Nation's Soldier Dead To Be Honored In Memorial Rites
Memorial Day observances span two days nationwide with prayers, flower scatterings at sea, and parades. President Eisenhower designates 11 am local time for a day of prayer for peace. Arlington cemetery events include wreath laying at the Unknown Soldier tomb and 32,000 veterans buried at the LA Veterans Administration Center Cemetery. Canadian Queen's York Rangers visit Detroit to return a captured flag from 1812.
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America
Eisenhower
God
Arlington National Cemetery
South
Veterans Administration Center
West
Los Angeles
Ira C. Baker
California
Goodwin J
Knight
American Legion
Helena
Long Beach Harbor
Los Angeles Harbor
Coast Guard
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Detroit
Queen's York Rangers
Toronto
Canada
Cease-fire talks stagger as experts cancel meeting
Geneva AP reports a scheduled Indochina cease-fire experts meeting was canceled after nine delegations faced issues to be resolved only by top leaders. Gromyko pressed for Laos and Cambodia concessions, while the West demands Vietminh only in Vietnam and full Red troop withdrawal from Laos and Cambodia.
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Geneva
Indochina
Committee of
Russia
Andrei Y. Gromyko
Gromyko
Laos
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Red
France
Georges Bidault
Britain
Anthony Eden
Rescuers Battle Alaska Peak For Missing Soldier
In Fairbanks Alaska eight rescuers search the south face of Mount McKinley for Pfc George Argus missing since May. Morton Wood and two other survivors of a prior fall aid the effort as rescuers spread across three levels 6 000 to 7 500 feet below the tented area where Argus lies with limited food and no beacon.
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Morton Wood
Argus
Morton
Les Viereck
Chilean Senate to meet in special session on Guatemala
The Chilean Senate will convene in special session Tuesday to debate the Guatemala situation and its relation to accords from the Caracas Inter-American conference.
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Santiago
Chile
Caracas
French Break Through Vietminh Ring At Yen Phu Post
French Union armor and infantry under air cover smashed through a Vietminh ring 30 miles south of Hanoi to reinforce Yen Phu, a 160 man post besieged for 18 days. Rebels used mortar and a close siege with 12 battalions, while air supply aided the beleaguered outpost.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Yen Phu
Nam Dinh
Phu Ly
Red River Delta
Dien Bien Phu
Five Communists Convicted by U S District Jury in St Louis
A U S District Court jury in St Louis found five Communist defendants guilty of conspiring to advocate forcible government overthrow. Sentencing is set for next Friday with maximum penalties of five years in prison and a $10 000 fine for each, while the defendants remain free on bond.
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ST. Louis
U.S. District Court
Roy W. Harper
James F. Forest
Sentner
Harper
Tornado capsizes excursion boat on Lake of the Ozarks
A tornado capsized a 36 foot excursion boat at Lake of the Ozarks in Bagnell Missouri. At least four dead including Letha Rockwell age 50 and daughter Rosalyne Ruth Rockwell 16 of Belle Plaine Iowa and Mrs Richard Lamberty and son Warren 2 of Fremont Nebraska. Six rescued including the pilot Darwin Rockwell 48 and Lt W H Allen 22. Missing Duaine Hodges 19 Missouri Valley Iowa and Patricia Gump 16 Tunis Missouri. The vessel was on a five mile cruise when the storm struck.
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Bagnell
Lake of the Ozarks
Letha Rockwell
Rosalyne Ruth Rockwell
Belle Plaine
Iowa
Richard Lamberty
Warren
Fremont
Neb
Duaine Hodges
Missouri Valley
Patricia Gump
Tunis
Rockwell
Warren Lamberty
Lamberty
Junior Graham
Brumley
Darwin Rockwell
Emmett O'Leary
Ruth
Berkeley
W. H. Allen
Lawton
Oklo
Graham
Glenn Wood
Lee-Wood Boat Rides Co
Wood
UMW Opens Its Arms To Port Workers In Split From ILA
United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis announces about 45,000 port workers affiliated with the Independent International Longshoremen’s Association are being wooed by a new marine division within UMW. Six locals with roughly 9,000 members voted to leave ILA and join District 50. Recruits include crewmen from tugs, barges, and harbor craft in New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Portland, Providence, New Haven, Wilmington, and Albany on the Hudson.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
International Longshoremen's Assn
Lewis
ILA
UMW
Cate District
AFL
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Portland
Providence
R. I
New Haven
Four Convicted of Contempt in Ohio U A C Case
A Columbus jury found four individuals guilty of contempt for refusing to answer questions before the Ohio Un American Activities Commission. Vassel Tahmel of Fort Wayne Indiana and Melvin Hupman and his wife Julia Pearl Hupman of Clarksville Ohio were convicted on numerous counts with varied innocence on a few. Fines range from 100 to 500 per count and bond was not posted. defendants jailed pending motions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio UN- American Activities Commission
Vassel Tahmel
Fort Wayne
Ind
Harry McGill
Dayton
Melvin Hupman
Julia Pearl Hupman
Clarksville
Hupman
Common Pleas
Joseph M. Harter
Atty. J. Paul Prear
Japan Diet approves U S warship lease pact
The upper house backed by 116 to 88 votes an agreement to lease warships from the United States, after the lower chamber had already approved the plan.
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Tokyo
Japan
Diet
United States
Thousands On Hand For Pius X Canonization Ceremonies
Vatican City crowds including high prelates and pilgrims gathered in Peter's Square for the canonization of Pope Pius X the first papal saint elevated in 242 years. Pope Pius XII would preside with potential broadcast coverage by radio and TV.
