180 Convicts Hunted in Palestine After Acre Prison Break
Palestine police with road blocks from Acre eastward hunted more than 180 convicts still at large after an explosion shattered Acre prison. Sixteen people were killed, including six attackers, four Jewish prisoners, one Arab prisoner, and five Jews shot at roadblocks. Nearly all troops were withdrawn, leaving a police dragnet across Acre Nazareth Galilee and the Jordan valley with Irgun Vzai Leumi claiming responsibility.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Acre
Green Plains
Jordan
Holy Land
Nazareth
Galilee
mid-East
Sixth Airborne
Mount Carmel
Irgun Vzai Leumi
Slayer of Four Killed by Posse in West Virginia
In Wayne West Virginia on May 5 a 40 man posse cornered and killed Oliver Hurley the 40 year old suspect in the killings of his wife and three other family members plus an infant wounded. Hurley was believed to have acted from mad jealousy over his estrangement with his wife.
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Wayne
W. Va
Here
Oliver Hurley
Hurley
Robert L. Drown
Drown
Susie Billups Hurley
Jay Hurley
William Hurley
Nora Belle Skeens
Lawrence Skeens
Aileen
Leonard
Allen
Floyd Wellman
Wellmans
Bozeman Child Believed Drowned
Billie Laurent five and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs Fred F Lau rent was believed drowned after falling into flooded Bozeman creek and swept away by swift water Police Chief A N Haas said over 100 searchers probed the creek but found no trace of the boy He and another child were playing along the bank when the other boy saw him disappear into the stream.
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Bozeman
Billie Laurent
Fred F. Laurent
Bozeman Creek
A. N. Haas
Union Pacific Chairman Praises Montana Citizens At Butte Dinner
E Roland Harriman, Union Pacific chairman, led a Montana tribute at a Finlen hotel dinner. He praised Butte and Montana as strong contributors to American progress and described UP’s future plans and investments. The visit included NY guests, Anaconda officials, and a large local contingent, with remarks on national confidence and cautions about idle fear.
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Butte
Montana
E. Roland Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Harriman
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
America
Finlen Hotel
New York
Union Pacific
E. S. McGlone
Anaconda Company
West
D. M. Kelly
Anaconda
Roy H. Glover
Anaconda Western
United States
Silver Bow Room
Gerry
Mann
McGlone
Kelly
Glover
William H. Guild
R. D. Corette
Railroad
Mr. Harriman
Mr. Kelly
Marcus
Jews Assured Voice in Committee at United Nations
United Nations General Assembly voted 44 to 7 to grant a hearing to the Jewish agency on the Palestine issue, while the Arab higher committee was barred from immediate appearance before the full body. A compromise, drafted by five small nations, lets the political committee decide who testifies and to hear the Jewish agency first.
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United Nations Hall
Flushing
N. Y
U.P
United Nations General Assembly
Palestine
Yugoslavia
Byelorussia
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Jewish Agency
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Farid Zeineddine
Syria
Europe
Hebrew Committee of National Liberation
United Nations
Mufti
Jerusalem
David Wdowinski
Hebrew Committee
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Hoover Warns Communist Reach Across All Fields
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told a House appropriations subcommittee that Communists have penetrated every field of activity in the United States with an estimated ten supporters for every party member. He cited movies radio and newspapers and said penetration has intensified in recent years though not predicting an imminent revolution. He testified during hearings on a bill to fund Justice Department expenses, which the panel approved and sent to the full House.
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Washington
FBI
Direcor
J. Edgar Hoover
House
Communists Party
Hoover
Justice Department
Communists Fight to Reopen Way to Manchuria
Peiping reports the rising Chinese Communists in north China push to reopen a corridor to Manchuria and already control Chihcheng in Jehol, about 170 miles northwest of Peiping and 48 miles east of Kalgan, key points along the route. General Tu Li-ming says Communist forces hold the city in the proposed path to Manchuria.
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Peiping
China
Manchuria
Tu Li-ming
Mukden
Shih Chieh Jih Pao
Chihcheng
Jehol
Kalgan
Hirohito Visits MacArthur in Tokyo Courtesy Call
Emperor Hirohito met General MacArthur at the American embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday morning. It was his fourth postwar visit, reportedly a courtesy call tied to Japan’s new constitution designating the emperor as a symbol of state.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Gen. MacArthur
Imperial Household
Illness Kills 25 Babies Across Lehigh Valley In 2 Hospitals
Twenty five infants have died since March 1 from a mysterious diarrhea first observed in Allentown and Somerville. At Temple University hospital 13 patients from Allentown are in isolated care with hope for declines in fatalities. Hospitals report outbreaks tied to Sacred Heart and Allentown General, with most victims under one year old and a drug streptomycin being shipped for trial. A physician suggested a viral contagious cause, noting simultaneous onset among newborns.
