Lineup Of West Defense Sought
London May 15 Britain France and America aim to keep troops in Germany to deter Soviet aggression. They met with the Atlantic pact nations to align defense of western Europe while balancing defense spending with postwar economic recovery. Officials noted occupation troops would be kept primarily for defense rather than policing, reflecting a shift in mission.
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London
Britain
France
America
Germany
West Europe
West Germany
Louisiana pharmacists convene 68th annual meeting in Monroe
More than 400 Louisiana druggists attend the 68th annual Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Association convention in Monroe. Registration starts Monday at 3 p.m. at Hotel Frances with sessions on the roof and at Hotel Frances and Hotel Virginia. Noted speakers include B A Smith Don Rennick Loyola University Dean John S McCloskey and Joseph Lucas with awards for long service.
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Monroe
Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Association
Hotel Frances
Redfield E. Bryan
Ernest Duncan Holloway
C. C. Bell
Pharamaceutical Education
John S. McCloskey
Loyola University
Joseph Lucas
State Board of Pharmacy
Eugene Vogt
Bryan
Hotel Frances Roof
Woman Jailed for Injuring Minors in Hit and Run
Mrs. Clara F. Smith, 56, began a 30 day sentence in a country jail after injuring two teens in a hit run near Merrick New York Saturday night. Judge George S. Johnson called the act vicious and unmotherly as authorities traced the car by a partial plate and found a Mother's Day bouquet in her living room. James Chen 17 suffered a broken leg and Louis Riley 16 a broken arm.
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Mineola
N. Y
Clara F. Smith
Southerners Ready to Fight Cloture on FEPC Debate
In Washington on May 15 Southern lawmakers indicated they can defeat an administration move to curb Senate debate on the Truman civil rights FEPC bill. Senate Majority Leader Lucas says he will test cloture Friday, needing 64 votes, while Southern Senator Russell predicts the rule cannot be invoked this week. The FEPC proposal would create a federal commission to prevent job discrimination based on race creed or color as part of Truman’s 1948 civil rights pledges.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas D.iii
Russell
D.-Ga
Lucas
Chicago
FEPC
Truman
Taft
Ohio
House
Kefauver
D.-Tenn
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
R.wis
State Department
Rep. Jacobs
D.-Ind
John L. Lewis
House Labor
Lesinski
D.mich
Full Labor Committee
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means
Long Will Speak On Legislature In Baton Rouge Address
Governor Earl Long will address the Louisiana legislature at 7 p.m. on May 15. He plans to discuss a proposed 140 million dollar bond for road and bridge projects, civil service revival, a 1951 constitutional convention, and stricter income tax regulations. He favors increasing the state bonded debt.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Earl Long
Long
Rail Strikers Boost Pickets Across Nation
Chicago May 15 A six day nationwide rail firemen strike sees picketing grow with rail operations halted in scattered areas. Mediation board officials met separately with railroad leaders and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen as the walkout widens. Levere"tt Edwards said the situation looked bad after late talks failed to yield progress.
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Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Leverett Edwards
Elston doubts Soviet mass atomic attack capability
Representative Elston of Ohio, member of the Senate-House atomic energy commission, said he does not believe the Soviet Union will launch a substantial load of atom bombs on U S targets in one strike. He noted U S defenses and interception as the best safeguard and predicted both powers will harden defenses as Russia increases its own bomb supply.
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Washington
Elston
Ohio
Russia
United States
Senate-House
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Union
Congress
Britain halts Czech information activities in London
London May 15 Britain orders the Czech oslovak embassy to stop information activities as retaliation for Prague shutting the British information service and British council in Czechoslovakia. Ernest Davies, undersecretary, disclosed the action in the house of commons.
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London
Britain
Ernest Davies
Foreign Office
House of Commons
British Information Service
British Council
Czechoslovakia
Nurses for Sander drop in New Hampshire
Goffstown New Hampshire May 15 Two nurses who testified for Dr Hermann N Sander were demoted to floor duty after his murder acquittal in the death of a cancer patient Mrs Cecilia Smith said she was removed as head of the women s ward and later resigned Mrs Eileen Moncrieff said she was relieved as head of the medical and surgical ward but was reinstated Superintendent of Nurses Mrs Marion Lemy said the demotions were not due to testimony Dr Sander who turned 42 yesterday was acquitted in March of killing Mrs Abbie Borreto 59 by injecting air into her veins The state board of registration in medicine revoked his license on April 19 but said he could apply for reinstatement June 19
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Goffstown
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Cecilia Smith
Hillsborough County General Hospital
Eileen Moncrieff
Abbie Borreto
Manchester
New Hampshire
German Prisoners Aid Red Chinese Reported at Canton
Pro Nationalist Chinese reports from Red Shanghai claim Soviet held German prisoners of war serve as technicians with Chinese Communists. Other notes say Reds are expanding White Cloud airport in Canton. Soviet built planes reportedly conducted test flights from two fields on May 10.
