Victor Reuther Shot In Detroit
Detroit May 25 gunman fired through a window wounding Victor Reuther UAW CIO educational director in his home Police seek suspect in what mirrors the April 20 attack on Walter Reuther brother of the UAW leader Walter denounced the shooting as terrorism and vowed continued struggle against anti American forces The case echoes the unsolved previous gunfire against Walter in Detroit last year and Windsor Ontario connections surface in the report
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Detroit
Victor Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Mioces Tire
Uaw-Cio
Reuther
Walter Reuther
Walter
Victor
Renate
UAW
America
Baing
Phelps Dodge Cuts Copper Pit At Bisbee
Phelps Dodge will discontinue copper production at the Copper Queen mine in Bisbee on June 5, with a severe reduction in workers. Lead and zinc output continues, with concentrates shipped to El Paso and Bartlettville. The Douglas smelter depends on Bisbee ore and may scale back. Ajo will keep copper briefly.
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Copper Queen
Phelps Dodge Corp
Bisbee
el Paso
Bartlettville
Oklo
Douglas
Ajo
Nacozari
United Verde
Jerome
Phoenix
Wife's Story Hit At Trial
A Jefferson County murder trial near midweek focused on the relationship between Mrs. Sydney Rutledge and Hartman. Juanita Lewis, an Emerson plant draftsman, testified that Mrs. Rutledge appeared on good terms with Hartman from July 24 to August 6, contradicting claims of seduction and coercion. The defense objected to questions about a past sailing trip.
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Cedar Rapids
Byron C. Hartman
Sydney Rutledge
Hartman
Miss Lewis
Rutledge
Defense
County Atty
William Crissman
Sydney
Barney Hartman
Crissman
Miss
U S asks nations to meet on policy toward Chinese Reds
A U S diplomatic informant says Washington sent notes to more than a dozen leaders proposing talks to weld a common front toward the new Chinese Communist regime. The move follows India’s potential recognition and seeks open door policy guarantees, with Britain and France weighing specific conditions.
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Paris
United States
State Department
Atlantic
Pacific
India
China
Formant
U. S
Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
London
Hongkong
Hong Kong
Canton
Big 3 Stand Firm Against Russian Move On German Unity
Paris May 25 U P Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky pressed for economic unity of Germany at the third council session. The western Big Three pressed for political unity linked to German reunification. They rejected four power rule and Potsdam Ruhr control while pursuing a western terms settlement for a united Germany.
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R. H. Shackford
Paris
U.P
Andrei Vishinsky
Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
West
Vishinsky
Russia
U. S
Dean Acheson
Britain
France
Allied Control Council
Ruhr
East Germany
Potsdam
Russians clash with big four at Paris on Germany fate
In Paris the Big Four foreign ministers opened talks on Germany’s future, with Bevin Schuman Vishinsky and Acheson in attendance. Vishinsky urged four power control and a German state council restoring Potsdam terms while opposing western schemes for a federal republic and Ruhr international oversight.
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Russia
America
Britain
France
Germany
Bevin
Schuman
Vishinsky
Acheson
Matthews sworn in as secretary of the navy
Francis P. Matthews a 52 year old Omaha attorney was sworn in as secretary of the navy succeeding John L Sullivan who resigned after Defense Secretary Louis Johnson blocked the navy's planned supercarrier project. Nebraska authorizes rent decontrols under federal legislation effective Nov 1 after legislative override of the governor's veto. Ohio blocks Keller Motors stock issue deemed unfair. David Bohm Princeton physicist refuses to answer about Communist party membership. Five year old Gerald Bates dies from burns after home accident.
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Washington
U.P
Francis P. Matthews
Omaha
Matthews
John L. Sullivan
Defense
Louis Johnson
Navy
Lincoln
Nebr
Nebraska
Val Peterson
Columbus
Ohio
Keller Motors Corp
Huntsville
Ala
Ernest Cornell
Keller Motors
Keller
David Bohm
Princeton University
Communist Party
Bohm
House
American Activities Committee
Winslow
Gerald Bates
H. E. Bates
Soviet Halts Berlin Trains Amid Rail Blockade May 25
Soviet actions halt Berlin train service by withdrawing workers from key switches into the city from west Germany. 29 freight trains tied up. a British military train, an American military train, and buses stranded. Western action against east zone railway workers cited as retaliation.
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John B. McDermott
Berlin
U.P
West Germany
West Berlin
A. L. McCluskey
Frank Howley
U. S
West
Bremen
Potsdam
McCluskey
Lichterfelde
East Berlin
Taps Sounded For Forrestal Burial At Arlington
James Forrestal former secretary of defense was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with President Truman and top leaders present. A state funeral followed private services as diplomats officials and military chiefs attended the ceremony and the casket was carried to the amphitheater stage.
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Washington
James Forrestal
Defense
Arlington National Cemetery
Truman
Lamb of God
Congress
National Military Establishment
Forrestal
Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan Wedding Plans Revealed
Cannes reports describe lavish preparations for the Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth wedding. Two hundred gallons of eau de cologne will perfume the pool area at Chateau de L'Horizon. A guard will protect guests around the scented pool as reporters gather details of the event.
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Robert Musel
Cannes
Prince Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
Hollywood
Aly
Chateau de L’horizon
Vallauris
Eau de Cologne
Rita
Baseball Results from National League and American League
Baseball results show Brooklyn beating Pittsburgh 8 to 6 with strong hitting by Campanella and Werle. New York lost to Chicago 3 to 2 as Koslo and Cooper held them in check. St Louis defeated Boston 8 to 5 behind Spahn, Mass, and D. Rice. Detroit beat New York 6 to 1 as Newhouser and Swift contributed key innings. Cleveland-Washington, Chicago-Philadelphia games listed as night events.
Attacks Grow Over Lilienthal Tenure At AEC
Congressional push to oust David E. Lilienthal as head of the Atomic Energy Commission gains steam. Senators McCarran and Hickenlooper criticize his handling of uranium losses and security risk concerns tied to AEC fellowships. Lawmakers shift to passing Truman program items before July adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Sen. McCarran
D-New
Judiciary Committee
Lilienthal
Sen. Hickenlooper
AlIona
AEC
McCarran
Truman
Nationalists Head For Sea
Communist troops occupied central Shanghai while pursuing retreating Nationalists toward the Woosung forts at the river mouth. The Nationalists left a rear guard at key bridges and fought along Soochow Creek as a fleet gathered for a potential sea escape.
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Shanghai
Woosung
Whangpoo
Soochow Creek
Broad Way
Garden Bridge
Cone Creek
Soochow
Resume Efforts To End Bakery Strike
Federal conciliator Earl J. Ruddy met with employers and union representatives in Phoenix to settle a two weeks old bakery dispute. The talks followed two sessions totaling six hours and Ruddy said progress was made though he declined details. He remained hopeful the stoppage affecting more than 300 workers would end soon.
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Phoenix
Earl J. Ruddy
Ruddy
Ex-Gangster Earl Shelton Shot in Illinois Ambush
Earl Shelton an old-time gang member was shot through a club window in Fairfield Illinois. He was rushed to Deaconess hospital Evansville Indiana and was in satisfactory condition with doctors confident of recovery. Police had no clues and investigators weighed possible ties to the Birger gang wars and the brothers Carl and Bernard Shelton.
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Fairfield
Earl Shelton
Shelton
Farmer's Club
Deaconess Hospital
Evansville
Ind
Donald B. Frankel
Frankel
Clarence Colclasure
Carl
Bernard
Illinois
Birger
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