Koje Island POW camps split by barbed wire fence
On Koje Island Korea Brig Gen Haydon Boatner ordered a barbed wire fence to divide compound 607 into smaller camps. 3340 civilian internees watched as troops moved in. Rations were not used as a weapon though sand bags were placed to quell fires. Separate transfers moved 1660 prisoners from riot aftermath. In Munsan U N truce negotiators accused the Communists of demanding chained repatriation, while Maj Gen Harrison asserted the U N will not force prisoners back.
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Koje Island
Korea
Haydon Boatner
Kose
Boamer
Boatner
Koje
Pusan
William K. Harrison
U.N
Nam Il
Nam
Rope Theft Arrests Reported In FBI Sting
FBI arrests two men in Washington and New Orleans on charges of diversion and embezzlement of surplus rope. Capt Manuel Gonzales 42 an official with the U S Maritime Administration is accused of selling 170000 pounds of rope valued at about 8500 dollars. Emile Schmidt 65 acted as rope buyer. Hoover announced the case as a federal fraud sweep.
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Washington
FBI
Manuel Gonzales
U. S. Maritime Administration
Commerce Department Bldg
Emile Schmidt
New Orleans
J. Edgar Hoover
Gonzales
Postal Workers Payroll Bill Passed by House
Washington June 5 The House passed a compromise appropriation bill to cover overdue payrolls for about 500000 postal workers. The measure, approved by voice vote, moves to the Senate where rapid approval was expected before sending to President Truman.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
The U S Weather Bureau reports cloudy conditions with scattered thundershowers tonight and Friday. Low tonight 62, high Friday 84. Indiana sees partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms, lows 55 to 66, highs 75 to 86. Illinois notes partly cloudy north and central regions with similar thundershower chances and temperatures: lows 55 to 69, highs 75 to 88. River stage 6.9 feet and falling.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Dutch Thunderjet Hits Mine Sweeper in NATO Maneuver
A Dutch Thunderjet crashed into the 112-foot British minesweeper ML2582 during NATO air-sea maneuvers off Den Helder. The plane’s pilot and 15 British sailors were feared dead, two survivors rescued, and Rear Admiral Slot led the Dutch naval command.
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den Helder
Netherlands
London
Admiralty
Texel
Adm
C. W. Slot
Eighth A-Blast Lights Up Sky Over Nevada Test Site
Eighth atomic blast of the spring series lit the Nevada sky before dawn near Yucca Flat. Detonation occurred at 4:55 a.m. P.D.T. from a 300-foot tower, visible 65 miles away in Las Vegas. No troop maneuvers scheduled as the current Nevada series nears its end.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Yucca Flat
D.T
Atomic Energy Commission
Brakeman Paul Miller Killed in Railroad Accident
Sidney Ohio report says Paul Miller a 43 year old New York Central brakeman from Indianapolis was killed when two freight cars broke loose during switching and struck his locomotive cab on Wednesday.
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Sidney
Paul Miller
Indianapolis
New York Central
Miller
Four Cicero officials convicted in race riot case
Federal jurors convict Cicero police chief Erwin Konovsky and two officers for Civil Rights Statute violations and conspiracy tied to July rioting when a Black family moved into a 20 apartment building. Local officials Sanducky and Wesolowski were cleared on conspiracy charges. one officer Jana cek acquitted.
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Chicago
Cicero
Erwin Konovsky
Roland Brami
Frank A. Lange
Nicholas Berkes
Harvey E. Clark Jr
Frank Janacek
Henry J. Sanducky
Theodore Wesolowski
Army To Draft 29,000 In August
The Army issued a draft call for 29,000 men in August. The Marine Corps Air Force and Navy do not plan any draft calls that month. Since September 1950 the total drafted by all services reaches 983,430. The Army accounts for 902,000 and the Marines for 81,430.
