Czech-jailed GI's report beatings while in custody
Two American GIs, George Jones of Owensboro Kentucky and Clarence R Hill of Pampa Texas, say they were beaten and threatened in Czech prisons during six months of alleged espionage detention. They were pardoned by Czech President Gottwald and returned to U S custody at the German border. Both face possible U S Army court martial for being absent without leave.
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Germany
George Jones
Owensboro
Clarence R. Hill
Pampa
Texas
Klement Gottwald
U. S
Charles ¥. Talbot
Jones
U. S. Army
Col. Talbot
Hill
Pilsen
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Hilt
Exhaustion Fatal to Barricaded Man in 20-hour Siege
Jamestown North Dakota May 23 UP Merle Hoggarth died at the Jamestown institution after a 30 hour siege as authorities sought to return him to the state hospital. Dr A M Fisher said death was due to exhaustion from his mental condition. Hoggarth barricaded himself above a restaurant with his wife’s business, drank water via a fire hose after ruse with lit rags, tear gas failed, and a drugged drink earlier proved ineffective. Fisher said Hoggarth had twice been a patient in a state hospital and he was rushed from town after the incident.
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Jamestown
N. D
Merle Hoggarth
State Hospital
Jamestown Institution
A. M. Fisher
Fisher
Hoggarth
Jamestown Hospital
Steve Fisher
Thomas A. Roney
Carrington
Conservatives Rule Colombia Cabinet
In Bugota Colombia on May 23 President Mariano Ospina Perez formed an all Conservative cabinet after the Liberal walkout, appointing conservatives and military men. Liberals charge the move undermines peace and order ahead of June 5 congressional elections, where Liberals hold a majority in Congress.
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Bugota
Colombia
Secord
Mariano Ospina Perez
Congress
Burma Troops Seize Rebel Stronghold in Rangoon
Burmese government forces moved into the abandoned Karen rebel stronghold of Linsein near Rangoon on May 23, signaling a key security action in the region. The operation involved government troops and aimed to suppress rebel activity in Shan state.
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Burma
Rangoon
Linsein
Congress May Delay Action on Pact Arms
Washington May 23 The arms for Europe program worth 1.13 billion dollars faces delay as Congress debates timing and priorities. Senate leaders weigh special session plans and the Paris conference impact while Republicans seek spending cuts and cautious action on ratification of the North Atlantic Pact. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans a Thursday vote, with Chairman Connally predicting overwhelming approval.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Acheson
Sens
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Taft
R.ohio
George
D.ga
Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D.texas
Death Toll High in Brazil Floods
Rio de Janeiro May 23. Hundreds of bodies are believed to be in flood wreckage along the lower Amazon as Belem reports the floods worst since 1918 sweeping Maceio and Algoas state towns. Gov Silvestre Pericles says 100 dead and damage exceeds 2.5 million dollars. three day mourning ordered as towns lie under water.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Amazon
Belem
Maceio
Algoas State
Silvestre Pericles
Youth's Dog Death Brings Prayer Then New Pup
In East Harlem 12-year-old Carlos Ortiz prayed after his beagle or small dog Linda y was killed by a car on busy E 2th Street. Bartender Frank Williams, moved by the boy's grief, arrived with a new white puppy on his first communion day as a sign that people can be kind in modern America. In Chicago Mrs Halper, robbed at home, asked for bread. a gunman offered a dollar to buy food, and she later spent it on bingo but did not win.
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New York
Carlos Ortiz
Frank Williams
Carlos
Williams
Linday
E. 2Th St
Carios
Linda
Willams
East Harlem
Chicago
Josephine Halper
Snowfalls Hit Montana Minnesota With Cold Spell
Snow fell steadily at Great Falls Havre and Livingston Mont and International Falls Minn the Weather Bureau said Temperatures dropped to 32 at Great Falls and rise to 60 expected in Chicago and the Great Lakes region General showers covered the east coast with thunderstorms in Oklahoma and Texas Across the nation mild weather persisted elsewhere
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Chicago
Great Falls
Havre
Livingston
Mont
International Falls
Minn
Weather Bureau
Minot
N. D
Great Lakes
Georgia
New England
Oklahoma
Texas
Plaque Dedicated in Roosevelt School Hyde Park
In Hyde Park on May 23 a bronze plaque honoring Franklin D Roosevelt was unveiled in the Roosevelt School building where he once studied. Mrs Roosevelt spoke to about 400 attendees including Senators and students urging pupils to live with others in the world. Senator Kefauver praised Roosevelt for seeking a decent livelihood home education and opportunity while noting criticisms of his ambitions.
