MacArthur Orders Purge Of Jap Reds
General MacArthur ordered 24 top Communist leaders purged from politics in Japan. The government barred the 24 central committee members from public office and political activity, with seven facing parliamentary seats and all barred from party work or influence. Police guarded against retaliation after Memorial Day demonstrations. The move follows Yoshida’s pro occupation Liberal Party win and prior plans to outlaw the Communist party.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Reds
National
Yoshida
Liberal Party
Communist Party
Japan
Charles S. Howard Dies Racing Figure Seabiscuit Owner
Charles S. Howard Sr., millionaire auto dealer and famed Seabiscuit owner, died after years of ill health. His racing enterprises included Noor, a world class thoroughbred, and he secured major victories like the Santa Anita handicap and San Juan Capistrano. The abrupt end of Akron’s three day freight truck strike saw the union claim a successful settlement.
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San Francisco
Charles S. Howard
Howard
Santa Anita
Ohio Weather Update With Cloudy Skies Tonight
Patchy cloudiness and milder temperatures forecast for Ohio tonight. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies near Lake Erie with cooler air and scattered showers possible by night. highs in the upper 80s yesterday. low expected in the 60s.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Flower Display Brightens Signal Building Facade
The Signal and companion papers have long urged city beautification. The Signal building at South Fourth Street now features bronze painted lamp posts and circular flower boxes with geraniums petunias and vines, drawing praise from passers-by.
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Signal
Times Recorder
Sunday Times Signal
South Fourth Street
Iowa Race Shows Hickenlooper Victory and Lustron Plant Auction
Iowa Republican voters gave Senator Hickenlooper a wide margin for renomination while Albert Loveland led the Democratic nominating race amid Brannan farm plan support. In Ohio Columbus reports note Lustron Corp’s giant plant auctioned by the RFC for 6 million after a 37.5 million loan. the government retains ownership of the building as the auction proceeds.
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Iowa
RFC
Hickenlooper -Lustron
Associated Press
California
James Roosevelt
Earl Warren
Hickenlooper
Albert Loveland
State Energy Commission
Senate
Hicckenlooper
Loveland
Nelson G. Kraschel
Columbus
Lustron Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Lustron
Clyde M. Ferjaxer
Bandit Slain in Cafe Holdup in Greenwich Village
In a dawn gun battle near Casino cafe three bandits stormed the Greenwich Village venue. One bandit was killed and two others wounded along with a bystander. Two patrons were struck with gun butts as others fled without loot. Dozens of witnesses spilled into the street amid chaos.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Tornado Hits Southeast Texas Doubling Down on Five Villages
A fast moving tornado struck southeast Texas causing injuries to at least eight people as it battered five villages including Kenny Krump Pattison Brockshire and Katy. Winds reached about 70 miles per hour.
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Kenny
Tex
Texas
Krump
Pattison
Brockshire
Katy
Woman Swallows Hypodermic Needle During Raid
Dayton police report a young woman Elizabeth Etta Stevenson swallowed a needle during a narcotics raid at her home. R. J. Rado said the needle was later found lodged in her stomach after x rays. She and companion Alfred Cooper Jr. 26 were charged with possession of narcotics and a capsule of heroin was found. The woman is expected to recover.
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Dayton
R. J. Rado
Elizabeth Etta Stevenson
Trey
Alfred RB Cooper, Jr
Rade
Youth Drowns In Creek Here
Clark Edward Lundell 17 of Shinnston WV drowned in rain swollen Jonathan creek near Grantcliff bridge while visiting sister Mrs. Powell. Deputy says he dived, struck head, then vanished. body recovered by bystanders and pronounced dead by coroner as accidental drowning. Survived by father Harvey J Lundell and siblings. body taken to Keck funeral home.
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Clark Edward Luncell
Shinnston
W. Va
Muskingum County
Rainswollen
Jonathan Creek
Grantcliff Bridge
West Virginia
Taylor Powell
Harrison Street
Willard Thompson
Robert McCabe
Nancy Avenue
Jack Coleman
Seborn Avenue
Mary Ann Bierce
Fierce Street
Fred Brooks
Ann Brooks
Moxahala Avenue
Thompson
Lundell
Robert Allwood
Don Mercer
Ohio Power Company
Keck
Albert Keck
Evert Litle
Bethesda Hospital
Daw
Harvey J. Lundell
Ridge Avenue
Powell
John
Donald Lee
Robert Allen
Harvey Jr
Mary
Phyllis Hall
Margie Lee
Sandra Sue Lundell
Keck Funeral Home
Store Looted in Cincinnati Hold Up
Jack H. Sehlanser, 27, drugstore owner in St Bernard part of Greater Cincinnati, told police last night two bandits held up the store and took 45 in cash and checks.
