East Germany Closes Borders under hard line crackdown
FRANKFURT Germany June 11 VOPOS tightened border security along the iron curtain from the Baltic to Bavaria. A Bavarian farmer was killed when east police fired without warning after two west German farmers briefly crossed into the east. Refugees vanishing across western Saxony border districts. authorities report 3000 seeking shelter in Hesse alone as feeding and housing challenges rise.
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FRANKFURT
Germany
VOPOS
People’s police
Rec
iron curtain
Baltic
Bavaria
Volkspolizei
Reds
lower Saxony
Saxon-Anhalt
Hesse
Sheriff Gets Help To Evict Widow
LAPEER Michigan June 11 Circuit Judge Paul V Gadola authorized Sheriff Clark Gregory to hire additional deputies to carry out evictions amid an emergency after he and a deputy were roughing by farmers during a previous attempt to evict a widow from her farm. Four of the five farmers accused of manhandling him are free on bond. a fifth is jailed. The trouble stems from the 1935 failure of the Lapeer Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance association, with many members, mostly farmers, refusing to pay assessments and resulting in farm title losses. The sheriff’s hiring plans were not yet specified.
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LAPEER
Mich
Clark Gregory
Paul V. Gadola
Gregory
Lapeer Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance association
Acheson quiets fears on Western Germany pact
Secretary of State Acheson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that treaties bringing Western Germany into the anti-Communist alliance do not increase presidential war powers to send troops abroad. He reaffirmed that such authority exists when American security is advanced. He also said no commitment was made to aid French forces in Indo China.
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WASHINGTON
State Acheson
western
Germany
senate foreign relations committee
United States
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Acheson
senate
Britain
France
IndoChina
Hickenlooper
Fair Trade Bill Sent to Senate Without Recommendation
The Senate Commerce Committee sent a House-passed fair trade bill to the Senate floor without recommendation. Chairman Edwin C. Johnson noted members could back or oppose on the floor, calling the move nearly unanimous. If advanced, a judiciary committee review may follow, with McCarran urging Senate consideration. The bill would relax anti trust rules to allow nine price fixing under state laws for trademarked goods.
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WASHINGTON
senate commerce committee
Senate
Edwin C. Johnson
DColo
judiciary committee
McCarran
D-New
VA Eyes Loans Near Airfields
The Veterans Administration will scrutinize home loan applications for veterans within four miles of an airport. Final decisions rest with VA headquarters in Washington after field offices forward all pertinent data on these loan requests.
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WASHINGTON
veterans administration
House Approves Highway Aid Bill Passes Federal Program Plan
The House approved a $1,390,650,000 federal aid highway program for two fiscal years starting July 1, 1953. Passage was by voice vote. The bill, a compromise of earlier measures, authorizes a program to be financed by later legislation and carries no actual appropriations.
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WASHINGTON
house
senate
Reds Murderers Surrender After Night of Terror at Koje Island
At Koje Island Korea on June 11 Communist POWs in compound 77 killed 15 fellow prisoners then surrendered to UN troops for dispersal. American guards seized seven Red leaders. eight bodies found in a well and another in an oil drum. Hundreds of North Koreans faced transfer to smaller compounds as fights continued.
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ACTER
KOJE
Koje Island
Daze Korn
Richmond
Lee Hak Koo
Koo
Haydon Boamner
Korea
United Nations
compound 77
Haydon L. Boatner
187th airborne combat team
Boamer
David Korn
187th
Railroad Seizure Authority Target in House Action
Washington June 11 The House moved to revoke President Truman’s power to seize railroads and extend emergency powers. The bill would keep in force until June 30 1953 about 50 wartime authorities, but would drop the power to seize the transportation system in an emergency. The judiciary committee said the railroad seizure was never intended for peacetime use and that the strike settlement made such authority unnecessary.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
house
congress
judiciary committee
Truman to travel by train to Groton dedication
President Truman plans a train trip to Groton Connecticut for the upcoming dedication of the first atomic powered submarine the Nautilus scheduled for next Saturday.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Groton, Conn
Savage Fighting Flares on Seoul Invasion Route
On June 12 1952 heavy fighting raged along an ancient invasion route to Seoul for the fifth day as Chinese forces attacked west near Chorwon. U S eighth army reported intense combat with air battles as Sabre pilots claimed three MiG losses, while ground forces killed about 123 of a Chinese assault on a pivotal hill amid artillery barrages and bayonet counterattacks.
