Reds On Orders To Make Camp Trouble
High level UN Command officers warn riots in prisoner camps are driven by small bands of hardline Communists ordered to portray mistreatment. At Pusan a two hour melee killed one Red POW and left 85 injured. Koje hospital inmates held a sit down strike then moved to a separate compound with no incident.
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Tokyo
United Nations Command
U.N
UNC
Pusan
Kose Island
U. S
Eighth Army
Koje
United Nations
South Korea
Korea
Indochina
Extension Of Control Laws Faces Senate Vote In Fight
The Senate Banking Committee prepares to vote on a bill extending wage price controls to March 1 1953 and rent and credit controls to June 30 1953. The measure would strip the Wage Stabilization Board of labor dispute intervention and expand public representation.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Pblic
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Labor Department
AFL
CIO
Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Banking Committee
Sen. Maybank
DSC
White House
House Banking Committee
Senate Committee
Maybank
Douglas
D-Ill
Moody
D-Midh
Tests On Ellenburger Well In Scurry Area
American Trading & Production No. 1 Elmer Howell southeast Scurry offset to Ellenburger production is being drilled. Core from 7,367 to 7,408 feet yielded 41 feet with top green shale and bottom Ellenburger dolomite showing porosity and some oil.
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American Trading & Production No
Elmer Howell
Ellenburger
N. 1
Howell
Hermleigh - Ellenburger
Snyder
Hermleigh & Payne, Inc
Tulsa
Sharon Ridge - Clear Fork
Walter Martin
Sharon Ridge
Excavation Nears Completion At Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Excavation work for the hospital foundation is nearing completion but no concrete has been poured yet. Forms for the foundation are to be built in trenches on the Cogdell Memorial Hospital site, a mile south of town on the Big Spring highway.
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Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Big Spring Highway
Chinese Prisoner Is Killed by Allied Guard on Koje Island
At Koje Island three prisoner of war incidents in four days leave Chinese, Korean, and Allied deaths. A Chinese prisoner was shot by an Allied guard after resisting a search near a 5000-strong camp. at Pusan a hospital riot left one prisoner dead and eighty-five injured, with an American guard lightly hurt.
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Koje Island
Korea
Bose
Haydon L. Boatner
Boatner
U.S. Eighth Army
Seoul
Pusan
Camp No. 10
Truce Talks Amid Prison Riots In Korea
At Munsan North Korean General Nam Il demanded an accounting for a hospital incident in Pusan where one prisoner died and 85 were injured. Allied delegate Vice Admiral Joy rejected demands, urging a ceasefire acceptance.
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Munsan
Korea
Pusan
Nam I
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Reds
United Nations Command
Joy
Panmunjom
Low bid saves on 10 mile Ira Union road project
State highway department received bids for the 10 mile farm to market road from Ira to Union. Strain & Brown Construction Co. of San Angelo submitted the low bid of 125,871 dollars, 38,729 below the department estimate. With a five percent contingency the cost could reach 132,164 dollars, about 12,796 per mile, and at least 32,436 less than original estimates. The Ira Union road contract has not been let. typically the low bidder is awarded about two weeks after bids. The project forms part of an 80 mile engineering effort funded by the state, with the county’s 157 miles also state financed.
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State Highway Department
Ira
Union
Highway Department
Strain & Brown Construction Co
San Angelo
McGranery Named New Attorney General in 52–18 Senate Vote
The Senate confirmed James P. McGranery 52 to 18 to become attorney general, succeeding J. Howard McGrath. McGranery, 56, longtime Philadelphia jurist and former House member, has led the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 1946 and previously served as deputy in the Justice Department during World War II.
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Washington
Senate
James P. McGranery
Justice Department
Truman
Philadelphia
J. Howard McGrath
Pennsylvania
Duff
Martin
McGranery
House
McGrath
Newbold Morris
Nation's Petroleum Strike Nears End in Texas
The three week oil strike largely ends in Texas as refineries resume production and pipelines restart. Agreement on pay and conditions follows Wage Stabilization Board outlines with 15 cent raises and shift differentials. Work resumed at Texa sNew Mexico Pipeline Snyder Republic Oil & Refining Texas City Taylor Corpus Christi Sinclair facilities.
