Convicts Seize Prison Guards In Michigan Riot
Michigan Prison guards are held hostage as 172 convicts at Jackson Prison riot and take control of Cell Block 15. Earl Ward, leader, boasted of beating a guard and warned of further killings. Rioting began in a cell block with 13 guards initially trapped and authorities seek to end the insurrection.
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Earl Ward
Fox
Southern Michigan
Ward
Thomas Elliott
Jack
Crazy Jack
Jackson
Mich
Michigan Prison
Fe Earl Ward
James Glenn
Detroit
Carrier
Charles F. Blondy
Michigan Senate
Dr. Fox
Flood Control Shift Dropped
President Truman cancelled plans to move flood control and river duties from the Army Engineers to the Interior Department. A White House aid said Budget Bureau instruction halted work on the reorganization proposal amid congressionally raised concerns from engineers and others involved in navigation and flood projects.
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Washington
Truman
Army Engineers
Interior Department
Budget Bureau
White House
Army Department
Congress
Commission
Herbert Hoover
Mutineers Give Up Guard Carrier at Michigan Prison
In Jackson Michigan on April 23 mutineers in Block 15 of Southern Michigan Prison released H S Carrier a 43 year old prison guard held since Sunday night The surrender followed talks and a pledge to free a hostage amid charges of a riot that damaged the prison process and killed one inmate The mutiny began Monday involving about 170 inmates and raised tensions as officials negotiated for terms with the inmates Carrier's wife Velma awaited outside the building
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Jackson
Mich
Southern Michigan
H. S. Carrier
Carrier
Hei
Vernon Fox
Carrier S
Velma
Adminis
Harness Races Result and Musselman Death News
In the second race Molly's Zombelle won a one mile pace for 3-year-olds and up as part of a Daily Double with Toma Soo. Morris Musselman, 52, noted film writer and humor author of Get a Horse and I Married a Redhead, died of cancer.
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Molly's Zombelle
J. Krieg
Saxerseield
Apru
Morris M. Musselman
Musselman
Toma Sue
T. Lane
Billy Dilly
R. Mott
Adolph Menjou
Alen
Emelita
Torche Dal-Yum
Catherine Crispin
Black Prudence
Toma Soo
Molly
Albert Dean
L. Canton
Axie's Guest
A. Huff
Hollywood Bales
B. Mung
Alvo Raceé
Diteeh Harramy
Foplar Wayar
Little Dave
San Dol
Boston 3 New York 1 in American League tilt
Baseball score roundup lists Boston defeating New York 3 to 1. Other games night contingency shows Detroit at St Louis postponed, and clashes including Brooklyn at Philadelphia and Cincinnati at Chicago with various notes on pacing races and horse events.
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Boston
New York
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Eels
Washington
Cincinnati
Pont Dallas Hanover
Yolo Dean
Pownall
Scotch MC
Cartnal
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Algo
Jean Cellingwood
Jen Hanover
Forbes Long
Catrup
Brookl En
Fittaburgh
Eisenhower Backers Push Drive in East for Delegates
Backers intensified to day a drive to solidify an eastern bloc of Republican Presidential delegates behind Gen Dwight D Eisenhower after New York and Pennsylvania showings. In Pennsylvania Eisenhower won a landslide 675000 votes. Taft set a national write in record with 172829. New York gave Eisenhower about 70 of 96 nominating votes. Taft earned 3. Stassen trailed in Pennsylvania. Kefauver won the Democratic contest. Delegates favored Eisenhower in Pittsburgh area.
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Philadelphia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Pennsylvania
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Pittsburgh
Associated Press
John S. Fine
Edwin F. Russell
Citizens For Eisenhower
Californian Nominated for Deputy Army Secretary
Washington April 23 AP Truman named Karl R Bendetsen of California as assistant secretary of the Army for promotion to undersecretary. He would succeed Archibald S Alexander who quit to run for the Senate in New Jersey against Sen Smith. The nomination awaits Senate approval.
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U.S
Washington
Truman
U .Army
Karl R. Bendetsen
Califadotia
Bendetsen
Archibald S. Alexander
Senate
New Jersey
Sen
Smith
Bill to Kill RFC Passes Veto Foreseen
The Senate approved a bill to abolish the Reconstruction Finance Corp amid a 42 to 37 roll call vote. A further vote was needed before sending the measure to the House, with President Truman expected to veto if the House passes it. Senators Byrd Robertson Ferguson Bricker and Kem led the push. McFarland set the bill as the day’s order amid debate on RFC reform and control.
