Censorship Tightens on 8th Army News Rules
Eighth Army in Korea imposes strict new press rules barring identification of Allied units by number or nationality. Reporters may only refer to general areas and must avoid locating patrol bases, outposts, lines, or defended positions, with limited exception for broad regional terms.
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United Nations
Delian Pier
Castuemirel
Imjin River
Yonchon
Fromt
Iiwachon Reservoir
Inje
Cal Jin W. Hutton
Chiet Y
van Fleet
Eighth Army
Ehti
Imes
Middies Depart for Cruising Series After Commencement
Annapolis reports 722 midshipmen permanently gone and 1800 sailing for summer as colorful dress parades end. Secretary Marshall urged military service cooperation before distributing diplomas in Dahlgren Hall. The new senior and plebe classes, about 1803, boarded 13 ships and will cruise for a month with 25 reservists from 15 colleges to Norway, France, Holland, and other ports.
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Annapolis
Crabtown
Dahlgren Hall
Marshall
Diplan Bhefore
France
Hollant
ILWU Unified Leadership Re elected Amid Controversy
The International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union independent re elected top officers despite ongoing legal cases. President Briggs and Robertson remain free on bail while appealing convictions for false statements. New board members were announced for Northern California Local 6 Oakland Local 10 San Francisco and Local 28 Los Angeles.
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Cisco
Ihe
Sanfra
Tharry Bridges
Weytra
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILUW
Gos
Het
Unien
Briggs Amid Robertson
Evosy
Robertsor
Honing Guar Ee
Wllowing
Northern
Calfornia
Charles Becker
Lode T
Charles Duarte
Oakland
Henry Ssumidt
Francisca
Ada
San P al Caplan
Lins Ant Nee
Slayer Sentenced to 300 Years Faces More
In Washington Jhine William Cook, linked to a family murder in Olktat, faces further charges after being sentenced to 300 years. Testimony alleges Cook killed Carl Mosser and five family members, then disposed of the bodies in a Missouri mine shaft near Joplin after offering a lift in Oklahoma.
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Slayer
Washington
Wiliam FE
Cook
Weary Berterce
Olktat
Vader
Mura McGrath Sa
Coun
Imperial County
Cal
Robert Dewey
Mexico
Carl Mos
Atwood
Mossers
Oklahoma
Missouri
Joplin
Airline Strike Negotiations Off in Denver
Negotiations between United Air Lines and the Air Line Pilots Association AFL labor dispute continue with 900 pilots undecided on United's pay adjustment offer. A union spokesman says bargaining has ended for the union while United plans more flights with faster, bigger jets.
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Denver
PO Nations
United Air Lin
Air Line
AFL
St . Ual
J. A. Herlihy
United
Greenland Defense Approved by Danes
In Copenhagen on June 2 the Folketing approved a Danish American treaty establishing a common defense of Greenland, the world’s largest island. The vote was 80 to 7 with the Communists abstaining.
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Greenland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Folketing
Senate Confirms Korea War Chiefs
The Senate confirmed three officers directing U S troops in Korea for high command roles. Maj Gen. Dovir O. and Maj Gen. Graves were named to senior posts, with one officer elevated to commanding general and another to chief of staff level. The appointments shift leadership amid ongoing Korean War operations.
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Morshington
Sone
U.S
Senate
Dovir O
East Command
Sea Wrantier
Graves
Maine
Heutoniat Gener
Approval for Pay Increase Sought
Approval for a pay increase is sought by officials amid a wage dispute at the meters office. The agreement halts strike plans as discussions continue, with wage terms contingent on board and committee approvals.
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Tigen Board
ICE
Man Prepares His Own Funeral in Colorado
Burlington Kansas reports 73 year old Gernhardt of Goodland Kansas plans his own funeral to ensure the service reflects his wishes. He will host lunch for press and guests at the armory and then preside over the service using recorded music after his death. He notes ministers declined invitations, thinking it a stunt or because he was not yet dead. The event will be recorded and replayed later for his assurance.
