Koje Island Prison Camp Quieted by UN Command
Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner reported that Communist led prisoners on Koje Island knuckled under to UN authority, with 27,600 moved to smaller stockades and about 30,000 to be relocated. Four compounds surrendered, 21 prisoners transferred from compound 85, and many inmates described starvation and mistreatment prior to transfer.
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Koje Island
Haydon L. Boatner
United Nations Authority
Boatner
Boamner
Rose
Walter M. Redden
Anniston
Ala
Redden
Francis Dodd
Boamer
Koje
Korea
Murray Says Union Shop One Obstacle
President Philip Murray of the CIO United Steelworkers told aides the union shop was one of four blockers to settling the steel strike. He named issues including management clauses, seniority, and incentive pay, insisting the union shop is not the only point of contention.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Murray
USW
Wich
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Steel
Steel Corporation
U.S. Steel Corporation
Russians Free Kidnapped West Berlin Citizen
Russians freed a German kidnapped from West Berlin while denying a British protest by continuing to hold two West Berlin women. A new Communist decree extended harsh measures to Berlin borders, turning streets into an armed frontier with possible prison or death for crossing.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West
French Planes Hit Vietminh Supply Lines North of Hanoi
In Indochina the French air force staged a major raid against the Vietminh supply corridor along Colonial Route No 3 from Thai Nguyen to Caobang. Fifty four fighter aircraft and twenty B 26 bombers dropped high explosives aimed at bridges and fords used to move war equipment from China. The strike targeted key Vietminh routes 40 to 120 miles north and northeast of Hanoi near the Chinese frontier. The action follows six years of hostilities and disrupts China supplied materiel movements.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Caobang
China
Senate Adopts Resolution Extending Truman Powers
Senate approves House passed resolution to extend the President's war powers until June. The action centers on ongoing wartime authority and the balance of executive power during a period of conflict.
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Senate
HOUSE
Truman
Washington
More Meat Will Be Available This Year Says Livestock Official
R C Pollock general manager of the National Livestock and Meat Board told directors at their annual meeting that total meat output will reach about 22 billion pounds this year. Per capita consumption could hit 140 pounds, up from last year. Pork may dip about four percent from 1951 while beef, lamb and veal rise 7, 12 and 6 percent respectively. More than 250 representatives attended.
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R. C. Pollock
National Livestock and Meat Board
Pollock
Weather summary for Thomasville Georgia June 18 1952
Partly cloudy hot and humid through Saturday with widely scattered thundershowers Saturday afternoon. Sunday expected partly cloudy and hot with more widely scattered thundershowers. Yesterday’s high 100, low 75. Record high this month 104, record low 49. No precipitation in last 24 hours or month to date. Normal rainfall 5.45 inches.
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Thomasville
Girls State Takes Over the Capitol in Georgia
A 16 year old Savannah girl Carolyn King acted as governor in the Capitol briefly during Girls State. She led the House and Senate sessions and addressed a joint session. Other offices noted include Lieutenant Governor Jimmie Copeland and Attorney General Charlie Wiggins. The event coincided with a governor race in Georgia with Roy Lucas and Roy Green contesting.
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Atlanta
Girls State
Capitol
Savannah
Carolyn King
Miss King
Doris Musgrave
Decatur
Georgia Military Academy
American Legion
Betty Ann Conger
Athens
Boys State
Georgia Tech
Roy Lucas
Newnan
Roy Green
Macon
House
Senate
Jimmie Copeland
Brunswick
Charlie Wiggins
Frances Garbutt
Valdosta
Supreme Court
Jack Arrington
Sumter
Cleone Morton
Albany
Minneapolis girl celebrates 13th birthday at home
Janice Heidelberger marked her 13th birthday at 1313 57th Ave North Minneapolis. The event coincides with a two day meeting of livestock and meat industry representatives from 36 states attending the group’s gathering.
