistice. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy warned the Reds no further concessions will be offered. The prisoner of war issue blocks a truce as Nam Il reiterated the Communist stance against the April 28 Allied proposal.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Reds
U.N. Command
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Panmunjom
Nam Il
Joy
Soviet Russia
Red
Nam
Francis T. Dodd
Kose Island
Mark W. Clark
Far East
Clark
Nam II
Brinks Suspect O'Brien Shot Dead in Rhode Island
Carlton M. O'Brien 49, named by Massachusetts and Boston authorities as the chief Brink's robbery suspect, was slain by a shotgun outside his home in West Warwick Rhode Island. Providence police grabbed another man linked to the case. Gagnon, in Rhode Island State Prison, previously implicated in the 1 219 000 Brink's heist.
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West Warwick
Brink
Boston
Carlton M. O’brien
Hector Groteau
Massachusetts
Francis E. Kelly
James V. Crowley
O’brien
Providence
Kelly
Alfred A. Gagnon
Rhode Island
Howard
William E. Powers
Gagnon
Williamsburg
Gabrielson Urges Hell-For-Leather Republican Campaign
GOP national chair man Gabrielson calls Republicans to wage a hell-for-leather campaign this summer and fall at a New Mexico rally. He says do not fear polls or Democrats or nominee, and vow not to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Albuquerque
Guy G. Gabrielson
GOP
New Mexico Party
Gabrielson
City Armed Forces Day Parade Aims for Large Crowd
Clear skies boost hopes for a big La Crosse Armed Forces Day parade from Cameron Park through the business district to Riverside Park at 2 p.m. Brig Gen Eugene L Harrison will speak, with a 847th Field Artillery Battalion display nearby. Grand Marshal Roy S Coster leads marching units from schools service and veterans groups along a route via King Main and State to the park.
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la Crosse
847Th Field Artillery
Roy S. Coster
la’ Crosse
Army Reserve
Cameron Park
4Th
King Streets
King
6Th Street
6Th
Main Street
Main
4Th Street
State Street
State
Riverside Park
Public Enemy No 1 Antonio Correa Cotto Shot Down
In Puerto Rico the fugitive Antonio Correa Cotto known as Public Enemy No 1 was killed when he ran from a sugar cane field near Ponce. Police say the 31 year old escapee, who broke from the island penitentiary on October 28 1950, had murdered at least five people and raped once. A dragnet had pursued him since the mass escape. Police were tipped he hid in a corn field.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Antonio Correa Cotto
Beningo Soto
Ponce
Here
Correa
Island Penitentiary
U S Tugboat Captain Ordered To Give Up Ship Towed To Brazil
US tugboat captain Louis Baden and his armed crew refused to surrender a landing craft to Brazilian owners after their tug sank off northeastern Brazil. A state court ordered transfer of the towed ship, but military police later took control as compensation disputes arose.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
U. S
Sao Luiz
Louis Baden
Baden
Bicycle Rider Hurt In City Crash
A 10 year old student was injured when riding a bicycle at the 14th and Madison Streets intersection at 8 03 a.m. The rider, Joseph Eagon, entered a traffic lane and collided with a car driven by Jack Anderson of 508 Cass Street. The youth was taken to a local hospital.
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14Th
Madison Streets
Joseph Eagon
Trafffic
Jack Anderson
Cass St
Sawyer Accused of Unthinkable Bias in Steel Dispute
Philip Murray of the CIO United Steelworkers blamed Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer for bias in running mills seized by the federal government under Truman. Murray demanded wage settlement talks resume and urged industry leaders to bar wage stabilization terms while signaling for steel labor peace at the convention’s close.
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Philadelphia
Philip ‘Murray
Secretary of Commerce
CIO
Cio-United Steelworkers
Commerce
Charles Sawlyer
America
Truman
Murray
Sawyer
Commerce Secretary
Ior
Walter Reuther
Automobile Workers
Emil Rieve
Textile Workers
Joseph Bierne
Communications Workers
Michael Quill
Transport Workers
Vandenberg Cancer Scare Reported by NEA
NEA reports Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg has abdominal cancer. The illness prompted an operation described as exploratory and led to a public relations clash in the Pentagon over naming cancer. He is said to be improving after surgery, with initial two week absence now in doubt.
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Washington
NEA
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Pentagon
Walter Reed Medical Center
T.B
Vandenberg
Doctors’ Hospital
Lloyd Lewis
Air
Mother Hurt Riding Elephant To Win Prize Money
Doris Scott a 29 year old mother from Phoenix was injured while attempting to ride a buckling circus elephant for a $1000 prize. She suffered a fractured vertebrae and may need surgery at Maricopa County Hospital. Her husband Frank warned of danger as keepers removed bull hooks and the elephant bucked.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Maricopa County Hospital
Doris Scott
James Earl
Frank
Lovett warns Communists on germ warfare if they strike
Defense Secretary Lovett warned that if the Communists try germ or gas warfare they will wish they had never been born. Speaking at a Pentagon briefing he dismissed Red charges that the UN used such weapons in Korea and suggested counter steps could follow. He avoided confirming whether atomic options were included. The report notes Moscow's long-standing claims of bacteriological bets and cites Radio Moscow’s 1949 assertions.
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Washington
America
United States
Pentagon
Defense
Robert Lovett
United Nations
Panmunjom
Lovett
Moscow
Eisenhower Wins Oregon Primary Amid Slow Tallies
In Portland Oregon Eisenhower appears set to win a large share of delegates as returns trickle in Eight uninstructed delegates show support for his camp while pledges bind other delegates Kefauver dominates the Democratic side with broad support and broad delegate backing Justice Douglas and Gov Stevenson were listed on the ticket despite objections.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Kefauver
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Gov. Stevenson
Earl Warren
California
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Warner Brothers Studio
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Edward G. Robinson
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Bette Davis
Flynn
Doris Day
Moonlight Bay
By Sam Summerlin
Brinks
Public Enemy
Cane Field
U.S
Sec. Sawyer
Peter Edson
Wwe
By Elton C. Fay
Radio Moscow
Ike
Gov. Warren
Morrie Landsberg
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