Truman vows veto on submerged lands oil rights dispute
President Truman told an Americans for Democratic Action conclave he would veto a bill granting states clear title to oil bearing submerged coastal lands. He called the measure robbery and pledged to fight to protect the people’s interests noting the Supreme Court’s rulings and potential wealth up to 40 billion dollars. Senator Cain urged Congress to override a veto, arguing states own submerged lands and urging constitutional adherence.
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Truman
House
Senate
Americans For Democratic Action
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Congress
California
Texas
Louisiana
Sen. Cain
Sen
Cain R.wash
Cain
U S Displays Power on Two Continents
The United States showcased military strength on two continents during Armed Forces Day. In Washington 15,000 troops marched before President Truman and 50,000 spectators, while in Europe nearly 400,000 American troops conducted reviews from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, with 65 embassies hosting events. Berlin and Frankfurt saw major parades as officials stressed readiness amid Cold War tensions.
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Truman
Broad Constitution Ave
Washington
U. S
Europe
North Sea
Mediterranean
West Berlin
National Guard
Long Beach
Louisville
Pace
Korea
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Red Square
New York
Fortune Left to Schoolboy Brings $2,500,000 Inheritance
Frederic Mueller, 17, a Honolulu high student, inherits 2.5 million dollars from Bradenton widow Mrs O B Mueller. The will provides 2 million held in trust for his grandfather’s brass works founder's estate and 500 thousand additional to the boy. The inheritance totals 2.5 million with income to the widow during her lifetime.
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Bradenton
Fla
Frederic Mueller
Honolulu
Hawaii
Gordon B. Knowles Sr
O. B. Mueller
Knowles
Frederic
Auto workers to receive 4 cent raise June first
About one million workers at General Motors Chrysler Ford and many smaller firms will get a 4 cent per hour boost starting June 1 under an automatic annual improvement factor. The increase applies across the auto industry contracts and is not tied to cost of living.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Ex-Convict's Murder Breaks Brink's Case
West Warwick Rhode Island May 17 AP An ex-convict night club operator was murdered by a shotgun killer. Police say the slaying advances the Brink's raid investigation and may bring a key witness forward. Boston man Joseph F. McGuiness is questioned, while authorities pursue an accessory theory and a grand jury testimony plan.
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West Warwick
R. I
Carlton Im. O'Brien
Rhode Island
William J £. Powers
Boston
Powers
Joseph F. McGuiness
McGuiness
O'S
Massachusetts
Francis E. Kelly
Kelly
O'Brien
FBI
Julius Kenner
Providence
Kenner
O’brien
Brink
Alfred A. Gagan
Pawtucket
Rhode Island State Prison
Southland Magazine Highlights and Local News Snippet
A dense patch of scanned headlines from Southland Magazine previews social security insights, home features, desserts for warm weather, and arts coverage. It lists pages for various sections including obituaries, sports, theaters, and realty news with scattered mentions of economists, food tips, and public forums.
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Southland
San Francisco
Long Beach
Childre
Beach
Boyle
Leekout
Public Forum
Waterfront
Meemen
Tanks Tear Up Reds' Bunkers
Allied tanks swept across central Korea in multiple sectors near Kumhwa and Kumsong destroying about 75 bunkers and numerous pillboxes, supply buildings, and trenches. Air forces hit rail bridges and yards, with fighter bombers on missions against front lines and enemy installations. A bayonet patrol knocked out 20 bunkers near Pamunjon before dawn Saturday.
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Seoul
Korea
No-Man’s-Land
U.S
Eighth Army
Kumwha
Kumsong
Juichon
Pyongyang
Hamhung
London's Heat Record Sparks City News
London reports a temperature of 79 degrees on May 17 marking the hottest May 17 since 1871 and the warmest May day since 1947. Newspapers home in on the heat wave as the day’s major story in the capital.
