Americans Flee Shanghai as U S Fleet Evacuates
The U S fleet abandoned plans to evacuate 2060 Americans in Shanghai amid a Communist drive to isolate the port. Vice Admiral Badger led ships to the Yangtze as hospital ship Repose joined the withdrawal. New threats arose near Soochow and Hangchow with Nationalist defenders engaging along a 50 mile front.
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U. S
Woosung
Whangpoo
Yangtze
Soochow
Repose
Chilton
East China Sea
van Buren
Hangchow
Wee
China
End Of Berlin Blockade Near As Russians Accept Terms
The United States said the way is clear to lift the Berlin blockade if Soviet terms published by Moscow are accepted. The State Department issued a 1200 word statement after talks with Britain and France and a meeting at Lake Success.
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Washington
United States
Berlin
Moscow
State Department
Britain
France
Philip Jes Jessup
United Nations Security Council
Jessup
Lake Success
N. Y
Jacob A. Malik
U. N
Bly
Iatr
Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Tass
Malik
United Press
U S Ambassador in China Declared Safe by Washington
U P report states State Department officials said they are not worried about the safety of J Leighton Stuart ambassador to China. They noted no message of fear or prisoner status despite a warning to stay inside his Nanking residence. Brig Gen Soule to protest invasions of Stuart's home.
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Washington
U.P
State Department
J. Leighton Stuart
China
U. S
Nanking
Stuart
Associated Press
Yangtze Valley
Department
Robert H. Soule
Vandenberg Urges Soviet Leaders To Pledge Peace Agenda
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg proposes a Moscow declaration to heal East West rift. He calls for communism to abandon external conquest and for mutual good faith, disarmament, and a liveable world with self determination. He frames lifting the Berlin blockade as part of the path to peace.
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New York
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Russia
Moscow
Union of Soviet Socialist Rea
Vandenberg
Berlin
Baseball results from league games with late season scores
Detroit returns a 6 to 29 loss as Chicago blanks Detroit 6 to 1. Philadelphia falls to New York 5 to 6 while St. Louis loses 0 to 14 at Cleveland. Boston defeats Brooklyn 7 to 5. New York edges Philadelphia 5 to 4 in a ninth inning tie attempt. Cincinnati at St. Louis postponed due to rain. only scheduled games listed.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Baldwin Named to Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors
U S Senator Raymond E Bald win was named to the state supreme court of errors by Governor Chester Bowles. The move removes a potential gubernatorial rival for Bowles in 1950 and follows talk in Washington that Baldwin might seek a fourth term as governor.
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Hartford
Conn
U. S
Raymond E. Baldwin
R-Conn
State Supreme Court of Errors
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Washington
Baldwin
Connecticut
Rayburn Sees Labor Law Repeal Battle Set
Speaker Sam Rayburn predicted defeat for lawmakers seeking to preserve most Taft Hartley provisions as the Truman administration moves to repeal the labor act. The fight pits the administration backed Wagner act revival against a Republican southern Democrat coalition backing a Wood Ga substitute.
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Washington
U.2
Sam Rayburn
House
Rayburn
Truman
John S. Wood
D-Ga
Senator Kimball Treated In Hospital For Asthma
State Senator William F. Kimball of Pima County was hospitalized in Phoenix at St. Monica's after an asthma attack. He arrived from Tucson to attend a meeting of the legislative interim committee of which he is a member. Officials report he rested fairly well Monday night.
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Phoenix
William F. Kimball
Pima County
St. Monica’s Hospital
Tucson
Legislative Interim Committee
Sen. Kimball
Day's Activities In Congress
Senate opens debate on the labor department federal security appropriation bill approved by the house. Commerce committee continues airline industry investigation. Appropriation committee keeps hearings on the agriculture department money bill passed by the house. House starts debate on Taft Hartley law repeal. Banking committee holds public housing hearings. Un American activities probes American Slav congress. Veterans committee resumes pension bill hearings.
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Labor Department
House
Commerce Committee
Agriculture Department
Banking Committee
Un-American Activities Committee
Veterans Committee
Sullivan Quits Over Carrier Defense Policy Protest
Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan resigned in protest against the scrapping of a 65,000-ton super aircraft carrier. A White House notice confirmed the departure. Sullivan had submitted his resignation after a talk with the President, citing inadequate defense policy considerations.
