West Berlin restrains troops as May Day clashes loom
Berlin reports reveal Western commanders ordered troops off streets and into barracks for May Day demonstrations while 8,000 Allied troops were alerted. mass rallies planned on both sides of the sector with hundreds of thousands expected. leadership urged unity against Soviet actions.
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Berlin
East
West Berlin
People's Police
Reichstag
Brandenburg Gate
den Linden
Lustgarten
Germany
Ernst Reuter
Jakob Kaiser
Western Germany
National Front
Johannes Stumm
Mock Red invasion planned in Mosinee Wisconsin
In Mosinee Wisconsin a town plans a mock Red invasion Monday as real Communists distribute handbills and The Daily Worker to craft a miniature cold war scene. Ex Communist Benjamin Gitlow warns of the danger while American Legionnaires pledge stronger security measures.
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Mclinee
Wis
U.P
Daily Worker
Mosinee
Soviet Union
American Legion
United States
Benjamin Gitlow
Voice of America
Four States Vote Tuesday in Key Primary Contests
Voters in Florida Alabama Ohio Indiana and a pair of contests in each state shape party control and 1952 prospects. In Florida Sen Pepper faces Smathers with Truman programs at stake and a nationwide test on policy impact. Ohio Democrats duel for a Taft opposition with Ferguson and Disalle as leading contenders. Alabama decides whether Truman Democrats or States Rights forces control the party machinery, while Indiana offers no national issues.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Truman
Florida
Alabama
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Indiana
Claude Pepper
George Smathers
Pepper
Mr. Truman
Smathers
Free State
Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
Michael V. Disalle
Toledo
Plane crash in Arkansas kills two and injures others
In Mountain Home Arkansas a private family plane slammed into a mountain peak on Sunday killing Stockton California man Bill Houston and his seven year old son Garry Don. Mrs Houston aged 28 was critically burned and their daughter Mary Ann three suffered a broken leg and burns.
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Ark
Stockton, Calif
Bill Houston
Garry Don
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Increasing high cloudiness and mild trend forecast for Monday with highs near 54 in Butte and 50 to 60 west of the Divide. East of Divide expect fair with rising temps 45 to 55. Maximum readings reflect 12 hours, minimums 18 hours to 5:30 Sunday.
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School of Mines
Maxinim
Divide
Associated Press
Max. Min
Daylight Time Takes Effect Across Mining Cities
Daylight saving time begins in Butte and Anaconda with most local operations on daylight time while railways and buses stay on standard time. Public and parochial schools switch, and Deer Lodge National Forest offices stay on standard time. about 90 million Americans observe the change.
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Butte
Butte Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda
Deer Lodge National Forest
Lambert Woman Dies in Wreck on Montana Highway 16
In Montana 28 miles north west of Sidney on Highway 16 a coupe overturned in a harrow at 2 a.m. Sunday killing Mrs. Andrew Tassass of Lambert, 41, who died before help arrived. Mrs. Hilda Peters on of Fairview, about 50, suffered shock. Pete Gossline of Sidney was uninjured. Coroner Jerry Cloyd will hold an inquest Tuesday night.
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Sidney
Andrew Tassass
Lambert
Here
Montana
Hilda Peterson
Fairview
Pete Gossline
Tassass
Breadless Monday hit San Francisco unions strike waves
San Francisco faced a breadless Monday as 95 percent of bakery supplies were cut off by a Bakers union strike. The AFL Bakers union struck Crowheat Baking at 9 30 p m Saturday and three other large bakeries followed, shutting down in protest.
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San Francisco
San
Funeral Rites Held for Americans Murdered in Java
Funeral services for Yale professor Raymond Kennedy and Time Life correspondent Robert Doyle were held in Bandoeng Java. The joint service at the Dutch Catholic church graveside ended with burial in the European cemetery. Hundreds of Americans Indonesians and UN representatives attended plus US Embassy officials. Indonesian Police Chief Sukarto arrived to push the investigation into the unsolved murder.
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Bandoeng
Java
USA
Yale University
Raymond Kennedy
Time and Life
Robert Doyle
United States
United Nations
USI
Mononutu
Sukarto
Jakarta
Time
Life
Cheribon
West Java
Jogjakarta
Republic of Indonesia
Central Java
McCarthy Criticizes Truman Over Reds Claim
Senator McCarthy accuses President Truman of political gain or poor information in saying Communism is not a major force in the United States. Senator Tydings reports new undisclosed evidence potentially affecting the Senate investigation, as hearings resume and possible contempt citations of Earl Browder and Frederick Vanderbilt Field are considered.
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Washington
McCarthy
Rwis
Truman
Tydings
D-Md
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations
State Department
Earl Browder
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Browder
Field
2000 Swarmer Jump Demonstrates Airborne Readiness
At Fort Bragg Secretary of the Army Frank Pace watched a 2000-man mass parachute jump during Exercise Swarmer. The 325th regiment of the 82nd Airborne reported no fatalities and 11 injuries as Gen. J Lawton Collins observed the field maneuvers and praised the troops and unified training.
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Camp MacKall
N. C
11Th
82Nd Airborne
Air Force
Navy
United States
Fort Bragg
Frank Pace
325Th Regiment
82Nd Airborne Division
Army
J. Lawton Collins
325Th
Pace
County Grand Jury to Probe KC Gambling Ring That Ran 34 Million
Missouri authorities move to launch a state level probe into a Kansas City gambling empire tied to a federal grand jury report. Noted figures Charles Binaggio and Charles Gargotta are named among gang leaders. Gargotta was killed April 5 and Binaggio later met the same fate. The county grand jury is set to convene May 8 and may review federal evidence, with sessions possible through September.
