U S troops storm Koje prison camps in forceful riot crackdown
U S tanks and infantry battered down and burned Communist flags at Koje Island POW compounds. A South Korean officer shot a prisoner for taunting him as Gen Mark Clark vowed maximum force to restore order. Prisoners in compounds 60 602 and 605 torn down banners and a statue. U S Second Division troops and a security force guard about 80 000 Red POWs on the island.
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Koje Island
Korea
U. S
United Nations
Mark Clark
Panmunjom
Koje
U. N
Baners
Boamner
Patton
U.S
U.S. Second Division
Communists Call Strike In Paris Area
Paris CGT leaders call a 24 hour strike in the Paris area to protest weekend government crackdown on the Reds. The action follows a national walkout appeal and targets Premier Pipnay's government over raids on Communist party headquarters with police confiscations.
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Paris
French Confederation of Labor
CGT
Red Belt
Antoine Pipnay
Communist Party
Eisenhower Winds Down Army Career Ahead of Campaign
Eisenhower arrives in Washington to bid farewell to military life after 37 years as a Army officer including two terms as supreme commander in Europe. He faces a tough Republican race for the nomination led by Robert A Taft as Taft campaign leaders push for a clear public plan. He meets President Truman and Defense officials at the White House, then views the rebuilt executive mansion as a possible future home.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Republican Party
Robert A. Taft
Pentagon
Mufti
Abilene
Taft
B. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Ohio
Reece
Eisenhower
White House
Truman
Defense
Robert Lovett
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Frank Pace
Executive Mansion
Fort Worth Boy Killed When Father Backed Over
Bulletin reports 21 month old Larry Coker son of Mr and Mrs Henry Coker of Fort Worth Texas died this morning after being backed over by his father. The child’s mother is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett Egleston of Middletown. No other children in the family. The body will be moved to Middletown for burial per McCoy Leffier Funeral Home.
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Larry Coker
Henry Coker
Fort Worth
Texas
Coker
Everett Egleston
Middletown
McCoy-Leffier Funeral Home
Natal Seeks New Convention Over South Africa Crisis
In Durban Natal Province threatens to quit the Union citing constitutional violations by Malan's nationalist government. Pro British leaders warn of possible civil war while provincial leaders push for a 1910 constitution reaffirmation. The council, with an anti Malan majority, moves toward action beyond a refusal.
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Durban
South Africa
Natal
South African Storm Center
Union of South Africa
Seaboard
Daniel Malan
Malan
Act of Union
Cape Province
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Erfish
G I Bill Up For Vote In House
The House considers a new G I bill of rights covering service since June 27 1950. It funds education directly to veterans, with monthly rates for full and part time study, apprenticeship and on the job training, and caps on combined earnings. Housing and social security credits are included along with mustering out payments for all ranks.
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Washington
U.S
Korea
House
Air Force
Police Recapture Seventh Convict
A tip led Sheriff Paul S. Pancher to the home of Charles Hart where William Kimble, 26, was found in the basement and handcuffed after the escape from the Ohio Penitentiary. Hart is Kimble’s cousin. Kimble claimed not to know of the plot initially. Two convicts remained at large: Edward Mischier, 47, Columbus, and Leander Reed, 31, Cincinnati.
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Dennison
Ohio
Paul S. Pancher
Charles Hart
William Kimble
Kimble
Hart
Edward Mischier
Columbus
Leander Reed
Cincinnati
Nine Die in Melbourne Train Bus Collision
Sydney reports two more fatalities raise total to nine in a crash near Melbourne involving a train and a bus carrying teenagers from a church camp. Officials say the collision occurred as the vehicles crossed paths on a rural stretch."
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Sydney
Australia
Melbourne
Truman Seeks Fast Senate Vote on Bonn Ties
President Truman asks the Senate for rapid approval of indirect military pacts linking the United States with West Germany. Acheson witnessed signing in Europe and will report tonight. The measures include a West German independence agreement and an amended NATO treaty to back the European Defense Community.
