Row Over Secrecy Row Over Secrecy
Washington May 3 Senators Kerr and Ferguson clashed over MacArthur hearings as Ferguson pressed a plan to open the sessions to the public. Kerr questioned whether information could reach the enemy, while Ferguson called the remark a falsehood and said he would not respond at length. The dispute occurred amid debate on a GOP move to publish the hearings. Page 18 indicates further coverage.
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Washington
Kerr
Oklahoma
Senate
Ferguson
Michigan
MacArthur
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Watkins
Utah
Wherry
Nebraska
Kills Eight Children Then Takes Own Life in Lenoir NC
In Lenoir area, Ralph Gragg, 34, an unemployed sawmill worker, fatally shot his eight children aged 3 to 15 before killing himself with a shotgun. Coroner says skull fractures noted in several children. Sheriff notes the mother had fled recently. The bodies found in a Collettsville home after neighbors saw a blaze around 8:15 p.m. Last November Gragg sustained an accident that left him unable to work.
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Lenoir
Ralph Gragg
Marshall Kincaid
George D. Greer
Grage
Gragg
Katherine
Christine
Jimmy
Peggy
Carolyn
Paul Edward
Judy
Rebecca
Baseball League Night Games Listed for National League
Across the major leagues all National League games are scheduled for tonight. In Korea the Korean War front shows renewed activity with US patrols engaging Red forces near Seoul and surrounding areas. Air and ground clashes persist as Allied and Communist forces trade skirmishes amid a lull in fighting.
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Tokyo
United States
Korea
Seoul
Uijongbu
Pukhan
Chunchon
Eighth Army
Bundle of Joy Now a Citizen of America
Timothy Charles Artist becomes a United States citizen after adoption by Mr and Mrs Russell Artist. The child, born in Germany and previously adopted but returned, has lived with the Artists in Frankfurt, Germany, and now gains full legal status and a name change to reflect his foster parents.
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Globe
Russell
Amarillo
Frankfurt
Germany
Timothy Charles
Potter County
Artist
John Cathey
Arch Terrace
Louise Evans
United States
Russel
Chiefs vetoed hits administration MacArthur Far East policy
Gen Douglas MacArthur testified that the Joint Chiefs of Staff proposed a Jan 12 naval blockade of Red China air operations over Manchuria and support for Chinese Nationalists. He suggested the Chiefs were overruled by Truman or Marshall and said his Korean War plan noted by the Chiefs. The Defense Department cited White House approval of Truman’s firing decision.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Red China
Manchuria
MacArthur
Truman
Congress
Chiefs of Staff
Defense Department
White House
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Korea
Joint Chiefs
Secretary of Defense
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Senator Russell
Georgia
United States
Russell
United Nations
Wake Island
North Korea
MacArthur says reports altered in Washington for political slant
Gen Douglas MacArthur testified to Senate committees that some UN command reports he filed were changed in Washington to push a State Department political angle. He said he often agreed with Defense views but refused one change he felt injected political slant, insisting his reports be kept factual and military in nature.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Texas
Tom Connally
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Washington
Connally
United Nations
MacArthur
Russell
Georgia
Senate
Defense Department
Defense
Department
State Department
Amarillo Weather Summary From US Weather Bureau
Amarillo and vicinity fair and a little warmer this afternoon and tonight. Friday fair and mild with high of 78 and a low of 44. 24 hour high 74 low unknown. Panhandle agricultural outlook calls for fair skies and moderate temperatures over the next few days. West Texas clear to partly cloudy with no major temperature changes. New Mexico fair with greenish light haze noted.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Pickets Protest MacArthur Hearing Outside Senate Office
About six pickets demonstrated across from the Senate office building as General MacArthur arrived for a closed hearing. They carried cards condemning secrecy and a rigged process and claimed to represent the Patriotic Citizenship Association of New York.
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Washington
Senate
General MacArthur
Harry
Missouri
Russia
The
Patriotic Citizenship Association, Inc
New York
Move to Deny Acheson Salary Roils State Dept Budget
Administration supporters grow wary as coalition leaders push to withhold funds to pay Acheson after June 30. They plan to tie up the 1952 State Department budget until he resigns or is replaced, with hearings already delayed and a House vote expected later this month. Members fear a sweeping anti Acheson drive could win broad support, while others doubt any stall tactic will stop the move.
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Acheson
State Department
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Arends
Illinois
Lawrence H. Smith
Wisconsin
Foreign Affairs Committee
Rooney
New York
Appropriations
Representative Cox
Georgia
Representative Rankin
Mississippi
Truman
Cox
Gasoline tax hike urged by Senate committee
A Senate state affairs committee recommended a one cent per gallon increase in gasoline taxes as part of the omnibus tax bill and sent it to the floor for debate by a 12 to 6 vote. The measure would raise the gas tax from 4 to 5 cents and broaden the tax base to items like cosmetics beer autos sulfur and oil. The House earlier passed the omnibus bill but without the gasoline tax boost, signaling a tough fight in both chambers. The session also saw a truck load limit bill advancing, while highway funding and state spending figures were finalized by a joint committee.
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Austin
Senate State Affairs Committee
Senate
Luesaay
House
Smoke mystery at Pantex solved with fuel switch
The Smoke Screen Mystery at Pantex Atomic Energy Plant was traced to a misfilled fuel tank. Outside vehicles leaving the reservation produced smoke while inside, taxed-gas fueled cars did not. Petroleum staff corrected the tank, preventing further smoke screens and resuming normal vehicle movement.
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Pantex Atomic Energy Plant
Walter Sagg
AEC
Pantex
Petroleum Company
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