Eisenhower Takes Lead in Delegate Race
Eisenhower gained eight Missouri delegates boosting his AP lead over Taft to 278 to 274, with Taft asserting 344 in Missouri totals and 268 for Eisenhower elsewhere. Florida debate set between Kefauver and Warren as Russell criticizes Kefauver on F E P C stance. Truman denies renomination talk and praises McMahon.
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Truman
G.O.P
Dwight Eisenhower
Missouri
Robert Taft
Ohio
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Taft
Ohioan
Florida
Fuller Warren
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Miami
Kefauver
Senate Crime Committee
Warren
Richard Russell
Georgia
Russell
Jacksonville
Fair Employment Practices Commission
F.E.P.C
Congress
Democratic Party
McMahon
Red Jet Believed Destroyed In Korean Battle
Twenty two U S Sabre Jets broke formation with four Mig-15s in northwest Korea and the air force said one Red jet probably was destroyed. Slower F-84s engaged four Mig-15s but made no claims. Allied aircraft attacked air lines in the western sector as fighter-bombers hit red revetments along the battlefront.
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Seoul
Korea
Weather Summary With Temperatures and Lake Levels
Cooler mainly clear tonight and Saturday with lows 48 to 52 and highs 76 to 80. Yesterday’s low 49, 7 am today 63, 6 pm yesterday 81. High yesterday 87, noon today 84. Precipitation 0 inches since yesterday morning. Humidity at noon 39 percent. Wind 4 miles from 7 am yesterday to 7 am today about 0.25 mph. Sun sets 6:52 pm rises 4:59 am. Crab Orchard Lake 3 inches above spillway today and Little Grassy Lake at spillway level today.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Grassy Lake
Gasoline run reported in Jackson County Illinois area
An oil workers strike causes a run on gas at Illinois stations but managers say supplies remain ample. Standard Oil Murphysboro reports heavy buying but Cape Girardeau terminal ready. Texaco Murphysboro notes stock will last to Monday with weekend deliveries. Carbon dale Martin Oil and Shell stations report capacity storage in St Louis and Cairo and no shortage foreseen. Local firms in Marion and Murphysboro express confidence despite broader refinery strike.
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Jackson County
Illinois
Ink Platte
Dan Holliday
Standard Oil Co
Murphysboro
Cape Girardeau River
Mr. Holliday
St. Louis
R. W. May
J. C. Katusa
Texaco
West Frankfort
Katusa
John Armstrong
Martin Oil Co
Carbondale
Cairo
Armstrong
Ilinois
Sam Smith
Shell Oil Co
Shell
Cape Girardeau River Terminal
Twin County Service Co
Harold Stifter
Marion
Reds Reject Package Deal In Armistice Talks
In Panmunjom secret talks the communist negotiators refused the United Nations command package for settling the Korea armistice deadlock. The session lasted 78 minutes with a follow up meeting planned for tomorrow. Key issues include POW exchanges, Soviet participation in supervision, and rehabilitation of military airfields during a truce.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Adm
C. Turner Joy
William P. Nuckols
Panmunjom
Publication masthead note from Southern Illinois paper
Evening edition of the Southern Illinois publication lists address 227 West Main Carbondale Illinois and credits Southern Illinois Publications Inc. as publisher. It notes second class postal status under the March 8 1878 act and excludes Sundays and holidays.
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Southern Ilinoisan
Daily Free Press
Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
Ilinois
Destroyer Chases Railroad Train for Protection in Korea
The USS Duncan hunted a Korean railroad train at night north of Hungnam on Korea’s east coast. Cmdr. Russell H. Smith said the ship lit the scene with star shells and fired heavy explosives, nearly forcing the train into a tunnel to avoid capture.
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Tokyo
Duncan
Russell H. Smith
Brooklyn
Hungnam
Korea
Smith
Seven Airmen Killed in B 29 Crash Off Florida
MacDill air force base reported a B 29 Superfortress crashed and sank thirty miles off the Florida coast during low level target practice. Seven crew members were killed, seven others survived with minor injuries after being picked up by a fishing vessel or day. The cause of the accident was not known.
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Florida
Tampa
Fla
MacDill Air Force Base
MacDill
Oil Workers Strike Cuts Gas Supply Nationwide
A three day old strike by 22 AF of L independent and CIO oil unions threatens further gasoline shortages across the United States. Refineries and pipelines halt deliveries, rationing appears in Boston and Chicago Gary area, with fuel cutoffs in Toledo and Midwest gas flow reduced.
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Denver
Colo
A. F
Petroleum Administration For Defense
P.A.D
Pacific Coast
Canada
The
American Truck Associations
Walter F. Mullady
Chapman
California
San Francisco
Oil Workers International Union
C.I.0
Shell Oil
Midwest
Gasoline Available For Trips To Derby
Chicago motorists can drive to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby without fear of serious fuel shortages. The Chicago Motor Club said a 300 mile radius survey shows no widespread supply disruption and that the oil dispute effects are localized to the Chicago region.
