Planned Capture On Koje Island POW Seizure of Dodd
Red prisoners at Koje Island P.O.W. camp planned to seize Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd a week in advance. Dodd, 52, was captured for 78 hours and released unharmed. Lt. Col. Raven narrowly escaped. talks and negotiations remained undisclosed.
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Koje Island
Korea
Francis T. Dodd
Koje Stockade
Dodd
U. N. Koje Island
P.O.W
Seoul
Grover R. Raven
Raven
U.N
Nuns Describe China Ordeal After Canton Trial
Canadian nuns Sister St Foy and Sister St Victor arrived in Vancouver from Hong Kong aboard the John Bakke. They said they do not hate the Communists and wish to return to China when possible. They were among five found guilty by a Canton people’s court of murdering about 2,000 orphans at the House of Providence.
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Vancouver
St. Foy
China
Mount St. Joseph’s Hospital
the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception
Montreal
Canton
House of Providence
St. Alphonse -du
U N accuses Reds in Korea talks propaganda blast
United Nations command accused the Communists of using the Panmunjom armistice talks as a propaganda platform. Vice Admiral Joy denounced the 34 minute tirade as vicious and pre arranged while Nam Il rejected a recess until a concrete offer is made.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Reds
U.N. Command
Nam 1
U.n.command
Panmunjom
Joy
Nam Il
Stamp collecting hobby began in Canada at Confederation
Philately, the hobby or business of stamp collection, traces its origins to Canada around the time of Confederation.
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Canada
Canadian troop casualties in Korean War reach 784
Ottawa reports the army’s 108th casualty list listing one killed in action two missing believed killed one wounded officer. Since the start of Korean action Canadian forces total 784 casualties: 143 dead 473 wounded 61 injured six missing and one captured.
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Ottawa
Army
Sailor Skipper Blamed For Hobson Wasp Tragedy
In a Navy court review at Bayonne New Jersey Lieut Cmdr William Tierney was blamed by senior officer Lieut William Hoefer for the Hobson Wasp collision on February 26 in the mid Atlantic. Hoefer said Tierney's right turn and two left rudder orders were dangerous and would not have been made if in command of the Hobson.
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Bayonne
Smart
Navy
Hobson
Wasp
mid-Atlantic
William. J. Tierney
William “A. Hoefer
Tierney
Emaral
Hoefer
Was Steel Seizure Legal High Court Opens Hearing
Toronto report on a peace rally at Maple Leaf Gardens hosted by the Canadian Peace Congress. About 8,000 attendees witnessed several minor skirmishes as ushers and bouncers moved to manage hecklers and keep photographers safe amid tense disturbances. Police kept order with reinforcements outside after the event ended.
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Toronto
Canadian Peace Congress
Maple Leaf Gardens
Daring Landing At North Pole Reveals Arctic Secrets
Anchorage reports a May 4 North Pole flight by Lt Col William Benedict in a C 47 uncovered a Peary cache from 1900 to 1909 and scientific data. The expedition drilled a 10 foot ice hole, exploded TNT, and dropped red silk wrapped jars for finder reports.
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Anchorage
Alaska
North Pole
Arctic
Robert E. Peary
Air Command
William P. Benedict
Geographic North Pole
Albert P. Crary
Robert Cottell
Cambridge Research Centre
Cambridge
Mass
Cape Columbia
Ellesmere Island
Foundit
Air Force Research Centre
Benedict
Joseph Fletcher
Crary
Cottell
Col
R.C.A.F
U.S. Air Force
Pole
Cooler air moves eastward with showers in western Saskatchewan
The passage of a cooler air mass across Alberta brings showers and a thunderstorm line into western Saskatchewan. Coronation reports about a third inch of rain. Temperatures are expected to reach 65 to 70 across most districts tomorrow with sunshine in Medicine Hat today and Tuesday. Winds west 15 today, light tomorrow. Low tonight 45, high tomorrow 70.
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Alberta
Coronation
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Possible Anglo American compromise on Mediterranean command
Admiral William Fechteler said a compromise is being studied to resolve British and US differences over NATO command in the Mediterranean. He dismissed an Le Monde report about NATO forces being driven from Western Europe as unfounded and refused to detail the proposed settlement or specifics of the disagreements.
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Washington
Reuters
William Fechteler
United States
Naval Operations
Mediterranean
Paris
le Monde
Europe
Russia
Fechteler
Western
Eisenhower
Wage Pattern Set As Shortage Of Gas Spreads
Denver AP reports oil workers and company officials plan a showdown with the wage stabilization board as gas shortages deepen. Nations urged aviation fuel conservation. Canada cut civilian and military flights. Fires worsened supply losses including Corsicana derailment and a New Orleans barge blast. O A Knight of CIO’s oil workers said a settlement pattern may emerge with an 18 percent wage rise.
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Denver
Wage Stabilization Board
United States
Britain
Canada
O. A. Knight
Oil Workers International
CIO
Independent
Union of Petroleum Workers
Standard Oil of
California
Knight
Corsicana
Tex
New Orleans
Houston
Eastern States Petroleum Co
Endicott Denies Canada Involved In Germ Warfare
Dr. James G. Endicott told about 8 000 in Maple Leaf Gardens that germ warfare is used against Communists in Asia but he denied implicating Canada. He defended his remarks on an article in the Montreal Standard and described his China visit noting alleged U S germ warfare effects and insect drops.
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Toronto
James G. Endicott
Asia
Canada
Maple Leaf Gardens
Endicott
Pearson
Commons
Moscow
Montreal
China
Defence Board
Gerald Waring
London
Supreme Court to hear Truman steel seizure case
Washington AP reports lawyers for the administration and the steel industry argued before the Supreme Court in an historic bid to decide whether Truman's April 8 seizure of the mills was constitutional. The justices may limit review to the injunction and not settle broader presidential emergency powers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Truman
David A. Pine
Justice Department
United States Workers of America
C.S.0
Pine
High’ Court
Steel Companies
John .W. Davis
Congress
Department
Steel Union
Woman falls from porch seeking key in Hartford
Mrs. Martha Miller, 57, on a second floor porch, called to two girls about a missing key. She attempted to enter through a window, slipped, and sustained internal injuries including a possible skull fracture and rib fractures. Police later found her key in her purse.
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Hartford
Conn
Martha Miller
Exploding Sky Object Likely a Meteor Over Puget Sound
US air force investigators and astronomers conclude a fiery object exploding over Seattle and Puget Sound early Sunday was probably a meteor. Witnesses from Olympia to Bellingham were questioned as radar failed to detect it. officials noted no damage was reported.
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Seattle
Wash
US Air Force
Puget Sound
Olympia
Here
Bellingham
T.allan’bennett
25Th. Air Force Base
Tacoma
Clark says 8th Army halts prisoner screening for Dodd release
General Mark Clark announced that the US Eighth Army agreed to stop screening prisoners of war on Koje Island in exchange for Brig. Gen. Francis X. Dodd’s release. The deal included forming a POW representative group and limiting rearmament, while Colson denounced the demands as duress and blackmail.
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Tokyo
Mark Clark
United Nations
Koje_ island
Francis
Dodd. Clark
Matthew B. Ridgway
Koje Island
Dodd
Clark
Charles Colson
Koje
North Korea
China
Clarke
Colson
Panmunjom
Dodds Describes Reds Threats in POW Release Case
Dodd testifies that Reds threatened to kill him and other prisoners but the general said the threats had limited effect. He recounts a four page statement from compound 76, describing a meeting where POWs raised grievances over food clothing and medical supplies and then voted on responses.
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Kole
Dodd
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American Meteor Society
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Pacific Northwest
Metec
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