MacArthur inquiry votes to release Formosa document
The MacArthur inquiry committee voted 15 to 9 to make public a 1949 State Department document on Formosa over Secretary Acheson's objections. The document circulated in 1949 1950 and discusses Taiwan's nationalist government and potential Communist capture. Senator Knowland urged release, while Tobey favored keeping it confidential. McCarthy supported disclosure, saying the text would not endanger security.
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Washington
Formosa
China
Chang Kai-shek
Knowland
R-Calif
Acheson
Tobey
R-Nm
State Department
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Douglas MarcArthur
Armed Services and Foreign Relations
U. S
MacArthur
Pacific
United States
George
D-Ga
Doubt Russia Accepts Bid for Big Four Ministers’ Talks
Western diplomats say Russia may refuse to join the July 23 Big Four foreign ministers conference in Washington unless the Atlantic pact and U S bases in Europe are on the agenda. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky unlikely to attend if preconditions demand discussion of those subjects. Western officials fear Paris talks may fracture if Assia sticks to its position and the agenda stalls.
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Moscow
i-Pi
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Washington
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Europe
Assia
Stern
Paris
U S
Spanish Envoy Discusses New U S Loans With Officials
Spanish Ambassador Don Jose Felix de Sequerica said he met Monday in Senator McCarran's office with about six American officials to discuss prospects for more United States loans to Spain. McCarran arranged the meeting without prior notice, and the envoy voiced surprise at the attendance. Others present included Carlile Hummelsbine, Herbert Gaston, Paul Porter, and William Dunham.
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Washington
Don Jos
Felix de Sequerica
Cenater YcCay
United States
Spain
McCarran
D-Ney
McCerrim
Senators
Carlile Hummelsine
Herbert Gaston
Paul Porter
Economic Cooperation Administration
William Dunham
State Department
Congress
Daily Worker manager jailed for contempt of Congress
Philip Bart, 44, longtime Daily Worker general manager, was sentenced by Federal Judge Burnita Matthews to three months in jail and a $300 fine for contempt of Congress. Matthews rejected probation. Bart had refused to answer House Un American Activities Committee questions about aliases, passport use, and fellow Ohio Communist Party colleagues.
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Washington
Philip Bart
The
Daily Worker
Today
Congress
Burnita S. Matthews
Matthews
Bart
House UN American Activities Committee
British socialite Sir Charles Mendl remarries at 79
Sir Charles Mendl, 79, the former press attaché at the British embassy, wed Yvonne Reilly, 37, in Paris. Reilly is noted as a Belgium born beauty and this marks her third marriage. Mendl previously married Elsie de Wolfe, who died last July.
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Paris
Charles Mendl
Yvonne Reilly
Sir Charles
Elsie de Wolfe
Miss Reilly
Sailor and girl plan brief marriage amid grave illness
Tom Amburn a 19 year old sailor from Sioux Falls and his fiance Betty Thompson a 16 year old high school beauty queen discussed a wedding they know may last only months. Amburn hopes to be reassigned to Atlanta Naval Air Station and a local businessman offered a cottage in Sandy Springs for their honeymoon with groceries and car. Betty will undergo daily hospital X ray treatments and has incurable cancer with lungs infected. The couple planned a long talk before setting a date and may marry at home if a church ceremony proves impractical.
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Atlanta
Tom Amburn
Sioux Falls
Betty Thompson
Betty
Lom
Norfolk
Fom
Tom
Poth
Atlanta Naval Air Station
Austin Abbott
Sandy Springs
Wreckage Yields Bodies Of Three Freight Crewmen
Three railroad freight crewmen died in a Fort Dodge Illinois Central wreck near Woodbine Louisiana. Engineer Edward Holland Sr. was recovered at 3 am while Milford Jenison and Cecil Lyerly aged 42 and 22 were found after hours of debris removal. The crash occurred as the engine cab and cars plunged through a weakened bridge during a flood and rainstorm.
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Woodbine
Illinois Central Railroad
Edward Holland
Milford Jenison
Cecil Lyerly
Fort Dodge
Ila
Iowa to Furnish 400 Men for July Draft
Des Moines reports about 400 Iowa men will be called for military duty in July, the smallest monthly draft since the resumption last September. The 11 month total nears 10,700, with January through April calls each at 1,350, and the totals declining thereafter.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Selective Service
Reds Bolster Their Defense In Vital Area
Allied and Communist forces clash along the 125 mile Korean front. Reds dig in north of the 38th parallel while U N patrols push toward Chorwon Kumhwa and Yonchon. Air combat yields six jets destroyed in 24 hours as two American planes crash.
