Cold War Flare Sparks Korean Front Invasion
North Korea, backed by the Soviet Union, invades South Korea as UN forces condemn the action. Reports place 40,000 attackers with 90 tanks advancing up to 12 miles toward Seoul, amid amphibious landings and international evacuations.
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Korea
U.N
North Korea
South Korea
United Nations
United States
Seoul
Uijongbu
Choi Byung Kud
Sihn Sung Mo
Kim Yong Ju
Tokyo
U.S
Senate approves $2 billion CCC boost for farm price support
The Senate sent to President Truman a bill raising the Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing limit to 6.75 billion dollars to finance federal farm price supports. A provision would block foreign crops if they threaten domestic programs and requires Brannan to seek tariff commission reviews. The measure passed 36 to 35 after a tie break by Vice President Barkley.
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Senate
Truman
Commodity Credit Corporation
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Tariff Commission
Erickson Sentenced in Nationwide Bookmaking Case
Frank Erickson, touted as America s greatest bookmaker, is jailed two years and fined 30000 dollars. He could have faced one year on each of 59 counts. the sentence assigns one year for bookmaking and one year for conspiracy.
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Kovacs
Frank Kovacs
Oakland
Calif
Cleveland
Ohio
Pancho Segura
Segura
Frank Erickson
America
United Nations Declares North Korea Aggressor in Korea Crisis
The United Nations held an emergency session condemning North Korea for an unprovoked attack on South Korea and calling for an immediate cease fire. President Truman returned to Washington as U S and allied officials planned a rapid arms and aid response.
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United Nations
North Korea
South Korea
Korea
Soviet Union
U.N
United States
Truman
Missouri
Washington
Far East
MacArthur
Japan
U.S
Northwest Airlines plane crashes into Lake Michigan
In a severe storm over Lake Michigan near St Joseph Michigan the Northwest Airlines jet with 55 passengers and 3 crew vanished on a New York to Seattle flight via Minneapolis. Two days later wreckage logs and body parts were recovered from the lake as searches continued near the eastern shore.
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Lake Michigan
St Joseph
Mich
Northwest Airlines
New York
Seattle
Minneapolis
St. Joseph
Milwaukee
Teachers Warn Shortage Worsens Needs Drastic Action
Willard E. Givens of the National Education Association warns the nationwide teacher and classroom shortage will worsen. He projects school population rising from 26,635,000 to 34,091,000 in the next decade, needing about 750,000 more teachers.
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Willard E. Givens
National Education Association
Givens
United Press Editors Urge Action on Korea Crisis
Following North Korea’s invasion of South Korea, major American newspapers united in editorials calling for strong U.S. and United Nations action. The New York Times stresses decisive policy, while editors from Portland and Denver urge forceful response to prevent Communist advances.
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North Korea
U.S
South Korea
South
United States
United Nations
Korea
New York Times
Asia
Portland
Ore
America
Denver Post
U.N
League of Nations
Saint Maria Goretti canonized in open air Rome ceremony
In Rome a historic open air canonization honored Maria Goretti, the 11 year old martyr, as her mother and siblings watched. The event occurred during holy year drawing half a million Catholics, while Goretti’s attacker remains in a monastery amid war jitters and global tension.
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Maria Goretti
Rome
Angelo
New Village
N. J
Cost of living rises as meat fuels CPI jump
The consumer price index increased eight tenths of 1 percent from April 15 to May 15 led by meat prices. Food costs rose 1.9 percent in April to May, driving the nationwide rise in the cost of living while remaining below year earlier levels.
Seal Baby Adopted by Boys After Shore Contact
In Long Puach California three boys from Alamitos Bay brought ashore a baby seal they could not feed. They found the seal after a sailboat outing, petted him, and then kept him aboard. The seal followed them ashore each time they tried to return him to his mother, while the boys attempted to release him to sea.
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Long Puach
Calif
Alamitos Bay
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U. S
Yukio Ozaki
Potomac Basin
Union For World Federal Government
Baruch
East 66Th Street
House of Councillors
United States Air Force
North Sea
Henry J. Walsh
Alton, Ill
Walsh
Warren J. Ebert
Minn
Charles F. Allen
Derry
N. H
Sculthorpe
England
Joe McCarthy
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Sox
Erickson
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Louis Johnson
Douglas MacArthur
Johnson
Vaughn Monroe
Kellogg's
Rogers Mfg.Co
Melts. Com
Kellogg’s
Sai Co
Dept. FF
Wallingford
Connecticut
Dean
Doan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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