500 MPH Comet airliner inaugurates jet age in Britain
Britain launched the 500 mile per hour Comet airliner, a four‑engine jet aircraft carrying 36 passengers and six crew, taking off from London at 3 14 p m. It will fly to Rome Beirut Khartoum Entebbe and Livingston with a Johannesburg arrival in about 23 hours 40 minutes, promising faster travel and smoother flights with De Havilland Ghost engines and six mile altitude cruising.
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Steek
Rome
Beirut
Khartoum
Sudan
Entebbe
Uganda
Livingston
Rhodesia
Johannesburg
Key Pay Talks Break Off After Deadlock
In San Francisco on May 2, the CIO Oil Workers Union halted wage talks with Shell Oil Co after a deadlock threatening a nationwide settlement. Union district director Charles Armin warned California could join a broader strike if no concrete offer is made. Meanwhile 2000 Richland refinery workers extended their contract with Standard Oil for 30 days, and negotiations with CIO officials continued at EB Segundo plant. Conciliators called the situation critical as the union considers opening talks with another California oil company.
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San Francisco
CIO Oil Workers Union
California
Shell Oil Co
Charles Armin
Armin
Shell
CIO Oil
Standard Oil Co
Richmond
Z.’ S. Petersen
Standard
CIO
EB Segundo
Anaion
Ed Peters
Joseph Chambers
Home Union Heeds Urgent Plea by President
The CIO Steel Workers, replying to President Truman, called off their strike as the government seizure case goes to the Supreme Court. Union President Philip Murray announced in Pittsburgh that he had ordered his 650,000 members back to work.
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Rowland Evans JR
Washington
CIO Steel Workers
Truman
Supreme Court
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Murray
White House
Chicago
Clarence Randall
Inland Steel Co
Grandma and Pauline Buffalari's Norfolk to Washington Ride
In Garrisonville Virginia on May 2, a grandmother and her companion recount a long walk toward Washington while delivering letters. The feature details draft projections for July 1953 and plans to draft 610,000 men in 12 months, plus adjustments to reserve recalls and enlistments as part of a broader manpower expansion.
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Pauline Buffalari
Norfolk
Garrisonville
Grandma Buffalorl
Washington
Pauline
Buffalari
Grandma
Voice of America
Bing
Uncle Joe
Phe
Toncis Alter
Lynch
Direc
Pauline Bulfolari
Voicé of America
Curtein
Truman
Defense Department
Department
Air Force
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Tornado alert issued for southeastern Arkansas and neighboring states
The U S Weather Bureau issued a tornado alert today for southeastern Arkansas eastern Louisiana Mississippi and extreme western Alabama. The warning covers areas including New Orleans and nearby regions as severe weather moves through the Gulf Coast.
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New Orleans
U. S. Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Those Decisions Decisions Pie Aid For Sawyer
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer, amid a Truman era press briefing, is urged by department staff to switch from custard to hot mince pie. The anecdote underscores the constant choices faced by leadership during national policy moments.
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Washington
Sawyer
Truman
Moses
Bearded Combing Classifieds and Page Directions
The notice lists where to find sections in a newspaper. It specifies pages for Beard Combing Bagle Bridge Classified Ads Comics Crossword Editorial Financial Obituaries Radio and Talesieture Shipping Sports Theaters Tides Temperatures and Women’s Activities across pages A11 B7 B-8 B-5 B-13 B-12.
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Bagle
Radio and Talesieture
Reds Refuse U N Peace Plan as Armistice Talks Strain
In Panmunjom the Communists reject the United Nations Command package for settling the Korean armistice deadlock. A secret 78 minute session leaves no comment from UN leaders as a new meeting is set for 1 a.m. tomorrow. General Nam Il leads North Korea for the Reds.
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Nunsan
Korea
United Nations
Long Beach
Adm
CG Turner Joy
Wiliam P. Nuckels
Panmunjom
Joy
Nuckels
Nuckols
Nam 0
Reds Shore Guns Hit Two U S Ships
Seoul Korea May 2 The Navy said two American destroyers Maddox and Laffey were damaged slightly by Korean War shore batteries near Wonsan harbor in a lengthy duel. Maddox took splashes and holes, Laffey fired 720 rounds with 170 rounds hitting near her. Both ships from San Diego reported home port.
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Seoul
Korea
Wonsan
Maddox
Laffey
San Diego
Navy
Olay
Pyongyaung
Kosong
United Nations
Air
Salt Lake Flood Laps 500 Homes
Salt Lake City faced rising floodwaters in a 50 block area forcing non mandatory evacuations for about 2000 people. Authorities flooded suburbs to protect a more populated sector as Wasatch snowpack melt worsened the threat and water crested through dikes and canal banks.
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Utah
Ogdenland Provo
Wasatch Mountains
Denver& Rio Grande Western Railroad
Fourth West Street
Weather forecast: Clear tonight and Saturday with fog
Mostly clear conditions continue tonight and Saturday with local fog late tonight and early tomorrow morning, followed by cooler temperatures on Saturday. Gentle winds and no precipitation expected.
Heiress 4 Seized as FBI Probes Possible Kidnapping
Margo Wendt a 4 year old heiress of a Honduran banking family was snatched from a San Rafael doorstep. FBI and Marin County authorities investigate whether the case is custody related or a ransom kidnapping. Aunt Mrs Leland B Gillette says two men and a woman carried the child in a dark green car and that a court order gave custody to Sempe Wendt’s daughter.
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San Rafael
Margo Wendt
FBI
Marin County
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Leland B. Gillette
Banco Atlantida
Tegucigaldian
Sempe Wendt
Fort
Gillette
Anando Sempe
East Room Walk debuts as crowd waves through White House line
Washington May 2. The East Room Walk, a new party step, drew nearly 1500 guests at a diplomatic reception to meet President and Mrs. Truman. Ushers and the Marine Band devised it to speed handshakes after repairs lengthened lines during the White House reopening.
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Washington
White House
U.S. Marine Band
Truman
Executive Mansion
East Room
Local 1414 Steelworkers Meet Over Wages Status
Members of Local 1414 CIO Steelworkers gather this afternoon to hear a report on wage status in the steel industry. District 38 director Herbert Finley spoke as more than 1200 workers in the Toledo area were expected. United States Steel officials indicated the plant would reopen once union notification is received.
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CIO Steelworkers Union
Herbert Finley
Teat Union
Sear
Totfarce
Stubeei Podki Av Epekeaman
United States Steel
Nab Four in Dope Raid Bottles Fly
Hollywood narcotics officers raided in county territory arresting two young models Terry Scott and Joyce Brydon along with Walter L. Pyle 25 a former Los Angeles policeman and Al Lappen 33 on narcotics charges a reporter witnessed a bottle smash during the raid a scene likened to Laurel and HardyRecent arrests highlight tense operation and shifting careers due to pay.
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Hollywood
Los Angeles
Laurel and Hardy
Terry Scott
Joyce Brydon
Walter L. Pyle
al Lappen
Butterfingers Three Arrested After Bandit Drops Wallet
Los Angeles police arrest three men after a gunmen raid at a service station. An attendant reported a wallet containing the name Gale Johnson and photos, leading to the identification of suspects Walter Tolmsaff, 21, Harry Fog, 71, and another man. They were booked on robbery suspicion.
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Buster
Thomas Weene
Gale Johnnson
Johnson
Waller Tolmsaff
Harry
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