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Truman
Senate
U.s.bonn
Washington
United States
West Germany
State Acheson
Europe
U.S
France
Germany
Britain
West Europe
European Defense Community
EDC
Acheson
Paris
Taft presses air power in foreign policy clash
Sen. Robert A. Taft rebukes Eisenhower and the administration, urging a U S foreign policy built on strong air power to defend the continent and strike the Soviet heartland. He accuses Washington of air power decline since World War II, while spending billions abroad. Taft links Truman Acheson and Eisenhower to policy, calls for self defense support and limited aid, not open-handed handouts.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Russia
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Eisenhower
NBC
Abilene
Paris
Truman
Acheson
America
GOP
Korea
Nam Eases Sharp Tone At Parleys
Nam Il, chief Red delegate at the Korean armistice talks, softened his remarks about Allied handling of prisoners on Koje Island while Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison of UNC negotiations noted no significant progress. The session failed to resolve how 100,000 captured Reds and internees should be treated, with Reds demanding return and the UNC opposing forced repatriation.
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Munsan
Korea
Nam Il
Red
Koje
William K. Harrison
United Nations Command
U.N
Harrison
Thief Fatally Shot in West End Cafe Basement
In Cincinnati a 3 year old laborer named Lawrence Edward Thomas was shot to death Sunday during a burglary at a west end cafe. Suspect Robert Wilkes, 52, told police he shot Thomas in the cafe basement after an attack with an automobile tire tool.
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Cincinnati
West End
Lawrence Edward Thomas
Robert Wilkes
Coman
Wilkes
Thomas
Supreme Court Rules Truman Seizure Of Steel Invalid
The Supreme Court voted 6 to 3 to strike down President Truman's April 8 order seizing the steel industry. Justice Black wrote the majority opinion, saying the seizure exceeded presidential powers and that Congress retains authority to legislate on labor and property issues. Justice Vinson dissented, warning against undermining presidential emergency powers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Truman
Justice Black
Black
Congress
United States
District Court
Vinson
Hiss Seeks New Trial In Federal Court
Alger Hiss, 47, seeks a new trial as his attorney presses in Federal Court. The government may request a brief delay as the motion faces possible further action. Hiss was convicted of perjury at his second trial in January 1950 and is serving a five year sentence in Lewisburg Federal Prison. His lawyer Chester T. Lane had moved for a third trial last January citing new evidence.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Lewisburg
Chester T. Lane
Lane
Fatal Fable in Syracuse Cat Swallows Canary After Stone Incident
In Syracuse a stray cat entered the Hummel home through a broken window after Peter Hummel, 5, threw a stone that broke the glass. The cat toppled a canary stand and killed the family’s pet canary, creating a dramatic tale of misadventure.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Peter Hummel
Hummel
Supreme Court halts Truman steel seizure in 6-3 ruling
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that Truman’s seizure of the steel industry was unconstitutional, directing the return of mills to their owners. CIO President Murray called a 650,000-strong steelworkers strike while urging wage talks, while the Wage Stabilization Board terms and a union shop stance remained central. The decision marked a pivotal limits-on-presidency moment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
High Court
U. S
David A. Pine
Pine
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
American Republic
Congress
White House
Robert Butler
St. Paul
Cuba
Butler
Sawyer
Loke Davis
Arra
Memorial Day highway toll hits new record
The Memorial Day weekend traffic toll rose to 334 deaths across 78 hours from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday, with 36 traffic fatalities in Ohio alone. The tally, far surpassing the previous three day high of 253 set in 1999, included 78 drownings and 58 other incidents, and may reach the season’s all time high of 347 in a four day holiday. The Associated Press counted 470 total deaths in all categories for the long weekend.
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National Safety Council
Ohio
Associated Press
Belgium Tour Bus Crash Kills 33 on Return from France
A bus carrying 33 Belgians back from a Calais holiday plunged through a guard rail into a river near Gravelines, France, killing at least 33 and injuring 15. The vehicle was en route to Ghent when the accident occurred last night.
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Gravelines
France
Ghent
Belgium
Calais
Italy Stages Parade Of New Armed Might
Rome showcased a three hour display of Italy's augmented military power as new war material rolled through the imperial forums. Much of the equipment bore the stamp U S Army, highlighting post treaty breach implications.
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Italy
Rome
U. S. Army
John Dewey Dies at 92 Father of Progressive Education
New York philosopher John Dewey died at his Fifth Avenue home after pneumonia, days after a reported hip fracture. A Burlington Vermont native, he taught at Columbia University until 1930 and championed learning through scientific inquiry over rote facts. He married Alice Chipman in 1886. six children were born, four survived. Roberta Lewits Grant also survives.
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New York
John Dewey
Fifth Avenue
Dewey
Burlington
Deweey
University of Vermont
Johnson University
Baltimore
Columbia University
Alice Chipman
Roberta Lewits Grant
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