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Minneapolis
Janice Heidelberger
57Th Ave. N
U S Smashes Back Chinese Counterattack on Korean Front
U S 45th Division troops repelled a Chinese counterattack on a hill mass west of Chorwon. Regiments 180th and 179th aided by fighters, tanks, and artillery drove Reds from Hill T after a dawn to dusk 14 hour battle. Thunderbird Division renewed assault, capturing the knob after heavy close combat.
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Seoul
U. S
Chorwon
Hill T
Thunderbird Division
Thunderbirds
Western Big Three Seek Accord on German Issues
Western Big Three powers seek a united position on how to discuss German issues with Russia. State Department officials say there is no basic disagreement if certain conditions are met, including an impartial inquiry into elections and political conditions in all Germany before any four-power talks.
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Big
Washington
Russia
State Department
Roheson
Moscow
Germany
United Nations
Aesien
United States
Onla
Weather Roller Coaster and Inflation Bills Move in Congress
Weather notes from Thomasville show highs around 90 with slight chances of a thundershower. the heat may persist for 2 to 3 days. In Washington, the House and Senate debate anti inflation curbs with bills extending authority to June 1953 and shaping wage and credit controls, including changes to the Wage Stabilization Board.
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Sara Porter
Thomasville
Mercury
Senate
Banking Committee
Washington
House
Eisenhower Hosts Picnic Meeting With Pennsylvania Delegation
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower held a shirt sleeve picnic on his 189 acre Gettysburg area farm to woo Gov John Fine and Pennsylvania's 70 GOP delegates. Fine leads a delegation split 20 for Eisenhower, 18 for Taft, 32 undecided. McKeldin asked about bloc talks. Eisenhower plans Detroit speech tomorrow before Chicago convention decision.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John §. Fine
Pennsylvania
Mac
Mats Aone
Eisenhower
New York
Fine
GOP
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Michigan
Maryland
Theodore McKeldin
Marylang
Detroit
Chicago
Harold. E. Stassen
Associated Press
Weather Outlook for North Georgia and Florida
Partly cloudy hot and humid with widely scattered thundershowers through Saturday. Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms over North Georgia today. Extreme Northwest Florida to see clear to partly cloudy conditions this afternoon tonight and Saturday with gentle to moderate easterly winds along the coast.
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North
Georgia
Florida
UN Faces No Spot To Dictate In Korean Talks
In Panmunjom the North Korean general Nam Il declared the United Nations is in no position to dictate terms on and off the battlefield. He insisted on blocking an armistice prisoner exchange as Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison signaled a session for tomorrow.
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Munban
United Nations
Nam Il
Panmunjom
Nam
William K. Harrison
U. N
Admiralspace: Radford reports slow arms deliveries to Chiang forces
Admiral Radford said military aid deliveries to Chiang Kai-shek’s forces were slower than hoped due to the need for careful staging and private provisions. He visited Formosa to assess the situation and cautioned that Communist attack on the mainland was unlikely.
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Washington
Arthur W
Radford
Pacific
Gener
Chiang Kat-Ghek
Formosa
Ten B-29 crew of missing in shark infested waters
Honolulu reports ten crewmen from a B-29 Superfortress ditched 176 miles west of Kwajalein are missing in shark infested seas. The 11 man force captain was rescued with a broken leg after four hours afloat. two of the bomber’s four engines apparently failed after takeoff for Guam.
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Honolulu
Kwajalein
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Guam
Eisenhower and Taft Meet Uncommitted Delegates
AP dispatch notes Pennsylvania's 70 GOP delegates gathering with Gen Dwight Eisenhower at his Gettysburg farm for questions while Sen Robert Taft plans talks later in Delaware and nearby states Talks reference potential three state coalition of Pennsylvania Michigan Maryland as convention looms Taft leads in AP tabulation with 464 votes to Eisenhower 29 with 140 delegate swing potential per balloting pattern
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Dwight Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Robert Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
New York
Taft
Delaware
Wilmington
Middle Atlantic
Virginia
Maryland
Chicago
Neightor Taft
Associated: Press
Michigan
Theodore McKeldin
McKeldin
John Fine
Arthur Summerfield
GOP
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Hertel
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