Danish teen rescues two boys from Clementon Lake
A 16 year old Danish visitor, Yohan Sven trup, jumped into Clementon Lake after seeing Daniel Wayne and Francis Welsh thrashing. He pulled Wayne to shore and then rescued Welsh. All three were treated at Audubon Hospital for exposure.
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Clementon
N.J
Clementon Lake
America
Yohan Sventrup
Daniel Wayne
Francis Welsh
Wayne
Audubon Hospital
Weeping Crooner Johnnie Ray to Wed This Sunday
New York reports Johnnie Ray, 25, says he feels only tears of joy for his fiancée Marilyn Morrison, 22. Morrison, daughter of a California night club operator, greeted Ray at LaGuardia on his Cincinnati flight, as the couple prepares for a Sunday marriage in the city.
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New York
Johnnie Ray
Marilyn Morrison
Ray
LaGuardia Field
Cincinnati
Miss Morrison
California
Major General Courtney Whitney Echoes MacArthur Career
Major General Courtney Whitney born May 20 1897 at Takoma Park Washington D C served as aide and adviser to General Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo. After MacArthur recalled to the U S Whitney is described as an echo of the supreme commander and he rose from private in World War I to second lieutenant before war end and to major general in 1950
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Courtney Whitney
Takoma Park
Washington, D.C
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
U.S
Whitney
AFL Council Meets Harriman on Price Controls
The AFL Executive Council meets Harriman to discuss supporting his presidential bid. They pledge to break a congressional coalition they blame for weak price controls and warn about delaying stronger controls despite high consumer prices.
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Boston
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
Averell Harriman
Harriman
AFL
William Green
Congress
Council
Capitol Hill
Missouri Governor Signs Libel Shield for Broadcasters
Gov. Forrest Smith signed a bill protecting Missouri radio and TV stations from libel suits arising from political campaign speeches. Stations face no liability for statements libelous about opponents in broadcasts. individuals may sue the speaker, not the station. The item also notes a separate note about Scandinavian Airlines proposing a great circle route from Scandinavia to the U S via Greenland.
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Bill
Jefferson City
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Scandinavian Airlines
Scandinavia
Pacific Coat
United States
Greenland
Machinist On Light Cruiser Manchester Advances
Russell A. Peterson USN aboard the light cruiser Manchester has been advanced to machinist mate first class. He joined the ship June 25 1951 from the Naval Reserve and is married to Rachel A. Smith. The Manchester serves again with the 7th Fleet in the Korean area and bore campaigns including Korea Japan Occupation WW II Victory and UN ribbons.
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Manchester
Russell A. Peterson
USN
Floyd R. Peterson
Kane St
Rachel A. Smith
Kane
7Th Fleet
Krupp Marries American Socialite in Berchtesgaden
German industrialist Alfried Krupp wed German-born American socialite Martha Vera Wilhelmine Knauer in a mountain resort ceremony. The 44 year old heiress wore a street-length white dress with a veil. Former ski star Fredi Stoll and wife witnessed, noting she left Germany in 1938 and later became an American citizen.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Alfried Krupp
Hitler
Martha Vera Wilhelmine Knauer
Hollywood
Calif
Krupp
Fredi Stoll
Stoll
United States Holds Cluster of Guano Islands in Caribbean
The United States owns more than a dozen small Caribbean islands, largely uninhabited, originally acquired for guano fertilizer supplies.
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United States
Caribbean
Four Red Jets Shot Down Over Northwest Korea
U S Sabre pilots claimed four Communist jets down in extreme Northwest Korea near the Yalu. The Fifth Air Force said total MIG destruction in the war reached 302. On May 4, five propeller fighters were destroyed at Sinuiju air field. Eight B-29s bombed the Sunchon railroad bridge northeast of Pyongyang and Hamhung storage areas. UN ships shelled targets along both coasts as ground actions remained patrol-like.
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Seoul
Korea
West Korea
USS
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Sinuiju
Yalu
Sunchon
Taedong River
Pyongyang
Hamhung
United Nations
Comic Books Gone in New Bedford Loot Shocks Merchants
Patrolman Rene Boutier reports 200 comic books stolen in one week on his beat in New Bedford Massachusetts as merchants confront a rising theft problem.
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New Bedford
Mass
Rene Boutier
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