Dworshak Opposes Regional Military Alliances Under UN
Senator Dworshak rejects regional pacts within the United Nations arguing they could fracture the UN. He clashes with Vandenberg and Lodge who endorse a unified non Communist alliance backed by U.S. aid. The Senate is expected to vote on the resolution within two weeks.
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Washington
Sen
Dworshak
Rysdaho
United Nations
U. N
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
State Department
Sen. Lodge
R.mass
United States
Lodge
Senate
Students Run City For A Day Ends In Scramble
In Anesville Ohio on May 20 high school seniors briefly seized city offices for a day. Police chief prank raids led by Jack Harker triggered gambling raid actions while officials faced attempted fire code shutdowns. Authorities later backed off and district leaders warned of a policy on offenses.
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Anesville
Ohio
Jack Harker
Aubrey Sibbling
Frank Shurtz Jr
Harker
Charles Cooper
Henry Abele
John Montgomery
Donald Summers
Ralph Storts
Finns Oust Communist Police Head
Parliament in Helsinki votes 81 to 6 to censure Interior Minister Yrjo Leino a top Finnish Communist leader. The move, seen as triggering a government crisis, demands his immediate resignation and threatens Premier Mauno Pekkala's position. Leino defends actions under Russian control commission pressure.
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Helsinki
Finland
Yrjoe Leino
Mauno Pek*kala
Leino
Arvo Salminen
Russia
Russian Control Commission
Trade Between Chinese Communists and Russians Flourishing
Reports from Peiping indicate lively trade between Chinese Communists in Manchuria and Siberian Soviets. Manchuria has soybeans and surplus food while Russians trade chemicals and kerosene for Chinese goods. Officials and rumors mention arms supply but lack proof. Shanghai Mayor Wu links currency dumps to market slumps and black market dollar rates allegedly tied to Communist networks.
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Spencer Moosa
Peiping
Manchuria
United States
K. C. Wu
Shanghai
Reds
Playful thief calls after burglary in London
John Vizard a BBC engineer reported a break in at his home last night. The intruder stole an engagement ring and four cameras then phoned his wife hours later asking how she liked being burgled. The incident left the couple astonished.
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London
John Vizard
Aew
Be cking WV school district upholds whip policy over ramps odor
Raleigh County education board affirms principal Fred C. Roberts right to whip students who arrive at Trap Hill High School with ramps odor. Roberts testified the scent could sickeningly resemble a polecat and had made some pupils ill.
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Beckley
W. Va
Raleigh County Board of Education
Fred C. Roberts
Trap Hill High School
Blind car washer earns praise in Cleveland scene
Forrest Hill a 30 year old blind Black car washer at a Cleveland gas station impresses onlookers with spotless work. Boss Harry Johnson says the speed is average but the result perfect as Hill uses touch to ensure every car shines twice over with a hose. Hill lost his sight in a two year ago automobile accident and relies on highly sensitive fingers to detect missed spots.
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Cleveland
Forrest Hill
Harry Johnson
Hill
Johnson
Paris dog rides bus to Terre Haute and goes missing
Rex the Paris bus dog, a familiar city canine, rode with his owner on a 23 mile trip to Terre Haute before vanishing in the 85 thousand population city. A resident reported his license shows Paris origin and contacted the Paris city clerk for help.
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Paris
Rex
Terre Haute
Slayer of Couple Faces Murder Charges in Slayings
Robert M. Hansen, 24, described as normally intelligent by a physician, faced two murder counts in the mutilation slayings of his employers Ralph Dirksen, 40, and Olga Dirksen, 35. He was arraigned and to undergo further psychiatric evaluation as authorities noted several undiagnosed complexes amid the case. Mrs Dirksen of Portland sought custody of the couple’s child, and the bodies were found in an incinerator behind their radio repair shop after partly burned heads and hands were discovered. the bodies were later moved to a desert site 110 miles away.
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Los Angeles
Robert M. Hansen
Ralph Dirkinen
Marcus’ Crahan
Crahan
Hansen
Lucy Dirkisen
Portland
Ore
Rener Slamson
Ralph Key
Dirksen
Olga
Alaska Republicans split into rival delegations for convention
In Sitka on May 19 Alaska Republicans named two sets of three member delegations to seek recognition at Philadelphia’s national convention. The regularly called convention chose an uninstructed delegation while a large number of walkout delegates formed a rival group. Fairbanks reports Montgomery Mount McKinley plan to hold a rank and file convention June 5 opposing party leader Albert White.
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Sitka
Alaska
Philadelphia
Fairbanks
Mount McKinley National Park
Albert White
Juneau
Students Build FourRoom Bungalow For Teacher Salary Boost
Constructive Students PARIS II May 20. Four Paris High School teachers seek a salary boost through a student built four room bungalow. The bungalow, inspected by thousands of Ys ions, will be sold at auction Saturday with proceeds to fund teacher salaries amid school fund deficits.
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Paris
Man with long memory reunites dog Queenie with mistress
Emil Hampl of Omaha reconnected Queenie the dog with her owner, Mrs Jo Ann Ross Nicholson, after recognizing her from a 1945 photo. Queenie, lost three years earlier while train hopping at Union Station, had been cared for by the Ehlers in Omaha who named her Daisy. Nicholson was notified.
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Omaha
Emil Hampl
Tme
Queenie
Jo Ann Ross Nicholson
Tormenly
Fort Collins
Colo
Pittsburgh
Union Station
Nicholson
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