Runaway Train Cars Crash in Odessa Texas Fire
A wild juggernaut of seven runaway gasoline cars rolled from a carbon black plant west of Odessa Texas and crashed into a switch engine, triggering a million-dollar fire. Three cars and cargoes, two warehouses, the switch engine, and parts of a fourth car were destroyed. three cars were badly damaged. Firefighters from Midland and Odessa battled the blaze, using every available resource.
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Odessa
Texas
West Texas
Midland
GI Ordered Put to Death for Slaying Two Germans
Pvt. John F. Vigneault, 19, of New Hampshire, was sentenced to death by a U S Fourth Division court martial for murdering Karl Ekhart and Lothar Schlosser in Germany after receiving a lift. Co-defendants Hagelberger and Wierzwik faced separate actions. Hagelberger awaits trial and Wierzwik’s charge was withdrawn. The sentence requires presidential review and confirmation.
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Vigneault
Richard Hagelberger
Chula Vista
Calif
Robert T. Wierzwik
Belton
Texas
Hagelberger
Wierazwik
Karl Ekhart
Lothar Schlosser
Widow Missing in Mystery Case
Hollywood May 22 HR Mystery cloaks the disappearance of Helen Johnson a 28 year old widow of a salesman whose body was found Monday night on a hotel lobby couch Detectives suspect foul play as Johnson had been missing since Monday after checking out of the Roosevelt Hotel The salesman Jack Johnson 35 was left by a taxi driver and an unidentified man who told staff he had passed out from drink The men carried him to a room then departed when he returned she was dead Mrs Johnson a former night club singer is described as freckled with peroxide blond hair Her sister Mrs Dottie Lane of San Diego filed the missing person report with San Diego Police.
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Hollywood
Helen Johnson
Roosevelt Hotel
Jack Johnson
A. E. Saba
Johnson
Saba
Dottie Lane
San Diego
Weather forecast mostly clear with light coastal breeze
Mostly clear and sunny Friday with little temperature change. Low clouds rise tonight and early tomorrow morning. Light variable winds with the usual afternoon sea breeze from the west to southwest at 10 to 16 mph.
No Atomic Blast Delayed by Bad Weather in Las Vegas
Weather halted the atom bomb test today as the Atomic Energy Commission postponed it for a third time since last Thursday. The 701st Armored Infantry Battalion Combat Team from Fort Hood, Texas, totaling about 1000 soldiers, will move into the test site to participate in ongoing maneuvers.
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
701St Armored Infantry Battalion Combat Team
Fort Hood
Texas
Three-Year Railway Labor Dispute Ends
Washington May 22 AP peace arrived for U S railroads ending a three year dispute as unions and carriers signed a memorandum of agreement. Government readiness to end 21 months of operation loomed while talks centered on wage raises and terms of employment. Meantime artillery exchanges in Korea underscored ongoing conflict as unions ratified the pact despite ongoing regional clashes.
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Washington
U. S. 40Th Divin
Ryers Slow
California National Guard
U. S
White House
Fighth Army
Beneshed
Thesteif
Ana Tag
Ial Fatto
Patton
Carrie
Tiporien
Kumsong Va
Aerial Attack Strikes Supply Center in Korea
U S Fifth Air Force fighter bombers conducted an hour by hour attack on a vast Communist supply area between Pyongyang and Chinnampo. The strike destroyed 117 buildings and heavily damaged installations while First Marine Aircraft Wing and Royal Australian Air Force 77th Squadron participated. Ground action by Patton tanks hit fortifications along a 20 mile front, with 250 bunkers knocked out and 354 casualties reported.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Chinnanpo
Air Force
First Marine Aircraft Wing
Royal Australian Air Force
77Th
Gertentay
U.S. Eighth Army
40TH
Wage scale proposals and union rights in transit talks
The article outlines provisional wage changes tied to the cost-of-living index, a plan to shorten a yardmen to 40 hours weekly with a four-cent raise, and union authority to oppose certain train crew routes if interdivisional disputes remain unresolved. The long-running dispute began in March 1949 with conductor wage and rules demands and has seen multiple short strikes by unions, including the four major operating unions.
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Tnes
Duralan
Truman Says He Can Seize Private Industries In Emergency
President Truman asserted he has inherent power to seize private industries during emergencies and that neither Congress nor the courts can strip him of it. He reaffirmed will abide by Supreme Court decisions on the steel seizure, while acknowledging a ruling against him in district court and noting the matter is before the high court.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
U. S
Supreme Court
White House
Lincoln
Hayes
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Compass Editor Balks at Probe
Washington news reports that Tom O Connor managing editor of the New York Compass refused to testify before the House un American activities committee. Rep Velde called him extremely dangerous to this country in the tense exchange.
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Washington
Tom O'Connor
The
New York Compass
House un-American Activities Committee
Rep. Velde
R-I
Macao Troops Clash With Chinese Reds
Hong Kong reports an exchange of gunfire at the Macao China border between Portuguese African troops and Chinese Reds. Officials called it a minor incident with no invasion intent, though the Hong Kong Standard cited 200 Communist guards crossing the border before retreat.
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Hong Kong
China
Associated Press
Delinda da Constecao
Macao
Hong Kong Standard
Standard
Kem Flays Brannan In Senate Hearing
In a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on Brannan’s agency, Sen. Kem of Missouri blasted Secretary Brannan as making "irresponsible and utterly unfounded" statements and hinted at a libel suit. The exchange lasted over an hour as Kem accused Brannan of a smoke screen to hide farm-policy failures. Brannan defended his record and promised to document Kem's voting positions, while discussing 1948 and 1949 farm acts and storage issues amid ongoing probes into private profits from government grain.
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Washington
Sen
Kem
R.-Mo
Brannan
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kemn
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Agriculture Committee
Sen. Willams
R-Del
Kern
Truman
Farmers’ Union
Aiken
Ridgway Warns on Communist Germ and Gas Tactics
General Ridgway told Congress that Communist talk of germ and gas warfare signals deadly danger to the free world. He said charges against UN forces in Korea are false, but emphasized the need to heed the warning as a forest fire bearing down on a wooden village. He received a rousing House ovation as he entered the chamber.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Congress
Senate
House
Jmachine
United Nations
Korea
Ridgway
U. N
Far East
Sam Rayburn
Newsprint Raised for West's Papers
Powell River Sales Co raises newsprint price by 10 per ton for US shipments effective June 16, base price now 126 per ton including delivery charges. M. J. Foley, president, notes Eastern Canadian firms matched boosts recently. Sale to Canada exempt. Industry cites higher production costs and weaker U.S. funds as factors.
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Vancouver
B. C
Powell River Sales Co
United States
M. J. Foley
Powell River
Canada
U. S
Foley
Newspaper section references scattered across pages
A fragmented list outlines where to find features in the issue including Beach Combing on B-1 and Boyle on A-4, Comics on C-11, Editorial on A-26, Sports on B-3 to B-5, Obituaries on 8-8, and other sections like Radio and Television on B-2 and Theaters on 8-8, plus tides and temperatures on 8-7.
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Boyle
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