West and East ready to compromise on Berlin peace plan
Four power talks in Paris center on Dean Acheson plan backing four power control of Berlin and city wide elections for an all Berlin council. Vishinsky signals possible German civic authority shifts while both sides seek to avoid new blockades and ease tensions.
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Paris
Russia
West
Berlin
Dean Acheson
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Kommandatura
Acheson
Germany
Vishinsky
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Nationalists Quit Tsingtao as Communists Take City
A reliable source says Chinese Communists occupy Tsingtao, the former base for the U S Western Pacific fleet. U S ships and personnel had pulled out days earlier, and the Nationalist Navy withdrew without a fight. The Shanghai consulate notes under 40 Americans remain, about 70 Britons.
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Shanghai
Tsingtao
North China
U. S
China
United States
Carl O. Hawthorne
Chambers Admits He Lied to Get Federal Job
In federal court Whittaker Chambers acknowledges lying to obtain a Works Progress Administration post in 1937 while denying giving confidential documents to Alger Hiss. The cross examination probes his past, including a deputy library job and his prewar Soviet spy allegations as defense pushes perjury themes.
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NEW York
Whittaker Chambers
Buvelihimche
State Department
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Hiss
Priscilla
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Works Progress Administration
Bomb planted on lost Philippine Airlines plane confessed two Filipinos
Two Filipinos confessed to planting a time bomb aboard a Philippines Air Lines flight that vanished May 7 after leaving Daet. They said a Filipino lover paid them 92.50 to place the bomb aboard the aircraft carrying the husband of the woman he loved. Investigators stated the bomb was set to explode 30 minutes after takeoff.
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Manila
Daet
Philippines Air Lines
National Bureau of Investigation
Alabat
China
Ludwig J. Sundeen
Litchfield
Minn
Robert Parker
Rochester
N. Y
Second Step in Ford UAW Arbitration Dispute
DETROIT (UP) The Ford speed up dispute over arbitration enters a second step as Ford and the CIO United Auto Workers seek a three member panel. Six days after a 24 day strike idling 106,000 workers they failed to name a sole arbitrator and set a deadline of 5 pm next Tuesday.
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Detroit
Ford
CIO
United Auto
Harry Shulman
Ford-Uaw
Union
Coast To Coast Bike Jaunt Under Way
George F. French, a 20 year old Princeton junior, began a 3000 mile bike marathon at midnight from Asbury Park New Jersey aiming for Santa Monica California in about 30 days. He must average 100 miles daily and hopes to break the 24 day cross country record set by Jerry Portnoy. Two college friends pace him by car and require crossing rivers by ferry only if bridged. His route runs Philadelphia Hagerstown Washington Wheeling Indianapolis Hannibal Denver Las Vegas Los Angeles to Santa Monica.
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Asbury Park
N. J
George F. French
Princeton University
Santa Monica
Cal
Ocean
Philadelphia
French
Jerry Portnoy
Temple University
Princeton
Pasadena
Hagerstown
Washington, Pa
Wheeling
W. Va
Indianapolis
Hannibal, Mo
Denver
Las Vegas
Nev
Los Angeles
Hungry burglar leaves thanks note after break-in
In Columbus, an East Side burglar robbed a home and cooked a chicken and potatoes before leaving. The visitor drank two beers, left pans soaking, and a note thanked the owners, signing as “A Disciple” and invoking God’s blessing. Virginia Clark reported the scene.
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Columbus
East Side
Virginia Clark
Four Powers Set Berlin Strike Discussion Meet
Four occupation powers agreed to meet in Berlin to discuss the railway strike. The session at French headquarters follows a Russian request and comes as strikers vote to continue the walkout, demanding West mark wages, union recognition, and rehiring of political firings.
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Berlin
Kommandatura
Germany
U.S
France
Paris
Independent
Railway Union
UGO
Atlantic Pact Report Faces Senate Objection
Senator George GA objects to the Atlantic Pact report, demanding explicit authorization limits on presidential power to send troops and requiring congressional approval for armed forces usage. The Foreign Relations Committee will reconvene Monday to press for unanimous approval despite the objection.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
D-Ga
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Intruder kills man and wounds wife at Ohio farm home
In Carrollton, Ohio, 39 year old John D. George was shot dead and his wife Virginia, 37, fatally wounded by an intruder in their farm house six miles east of town. A 12 gauge shotgun owned by the Georges was used. the couple slept in a first floor room and the attacker fled in their 1936 Dodge sedan. The motive and identity remain unknown. sheriff notes no confirmed link to a recent West Virginia penitentiary escape.
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Carrollton, O
John D. George
Virginia
Here
George
West Virginia
Moundsville
Ohio River
Lancaster man killed in Route 33 crash near Lancaster City
James C. Stouder, 62, of Route 2 Lancaster, died last night when his car rear ended a vehicle on State Route 33 near here. He was dead on arrival at Lancaster City Hospital, State Highway Patrol reported.
