Nitro Thugs Blast Han cock Street Post Office Substation
Thieves used nitroglycerin charges to crack a 2000 pound government safe at the Han cock Street Post Office substation and escape with about 409 dollars in cash. Two suspects were nabbed in Monahens, ex-convicts said to be safe-men. stamps valued at around 5500 dollars were left behind. A package containing a jar of Vepostëril and dental buffers was found nearby. Police investigated tie to a DuPont explosives magazine burglary.
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Hancock Street
N. Hancock
Andy Lenton
Fenton
Monahens
Robert M. Watson
W. Third
Watson
Herman Nelson
Walker Hotel
E. Third
N. Jackson
P. L. Faulk
Odessa
Texas
Dr. Faulk
O'Michael Building
DuPont Company
M. F. Webb
Andy Fenton
S. E. Raley
Shoopman
Steel Industry Strike Tightens Its Grip On Nation
Washington reports a bitter, nationwide steel strike halting production and drawing White House focus. CIO Steelworkers union and industry leaders hint at renewed talks but offer no negotiation date as Truman weighs options to end the walkout costing the defense effort 300,000 tons daily.
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Washington
White House
CIO Steelworkers
Truman
Trumian
Congress
General Says U N Will Not Return POWs at Gunpoint
MUNSAN area today General William K. Harrison told Communist truce negotiators the United Nations Command will not drive prisoners of war to return to the Reds by force. Nam Il of North Korea refused to budge from the demand that POWs be returned, even by force. A session was set for Panmunjom tomorrow at 11 a.m. Harrison also suggested re screening POWs. Nam declined. Allies say only 70,000 of 169,000 held would return willingly. The issue blocks a truce and the Communists demand return of captured soldiers regardless of their wishes.
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Munsan
William K. Harrison
U.N
United Nations Command
Nam
Panmunjom
Harrison
Red
British Turn Tables on Reds Besiege Radio Berlin Station
British military police ringed Radio Berlin with barbed wire sealing the Russian operated station in the western sector. About 50 British MPs and 20 German police manned guards while 20 red gunners inside were warned not to reenter. The action followed Soviet seizures of fringe areas forming security belts around West Berlin. The transmitter continued to broadcast musical programs early morning as the city remained tense.
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Berlin
Radio
West Scriin
Free
C. F. C. Coleman
Red Radio
Black-Square
Germany
West Berlin
Truman Objects To Rhee's Political Actions In Korea
Odessa's water crisis worsened with all storage tanks empty for a second time in 24 hours. City Manager Dick Pepin appealed for strict conservation and warned of lawn watering curtailments as pumps strain to supply homes.
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Truman
Rhee
Korea
Odessa
Dick Pepin
Pepin
North Odessa
Cash Stolen in Last Night House Burglary
A burglary was reported at a home on E Seventh where about $1000 in cash belonging to City Mattress Co. and three guns were stolen. The money was stapled to invoices in a large box in an office room. Guns included a .30-06 rifle a 30-30 rifle and a 12 gauge shotgun. The theft was discovered at midnight when L F Pope returned home. No one was present at the time of the break in.
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L. F. Pope
E. Seventh
City Mattress Co
Johnnie Hall
Pope
Hall
Stowaways Put On Probation
In Sacramento California two young mothers Jeri T. McDaniel and Maxine Allen were placed on one year probation after pleading guilty to stowing away to Guam on a Air Force B29. They had lost their McClellan Air Force Base jobs and must repay 250 dollars to the government. Airmen Dewey Meeks and Robert I. Quick received six months hard labor in Guam for aiding the girls.
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Sacramento
Calif
Guam
Oliver J. Carter
McClellan Air Force Base
Jeri T. McDaniel
Maxine Allen
McClellan
Carter
Sgt
Dewey Meeks
Robert I. Quick
Hare
Oil Worker Falls To Death On Gulf Rig
GALVESTON June 3 A 45 year old oil worker from Homer Louisiana Joe W Runnels died when scaffolding on an offshore oil rig collapsed about 80 feet above a boat deck five miles out in the Gulf He was assisting in erecting a rig section The rig is being built for Sun Oil Co.
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Galveston
Joe W. Runnels
Homer
Gulf
Runnels
Sun Oil Co
TV Two Gunmen Double Jokes Under Scrutiny
Washington reports a House commerce subcommittee opened hearings on radio and television programs to probe for immoral or offensive material. Rep. Gathings and Rep Harris lead the inquiry with broad public support cited. groups like the National Association of Gay Writers and anti liquor temperance union seek to be heard as hearings run through Thursday.
