Reds Demand Recapture as Rhee Frees POWs
North Korea and China press the United Nations at Panmunjom over Syngman Rhee’s release of about 9,360 anti- Reds and 25,952 captured prisoners. Clark and Pyun clash over the plan, with Pyun demanding freedom for remaining stockade prisoners and Rhee’s pact with the UN in question. The standoff deepens as the Allies debate responsibility for the incident and future armistice terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
United Nations Command
Korea
South Korea
Odate
Pyun
United Nations
Panmunjom
U. N
Cigaret Blamed For Barn Fire At Kingston Corner
A fire caused by a discarded cigarette damaged a small barn on Frank Smith's property at Kingston Road and Hobart Street. The wooden structure used for storage of old furniture burned through the left side, with damages estimated around 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter
Frank Smith
Kingston Road
Hobart Street
Smith
South Korea Demands Release of 9000 Prisoners
Seoul acting prime minister calls for immediate turnover of 9,000 anti Communist Korean prisoners held in Allied stockades. The UN commander is pressed to act, with Korea seeking swift repatriation and resolution of the POW issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
South Korea
Yen
Mark Clark
U. N
U. S
Pusan
Yung Fai Pyun
Clark
Convicted Red Leader Aims at Hawaii Dockers Walkout
Hawaii 26 000 dock and plantation workers threaten a mass protest after longshore leader Jack Hall and six co defendants are convicted of conspiring to advocate violent overthrow. Eleven ships tied up as workers quit. sugar and pineapple fields may join. Co defendants include Fujimoto and Honolulu Record editors. Bail kept at 7 500. sentencing date undecided. The upheaval follows a racially mixed jury verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
Jack Hall
Hall
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen's
Vssion
Ad Into
Charles. K. Fujimoto
Communist Party In
Fujimoto
Eileen
Dwight James Freeman
Joji Ariyoshi
Honolulu Record
Jack D. Kimoto
John B. Reinecke
Jon Wiig
Richard Gladstein
Manchester Named Site for 1954 Legion Convention
A reliable source reports the 1954 state American Legion convention will be held in Manchester. Dover had sought the event, but committees close to the decision cited Manchester as already chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashuam
American Legion
Manchester
Dover
Congress Questions Rhee as Truce Hopes Fade
Washington reports growing doubts in U S Congress about a mutual security pact with South Korea as Syngman Rhee faces criticism for freeing 25 000 UN prisoners and for actions that could scuttle truce talks at Panmunjom The Panmunjom talks show a temporary delay while the UN weighs Rhee's stance and a future mission by Walter Robertson underlines ongoing diplomatic efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Syngman
Rhee
U. S
Congress
Bridges Says U S Will Barred China From U N Seat
U S Senator Bridges says President Eisenhower assured him the United States will block Communist China from a United Nations seat. He argues Red China cannot shoot its way into the UN while thousands of American lives are at risk in Korea. He backs a Pacific NATO style security pact including Korea, Free China, Japan, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand.
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Bridges
U.S
China
U.N
Nascua
Styles, Bridges
Eisenhower
United States
United Nations
USN
Korea
Pacific
Free Ching
Japan
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Rosenbergs Executed at Sing Sing for Atomic Spywork
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in Sing Sing Prison for delivering atomic bomb secrets to Soviet Russia. They entered the death chamber without speaking, with a rabbi reciting psalms as the chair was prepared. The couple, married 14 years, faced their fate separately to prevent contact. Their death drew worldwide reactions and heightened security at Ossining.
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Sing Sing
Ossining
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel
Soviet Russia
Jin Sing Sing
Benno
Irving Koslowe
Rosenberg
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Russia
Woman leaps to death from river wharf in Portsmouth
Dora Tuck 29 a waitress and mother of five, was found dead in the Piscataqua River near the Portsmouth Fish Co pier. Police say she jumped overnight, leaving a blouse on a fish box. No signs of foul play were found. her death is attributed to suicide.
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Piscataqua River
Dora Tuck
Ladd St
Portsmouth Fish Co
Wernell P. Clare
Clare
Leopold Allaire
Manchester
William Turner
Joseph St. Pierre
Allaire
Buddy
Ladd Street
John Tsikouras
Paul E. Tuck
USN
Quonset Paint Naval Station
Rhode Island
Kittery
California
Portsmouth
Reds Again Mass Troops on Front
In Seoul the Reds massed about 16 000 fresh troops along the East Central front in the week, the largest Communist offensive in two years. The U S Eighth Army said Allied air power suffered its heaviest losses of the war as two new Red divisions moved toward the Pakhan river lines, where about 40 000 Communists had driven South Korean troops back up to two miles on Sunday and Monday. Fighting was light overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
East Central
U.S. Eighth Army
Pakhan River
Spies Mothers Keep Lonely Death Watch
In New York and across the country mourners confront the execution of atom spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Mrs Tessie Greenglass collapses as ritual candles glow in their Lower East Side home while Mrs Sophie Rosenberg hears her son was killed. A Union Square rally devolves into a chaotic protest as crowds react to the sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
London
Paris
Union Square
Tessie Greenless
Ethel
Julius Rosenberg
Washington Heights
Sophie Rosenberg
Undertow Claims Boy At Jenness Beach Tragedy
At Jenness Beach a 11 year old Melrose boy died from accidental drowning in rough surf and strong undertow. Navy officer Comdr Paul Broderick and others tried to save him, a Coast Guard duck patrolled the area, and the body washed ashore around 4 pm. A second incident at Wallis Sands ended with 8 year old Barbara Remick's rescue and recovery.
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Rye
South Eliot
Portsmouth
Remick
Russell Tilton
Gosling Rd
Richard Maddock
Albert Smith
Jenness Beach
Smith
Terry Broderick, Jr
Broderick
Comdr
Paul Broderick
USN
New York
Smith Boy
Broderick Boy
Coast Guard Amphibious Duck
Hampton
Duckad
Wendell P. Clare
New Hampshire Legislature Closes 1955 Session In Dusty Pages
Concord New Hampshire The 1955 General Court closes its 72 day session with a $92 million biennial budget approval two toll roads totaling nearly $37 million salary increases for 4000 state workers and a $1090000 education aid boost plus a $10000 plus investigation of Communism Governor Hugh Gregg praised the record saying the session was constructive and not do nothing A number of bills were killed including a two percent sales tax and other tax reform measures Rockingham Park received a one year extension of its gambling franchise
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Robert L. Fagen
Concord
New Hampshire
General Court
Hugh Gregg
Raymond KR. Perkins
Granite State
Gregg
House
Senate
General Pure
Massachusetts
Seacoast
Portsmouth
Rochester
Bert Teague
Bristol
University of New Hampshire
Keene Teachers College
Rockingham Park
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Syngran Rhee
T. Pyun
Clark. Com
Kim Il Sung
Peng Tehbuai
Nam Il
Karl Hong Ki
Republic of Korea
Ellis C. Briggs
Syngman Rhee
Cigaret
South ‘Korea
U. N. Command
By Jack Bell
Sen. Magnuson
D-Wash
Pit Ler
Sen
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Walter S. Robertson
Far East
The
State Department of the American Legion
Appropriations Committee
By Relman Morin
Daily Worker
Dublin
U. S. Information Office
Fhve
Wilfred, Deano
White House
Herbert Brownell
Walker St
Maine
T. O. Wurm
D. C
Toms River
N.J
Michael
Robert Rosenberg
Rosenerg
Maddock
Portsmouth Fire Department
Arthur Hersey
Gene Hersey
Portsmouth Hospital
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