R A F Planes Evacuate Britons From Shanghai
Manila dispatch reports British residents flee Shanghai as Communist forces close in. R A F planes carry Britons to Hong Kong while Pan American and Northwest suspend Shanghai services. Evacuation crews and a large number of civilians depart, with thousands remaining amid the city’s tense security situation.
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Manila
Shanghai
Manis
Lunghwa Airport
American Airlines Serv Ling
Shanghai—Northwest
Pan American
John C.an
St. Louis
New York
Pan American Airlines
Hong Kong
Northwest
Anneapolia
United States
Lunghwa
R.A. F
Sunderland
Senator Views Secrecy on Atom Study Expansion
Senator Hickenlooper says congressional probe of the Atomic Energy Commission fellowship program may widen to examine the entire clearance process for access to secret information. He stresses loyalty, character, and associations as key in granting clearances, and cites a Communist student at the University of North Carolina as a prompted concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hickenlooper
R.towa
Congressional
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Senate
G.O. P
Sen. Hoey
D-N. C
University of North. Carolina Ond Comnieaten
Hans Freatadh
Home Needed Painting Besieged by Helpful Legion Painters
Larry Borko, a 27 year old Seabee veteran disabled in Okinawa, faced losing his down payment on a house as 25 volunteer Legion painters covered the property with one coat of paint. He relies on $1100 yearly disability while VA loans require a painted house. The workers, bringing supplies, promised a second coat next Sunday. The story notes structural concerns from May high waters and river logs but reports no injuries.
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Larry Berke
Pacific
Anna
Oak Lawn
Chicago
Berke
Joan
Associated’ Press
Creaco
Larry Borko
Borko
Veterans Administration
Borke
Okinawa
American Legion
Idaho Span Breaks and Falls Into River
A fifty foot Peck Bridge spanning the Clearwater River collapsed at 9:50 AM, breaking the center pier and washing out concrete river edge piers. County road supervisor Marion Coons of Peck reported the halves swept into the swollen current with no official cause yet stated by officials including E. E. Flomer of Lewiston.
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Peck
Idaho
Clearwater
Marion Coons
E. E. Flomer
Lewiston
Nez Perce
Vet Alleges Tokyo Rose Denied Civil Rights
PRACUSE New York May 16. A Syracuse University junior says the woman accused as Tokyo Rose was denied basic civil rights and treated badly by U S military in Japan. Martin B Pray claims he would testify about her treatment at Sugamo prison and says she was not allowed to consult a lawyer or write letters. He insists he would present objective testimony if she requests it.
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Pracuse
N.Y
Tokyo
Rose
U. S
Japan
Martin B. Pray
Syracuse Universiy
San Francisco
cHe
Ikyo
Sugamo
Salinas
Pray
D'Aquino
Thought Son Dead It Was Mistake
In Seattle on May 16 Raymond G Keehr family mourned a man fatally injured when a taxicab hit a power pole in front of their home. They identified the victim as their 24 year old son Raymond Jr. later clearing up the mistaken identity as Walter R McCandlish, 35, the cab driver, after coroner Brill cited resemblance and lack of ID.
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Seattle
Raymond G. Keehr
Keehrs
Raymond Jr
Keehr
King County
John P. Brill Jr
Walter R. McCandlish
McCandilish
Rain From Texas to Atlantic Coast
Heavy rains spread along a line from West Texas to the middle Atlantic seaboard with thunder showers. The heaviest fall occurred on the wheatlands of western Kansas, western Oklahoma, western Texas, and in Washington, D C where rainfall exceeded an inch. Coastal California had clouds, but most areas remained clear and temperatures were mild.
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Chicago
West
Texas
Middle Atlantic Seaboard
Wheatlands
Kansas
Oklahoma
Washington
D. C
California
Actor Joe Brown to Leave Hospital Today
Toledo report says actor Joe E. Brown will be released from Toledo Hospital after treatment for a back injury from a fall on stage Saturday night during a pantomime of Elmer the Great. He plans to move on to Buffalo with the show today.
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Toledo
Ohio
Joe E. Brown
Elmer the Great
Brown
Harvey
Buffalo
Three Men Believed Drowned in River
In Lenore Idaho the Clearwater River overturned a 16 foot rowboat carrying Potlack Forests Inc Jog drive crewmen. Leonard Chase 24 Orofino Walter Anderson 42 Pierce and Ray Fitting 32 Stites were feared dead after the craft capsized near Lenore while four others clung to a tree for two hours before rescue by fellow crewmen.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Clearwater
Potlack Forests, Inc
Lenore
Leonard Chase
Orofino
Walter Anderson
Pierce
Ray Fitting
Stites
Mrs Willkie and son injured in Cambridge crash
Mrs Edith Wilkie, 58, and her son Philip, 29, were injured yesterday when their car overturned on a slippery road during a rainstorm near Cambridge. They were treated today at St Francis Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Ohio
Edith Wilkie
Philip
St Francis Hospital
Steelworkers Push for Wage Increase Amid 30 Day Negotiation Window
In Pittsburgh on May 16, 835 steel firms received union demand letters from Philip Murray, president of CIO and Steelworkers, seeking an unspectacted wage boost plus social benefits. The contracts cover 706,000 workers and require negotiations to start within 30 days. If no deal is reached, a strike could occur by July 16.
