Two Robbery Suspects Caught Within Hour
Deputy Homer Ward stopped a late model coupe at Central Avenue and Dunlap Street at 10 50 p m after a broadcast description linked to a pair of robberies at Barney’s Liquor Store and a Standard station. The suspects Benjamin F Morris 29 and William W Lane Jr 32 of Santa Monica Calif were identified. less than 200 dollars were taken across three robberies.
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Gazette
Phoenix
Benjamin Morris
William W. Lane, Jr
Santa Monica
Calif
Homer Ward
Sunnyslope
Kenneth Arline
Central Avenue
Dunlap Street
Sunnyslope Mortuary
Ben Baker
Barney’s Liquor
East McDowell Road
Wilfred K. Futerer
Vic Soule
Palmcroft
North Seventh Avenue
Soule
Benjamin F. Morris
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Lane
Baker
East Taylor Street
Morris
Futurer
Ted DeCorte
James Martin
North 15Th Avenue
Standard
McDowell Road
Martin
Sheriff's Office
Deputy Ward
North Lane
Dunlap Avenue
Flood Devastates Hays Kansas with Fatal Drowning
The May 22 flood in Hays, Kansas, described as the worst since 1907, claimed three drowned: Dr C F Wiest 73 a Fort Hays State College professor, Robert Rippeteau 14 stepson of Dr L D Wooster, and Mrs June Bissing Herrman 20. Four others reported missing. A gas explosion and 7000 gallons of floating gasoline heightened danger.
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Hays
Kan
C. F. Wiest
Fort Hays State College
Robert Rippeteau
L. D. Wooster
June Bissing Herrman
Bradley links Korean strategy to peace talks hope
General Omar Bradley told senators that U N troops might pause the spring Communist offensive if peace negotiations followed. He said the idea was discussed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as early as February and that military planners expected possible negotiations to move forward if conditions allowed.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
United Nations
Bradley
Military Joint Chiefs of Staff
New Gap Torn In Allied Line May 1951 Far East Offense
In hearings on Gen Douglas MacArthur’s dismissal Bradley cites UN defense, predicting a spring offensive by the Communists. He notes joint chiefs sought modest Formosa aid in 1949, opposed by State Department and President Truman, linking policy to containment prospects.
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Azette
Arizona
Phoenix
Pemnetice
Secunt Crnes
Act of Congress
Allied Line
Bradley
United Nations
H. Alexander Smith
N. J
State Acheson
Pentagon
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
United States
Chiang
Smith
Joint Chiefs
State Department
Knowland
Calif
Far East
Seventh Fleet
Flood Devastates Northwestern Kansas Town
The town of 8000 faced 15 to 20 foot floodwaters from a cloudburst and Big Creek overflow. 3000 to 4000 residents were displaced as homes flooded. explosions, drownings, and rescues followed. Red Cross, National Guard, and fire crews evacuated people from rooftops while highways and rail lines flooded.
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Here
Ellis
Kansas
Joe Rohr
Rohr
National Guard
Red Cross
Sox
Rippeteau Boy
Herrman
Price controls spark broad protest from farmers builders and cattlemen
Cattlemen warn beef price ceilings invite a black market to avert disaster while home builders say housing credit controls push toward a severe shortage. Farm groups condemn the inflation policy though the National Farmers Union backs general aims with cautions on stabilization measures. Senate and House panels review a two year extension of the Defense Production Act controls.
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Washington
Housing Banking Committee
National Association of Home Builders
Herschel D. Newsom
National Grange
National Council of Farmer Co-Operatives
National Milk Producers Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farmers Union
Senate
House
Loren C. Bamert
Ione
Calif
American National Cattlemen’s Association
Bamert
Girl Feared Dead In Orange County Missing Child Case
Patricia Jean Hull, 10, is the subject of an inch by inch search across eastern Orange County as detectives question Henry Ford McCracken a 34 year old musician linked to her disappearance near a hotel. Deputies and volunteers search oil fields and vacant lots while focusing on under houses and incinerators amid fears she is dead.