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Chicago
Louisville
Chicago Motor Club
Motor Club
Midwest
Red Guns Hit 2 Destroyers In Korean Harbor Duel
Two American destroyers Maddox and Laffey were lightly damaged in a ship to shore artillery duel at Wonsan harbor on Korea's east coast. The battle lasted Wednesday afternoon, the longest ship to shore duel of the war, with 730 rounds fired by the two ships.
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Seoul
Korea
Wonsan
Navy
Maddox
Pyongyang
Kosong
United Nations
Tursday
Bank Robbery Charges Involving Three Suspects
A federal grand jury indicted Mrs Lucy Conlisk 45 a former Ashland Ky high school teacher Edwin Hemmersbach 27 of Chicago and Charles E Wilmink 41 of Huntington WV for robbing the First National Bank of Antioch Ill of 5253 on March 3 1950. Conlisk who is six feet tall is already serving a two to five year term in Dwight Ill penitentiary and Hemmersbach received a two year sentence. Wilmink is at large.
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First National Bank of Antioch
Lucy Conlisk
Ashland
Edwin Hemmersbach
Chicago
Charles E. Wilmink
Huntington
W. Va
Conlisk
Dwight, Ill
Wilmink
Seizure Case Appealed by Industry and U S Government
Washington May 2 AP The government urged the Supreme Court to uphold President Truman’s steel mill seizure while denying unlimited powers. The industry contended the seizure lacked constitutional authority and sought to block wage increases pending the court’s final ruling.
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U. S
Supreme Court
Truman
Justice Department
Steel Industry
High Court
U.S
David A. Pine
Pine
Philip Perlman
Perlman
Hodge Named Chief of Army Field Forces in 1951
Lt Gen John R Hodge, former Carbondale resident, is named by President Truman to head the Army Field Forces with headquarters at Fort Monroe Virginia succeeding Gen Mark W Clark He will assume the post Sept 1 and had previously led the Third Army and Fifth Corps in World War II and the Korean theater He has deep ties to Carbondale and the South region.
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John R. Hodge
Carbondale
Truman
Army
Fort Monroe
Mark W. Clark
United Nations
Korea
Hodge
Third Army
McPherson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Melissa Hodge
Birmingham
Ala
Fifth Corps
Fort Bragg
N. C
Stratocruiser Believed Afire in Jungle Crash
A Pan American Stratocruiser apparently burning before crashing in dense Brazilian jungle left 50 aboard presumed dead. Maj. Richard Olney halted further U S rescue attempts to avoid endangering crews while a Brazilian Catalina planned to land medical corpsmen 40 miles from the crash to reach survivors.
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Richard Olney
U. S. Air Force
Puerto Rico
Strike at Joppa plant drags into 17th day
Situation at the Joppa plant remains unchanged with no new developments after a week of contact with Ebasco Services. The 24th stoppage in the last year extends to 17 days, and wage losses have surpassed half a million dollars for workers affected by the walkout.
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Joppa
Ebasco Services Incorporated
Britain’s 500mph comet airliner begins jet age
London May 2 AP reports Britain's sensational new 500 mile an hour comet airliner took off for South Africa to inaugurate jet age for commercial travel. The flight promises a four year lead over other nations in jet liner service.
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London
Britain
South Africa
New Mexico Sign Regulation Fight Tests Federal Powers
A national dispute over state power to regulate highway signs in New Mexico could set a national precedent. The case centers on chain type signs and the use of movies and stills as exhibits to show drivers’ restricted vision. The state offers injunction relief while plaintiffs claim due process violations under U S and state constitutions.
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New Mexico
Attorney General’s Office
Highway Department
National Association of Outdoor, Advertisers
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
I. Ce Commission
Allce Wer
Mit
Frank Zinn
U. S
Steel Workers Begin Streaming Back to Jobs
Pittsburgh May 2 AP Philip Murray called off the nationwide strike of his CIO United Steelworkers at President Truman's request. First returning workers were back within two hours at Allegheny Ludlum plants as picket lines disbanded. Murray met with Truman in Washington during a White House conference. unions urged a return to work nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
C.I.O. United
Murray
C.I.O
C.I.O. United Steelworkers
Truman
United Steelworkers
Washington
White House
Philadelphia
Oregon Hails Gov Stevenson In May 2 Reception
In Portland Oregon Governor Adlai Stevenson denied being a Democratic National Convention candidate yet Oregon leaders backed him. A banquet drawn 600 plus featured a $10 dinner while Estes Kefauver’s table paid $2.50. the crowd packed the venue to standing room. Voter sentiment will be tested on the May 16 primary day.
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Portland
Ore
Adlai Stevenson
Ilinois
California
Oregon
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Stevenson
Soldier Charged With Forging Documents in Army Case
Pvt Anthony Rose of Lynn is held on charges related to forging his own service papers to appear as sent to his commanding officer He claims he disliked life in the Army and made the fake document to exit service.
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Lynn
Anthony Rose
Rose
Sonaiaihe
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