Huge Korean ammo dump explosion kills soldier
An explosion at the Eighth Army ammunition depot in Haeunde Korea killed one American and injured 31 Americans and Koreans. Two Americans were missing as a massive fire sent shrapnel and debris across the area. Firefighters and troops evacuated the village and fought fires for days. Brig Gen Henry Kellogg praised the volunteers for bravery.
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Haeunde
Korea
Eighth Army
Tucson
Pusan
James A. van Fleet
Henry K. Kellogg
Los Angeles
Swedish Catalina shot down by Soviet jets near Estonia
Soviet MiG-15s attacked an unarmed Swedish Catalina searching for a missing air force transport off the Estonian coast. Seven crew survived rescue by a German merchant ship, with two wounded. Sweden protested to the Soviet ambassador and demanded an investigation while criticizing espionage by diplomats.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Estonia
Erlander
Hangoe
Finland
Helsinki
Catalina
Swedish Air Force Command
Iast
Red troops strike in Korea raid with heavy losses
In Korea a Chinese assault west of Chorwon failed after a night-long battle that left many Reds dead. American 179th and 180th regiments kept radio contact while six probing attacks occurred elsewhere on the western front. At sea, Buck killed or wounded 50 of 75 Red troops unloading boxcars near Kojo. Minesweepers Sank sampans and a train near Wonsan while Swallow and Murrelet faced shell fire near Songjin harbor.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
Chorwon
Panmunjom
Yonchon
Buck
Kojo
Shoverler
Toucan
Curlew
Wonsan
Tokyo
Navy
Songjin
Swallow
Murrelet
David A. Rostan
Girard
Ohio
Big Three Meet Called On Russia
Washington officials launch talks with Britain and France on dividing postwar problems Korea Indo China and Germany dominate the agenda amid concerns of a new Moscow push led by Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko Acheson Lovett and international ministers prepare for London discussion on German unification and allied strategy.
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Washington
United States
Korea
Indo-China
Germany
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
London
France
Jean Letourneau
Acheson
State
Defense Department
Lord Alexander
Defense
Lovett
Alexander
Britain
Russia
Malik Calls Germ Warfare Meet In UN Security Council
United Nations in New York advises a security council session called by Jacob Malik to discuss Soviet germ warfare charges against the United States and allies. The move follows a failed push in the disarmament commission. Malik’s chairmanship ends June 30 with Sir Gladwyn Jebb set to succeed.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
United Nations’ Security Council
Soviet Union
Security Council
U.N. Disarmament Commission
United States
U.N
Malik
U.N. Assembly
Paris
Council
Argue
Korea
China
Disarmament Commission
Gladwyn Jebb
Britain
Senate OKs Flood Bill Amid Higher Army Funding
The Senate appropriations committee approved a flood control bill granting the Army Engineers $666,774,699 for flood control navigation and related works. The package lifts totals by about 35 percent from the House vote while excluding any funding for Tucson’s local project. The bill, now moving to the Senate, earmarks $277,135,600 for rivers and harbors $302,077,200 for flood control $62,520,000 for lower Mississippi projects and $18,822,549 for the Panama Canal Zone.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Army Engineers
Tucson
Senate
Truman
Mississippi River
Panama Canal Zone
Woman Beater Is Flogged in Delaware Public Punishment
John P. Barbieri, 30, endured twenty lashes on his bare back in Delaware's first public flogging in three years for beating his wife, Belle Davis. The sentence, six months in the workhouse plus flogging, was carried out under Warden Elwood Wilson with limited observers. Barbieri, shackled and escorted to the Newcastle county workhouse courtyard, showed bruises but no blood as the event proceeded. The judge defended flogging as appropriate for male violence against women.
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Wilmington
Del
John P. Barbieri
Delaware
Barbieri
Belle Davis
Elwood Wilson
Wilson
Newcastle County
F. Raymond Baker
Second Baptist Church of
Caleb R. Layton III
Layton
Maryland
Mount McKinley Climbers Begin Arctic Ascent Mission
Four mountaineering parties converge on Mt McKinley led by Capt William D Hackett of Portland Oregon One group carries nuclear plates to record cosmic rays and will leave them on the peak for study Doctor S A Korff of NYU supplied the plates The crews will file reports on Arctic trail rations and explore mountaineering science for the U S Army
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Anchorage
Alaska
Mt. McKinley
North America
McKinley
William D. Hackett
Portland
Ore
Fairbanks
Mexico
Harvard College
White Tower
Hackett
S. A. Korff
New York University
Physics Department
America
Army
Taft Kefauver Debate On TV Showdowns June 1952
Taft and Kefauver traded barbs on NBCs American Forum Of The Air in a gloves off display of campaign stances on foreign policy and corruption. Taft asserted no deals or debts while Kefauver pressed for crackdown on racketeers. The pair also discussed Eisenhowers no deal remark and the 1952 campaign prospects.
