Benefits Are Voted Korean War Veterans
President Truman is likely to approve legislation extending World War II style medical, burial, and pension benefits to Korean War veterans. The move followed reports of a 21 year old veteran denied admission to a veterans hospital due to non declared war status. Ex Marine David R Arellano spurred action after illness and treatment delays, with the case highlighting the need for service connected benefits for Korean war veterans.
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Truman
Congress
Veterans
House
Senate
David R. Arellano
Veterans Administration
Tucson
Ariz
Frellano
Arellano
Korea
Dolores
David
Eileen
The
American Legion
MacArthur and Marshall clash over Korea war policy
In Washington hearings, General MacArthur and Secretary Marshall defend their Korean war approaches. Both veterans display dignity and memory amid pointed Senate questions, while some senators use the session for political posturing. The exchanges highlight leadership style and the distance between military strategy and political scrutiny.
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Arias
Panama
Cel
Jose Antonio Remon
National Assembly
MacArthur
Truman
Marshall
Page Seven
Washington
Senate
Navigation stylus records airliner courses in Britain
Airliners in Britain adopt a new navigation instrument that uses a stylus to automatically log the course of each flight, promising improved route tracking and data collection for air traffic analysis.
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Briain
General Willoughby challenges senators on Sorge case
Washington May 11 General Willoughby criticizes Senate members for ignorance of the Richard Sorge espionage affair urging Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby to testify. Sen. Pat McCarran invited Willoughby to appear before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee to disclose more about Sorge’s network and links to the Institute of Pacific Relations and State Department officials.
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Washington
US Senate
Richard Sorge
Douglas MacArthur
Richard Russell
Joint Committee
Charles A. Willoughby
Far East
Willoughby
Serge
Kremlin
Sorge
China
Fourth Bureau
US Department of State
Baltimore Bugle
Owen Lattimore
Chiang Kai-shek
Moscow
Reds
Japan
Gerhart Eisler
House Committee On Un-American Activities
White House
Agnes Smedley
Jacob
Senate
MacArthur
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Senate Subcommittee
Homer Ferguson
Army
California
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
State Department
Dean Acheson
McCarran
Acheson
King Features Syn
Man Hurt in Fall At Floydada
Floydada May 11 Slight improvement reported in the condition of Monroe Nelson 28 after a scaffold collapsed while he worked on the new courthouse. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries and is in People's Hospital. Another worker Jack McGillivary 31 on the same scaffold received a broken wrist and bruises. Nelson is the son of Mr and Mrs H H Nelson of Floydada.
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Floydada
Monroe Nelson
People’s Hospital
Jack McGillivary
Nelson
H. H. Nelson
Invisible companion star to Epsilon Aurigae giant
Observations of Epsilon Aurigae reveal an unseen companion causing eclipses every 27 years. The companion’s diameter is estimated at about 2.5 billion miles, roughly 3,000 times the sun’s size.
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Epsilon
Australia Exports Finches and Whistling Canaries to America
Sydney reports that Australia is exporting finches and whistling canaries to the United States to earn dollars, signaling a growing trade in decorative birds and potential market demand across the Pacific. The shipments highlight rising cross border commerce and poultry trade opportunities for Australian breeders.
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Australia
America
Sydney
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