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Washington
House
Rep. Gathings
D-Ark
House Commerce
Rep
Harris
National Association of Gay Writers
United States
Tin Smelter Closes Down After Wage Dispute
Texas City’s tin smelter, the only one in the United States, shut today as 500 production workers walked off at 12:01 a.m. CST after demanding a 15 cent hourly raise and shift differentials. The company offered 8 cents. About 250 office workers and guards stayed at duty.
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Texas City
United States
Jhas
Korean Assembly Crisis Deepens Amid Martial Law
PUSAN Korea June 3 AP President Truman told Rhee he was shocked by developments as Rhee governs under martial law. Assembly quorum collapses after 12 jailed. 52 pro Rhee deputies withdraw, hindering business. Rhee may dissolve the 183 member body amid growing crisis and UN observers warn of political maneuvering.
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Pusan
Korea
Truman
Syngman Rhee
South Korea Republic
U. S
Rhee
United Nations
Young Republic
National Assembly
Syngiman Rhee
Rhee S
P. H. Shinicky
Visit to Bell Aircraft Helicopter Plant Honored by Admiral Martin
Fort Worth notes thatVice Admiral Harold Montgomery Martin, whose carrier flew the Texas flag in World War II, will speak at a Friday formal inspection of Bell Aircraft's new $7 million helicopter plant in Hurst. Martin leads the Air Pacific Fleet and commanded the USS San Jacinto during the war.
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Fort Worth
Harold Montgomery Martin
Bell Aircraft
Hurst
Martin
Air Pacific Fleet
San Jalinto
Odessa Boy Robin Hood Feeds Pals From 375 Dollar Haul
A 10-year-old Odessa boy and eight companions, ages 10 to 15, were rounded up after a $375 stash was taken from Bishop Sikes Food Store. Investigators said the youth distributed bills to friends at candy shops while some money was recovered, including a small amount buried in a yard. authorities said the group may have committed other minor thefts in Odessa.
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Detective ‘Bureau
Robin Hood
Bishop, & Sikes
Joan Braswell
Douglass Elementary
Guy
Joe Bishop
Bishop & Sikes Grocery
Nicholson
Odesssa
Eisenhower Calls Air Power Key To Future Wars
General Eisenhower said the dominant factor in any future war will be air power, while defending the irreplaceable role of infantry. He urged no one should claim the foot soldier can be eliminated, and noted his long push for strong air power and an independent Air Force. He spoke at a Pentagon news conference on his last day in uniform before civilian candidacy for the GOP nomination.
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Washington
Dwight D. Hisenehower
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Robert A. Taft
U. S
Billy Mitchell
Carl A. Spaatz
Air Force
Air Power
Taft
Russia
Europe
Ko‘rea
Indochina
Czechoslovakia
United States
Belgian Congo
Congo
Abilene
Kan
Jand
GOP
Central Valley Floods Drown Thousands of Acres in California
Tens of thousands of acres of rich farm land in the Tulare Basin and near Tracy were inundated as Tule and San Joaquin Rivers broke levees during the spring runoff. Experts warned of further levee breaks as Sierra Nevada snowmelt continues.
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San Francisco
California
Tule
San Joaquin
Central Valley
Tulare Basin
Tracy
Sierra Nevada
Prisoner of War Camp Firefight Injures Four North Koreans
At Koje Island Korea on June 3 American guards used riot guns inside a prisoner of war compound wounding four North Korean prisoners who had defied orders.
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Koje Island
Korea
Crews Burrow Underground To Rescue Miners
Rescue crews labored through the night at the Penokee Iron One Mine near Ironwood Michigan to reach five trapped miners. The men Victor Cox Christopher Hocking Sera fim Zacharzewski Jorma Olkonen Matt Krocker were buried 2900 feet down after a collapse on the 28th level. The cave in occurred 2000 feet from the shaft as workers dug three rescue tunnels by hand.
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Ironwood
Mich
Penokee
Iron One
Theodore Nynan
Gogebic County
Victor Cox
Christopher Hocking
Serafim Zacharzewski
Jorma Olkonen
Matt Krocker
Bessemer
Olkonen
George Soderman
Jovial mood as condemned man lists last meal
Huntsville prison inmate Lee Ross, scheduled for execution tomorrow for the Galveston liquor store proprietor slaying, orders a banquet style last meal at 4 p.m. including fried squirrel and oysters. He is tubercular and curved spine but expresses a wish to move on.
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Huntsville
Herman Lee
Ross
Galveston
Warda Jo Byrd
Sor
U. S. Supreme Court
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