Allies Postpone Korea Armistice Talks Indefinitely
Allied commanders in Munsan Korea announce an indefinite halt to armistice negotiations, stating the next move rests with the Reds. Gen Mark Clark’s headquarters cites higher authority for the action, pending a Polish for prisoner exchange or a constructive proposal. Secretary Acheson says the suspension is an affirmative step toward an armistice.
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Korea
Mark Clark
Washington
Acheson
Break in POW Talks Over Prisoner Exchange Deadlock
Lt General William K. Harrison said Allied negotiators would return to the truce site whenever the Reds accept one of three proposed plans for settling the prisoner of war question or provide a constructive written proposal.
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William K. Harrison
Nixon Says Many Demos To Vote GOP
Nixon on the "Nixon train" warned the nation is in danger yet predicted many Democrats will vote GOP to throw the Trumanites out of Washington. He claimed loyalty to country over party as crowds gathered in Lima and Wapakoneta, with Eisenhower leading a nationwide whistlestop tour. He cited Truman Acheson as top Democratic leaders, pushing Stevenson to third on the ticket.
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GOP
Lima
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Nixon
Genight D. Eisenhower
West
Truman
Dean Acheson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Detroit
Michigan
Ike
Saginaw
Eisenhower
Hitler
Harrow Train Crash Kills Dozens in 8:19 a.m. Wreck
A triple collision at Harrow station involving two express trains and a commuter service killed at least 82 people and left more than 130 injured or treated, making Britain’s worst rail disaster in 37 years. Authorities warned the toll could rise as rescue crews worked amid 50-foot piles of wreckage. An American airman noted the layout resembled Long Island Railroad crashes.
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England
Middlesex
Lonon
London
Scotland
Britain
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South Ruislip
Long Island Railroad
Alexander R. McMillan
U. S. Third Air Force
New York
Elsie Webber
Eisenhower Hits Truman in California Campaign Tour
Ike accelerates attack on Truman over foreign policy and Russia policy. He defends his 1945 stance on strength and allies while claiming critics miscast his motives. Truman counters he endangered U S security as Eisenhower speaks in Eugene and Colorado.
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Eugene
Ore
Truman
Russia
Edwin Johnson
Colorado
Sherman Adams
Massachusetts
Stevenson Attacks McCarthy In Wisconsin Swing
Adlai Stevenson launched a Wisconsin tour aimed at Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy amid a broader assault on Eisenhower and GOP policy. He urgedAmericans to reject suspicions as facts and warned against weakening freedoms in a speech at the University of Wisconsin Field House after Detroit and Michigan stops.
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Wis
Adlai FE. Stevenson
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
Truman
John Sparkman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Milwaukee
McCarthy
University of Wisconsin
America
Detroit
Mason
Terday
Adlai Stevenson
William E. Jenner
Indiana
George C. Marshall
Jenner
ROKS Hold White Horse Hill In Frontline Clash
South Korean infantry battled in a brutal fight for White Horse Hill on the Western Front. A front line officer said Korean troops recaptured the crest from a Chinese battalion of 700, leaving about 150 remaining. The peak has changed hands more than a dozen times as tanks and artillery pounded the area.
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George A. McArthur
SEOUL
White Horse Hill
South
James A. van Fleet
U. S
Eighth Army
Milo Farnell
White Horse Mountain
No Man's Land
White Horse
Arrowhead Ridge
Chorwon Valley
Farnell
Arrowhead
Justice Department Accused of Delaying Pabst Case
House investigators say Justice officials delayed seizure of 100000 pounds of Pabst grits found unsanitary at the Peoria plant. The delay followed a request by Raoul Berger representing Pabst, aiding dismissal of a civil suit and limiting publicity.