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Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corp
House
Truman
Byrd
D.-Va
Robertson Ud.vaj
Ferguson
RFC
Fulbright
W. Stuart Symington
Romance of Mrs. Gable Dodged Questions
London April 23 reports Capt Stuart J. Symington refused comment on engagement rumors with Mrs. Clark Gable who divorced the actor in California. Symington, 26, is in the King's Royal Rifle Corps after two years as aide de camp to the Bahamas governor.
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London
Stuart J. Symington
Clark Gable
California
Symington
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Off-Duty Officer Shoots War Vet After Speed Stop
In Los Angeles an off duty Motorcycle Officer Maurice H. Goldstein shot and killed Rollo Newcomb, a 32 year old Navy veteran, after Newcomb allegedly swerved toward the officer on the Hollywood Freeway. Goldstein said he fired when Newcomb lunged and refused to stop.
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Los Angeles
Rollo Newcomb
Maurice H. Goldstein
Goldstein
Newcomb
Hollywood
Edgemont
Melrose
Steel Price Boost Granted Under Capehart Amendment
The government boosted steel price ceilings by about three dollars per ton under the Capehart Amendment to aid wage boosts for workers in the seized steel industry. Economic Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam said an early decision on the exact wage increase is forthcoming, with the measure allowing cost-recovery from the Korean War start to July 26, 1951.
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Washington
Capehart
Roger L. Putnam
Office of Price Stabilization
Putnam
Wage Stabilization Board
Multimillion Grain Terminal Fire in Vancouver
A major grain terminal owned by United Grain Growers and several large freighters were engulfed as a fierce blaze on the Vancouver waterfront flared across a two block area. About 400 firefighters battled the flames despite explosions risk as a powerful fireboat aided from the harbour.
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Vancouver
B. C
Apri
United Grain Growers Terminal
Midharbour
Unexplained Income of Tax Chief Bared
Former Internal Revenue Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan Jr. faced testimony on April 23 showing he received 161,609 dollars between 1945 and 1950 that he did not report or could not explain. Investigators cited cash deposits, bank deposits, and unreported interest and gains, with more than 90,000 dollars taken during 1944 to 1947 while he led the tax service.
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Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Nunan
Andres Soldana
Wiliam C. Carnes
House
Ways and Means
Soldana
Nunans
Internal Revenue Bureau
New York
Fury Valley A Bomb Shatters Bikini For Exact Precision
LAS VEGAS April 23 The Fury Valley test in the Nevada hills produced a new A bomb marked by minute accuracy and a clean lethal effect dropped from 33 000 feet within 200 feet of target Exactly on time. Troops exposed within four miles observed the flash and the blast with sandblasting effects. Some reporters noted the contrast with Bikini blasts, while scientists await data on radiation effects from animals in nearby foxholes.
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Las. Vegas
Nev
Fury Valley
Nevada Hills
Bikini
Nevada
Idaho
Jine
Frank Dorn
United Press
Hell
Earth
Ground Zero
Japan
Alvin C. Graves
mid-Pacific
Bikini Lagoon
Mine Blast Kills 47 in Saxony Coal Mine Blaze
Berlin reports the Soviets licensed East Germany agency says 47 miners died in a hard coal mine explosion near Zwickau Saxony. The incident underscores dangerous mining conditions in the region with no immediate details on rescue efforts or cause.
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Berlin
East Germany
Zwickau
Saxony
Mostly sunny day with light wind shifts forecast
Weather forecast predicts mostly sunny conditions tomorrow with a slight drop in temperature and low clouds overnight. Winds become light and variable, then southwest to west at 12 to 18 mph in the afternoon.
Beach Combing And Page References
A list of section pointers for the newspaper issue including Beach Combing on page 8, Boyle on page A-55, Brit on page A-15, Classified Ads on pages B-13 to B-17, Comics on pages 8 to 12, Crossword on B-13, Editorial on A-14, Financial on B-10 and B-1, Obituaries on B-15, Radio and Television on B-8, Shipping on B-11, Sports on A-17 to A-19, Theaters on B-9, and Tides Temperatures on B-11 with Women’s Activities on B-2 to B-4.
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Boyle
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Ike
Vancouver Dock
Mrs. Gable
Jols Seoul
Seoul
Korea
Eighth Army
Frank H. Bartholome
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