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Taipei
Red Shanghai
White Cloud
Canton
South China
Big Primary in Penn Tuesday in G.O.P. tilt
Philadelphia May 15 The Pennsylvania Republican fight centers on a fierce primary pitting Gov James H Duff and John S Fine against former Sen Joseph R Grundy and Jay Cooke. Duff and Fine seek the U S Senate and governorship while Grundy backs Kunckel and Cooke in a high stakes contest viewed for its effect on the 1952 presidential race. Polls open 7 a m close 8 p m EST in 8347 precincts statewide.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
U. S
James H. Duff
Superior Court
John S. Fine
Nanticoke
Joseph R. Grundy
G.O.P
John C. Kunkel
Harrisburg
Jay Cooke
Duff
Grundy
Truman Ends West Tour With Chicago Speech
President Truman wraps up a 6,000 mile west and midwest tour with a 10:30 p.m. speech at Chicago Jefferson Jubilee Pageant. Up to 300,000 spectators are expected as he parades to the stadium amid torchlight greetings. He harshly criticizes the old line and Soviet Russia while avoiding McCarthy.
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Chicago
Truman
Madison
Wis
Blackstone Hotel
White House
Midwest
National Committee
Jet fighter crashes into Aurora homes in residential area
A U S jet fighter from Denver's Lowry base lost control and plunged into a home's kitchen in Aurora, killing the 29 year old pilot 1st Lieutenant Paul Darling. The crash injured a man in a garden and sparked fires in four houses as emergency crews fought the flames.
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Aurora
Colo
Denver
Paul Darling
Estherville
Earl Horrell
Lowry Air Force Base
Colfax Avenue
East 16Th Avenue
Horrell
Joe Gaidys
Air Force
Lowry
W U gambling wires severed at Anapra race news relay
El Paso May 15 Western Union officials await Dallas orders before restoring severed wires that cut off Continental Press Service horse racing news to the west coast and Mexico. Sheriff Joe Campbell ordered the cuts, signaling possible further wire snipping if necessary and a test case against the company.
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EL Paso
Tex
Western Union
N. M
Joe Campbell
Dallas
Arleigh H. Fisher
el Paso Western Union
John W. Miller
Sheriff Campbell
Continental Press Service
West Coast
Mexico
Federal Communications Commission
Anapra
Here
Campbell
McCarthy Demands Truman Fire Acheson Over Asia Policy
Senator McCarthy charged Secretary of State Acheson with betraying the United States in Asia and urged President Truman to fire Acheson and ambassador Jessup. He branded Lattimore’s plan as fraudulent and accused the State Department of harboring Communists, challenging Barrett’s rebuttal to his April speech. He warned of a broader campaign against alleged security risks and Communist sympathizers in the State Department.
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McCarthy
State Department
Mr. Truman
Atlantic City
N. J
Wisconsin
Acheson
United States
Asia
Truman
China
Far East
Owen Lattimore
Philip Jessup
Jessup
Lattimore
Sons of the American Revolution
Johns Hopkins University
Senate Department
Barrett
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Senate
Europe
Freed Airmen Return From Chinese Reds
Two American airmen freed after 18 months in Communist China arrived in Manila from Hong Kong. Marine Master Sgt. Elmer C. Bender of Cincinnati and Navy Chief Electrician William C. Smith of Long Beach were brought by flying boat after medical checks. They will go to Guam and Pearl Harbor before any publication talks.
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Manila
Hong Kong
Elmer C. Bender
Cincinnati
Navy
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Reds
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Two U S airmen freed from Chinese captivity return to Manila
Marine Master Sgt. Elmer C. Bender of Cincinnati and Navy Chief Electrician William C. Smith of Long Beach California were released after 18 months as prisoners of the Chinese Communists. They arrived aboard a navy plane after being picked up at sea from a destroyer and were to undergo medical checks.
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Hong Kong
Manila
U. S
Elmer C. Bender
Cincinnati
Navy
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Cmdr
Merle McBain
United States
Smith and
Bender
North China
Reds
Tsingtao
Lost child found after vast hound and air search near Pleasantville
In Pleasantville Pennsylvania a two and a half year old boy who wandered away from a family picnic was found safe nearby after a massive search. Over 500 searchers used bloodhounds airplanes floodlights and lanterns to cover the oil lease area where the boy disappeared. The father T W Copeland and mother sought help as seven oil stock tanks were checked though none contained the child. The boy Jacqueline was wearing a blue knit suit and had recently learned to talk and walk.
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Pleasantville
T. W. Copeland
Jackie
Ground search under way for Horner at 28 000 feet fall
Ground troops from March Air Force Base search the Arizona desert for Air Force Lt. Freeman D. Horner after he fell from a B36 at 28 000 feet Saturday night. An air rescue squadron based at Salome will be joined by 25 airmen and four radio jeeps from Williams Air Force Base. Planes and helicopters assist. crew say Horner may have been ejected by a failure of the bomber's pressure system and his parachute did not deploy, per other crew members.
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March Air Force Base
Calif
Arizona Desert
Air Force
Freeman D. Horner
Salome
Williams Air Force Base
Ariz
Horner
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