Navy Ferry Run to Shanghai Halted by Red Advances
U P dispatch from Hanghat May 18 reports Communist forces flanking the Whangpoo threaten Shanghai city. The U S Navy abandoned its ferry run as Red attacks from Woosung drive toward the Yangtze river. Nationalist headquarters say defenders hold around Woosung after nocturnal bombardment and heavy fighting. Northwest Airlines suspended regular flights.
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Sea
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Thewong
Yengtze
Hong Kong
Ehanghai
Wooaung
Daily
Artilleery -Barrag
One More Peace Plan Janked as Ford UAW Talks
Detroit May 18 more compromise proposals lay in the wastebasket as Ford and the United Automobile Workers sought a settlement of a two week old strike. Government mediation officials said they had not decided whether to step in as observers felt no active role while truce proposals persist. About 100000 workers were off the job and 14000 returned to work at Ford related plants while Packard resumed some brake production after Bendix tied up supply.
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Ford
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Federal ‘Mediation’ and Conciliation
Ame
Detroit Auto
Packard Motor Car. Co
Packard
Bendix Aviation Corp
South Bend
Ind
Briggs Manufacturing Co
C. I
United Auto Workers
L B Guards Rescue 4 in Boat Mishap
Four Long Beach lifeguards rescued four people when a boat overturned near Alamitos Bay shortly before noon. The crew was pulled from the water and the craft recovered at the scene.
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L. B. Guards
Alamitos Bay
Long Beach Ifeguards
Slaying Trial Courtroom Warmth Noted in Rutledge Case
In Iowa City May 18 Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. and his wife displayed affection in court as doctors testified about injuries from December 17. The defense argues the death of Byron C. Battman was accidental or self-inflicted during a fight over the wife’s attentions. Rutledge is charged with slaying Battman after a hotel room confrontation.
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Iows
Robert C. Rutledge Jr
St. Louis
Rutledge
Byron C. Battman
Hattman
Muenster
Chinese Row Peril to Peace
Secretary of State Acheson warned of serious dangers to world peace in Asia, citing China’s disturbed conditions and ruling out U S participation in a Pacific defense pact for now. He noted European events, calling Hungary’s election a controlled plebiscite and Germany’s eastern vote as a Soviet-influenced result.
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Acheson
Asia
United States
China
Susigman, Rhee
Korea
Wellington’ Koo
Europe
Germany
People's Congress
Aolittle
Weather and events highlight a busy town page
Rain and showers forecast as weather men report changes. Page B-1 notes fifteen hundred delegates traveling to California Federation of Women's Clubs gathering locally. Other pages list various sections from old home town reports to sports and theaters across pages A-12 to B-6 with tides and temperatures on B-12.
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Caliifornia Federation
Billy
Rose
Chisihed
Odri
Cromword
World Bank Head Named U S High Chief in Germany
John J. McCloy, president of the World Bank, is named the first U S high commissioner to Germany and will govern the U S zone until civilian control is established. He leaves for Berlin soon as plans unfold for shifting nonmilitary duties from military to the State Department and CAP. Eugene Meyer becomes World Bank president.
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Hare
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Eugeneck
New York
Congress
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State Department
Capone Co-operation Administration
Admiral Badger Sails from Tsingtao to Yangtze Estuary
An unconfirmed Shanghai report states Admiral Badger has left Tsingtao aboard the El Dorado for the Yangtze estuary. The dispatch notes a U.S. cruiser possibly in the vicinity, with details unclear and timing given as 18. The item preserves the shoreward tone and named entities amid fragmentary wording.
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Tsingtao
Yangtze Shanghai
U.S. Western Pacific Naval
Royal ‘Rom’ Taungteo
Yangtze Estuary
Perishable cargoes pile up at Berlin border
ELMS Tedt Germany May 18. Russians closed the Berlin autobahn to eastbound trucks. Western officials warned the Big Four foreign ministers may have to settle the blockade dispute. More than 200 trucksbound for Berlin waited for special Soviet permits as Maj. Gen P A Kvashnin refused to discuss the tieup saying it was a German matter. Kvashnin also declined to authorize 32 trains daily to Berlin. Soviet authorities demanded special papers for trucks.
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Germany
Berlin
P. A. Kvashnin
Kvashnin
Atomic Board's Missing U235 Sparks Closed Conference
Washington May 18. Congressional atomic energy committee convened a secret session with Atomic Energy Commission leaders over a missing quarter ounce of uranium 235. Chairman Brien McMahon said lawmakers were told to meet. officials deny theft or loss as 25 grams were later recovered from Argonne and Oak Ridge waste analysis. Rep. W Sterling Coles notes disappearance of any uranium is serious.
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Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commision
Brien McMahon
jConn
McMahon
Carl Shugg
Atomic Energy Commission
Argonne National Laboratory
Jengo
Commission
Oak Ridge, Tenn
W. Sterling Cole
House
Outskirts of Dallas Flood Deepens as Levees Hold
In Fort Worth and Dallas flood zones the Trinity River rose, delaying relief efforts. Eight people drowned, 30 injured, about 13,000 homeless, with Fort Worth halting drug stores and food sales in flood areas. Health officials immunized over 1500 as water supplied by tanker trucks. Police reported many rescue boats in use while containment along the levees continued.
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Texas
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Fort Worth
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Roosevelt
W. V.bradshaw
Wichita Falls
Carl Hansson
Tests on B36 interception by Navy Air Force fighters
The House armed services committee called for impartial tests to determine if high altitude B36 bombers can be intercepted by Navy and Air Force fighters. It cites reports that intercepts at 40,000 feet may be ineffective. Navy lists four fighters including F2H-1 Banshee and F8F-2 Bearcat as capable under normal conditions. Defense Secretary Johnson will comment after formal committee request and review.
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Armed Services Committee
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Air Force
E' Defense
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House Committee
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