Oil Strike's Global Ripple Reaches Aviation and WSB Talks
Denver reports the oil workers strike curbing aviation fuel worldwide as Britain and the United States urge conservation. CIO Oil Workers leader O A Knight flies to Washington for a Wage Stabilization Board meeting after a first major deal with Standard Oil of California offers a 1 5 cent hourly raise and improved shift differentials.
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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
Trickery in Trieste Tito cries trickery
Belgrade Yugoslavia premier Marshal Tito accuses the United States and Britain of trickery over plans allowing Italy broad administrative powers in the British American zone of the Free Territory of Trieste. He spoke on Belgrade radio about last week’s accord and said occupation troops would stay only to cover actions taken as Italy assumed control.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
America
Britain
Italy
Trieste
Pavy Speech Critics Fear Dictatorship Ahead of Kennon Inauguration
James McLean reports from Baton Rouge that Rep elect Edward Pavy warns of a dictatorship as Louisiana prepares for Robert F. Kennon to take office as the 51st governor. Kennon pledges a free Legislature, budget controls, and limits on gubernatorial power as the 1952 session opens.
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James McLean
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Earl Long
Robert F. Kennon
Long Machine
Kennon
Long
Edward Pavy
Taft Eisenhower Both Expect To Pick Up Convention Votes
Mississippi Democratic leaders declare no compromise on anti Southern legislation in the national party platform or on any candidate willing to run on a platform with FEPC and other anti Southern planks. Tom J. Tubb and W. W. Wright issue the statement.
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Taft
Eisenhower
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Tom J. Tubb
Democratic Executive Committee
W.W. Wright
South
National Party
Taft Eisenhower duel shapes GOP delegates in Wyoming Rhode Island
As Wyoming and Rhode Island GOP conventions select 20 and 8 delegates Taft and Eisenhower claim momentum. Kefauver attends caucus. Democrats in Wyoming pick 10 delegates. AP tally shows Taft 343 Eisenhower 290 with 13 conventions and 166 votes at stake.
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Associated Press
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wyoming
Rhode Island
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Denver
Oregon
Taft
Eisenhower
Casper
Nevada
Utah
Michigan
Missouri
Virginia
West Virginia
North Dakota
Vermont
Hawaii
Destroyer Owens Hit. Two Killed and Six Wounded
The Navy reported that the destroyer James C Owens was hit by six Communist shells off Korea on May 7. Two sailors were killed outright and six wounded, one fatally, as the ship suffered superstructure damage from shrapnel and a depth charge exploded by a direct hit from shore batteries near Songjin. The engagement lasted 11 minutes with the vessel firing 153 rounds, achieving at least two indirect hits on enemy guns.
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Washington
James C Owens
Korea
Songjin
Found Dead Former City Waterlight Superintendent
Joseph R. Petagna 73 longtime city water and light superintendent was found dead in his room from natural causes. He remained popular locally and was active in fraternal and political circles. Funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hall Funeral Home with burial at Riverview Burial Park. pallbearers listed.
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Joseph R. Petagna
Water and Light Department
City Hall
the Hall
Riverview Burial Park
H. L. Hales
J.D. Parker
Bert Coverdale
Warren Breard
Sidney Jeffrson
F. C. Shelton
Petagna
Arnold Bernstein
H. D
Meteor Burst Over Seattle Likely a Sky Fireball
Air Force investigators and astronomers after reviewing hundreds of eyewitness reports concluded the fiery object exploding over Seattle and Puget Sound early Sunday probably was a meteor. They questioned witnesses from Olympia to Bellingham and searched for strange materials from the meteor. The object flashed across the sky and aircraft and ground observers described a blinding flare and flaming streamers.
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Seattle
Air Force
Puget Sound
Olympia
Here
Bellingham
Reds Use Armistice Talks As Propaganda Forum
The United Nations Command accuses the Communists of using Panmunjom talks as a propaganda platform. UNC says the Reds launched a 34 minute tirade filled with invective and lies and vows to disassociate from such use of the meetings. The session ended amid sharp exchanges on prisoner repatriation.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
UNC
Panmunjom
Adm
Joy
William P. Nuckols
U.N. Command
Louisiana lawmakers set to push bills in 1952 session
Baton Rouge reports lawmakers begin a flood of bills with administration measures leading the pack. Proposals include cutting the nine cent gasoline tax by two cents and expanding income tax exemptions for single and family filers.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Civil Service
New Orleans
Winnsboro Voters to Decide Marshal by Election
Winnsboro, May 12. A preferential election to determine whether the marshal’s office will be filled by election or by mayor and board appointment is set for Tuesday. Town marshal George Ferrington opposes the move, while Mayor Robert F. Mulhearn and the board defend the proposal as not targeting Ferrington during his term.