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Tokyo
Red Korea
Yanggu
Hwachon Reservoir
Hwachon
Chorwon - Kumhwa- Pyonzgang
38Th Parallel
U. N
United Nations
Yonchon
Chorwon
Kumhwa
U.N
ROK
Hoyon-Inje Road
Pyongyang
Fifth Airforce
Coffee Price Sparks Robbery at San Francisco Grocery
A man entered Phillip Ortega's grocery and asked for coffee but left after learning the price. Forty-five minutes later he returned with a .32 caliber handgun and robbed Ortega of $80 and a pound of coffee.
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San Francisco
Phillip Ortega
Ortega
Margaret Truman Arrives in Cork for Europe Holiday Tour
Margaret Truman landed in Cork to begin a holiday tour of England and Europe aboard the liner America.
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Cork
Ireland
Margaret Truman
America
England
Europe
Draft UMIT Measure Wins Senate Approval
Washington AP The senate approved a compromise bill extending the draft and setting groundwork for universal military training in the future by voice vote. The measure lowers the draft age to 18 12 and adds three months of service, heading to the house for action.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Today
House
Truman
Case
U S Holds Off Earmarking GIs For U N Army
The United States will not earmark specific troop numbers for a proposed United Nations army until the Korean War ends. Ambassador Warren Austin will inform the UN that forces are tied to Korea and Western Europe, with a later review planned to determine contributing units.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
Warren Austin
U. N
Korea
Europe
Austin
U. N. Army
Defense Department
U.N
Pullman Rates Hiked 15 Percent
The Pullman Co raised its rates by 15 percent effective midnight, following the interstate commerce commission's decision not to intervene. Official word came later as ICC sources confirmed no action was taken, with the company citing higher operating costs for the increase scheduled for June 1.
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Washington
Pullman Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Commission
New York Price War Grips Macy's Gimbel's and Bloomingdale's
Shoppers battle store gangs as Macy's and Gimbel's slash prices in a extended price war sparked by a Supreme Court ruling. Bloomingdale's adds stock at 49.50 after earlier cuts. discounts widen to 8 to 40 percent on items including vacuums to suits.
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New York
Bloomingdale's
Macy's
Gimbel’s
Gimbel's
Brooklyn
Bronx
Macy and
Gimbel
Lewyt
Mixmaster
Toastmaster
Springweaver
Palm Beach
Inmate stabbed at Anamosa reform school
An Iowa state reformatory inmate, Hubert C. McGregor, was found stabbed twice and in critical condition in the north cellhouse. Doctors gave a 50 50 chance of survival as investigators questioned several suspects and the state bureau of criminal investigation joined the probe. The knife was located in a nearby cell. This was the first such stabbing at the facility since 1950.
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Anamosa
State Reformatory
Hubert C. McGregor
Linncount
McGregor
Foss Davis
Davis
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Reformatory
Baldimero Morales
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Court bans radio in buses and streetcars
The U S court of appeals ruled that riders have a constitutional right not to hear commercial radio broadcasts on Capital Transit Co buses and street cars. The unanimous decision faults the DC public utilities commission for not stopping the broadcasts as unreasonable.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Capital Transit Co
Henry W. Edgerton
District of Columbia Public Utilities Commission
Edgerton
Transit
May Averts Strike at Westinghouse
James B Carey of the CIO IUE said a settlement is likely to avert a mid June strike by more than 50 000 Westinghouse Electric workers. The union seeks a 9 cent hourly raise and a union shop at plants in eight states. Current average pay is 1 83 an hour with incentive pay. A union spokesman said an agreement in principle has been reached.
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Pittsburgh
James B Carey
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Carey
Westinghouse
Truman urges Iran premier to negotiating oil dispute
President Truman intervened in Iran's oil crisis by sending a letter to Premier Mohammed Mossadegh urging negotiations with Britain. The move follows British Foreign Secretary Morrison's May 19 proposal for a high diplomatic mission to settle differences over Iran's nationalization of oil, including the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.
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Tehran
Iran
Truman
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Herbert Morrison
Truman Sends Letters to Attlee and Mossadegh
President Truman intervened in the British Iranian oil crisis by sending letters to Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh. A British spokesman said the letters show no difference between British and American positions in the dispute.
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London
Truman
Clement Attlee
Mohammed Mossaded
Attlee
Iran Premier Faces Cabinet Session Over Oil Nationalization
Reports say Premier Mossadegh called an emergency cabinet meeting after Grady's visit as Iran contemplates implementing the nationalization law. Mossadegh pressed the Majlis to back the measure amid tensions with Britain over the Anglo Iranian Oil Co. and the government’s safety concerns linger.
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Grady
Iran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Khazi- Stan
Mossadegh
Francis Shepherd
Majlis
U S Counts 88 New Polio Cases This Week
The public health service reports 88 new polio cases last week, up from 78 the prior week. Texas and California each account for 15 cases, with Arizona seven and West Virginia five, compared to 102 in the same week in 1950. Since March 15 overall 648 cases have been reported versus 747 in 1030.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Texas
California
Arizona
West Virginia
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