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Interife
Kefauver
Whaleboat Races Revived in San Francisco Bay
In San Francisco on May 23, four eight man crews raced from the Golden Gate to the Marina in whaleboat style competition marking Maritime Day. The winning boat from Pacific Far East line earned the mile in about 16 minutes and 315 seconds amid large crowds. Spectators cheered as union officials and company leaders offered congratulations and prize estimates place overtime training at $1500 for the winning crew.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
Marina
Pacific Far East Line
Indian Bear
Harry Lamdeberg
A. F. Sailors Union of the Pacific
Boy Leukemia Victim Ronnie Calvert Dies
RICHMOND Cant May 23 Ronnie Calvert a three year old leukemia victim who loved watermelons died yesterday His watermelon craving drawn gifts from Flor da and Mexico included a large shipment flown from Florida by a B29 crew on a routine training flight to the West Coast Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Warren Ark where Ronnie’s paternal grandmother Mrs Christine Calvert lives
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Richmond
Cant
Ronnie Calvert
Florda
Mexico
Florida
By & B29
West Coast
Warren
Ark
Ronnie
Christine Calvert
Frightened horse clashes with car in Grand Rapids incident
A frightened horse bolted past another horse and rider in Grand Rapids on a Sunday, overturning the rider and crashing into a parked car. The animal smashed windshields damaged the hood fenders and radio, highlighting a dramatic urban mishap.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Shanghai Golf Course Now Battleground
AMOS LANDMAN reports from Shanghai as Hungjao golf course becomes a frontline. artillery shells pound fairways, Chinese troops fight nearby while foreign observers and a British broadcaster witness the tense standoff. a roadside bunker shelter guards local militia amid high morale and warnings that looters will be shot near Hungao.
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Shanghai
Hungjao
Peter ‘Townsend
British Broadcasting Co
Hungiao Rd
Ting
Hungao
Japanese General Sentenced to Death in War Crimes
Manila May 23 CE The Philippine military tribunal sentenced Lt Gen Shizuo Yokoyama former commander of Japanese forces in Southern Luzon to death for war crimes. He was found responsible for a two month terror spree from February to April 1945 during which about 45 000 civilians were killed including the wife and three of President Elpidio Quirino's five children.
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Manila
Philippine Military Tribunal
Shizuo Yokoyama
Luzon
Elpidio Quirino
Navy Sailor Dies After Night Crash Near Salinas
Salinas May 23 a sailor from the u s s a e andersen died after an auto crash at a highway intersection ten miles north of Salinas Wayne Crase 23 Whitesboro Kentucky the driver of one car died in Monterey County Hospital The other driver William Joseph Rice 43 Castroville was critically injured
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Salinas
E. Andersen
Here
Wayne Crase
Whitesboro
Monterey County
Willam Joseph
Rice
Castroville
Mayor Joins Mask Unmasking in Georgia Town Trial Plan
In Soperton Georgia mayor Jim Peterson who has served nine terms grabbed hooded Ku Klux Klan wearers off the street and jailed three men after they roamed town streets. He said he may preside as judge in their recorder’s court hearing set for June 13 while noting no jury exists there. The incident drew Klan opposition from Grand Dragon Samuel Greer and faces potential civil rights questions. The three men Braddy Greene Edge faced $100 bonds, with one striking the mayor during the scuffle. Soperton, a Georgia pine town of about 1500 residents, was witness to the unrest.
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Sausage Peterson
M. D. Ware
Atlanta
Samuel Greer
Lelse
Peterson
Recorder’s Court
Puncan Graham
James Waller
Will
Recorder's Court
U. S
Hugh Peterson
Board of Regents
University System For Georgia
Grand Dragon Green
Malcolm Braddy
Joe Greene
John Edge
State Highway Department
Braddy
Soperton
Georgia
Pine Tree-Naval
Alaska Villagers Rescued by Plane From Flood Peril
Villagers from Aniak, 100 miles southwest of Fairbanks, were evacuated by amphibian Seabee planes, six at a time, as the Kuskokwim River flooded. Weather hindered ice jam bombing. Civil Aeronautics Administration radio range station failed, signaling severity. Air drops to Fort Yukon aided marooned inhabitants.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Aniak
Here
Kuskokwim
Beiing Sea
Yukon River
Eimendorf Hields
Imendorf
Civil Aeronautics' Administration
Ladd Field Information Office
McGrath
Yukon
Galena
Beaver
Stevens
Air Force
Red Cross
Fort Yukon
Navy Carrier Rescues Ill Man Aboard Vessel
The carrier Philippine Sea, returning from the Mediterranean, diverted to aid 61 year old James Morgan of Brookline Massachusetts who fell ill aboard a second vessel. Morgan, a retired gardener en route to Ireland, required a blood transfusion due to a rare RH factor. Four crew members with matching blood type supplied the blood. his condition improved to good.
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Washington
Philippine Sea
Mediterranean
James Morgan
Brookline
Mass
Navy
Morgan
Ireland
Boy Killed Pilot Hurt in Airplane Crash
MONMOUTH Ore May 23 UP A year old Dallas Ore Dey was killed and a young pilot was injured yesterday in an airplane crash near here Police said James C Waltner died in the plane cockpit Pilot Walter Quering 22 of Dallas Ore suffered leg and jaw fractures
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Monmouth
Ore
UPA
Dallas
Dey
Here
James C. Waltner
Walter Quering
Alo
MacArthur Orders Japanese Officer Trial Reopened
Tokyo May 23 reports General MacArthur ordered a new trial for a Japanese officer accused of war crimes. The death sentence for Lt. Sutaro Kato was disapproved as the Army announced. Kato was implicated in ordering and taking part in the bayoneting of U S S Pyt. Jake Spears 26 of Kansas City Missouri.
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Tokyo
Warren. MacArthur
Tetsutaro’ Kato
Kato
U. S&s Pyt
Jake Spears
Kansas City
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Amos Landman
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William D. Allen
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