Speculation Heats Up as Reds Retreat in Korea
Allied advances press on as Chinese forces pull back from Chorwon Kumhwa Pyongyang corridor toward Kumsong 17 miles east of Pyongyang and 28 miles north of the 38th parallel. UN troops seize a knoll above Kumwha and shell Chorwon while talks in Tokyo swirl with major war developments.
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TOKYO
Chorwon - Kumhwa - Pyonggang
Iron Triangle
Kumsong
Pyongyang
38Th Parallel
Kumwha
Chorwon
North Korea
Marshall Ridgway meet sparks Korea war rumors
Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall and Gen. Matthew Ridgway held long talks at Ridgway's HQ and later at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. The sessions fueled speculation of a major development in the Korean conflict as South Korea sought UN guidance amid talk of a ceasefire at the inter Korean border.
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TOKYO
George C. Marshall
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
U.S
Pusan
Korea
Republic
Defense and
Marshall
Syngman Rhee
Korean Republic
United Nations
Red North
South Korea
Battles on Triangle Road Narrowly Push Back Forces
In a fresh action near the Vital east-west road, troops pulled in men from the flanks and massed for a push but had to retreat slightly near the base of the triangle. In Tokyo, Defense Secretary Marshall met for 75 minutes with General Ridgway after overnight talks in Korea.
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Tey
Tokyo
U. S
Defense Marshall
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Huge Manhunt Fails To Trace Missing British Diplomats
London reports a widening search for Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean after telegrams linked to Rome and Paris. Officials warned the pair may have fled behind the iron curtain as thousands of detectives pursue leads across Europe.
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Melinda Marling MacLean
Donald D. MacLean
Foreign Office
American Department
MacLean
Guy Gurgess
Paris
NEA
London
France
Italy
Rome
Guy Burgess
Washington
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Burgess
J. R. Bassett
England
Alaska university oversees flag incident at commencement
Dr. Terris Moore confirms two University of Alaska students attempted to lower the American flag and raise a Red flag during May 21 commencement where Governor Warren spoke. One student was expelled after a chase. the other’s identity remains unknown. ROTC watched for demonstrations.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Terris Moore
University of Alaska
Warren
California
Moore
Court Lenient With Bereaved Young Father
In Cincinnati, district judge grants three year probation to Eugene E. Boone, 28, of Russellville Ohio, after he threatened to derail a train. Boone, who mourned a wife and child lost in a railroad accident, must return to Carroll County Kentucky and was told the railroad paid $270 toward expenses.
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Cincinnati
Eugene E. Boone
John H. Druffel
Russellville
Carroll County
Boone
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Weekend Crowd Triggers New York Price War Spree
Crowds surged at Klein's Union Square and Macy's as a price cutting feud over watches and drug cosmetics prompted injunction fights in New York courts. Stores faced sharp demand while legal battles tested fair trade rulings on intrastate versus interstate commerce.
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NEW York
Macy’s
Gimbel’s
St. Klein's
Union Square
Klein's
Macy's
ThesSenrus
Bulova
ines-Whitmayer Watch Companies
State Supreme
Manhattan
State Supreme Court
Queens
Adolph Rothbaum
Klein’s
U S. Supreme Court
Georgia Jaycees elect new U S Junior Chamber president
In Miami Lee Price a 33 year old attorney from Swainsboro Georgia was elected president of the U S Junior Chamber at its national convention Price defeated Ed Rood of Tampa and Bill McDanel of Dallas in a tight ballot Also ten vice presidents were chosen Baytown Tex Roanoke Va received Howard A Marks awards for top chapters Price previously led the Georgia Jaycees and served as a national VP The convention endorsed universal military training by 89 to 162 vote
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Miami, Fla
U.S
Howard A. Marks
Baytown
Tex
Roanoke
Price
Georgia Jaycees
Women’s tax protest leader predicts mass women’s revolt
Vivien Kellems told a Rotary Club in Los Angeles of an imminent distaff uprising. The Connecticut manufacturer, famed for refusing to withhold taxes from her workers, warned of a vast crusade by women to change men’s handling of national affairs within a month.
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Los Angeles
Vivien Kellems
Connecticut
Rotary Club
Student Manned Schooner Washed Ashore In Storm
An MIT student crew of four from Marblehead Massachusetts saw their 45 foot schooner Moonraker washed ashore on Brigantine Beach near Atlantic City New Jersey after engine trouble and 40 mph winds. Skipper John Lamarsh Cambridge MA and crew Carsus Clay Augusta GA Harry King East Liverpool OH and Walter Tannenberg Batavia NY reached shore safely. The vessel drifted after attempts to anchor failed as lines broke and engines quit about a mile and a half offshore.
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Atlantic City
Marblehead
Mass
Brigatine Beach
Osborn Estelle
Coast Guard
Moonraker
Annapolis
John Lamarsh
Cambridge
Carsus Clay
Augusta
Berle Opens Third Damon Runyon Telethon Cast
Milton Berle launched his third annual television appeal for the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund at 11 a.m. today. The NBC telethon runs 22 hours across 43 stations and ends at 9 a.m. tomorrow, airing on the network nationwide.
