Chiefs Back Plans By Wilson
Reports of developing resistance to Secretary of Defense Wilson's air policies filter through Pentagon secrecy. Air Force and industry leaders fear cuts in B47 production, shift to fighters and missiles, and reliance on a small high‑rate plant base. Opponents warn such moves risk war delays, likening to a Maginot Line.
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Washington
Wilson
Pentagon
Air Force
Defense
Lockheed
Marietta, Ga
Douglas
Roger Kyes
Talbott
James Douglas
Omaha
Neb
Curtis Lemay
Strategic Air Command
France
Eisenhower Pushes Sale of Government Synthetic Rubber Plants
President Eisenhower urged Congress to authorize the sale of 550 million dollars worth of government owned synthetic rubber plants to private industry. He argued that selling the facilities would promote a competitive U.S. rubber industry while maintaining national security through adequate natural rubber stockpiles and a strong synthetic sector.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corp
East German foreign minister resigns over ill health report
Berlin reports Acting Foreign Minister Anton Ackermann has quit the East German government due to ill health. Ackermann had succeeded Georg Dertinger, a Christian Democratic party member arrested January 15 as an espionage suspect. Dertinger is held incommunicado with no trial date set.
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Berlin
Anton Ackermann
East Germany
Ackermann
Georg Dertinger
Dertinger
Former GI Admits Role In Spy Plot
Washington AP Kurt L Ponger Austrian born former GI pleaded guilty to conspiring to spy on U S defense secrets for Communist Russia. Ponger 39 pleaded guilty 24 hours after Otto Verber co defendant and brother in law pled guilty. He faces up to 20 years, while Verber could receive less.
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Washington
Kurt L. Ponger
U. S
Russia
Ponger
Otto Verber
Verber
New York
Austria
Yuri Novikov
McCarthy Reports Second Greek Ships Agreement
Senator McCarthy says a second group of Greek ship owners has agreed to curb trade with Communist nations. He noted voluntary withdrawal of ships from Red China and Soviet bloc markets after a meeting with Mutual Security Director Harold Stassen. A further session was planned for tomorrow as explanations varied.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
London
Red China
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Peron Police Move Fast In Price Battle
The National Price Control Agency reports 505 merchants jailed to date as authorities step up the crackdown on price ceiling violators in Buenos Aires. Investigators closed 53 more shops yesterday and arrested owners. the campaign began April 9 after President Juan D. Peron imposed new price ceilings following a 50 percent rise in food prices over the prior two weeks.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
National Price Control Agency
Juan D. Peron
POW Shot by Guard in Koje Island Escape Attempt
POW on Koje Island wounded seriously by a guard during an escape bid Sunday after he ignored orders to halt. The incident was reported by the Veterans Administration Prisoner of War Command in Korea.
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Pusan
Korea
VA. N. Prisoner of War Command
Koje Island
Capehart Says U S Economy Is On Sound Footing
Senator Capehart, head of the Senate Banking Committee, declares the national economy is sound amid Democratic charges of rising bond rates. Treasury chief Humphrey defends the 30 year bond issue as Wall Street signals strong demand and possible oversubscription.
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Washington
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Eisenhower
Senate Banking Committee
U. S
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Wall Street
Sen. Humphrey
Treasury
Congress
Routzohn’s Condition Deteriorates in Heart Ailment
Labor solicitor Harry N. Routzohn, 71, of Dayton Ohio, faced a setback as his heart ailment worsened. Doctors at George Washington University Hospital reported he has only an outside chance to recover after a recent attack.
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Washington P
Harry N. Routzohn
Labor Star
Routzohn
Dayton, O
Eisenhower to Attend Grifith Stadium First Ball Toss
Vacationing President Eisenhower planned to toss the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington for the Yankees vs Senators game. He aimed for a sub-90 golf score, played with Rep Jack Westland and Ben Hogan, and clarified Hogan did not back out of a possible game.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
New York Yankees
Griffith Stadium
Senators
Yanks
Washington
Salisbury
N. C
Augusta National Golf Course
Jack Westland
R-Wash
Amaoe
Memrs
Ben Hogan
Hogan
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
John S. Eisenhower
John S. Doud
Joseph M. Dodge
Dodge
South Africa Votes Amid White Supremacy Rivalry
South Africa nears Wednesday elections as parties clash over race policy. Prime Minister Daniel Malan defends stern segregation as salvation for white communities, while opposition leader J N Strauss outlines a four point plan for improved white black relations.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Daniel Malan
Africa
J. N. Strauss
United Opposition
Malan
Strauss
Ilabor
Lion In The Streets In San Antonio Side Show Lions
S. E. Luesthcke claimed the roar of a lion, drawing police to investigate. Officer Eugene Pizzini found no lion, but nine were discovered in Luesthcke's yard. A. E. Spencer admitted he had parked his lions while seeking a location for his side show.
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San Antonio
Tex
S. E. Luesthcke
Eugene Pizzini
Luesthcke
Lurthcke
A. E. Spencer
UN Planes Guard First POW Convoy To Panmunjom
Allied planes guarded the first Red motor convoy carrying sick and wounded POWs from North Korea toward Panmunjom amid secrecy. The 20-vehicle column, part of a larger exchange with 600 Allied POWs, faced a cautious route via Munsan with plans for two more convoys and train movements.
