Navy Chief To Testify On Blockade Policy
Senate investigators called Adm. Forrest Sherman to testify on Gen. MacArthur's blockade plan against Red China as part of the Truman dismissal inquiry. The testimony, slated with debate over a Formosa document, follows Gen Hoyt Vandenberg's two days of remarks urging readiness into 1953.
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Navy
Washington
Senate
Adm
Forrest Sherman
Douglas MacArthur
Red
China
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee
Naval Operations
Truman
MacArthur
Chirman Russell
D-Ga
Sherman
State Acheson
State Department
Formosa
Department
Pacific
U. S
Red China
Chiang Kai-shek
Russia
Hoyt St. Vandenberg
Air Force
America
Senator Long
D-La
Charles E. Wilson
Long
Nation Pays Its Homage To War Dead
Nationwide Memorial Day homage marked by wreaths and taps as Americans honor war dead. In Korea and Europe, ceremonies paid tribute while new troops moved to Western posts. President Truman planned Arlington services with aides aboard a Potomac cruise.
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Associated Press
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Rhee
Europe
America
Luxembourg
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
France
England
Berlin
Boy Scouts
Truman
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
White House
Arlington National Cemetery
Funeral Thursday For Baby Snooks Beloved Entertainer Brice
Hollywood AP reports Fanny Brice 59, famed Baby Snooks on stage screen and radio, died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage after a stroke last week. Rabbi Max Nussbaum to conduct funeral rites. NBC aired a 30 minute musical memorial in place of her program. Brice rose from stage success with Ziegfeld to lasting fame as a versatile entertainer.
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Hollywood
Max Nussbaum
Fanny Brice
Comedienne
National Broadcasting Company
Miss Brice
Florenz Ziegfeld
Arctic Prince Wins Epsom Derby In Outsider Triumph
Joe McGrath’s Arctic Prince, an underdog, captured the 172nd Epsom Derby amid a photo finish for second and third places.
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Epson
England
Joe McGrath
Ridgway Claims Major Defeat For China Reds
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway announced a major defeat of Chinese and Red Korean forces as UN troops captured 10,000 Reds since the spring offensive began April 22. He praised the U S Second Division with French and Dutch units for halting the main Communist blow, warned Reds can strike again, and urged no change in policy from Moscow or Peiping to end the bloodshed.
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United Nations
Korea
William Jorden
TOKYO
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. S
Ridgway
Moscow
Peiping
Seventh
North Korea
Stan Carter
Eighth Army
38Th Parallel
South Korea
Cincinnati Pilot Blamed In Crash
AP report states pilot J. B. Cory of Cincinnati caused the Pacific Overseas Siam Airlines crash near Hong Kong on March 11. Eight crew and 18 passengers died. Cory reportedly shifted from instrument to visual flying toward the sea, and fog forced a return to instrument flight before striking a hill at the eastern Hong Kong Island end.
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Hong Kong
Pacific Overseas Siam Airlines
J. B. Cory
Cincinnati
A. F. W Andron
Malaya Department of Civil Aviation
Cory
Bangkok
Lyemun Channel
Andron
Hong Kong Island
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Rises Across States
Accidental deaths mounted as Memorial Day began with 18 lives lost by Wednesday morning. Traffic crashes accounted for nine fatalities, drowning claimed five, and four others died in miscellaneous mishaps. The National Safety Council forecast 110 traffic deaths from 6 pm Tuesday to midnight Wednesday, but hopes the toll can be kept at 85, the lowest for any holiday since World War II. State tallies show a mix of traffic, drownings, and misc injuries across Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
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National Safety Council
Alabama
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Tennessee
Virginia
Wisconsin
Japs From Brazil Insist Nippon Won World War II
A shipload of 114 Brazilians of Japanese descent arrived in Yokohama to see if Japan truly lost the Pacific war. Some doubted, but 65 year old Kantaro Kanako declared Asia free and Japan victorious. American police puzzled them at the pier as they pondered what to do next.
