Fires Raging Across River Near Shanghai
Fires blazed east and north of Shanghai as Red forces attacked. The Standard Vacuum depot on Gough Island suffered a major blaze with tanks alight. A Chinese National Aviation Corp. plane from Tokyo landed briefly amid gunfire to deliver new fiscal officer A. Brown. vice consul John Statesman later left for Hong Kong. Communist troops reported on nearby islands as Nationalists shifted positions along Shanghai’s defense line.
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Shanghai
Gough Island
East Asia
Lungwha
Chinese National Aviation Corp
Tokyo
A. &. Brown
Peekskill
N. Y
U.S
John Statesman
Mendham
N. J
Hong Kong
Statesman
Pootung
Whangpoo
Texas Company
Woosung
Cleveland
China Front
Boston
Red _ Benton
Papish
Hogan
Soa
Tebbetts
Arizona Moves To Block Speculation In Oil Lands
Arizona moves to curb oil land speculation as the attorney general and the state corporation commission tighten rules on permits. Initial notices go to 95 permit holders. more to follow as permits total around one million acres.
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Arizona
Arizona Attorney General's Office
State Corporation Commission
Attorney General's
William T. Brooks
Commission
Securities Division
Securities Division, According To Atty
Fred C. Wilson
Brooks
O. C. Williams
Attorney General's Office
Williams
Tornadoes Hit Four States Leaving Several Dead
Tornadoes swept four states Friday night, killing two people and injuring about twenty. Oklahoma suffered the worst damage with many small communities struck while Kansas Colorado and Tennessee also reported hits. A 55 year old man, Charles Sykes of Yewed Oklahoma, died when a toppled wheat elevator crushed him.
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Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee
Kansas City Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Plains Country
Balko
Beaver
Catesby
Cherokee
Gage
Jet
Nash
Shattuck
Waynoka
Woodward
Yewed
Chase
Gorham
Razel
Wilmore
Garden City
Scott City
Salina
Black Wolf Canyon
Wray
Goin
Barn Creek
Charles Sykes
Okla
Sykes
Kathryn Haight
Guy Franklin Hixson
Twin Lakes
Mingo Creek
Big Three Confer On German Policy Ahead Of Big Four
Paris May 21 The American British and French foreign ministers will meet to align German policy before next week's Big Four talks. Deputies’ recommendations, likely approved quickly by Bevin Schuman and the ministers, outline a provisional semi unified German regime with links between west Germany and the Soviet zone. It also discusses currency exchange and stimulating cross zone trade. The Western powers may push extending the west German constitution to all Germany while offering semi unification pending Vyshinsky’s arrival. Acheson arrives as Karl Gruber of Austria says Vienna will press for United Nations peace talks.
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Paris
Germany
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Vyshinsky
Acheson
Karl Gruber
Austria
Vienna
Olympia Wins Withers Mile at Belmont Park
Olympia, trained by Fred Hooper and ridden by Eddie Arcaro, won the 74th Withers Mile at Belmont Park before 38,444 fans. Ocean Drive finished strong for second with One Hitter taking third in a photo finish. Daquiri placed fourth as Olympia’s 1 36 4 5 time narrowly missed the stake record by four fifths of a second. Odds paid $2.90, $2.80, and $2.20.
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New York
Olympia
Belmont Park
Fred Hooper
Eddie Arcaro
Ocean Drive
Hooper
Greentree Stable
Aksel Wichfeld
Daquiri
Blue Larkspur
Corn Fleet
Hampden
Six Armed Convicts Roam Dense Georgia Swamp
A manhunt for six heavily armed escapees from Milledgeville hospital farm stretched through a swampy area near Dry Branch, Georgia, as volunteers and officers pursued them after a Friday breakout that left guards wounded and a road foreman’s key stolen. Rebels hijacked a truck and forced a clergyman to give up his car, with search efforts led by Sheriff Earl Hamrick and Sheriff L D Stancill.
