Red Prisoners Seize General On Koje Island
On Koje Island South Korean authorities report Red prisoners seized Allied camp commandant Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd and another officer on Wednesday and are holding Dodd as hostage. Censorship barred reporters from Koje to verify details.
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Pusan
Korea
Koje Island
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
Koje
Clappea
Red Reece
U. S. Eighth Army
Tox
Indiana
Talahastee
Fla
Eighth Army
Kore
James van Fleet
United Nations
Kose Island
Bing
UN Backs U. S. Stand No More Concessions
President Truman reiterates a firm U N stance on the one package armistice proposal and the three point plan. The United Nations warns against forced repatriation while weighing alternatives if the Communists spurn Panmunjom terms. Koje Island prison incidents and Gen Dodd s seizure are described amid calls for a fair impartial screening after any armistice.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Red China
China
United States
Korea
Defense
William C. Foster
Russia
Foster
Matthew
Ridgway
Panmunjom
U. N
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Kremlin
Mosorow
Unionists Blast Anti-Strike Bill
Union leaders denounce Rep Howard W. Smith proposed anti strike bill as anti labor and one sided. William Green AFL chief and Joseph Curran CIO vice president say the measure would cripple wages and morale and place unions under government control during national emergency. Curran calls it fascist in intent and harmful to free trade union movement.
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Washington
Organized Labor
House Armed Services Committee
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Joseph Curran
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Congress
Green
Curran
National Maritime Union
CIO
Spain
Argentina
Venezuela
UN Planes Rain Fire On Suan Base In Korean War Raid
The U S Fifth Air Force led a dawn to dusk strike on Suan 35 miles southeast of Pyongyang destroying 165 supply buildings and damaging eight as jets and propeller planes from four wings attacked with napalm and high explosives. The raid involved over 300 attacks and downed two MIGs with another damaged, as crews reported roaring fires and billowing smoke across the target area.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Suan
Pyongyang
Air Force
Thomas B. Ingrassia
New Orleans
Gordon F. Blood
Washington, D. C
Fifth Air Force
Red
Manchurian
Big Spring Family Hurt In Accident
A Big Spring family of three, H. V. Miller 50, his wife Katie Miller 50, and daughter Genevieve Miller 27, were injured when their 1947 sedan overturned 14 miles east of Odessa on U S Highway 80. Genevieve, driving, lost control after a left rear tire blew, flipping the car onto its top. all were treated and released from Medical Center Hospital.
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Big Spring
Odessa
U. S. Hwy
H. V. Miller
Katie Miller
Genevieve Miller
Medical Center Hospital
Big Sprine
Tanker Explodes Injuring Six at Chelsea Dock
Chelsea Mass May 8 The tanker Herold Reinauer exploded at its dock injuring six persons including a woman. A five ton section of the vessel was hurled onto a bus thoroughfare. Damage was estimated at about half a million dollars. A crewman cited a spark from an acetylene torch as the possible cause.
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Chelsea
Mass
Herold Reinauer
John M. Pyre
Brewer
Orpington Bans Jitterbug Dancing in Town Hall
Orpington town council prohibits jitterbug dancing in the town hall after the town engineer reports floor boards loosened by lineal hev cats. The ban reflects safety concerns and local order.
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Orpington
Eng
Orvington
Lineal
Metallurgist Held After Exhaustion On Bus
James Brinn a 57 year old metallurgist and Northwestern Metal Co. rep from Lincoln was arrested on a San Antonio city bus for incoherent mumbling and jailed three days without medical aid. Sheriff Owen Kilday said a private doctor later found exhaustion and overwork and Brinn was released.
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San Antonio
Lincoln
Neb
Bexar County
Owen Kilday
James Brinn
Northwestern Metal Co
Brinn
Kilday
Brian
Tulsa
Okla
Credit Controls Out Installment Plans Unfettered
Washington officials predicted the suspension of Regulation W will have little effect on auto and appliance sales, while buyers rushed to dealerships with no down payments and up to two years to pay. Building industry eyes housing credit changes but sources say no major relaxation planned. Regulations since 1930 required down payments and set payoff periods for cars and appliances.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Odessa imposes lawn watering ban as water crisis lasts
Odessa City Council declares emergency restrictions on watering lawns shrubs trees and flowers effective noon with zones starting Monday night Water use is to be reduced until water supplies improve and violators face penalties Zone 1 north of 23rd Street may water 7 to 11 pm Monday Zone 2 between 10th and 23rd Streets may water 7 to 11 pm Wednesday Zone 3 south of 23rd Street may water 9 to 11 pm next Friday May 16 Officials expect 12 million gallons daily from CRMWD by June 1 totaling about 20 million with city contribution of 8 million and reduce current seven to eight million usage
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Odessa
Fred Gage
A. L. Wright
23Rd Street
10Th Street
Colorado River Municipal Water District Board
Martin County
Water Board
Cody Harbour
John Perry
J. L
Dusty) Rhoades
Harbour
Eisenhower warns on foreign aid cuts impacting Europe defense
General Eisenhower warns Congress that a one billion dollar reduction in foreign aid would be seriously felt in Europe's defense. He says cuts must balance attack risk with the obvious dangers of ruinous spending and bases his view on austerity and ally participation. Russell seeks Eisenhower input as Congress debates the aid program.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenehower
Congress
Europe
Eisenhower
Tom Cornally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Richard B. Russell
D- Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
Connally
Russell
Eisenehower
House backs federal sanction for state fair trade laws
The House approved the measure by 196 to 16 to grant federal sanction to state fair trade laws. The vote marks congressional action on commerce policy and consumer protections.