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Philadelphia
Allentown
Somerville
Temple University Hospital
Florence Purnn
Somerset Hospital
Frederick R. Bausch
Sacred Heart Hospital
Allentown General
Lehigh Valley
Temple
Appeals for Safe Return of Georgia Weckler
The eight year old girl Georgia Jean Weckler has been missing from her Fort Atkinson farm since last Thursday. Her father George C Weckler appealed on radio for her safe return as prosecutors say they believe she was abducted. A witness reported seeing a girl cry to be let out from a Fort Atkinson car later driven away.
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Fort Atkinson
Wis
Georgia Jean Weckler
Jefferson
George C. Weckler
Georgia
Bradley says he plans to stay at Veterans Administration
General Omar Bradley, head of the Veterans Administration, said on Monday he may be tired but is not discouraged and has no intention of quitting.
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Bradley
Washington
Omar Bradley
The
Veterans Administration
Kinared elected president of Butte city council
Walter Kinared a Democrat alderman from the Third ward was elected president of the Butte city council at the organization meeting opening Mayor Barry O Leary's fourth term. John Lindquist named vice president and five new aldermen took oath with the mayor.
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Walter Kinared
Butte
Barry O'Leary
John Lindquist
Ainared
Frank Moran
Sixth Ward
Kinared
Lindquist
O'Leary
Bery Wilson
D. J. Kinsella
Arthur J. Mehrens
J. D. Flynn
Tally Johns
Earl McCarthy
William A. Curran
Dewey McGeehan
John MccCartan
William B. Renouard
Pete J. Sodja
John J. Haggerty
Phil J. Doherty
H. B. Strasser
R. C. Kane
Berni Wilson
Helen Harstead
Julia McMullen
Helen Callahan
Albert J. Boyle
Art Johnson
William Crowley
City Corral
Bernard Holland
Theresa Frankino
Dayton C. Kennedy
James Quill
Butte Forecast Sees Clear to Partly Cloudy Weather
Butte sees clear to partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night with slightly cooler air. Highs near 70 to 80 in western Montana and 60 to 70 in eastern areas. Temperatures in Butte range 40 to 73 with a 70 degree expected maximum.
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School of Mines
Montana
Montana Flyers Escape Death In Two Airplane Crashes
In Miles City and Ekalaka Montana three flyers survived two crashes involving electric lines. Bill Grogan and Al Kurtz landed on Ekalaka Main Street after their plane struck a telephone line, stalling the engine with no injuries though the craft was damaged. Student pilot John Marcoux aged 19 landed after hitting a power line near Miles City and suffered second degree burns.
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Miles City
Bill Grogan
al Kurtz
Ekalaka
Here
John Marcoux
Stassen urges Truman to signal union bill stance
Harold E. Stassen said Republican leaders could work with President Truman on a union curbing bill he would sign if Truman initiates talks and clarifies what he will sign. Senator Ives vowed to oppose a nationwide union bargaining restriction, warning it could erode organized labor. Amendments aim to limit national unions from dictating terms to locals and require industry or area-wide parity.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Truman
Mr. Truman
Ives
R-N. Y
Ball
R-Minn
Byrd
D-Va
George
D-Ga
Smith
R-N. J
Senate
Labor Department
Unon
Transportation Bill Passes House Of Commons In Britain
The labor government pushed a sweeping nationalization of inland transport in Britain after a 308 to 194 vote. The bill would bring railroads bus and truck lines under government ownership and head to the Lords for final approval by mid summer.
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London
House of Commons
Britain
House of Lords
Maine Grants Local Option For Bar Service To Men
Governor Horace Hildreth signed a law permitting local option on beer and ale sales in taverns open to men only. Patrons would be served standing at a brass rail, reflecting a move toward reviving old bar customs in Augusta.
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Augusta
Maine
Horace Hildreth
Senate Reduces Labor Budget While Slashing Other Agencies
Senate action trims President Truman’s request for Labor and related agencies to 1.676 billion dollars a nearly 100 million cut. The House also cuts 162.9 million from State Commerce and Justice and federal courts. A conference will reconcile differences as funding covers July 1 start.
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Washington
Senate
Labor Department-Federal Security Agency
Truman
House
Senate House Conference Committee
House Appropriations Committee
State
Commerce and Justice
Labor Department
Edgar L. Wareren
Labor Department Conceillation Service
State Department
Voice of America
Marshall
Walter Bedell Smith
United States
Ruse
Ramadier Ousts 5 Communists in French Cabinet
Paris reports on May 5 say Premier Paul Ramadier dismissed five Communist ministers from his non Communist coalition government. An American official cited U S readiness to consider increased aid to a weakened French economy if Ramadier sustains the new coalition and if French Socialists commit to opposing Communist influence.
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Paris
United States
Paul Ramadier
Truman
Ramadier
Washington
America
West
Montanan Drowns While Reaching Recover Boat
Melvin Bailey aged 19 drowned at Lake Imo five miles from Billings while trying to recover a sailboat. His companion swam to help and Bailey was seized by cramps, sinking and later recovered. He left parents and siblings. the family lives on Billings beach. First Yellowstone county drowning this year.
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Billings
U.2
Melvin Bailey
Lake Imo
Here
Bailey
Billings Beach
Yellowstone County
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