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Midwest
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Charles Binaggio
Charles Gargotta
Gargotta
Binaggio
Ray C. Cowan
Henry Fox, Jr
Fox
Phone Installers Begin Picketing Across States
Western Electric installers of Division 6 of the Communications Workers of America threatened a nationwide walkout of more than 200,000 telephone workers. They planned to picket 43 states starting Monday, with unions bound by lines around exchanges. Newark saw a brief, unauthorized march before lines were established.
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New York
U.P
Western Electric
Western Electric Telephone Equipment
Division 6
The
Communications Workers of America
CIO
CWA
Thomas R. Steutel
Wayne Gray
Denver
Newark
N. J
Bitter cold grips U S on eve of May Day snow blankets north
Snow blankets from Wyoming to the Dakotas and Minnesota with Bemidji reporting 14 inches as an unusually cold May Day weekend grips most of the nation. Temperatures fall below freezing in northern states, with light to heavy freezes forecast for Missouri and Kansas.
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Associated Press
Wyoming
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Bemidji
Minn
Alabama
Tennessee
Appalacians
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Central Plains
Rocky Mountain
Rapid City
S. D
Missouri
Kansas
New York Area
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Omaha
Duluth
New York
Miami
Memphis
Fort Worth
Yuma
Los Angeles
Seattle
Denver
Stronger Soviet Forces Ordered as May Day Approaches
Soviet Army Minister Marshal A M Vassilevsky and Navy Minister Adm I S Yumanshev urged higher combat skill and vigilance. Vassilevsky ordered 20 salvoes in Moscow and other cities as May Day prep. Yumanshev pressed improved efficiency, discipline, and organization to counter imperialist intrigue.
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London
U.R
Russia
Soviet Union
A. M. Vassilevsky
Adm
I. S. Yumanshev
Vassilevsky
Moscow
Yumanshev
Scouts Benefit From Voluntary Builders Charity
Ten carpenters and roofers spent Sunday roofing two and a half houses in Denver then donated their 108 dollars in wages to two Boy Scouts. The funds support sending representatives to the national jamboree next month at Valley Forge Pennsylvania after Westwood Scout troop fell short of earnings.
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Denver
Westwood
Valley Forge
Moen Held in Vancouver Cell on Forgery Warrant
In Salem Oregon on April 30 Henry Moen of Sublimity visited a friend in the county jail in Vancouver Washington. A deputy recognizing him found he was wanted for forgery and Moen waived extradition to face charges. He was placed in a cell awaiting transfer.
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Salem
Ore
U.P
Henry Moen
Moen
Vancouver
Wash
USAF B-25 Crash Kills Six Near Lebanon Illinois
An Air Force B-25 bomber struck a tree near Lebanon Illinois on a Sunday, ignited two houses, and killed six men aboard. Wreckage spread over a block, a parachute was found, and all occupants are believed dead. Fire chiefs from Lebanon and Scott Air Base fought the blaze after the plane exploded twice.
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Lebanon
Air Force
Army
Frank H. Wolf
Walter Bridges
Wolf
Batchtown
Bridges
Henry Christ
Scott Air Base
Leon Church
The
Navy Carrier Ready for Atomic Planes Says CNO
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman told Meet the Press that the U S Navy now has a carrier capable of delivering an atomic bomb with a large plane He said there is no conclusive evidence of foreign submarines off U S coasts and that Russia has nearly twice the U S Navy’s manpower He added the U S could defend against long range snorkel submarines and Western Europe against Russian aggression with proper defense strategies
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Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
United States Navy
National Broadcasting Company
Meet the Press
United States
Russia
Western
Europe
Sherman
Electrical Burns Kill Denver Man
George Earl a 42 year old Denver man died from burns after touching a 4 000 volt power line while on duty in downtown Denver Wednesday. He lay unconscious over a crossbar for about 30 minutes before rescue.
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Denver
George Earl
Earl
Truman's Cross Country Swing Launches 16 States Tour
President Truman begins a 6 400 mile cross country tour to stump for Democratic congressional candidates. He will speak eight times and hold over 50 informal talks in 16 states from Wyoming to Montana, with ChicagoMay 15 as the final jamboree. Republicans vow immediate response and seek equal radio time.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Wyoming
Montana
Brewster
Maine
GOP
Senate
House
National Committee
Guy G. Gabrielson
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
Chicago
Lincoln
Neb
Bonner to Fly, Join Truman on Montana Trip
Gov. John W. Bonner said he will join President Truman on the special train in Washington state May 11 and escort him across Montana. Bonner will fly to Grand Coulee from Kalispell May 11 after a Columbia Basin inter agency meeting, with Truman dedicating Grand Coulee dam and Lake Roosevelt before Missoula May 12.
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Helena
John W. Bonner
President Truman
Washington State
Montana
Bonner
Washington
Grand Coulee Dam
Kalispe l
Columbia Basin
Truman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Missoula
State
Nashua
Inter-Agency Committee
Columbia Falls
Kalispell
Rocking chair draws crowds in Muscatine Iowa sale bid
Floyd and Mrs Holladay in Muscatine say they will sell their self rocking chair if the price is right. Hundreds from eastern Iowa visited their six room home to see the chair rock without assistance. Newsmen and Roy Luce of KWPC tested it and could not stop the rocking. A physics teacher suggested house vibrations keep the chair balanced and rocking.
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Muscatine
Iowa
U.P
Floyd Holladays
Floyd Holladay
Roy Luce
KWPC
Luce
Morton Gailey
Plode
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Wisconsin
By Michael J. O'Neill
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Solon
NEA Telephoto
U. S
USAF
CNO
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