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New York
Milton Berle
Damon Runyon
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
MacArthur Defends Record On China Coalition Proposal
General MacArthur rejected any suggestion he supported a coalition government with Chinese Communists and Nationalists. He called such an inference a prevarication and said U S efforts in 1944 45 to arrange a coalition were a grave diplomatic blunder cited by Senator Knowland in a telegram release.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Coalitiin
Knowland
Rcalif
U. S
Acheson
MacArthur
Adm
Raymond Spruance
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U.S
China
Tornadoes Strike Western Oklahoma Kill Two
Tornadoes wrecked dozens of homes in three western Oklahoma towns with Corn and Colony in Washita County hardest hit. At Corn a village of 300, at least 35 homes were splintered. Colony saw two schools and 15 to 20 homes destroyed. Lightning fatalities included 18-year-old Lee Mosley and 30-year-old Eddie Mergert.
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Oklahoma City
Washiita
Highway Patrol
Colony
Lee Mosley
Panhandle A & M
Eddie Mergert
Bessie
Washita
Lonely Hearts Slayer To Die
Chester B. Gregg, 57, was convicted of first degree murder in the Lonely Hearts slaying of his wife Loraine Alma Galliday Gregg, 64. The jury did not recommend mercy, making the death sentence mandatory. sentencing was delayed pending a motion for a new trial. The victim was shot March 2, the day after she filed for divorce and secured a restraining order.
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Kenton
Chester B. Gregg
Loraine Alma
Galliday Gregg
Common Pleas
Arthur D. Tudor
Gregg
Russians Forced Out of Austrian American Zone
In Salzburg an American Army unit forcibly ejected a three man Soviet repatriation mission from the American zone. Soldiers compelled the Russians to leave their HQ and then refused to drive to the Soviet zone, escorting them to a conference room and later to the American border. The Russians balked, retreated to their headquarters, and could not reenter as troops loaded baggage into a truck. Only 26 people were repatriated to the Soviet Union between 1949 and September.
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Salzburg
Austria
United States Army
U.S. Army
Maj. C.E. Hartel
U.S
Soviet Union
Retail Meat Dealers Urge End to Price Controls on Meat
A coalition of retail meat dealers urged Congress to lift price controls as beef supplies dwindle and cattle markets fall to a three year low. George Nepil of the National Association of Retail Meat and Food Dealers warned of continuing shortages and a black market while government limits expire June 30. The American Meat Institute reported 95 leading plants dressed 76 percent fewer cattle than a year ago.
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Congress
Chicago
George Nepil
National Association of Retail Meat and Food Dealers
Nepil
Senate
House Banking and Currency Committees
Senate Small Business Committee
Washington
American Meat Institute
Acheson Testimony Nears End In MacArthur Inquiry
Secretary of State Acheson neared the end of an eight day testimony in the MacArthur inquiry as Senate committees pressed for new Korea war aims. Republicans demanded a fresh briefing from Marshall while Democrats urged conclusion of the probe this month.
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Washington
Acheson
MacArthur
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Russell
D-Ga
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Marshall
Bridges
R-Nh
Korea
Japan
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee
Formosa
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Massachusett
Mass jet crash near Richmond claims three pilots
Eight F-84 Thunderjets crashed during a formation flight near Richmond Indiana. Three pilots were killed and two injured. Survivors reported thunderstorm involvement but dismissed weather as the sole cause. Investigators at Wright Patterson Field guarded details while considering sabotage and ordering a broad information blackout.
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Richmond
Ind
Army Air Force
Selfridge Field
Mich
Wright- Patterson Field
Dayton OQ
Navy jet bomber crash kills two near Albuquerque
A Navy AJ-1 attack bomber crashed five miles south of Albuquerque killing Lt. Charles B. Dickson 32 and Alson E Prior Jr 20. Survivor C R Shepard 26, a North American employee, was hospitalized at Kirtland Air Base. The left engine burst aflame at 15 000 feet. one crewman parachuted late, another did not abandon ship.
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Albuquerque
Here
Charles B. Dickson
Aviation
Alson E,. Prior, Jr
Rural Delivery 4
Box
Akron
Ohio
C. R. Shepard
North American Aircraft Company
Shepard
Kirtland Air Base
Navy
Air Force crash leaves eight planes lost in formation mishap
Report notes eight planes crashed from a three plane formation with no clear cause. Air Force withheld names of dead pilots until relatives are notified. Mrs. Fred Musser identified as part of the vicinity reference.
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Air Force
Village Honors 'Old Doc' Nearing Sixty Years In Practice
In Pleasantville, eight miles northeast of Lancaster, Dr. A. V. Lerch will be celebrated for nearly six decades in active medicine. Friends will present a room named for him at Lancaster-Lincoln Hospital and honor his community service and medical career with gifts at Pleasantville High School.
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Lancaster
Doc
Pleasantville
Dr. A. V. Lerch
Lerch
Pleasantville High School
Doc” Lerch
Mount Gilead
Starling Medical College
Columbus
Fairfield County Medical Society
County Board of Health
Lancaster- Ia
Lancaster Lerch
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Bobby White
Bobby
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