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Cincinnati
Jack H. Sehlanser
St Bernard
Greater
Union and Armco Sign New Pact
Middletown contract between Steel Corp and the Armco independent union was announced yesterday. Elmer Davis said the new bargaining agreement includes social insurance and pension provisions. It replaces the old contract expired May 31 and runs to January 1, 1952 with reopening of wage talks December 1, 1950.
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Middletown
Steel Corp
Armco Proyees
Elmer Davis
Urea
Pension Pact Signed By Akron Firms And CIO Union
General Tire & Rubber Co and the CIO United Rubber workers announced a one year company financed pension agreement. The plan provides retirement at age 65 for employees with 20 years of service at $106.3 month, including federal Social Security benefits.
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AKRON
General Tire & Rubber Co
Cio-United Rubber Workers Today
Lawmakers Seek UN Disarmament Conference
Eleven lawmakers including Senators McMahon Magnuson Fulbright Sparkman and Hendrickson with Representatives Price Jackson Eaton Cole urged the United Nations to convene an immediate disarmament conference. They proposed turning over five years’ savings from any workable deal to U N peace efforts and called for a worldwide peace crusade amid hydrogen bomb fears.
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Washington
United Nations
United States
U. N
Trian
McMahon
D-Conn
Magnuson
Dwash
Fulbright
D-Ark
Forse Tr-Ore
Sparkman
D-Ala
Gillette
D-lown
Hendrickson
AMJ
Price D ™ m
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Eaton
R-Nj
Cole
R-Ny
Stock Market Tumbles as Downgrade Slams Shares
The New York stock market fell sharply today with major issues dropping to around 56 a share before settling. High-speed ticker delays reached four minutes as traders faced a heavy trading day after yesterday’s large decline and amid expectations of a long term upward trend. General Mills stood out by announcing a two-for-one split.
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New York
Wall Street
General Meters
Wounded Hoodlum Linked With Holdup
Cleveland hoodlum Julius Petro 28 year old 200 pounder was wounded in a holdup in Alliance He lay in a city hospital with a back wound after police say he and four other attackers entered the Carretta home Sunday night The hold up party fled and Petro is identified as a robber gang member by Alliance police and the victims.
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Cleveland
Julius Petro
Alliance
Cty Hospital
Petro
Joe Carretta
Carretta
Petre
Thieves Steal Keys To Cruiser Gas Tanks
In Youngstown two men entered a gasoline dealer’s office and stole an adding machine cash register and keys to cruiser gas tank caps. Struthers police locks were changed after the theft. Local dealers provide gasoline to police and keep key copies.
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Youngstown
Struthers
Belgium coalition government resigns after election victory
Belgians await a new government as pro Leopold social christian party secured a parliamentary win last Sunday. Outgoing Premier Gaston Eyskens handed his resignation to Regent Prince Charles, who accepted.
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Brussels
Belgium
Social Christian Party
Gaston Eyskens
Prince ‘Charles
Stranded War Brides Fly to Britain from Cuba
A transport plane with 36 war brides nine husbands and 33 children departed Oakland California for England after being diverted to Havana Cuba when permission to land in England was not granted. The flight carried families headed across the Atlantic aboard the special chartered mission.
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Havana
Cuba
Atlantic
England
Oakland
Calif
Survivors Saved After Atlantic Twin-Engine Plane Crash
The destroyer USS Saufley rescued 37 survivors 275 miles northeast of Miami as a Puerto Rico bound airliner with 42 aboard crashed in the Atlantic. Coast Guard cutters freighters and planes aided a large search for the missing passengers. Pilot Joseph Halsey of Seattle and co-pilot William Helleran were among those saved.
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Miami
Fla
Saufley
Atlantic Ocean
Here
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Navy
Masterfield
Joseph Halsey
Seattle
Wash
William Hclleran
Puerto Rico
Bradley Sees Success Of Western Arms Aid
General Omar N. Bradley told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that free European nations can defend Western Europe if given time and foreign arms aid. He backed a request for 1.7225 billion dollars to continue the program, noting progress toward security for the United States and allies. He also testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with Harriman urging expanded European munition production.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Europe
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Bradley
Western
United States
Western Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
W. Averell Harriman
House
Harriman
Vandenberg
Defense Johnson
Explosives Experts Visit Newark Plant
Coast guard inspection party checked Kilgore Ordinance Division manufacturing procedures as part of the South Amboy New Jersey explosion probe that killed 31 people. Results were not disclosed and data were sent to New York where the board reconvenes tomorrow.
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Newark
Coast Guard
Kilgore
South Amboy
N. J
New York
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Armco
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McCarthy
The
Senate Today
FBI
State Department
Charles Wooderstrom
LaGuardia Field
San Pedro
Britain
Fear
U.S
Pier Joseph Halsey
Nassau
Bahamas
Coast Guard Air Sea Rescue
Gen. Bradley
Zanesville
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