Guards Fire Riot Guns At POW Camp In Korea
American guards fired riot guns into Compound 604 at Kope Island Korea wounding four North Korean prisoners who defied orders. Two prisoners were taken to hospital others treated by fellow inmates as POW casualties rose with one dead and seven wounded overnight. Brig Gen Boatner condemned accidental shootings and ordered flags removed from several compounds amid ongoing tensions.
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Kope Island
Korea
U.N
Haydon L. Boatner
Boatner
Tank
Eisenhower Urges Strong Air Force In Future Wars
General Eisenhower says he favored a strong U S air force and air power dominance. He criticizes delays in air buildup and reflects on Taft and Truman while bidding farewell at the Pentagon before his retirement as supreme allied commander.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Truman
Pentagon
Defense Lovett
Lovett
Uniformed Services
United States
Secretary of Defense
Ike
Taft
Eo Eisenhower
Billy Mitchell
Carl A. Spaatz
Air Force
Burou
Congo
Cne
Jett
Hore
New
Kan
Cent
Yugoslavia
Spain
Russia
Europe
White House
CIO Walkout Chokes Off Vital Steel Production
A day into the steel strike, production plunged from 300000 tons to a trickle. About 26000 coal miners and thousands of railroad workers were laid off, with only skeleton crews remaining to guard equipment. Talks stalled as parties consider Wage Stabilization Board recommendations amid wage and contract disputes.
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CIO
Vital Steel Production
Woutley
Supreme Court
U. S. Steel Corp
Weirton Steel Co
Weirton
W. Va
Steubenville, C
Kaiser Steel
Truman
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
John A. Stephens
United
USW
Primaries in Three States Shape Ike's Retirement Year
General Dwight Eisenhower retires from the Army after 37 years and heads to Kansas as primaries in South Dakota California and Alabama and a Maryland convention shape the race for delegates. Taft battles Ike in South Dakota while Kefauver leads Democrats in the state. California GOP backs Warren. Kefauver leads Democrats there.
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Associated Press
Dwight Eisenhower
Hammnes Sela
NG Pichlutill
Washington
Kansas
South Dakota
California
Alabama
Maryland
Chicago
Eisenhower
Ohio
Sen
Robert Taft
Taft
Sen Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Bel Suse
Humphrey
Minnesota
Earl Warren
Warren
Kefauver
Atty
Edmund Brown
Furniture and Goods Wanted for Sale in Times Enterprise
Classified ad urges readers to sell unused items including pools motors rugs playpens baby carriages bicycles appliances and musical instruments through the Times Enterprise want ad service. The note emphasizes quick disposal and wide reach for household wares.
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Times-Enterprise
GOP Governors Charge Taft Seek Control by Clique
Ten Republican governors accuse a party wing of trying to seize control and override majority wishes in Texas Louisiana and Georgia. The signers include Sherman Adams New Hampshire and Edward Arn Kansas with Sheldon Eisenhower as rival to Taft for the presidential nomination. They insist the party go before the electorate with integrity and note that Texas Louisiana and Georgia have seated delegates by national party decision.
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Eisenhower
Robert Taft
Taft
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Ohio
Dwight Eisenhower
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Trump
Sherman Adams
Elmer An
National Party
Pelham Tomato Market Opens With Strong Buyer Turnout
The Independent Tomato Market of Pelham opened Monday June 2 with more buyers than ever, says partner Harry Frosteg. Market quality is slightly off due to rain but prices hold from 2.00 to 6.60 per bushel, with expectations for improved second picking and higher prices.
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Pelham
Harry Frosteg
Frosteg
Weather forecast for Georgia and Florida
Georgia partly cloudy and warm this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with a chance of thundershowers this afternoon and again Wednesday afternoon. Extreme Northwest Florida partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with gentle to moderate variable winds along the coast.
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Georgia
Florida
Congress Up In Air Over Steel Ruling
Washington lawmakers face election year debate after the Supreme Court outlawed President Truman's seizure of the steel industry. Some urge invoking Taft Hartley emergency powers. others warn against expanding executive authority. Reactions split along party lines as leaders weigh next steps.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Truman
House
Senate
Ben Russell
D-Ga
Earl Warren
California
Rep
Priest
D-Tenn
Walter
D-Pa
Ben
George
Vinson
Reed
Minton
Bishop Moore Opens 87th South Ga Methodist Conference
Bishop Arthur J. Moore of Atlanta opened the 87th South Georgia Methodist Conference at First Methodist Church in Thomasville. About 550 delegates and an equal number of visitors attended as Moore urged renewed faith and bold work, thanking workers behind the statistics.
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South Georgia
First Methodist
Arthur J. Moore
Atlanta
Moore
C. W. McKinnon
Thomasville
British Barricade Red Radio Station in Berlin
British military police barred Radio Berlin with a barbed wire barricade in the western sector. About 20 Russian gunners remained inside the red brick building as British and German police cordoned the area and warned that exit was allowed but reentry refused.
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Berlin
Radio
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