Five year old Gail Ann Michel abducted overnight
In Cleveland on May 31 a missing 5 year old girl Gail Ann Michel was found wandering in a department store after being abducted overnight from Lakewood. Police and volunteers searched the area while a statewide alert described a bushy haired man seen with her. She was taken to Charity Hospital and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Victor Michel reported the abduction.
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Ohio
Charity Hospital
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Victor Michel
Katherie
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Reds Battle Near Chor won and Kumhwa in Korea War
In Tokyo reports say Red troops renewed fighting 13 miles from Chorwon and Kumhwa as UN forces retake the 275 foot Hwachong Dam. Across Korea, mud slowed Allied advances while Chinese counterattacks hit Yonchon and surrounding hills as US forces push toward Chorwon. Eight F 86 jets downed two Russian type planes while B 29s pressed rail bridge bombing. Frontline officers estimate two Chinese divisions blocking the road to Chorwon with Yonchon described as a no man's land.
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Kumhwa
United Nations
HwachongDam
Korea
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Inje
Yonchon
Chorwon
Seoul
John Randolph
French Troops Hit by 45000 Vietminh Assault
French forces in Annam face a massive Vietminh attack 50 miles south of Hanoi with 45000 Communist fighters. Ninh Binh post struck, 48 hours of heavy fighting. Lt. de Lattre de Tassigny, youngest son of Gen. de Lattre, killed in Minh Binh area. Hanoi directs operations as Vietminh aim for delta lands and rice harvest.
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Hanoi
Ninh Binh
Vietrainh
Ho Chi Minh
Haiphong
Barnard de Lattre de Tassigny
Far East
Minh Binh
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Deita
Iran moves to nationalize oil industry amid dispute
Iran's government told Britain it will proceed with the nationalization of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company, giving five days for responses. A three man board will run the nationalized industry in Khuzistan, with employees of the former company to be recognized as staff of the Iranian National Oil Company.
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Iran
Britain
M. R. Seddon
Hammed Ali Varasteh
Tran
Khuzistan
Amir Alsi
Iranian National Oil Company
Navy fires reserve officer for criticizing Truman policy
Former Lt. Willem H. Evans Jr. of Edgewater Maryland says many fighting men in the Far East share view that the State Department is the enemy behind the enemy. Admiral Sherman disputes this, stating Evans was dismissed after a letter calling Acheson “Red Dean Acheson” and alleging a pro Red administration and Congress. The ex-officer says he wrote to Alfred Kohlberg and that Americans are dying due to the pro Red administration.
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Navy
Far East
Willem H.evans Jr
Edgewater
State Department
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Evans
Sen- MacArthur
Sherman
State Acheson
Dean Acheson
Congress
Alfred Kohlberg
New York
Korean Casualties Rise to 67427 in War Update
Defense Department tally through May 31 shows 611 more casualties since last week bringing totals to 67427. Among them 10127 killed, 5889 wounded, 12411 missing at one time or another with 102 of the missing dead and 4207 returned to military control.
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Defense Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Atlantic Pact rationing to aid Air Foreword
The teletypes note flys high with notices across sections. Beech operations row the page and Hoyle figures in. Readers are guided to A and C sections for foreword, bridge, classifieds, comics, weather, editorials, financials, obituaries, and sports with theater and women’s pages listed.
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Hoyle
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Wide-open Price War Flares in New York Stores
NEW YORK May 31 wide open price war flared with vigor in department stores. Prices slashed as much as 36 percent below Monday levels. Shoppers jammed three deep around housewares counters. Macy's 64th Street store guided customers and added order takers as the price cuts spread to many articles. Competitors matched or undercut, only for Macy's to further mark down.
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Macy's
IT'S SPRING Montanans Dig Out From Snowstorm
Snowstorm blankets Montana with 14 inches in McDonald Pass and 4 in Elliston while other towns report one inch. Kalispell remains dry, Missoula Superior Miles City wet. Weather Bureau notes wintery break expected tonight. lows fall to 29 degrees.
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Montana
McDonald Pass
Elliston
Helena-Missoula
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Whitehall
Dillon
Butte
Weather Bureau
Kalispell
Missoula
Surperior
Miles City
Elderly Cardinal Celebrates Mass Then Dies at Home
In Philadelphia Cardinal Dennis Dougherty aged 83 died at his residence after celebrating a Mass marking the 61st anniversary of his ordination. He had been archbishop of Philadelphia since 1918 and died from a likely stroke shortly after the morning service.
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Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
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Chancery Office
Pennsylvania
Ashland
Cardinal Dougherty
Patrick
Bridget Henry Dougherty
County Mayo
Ireland
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
War Games Shell Kills Soldier in 40th Division Maneuvers
In SENDAT Japan on May 31 a mortar shell shattered during 40th Division training, killing a American soldier and injuring seven in Company G of the 223rd Infantry near Camp Yonghan. The wounded were evacuated to the 172nd Station Hospital. The division, a former California National Guard unit, arrived in Japan for occupation duty and further training. Casualty details were not released.
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40Th Division
Camp Yonghans
223Rd Infantry
172Nd Station
California National Guards Unit
Fourteen German Miners Trapped by Mine Blast
In Hamm Herringen Germany an explosion trapped 34 miners early today with 20 rescued and four in critical condition. Rescue teams abandoned hope for any survivors, marking a second European coal mine disaster this week.
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Germany
Easington
England
Weather outlook cloudiness tonight and tomorrow morning
A weather note indicates clouds tonight and tomorrow morning with mostly clear and sunny conditions tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures rise tomorrow making it warmer overall.
Sher man says Russia may call off Korea war if US strong
In testimony at the Senate inquiry Sherman says Moscow could stop the Korea conflict if US leverage grows. He notes a future UN economic blockade and backs trying it out first while Secretary Acheson set to testify next.
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Forrest P. Sherman
Russia
Korea
United States
Sherman
Naval Operations
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
State Acheson
United Nations
Red Chita
U. N
Red China
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Sen. Lodge
Rmass
Lodge
Kremlin
U. S
Paris Parley Deadlock Hit by Big Three
The United States Britain and France challenged Russia to accept a four power foreign ministers meeting in Washington on July 23 to strengthen peace. The three western powers sent identical notes to Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at their 14th Paris meeting. The notes blame Russia for blocking agreement on an agenda by insisting the Atlantic Pact be discussed. The west says it is ready to meet on the “split agenda” or other alternatives and views such a four power meeting as desirable to further peace.
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United States
Britain
France
Russia
Washington
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
Europe
Soviet Union
Russell Predicts Senate Draft OK
Sen. Russell forecasts Senate approval of a compromise bill to extend the draft and start Universal Military Training in the future. Action would move the measure to the House where similar steps are likely next week, after a long conference committee dispute. Russell skipped the inquiry into Gen. MacArthur’s firing to push the draft UMT.
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Sen
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Senate
House
Senate House
Douglas MacArthur
Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Holiday Death Toll Sets Record Low
Memorial Day celebrations yielded one of the safest periods since World War II with seven highway deaths and low overall violent accident figures. The four day holiday period totaled 560 fatalities, including 340 traffic deaths, while April traffic deaths dropped for the first time in 16 months to help push the year to 10,460 deaths by April.
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National Safety Council
Safety Council
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