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Vatican City
Peter's Square
Pope Pius X
Pope Pius XII
Vatican
Pius XII
Giuseppe Sarta
Pius X
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican Radio
Papa Santo
Pope
Giuseppe Sarto
Riese
Venice
Rome
Cardinal Sarto
Socialist Party Opens Its 29th U.S. Convention in Philadelphia
The Socialist Party begins its 29th national convention in Philadelphia to adopt a platform for 1956. Norman Thomas chairs the Platform and Resolutions Committee and will speak, with Hoopes of Reading and Dr. Caleb Smith of Brown University delivering the keynote on The Coming American Recession.
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Philadelphia
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Hoopes
Reading
National Party
Caleb Smith
Brown University
Constitutional Conflict Over Senate Inquiry Hangs Over McCarthy Probe
In Washington the clash between Sen. McCarthy and the Eisenhower administration dominates the Senate investigations into the Army Schine case. McCarthy asserts a right to secret federal employee information against presidential orders, while Brownell defends executive branch supremacy and constitutional limits. The televised hearings reflect a charged battle over who enforces the law.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Eisenhower
Senate
Army
David Schine
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Atty
Brownell
White House
Executive Department
United States
Weather Outlook For Miami Valley Cooling Tonight
Partly cloudy and cooler conditions expected in the Miami Valley tonight with a low around 54 degrees. Forecasters at the Vandalia Weather Station predict a high near 70 degrees tomorrow and partly cloudy skies as Monday brings warmer temperatures. A separate Middletown reading shows a high of 78 degrees at 4 p.m. and a 64 degree low at 6 a.m. today’s low reached 69 at 7 a.m. Rainfall totaled 0.38 inches in the city last night and this morning through 8 a.m.
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Miami Valley
Vandalia
Mercury
Middletown
Segregation Issue Dominates North Carolina Democratic Primary
In Raleigh the Democratic primaries hinge on school segregation following the Supreme Court ruling. Sen. Alton Lennon and ex Gov. W Kerr Scott lead the field as leaflets and a Winston-Salem ad target Scott over civil rights. Investigations are urged into unsigned campaign literature.
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Raleigh
N.C
Supreme Court
Alton A. Lennon
W. Kerr Scott
Scott
Lennon
Marshal Kurfees
Winston-Salem
Scott Camp
Kurfees
J.H.R. Gleaves
Wiliam B Umstead
Willis Smith
Balloting In Australia Expected To Be Close
Australians voted in a general election to decide if a Liberal-Country coalition led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies or the Socialists will govern for three years. Experts warned the margin could shrink below current levels as 5.1 million voters faced 123 seats, 291 candidates in 116 electorates, with seven unopposed races excusing 900 thousand voters.
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Robert G. Menzies
Menzies
Liberal - Country Party
Socialist Labor Party
Herbert V. Evatt
House of Representatives
Labor
Philippines Considers Expeditionary Force for Indochina War
Manila reports S. Cipriano Primidas proposes sending a Philippine expeditionary battalion formed largely from wartime guerrillas to Indochina. Nacionalista Senate floor leader urged Philippine military participation to prevent conflict from spreading to Philippine soil.
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Manila
S. Cipriano Primidas
Indochina
Nacionalista Senate
Air raid alert signals in Taipei as unknown planes spotted
Air raid sirens sounded in Taipei Formosa as defense authorities reported radar sighting of a flight of unidentified planes over the Formosa Channel.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
Formosa Channel
Pact Said Formed
SAN FRANCISCO officials of the Shipowning Pacific Maritime Assn. and Harry Bridges International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union reported agreement to assure waterfront peace on the West Coast through the better part of 1956.
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San Francisco
Pacific Maritime Assn
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Guatemala Communist Leader Fortuny ousted for health
Jose Manuel Fortuny, head of Guatemala's Communist party and adviser to President Jacobo Arbenz, is relieved as secretary general for health reasons. Analysts see possible party split or stigma removal. Fortuny's removal also ends his role in the Democratic Front. Defense and foreign work shifts follow U S tensions over arms reports and U S recall talk. Guatemala imposes emergency rules: ground all private planes and require Spanish translations for coded or non Spanish messages.
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Guatemala
Jose Manuel Fortuny
Communist Party
Jacobo Arbenz
Fortuny
Arbenz
National Democratic Front
Democratic Front
la Hora
Jose Angel Sanchez
United States
U. S. State Department
Washington
Sen. Smathers
D-Flag
Latin America
Smathers
Government files anti trust suits against four perfume makers
The Justice Department sues Empre Corp Lanvin Parfums Parfums Corday and Guerlain to halt price disparities, alleging abuse of trademark laws. The suits seek to curb U S pricing of Leatheric Lanvin Corday and Guerlain products compared with Paris. Empre agrees to end challenged practices within 120 days.
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Washington
Stanley N. Barnes
Justice Department
Empre Corp
Lanvin Parfums, Inc
Parfums Corday, Inc
Corday,” and Guerlain, Inc
Van Fleet Halts Far East Tour Briefs Eisenhower
Gen. James A. Van Fleet cut short a survey tour of the Far East and flew to Washington on orders from President Eisenhower. Reports say he may brief Eisenhower and U S officials before a high level meeting with Britain France New Zealand and Australia opening June 3.
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Taipeh
Formosa
James A. van Fleet
Far East
Washington
Eisenhower
van Fleet
U. S
United States
Britain
France
New Zealand
Australia
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
RED Party
Indo
Paul Ely
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lannessan Hospital
Fairbanks
Alaska
Pfc
George Argus
Yesteray
Indo Fort
U.S
Brussels
Sydney
Commie
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