Hangchow falls as Nationalists retreat and sea lanes only option
The Hangchow port city surrenders to Communist forces cutting off a land escape for Nationalists. About 80,000 Nationalists reportedly captured in the Hangchow Shanghai Nanking triangle. Evacuations by sea underway with American President lines Geno Gordon and U S Navy ready to move Americans if needed.
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Shanghai
Hangchow
Nanking
Red
Chiang Kaishek
Red Radio
Kashing
President Lines
U. S. Navy
Mark Clark May Replace Gen. Clay In European Post
Speculation swirls over who will succeed Gen. Lucius D. Clay as commander of U.S. forces in Europe as Clay plans to quit May 15 and hand over occupied Germany to a civilian high commissioner around July 1. Gen. Mark W. Clark is named as a leading figure, with candidates including Gen. J. Lawton Collins Jr. and Gen. Thomas T. Handy, while the final choice hinges on whether a four star general is chosen for prestige and front line command in the cold war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Mark W. Clark
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Europe
Clay
U.S
Germany
John J. McCloy
World Bank
Russia
Clark
J. Lawton Collins Jr
Thomas T. Handy
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Jacob L. Devers
Army
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Omar N. Bradley
Swnsey
George P. Hays
Clarence R. Huebner
Strike Delays Arizona Cement Plant Work Over Union Jurisdiction
Construction on the $3 million Arizona Portland Cement Co. plant in Rillito halted when boilermakers AFL walked off to protest iron workers AFL gaining kiln work jurisdiction. Other unions paused as well. A National Labor Relations Board official was en route to Tucson to help resolve the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Portland Cement Co
Rillito
Boilermakers Union
AFL
Iron Workers Union
Tucson Construction and Building Trades Council
Fred D. Rhodes
National Labor Relations Board
Tucson
Fisher Contracting Co
Allison Steel Co
Phoenix
Joseph P. Condrey
Associated General Contractors
Fisher Company
National Joint Board For
Washington
Condrey
John T. Dunlap
Joint Board
Democrats Beat Wood Labor Bill by Three Votes
The House on May 4 recessed the Wood labor bill by sending it back to committee after a 212 to 209 recommit margin. Arizona representatives Patten and Murdoch voted against recommittal, while Republican leaders faced an upset as 217 to 203 favored the Wood bill Tuesday. The stalemate leaves no labor bill before the House and shifts focus to Senate action.
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House
Washington
Truman
Arizona
Harold A. Patten
John Murdock
Senate
Congress
Blue Triplet to Travel for Specialist Treatment Next Week
Georgia Ann Wells a 10 month old known as the blue baby at Tucson Medical Center will be moved to Los Angeles May 10 or 11 for specialist care. Her aunt Mrs. James G. Sutherland of Tucson said the care plan was confirmed after contact with a coast blue baby specialist. Georgia Ann's first examination by the surgeon is tentatively set for May 12. The Wells family of Willcox prepared for the trip and Georgia Ann’s health will determine travel mode next Monday or Tuesday.
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Georgia Ann Wells
Tucson
Los Angeles
James G. Sutherland
Georgia Ann
Vivian Tappan
William T. Wells
Willcox
Four Trapped In Coal Mine In Pennsylvania
Four men were trapped underground by a fire at Centralia Mining Co No 5 colliery near Girardville Pennsylvania. Rescue teams worked to clear smoke and restore air as 50 to 75 workers assisted, two men escaped earlier and reported smoke and partial revival.
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Girardville
Centralia Mining Co
Pennsylvania
Tucson
Ingrid Bergman says she will rejoin husband after film work
Ingrid Bergman released a statement from Rome saying she will finish the Rossellini project in Italy and then join her husband Dr. Peter Lindstrom in the United States or Sweden. She said the move is for her family’s protection and that no further private-life statements will follow.
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International
Peter Lindstrom
Ingrid Bergman
Italy
Roberto Rossellini
Rome
U. S
Sweden
RKO Pictures
Miss Bergman
Lindstrom
Hollywood
Dr. Lindstrom
Rossellini
Messina
Sicily
RKO
Lat Messina
Stromboli
God's Earth
Momento
United States
Signor Rossellini
Baseball Results Narrowly Split Across Leagues
National League provided Cincinnati and Brooklyn games with high scoring, Cincinnati winning 17 to 5 over Brooklyn after a 0 0 0 start and late rallies. Pittsburgh defeated New York 11 to 4 as Muncrief and teammates held off a NY comeback. In the American League Philadelphia outslugged Cleveland 5 to 0 with a late surge, while Washington beat Chicago 8 to 7 in a close contest.
Dulles warns war possible if NATO pact repudiated
President Eisenhower administration reports indicate John Foster Dulles warns that renouncing the North Atlantic pact could make war highly probable. Dean Acheson says prosecutions planned against Romania Bulgaria and Hungary for human rights treaty violations and religious persecutions. Also reports list a deadly Turin air crash killing 31, plus local notes including Gov Dan Garvey returning from Pensacola and Nogales UFO sightings and the death of Edward Holler Sr., a Nogales pioneer.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
United States
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Education Aid Bill Near Vote
The Senate rejected an amendment by Sen. Tydings to strip funds from the federal education aid bill, voting 57 to 17. The measure would have limited aid to 25 states, withholding it from 23 states and the District of Columbia, while the main bill provides grants for teacher salaries and school operating costs based on per child amounts.
