Dodd Reveals Threats By Reds On Koje Island
Brig Gen. Francis T. Dodd says Communist prisoners of war who held him on Koje Island threatened to kill him if the U S Eighth Army used force to rescue. Gen. Mark W. Clark calls the Reds’ demands for Dodd’s release blackmail and notes the threats influenced UN responses. Dodd, released Saturday, felt the threats impacted the decision and reported good treatment during captivity.
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Seoul
Francis T. Dodd
Koje Island
U. S. Eighth Army
Mark W. Clark
U. N
Tokyo
Dodds
Tokyo says Eighth Army halts Koje screening for Dodd swap
General Clark announced that the Eighth Army agreed to stop screening Red prisoners on Koje Island in exchange for Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd. He called the prisoners demands inconsequential and the concessions minor, as newsmen toured Koje for the first time since the camp seizure.
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Tokyo
Mark Clark
United Nations
Eighth Army
Kose Island
Francis T. Dodd
Koje
Stockade
Grover R. Braven
Dodd
Raven
U.N
Compound 76
Charles Colson
Charleston
Reds Accuse Communist Talks of Propaganda Tirades
United Nations Command accused the Communists in Panmunjom of using armistice talks as a propaganda platform. A UNC communique cited a 34 minute tirade filled with distortions and urged calm as plenary sessions continued. Vice Admiral Joy condemned the propaganda use of the meetings. North Korean Gen Nam I charged mistreatment of prisoners, and Joy warned against daily disruptions.
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Munsan
Kores
United Nations Command
Phosper
UNC
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Reds
Nam I
Panmunjom
Joy
Credit Reins On Housing May Slacken
Washington sources report growing sentiment in government circles for easing down payment rules in Regulation X for medium and upper price homes. Federal Reserve Board members favor a more even scale, with one third down for costly houses and gradual reductions toward the current level near the 15 000 class. The housing market shows overall strength but demand for 15 000 plus homes lags, while starts surge toward a possible million this year.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Wall Collapses at Prizefight Kills 31, Injures 100
In Bellville Argentina a wall toppled onto a crowd of about 1000 during a prizefight Saturday night. Rain water weight on a canvas roof caused the 15-foot masonry wall to fall, trapping and tramping attendees as 31 died and at least 100 were injured.
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Bellville
Argentina
Reds Fight Bonn Plan For Peace
In Essen a bloody weekend clash between anti Reds and 30000 Communist led youths mars reporting on West Germany’s peace contract. One youth was killed, many injured, arrests reported. Adenauer meets rebel coalition leaders as opposition to the pact endangers ratification. East German leaders plan firmer Soviet style control and possible unification moves for Berlin. Russian tied strategies include a renewed ban on Allied patrols from Berlin on the Berlin Helmstedt route.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Essen
East Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
West
Berlin-Helmstedt
Two men seize cash at American Compressed Steel plant
Cincinnati police report two young men seized about $600 from a desk at the American Compressed Steel Corporation today and fled after locking two employees in a washroom. Superintendent Samuel Cohen said nearly $1,000 in currency was also missing.
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Cincinnati
American Compressed Steel Corporation
Samuel Cohen
Two Die In Accident Near Columbus City Limits
James L. Elder, 30, and Lawrence Lee, 31, both of Columbus, were killed Sunday when their car skidded and overturned on Route 62 just northeast of Columbus city limits.
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Columbus, O
James L. Elder
Lawrence Lee
Columbus
Rt. 62
Columbus City Limits
Polar Landing Yields Many New Discoveries
Anchorage report on the North Pole Air Force landing May 4 reveals Peary cache finds and scientific results. Lt Col William Benedict piloted a C47 from the pole, with depth sounding at 14,150 feet, TNT ice tests, and new ice leads opening around the pack. Jars with expedition notes were left for researchers to map currents and dates.
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Anchorage
Alaska
North Pole Air Force
Arctic
Robert E. Peary
Air Force
William P. Benedict
Paradise
Calif
Geographic
North Pole
Albert P. Crary
Robert Cottell
Cambridge Research Center
Cambridge
Mass
Edison Blair
Los Angeles
Blair
Peary
Cape Columbia
Ellesmere Island
Air Force Research Center
Ridgway Returns Home from Japan to Lead NATO Forces
General Matthew Ridgway departs Tokyo en route to Europe to assume command of NATO forces, succeeding Eisenhower. The farewell at Haneda Airport drew VIPs and tens of thousands along a 15 mile route as Ridgway praised armed forces and global unity amid postwar duties.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Japan
Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ridgway
Pentagon
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Mark Clark
Clark
Honolulu
Haneda
Ridgways
Shigeru Yoshida
George McArthur
Ben Brink and Three Die In Kentucky Crash
Bernard W. Brink a longtime Lookout House manager and four others died in a Sunday crash on U S 42 ten miles west of Covington Kentucky. The victims included Roy Mack Berryman Frances Berryman and Clyde Dennis all of Detroit. The Berrymans two children were injured. Brink was en route to his home while the Berrymans traveled from Dixon Tennessee to Detroit. Police said the Berrymans appeared to cross the center line.