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London
GOP to Pick 903rd Delegate This Week
Associated Press reports supporters of General Eisenhower claim he is the overwhelming choice of Republican voters after victories in Oregon and Vermont. Taft forces lost in Vermont as delegates were chosen. Democrats gain momentum in Oregon with Estes Kefauver leading in delegates. A busy week of delegate selections continues in Hawaii Montana North Carolina Louisiana Washington Delaware and Minnesota as both parties press toward the Chicago convention.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oregon
Robert A. Taft
Hisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Vermont
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Hawaii
Chicago
Montana
North Carolina
Louisiana
Washington State
Delaware
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Jo Hyn
Reds charge UN 'bloody violence' amid Panmunjom talks
In Panmunjom the Communists accused the United Nations command of hiding bloody violence to seize prisoners. Vice Adm. C Turner Joy dismissed the claims as fantastical. No armistice progress was made at the 44th minute session, with a new meeting set for tomorrow.
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United Nations Command
Adm
C. Turner Day
Panmunjom
Ger
Nam Il
Red
Joy
United Nations
U. N. Command
Reds
Man loses hand in dynamite blast tied to blackmail plot
Hollywood May 17 A man named George Yoho 25 of Cameron West Virginia told police two men planned to blackmail actresses Doris Day and Ruth Roman by luring them to a Los Angeles home, drugging and photographing them. He claimed he refused to be the go-between and that his hotel attack might have been staged. detectives explore if he staged the blast himself while Miss Day and Miss Roman expressed disbelief.
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Hollywood
George Gwen -Yoho
Cameron
W. Va
E. M. Goossen
M. A. Nolan
Yoho
Doris Day
Ruth Roman
Los Angeles
Bill
Willie
Paul Curtis
San Francisco
General Hospital
Miss Day
Miss Ro
Spatean
Miss Roman
Ships Head Here After Collision Near Point Dume
A tanker and a freighter collided about eight miles off Point Dume shortly before midnight. No injuries were reported as both vessels headed to Tong Beach Harbor under their own power. Coast Guard cutter Heather escorted them in. fire aboard the David E Day was extinguished. The tanker belongs to Richfield Oil Co and had left for Richmond. the Marine Flier sails for San Francisco.
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David E. Day
Marine
Point Dume
Coast Guard
Tong Beach Harbor
Heather
Richfield Oil Co
Richmond
Marine Flier
Pacific Far East Lines
San Francisco
Police shoot man threatening to jump in Syracuse
Syracuse May 17 a police bullet felled Alton J. Parker about 32 after a chase over rooftops as he threatened to jump from a third floor ledge He was shot in the shoulder and found in a fill apartment He is reported in fair condition at a hospital
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Syracuse
N. Y
Alton J. Parker
Rey Sale
Parker
Steel Industry Seeks Strike Assertion by Truman
President Truman, addressing the Americans for Democratic Action, charged that big steel companies want a strike amid a dispute with the CIO United Steel Workers. He warned Republicans and isolationist voices risked driving voters away and urged no compromise on civil rights. The remarks foreshadowed an election-year fight and possible party tensions.
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Washington
Truman
Republican Party
Americans For Democratic Action
CIO
United Steel Workers
FEPC
Jinei
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tragic Pier Plunge Ends in Death of Los Angeles Girl
On Armed Forces Day in San Diego a 17 year old Los Angeles girl Marion Reinwald died when her car plunged from a pier into 38 feet of water. Navy diver Richard Villasenor assisted in raising the car and body, while 19 year old Roger Eckert aboard USS Menard identified the wreckage and victim.
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San Diego
Los Angeles
Marion Reinwald
E. 0. McFadden
Sun Has Star Role Today in Long Beach Weather
The Weather Bureau forecasts a warmer afternoon in Long Beach as morning low clouds dissipate. Westerly winds will run 12 to 20 mph, with interior dry winds up to 30 mph and a Tong Beach high around 79 degrees.
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Long Beach
Interior
Desert Ie
Tong Beach
Orta
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