Bendix Plant Picket Clash Disrupts Work
Bendix Aviation Corp plant at South Bend Indiana faced a tense clash as about 400 pickets lined gates during a strike. Plant police and city officers pushed past pickets, sparking minor skirmishes while 7500 United Auto Workers members have been on strike since April. Federal mediators report little progress toward a settlement and WOR engineers in New York threaten a strike that could halt the station’s operations.
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Bendix
Avition Corp
South ‘Bend
Ind
Prang
C.so
United Auto Workers
U.A. W
York
Wallgren Drops Out as Nominee for Resources Job
President Truman withdrew Mon C. Wallgren’s nomination to chair the National Security Resources Board at Wallgren’s request. Wallgren, former governor of Washington, had faced Senate opposition and was blocked in committee by Sen. Byrd. No immediate indication of another post was given.
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Washington
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Wallgren
Washington State
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Sen
Byrd
D.-Va
Edwin Pauley
Navy
Pauley
Ike Wallgren
Sae Jother
Fort Worth Struck By Cloudburst Flood Chaos Rages
A massive 12 inch rainstorm left Fort Worth Texas without drinking water and flooded the Trinity river area. Three bodies recovered as families evacuated from Crestwood Linwood and other lowlands. Levees failed at four sites, disrupting roads and submerging the Montgomery Ward building. Rescue boats and fire equipment aided searches for missing residents.
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Clear Fork
Trinity River
Fort Worth
Texas
Montgomery Ward & Co
Farrington Field
Associated Press
Gort Worth
Crestwood
Linwood Additions
White Settlement
Liberator Village
van Zandt
Montgomery Ward
Dee Patterson
Josa Kent
Old Texas Cowboy Col Zach Miller Departed From Jail
May 17 Paneras Georgia In a rural town dash reports say Col Zach Miller head of the 101 Ranch was jailed briefly after a scuffle with highway patrol. Local kids showed disappointment at the arrest while Miller claimed he did nothing wrong and suggested the patrols pressured his driver. Authorities released Miller and his escort without charges after discussions.
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Paneras
Zach Miller
D.S
Harris Jr
Valley
Mills
Georgia
Pica Gulltt
Emergency Hospital Plan Proposed by City Councilmen
City officials push for an emergency hospital for Long Beach as part of a broader local response. The item appears amid a dense page of local news, notices, and section markers.
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Long Beach
Roosevelt Jr
Congress
Gen Clay Receives Hero’s Welcome From Truman
Gen Lucius D. Clay, retiring U S military governor in Germany, returns to the United States and is decorated by President Truman for “supreme value” services. In a White House ceremony Clay receives a second Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal. He later addresses Congress, praising German aspirations for dignity and criticizing a single power’s aims in postwar Germany.
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Gen. Clay
Lucius D. Clay
Truman
Axing
Germany
Washington
White House
Clay
U. SS
Senate
House
Berlin
National
Jaly
Defense
Louis Johnson
Army
Navy
Air Force
House of Representatives
Russia
East Germans Deal Communism Blow
In East Germany a Soviet controlled election produced a surprising 33.9 percent no vote against a single slate of Communist chosen delegates. Of 13.5 million eligible voters, 12.9 million cast ballots with 7.94 million yes and 4.08 million no. The result exposed public discontent with the hand picked list and Russian policy.
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Erlin
Germany
People’s Congress
Paris
Targusche Rundachau
Mill
Lsstie
Social Unity
Christian Democrats
Liberal ‘Democrats
Red Army Advances Toward Canton From Hankow
James Flood reports Communist forces into Hankow, with another army advancing toward Canton as radio broadcasts claim occupation of Hankow Wu chang and Hengyan. Nationalists describe a new threat to Shanghai, with Reds concentrating on Pootung after actions near Woosung and Lunghwa as China’s inland port near the Yangtze.
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James Flood
Canton
Central China
Hankow
Peiping
Wuchang
Hengyan
Shanghai
Tayeh
Tienchiachen
Yangtze
Kiukiang
Pootung
Whangpeo
Woosung
Lunghwa Serans
China
Angtze River
Court rules bond forfeited for Eisler flight and cases
U S District Court in Washington forfeited the $20,000 bonds posted by Communist Gerhart Eisler in two 1947 cases. A bench warrant was issued for Eisler as ineligible for freedom on bail while the contempt of Congress and passport fraud trials move forward. Government aims to use the warrant to aid extradition from England where Eisler fled as a stowaway on the ship Bator.
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Washington
Gerhart Eisler
U. S.district Court
Eisler
England
Bator
U.S
James ‘W. Morris
United States
William Hitz
U. & Attorney
District ‘of Columbia
Officer Slain Grasping Gunman in Van Nuys
In Los Angeles a 51 year old detective Sergeant J W Milton died after grappling with an armed suspect, Charles M Thompson, who opened fire as Milton attempted to disarm him. Milton killed the gunman in the exchange. Milton was a 21 year veteran and former Rose Bowl right end for the 1923 team that beat Penn State 14 to 3.
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Tommy] Milton
Fe l
Charles’ M. Thompsenta
Thompson
Associated Press
Los Angeles
J. W
Tommy
Milton
KR. S. Ingham
Charles M
van Nuys
Aeshotem
Ingham
Fornia
Penn State
Assembly Passes Maloney Bill to Repeal Prohibition
In Sacramento the State Assembly passed a bill to repeal the state 50 year old prohibition on the sale of colored merga ie sor. The vote was 52 to 20, sending the bill to the Senate where it faces a stiffer fight.
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Sacramento
State Assembly
Maloney
Senate
Siamese Twins May Survive May Separate Head Joined Girls
In Los Angeles on May 17 doctors report Siamese twin girls born Saturday, joined at the head top to top, with a good chance to live. Each infant appears to have a separate brain, though some shared tissue may exist. a surgical separation would be drastic and uncertain.
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L& Angeles
Op Leye
Mia
John B
Jones
Negro
Phoebus
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