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Washington
Navy
John L. Sullivan
White House
Sullivan
Defense Johnson
1200 Year Old Frog Sets Sights On Calaveras Style Jump
Lazarus a 1200 year old frog found in glacial ice is listed as a dark horse in the annual jumping frog contest to be held May 13 to May 15 in Angels Camp California. Dr D L Albasio plans to thaw and revive the creature and hopes it can set a record.
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Dark Horse
D. L. Albasio
Lazarus
Dana Glacier
Yosemite National Park
Albasio
Hunger and revolt grip Shanghai as currency collapses
Shanghai faces economic collapse as Nationalist forces siege the city. The dollar is worthless, the gold yuan crashes to extreme rates, and workers demand silver payments amid widespread inflation. Utilities and ports risk disruption as foreign nationals flee the beleaguered metropolis.
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Shanghai
Barris and Riedel Land In Safety After Record Flight
Fullerton pilots Bill Barris and Dick Riedel landed their Sunkist Lady aircraft in Tucson after a 42 day nonstop flight aimed at breaking the world endurance record by 11 days and 18 hours. The crew traveled an estimated 75,600 miles, with a 27 day Miami leg earlier in the test, and landed to a 10,000 strong crowd despite a missing tail wheel endured from a storm in Florida.
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Fullerton
Calif
U.P
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Tucson
Florida
Barris
Riedel
World Peace Congress Ends Six Day Paris Conclave
The Communist backed world peace congress ended in Paris after six days of attacks on the Atlantic pact the Marshall plan and American leaders. Delegates voted to form a permanent organization to wage propaganda against the United States and adopted a manifesto demanding outlawing of the atomic bomb and condemning military alliances colonialism and remilitarization of western Germany and Japan.
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Paris
World Peace Congress
United States
Germany
Annexation Debate Stirs South Tucson Annexation Opposition Held in City Hall
About 150 residents heard William S. Martin defend annexation while opposing residents argued against joining South Tucson. Martin asserted petitions were proper and not fraudulent and noted paving and services would continue if annexation occurred. Aired at the 1810 S Sixth Ave town hall meeting with residents Duff and McLean speaking for the opponents.
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Tucson
William S. Martin
South Park Avenue
South 12Th Avenue
S. Sixth Ave
Martin
South Tucson
South Fourth
South 10Th Avenues
W. Fred Duff
Nolen McLean
New Series Maps Israel Challenges and Assets
The Citizen begins a series on Israel the world’s new nation. AP correspondent James M. Long outlines the problems and assets of the young country once a Jewish dream now a reality. Tuesday’s article appears on page 5.
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Israel
Associated Press
James M. Long
Warns Coast of New Quakes
Dr. Reno Gutenberg of Cal Tech warned the U S Pacific coast faces a potential large quake or a series of smaller shocks. He noted increasing subsurface strains from Oregon to the Gulf of California and cited Hugo Benioff's charting as predicting seismic activity similar to 1906 San Francisco.
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Washington
U. S. Pacific Coast
Reno Gutenberg
California Institute of Technology
Oregon
Gulf of Lower California
Mexico
National Academy of Science
Hugo Benioff
Cal Tech
Benioff
Pacific Coast
Gutenberg
San Francisco
City Council Clashes Over Sewer Bond Bid Awards
Heated city council session ends with bids for the $1.5 million Tucson Pima sanitary district sewer project under review. Bonds sold to Henry Dahlberg and associates at 1.9043 percent. Menlo Park sewer bids ranged from Pioneer Constructors 105 152 to Mark Cockrill Contracting 134 257. bids forwarded to City Engineer Glenton Sykes for examination. Controversy also erupts in a bitter dispute over Eva DeConcini water company sale.
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Forrest Priser
Charles A. Brady
J. O. Niemann
William Codd
Tucson- Pima County
Menlo Park
Dahlberg
Henry Dahlberg
Glenton G. Sykes
Pioneer Constructors
Mark Cockrill Contracting Co
Phoenix
DeConcini
Eva DeConcini
Council
Delay Charges In Guatemala Involving Two Americans
The Guatemala ministry said charges against two American airmen, Harry Rothe and Walter Glenn of Tucson, for complicity in a revolutionary plot were delayed as the judge is on vacation. hearings may move from San Marcos to Quezaltenango. the men, who lack counsel, have three days after complaints are signed to hire lawyers before state counsel is assigned.
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House
UN American Activities Committee
Steve Nelson
Russia
Nelson
San Francisco
Rayburn
Guatemala
Ministry of Government
Harry Rothe
Falter Glenn
Tucson
San Marcos
Quezaltenango
Guatemala City
Glenn
Rothe
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