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Robert B. Tuckman
Munsan
Korea
U. N
Air Force
Reds
Panmunjom
North Korea
Pusan
Yalu
Kaesong
Chonma
Yalu River
Airliner Missing On Pacific Coast 27 May
A twin engined transport plane from Florida vanished in the Cascade Mountains east of Seattle before dawn. Reports varied on aboard numbers from 10 to 27 passengers with crew of three. Spokane notes suggest most passengers may be soldiers heading to Seattle for Far East deployment.
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Pacific Coast
Seattle
Florida
Cascade Mountain
Here
Miami
Washington State Aeronautics
Charles S. Chester
Civil Aeronautics Board
Chester
Washington
Arronautics
Spokane
Wash
Far East
Battlefront In Korea Presses Front Amid Heavy Fighting
Allied warplanes pounded North Korea as ground battles raged near Pyongyang Texas Hill and Punchbowl area. ROK infantry repelled two Communist assaults reclaiming the knob while 1st British Commonwealth division returned to the Western Front. New Jersey and escort ships bombarded Chongjin on the east coast.
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Seoul
Pyongyang
North Korea
Texas Hill
Central Korea
Roks
Eighth Army
Old Baldy
New Jersey
Chongjin
Dad Comes Home To Find Wife And Children Dead
In Elmont New York a man found his wife Margaret 28 and children Donald 15 Nancy Jean 5 and Eileen 4 dead from gas poisoning in their kitchen. Police say the mother killed the children then herself with the gas jet stove, leaving a note to her mother. The husband Donald Munroe 32 returned from work and alerted authorities. The note’s contents were not disclosed.
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Elmont
N. Y
Donald R. Munroe
New York City
Margaret
Donald
Nancy Jean
Eileen
Munroe
Wildcat Walkout Ends At U S Steel Plants
A weeklong wildcat strike by 150 workers against the Youngstown & Northern Railroad, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corp, ended this morning. Production at the Ohio Works and McDonald Plant is expected to resume within hours. Details of the settlement were not released. A court ruling on an injunction against the strike was pending before Judge Erskine Mainden Jr.
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Youngstown, O
United States Steel Corp
Youngstown & Northern Railroad
U. S. Steel
Ohio Works
McDonald
Brotherhood of Railroad
Erskine Mainden Jr
Man bids $3 for license to wed at Lions Club auction
In Maysville Kentucky a Mason County man paid $3 for a marriage license and a $10 wedding ceremony plus two vocal selections to be sung at his wedding. The license and service were sold at a Lions Club radio auction to raise funds for sight conservation and a playground project. Davie Cooper now needs a bride.
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Maysville
Mason County
Lions Club
Davie Cooper
Judge Orders GE Pickets Kept In Check
In Cincinnati Local 647 of the CIO United Auto Workers faced a temporary restraining order from Judge Charles E. Weber in Common Pleas Court restricting picketing at General Electric Co jet engine plant in Evendale. The order bans mass picketing and interference with entrants as the 4500 union members, who began a strike March 26 after 1100 AFL machinists walked out, confront renewed production and testing claims amid reports of a few workers returning.
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Cincinnati
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
General Electric Co
Evendale
Charles E. Weber
Common Pleas Court
AFL
Japan and Italy Buy Iranian Oil Despite British Pressure
Teheran reports say two P-Tankers head to Japan and Italy with Iranian oil and gasoline in defiance of British threats. Nissho Maru carries 18,000 tons from Abadan owned by Idemit su Kosan, which signed with Iran's nationalized oil firm for unlimited supplies. Pax, Italian Epim Company, leaves Bandar Maashur with 5,000 tons crude oil.
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Tehran
Iran
Japan
Italy
Abadan
Idemitsu Kosan Company
Pax
Epim Company
Bandar Maashur
New Probe Targets Dutchman in Grunewald Gifts Case
House investigators plan a dollar by dollar sweep of Grunewalds six figure income with gifts to federal officials. He testified that some funds came from an investigation for John L. Lewis and from horse racing gambling winnings. He refused to detail services for Lewis and dodged questions about Judge Goldsborough.
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B. L. Livingstone
Washington
Henry W. Grunewald
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Grunewald
Lewis
Mine Workers
Boggs
D-La
House
Ways and Means
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Internal Revenue Bureau
Ohio Health Director Named to Polio Foundation Board
Columbus Dr. John D. Porterfield Ohio health director has been named to the Advisory Committee of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Basil OConnor March of Dimes president said Porterfield will serve on the committee on virus research and treatment of epidemics.
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Columbus
John D. Porterfield
Ohio
National Foundation For
Basil O‘connor
March of Dimes
Porterfield
Strikes Hit Auto Firms.
CIO truckers halted production at four Chrysler car plants in Detroit, idling about 15,800 workers and risking broader outages for as many as 60,000. The stoppage stems from a dispute linked to Herron-Zimmers Mouldings Co. A Ford Monroe plant strike of 2,200 workers entered a second day, with 40,000 of Ford’s workers idled nationwide due to parts shortages amid contract talks with Local 723.
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Detroit
CIO
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Herron - Zimmers Mouldings Co
Ford
Monroe, Mich
Auto
United Auto Workers Union
Ex Grappler Lifts Piano To Save Trapped Man
Ex-wrestler Leon Blount lifted a 1,100-pound grand piano off O'Dell Wyatt of Canton Texas who was crushed beneath it. Wyatt suffered possible back, pelvis injuries and internal trauma as Blount, owner of a piano shop in Dallas, described bracing the piano with one hand to pull him free.
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Dallas
Tex
Leon Blount
O'Dell Wyatt
Canton
Blount
Wyatt
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