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Pittsburgh
CTO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
C. I
Murray
Moonlight picnic horror ends in murder at Colborne
A Buffalo youth was killed and another wounded while defending two girls during a moonlight picnic near Colborne Ontario. Police hold 24 year old George Szendry of Humpherstone in connection with the shooting. Lydia Luisi 16 and Geraldine Fiorito 14 aided Joseph 19 as the attacker attempted to abduct the group. Sneztsky drove for help despite fatal injuries. Szendry fled, later found near the scene.
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Colborne
Ontario
Buffalo
George Szendry
Humpherstone
Ont
Harold Sneztsky
Richard Joseph
Lake Rie
Sneztaky
Yoseph
Joseph
Lydia Luisi
Misa Luisi
Sneztsky
Szendry
Snestsky
Bennett High School
Nage Bown
Ing
Louis ‘Smolen
A . Ley
Bennett
Ce Ofa Ee
Big
United Auto Workers
United Electrical Workers
Murray
Communists Win Elections in Hungary Bulgaria and Germany
The Associated Press reports that on elections across Hungary Bulgaria and East Germany Communists won or led in all official tallies. Germany offered a fixed slate while Hungary and Bulgaria showed overwhelming official votes for government candidates. Absentees limited protest data.
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Associated Prest
Europe
Hungary
Bulgaria
Germany
Soviet Union
Budapest
Firat
Alate
Sofia
Cial
Ple
Congress
West Germany
Campal
Hongshan Interior Ministry
Ex-air Tycoon Dies After Stroke Train of Airlines
BERKELEY May 16. Paul E. Richter 53 died yesterday from a cerebral hemorrhage less than a week after a career shift. He helped build Aero Corp of California 1926 into major airline ties with Standard Airlines and later Trans World Airlines through mergers involving Jack Frye Walter Hamilton and Transcontinental Aviation Transport. Richter had moved from Mobile to Berkeley to join Coca Cola locally.
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Berkeley
Paul E. Richter
Aeronautica
Richters
Mobile
Als
Coca Cola
Richter
Jack Frye
Walter A. Hamilton
Aero Corp. of California
Standard Airlines, Inc
Los Angeles
el Paso
Texas
Phoenix
Ari
Transcontinental Aviation Transport
Trans World Airlines
Catholic Youth Board to Attend Dance in Lakewood
The Long Beach Catholic Youth Organization board of directors will attend a Lakewood Country Club dance on Wednesday night. Secretary Louise J. Sheelar says the group will hold a brief business meeting before the dance in lieu of the regular monthly meeting.
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Long Beach
Death Sentence in Guam Slaying
In Guam on May 16, a UPA 20th Air Force court martial convicted Pvt Herman P Dennis Jr of the murder of Ruth Farnsworth and sentenced him to death. The verdict can be reviewed by the commanding officer, the Air Force board, and President Truman. Dennis and two others are accused of beating and violating Farnsworth in San Francisco last December.
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Guam
UPA 20Th Air Force
Herman P. Dennis Jr
Ruth Farnsworth
Cal. L. Mason
Las Vegas
Nev
20Th
Air Force
Air Force Board of Review
Washington
Truman
Dennis
Calvert Dennis
Robert W. Burns
Spokane
Wash
San Francisco
Seguin
Texas
Burne
Burns
American Women Dress for Royal Tea in Comfort
American women preparing for the royal tea at Buckingham Palace plan comfortable attire depending on the weather. About 60 of the 3,000 diplomats and socialites will attend, with guests arriving on two possible days. Women’s outfits range from silk prints to coordinated frocks. men will wear their Sunday best.
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Ondon
George
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Lewis Douglas
Sharman
John W. Leonard
Miliary
Leonard
Natalie
David Linebaugh
Bethesda,Md
Eviere
Plane capable of landing on tennis court
Boston May 16. A small plane that can fly as low as 27 mph and land on a tennis court sized field has been developed by MIT professor Otto O Koppen and Harvard business school instructor Lynn Bollinger. They say the craft, named a Bellamiane, blends helicopter and plane features and aims for quiet operation. It weighs about 110 mph top speed and 112 mph cruising, with vertical descent slower than a parachutist and a large two blade propeller aiding lift and climb.
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Boston
Otto O. Koppen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lynn Bollinger
Harvard Business School
Sin
Koppen
Tratt
Kop- Pen
Bolinger
President Truman Plays Piano at Women's Club Dinner
President Truman spent a busy weekend with the Women’s National Press Club at their annual dinner and Sunday reception. Author Jane Ward and actress Pandereine Carroll were among honorees. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was named Woman of the Year while Mrs. Anna Mary Robertson Moses entertained, drawing the President to play a Paderewski minuet.
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Meg Telle Selt
Truman
National Press Club
Anna Mary Robertson Moses
Eagle Bridge
N. Y
Tex the Trumans
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pandereine Carroll
Dorothy Mccullough Lee
Portland
Ore
Jane Ward
Evanston, Til
Marjorie Child
Minneapolia Business
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All American Air Lines
H. Bartholomew
Tokyo Rose
Atlantic Coast
Joe Brown
Willkie
Hart
PTTL
OREN
Dasignals
Haliaplane
Otto C. Koppen
Lynn Bellinger
Harvard
Associated Press
Harold F. Snexby
Pleasant Beach
Lake Erie
George Sxendry
Humberstone Township
Ayan
Snextsky
Prass Wiraphoto
Air Tycoon
Catholic Youth Board
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