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Yokohama
Japan
Brazil
Nippon
Kantaro Nakano
Asia
Memorial Day Observed in Rain at United Nations Cemetery
In Pusan Korea soldiers gathered on a rain soaked hillside cemetery for Memorial Day honoring Americans who died at Belleau Wood Okinawa Taejon and Hagaru. Lt Gen James Van Fleet sent a message praising the fallen and the UN forces in Korea. President Syngman Rhee stood in the rain as wreaths were laid and taps sounded by both Negro and white soldiers.
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Korea
United Nations
Pusan
Green Hillside
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Nate Polowetky
Belleau Wood
Okinawa
Taejon
Hagaru
United Nations Cemetery
Marine Corps
Army
Air Force
Navy
Syngman Rhee
UN Nears Kumwha Base Takes Junction
Heavy rains slow Allied spearheads in Korea as UN troops push to within 12 miles of Kumhwa and seize a crossroads above Inje on the east-central front. Communists lash back cutting defenses on the Inje Hyon road and block roads with bazooka and machinegun fire.
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Tokyo
Korea
United Nations
Kumhwa
Inje
Inje-Hyon
Chorwon-Kumwha- Hwachon
Imijin River
Seoul
Yonchon
West Central
Hantan River
Yongpyong
Ira
Carter
Central
CIO Accuses Big Business Of Bribery In Defense Fight
The CIO accuses big business of bribing labor to scuttle price controls and share the loot. Secretary-Treasurer James B. Carey cites the National Association of Manufacturers and the U S Chamber of Commerce. He calls the plan a reckless conspiracy against the public interest and urges renewal of the Defense Production Act before it expires.
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Washington
CIO
James B. Carey
Senate Banking Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Carey
Willin
Congress
Senate
House Banking
Death blow aimed at interstate race wires in Senate probe
The Senate Crime Investigating Committee unveiled two bills targeting race wires seen as lifeblood of illegal gambling. One would require a Federal Communications Commission license to relay race information, with exemptions for newspapers and stations. the other would make it a federal crime to transmit race tips obtained without the track's consent.
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Washington
Senate Crime _ Investigating Committee
Senate
House
Federal Communications Commission
Calmly Takes It All, Blair Flies Pole to New York
Charles Blair landed at Ladd Air Force Base after a North Pole to Fairbanks leg in the Flying Gas Tank. He plans a non stop leg to Idlewild Airport NYC, estimating 9 hours 25 minutes. Blair carried 175 gallons of gas and noted the transmitter failure slowed word transmission. He plans to auction 3000 letters for cancer fund.
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Seattle
Charles Blair
Ladd Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Alaska
Oslo
Norway
New York City
North Pole
Pan American Airways
Blair
Bardu
Ladd Base
Idlewild
Pan American
New York
Whitehorse
Y. T
Iranaten
Alta
Buffalo
Ladd Field
Pole
Damon Runyon
Ohio Legislature Schedules End of Session Friday
Ohio legislators worked behind closed doors to finalize budget, school subsidy and other measures as the regular session edged toward a Friday end. A Wednesday signing session will precede final adjournment on June 19, with bills including wage standardization and aged relief advancing, while a statewide voter registration measure was defeated. The Senate may vote on redistricting to 23 districts, and a Civil Defense funding cut of 2 million is noted amid truck tax changes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate House
House
Senate
Senate Elections Committee
Machinegun Kelly Leaves Alcatraz For Leavenworth
The transfer of George Machine Gun Kelly from Alcatraz to Leavenworth signals a possible parole path. Once a feared mid century gangster, the 43 year old federal prisoner was serving life for the 1933 Urschel kidnapping and arrived at Alcatraz with 103 other inmates, joining the Capone gang from Atlanta.
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San Francisco
George
Kelly
Midwest
Alcatraz Federal
Leavenworth
Alcatraz
Capone
Atlanta
Oklahoma
Charles F. Urschel
Urschel
Akron Man Faces English Estate Inheritance Decision
Akron salesman James H. Gape and his wife weigh accepting a $254000 English estate after tax implications. If they accept, they must live in England for life and plan to inform executors first. The decision must be made by June with taxes and relocation costs shaping the choice.
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AKRON
James H. Gape
England
Sibyl Gape
Gape
United States
Kenneth
Detroit
David
Nett
Mick
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Clen Clements
Big Business
Jet Ace
Nina
Travis Air Force Base
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Wichita
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