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Burlington
Dane
Wy Gernhardt
Gerhardt
Goodland, Kai
Hell
Gernhardt
Concessions End Hunger Strike in Oregon Prison
Salem, Ore. June 2. A one day hunger strike ended in the Oregon prison after officials released 21 prisoners from solitary confinement and agreed to a new inmate committee. The move followed searches that found knives, pipe sections, and weapons. Warden George Alexander cited overcrowding as the main ongoing issue. The prison houses 1562 inmates, exceeding its 1163 capacity.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Ase
George Alexander
Italy tabulates Reds full defeat in northern cities
Rome June 2 The Interior Ministry released final figures showing Christian Democrats won 34 of 33 cities over 30,000. 109 of 152 cities with 16,000 to 30,000. and 1570 of towns under 10,000 while Communists held 68. Palmiro Togliatti absent due to ill health as 2.5 million Sicilians vote for 90 deputies amid a 24 hour campaign cap.
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Rome
Italy
Interior
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Camraunists
de Gasperi
Sicil
Palmiro Togliatti
Jas
Rrenik
Allie
Princess Elisabeth Assault Story Sparks London Headlines
London newspapers report a dramatic tale of a distressed phone operator at Princess Elisabeth's town home claiming a masked intruder stabbed her with a lang night. Scotland Yard found no intruder, guards remained on duty, and officials avoided confirming details while local papers push the alleged incident narrative.
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London
Princess Elisabeth
Basner
Oatland Yard
Buckingham
Scotland Yard
Jailer Fatally Shoots Inmate in Beckley Jail
Beckley West Virginia June 2 A jailer shot and killed a man being moved to a cell at Raleigh County jail The jailer Deputy Sheriff Hall says the man lunged as if to attack him The dead man was tentatively identified as Sam Sexton 23 by identity cards found in his belongings
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Beckley
W. Va
Raleich County
Harl Bajlengee
Jaider
Sheriff Hall
Sam Sexton
Unrecorded murder confession shocks Iacoma man
Francisco Morales alias John Ailard, 68, admits an unrecorded 1935 Detroit murder to Pierce and King County deputies in Iacoma Washington after a month long probe. He fatally stabbed Charlot eward at his mother in law's Detroit home, claiming three children and a wife, now separated, as he recalls wandering across the nation before settling in Iacoma.
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Dick McCreadin
A. W. Lyskoski
Morales
Detroit
Constant Fe
Last of Krupp Officials Freed
In Frankfurt on June 2, High Commissioner John J. McCloy freed the final Krupp executive. Ewald Loeser, once a top Krupp official sentenced at Nuremberg for war crimes in 1948, had his sentence commuted to time served and received medical parole earlier. Alfried Krupp and eight others were freed in January after a policy review.
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Frankfurt
Germany
SPUL
John J. McCloy
Krupp Co
Ewald Loeser
Nuremberg
Loeser
Alfried Krupp
Recklinghausen
U. S. High Commission
Newsman Arrested in Prague Hits Paris Bureau Closure
Paris reports the French Press Agency APP shut its Prague bureau after the arrest of acting bureau chief Ireka, a Czech national. Only two western correspondents remain in Prague, Rusno Jones of United Press and Robert Bigio of Reuters.
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Paris
French »Press Agency
APP
Prague
Ireka
Rusno Jones
United Pri
Robert Bigio
Reule
Bradley in Paris for European defense talks
Gen. Omar N. Bradley head of the U S Joint Chiefs of Staff arrives in Paris to oversee western defense buildup and coordinate NATO forces with Eisenhower. He backs including Greece Turkey and Spain in the pact and plans four days of talks with American and French leaders, then a trip to London before returning to Washington.
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Paris
Omar “N. Bradley
Bradley
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Greece
Turkey
Spain
Europe
London
Washington
Cat and Hen Duel in Martinsburg Loghouse Scene
Mount Vernon June 2. A local oddity sees a cat expel a collie pup from its doghouse to nurse her new litter. A white hen then chased the cat away and assumed control of the kittens. Robert Ewart, Knox County highway worker, must shoo away the hen daily so the cat can feed.
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Mount Vernon
Martinsburg
Here
Robert Ewart
Knox County
Ms. Ewart
Press-Telegram Car Wanted Ad in Compton Area
Advert over money offers a car sale via a Press-Telegram Want Ad. Contact Miss Bryan at NEwmark 1-6241 for Compton area listings and sale arrangements.
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Compton
Bryan
Newmark
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