UN Refuses To Transfer Truce Talks
The UN Political Committee blocked a Soviet bid to move Korean truce talks to a high level Security Council meeting. The panel approved a four power amendment to keep negotiations military-focused and recommended a special Security Council gathering only if it would be effective. Russia opposed, joined by six others, while Burma supported the Soviet line.
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Paris
United Nations Political Committee
Security Council
Brazil
France
Britain
U. S
Special Security Council
Korea
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
General Assembly
U. N
Vishinsky
Burma
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Ukraine
Burial Honored for Negro GI in Phoenix Cemetery
PFC Thomas C. Reed a 19 year old Black soldier killed in Korea on June 3 will be buried with military honors in Greenwood Memorial Park Phoenix. The cemetery board granted burial after Reed lay in a mortuary since November 28 awaiting site clearance. A special vote required proof of military status from a veterans’ organizations committee, a rule applying previously only to Negro veterans. Burial time depends on assembling a firing squad and completing details.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Thomas C. Reed
Korea
Board of Trustees
Greenwood Memorial Park
Arizona Lodge No. 2, Free and
Ace Masons
Reed
Portugal Plot Smashed in Secret State Plot
Lisbon Interior Minister Trigo Negreiros said police smashed a conspiracy against state security. He reported leaders were arrested while in a secret meeting.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Trigo Negreiros
Flying Enterprise Fights Seas as Crew Struggles To Re-Rig
The Flying Enterprise battles towering Atlantic swells off the English coast as Capt. Kurt Carlsen and Kenneth Dancy work to re rig a tow line after a break. The freighter lists severely, sinks gradually, and a destroyer watchers note the danger while tug crews doubt docking in the near term.
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Carlsen
London
Kurt Carlsen
Carlson
Kenneth Dancy
Dancy
U. S
Willard Keith
Hamburg
New York
UN Rejects Reds Truce Counterplan In Korea Talks
UN and Communist negotiators at Panmunjom failed to move on airfield ban as the Reds accepted Allied troop rotation and neutral supervision while opposing the key issue. Maj. Gen. Turner called airfields the main dispute as both subcommittees adjourned, with no progress and sharp speeches from both sides.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Howard M Turner
U.N
Hsieh Fang
Turner
Panmunjom
U.N. Seemnand
United States
Tokyo
Kremlin
Red
Wills 8200 Million For Scholarships
Centreville Md The bulk of the 200000000 estate of George Monroe Moffett head of a carm and starch empire will go to the Whitehall Foundation aiding students through college. His widow Odette Fuller Feder Moffett is granted 50000 yearly from a 1500000 trust. his brother James A. Moffett and sister Helen M. Barker receive 10000 yearly from a 300000 fund.
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Centreville
George Monroe Moffett
Whitehall Foundation
Moffett
Odette Fuller Feder Moffett
James A. Moffett
The
California Oil Co
Helen M. Barker
Horsemeat racket uncovered in Illinois
A federal OPS spokesman said cheap horsemeat is sold as expensive beef across Illinois. The yield to operators is about one million dollars annually. Horsemeat, used in pet foods, sells for 14 cents per pound but has been marketed as beef up to a dollar per pound in Chicago and other cities. A special federal grand jury investigation was requested to seek indictments.
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Chicago
Office of Price Stabilization
Illinois
OPS
Jet Down At Germantown Major Survives Rough Landing
Germantown report says Maj. Walter Stacy of Lockbourne Air Force Base escaped injury after he force landed his F 84 Thunderjet in rugged terrain near the Germantown Dam during a routine training flight. Air Force helicopters from Wright Patterson rescued him with only a strained back.
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Germantown
Air Force
Germantown Dam
Walter Stacy
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Columbus
Wright- Patterson
Dayton
Stacy
Five Die In Wooster Fire At Farm Home North Of Town
A Wooster area fire claimed the lives of William R. McBroom 33 and his four children Lynne Marie 12 Janet Elaine 10 Martha Ann 6 and Fred Allen 4. A neighbor saw flames from the roof shortly before midnight as the Smithville volunteers battled the blaze. The bodies were found in bed as the house burned and the roof collapsed. Mrs. McBroom worked at Apple Creek State Hospital and learned of the tragedy on returning home after the fire.