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Lancaster, O
James C. Stouder
Route 2
Lancaster
Here
State Highway Patrol
Stouder
Lanchaster City Hospital
What's What Sunday Summer Housecleaning at Camp Hook
Summer Housecleaning nears completion at Camp Hook where Boy Scouts will start camping soon. Sunday's pictorial feature explains the clean-up paint-up work at the camp. Paul Mehl is a well known rural leader near Middletown with vast experience in farm problems. Blueball's successful effort to secure playground equipment heads the Nearby Community section. A Middletonian hobbyist has spent four years developing a 67-variety garden with a 70 foot arbor and climbing roses.
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Camp Hook
Paul Mehl
Middletown
Blueball
Middletonian
Three Ordered Held In Jail In Red Trial
In New York AP: Communist Daily Worker editor John W. Gates, 35, jailed 30 days for contempt after refusing to name contributors to a Communist party publication. Judge Harold R. Medina also held Henry Winston and Gus Hall as the trial defendants protested. All defendants had bail set at $10,000. The defendants challenge government questioning of party leaders.
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NEW York
Harold R. Medina
John W. Gates
Communist Daily Worker
Communist Party
Henry Winston
Gus Hall
Strike Planned at Atomic Firm Oak Ridge Tenn
A CIO union votes to strike 2000 workers at the Oak Ridge atomic plant, potentially halting uranium 235 production, one of the world's largest facilities. President Wagner says officers will decide after today’s meeting. union seeks 15 cent hourly raise, countered at six cents. Average wage for CIO workers is $1.59 an hour.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
CIO
Washington
Martin Wagner
United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers
Dies In Crash At Dover Crossing With Freight Train
Bryson W. Nicholson aged 30 from Jacksonville Florida died in a fiery wreck when his automobile was struck by a freight train at a crossing in Dover. Police reported the crash and the identity of the deceased. The wreck occurred today and the car burned after impact.
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Dover, O
Bryson W. Nicholson
Jacksonville
Fla
Cleveland 89 Degrees Marks Second Time This Year
The Cleveland thermometer hit 89 degrees yesterday, marking the second 89 of the year after May 5. AP reports an unusually warm spell for the city.
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Cleveland
Six Life Termers Among Group In Mass Jail Break
Fourteen prisoners escaped from the Moundsville State Penitentiary in a mass break at about 2 am. Six inmates serving life terms aided by a home made drill and blackened soap to hide bar cuts. One guard was injured in the escape of the 14, with searches across nearby towns as police pursued suspected fugitives.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Orel J. Skeen
Jefferson St
Jackie James
Manndeville
Ohio River
Glendale
Wheeling
Uranium bottle found in Argonne spill probes continue
A missing ounce of U-235 from a bottle at Argonne National Laboratory was largely recovered after being spilled into a waste container. Senator MacMahon said the Atomic Energy Committee will still probe the missing eighth ounce and broader AEC mismanagement under Lilienthal. The Hanford installation cost call and emergency security clearances were also debated as Hickenlooper pressed for Lilienthal’s firing.
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Washington
MacMahon
D-Conn
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
Joint Committee
Congressional Committee
Atomic Commission
Commission
Mrs Wendell L Willkie Released From Hospital
Cambridge AP reports Mrs Wendell L Willkie widow of the late Presidential nominee was discharged from a Cambridge hospital yesterday after injuries from a May 15 automobile accident. She will return to her home in New York.
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Cambridge, C
Wendell L. Willkie
New York
Coal Owners to Battle Work in New Contract Talks
In E F I E L D West Virginia negotiators and John L. Lewis prepare for contract talks starting today. The union demands include the long standing "able and willing" clause cited in wartime and postwar coal agreements. Southern producers oppose the clause and seek its removal.
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Efield
W. Va
Weet Coat Leek
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Southern Coal Producers Association
Joseph E. Moody
Husband Shoots Wife in Midland Home Incident
Mrs. Anna Cox, 56, was shot in the right leg at her Midland home. Abraham Cox, 73, admitted the shooting while standing beside his wife as officers arrived. He said he had tried to get her to go to bed. Mrs. Cox was hospitalized in Dayton with a broken leg. No charges have been filed yet.
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Wilmington
Anna Cox
Midland
Howard C. Botts
Abraham Cox
Cox
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Democrats Face GOP In Diamond Classic
Democrats clash with Republicans in the annual Congressional baseball game forecast as a high-scoring, well played affair. Wheeler and Bishop anchor pitching and defense, with Bishop set to open at second base at age 59, while Case Rivers and Harris provide lively batting and fielding for the Democrats and strong defensive play from both sides.
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Washington
Dewey
Representative Wheeler
D-Ga
Wheeler
Vinson
Representative Bishop
Ill
Bishop
Representative Case SD
Representative Rivers
D-Sc
Harris
D-Ark
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