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Washington
Army
Marine Corps
Air Force
Navy
Marines
Escapees From Berlin Red Zone Arrive in Clay City
A 27 year old Clay City mother reunites with her parents Bernard and Gertrude Krank refugees from the Russian Berlin zone. They fled Berlin at night and arrived aboard the S S Neptunia from Bremerhaven to Terre Haute then Clay City. The Kranks will stay with daughter Ingeborg Haviland and family as plans are made. The parents, aged 54 and 51, left New York Wednesday, their son Otto remaining in West Germany.
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Clay City
Ind
Germany
G.I
Berlin
Ingeborg Haviland
Ted Haviland
Bernard
Gertrude Krank
New York
S.S.D. Neptunia
Bremerhaven
Ingebork
Krank
Reds
Kranks
Terre Haute
Loretta Haviland
Rickie Lynn Haviland
Mr. Krank
Otto Krank
West Germany
Coal Producers Fight Freight Rate Hike In Indiana
Terre Haute spokesman Harold V. Scott warns at Indianapolis PSC hearing that a 6 percent rise in railroad freight rates could push coal users to other fuels. Indiana coal output has fallen 13.4 percent this year, with producers predicting the increase could wreck their market. O L Scales of Enos Coal Mining says buyers cannot bear higher costs, noting 12 to 15 cents per ton would erase last year’s 14 cent profit, while shippers face existing price ceilings and stiff competition.
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Terre Haute
Public Service Commission
Indianapolis
Harold V. Scott
Indiana Coal Trade Association
Indiana
U. S. Interstate Commerce Commission
Indiana P.S.C
O. L. Scales
Enos Coal Mining Company
Scales
Hero Decides to Be Hoosier at Camp Atterbury
P Sg t Anthony Herbert, a Korean War medal recipient from Herminie Pennsylvania, arrived at Camp Atterbury Indiana to request reassignment there. He cited praise for Indiana from buddies and hopes the post matches the commendations he earned, including four Purple Hearts a Bronze Star three Distinguished Unit Citations the Korean Campaign ribbon and four battle stars with the Second Division at Heartbreak Ridge.
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
Anthony Herbert
Korea
Indiana
Herminie
Atterbury
Heartbreak Ridge
Pulpit Confessor Cleared of Bank Robbery Charges
Albert Johnson, 23, who confessed involvement in a Hoyt bank holdup four years ago while preaching at a Topeka church, has had all charges dismissed by District Judge Robert H. Kaul under Kansas two year prosecution rules. Johnson said God directed him to surrender to warn youths and expressed aims to become a minister.
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Holton
Kan
Albert Johnson
Topeka
Hoyt
Robert H. Kaul
Johnson
Kansas
Pilot Alerts Crash as Wings Narrowly Miss Jets
Pittsburgh dispatch reports pilot Capt Henry Glaser of Chicago steered a twin engine airliner in a violent dive to avoid two approaching military planes. Nine passengers hospitalized and forty shaken as he landed on the unlit Allegheny County Airport. Glaser credited quick thinking and a dramatic maneuver to avert tragedy.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Burbank
Calif
Henry Glaser
Chicago
Allegheny County
Glaser
Civil Aeronautics
Arthur O’keefe
Boston
Helen Hatfield
Winterhaven
Fla
Freda Norton
Long Beach
Harold C. Walton
Bloomfield
N. J
Ella A. Baily
Harry Swanberg
Duluth
Minn
Indiana man pleads guilty to forgery in Hamilton County
Noblesville June 5 Roy Strong 30 who said he lives in Oregon faced a 2 to 14 year prison term after pleading guilty to forgery. Hamilton Circuit Judge Tom R White sentenced Strong.
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Noblesville
Ind
Roy Strong
Oregon
State
Hamilton
Tom R. White
Strong
Parke County Home Economics Club Tours Rural Life
The Parke County Home Economics Club introduces tours of Parke County homes to foster closer cooperation in work and living. The Sunday Tribune-Star features a report on rural life and farm work in the Wabash Valley, with coverage planned for Sunday.