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Winnsboro
Board of Aldermen of
Robert F. Mulhearn
George Ferrington
Ferrington
Ridgway Leaves Tokyo for NATO Command Post
Gen. Matthew Ridgway boards a flight from Tokyo to assume Eisenhower's post as NATO commander. He passes leadership to Gen. Mark Clark at Haneda with Shigeru Yoshida and other officials present. Ridgway travels via Honolulu and San Francisco to Washington for talks with President Truman before taking command.
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Ridgway
Tokyo
Eisenhower
NATO
Honolulu
Haneda
San Francisco
Washington
Truman
Dodd States PWs Threatened Life
Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd said Red prisoners held him 78 hours on Koje Island threatened to kill him resist UN troops and stage a prison break if force used to free him. He said UN threats had a decisive effect in gaining his release and that the POWs demands were inconsequential.
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Seoul
Korea
Francis T. Dodd
Koje Island
United Nations
Clark Discloses Release Price in Koje Island Pact
General Mark Clark announced that the Eighth Army agreed to stop screening Red prisoners of war on Koje Island in exchange for Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd's release. He listed North Korean demands and which were conceded to secure Dodd's freedom.
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Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N
U.N. Command
Nam Ti
Francis Dodd
Peggy
San Antonio
Tex
Koje Island
Tokyo
Mark Clark
United Nations
Eighth Army
Kose Island
Francis T. Dodd
Clark
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. N
Dodd
Victor Digby Rites Held and Gas Extension to Eros
The funeral of Victor M. Digby 54 Ruston was held at First Baptist Farmerville with interment at Farmerville cemetery. He is survived by wife Claudine daughter Edith Gray Kavenaugh sister Ludie Matthews and three brothers. Congressman Otto Passman announced authority to extend natural gas to Eros and Oak Ridge following talks with United Gas Corporation NPA and FPC.
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Victor M. Digby
Ruston
S. L. Digby
Monroe
First Baptist Church
Farmerville
Ernest Duncan Holloway
Kilrpatrick Funeral Home
Otto E. Passman
Washington
Eros
Oak Ridge
United Gas Corporation
National Production Authority
Federal Power Commission
Russians In London Secure 80 Million Herring Pact
A stern faced Russian delegation, barred from militarily strategic purchases, obtained 150000 barrels of herring in London. The catch worth 80 million herrings was announced to be revealed next week in the House of Commons after quiet talks.
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London
House of Commons
Guards Sack 25 Ringleaders After Hunger Strike
Angola Louisiana Penitentiary guards used a gas attack to break a five day hunger strike by 120 convicts in Camp H. Led by Supt D D Bazer, 25 foremen and convict guards seized 25 ringleaders armed with guns. The strike ended as officials ejected a radio reporter and reported no injuries.
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Angola
Louisiana
D. D. Bazer
Bazer
State Penitentiary
Camp H
James van Sickle
KWKH
Shreveport
Episcopalians to Pick Bishop in Louisiana Convention
The Episcopal Church in Louisiana will elect a suffragan bishop at a special convention in St James Church Alexandria. About 66 clergy and 120 lay delegates from 76 churches, representing roughly 25 000 Episcopalians, will attend the 9 30 a m session led by Bishop Girault M Jones with prayers for guidance.
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Episcopal Church
Louisiana
St. James Church
Alexandria
Girault M. Jones
Diocese of
Jones
United States
Down payments eyed for mid to high priced homes
Federal Reserve Board members debate easing down payment requirements on mid and upper price houses under Regulation X. The housing agency and Raymond Foley would need to concur. decision expected in weeks. Current scales push 1 550 to 50 percent. veterans loans have smaller up to 45 percent.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Raymond Foley
Reserve Board
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