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Taft
Ohio
Kefauver
NBC
Baseball scores from a busy night across the leagues
Associated Press reports results with Pittsburgh trailing Philadelphia 4 to 5, St Louis leading New York 7 to 8 in a series of competitive games.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Heat Wave Across Arizona and Nation Sees High Temps
The Tucson area recorded 103 degrees in the shade yesterday with a cool 68 degrees by 5:30 a.m. Today forecast calls for more hot weather. Other locations: Yuma 106, Mt Lemmon 72, Flagstaff 78, Phoenix 102, North Platte Neb 107 as national high.
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Yuma
Mt. Lemmon
Flagstaff
Phoenix
North Platte
Neb
Jewish Arab Clashes Continue in Tunis Third Day
In Tunis the third straight day of Jewish Arab clashes wounded ten people. Rioters set fires to wheat fields to disrupt the French protectorate economy as authorities deploy troops to combat the unrest and protect shops amid tense anti French activity.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Sidi Lamine Bey
U S and Russia Set to Resume Debt Parley
Washington says talks will restart in Moscow to settle the Soviet World War II lend lease debt of about 11 billion dollars. Negotiations paused ten months after US proposed 500 million and Moscow countered with 300 million.
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Washington
Moscow
United States
Soviet Russia
Martin Appeal Is Rejected
The Arizona supreme court upheld the bribery conviction of former Pima county sheriff Jerome P. Martin who was sentenced to two to five years for taking money from a prostitute to allow her operation on Ina road. He was convicted by a Pima county jury in 1950 for receiving 300 dollars and faced three felony counts. the high court affirmed the trial court and Martin, free on bond, has 15 days to seek a rehearing before beginning his Florence prison term.
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Arizona Supreme Court
Pima
Jerome P. Martin
Martin
Pima County
Dolores Raines
Ina Road
Morris K. Udall
Richard B. Evans
Evans
Porter Murray
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Florence
Robert Morrison
Justice Leaders Quit as Truman Reshapes Justice Dept
Washington reports a broad reorganization as three of six assistant attorneys general resign. Harold S. Baynton H. Graham Morison and William A. Underhill leave AL property antitrust and lands posts. James P. McGranery accepts the resignations amid department upheaval and prior courtesy resignations by division heads.
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Washington
Justice Department
Harold SL. Baynton
Office of
Alien Property
H. Graham Morison
Johnson City
Deland
Fla
Truman
James P. McGranery
Philadelphia
McGranery
J. Howard McGrath
T. Lamar Caudle
McGrath
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
Western Union Workers Lose Claims
The Arizona state employment security commission denied compensation claims of 46 Western Union workers who struck from April 2 to May 26 in Tucson Nogales Phoenix Winslow Yuma and Holbrook. Special deputy Henry Haas said denials were due to prior employment with Western Union or direct involvement in the labor dispute.
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Phoenix
Western Union
State Employment Security Commission
Tucson
Nogales
Winslow
Yuma
Holbrook
Henry Haas
Long Island Trains Halt As Engineers Strike Shuts Down Commute
New York Long Island Rail Road stopped service after a strike by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Motormen. About 360 engineers and motormen walked out over operating rules and seniority, leaving 150,000 commuters stranded. Buses were brought into service as traffic clogged major parkways into Manhattan.
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New York
Long Island
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ind
New York City
New York City Board of Transportation
Queens
Steel Seizure Law Doubted by House Leader
Speaker Rayburn voiced doubt that Congress could pass any steel seizure legislation now as President Truman seeks action. He noted the House aims to leave before the national party conventions with the Republican gathering due July 7. Senate Leader McFarland said swift passage of appropriation bills is the priority, with no clear finish date.
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Washington
Rayburn
Congress
Truman
Texas
White House
House
Senate
McFarland (Ariz
Barkley
McCormack
Mass
Just Whose Day Was It To Howl
George Coyle's identical triplet sons wandered off at Palisades Park in New Jersey yesterday. The father corralled the two year olds after separate searches, joking that it was "some Father's day" as he gathered each child.
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Palisades Park
N. J
U.P
George Coyle
Coyle
Two Piano Recital At UA In Liberal Arts Auditorium
University of Arizona faculty present a two piano recital tonight in the liberal arts auditorium at 7 30 p m Edna Church and Andrew Buchhauser perform a duo. The schedule lists softball games at Santa Rita park and a band concert on school grounds with other community events tonight and tomorrow.
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University of Arizona
Cine Plaza
Santa Rita Park
Edna Church
Andrew Buchhauser
Liberal Arts
Alice
Amphimaar
Latter Day Saints
Infilco
Santa Rita Ipark
Tucson Board of Education Meeting Notice
The Tucson board of education will convene tomorrow at 7 45 p m at 15 South Park Avenue to discuss district matters.
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Tucson Board of Education
S. Park Ave
Arrowhead Reserve Training Highlighted on Page 12
Tucson reservists train with drills and coordination emphasized in house exercises. The note appears in the page 12 listing for art and community features, reflecting local military readiness coverage.
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Tucson
U.S
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Eisenhower
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