Bolivian government declares state of siege amid mine strike
In Bolivia the government imposed a nationwide state of siege as mine workers seized hostages and shut mines including Catavi and the Valeriano area. At least 27 people were killed during weekend violence, among them two American engineers, with soldiers fighting rioters using dynamite. officials list multiple fatalities and widespread injuries.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Catavia
Andes
Mamerto Urriolagoitia
Catavi
Enrique Hertzog
Patino Group
Interior Ministry
T. J. H. O'Connor
Pasadena
Cal
Albert Krefting
Seattle
Wash
Siglo Viente
Former German Spy Franz Von Rintelen Dies in London Suburb
Captain Franz Von Rintelen, 72, once Kaiser Wilhelm’s top spy, died in a London suburb. He operated in the United States during World War I, placing time bombs on munition ships, was captured after British codebreakers exposed him, and later served a four year sentence before a 1920 pardon and exile. He later distrusted the Nazis and lived in Britain, befriending his captor Sir Reginald Hall.
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London
Franz von Rintelen
Kaiser Wilhelm
United States
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Washington
New York
Berlin
von Rintelen
Germany
Reginal Hall
Britain
Sir Reginald
Memorial Day holiday death toll tops near four hundred
Associated Press reports a three day Memorial Day holiday deadly toll approaching 400. Traffic crashes caused 247 deaths, 84 drownings and 68 other accidental deaths occurred across fires falls plane crashes and more. Californias 47 fatalities led states, Illinois 33 and Ohio 26. 30 million cars on the highways amid sunny weekend.
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National Safety Council
Ohio accident death toll 26 over weekend
Over Memorial Day weekend Ohio recorded at least 26 traffic and other accident deaths. The toll included 16 vehicle deaths, four drownings, one fire fatality, and various misc. incidents. Names of victims span Bucyrus Cincinnati Cleveland and Columbus areas, including youths and adults aged 17 to 68. Continuous danger from car crashes and a fire in Warren and Hamilton counties is noted.
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Clarence
James Pritchard
Cleveland
Louis Somers
George Boerstler
Mount Vernon
Lancaster
Sonny Jones
William M. Jones, Jr
Cincinnati
Leroy ¥. Puening
Rome
Robert
Earl Kraft
Columbus
Scioto
Delaware County
Matilda Miller
Chevoit
Morrow
Warren County
Raymond Herman
White Oak
Hamilton County
Two Convicts Escape Under Fire From Penitentiary
Salem Oregon AP two convicts John O. Pinson 29 life term and William P. Benson 41 escaped over the wall early yesterday guards fired from towers but no confirmed injuries. A possible clue came from near Portland as a prowler fled a tool shed. Heavy Memorial Day traffic delayed road checks between here and Portland. Pinson previously shot a policeman at Hood River after ste aling guns Benson jailed for armed robbery.
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Salem
Ore
John O. Pinson
William P. Benson
Portland
Here
Glidden reports six month earnings drop to $1.37 a share
The Glidden Company announced net earnings of 2,671,611 dollars for the six months ending today, equal to 1.37 dollars per share. This compares with 4,071,129 dollars and 2.19 dollars per share for the same period last year.
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Cleveland
Glidden Company
Plane Flight Is Delayed On Pacific Ocean Run
Navy chief petty officer William J. Kopytko's flight to his wife Marian's bedside was halted two hours from Honolulu when the Navy Mars plane developed engine trouble and bad weather. He was completing a 5000 mile journey from Guam to the general hospital where Marian, 30, lies in an iron lung after an infantile paralysis attack.
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Los Angeles
Navy
William J. Kopytko
Mars
Honolulu
Guam
Marian
Ford Workers Return To Jobs After Tie-Up Ends
Ford Motor Company resumes production with 106000 workers returning as the strike ends. Rouge plant leads the restart while full nationwide operation awaits two weeks of ramp up. The union seeks a $100 monthly pension, wage hikes, and broader health and insurance gains, with contract talks pending.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Rouge
Ford-Uaw
Lutheran Church Leader Samuel Trexler Dies at 71
NEW YORK AP The Rev Dr Samuel G Trexler longtime leader in the United Lutheran church in America died yesterday at 71 after calling his 50 years in ministry the happiest day of his life He had recovered from pneumonia and an abdominal operation Trexler led the New York and New England synod and founded Messiah church Brooklyn and the church of the Redeemer Buffalo He served as a World War I Lutheran chaplain and as president of the Board of Foreign Missions.