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Covington, Y
Bernard W. Brink
Kentucky
Roy Jr
Pamela
St. Keth Hos
U. S. 42
Here
Brink
Berrymans
Detroit
Dixon, Tenn
Berryman
Robert Gordon
Winds Rattle Alapaha With Tornado Like Fury
In Alapaha Georgia a tornado leveled parts of the town, destroying dozens of homes and businesses and wrecking the water tank and school property. No fatalities, three people hospitalized, and mayor Julian P. Paulk pegged damage near a half million dollars as winds also battered Jacksonville Florida and Columbus Georgia with lighter damage.
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Alapaha
Julian P. Paulk
Jacksonville
Fla
Columbus
Bloodhound trail ends as fugitive captured near jail
East Palestine deputy sheriff Robert Grim hunted a freed prisoner with his $750 bloodhound. The dog tracked to a freight car, then vanished inside. A policeman meanwhile captured the fugitive, Fred Henry, several blocks from the Beaver County jail.
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Beaver
Robert Grim
East Palestine
Beaver County
Grim
Fred Henry
Tip Renews Police Hunt For Escapees
A tip from three nuns sparked renewed police efforts to recapture two mental hospital escapees Neville Slusser 24 and Floyd Keith 23. Slusser allegedly peered into a kitchen window at the Incarnate Word Academy in Parma Heights and fled into nearby woods as a search party began at dawn.
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Cleveland
Incarnate Word Roman Catholic Academy
Parma Heights
Neville Slusser
Lima State Hospital
Floyd Keith
Coon On Log Meet Sparks Court Battle In Memphis
Spectators flocked to Lake Miguel for a coon on a log contest described as cruel by the Memphis Humane Society. President George R. Bates vowed to seek a court injunction to curb future events as forty hounds chased raccoons in a controversial Southern championship.
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Memphis
Lake Miguel
Memphis Humane Society
George R. Bates
Mississippi Democrats Stand Firm on Platform Demands
Mississippi Democratic leaders declared no compromise on anti Southern planks such as civil rights and FEPC in the national party platform. They vowed to coordinate with Southern states to influence the platform or throw the election to the House, planning a June 26 state convention to decide conditions and candidates.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
National Party
FEPC
Tom J. Tubb
State
Democratic Executive Committee
W.W. Wright
South
House of Representatives
Russell
Louisiana
South Carolina
Judge frees 41 Bronx women after Mother’s Day raid
Magistrate Joseph A. Martinis dismissed disorderly conduct charges against 41 women arrested in three Bronx gambling raids after noting it was Mother's Day. He sent them home to their families, with each woman claiming to be a mother.
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New York
Joseph A. Martinis
Bronx
Martinis
Supreme Court weighs President powers over steel seizure
oral arguments begin as administration and steel industry seek ruling on constitutionally implied emergency powers. Justice Department argues seizure was within constitutional authority, while Pine's injunction against seizing mills stands contested. The case could decide only the injunction or be sent back for further findings, with decision timing unclear.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Truman
David A. Pine
Pine
Justice Department
CIO
United Steelworkers
Judge Pine
High Court
Steel Industry
Art General
Perlman
Solicitor General
John W. Davis
Davis
Wilson
Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Arief
Congress
Steel Union
Oil Tie-Up Drives Global Effects as Talks Set
Denver reports a looming Wage Stabilization Board meeting after a major background settlement, with CIO Oil Workers International Union chief O A Knight flying to Washington. The IUPW and Standard Oil California reach an 18 cent wage rise plus shift differential boosts, while broader oil strikes trigger gasoline shortages and rationing on the East Coast and New Jersey Turnpike.
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Denver
Wage Stabilization Board
United States
Britain
O.A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Washington
WSB
Knight
Independent
Union of Petroleum Workers
Standard Oil of
California
Los Angeles
IUPW
Union Oil Company of
New Jersey Turnpike
Meteor explosion over Seattle shocks region
Air Force investigators and astronomers said after reviewing hundreds of eyewitness reports that a fiery object exploding over Seattle and Puget Sound early Sunday was probably a meteor. They questioned witnesses from Olympia and Port Townsend and searched for strange materials linked to the meteor.
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Seattle
Air Force
Puget Sound
Olympia
Here
Tollingham
National delegates eyed as Wyoming Rhode Island pick
Wyoming and Rhode Island Republicans meet to choose 20 and 8 delegates respectively as Taft and Eisenhower campaign toward a central convention. Taft eyes Wyoming votes while Eisenhower hopes for Rhode Island gains amid a week with 13 conventions and 166 delegate votes at stake. Notes include Stassen bias in West Virginia and Kefauver support among Democrats.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wyoming
Rhode Island
Estes Jauver
Tennessee
Denver
Oregon
Taft
Eisenhower
Casper
Associated Press
GOP
Nevada
Utah
Michigan
Missouri
Virginia
West Viginia
North
West Virginia
North Dakota
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Ike
Taft-Stassen
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Benton McCarthy Feud Set for Senate Hearing
Senate rules subcommittee opens public hearings on Sen. Benton’s bid to expel Sen. McCarthy over a 1948 $10,000 Lustron article fee. McCarthy defends the payment as proper public service. Gillette claims he sold information to Lustron for advertising and notes tax returns under review.
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Walington
Senate Rules
Sen
Benton
D-Conn
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Lustron Corporation
Gillette
D-la
Lustron
Answ
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