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House
Justicepartment Today
Pabst Brewing Co
House Brobers
Raoul Berger
Pabst
House Judiciary
Chelf
D-Ky
Justice Department
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John T. Grigsby
McInerney
Robert Collier
Food and Drug Administration
Peoria
Ill
Milwaukee
Collier
U. S
U. S. Attorney's Office
Department of Justice
Police raid offices of Communists across France
Paris authorities led raids on Communist and Red front offices and newspapers in major cities including Paris Marseille Lille Rouen Bordeaux Nancy La Rochelle Nantes Saint Nazaire Toulouse Valenciennes. Twelve arrests were reported, targeting L Humanite Ce Soir and other groups amid alleged threats to state security and Army morale.
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France
Union of
Young French Republicans
Marseille
Lille
Rouen
Bordeaux
Nancy
la Rocehelle
Nantes
Ste. Nazaire
Toulouse
Valenciennes
Longtime Hamilton Newsman Homer Gard Dies at 86
Homer Gard publisher of the Hamilton Journal News and longtime editor in Hamilton since 1887 died at Fort Hamilton Hospital at 6 05 am aged 86. Private funeral at 4 pm Friday at his home 123 South D St with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. He chaired the YMCA board since 1929 and served on Miami University trustees since 1927. He held bank directorships in Hamilton and Winter Park Florida and pursued a newspaper career after leaving Amherst College in 1887.
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Webb Funeral Home
Butler County
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Winter Park
Fla
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Amherst College
Hamilton Daily Democrat
Hamilton Evening Journal
Dayton Airfield Named For Cox
Dayton officials rename the municipal airport to honor the moving force behind the airport's acquisition and development. The decision was announced by the city commission and highlights the contributions of a longtime civic leader.
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Cox
Dayton, O
Dayton Municipal Airport
James M.ox
Radar sees B29 mystery over Japanese island
The FEAF reported a B29 Superfortress disappeared after radar tracked two planes merging near Nemura in eastern Hokkaido. An unidentified plane, possibly Russian, was seen on a westerly heading inside Japanese territory before the radar tracks vanished. A May Day call was heard afterward. An object believed oil slicks were sighted near Nemuro Peninsula.
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Hokkaido
Japan
Kuriles
Asahi
Nemura
Air Force
U. S
Obiishi
Nemuro Peninsula
Jets Attack U S Plane Near Berlin
Two Soviet MIG-15 fighters fired machine gun bursts at a U S Air Force mercy DC3 en route to Berlin with an Army nurse aboard. The crew dodged into cloud cover and reached Tempelhof as Gen. Lemuel B. Mathewson lodged a protest to Soviet high command. The mission followed four power rules within the Allied corridor.
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U.S. Air Force
Mja
Lemuel B. Mathewson
U. S
Tempelhof Air Base
High Command
West Germany
Mathewson
Stevenson Aide Admits Governor Not Drawing Big
Democratic national chairman Stephen A. Mitchell says Gov Adlai Stevenson has not attracted large crowds yet but will do well on election day. Mitchell arrived in Columbus for a banquet featuringSen John J Sparkman of Alabama Democratic vice presidential nominee.
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Columbus
Stephen A. Mitchell
Adlai Stevenson
Mitchell
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Man Goes Away Found Dead In River
The body of Joseph D. Bodkins, 72, who had left word that he was going away, was found Tuesday in the Ohio River near Cincinnati.
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Mossadegh Demands 20 Million Pounds To Enable Oil Talks
Iran’s Premier Mossadegh told Britain to pay 20 million pounds within a week to clear the way for a final settlement of the British Iranian oil dispute. The Iran reply to joint British American proposals cited near bankruptcy and the idle Anglo Iranian Oil Co. The figure was a reduction from an earlier 49 million pounds demand.
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London
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Iran
Mossadegh
Kennan Takes Temporary Post in Bonn High Commission
American ambassador George F. Kennan arrives in Bonn to work as a State Department adviser on Russian affairs at the U S High Commission as Moscow demands his recall.
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Germany
George F. Kennan
Moscow
U. S. High Commission
State Department
Truman Launches Midwest Swing Attacking Eisenhower
President Truman begins a coast to coast farm belt tour to discredit Eisenhower as unfit for the presidency. He criticizes farm speeches as generalities and defends Brannan’s price supports while accusing Eisenhower of aligning with McCarthy and Jenner.
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