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New York
Samuel G. Trexler
United Lutheran Church In America
Trexler
New England
The
Messiah Church
Brooklyn
Church of the Redeemer
Buffalo
N. Y
Europe
Board of Foreign Missions
United Luthern Church In America
Americans Pay Tribute To Dead Of Both Wars
Memorial Day observances worldwide honored fallen patriots as President Truman urged prayer for lasting peace. Arlington hosted the central tribute at the tomb of the unknown soldier while Fleet Admiral Halsey warned against complacency about military strength. Abroad, London and Anzio marked services and pledges to stand with allies for final peace.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
America
Truman
Chesapeake Bay
William F
Bull) Halsey
Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Army
Navy
Air Force
London
Lewis W. Douglas
Sharman
St.Margaret’s Church
U. S
British Isles
Col
Wallace I. Wolverton
U. S. Air Force
Montgomery
Ala
Anzio
Italy
Mark Clark
Six Die In Blast At Paper Factory Near Como
AP reports six workers were killed and five injured in an explosion and fire at a Merate paper factory near Como yesterday. Details on cause and extent of damage were not immediately released.
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Rome
Merate
Como
Dispatches
Pope Pius II Receives Truman's Vatican Representative
Vatican City AP reports Pope Pius II granted a 30 minute private audience to Myron Taylor, President Truman's representative in the Vatican, in a formal meeting that underscored ongoing diplomatic ties.
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Vatican City
Pius II
Myron Taylor
Truman
Vatican
Bitter Battle Between Hickenlooper and Lilienthal Unfolds
Washington AP reports a deepening clash between Atomic Energy Commission head David Lilienthal and Senate Republican leader Robert Taft and Iowa Senator Hickenlooper. Hickenlooper labels Lilienthal’s methods as smear tactics while Taft backs Hickenlooper’s push for a full public probe into alleged mismanagement. The Federation of American Scientists backs Lilienthal, urging careful review of the evidence.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Senator Hickenlooper
Riowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper
Lilienthal
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Taft
Rohio
Senate
AEC
Federation of American Scientists
Federation
West Ministers Mull Plan After Russia Rejection
PARIS AP three western power foreign ministers held an unannounced morning meeting to consider responses to Russia's rejection of their plan for a political union of east and west Germany.
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PARIS
Russia
West Germany
East German Reds Hold Secret Plans
East German Communists kept their timetable vague as Berlin discussed unification with Paris talks underway. Professor Hermann Kastner, co-president of the People's Council, said formal East German state talk is unnecessary during the Four Power talks and that the new constitution is a draft. The 400 member council includes Gerhart Eisler, a Communist fugitive, and 22 member delegation to Paris was chosen amid doubts of recognition.
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Berlin
Germany
Hermann Kastner
People's Council
Paris
People’s Congress
People’s Council
Gerhart Eisler
America
Kastner
Liberal Democrats
Russia
Soviet
Otto Grotewohl
East Germany
Bonn
Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow
Reich
Vishinsky
Kremlin
Walstrom Named Head of Cincinnati Weather Office
Arthur W. Walstrom was named to lead the Weather Bureau office in Cincinnati. A 27 year veteran, he has served at Alpena Detroit and the Chicago regional office since 1941. He will replace John H. Eberly and is expected to move to Cincinnati around June 13.
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Washington
Arthur W. Walstrom
Weather Bureau
Cincinnati
Walstrom
Bureau
Chicago
John H. Eberly
J. C
Alpena
Mich
Detroit
Hancock
New Housing Measure Gaining Support in Congress
Washington AP reports a drive behind a middle income housing bill aimed at families earning 2500 to 4000 dollars yearly. Rep Hugh B Mitchell says 21 House members back loans to offer homes at payments not exceeding 55 dollars a month, to aid a neglected 30 percent of the population. The measure, already approved by the Senate, seeks slum clearance low rent housing and farm housing aids as Democrats push for House action.
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Washington
Hugh B. Mitchell
Dwash
Mitchell
Congress
West Coast
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Eisler Lands In Prague And Assails U.S.
Gerhart Eisler arrived in Prague from London en route to Germany and blasted the United States as he avoided U.S. extradition efforts. He praised British treatment, criticized FBI and the Justice Department, and cited his wife's detention as Nazi-like.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Gerhart Eisler
London
Germany
United States
Eisler
Patory
Southampton
Eny
Congressional Committee
America
Northolt
England
Tom Clark
Clark
U. S
Berlin
FBI
Justice Department
UN- American Activities Committee
Britain
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Richmond, Va
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Charlie
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D-Ga
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Symington
Floyd Odlum
Atlas Corporation
Associated Press
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Illinois
Ohio
Buckeye State
Dwight Warner
RFD 2
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Wilma Mae Whitlock
West Jefferson
Grover Duke
Bridgeport
St. Clairsville
Delbin E. Gerber
Kedron
Bowling Green
Enos Wayne Cobb
Indianapolis
Lida Donavan
Jack Conley
Gene Halley
Pinson
Hood River
Benson
Pamela
Pamela Lamphere
County Hospital
Roger Larson
Pam
Taylor
West
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
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