Two British Soldiers Die in Egypt Clash Near Suez Base
In Egypt near a major Royal Air Force base west of the Suez Canal two British soldiers are killed and several others wounded after guerrillas opened fire on a convoy at daylight. The British Third Infantry Brigade later engaged Egyptian fighters four miles farther west as it moved to defend the ambushed convoy.
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Cairo
Egypt
Royal Air Force
Suez Canal
Tanker Pennsylvania Sustains Crack in Pacific Storm
The U S Tanker Pennsylvania reported off the northern Vancouver Island coast that an ominous crack appeared along its side amid a fierce Pacific storm. The bulletin from Victoria B C details the vessel bucking heavy seas as crews monitor the damage.
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Victoria
B. C.P
U. S
Pennsylvania
Vancouver Island
Vietminh Raid Hits Saigon Center Killing Four
Vietminh militants staged a major attack in Saigon striking cars with timed devices near Hotel Continental Palace. Four died and others injured as blasts at Rue Catinat and Hotel de Ville drew police actions and an American aid shipment arrived for French forces.
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Rue Catinat
Saigon
Boulevard Channel
Hotel de Ville
Indochina
Slaughtered Chinese in fierce Korea frontline clash
U S Eighth Army reports about 1,000 Chinese killed near Panmunjom as ROK troops push back in the Sasi Bulge battle. Allied losses unclear. Fresh clashes occur near Heartbreak Ridge with UN forces counterattacking after Red advances. Aircraft targets rail yards and truck traffic in night raids.
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Korea
Panmunjom
U.S
Eighth Army
Korangpo
Sasi Bulge
Republic of Korea
ROK
Heartbreak Ridge
United Nations
Refugees on Camiguin Island Face Starvation
About 20,000 Hibok Hibok Volcano refugees on Camiguin Island in the Central Philippines were reported on the verge of starvation as rice rations had not arrived since Sunday, according to the Philippines News Service.
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Hibok Hibok
Camiguing Island
Philippines
The
Philippines News Service
Quake Hits Philippines With Third Tremor This Week
Manila reports another mild earthquake in the south central Philippines. The tremor at Duma guete is the third since Monday, prompting local alerts but no reported injuries. Authorities urge calm and monitoring of aftershocks.
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Philippines
Manila
Dumaguete
Steel Pledged For Turnpike In Ohio
Columbus leaders vow to secure steel for the proposed 300 million dollar Ohio Turnpike toll road as the commission opens a special meeting to speed acquisition. Gov Lausche and Shocknessy confer with Secretary Sawyer and NPA officials in Washington about obtaining steel for national defense.
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Columbus
James W. Shoe
Ohio Turnpike
Commis
Ohio
Shocknessy
Commission
Frank J. Lausche
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer
National Production Administration
Sawyer
Stassen Backers Open Ohio Headquarters in Cleveland
Harold E. Stassen supporters opened an Ohio headquarters in Cleveland and announced plans to enter a full slate of presidential delegates for the state Republican primaries next May. Mrs. Lois Cossitt of Toledo, temporary chairwoman, said delegate names would be announced in about three weeks.
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Cleveland
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Stassenites
Lois Cossitt
Toledo
Stassen-for-President
U.S. Plans Broad Cuts in Household Goods and Auto Output
Defense Production Administrator Manly Fleischmann testified before a congressional committee that the April June quarter will see 45 percent cuts in production of household goods including TVs, radios and refrigerators, with auto output down at least seven percent from present rates. Steel and other metals will be rationed to support civilian and defense needs, while nonessentials like jewelry and toys get small increases to survive.
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Washington
Manly Fleischmann
DPA
Fleischmann
Senate
Maybank
Detroit
Casualties Rise to 104,084 in Korea Battle
Washington announced U S battle casualties in Korea reached 104,084 today, up 345 from last week.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Truman Urges Bipartisan Pause To Shield Nation From War Risk
President Truman asks Congress for an election year armistice on political fights that might threaten national security. He warns of grave danger from Soviet armed strength and outlines defense expansion, higher taxes, civil rights proposals, and continued push for Fair Deal measures while signaling a possible re election campaign.
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Truman
Congress
Soviet Russia
United States
Lovett
Soviet Union
Free Nations
Europe
Indochina
Winston Churchill
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