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Washington
House
Odessan Guilty In Seminole Holdup Five Years
Odessa woman Katherine Prather, 33, was found guilty of armed robbery in the Seminole holdup of Cothes Drug Store on December 17. A 196 District 1 Court jury deliberated 25 minutes before sentencing her to five years in state prison. James Wooley pleaded guilty earlier and drew 20 years. Victim Reeves Cothes testified she was armed and threatened to shoot him.
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Seminole
Kathierine Prather
Odessa
Cothes
James Wooley
Wooley
Reeves Cothes
Godfrey's A Grandpa Middlebury Birth Report
Arthur Godfrey, famed radio and TV personality, becomes a grandfather as Richard Godfrey and his wife welcome an eight pound daughter. The couple are juniors at Middlebury College, and the birth was announced last night in Middlebury Vermont.
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Godfrey
Middlebury
Arthur Godfrey
Richard Godfrey
Middlebury I College
Atomic tests advance as observers wait for next blast
Atomic scientists outlined details of a new fission test in the Nevada desert. The Atomic Energy Commission planned another bomb test next week with 500 military observers and up to 1,500 troops to participate in an Army maneuver if arranged. The 17th device flashed with unprecedented brightness, rattling windows in Caliente.
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Las Vegas
America
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Desert
AEC
Here
Caliente
Nev
Nationwide oil strike expands into East Texas Kilgore plant idle
The nationwide oil strike widens in East Texas with Kilgore ailing refinery shutdown. Oil Workers International Union CIO backs a 25 cent hourly pay rise with over 25 000 idle workers in Texas and about 90 000 nationwide. Conoco readies Wichita Falls and Denver refineries to restart if workers return.
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Texas
Kilgore
Continental Oil Co
Wichita Falls
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
United States
Pan American Pipe Line Co
East Texas
Cities Service
Sinclair
East Texas Salt Water Disposal Co
Conoco
Wage Stabilization Board
Denver
Colo
AFL
Truman
WSB
Washington
Nathan P. Feinsinger
House Labor Committee
White House
O. A. Knight
CIU
Knight
Mitchell Quits Sheriff Race in Ward
A. G. Slim Mitchell withdrew from the Ward County sheriff race to take a promotion in the investigation division of the Texas and Pacific Railway. He becomes a special agent for the firm, leaving incumbent W. B. Blackie McNerlin as the sole candidate.
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Monahans
Ward
A. G
Slim) Mitchell
Mitchell
The
Texas and Pacific Railway
W. B. (Blackie) McNerlin
Fire and resignation follow Flats incident involving Calloway
Patrolman P W Calloway 42 former Exalted Ruler of the Negro Elks Club was fired by Chief J J Heaton after a billy club beating and scuffle in the Flats last night which left his opponent James Rogers with injuries and Calloway with a broken left leg. Rogers said the clash began over debris cleanup behind Rogers Cafe and the Elk Club with officers breaking up the fight. Calloway had been cleared to return to duty only to be dismissed for going onto private property and ordering actions.
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P. W. Calloway
Negro Elks Club
J. J. Heaton
Flats
Calloway
Mack Swoops
Medical Center Hospital
Negro Cafe
Vernell
Rogers
Odessa
Andy Fenton
Otis Parker
Johnnie Wise
Elks Club
Fenton
Chief Heaton
Health Department
S. Tom Green
Swoopes
Willie B. Mims
Mims
Justice of Peace
Heaton
Earnest Broughton
Government Lifts Steel Shipping Ban
Washington May 8 government lifts its steel shipment ban from Warehouses ending a three day halt after CIO President Philip Murray called a strike. Production paused following a district court ruling on government seizure that was stayed pending Supreme Court review.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Truman
Ilegal
Supreme Court
Truman outlines post presidency plans and world outlook
President Truman said on his 68th birthday he plans ten years of leisure after leaving the White House, traveling little to avoid embarrassing the next president, and avoiding actions that could trigger abroad. He warned of grave world conditions and urged defense and foreign aid spending while remaining silent on his 1948 nomination.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Germany
Stalin
Supreme Court
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Chicago
FEPC
Plaa
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Associated Press
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