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SEOUL
U. S. eighth army
Chorwon
Pyongyang
Tokyo
Manchurian
Panmunjom
fifth air force
U. S
eighth army
Korea
GOP Convention Plans Sharpen Candidate Fight
In New York on June 11 1948 top Eisenhower adviser Paul Hoffman charged that Gen Douglas MacArthur as GOP keynote was a Taft backed move to steamroller the convention. He warned against machine tactics while outlining Taft favored lineup including Walter Hallanan Eugene Mislikin Joseph Martin Jr. The clash signals a no quarter battle over seating delegations as MacArthur wears civilian clothes but faces a Taft aligned campaign.
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NEW YORK
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Robert A. Taft
Paul V. Hoffman
citizens for Eisenhower
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Hoffman
Taft
Chicago
Walter S Hallanan
West Virginia
Eugene Mislikin
Colorado
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
south
platform committee
army
Paul Dever
Propaganda Clash Resumes as Talks Open in Korea
June 11 Munsan Korea The Korean armistice talks resumed with Communist protests over bloodshed on Koje Island and renewed charges. UN commander Gen. Mark Clark endorsed the walkout, praising UN delegates for patience and conduct. Maj. Gen. Harrison said no progress on prisoner exchange as talks set to reconvene next day.
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MUNSAN
Korea
Koje Island
United Nations
Mark Clark
U. N
Kim I Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Clark
United Nations command
Panmunjom
Red generals
William K. Harrison
GI Convicted Of Killing German
In MERNBERG Germany on June 11 a U S army court martial found Pvt Richard A Hagelberger 19 of Chula Vista California guilty of murder in the carbine slaying of two German civilians last April Hagelberger heard the verdict without expression The second soldier convicted of the slayings on a lonely Neustadt road Pvt John F Vigneault of Goffs Falls New Hampshire was convicted and sentenced to death on May 22 Vigneault admitted the shooting but said Hagelberger urged him to do it Hagelberger pleaded innocent
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Neustadt
Pvt
John F. Vigneault
Goffs Falls
N. H
Vigneault
Hagelberger
Communists accuse allies of air violation over Panmunjom
The Communists charged that two U S planes violated the Panmunjom armistice site Saturday by flying between marker balloons over the Korean ceasefire zone.
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TOKYO
U. S
Senate rejects request for Taft-Hartley steel seizure
Washington June 11 The Senate sticks by its stance that President Truman must use Taft Hartley to quell the steel strike. Morse argues seizure powers would not guarantee production and would force the government to side with labor. The vote 54 to 26 defeats a new seizure proposal as industry fever runs high and pressure mounts for action.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Truman
Sen
Monrse
Morse
Taft-Hartley
Taft-Hartles
congress
Taft- Trartley
house
White House
Income Increase and Wage Decline in April
Washington reports April total income at a record high driven by rental and investment income, rising by 700 million dollars to a 258.9 billion annual rate. Wages and salaries fell by 100 billion to 177.5 billion, with declines linked to reduced hours and wage losses from labor disputes at large manufacturers.
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WASHINGTON
commerce department
Department
Gold Disappears In Private Hoards
Basel June 11 The Bank for International Settlements estimated in its yearly report that nearly 500 million dollars worth of gold produced in 1951 went into private hoards. It called 1951 a record year for hoarding and noted total outside the Soviet Union reached about 840 million dollars while central bank and government reserves rose only 130 million. About 710 million dollars of gold disappeared into private holdings or was used industrially, with roughly two thirds absorbed by hoarders.
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BASEL
Bank for International Settlements
Soviet union
House Unit Votes Year's Extension of Controls Law
Washington June 11 The house banking committee voted today for a full year's extension of wage price and rent controls and to drop all controls over real estate and consumer credit. The committee also set a floor of 90 percent parity for six farm commodities and denied restoring livestock slaughter quotas. They expect to finish the bill tomorrow while a separate eight month controls extension heads through the senate.
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WASHINGTON
house banking committee
house committee
congress
house
senate banking committee
senate
Immigration Bill Goes to President
The senate passed the bill by voice vote and sent it to the White House. Opponents called it anti-alien and hoped President Truman would veto it. McCarran defended the measure as fair and preserving institutions. The House approved the final version 203 to 53. Lehman and Humphrey predicted the senate would sustain a veto.
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WASHINGTON
senate
White House
Truman
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
house
Sen
Lehman
Lib-NY
Humphrey
D-Minn
Battle Casualties Take Sudden Rise in Korea
U S battle casualties in Korea climbed to 109 712 as of June 11 an increase of 553 from the prior week. The week marked the largest rise since December 12 with heavier fighting recently. Most of the new casualties were among the army and the marines.
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WASHINGTON
U. S
Korea
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