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Associated Press
Texas
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
Workmen's Committee
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Beaumont Owiu
Magnolia
New Mexico Pipeline Co
Snyder
Republic Oil & Refining Co
Texas City
Taylor
Corpus Christi
Sinclair Pipeline
Sinclair Refinery
Foreign Aid Bill Tests GOP Unity In House Debate
The House opens debate on a $6.889 billion foreign aid bill, testing Taft versus Eisenhower supporters amid calls for deeper cuts. Western Europe aid is capped at about $1.01 billion in committee reductions, while Southern Democrats urge smaller trims before final passage.
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Fulton
R-Pa
Eisenhower
U.S
Richards
D-Sc
Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Six Hour Battle on Korea Front
U N tank infantry patrol fought a six hour battle east of Panmunjom on the Korean Western Front. Allied tanks faced small arms mortar and rocket fire from Red forces of undetermined strength. U N forces engaged with artillery mortar and tank fire and withdrew. A Red ammunition bunker was destroyed and 31 others damaged by U N tanks Monday. A second U N tank force fought Reds on Tuesday as three Communist probing attacks were repulsed on the Eastern Front.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Panmunjom
U.S
Eighth Army
U.N
State High Court Refuses Taft Rump Ruling In May Case
Texas Supreme Court declined to fix the Taft convention slate from Port Worth Houston Austin Corpus Christi Galveston and Dallas voting sites saying no rehearing will be heard. The court warned a majority and dissent will be issued later and asked whether it has jurisdiction and how the new election code limits delegate contests.
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Austin
Texas
Taft
Eisenhower
Secretary of State
Port Worth
Houston
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Dallas
State Executive Committee
Mineral Wells
Taft People
Alvin H. Lane
Jack Ross
Progress Report On 37th Street Road Work
Workmen began hauling caliche to the graded portion of Thirty seventh Street west of the Big Spring highway today. Curb and gutter have been completed on that paved portion under the farm to market road program. Bridge work continues on Deep Creek south of the Negro town area and grade work proceeds between the East Highway and the Big Spring highway.
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Big Spring Highway
Deep Creek
Aiken Charges Grain Price Drops Tied To Political Manipulation
Washington May 21 Sen Aiken Republican charged that political manipulators forced grain prices down by about one billion dollars in 1948 and vowed to prevent a repeat this year as he attacked Secretary of Agriculture Brannan during the Senate Agriculture Committee hearing. Brannan blamed 1948 storage limitations under the Commodity Credit Charter Act for grain shortages and warned of a larger government recovery ahead.
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Washington
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Aiken
Brannan
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Senate Agriculture Group
Agriculture Department
Ellender
D-La
Sen. Kem
R-Mo
Sen. Aiken (VI
Agriculture Committee
Department
Senate Committee
Warmth sweeps in as thermometer hits 90
Weather observer Mrs D P Strayhorn reports yesterday reached a warm 90 degrees. Last night’s low settled at 54 with the 7:30 am reading at 68 as temperatures edged up.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Ridgway Receives Warm Senate Welcome Before NATO Assignment
Four star General Matthew B. Ridgway is greeted by lawmakers in Washington as he meets with the Armed Services Committee for a closed door briefing on Korea and his upcoming role commanding NATO forces in Europe. Senators probe war prison concerns and defense spending while praising Ridgway's wartime leadership and Europe mission.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Senate
Korea
Far East
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Europe
Ridgway
United Nations
Sen. Bridges
New Hampshire
Armed Services Committee
Bridges
Koje Island
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Alphonse Juin
U.S
Mark Clark
Pace
Clark
Sen
Cain
R-Wash
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Wednesday and Thursday. Scattered thunderstorms possible Wednesday afternoon or night. East and South Central Texas warmer midweek with partly cloudy skies and scattered showers mainly northwest on Thursday. Moderate southeast winds along the coast becoming fresh to locally strong Thursday. North Central Texas partly cloudy Wednesday with a slight warmup and Thursday showers.
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Texas
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