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Macon
Milledgeville State Hospital
Dry Branch
Milledgeville
Earl Hamrick
Twiggs County
L. D. Stancill
Baldwin
Tattnall State Prison
Reidsville
Clyde Berry
J. F. McClung
Rutledge Trial Probes Deposited Hartman Funds in Slaying Case
In Cedar Rapids Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. 28, a St. Louis pediatrician on trial for murder, faced questions about a $270 bank deposit tied to Byron C. Hartman, also of St. Louis, who died in a Dec hotel room fight. Rutledge testified that he learned of Hartman’s affair with his wife and claimed Hartman initiated calls. he said he found the money and later discarded some of it. The otoscope evidence sparked courtroom debate as the trial continued.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge Jr
Rutledge
St. Louis
Byron C. Hartman
Dr. Rutledge
Hartman
Mrs. Rutledge
Hattman
Crissman
R. S. Milner
Milner
Tucsonian Gets Bridge Contract
R H Martin a Tucson contractor was the low bidder for building the Benson bridge over the San Pedro river on a state highway project. His bid 217905.35 dollars was only 46.85 dollars lower than the bid by H L Royden Construction Co of Phoenix. The bridge will span the San Pedro river one mile east of Benson.
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Phoenix
R. H. Martin
Tucson
Benson
San Pedro River
Martin
H. L. Royden Construction Co
San Pedro
Senate debate over budget cuts stalls funding plans
Senate Democrats discuss economy measures as Truman seeks a tax rise to cover deficits. Key figures Lucas Russell McClellan Robertson back overall cuts, while opposition to uniform reductions persists after a 751 million army civil functions bill passed. Debate continues on atomic fellowships loyalty checks and broader federal spending cuts.
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United Press
Washington
Scott W. Lucas
D-Ill
Senate Appropriations Committee
Lucas
Truman
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Richard B. Russell
John L.mcclellan
Ark
A. Willis Robertson
Tucson Flood Control Fund Debate in Senate Action
The Tucson flood control appropriation of 1 250 000 plus 75 000 for planning was included in the army civil functions bill passed by the senate. Hayden secured the Tucson fund with support from the Tucson Chamber of Commerce and the bill now goes to a conference to reconcile House and Senate versions.
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Tucson
Senate
Associated Press Bureau
Washington
House
U. S
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hayden Sen
Hayden
McKellar
Tennessee
Tucson Chamber of Commerce
C of C
C. Edgar Goyette
Appropriations Conference
Sen. Hayden
Congress
One Body Two Plane Wrecks Found Southeast Of Florence
Bodies and wreckage from a mid air collision of two F 80 jets found southeast of Florence Arizona. Aerial flash seen Friday night tied to the crash. Ground searchers, from Williams and Marchfield air sea units, covered a two to three mile area with no pilot trace found.
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Florence
Ariz
United Press
Tucson
Walter E. Laos
E. First
Wayne Sanders
E. Drachman
Tains
Santa Catalina
Sanders
Williams
Marchfield
Calif
Berlin Train Strike Paralyzes City With 15 000 Rail Workers On Strike
In Berlin on Saturday clashes between western sector railway workers and Communist strike breakers injured about 500 people. Pickets deployed police dogs as stations were attacked. All western rail service halted and traffic largely stopped as 15 000 western sector workers demanded payment in western marks.
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Berlin
U.P
Baseball Results National League lineup details
Box score style update shows Boston 8 13 hits 8 errors over Pittsburgh 7 10 with Spahn, Hogue and Dickson pitching. Philadelphia 5 Chicago 7 10 with Borowy Seminick Rush Adkins and Walker delivering runs. Branca Campanella Hearn Garagiola in other matchups. New York at Cincinnati postponed by rain.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Borowy & Seminick
Leonard
Rush
Adkins
A. Walker
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Freeman
Americans For Democratic Action
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Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
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Pinal County
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Templehof Airfield
P. A. Kvashnin
Pittsburgh
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Hogue
Salkeld
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McCullough
Brooklyn
Branca
Campanella
Hearn
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Cincinnati
Himmel Park
Tucson Boulevard
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Dale Wilson
Audrey Glaesner
Chief Nixon
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Reese Russell
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Ernest Wilson
E. Glenn Ave
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