Army To Try General Who Had Diary Stolen
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow, formerly military attache in Moscow, will be court-martialed at Ft Meade Md for alleged diary theft by a Soviet agent. Proceedings will be closed. The diary covered his travels in Russia and Germany. excerpts were used to imply U.S. support for preventive war. The board includes three lieutenant generals and five major generals.
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Washington
UPI
Robert W. Grow
U. S
Moscow
Ft Meade Md
Grows
Grow
Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Russia
5th A F Chief Warns Reds On Air Unleash
Maj. Gen. Glenn J. Barcus, new commander of Fifth Air Force in Korea, warned the Communists they would be “sadder out wiser” if they unleashed their 1,800‑plane force against the Eighth Army. He said he would meet them halfway if Red pilots crossed the Manchurian border, adding the United States must go 95 percent of the way. Barcus noted reports of 1.8 aircraft but said U.S. edge is clear in quality and pilot training.
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Korea
Sth Air Force
Cormunists
8Th Army
Glenn J. Barcus
United Press
Adedd
Barcus
Tactical Air Command
7Th Air Force Command
N Frank F Everest
House approves compromise foreign aid bill total
Washington finalizes a $6,447,730,750 foreign aid package in a bipartisan vote, about $1.5 billion below President Truman’s initial request. Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall orders decontrol of white potatoes, expanding market freedom for growers and retailers.
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Washington
House
Truman
Eilis Arnall
Weather and notes from Southern California June 5 1953
Southern California forecast calls for night and morning low clouds with scattered drizzle in the west, otherwise variable high clouds through Friday. Mostly sunny tomorrow, windy northern interior in the afternoon and evening. Little temperature change. Also includes a humorous aside about Jimmy Cubanats and a prison cellmate joke with a time clearing up around noon and a long sentence about early morning cloudiness.
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California
Jimmy Cubnats
Jimmy
A Bomb Explodes in Nevada Test Site Flash Seen Across Regions
Atomic blast at 4:45 am atop a 200 ton steel tower near Yucca Flat north east of Las Vegas. flash reported from Montana to Los Angeles and Kalispell. AEC confirms tower shot as 20th test in Nevada desert. 751 mice used for experiments. no troops involved. press conference planned at 6 pm.
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New
Yucca Dat
Here
Canadian
Montana
Kalis Pell
Mont
Los Angeles
Williams
Ariz
Nevada Desert
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
United States
Carrall Tyler
Alvin Graves
Wanger Begins His Sentence In Jail Labor
Hollywood producer Walter Wanger started a four month sentence for shooting Joan Bennett’s lover by being assigned to floor cleaning duties at the county jail before dawn. He wore denim clothing and was inmate 228487 as he prepared for a move to the prison honor farm at Castaic about 50 miles away tonight.
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Hollywood
Walter, Wanger
Joan
Bennett
Wanger
LaRue
Fall of Justice
Castaic
Taft Narrowly Leads Eisenhower in South Dakota Primary
In South Dakota Taft holds a hairline edge over Eisenhower with 64,537 to 63,697 votes as 1,953 precincts report, 16 still pending. The contest selects a full slate of 14 delegates, winner take all.
Steel Industry and Union Resume Wage Talks
In Washington steelmakers and CIO Steelworkers union pressed for a quick settlement of the national steel strike. Six major company presidents and top union officials met with White House aide John R Steelman, then formed three man negotiating teams for talks. Truman said no new congressional authority is planned for now.
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Washington
Jthe
White House
John R Steelman
CIO Steelworkers Union
Steelman
Truman
Congress
Stiff Resistance Meets UN Raiders Near Punchbowl
Allied infantry raiders faced stiff North Korean resistance near the Punchbowl on the east central front and retreated after a 650 mortar and artillery barrage. The action, supported by rifles, machine guns, mortars, and artillery, lasted seven minutes with UN patrols engaging Reds elsewhere for up to 40 minutes.
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Segal
East Central
United Nations
Yonchen
Yalu River
Queen Elizabeth Opens New Elizabethan Era On Parade
Britain's 26 year old Queen Elizabeth II rode at the salute as colonel in chief of the Brigade of Guards during the Trooping the Colour ceremony marking the sovereign's official birthday. Crowds filled London streets as the monarch, returning to public life after mourning King George VI, rode Winston the 13 year old horse through the Mall.
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UPI
Britain
Elizabeth 1
George VI
Elizabeth
George Til
Victoria
Horse Guards
Buckingham Palace
Winston
Truman Denies Plot To Win Democratic Nomination
President Truman denounces a report that he secretly aims to capture the Democratic nomination. He will attend the convention only as retiring president after nominees are chosen and says charges come from warped minds. He avoids comment on Eisenhower Taft quarrels and confirms neutrality until the convention.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Army
Mr. Truman
Sen
William &. Knowland
R-Calif
California
Dutch Jet Crash Kills 15 in North Sea Maneuvers
A Royal Dutch Air Force Thunderjet struck a British Royal Navy minesweeper during Allied maneuvers in the Marsdiep strait near Den Helder. Fifteen men died, including the Dutch pilot and 14 British sailors. one British crewman survived. The F-84 was performing a mock strafing dive when it crashed.