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Washington
Senate
Tydings
D-Md
District of Columbia
Winslow Loses Recontrol Plea in Arizona
Washington reports Housing Expeditor Tighe E. Woods denied the Winslow Arizona rent area’s bid to restore controls after decontrol on April 9. The decision hinges on evidence of rent increases and eviction trends since decontrol, with the action described as without prejudice and open to further appeal.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Winslow
Ariz
Defense
Holbrook, Ariz
Winslow Board
Woods
Landlords Push Increase Requests Under New Rent Ceilings
Washington reports landlords flood local offices with rent increase petitions under the fair net income ceiling. By week’s end officials forecast about 200000 petitions nationwide, with shortages of printed forms in major cities. Tucson area filings were sparse, and ceilings yield higher net returns in smaller markets than in eastern cities.
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Washington
Tighe Woods
Lloyd H. Meenan
Tucson
Tucson Area
Woods
New York
Boston
Los Angeles
Baltimore
Government
Buckeye Sailor Slain On Ship
An 18 year old sailor is questioned after the shooting of navy petty officer Robert William Long on a patrol boat at the Key West naval base. Long, 23, from Buckeye Arizona, was killed reportedly after confronting a crew member attempting to break into an arms locker. John B Hollingsworth of Asheville North Carolina was brought back from Clouds north of Miami to face a navy inquiry.
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Key West
Fla
Navy
Robert William Long
Buckeye
Ariz
John B. Hollingsworth
Asheville
N. C
Miami
Navy Board of
Long
Naval
Joseph Alexander
U. S. Navy
Fighting Irish G s Wars On Russians Finds Glass Jaws
Pfc Edward J Touhey of Howard Beach New York, six feet three and 230 pounds, started a one man war in Vienna against Russian officers. After slugging eight officers and swinging at a colonel, he was restrained by military police and taken to a hospital. His actions drew a crowd of Austrians and were reported by the Provost Marshal.
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Vienna
Russia
U. S. Army
Edward J. Touhey
Howard Beach
Long Island
N. Y
Vienna Army Hospital
Touhey
Willard K. Liebel
Liebel
Grand Hotel
International District
Swank
Imperial Hotel
Sonny
Edward Sr
Mary
Queens
King Fiesta Rules Nogales Five Day Border Celebration
Nogales Arizona hosts a five day King Fiesta marking the 87th Zaragoza defeat anniversary. Queen Lillian Ann Manson is crowned with a border platform ceremony and a border concert. Events include a military parade, UA Tucson game, dances, golf invitational, and Tumacacori mission reception for guests.
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Lillian Ann Manson
Arizona City
Lillian Ann I
Francisco Arriola G
Lillian Ann
Nogales
Sonora
University of Arizona Far
Tucson
Nogales Plaza
Aziz
Big Four Talks Also Planned
London May 4 UP The Soviet Union and the western powers plan to lift the Berlin blockade on May 12 and hold a Big Four foreign ministers council on May 23. Talks to detail the blockade clearance begin in New York this week with U S British and French representatives joining. Officials cautious yet more optimistic say if no snags arise Berlin's land and water links could reopen within a week and the foreign ministers would meet in Paris ten days later, the first since 1947's council breakup.
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London
Soviet Union
Berlin
Council of Foreign Ministers
Russia
New York
United States
U. S
Josef Stalin
Moscow
West Germany
Paris
Bald Head Saves Man From Wracked Tracks Near Avondale
Frank Attaway, a Phoenix blacksmith, was pulled from railroad tracks in Avondale before a passenger train passed. Rescuers Avondale Attaway and Rex and Shepard narrowly escaped death as another train roared by. A close call left Attaway bruised and shaken with light reflecting off his bald head.
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Avondale
Ariz
Frank P. Attaway
Phoenix
Avondale Po
Ann Hannah
Attaway
Shepard
Rex
Shepard Attaway
Tucson
Counterfeit Money Floods Northern Arizona in Recent Days
Coco nino County Sheriff J Peery Francis reports a series of counterfeit ten dollar bills has flooded northern Arizona with reports from Holbrook Williams Winslow Flagstaff and other communities. Federal agents warned Phoenix and Tucson storekeepers and others handling large sums to watch for counterfeit ten and twenty dollar bills.
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Flagstaff
Coconino County
J. Peery Francis
Arizona
Holbrook
Williams
Winslow
Phoenix
Tucson
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Mark Clark
Gen. Clay
Taft Hartley
Ingrid
Husband
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Fox
Burkhart
Fanovich
Howell
Hatten
Campanella
Pittsburgh
Muncrief
Higbe
Gregg
McCullough
Fitzgerald
Jansen
Cooper
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Fowler
Kellner
Guerra
Bearden
Benton
Hogan
Hudson
Candini
Masterson
Evans
Pieretti
Groth
Tipton
Turin
Portugal
Dan E
Garvey
Pensacola
U.S. Navy
Wesley Bolin
Alex Kerson
Walnut Street
Patagonia
Kerson
Nogales, Ariz
Edward FE. Holler Sr
Sacred Heart Church
Holler
Stanton
Iowa
Crack Nogales High School
United States- Mexico
Phoenix Dons Club
Tumacacori Mission
R. H. Shackford
Gleaming Bald Pate
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