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Parke County
Sunday Tribune-Star
Wabash Valley
Tribune-Star
Eisenhower on Political Job
United Press report from Abilene Kansas on June 6 describes Gen Dwight D Eisenhowers first major public political questions from reporters as he campaigns for the Republican nomination The piece notes critics demand more specifics and summarizes his arguments against excess taxation inflation bureaucracy and disunity while urging tax relief and broader prosperity He calls for peak foreign aid this year with possible cuts later and argues Democrats have been in power too long warning of graft and incompetence
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United Press
Abilene
Kan
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Plaza Theater
S.T
Taft
Prairie Town
Europe
United States
United States of America
House Passes New GI Bill in Record Vote
Washington June 5 The House voted 361 to 1 in favor of a new GI bill of rights for veterans discharged since Korea began on June 27 1950. Rep De Vereaux the sole dissenter was a former Wake Island Marine commander. The measure moves to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Korea
Devereaux
Real bargaining under way in Washington as stake rises
Washington officials report top steel industry leaders and the CIO Steelworkers Union entering a joint bargaining conference urged by the White House. A three man team for each side met about 90 minutes before adjourning for lunch. Talks aimed at resolving a six month nationwide steel strike affecting 750000 workers. Senate debates Maybank Taft plans to curb strikes and regulate defense industry labor.
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Washington
C.I.0
White House
Johnny Arzoomanian Heads Back Toward War Path
Johnny Arzoomanian a 13 year old Bronx eighth grader, repeatedly attempted to join the army or slip aboard a ship to Korea. He was picked up on Route 301 near Ferndale, Maryland, after leaving home Monday night, with police awaiting word from his mother and father.
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Ferndale
Johnny Arzoomanian
New York
Bronx
Korea
Baltimore
Truman Silent On Plans To Deal With Steel Crisis
President Truman said he will attend the Democratic national convention but not as nominee and will not send any steel crisis legislation to Congress. He refused further comment on the Supreme Court ruling that his seizure of steel mills was illegal. He gave no reply when asked about invoking the Taft Hartley act to end the strike and said a full Chicago convention presence would cause a disturbance. He offered no immediate explanation when pressed on his powers in the constitution.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Supreme Court
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
A C Strike Talks Recessed Until Monday At Terre Haute
Conciliators in the four week old Allis Chalmers strike at Terre Haute announce negotiations recessed until Monday afternoon. UAW leaders Berndt Wheatfill silent on progress toward an initial contract for 340 idle workers. Federal conciliator Ingles says some progress. AC manager Carson accuses the union of bad faith and demands and cites a four issue dispute, while claiming the strike was called to the detriment of AC’s people.
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Allis-Chalmers
Terre Haute
Raymond Berndt
United Automobile Workers
Clyde Wheatfill
U.A.W
Arthur Ingles
Martin L. Carson
A.C. Terre Haute Works
Henry F. Schricker
Carson
C.I.0
Berndt
Garfield Commencement Awards Highlight Class Achievements
Garfield High School shared diplomas and scholarships during the fortieth annual commencement awarding multiple students. Purdue and Rose Polytechnic scholarships were earned by several seniors, plus honors from Indiana State Teachers College and others. Eight Vigo County men also began medicals for Selective Service with calls for further physicals and inductions scheduled in June.
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Garfield
Garfield High School
Harry Briggs
James Conover
Purdue University
Robert Bolinger
Patrick Gallagher
Edward Jenkins
Shirley Latham
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Roy Kalen
Charles R. Hayward
Ellis
Paul Mason
Indiana State Teachers College
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Aire
Ul Ulil Vudi
Munsan
U. S. Weather Bureau
Legion Queen
Marlene Chambers
Thornton
American Legion
Albert Hanley
Robert Martin
Lebanon
Miss Chambers
Herbert Gerdink
Ine
Red Zone
Hero
Life
John Cutter
E.S.T
Steelman
Wage Stabilization Board
Sen. Maybank
D.S.C
Maybank
Sen. Taft
R.ohio
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Monroney
Johnny
A-C
Mary Alice Hughes
Edward Rowley
Vigo County
Local Selective Service Board
Reecie Tryon
Charles Moore, Jr
William Robert Willan
Franklin Monroe Lindsey
James Edward Mills
Russell Edward VanCamp
Carl William Green
Lawrence Ova Hulley
Federal Building
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