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den Helder
Netherlands
Marsdiep Strait
United States
Manston
England
Baseball Scores and Replays From Night Games
Brooklyn and Pittsburgh battled in a 6 run total evening showing with Wade Campanella and Gara giola listed among the batters. New York and Chicago produced a low scoring affair, Koslo and Westrum contributing for the visiting side as Pra mesa. Rogovin Stobbs and Sheely led the Detroit Philadelphia night matchup with Berra at bat context.
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Pittsburgh
Wade & Campanella
Kline
Main
LaPalme
Garagiola
New York
Chicago
Koslo & Westrum
Minnci & Pramesa
Rogovin
Stobbs
Sheely
Sam & Berra
Detroit
Philadelphia
POW Tells How Comrades Sentenced Him To Death
A North Korean prisoner of war says he was beaten for a week and sentenced by a kangaroo court to death as a suspected anti Communist. He described a 13 member people’s court, no defense, and brutal beatings. He was among 17 liberated by American infantrymen from Compound 85 on Koje Island.
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Koje Island
Haydon L. Boamer
People's Court
General Boamer leads gas assault at Koje Island compound split
KOJE ISLAND UP Gen Boamer directs 400 gas masked troops and shovels as barbed wire divides Compound 607 into two enclosures. Soldiers chant We will win while prisoners watch. 90,000 inmates hold across Koje.
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Koje Island
G.I
Haydon L. (Bull) Boater
Koje
Francis T. Dodd
Star of
Oil Company Sues 17 Operators Over Perimeter Wells
Rothschilds in Los Angeles claim 17 oil producers drilled along the edge of their Placerita field property near Newhall in violation of the Public Resources Code. They seek 3,990,250 dollars in damages and an injunction to stop neighboring operations.
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Los Angeles
Rothschild OH Co
Harry
Rothschild
Josephine
Placerita
Newhall
Public Resources Code of
California
Abilene Homecoming Speech Draws 20 Million TV Viewers
New York officials estimate more than 20 million people nationwide watched General Dwight D. Eisenhower deliver his homecoming speech from Abilene Kansas. The first campaign address was televised across nearly the entire country except the Southwest.
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New York
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Southwest
Cleland takes command of 40th Infantry Division
Brig. Gen. Joseph P. Cleland assumed command of the 40th Infantry Division, relieving Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Hudelson, a California National Guardsman. The change of command marks a transition in leadership for the unit.
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48TH
Joseph P. Cleland
40Th Infantry Division
Daniel H. Hudelson
California National Guardsman
Peron Takes Oath Of Office In Argentina
President Juan D. Peron took the oath of office for a second six year term before a joint session of congress. The crowd cheered his wife Eva Peron with chants of Evita vice presidente, an honorary gesture given her illness and not a nomination.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Congress
Evita
Senora Peron
House Passes GI Bill For Korean Veterans
Washington The House approved a GI bill of rights for veterans who served since June 27, 1950, providing free schooling loan guarantees social security credits and mustering-out pay. The vote was 361 to 1 with Rep. James P. S. Devereux opposing. The measure moves to the Senate aiming for fall eligibility for the first enrollees and is expected to cost about 1 billion dollars annually once fully active.
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Washington
House
James P. S. Devereux
Wake Island
Senate
Pas‘sage
Federal Employees Pay Bill Passed
The House approved by voice vote and sent to the Senate a $968,000,000 supplemental appropriations bill to fund federal salaries including postal workers and other employees who faced pay delays. The measure stemmed from a conference dispute over blocking funds for workers at seized steel mills, which the Senate dropped after the Supreme Court nullified the seizure.
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Washington
LLP
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Truman
Eisenhower Backers Hail Warren Victory in California
San Francisco dispatch reports Warren's double GOP nomination lead with 70 Warren delegates and 76 total at stake, while Kefauver leads the Democrats with a large margin and Knowland sweeps both parties to secure a Senate term. Warren vows to free delegates if he cannot clinch the nomination, boosting Eisenhower supporters.
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San Francisco
Dwight Eisenhower
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Thomas H. Werdel
Bakersfield
Estes Kefatver
Tennessee
Edmund G. Brown
Kefauver
Knowland
William F. Knowland
Truman
Far East
U.S. Senate
Rep
Clinton McKinnon
San Diego
Werdel
Brown
McKinnon
McKinon
Eisenhower
Eisenhower frames campaign as liberty versus socialism
Abilene Kansas dispatch reports Dwight D. Eisenhower presenting a liberty versus socialism platform as his guiding principle for the GOP. In his first news conference as a civilian candidate he agrees with the 1950 Lincoln Day Platform, signaling a potential midterm alignment and a fight against Democrats if nominated. He discusses Korea, China, Western Europe, FEPC limits, education aid, health, price supports, and Taft Hartley implications, urging firm stance yet cautious on universal remedies.
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Abilene
Kan
Dwight B. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Republian
Congress
GOP National Committee
Eisenhower
Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Fhr
Korea
China
Europe
United States
LABOR
UN Refuses Red POW Demand at Panmunjom
Panmunjom dispatch says United Nations truce negotiators refused to forcibly repatriate prisoners of war to the Soviet bloc, calling the demand barbarous. Maj. Gen. William X. Harrison, senior Allied delegate, warned the demand would fall on deaf ears and proposed screening the Red prisoners with Communist observers after an armistice is arranged.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
William X. Harrison
U. N
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