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Buena Park
Calif
Patricia Jean Hull
Orange County
Civil Defense
Russell Campbell
Patricia
Henry Ford McCracken
Senate RFC hearings set on fate of Reconstruction Finance Corp
The Senate Banking Committee schedules hearings today on the RFC with Republicans and Democrats seeking to phase it out or reform it. W. Stuart Symington, the agency's one man in charge, announced the firing of Minneapolis branch head E M Rowlands for a $36000 profit from a lease deal with the army and the Commodity Credit Corporation.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
New Broom
Congress
White House
W. Stuart Symington
Symington
E. M. Rowlands
Minneapolis
Rowlands
Army
Commodity Credit Corporation
Department of Agriculture
Carriers Help Bond Sale In Phoenix Area
Phoenix Gazette and Arizona Republic report carriers will assist in Defense Bond sales from Saturday through June 2. They will deliver and pick up pledges from subscribers, handing them to district managers for forwarding to the paper office, then to the Defense Bond Division in Phoenix. Citizens are urged to fill pledges for an extra bond as part of a nationwide drive to distribute 25 million pledges.
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Phoenix Gazette
Arizona Republic
United States Treasury Department
Gazette
Republic Office
Defense Bond Division
Phoenix
Copper Duty Suspension Keeps Copper Supply Hopeful
President Truman signed a bill suspending the two cent per pound copper import duty until February 15, 1953 or the end of the national emergency. The move aims to ensure ample copper for defense as large imports come from Chile. the suspension had expired last year.
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Washington
Truman
Chile
Red River Floods Sweeps Cooke County Texas
Swollen Red River from heavy rains in Oklahoma and Texas floods about 4000 acres of Cooke County land. Bridge at Gainesville shows 26.2 feet and rising. traffic slowed. Tornado gusts hit Brownwood area damaging roofs. one man injured. Sayre volunteers search for drowned man as flood worsens.
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Gainesville
Tex
Oklahoma
Texas
Cooke County
Brownwood
Abilene
W. C. Daniels
Midland
Herman Coker
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Sayre
Okla
Red River
Michigan City
Ind
Big Liners Tied Up By New York Fog
Fog blanketed New York harbor delaying two large passenger ships off Ambrose Lightship as they waited for visibility to improve.
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New York
Ambrose
Ferrer testifies before HUAC denies Communist ties
Jose Ferrer tells the House committee he is not a Communist and not a sympathizer with Communist causes. He says any front activity he joined was as an innocent victim of Communist big-name hunters and stresses how innocent people are driven into supposedly worthy causes.
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Washington
Jose Ferrer
House
an-American Activities Committee
Hollywood
Ferrer
Noted Leaders Comment on Freedom and Korea Aid
International News Service reports from Flensburg New York and Harriman quote General Eisenhower on defending freedom needing will and cooperation Senator Mundt criticizes political and business power Senator Douglas commends the decision to aid South Korea claiming it likely saved Asia from Communist expansion
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Flensburg
Germany
Eisenhower
Harriman
N. Y
Douglas
Ill
South Korea
Asia
Schoolboy Dies in Traffic Accident Before Graduation
A 14 year old boy, John Philip Hockman, of 2005 West Van Buren Street, died at Memorial Hospital from injuries after being struck by a car near his home on Saturday. An eighth grade Murphy School student, he was to graduate tomorrow at Phoenix Union High School Auditorium. The collision, near 2610 West Van Buren Street, involved driver Robert L. Stump, 24, of 1038 South 35th Avenue, who said he did not see the pedestrian. Hockman, a native of Pennsylvania, joined 161 classmates in the pending graduation. Funeral services were arranged at A. L. Moore and Sons. Arizona’s 1951 traffic deaths reached 131.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Denver
Union Pacific
UP Depot
Roy Hester
Great Bend
Kan
Russell, Kan
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ellis
Clarence O’rouke
Hays
O’rouke
John Philip Hockman
Elmer Hockman
West van Buren Street
Memorial Hospital
Murphy School
Phoenix Union High School
West
van Buren Street
Robert L. Stump
South 35Th Avenue
Stump
Young Hockman
Pennsylvania
A. L. Moore and Sons
Arizona
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Soksa
38Th Parallel
Seoul
Clark L. Ruffner
Hangye
Kangnung
Amidong
Chung Il Kwon
Emanuel M. Spiegel
New Brunswick
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