Defiance at Radio Berlin as British blockade tightens
Communist defenders of Radio Berlin vow to endure as the British blockade seals the station in the Western sector. British troops and German police encircle the red brick building while Soviet staff exchange venom with the air and telephone lines.
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Berlin
Radio
West Berlin
Sergei Dengin
Soviet Control Commission
C. F. C. Colean
Karl Eduard von Schnitzler
Berlin-Helmstedt
Will Rogers humor urged over smutty TV by gay writers
Washington report says George Lewis of the National Association of Gay Writers told a House committee that radio and TV audiences want clean humor like Will Rogers rather than crude jokes. He warned against profanity and crude impersonations and urged safer programming. Other witnesses from temperance groups pressed for reforms of crime and sex on broadcasts.
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Washington
National Association of Gay Writers
Will Rogers
House
George Lewis
Lewis
Commerce
Rep
Harris
D-Ark
Rep. Gathings
Bryson
D-Sc
Gathings
J. Raymond Schmidt
International Order of Good Templars
Uranium Depot Found in Nigeria North Central Area
London reports a major uranium deposit discovered in the north central Nigerian region within the British West Africa colony. Geologists estimate 700,000 tons of ore over 200 acres with potential value from uranium and niobium, depth to be determined.
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London
Fone
Nigeria
Britain and United States Pressure Rhee Over Korean Assembly Crisis
Britain joined the United States in criticizing South Korea's President Syngman Rhee amid martial law in Pusan. Alec Adams presented a British note backing U.S. policy and a White House message to Rhee calling developments shocking. The UN Commission urged Rhee to lift martial law and release 12 opposition assemblymen while Rhee threatened to dissolve the Assembly but later paused that move.
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Pusan
Korea
Britain
United States
Syngman Rhee
Alec Adams
Rhee
State Department
Truman
U.S
United Nations Commission For the Unification and Rehabilitation of
U.N
Public Information Office
Warren Kefauver Win California Delegations By Wide Margin
California voters gave Earl Warren and Estes Kefauver clear wins in their presidential primary contests. Warren captured all 70 Republican delegates and Kefauver led a pro‑Truman slate for 68 Democratic delegates, with Knowland sweeping reelection under crossfiling. Brown acknowledged Kefauver’s victory and pledged support.
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San Francisco i
Earl Warren
Estes Kefauver
California
Warren
Thomas H. Werdel
Tennessee
Kefauver
Edmund G. Brown
Truman
Werdel
Brown
William F. Knowland
Clinton McKinnon
San Diego
Knowland
Hiram W. Johnson
Democratic
McKinnon
China
Taft
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Stireless
Solons Asked To Pass Foreign Aid
Congress leaders pressed for early approval of a foreign aid authorization totaling about 6.45 billion dollars, below President Truman's request. The Senate and House conferees carved a compromise across 6.45 billion, with final appropriations to follow in a separate bill.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House
Connally
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied air and ground actions increase on Korean front
Allied fighter bombers attacked North Korean targets while rains limited raids to a few sorties. Seven B26s hit front line positions at dawn, with other B26s reporting 29 supply vehicles destroyed as ground fighting persisted near Munsan and Yondon. Generals Clark and Van Fleet departed the front after a brief tour.
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Munsan
Yondon J
Mark Clark
United Nations
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Preacher Ivie Enters 45th Day of Fasting in Missouri
In Cherryville Missouri the 57 year old Rev J J Ivie nears 45 days without food while his wife reports his weakening. Neighbors watch from outside his home as he vows to fast until a world religious awakening or until death. He drinks water during the fast as he seeks spiritual answered.
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Cherryville
J. J. Ivie
Iine
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Bombay
Joseph D. McAllister
Chrisman, II
Ivie
Modern Ace Breaks Down State Title
Electrical storms knocked out lines in Jones, Jackson and Haakon counties delaying election returns. Auditors halted tabulation and left for home unable to illuminate the area with oil lamps in a region long without electric service.
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Pierre
S.D
Jones, Jackson
Haakon
Student graduates after accidental omission at Portland ceremony
James Walker left the University of Portland commencement thinking he failed when his name was not called. Officials found his name had been accidentally dropped from the list and staged a second ceremony to award his diploma.
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Portland
Ore
James Walker
University of Portland
Walker
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