Riots Hit Japan Korea 12 Reds Dead in Clashes
Communists seized the hamlet of Buergarabloge near West Berlin forcing 43 families from their homes as part of a broader drive to seal Berlin from the Russian zone. Russian authorities turned back Allied patrol cars on the Berlin Helmstedt autobahn for the sixth straight day signaling possible new blockade.
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Japan
Korea
Buergerablage
Free West Berlin
Berlin
Berlin-Helmstedt
West Germany
Free World
Msgr Bernard Hilgenberg Dies Car-Ile Priest Founded Parishes
Rt Rev Msgr Bernard J Hilgenberg 79 opened 12 churches in Southern Illinois as coal fields started. served 58 years longest in Belleville Diocese. Pastor of St Marys Carlyle 18 years. Ordained 1894. Began at St Andrews Murphysboro then Carterville Carbondale Herrin Johnston City Christopher Lesser Marion Bush West Frankfort Benton Royalton Zeigler.
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Msgr
Bernard J. Hilgenberg
Illinois
St. Joseph's Hospital
Breese
St. Mary's Church
Carlyle
Belleville
St. Andrew’s Church
Murphysboro
Carterville
Carbondale
Herrin
Johnston City
Christopher, Lesser
Marion
Bush
West Frankfort
Benton
Royalton
Zeigler
Ava
Hilgenberg
20000 Hold Martyr's Day In Japan Demonstrations Riot
Tokyo and other Japanese cities saw mass protests as Communist supporters marked May 30 with 20000 participants. Police reported 111 leaders arrested and 113 officers injured while three rioters died in an acid and oil bomb attack on a Tokyo station. A AP reporter was wounded. Koje camp incidents added to the day’s toll with several prisoner deaths and injuries.
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Tokyo
Japan
Rien
Hokkaido
Kyushu
Central Committee
Japanese Communist Party
U. N
Koje
Ziottorn Koje
P.O.W
Associated Press
William C. Barnard
Kose Island
U. S
Peronnel
Kore
Yongchon
Pusan
South Korea
Plan to visit Eisenhower sparks GOP Taft Kefauver clash
General Eisenhower, en route home, faced protests over a plan inviting all Republican convention delegates to call on him with expenses paid. Taft and Kefauver camps condemned the no cost feature as bribery, urging investigations while Eisenhower and supporters denied national funding.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
G.O.P. Convention
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Abilene
Kan
New York
Denver
Eisenhower Committee
National Organization
Taft
Kefauver
Weather Summary With Temperature Fluctuations and Lake Data
Showers and thunder storms tonight then cooler. Sunday partly cloudy and cool. Low tonight 55, high Sunday about 75. Precipitation 0 inches from 7 a.m. yesterday to 7 a.m. today. Humidity 41 percent at noon today. Winds 10 miles from 7 a.m. yesterday to 7 a.m. today. Sun sets 7:18 p.m. Crab Orchard Lake 2 inches above spillway today. Little Grassy Lake 1 inch above spillway today.
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Humbiiy
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Daily Free Press imprint details and masthead
Boathern Siinoman of The Daily Free Press issues an evenings edition with Sundays and holidays excluded. Published by Southern Illinois Publications, Inc. at 227 West Main Street Carbondale Illinois. Entered as second class matter at Carbondale post office under the act of March 3, 1878.
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Boathern Siinoman
Daily Free Press
Southern Ilinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
Illinois
Ilinois
Centennial Highlights With Pictures And Stories
Southern Illinoisan features Carbondale centennial celebration highlights today with pages 5 and 8. Page 5 includes Memorial Day parade street fair photos and a feature story. Page 8 covers history and plans for the Sunday dedication of Mardale airport with visuals and narrative.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan
Mardale
Eisenhowers U.S. Arrival Is Tomorrow
Paris reports Gen Dwight Eisenhower leaves Europe for the United States after a year and a half as Allied supreme commander. He will land in Newfoundland tonight and arrive in Washington tomorrow for potential Republican presidential bid. The Columbine will be returned to Paris for General Ridgway, with Maj. William Draper piloting.
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Dwight Eisenhower
United States
Europe
Orley Field
Eisenhower
France
S.H.A.P.E
Stephenville
Newfoundland
Washington
Sephenville
General Eisenhower
Columbine
Colorado
Paris
Matthew Ridgway
Maj
William Draper
Plan Bridge At Metropolis Across Ohio River to Kentucky
Metropolis advances toward a highway bridge over the Ohio River to Kentucky with an agreement for design surveys and cost estimates. Jenkins of Jenkins Merchant and Nankivil said construction would take two to three years and toll bonds would finance the project. The U S Corps of Engineers and state authorities support it, with Kentucky offering a four mile southern approach.
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Metropolis Highway
Ohio River
Kentucky
Carter Jenkins
Springfield Engineering
Jenkins, Merchant and Nankivil
Jenkins
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Illinois
Department of Highways
Metropolis
Orient No 2 Opens Monday After 120 Die Explosion
Orient No 2 mine, where 120 miners died after a December 21 explosion, will resume work Monday with about 540 miners on two shifts, halved production, and a rebuilt ventilation system. Inspectors from federal and state agencies completed surveys and approved reopening after repairs and sealings. Previously about 1,000 men worked. opening was delayed to May 12 due to further repairs and inspection tardiness.
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Orient
Chicago
Wilmington
Franklin Company
Auto Sniper Loose on Route 66
Police report the Blue Phantom sniper fired at motorists from a speeding blue 1950 Ford on Route 66 near Joliet Illinois. William Eirthisel of Plainfield wounded in the hand. Daniel Schonar of Kankakee shot at near Palmfield. Bullets sent for comparison to a Downtown St Louis case involving an executive wounded nearby.
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St. Louis
Illinois
Joliet
William Eirthisel Plainfield
Birthisel
Union Electric Co
Schemp
Daniel Schonar
Kankakee
Palmfield
Kago
Chonar
Reds label Ridgway inspirer of war in Korea Paris
Izvestia declares in Moscow that French demonstrated against Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway on arrival in Paris, calling him the inspirer of the war of brigandage in Korea. The dispatch notes the Paris protests occurred this week.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Matthew B. Ridgway
Paris
Korea
French Police Raid Reds in Nationwide Crackdown
Paris dawn raids target Communist party and allied groups after riots tied to Gen Ridgway’s arrival. Police seize arms and burn documents as six organizations are raided, including the Central National Headquarters and the Union of Republican Youth of France. Jacques Duclos, France’s top Red, is jailed on security charges.
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Reds
Paris
Ministry of Interior
General Confederation of Labor
Toulon
Red
Interior Ministry
Union of French Women
Seine Department
Association of Fighters For Peace
Association
Franc-s Tireur
Union of Republican Youth of France
Union of Republican Youth of French Women
France
No. 1
Jacques Duclos
Duclos
Communist Party
Matthew B. Ridgway
Dwight
New Hill in Horse Meat Case Charged
The New Hill Packing company of Murphysboro was charged in East St. Louis with violating federal meat inspection laws. A one count information alleges 28,730 pounds of ironed horse meat were shipped without inspection to Brighton Massachusetts. The summons returnable to East St. Louis court Tuesday.
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New Hill Packing Company
Murphysboro
East St. Louis
U.S
William Hart
Benton
Brighton
Mass
Pauker Purged In Romanian Communist Power Shakeup
Ana Pauker, once Romania’s leading Communist and key Politburo member, was toppled from party posts amid a high command purge. Reports say she retains government roles as vice premier and foreign minister, with Vienna papers noting removal from government and party offices.
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Romania
Ana Pauker
Washington
Communist High Command
Joseph Stalin
U. S
Bucharest
Lucretia Borgia
Catherine de Medici
Pauker
Wife Shows Strain As Minister Fasts 41 Days
Cherryville Missouri May 31 The wife of fasting Ozark preacher shows strain of near constant bedside vigil as Rev J J Ivie Assembly of God minister persists in his fast. He marks day 41 without food hoping for a divine word to spur a spiritual revival against sin and communism.
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Cherryville
Ozark
J. J. Ivie
Assembly of God
Stalin Urged to Quit by Doctors in Health Warning
Munich May 31 AP Radio Free Europe reported that Generalissimo Stalin was advised by his doctors to retire from all posts due to rapidly failing health. The broadcast noted stirring strife in Russia over succession but provided no verifiable sources for its claims.
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Munich
Grmany
Radio Free Europe
Stalin
The
Radio
Russia
Rado Free Europe
Europe
Mourning Period Ends for King George VI in London
The official mourning period for King George VI wraps up at midnight in London as authorities announce the end of the national observance. The move concludes a period marked by solemn ceremonies and public tributes across the United Kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George VI
Carbondale official loses hat to quick thief at city glow
Carbondale booster Roy Clutts reports a thief snatched his Century of Progress hat as he warned drivers near University and Sycamore while replacing a manhole cover Friday night at about 10. Police seek the suspect. The incident occurred during Centennial celebrations in the city.
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Carbondale
Roy Clutts
University and
Syccamore
Century of Progress
Mother Kills Two Children in Navy Town Tragedy
In Oakland area a navy lieutenant's wife, Mary Glenn, stabbed her two children Billie eight and Bobbie five to death with a paring knife after beating them with a baseball bat. She then attempted suicide by stabbing herself thirty times and was listed in good condition at Highland hospital. Husband Lieutenant Robert H. Glenn is stationed at Guam.
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Oakland
Calif
H. P. Gleason
Navy
Navy Project
Here
Gleason
Mary Glenn
Billie
Bobbie
Glenn
Highland Hospital
Reds Walk Out On Roosevelt Memorial Rites
Six Communist United Nations delegates from Russia Poland and Czechoslovakia walked out during a Memorial Day service for Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park New York as W Av erell Harriman denounced the Soviet turn to traitorous acts in the cause of peace. The delegates, members of the UN Economic and Social Council, left the rose garden grave site as Harriman spoke. They did not provide names or comments on their action.
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Ilvde Park
N. Y
United Nations
Franklin D. Roosevelt
W. Averell Harriman
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
U. N. Economic and Social Council
Harriman
Franklin Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Communists accuse UN of provoking POW exchange delay
Munsan Korea May 31 Communists truce negotiators charged the United Nations command with provoking a prisoner of war exchange delay and seeking to extend the war Nam Il protested riots that killed nine prisoners The Allied reply by Maj Gen William K Harrison stated the exchange could proceed apart from Communist stubbornness Nam Il refused an indefinite recess and a meeting was set for tomorrow
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
U.N
Nam Il
P.O.W
William K. Harrison, Jr
Graves of lynched bandits honored at Memorial Day
Wichita Falls May 31 AP Elmer Kid Lewis and Foster Crawford graves decorated again for Memorial Day. The pair, 36 years since robbing City National Bank of $410 and killing cashier Frank Dorsey, were remembered as an unknown number of locals paid respects.
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Wichita Falls
Elmer
Kid) Lewis
Foster Crawford
Shout Deer
City National Bank
Frank Dorsey
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Bernard Hilgenberg
Eign
Africa
India
Beckemeyer
187Th Airborne
Koje Island
Ires Taft
Gael Sullivan
Justice Department
David §. Ingalls
Taft-for-President Committee
Wall Street
Ingalls
Plan
Ridgway
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Roosevelt
W. A. Hamel
Scott Air Force, Base
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