Ridgway Shuffle Praised Critics Rap Clark Move
General Ridgway won mostly applause for succeeding Eisenhower as NATO commander while General Clark drew criticism in Congress over a Far East to Europe reassignment. Senator Long urged review of Clark's WW II record and asked for a new inquiry citing Rapido River actions. Senate leaders signaled no likely move to block the shifts.
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Washington
Matthew Ridgway
Dwight Eisenhower
Mark Clark
Ridgway
Congress
Pentagon
Far East
Europe
Clark
Army Field Forces
Truman
Omar Bradley
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Sen
Long
D-La
Armed Services Committee
Rapido River
Texas National Guard
Navy
Rapido
Sen. McFarland
Arizona
Senate
Army
Texas
Connally
Lyndon Johnson
Reds Silent On New UN Truce Plan
In Korea the UN Command paused all talks for the first time in five months awaiting a Communist reply to the Allies secret proposal. Weather grounded UN warplanes for the second day, with little action along the battleline as discussions center on prisoner exchange and field reconstruction within a single armistice package. The Chicago Sun-Times reports the plan seeks to allow airfield rebuilding in North Korea if three of five POWs are returned.
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Mnunsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Sproul
United Nations
Peiping
Pyongyang
Moscow
Russia
Chicago Sun-Times
Washington
North Korea
League of Women Voters Leader Fights Un-American Attacks
Mrs. John G. Lee of Farmington Connecticut told about 950 delegates at the league s 20th biennial convention in Cincinnati that pamphleteers calling the league un American hurt the organization. She said rival groups with pink labels aim to curb growth for profit but vowed the effort would not frighten them.
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Cincinnati
League of Women Voters
John G. Lee
Farmington, Conn
League
Stassen Urges Major Public Works Plan in Ohio Campaign
Harold E. Stassen urged a federally sponsored program of major public improvements to sustain economic strength as defense production levels off. On his sixth day of a 12 day Ohio tour he seeks 46 of the state’s 56 GOP votes in July’s national convention, facing Sen. Robert A. Taft.
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Columbus
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Minnesota
Columbus Kiwanis Club
Ohio
GOP
Robert A. Taft
100000 Oil Workers Set For Walkout
Denver reports outline a pending strike by the Oil Workers International Union affecting about 100000 refinery employees. The union demands 25 cent hourly raise and higher night differential. wage base is 2 to 210 per hour. The walkout could begin at 12:01am local time if no settlement is reached. Government mediation officials express optimism that a strike can be averted.
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Denver
Oil Workers International Union
CIU
A. Knight
OWIU
Washington
Dems Deduct Party Loans From 1940s Donations
Sen Williams cites three wealthy individuals who allegedly charged off 90 percent of loans to Democratic committees from 1940 to 1948. He named Marshall Field Richard J Reynolds and David A Schulte and displayed bureau letters authorizing the charge offs totaling about 410000.
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Washington
Sen. Williams
Del
Senate
Williams
Marshall Field
Chicago
Richard J. Reynolds
Winston-Salem
N. C
David A. Schulte
New York
Delaware
Congressional
Internal Revenue Bureau
Reynolds
Field
Schulte
Newark Jury Visits Highway Death Scene
A seven man five woman jury will tour the U S Route 40 site near Hebron where Allen Drake 43 of Columbus was killed last March 4 Charged with first degree murder are Louis Allen Angel 18 Huntington W Va and Harmon Cordray 18 Mooresville Ind Both were absent without leave from the Marine Corps when arrested The jury was picked Monday for Angels trial Cordray will go on trial June 2.
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Newark
Hebron
Allen Drake
Columbus
Louis Allen Angel
Huntington
W. Va
Harmon Cordray
Mooresville
Ind
Marine Corps
Angel
Cordray
Record Vote Predicted In Massachusetts GOP Delegates Race
Massachusetts voters faced chilly drizzle as they cast ballots in a preferential primary to choose president and GOP delegates. Taft and Eisenhower battled for 28 delegate posts, with expectations ranging from 20 to 24 for Eisenhower and strong Taft optimism. Democratic side quieter with Kefauver slate opposing party candidates.
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Associated Press
Massachusetts
Robert Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
GOP
Taft
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Democratic Organization
Fisenhower
Arnall Warns Of Price Rise If Curbs Die
Ellis Arnall testified to Congress that without the economic controls law a price surge could push the cost of living to new highs. He warned even with controls, consumer prices may peak in the next six to nine months and urged extending the Defense Production Act beyond June 30.
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Arnall
Washington
Ellis Arnall
Congress
House Banking Committee
Arnald
Purdue Students Stage Sorority House Raids
LA FAYETTE Ind Four Purdue University students raided sorority houses Monday and brought out about 30 police. One student released after questioning said the idea came from a magazine article. Some men carried women's undergarments as police recovered identification papers for the student affairs director.
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LA Fayette
Ind
Purdue University
Donald Mallett
Marines Await First Atomic Test Near Yucca Flat
Two Marine combat battalions from Camp Pendleton and Camp Lejeune wait for an atomic blast, aiming to position within miles of Yucca Flat as a demonstration of firepower and infantry need. Brig. Gen. Burger notes the test showcases both weapon power and rifleman importance.
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Las Vegas
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Camp. Lejeune
N. C
Yucca Flat
Yucca Island
Joseph C. Burger
Pan American Stratocruiser Missing With Fifty Aboard
A Pan American Stratocruiser with 50 on board is overdue over Brazilian jungle on the El Presidente route from Rio de Janeiro to New York. The luxury Boeing ship left Rio at 11 07 p m Monday and was due in Port of Spain at 9 a m EST today.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Rio de Janeiro
New York
Pan American Airways
Rio
Pan American
Barreiros
Brazil
Supreme Court Denies Tokyo Rose Hearing
The U S Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Tokyo Rose, a California-born Japanese broadcaster convicted of treason for wartime propaganda on Tokyo radio. The ruling ends appeals challenging the conviction and sentence.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tokyo Rose
Tokyo
Ohio Democrats Scramble for Kefauver Foe Before May Primary
Ohio party leaders move to back a Kefauver slate as they face a lack of a clear presidential candidate seven days before the May 6 primary. Buckley delegates flirt with Truman on a second ballot while Lausche declines a stand-in role and Stevenson boosters face a setback. Kefauver delegates remain the strongest identifiable group as organizers seek a workable nominee.
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Columbus
Democratic
Ohio
Robert Bulkley
Truman
Lout
Buckley
Frank J. Lausche
Pierce Wood
Dayton
Ohio Young Democrat Clubs
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Lausche
Steel Verdict Nears as Judge weighs Truman Seizure Case
Federal Judge David A. Pine may issue today or tomorrow a ruling on the steel seizure challenge to President Truman's constitutional power. Court attachés awaited the decision as the House Judiciary Committee debated impeachment or censure proposals. Steel firms sought injunction to regain property after Truman placed mills under government control April 8 amid union threats.
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Washington
David A. Pine
Truman
Pine
District Court
House Judiciary Committee
GOP
CIO
Taft Urges Peace Focus Over War Policies in Rally
Sen. Robert A. Taft spoke at a Mahoning County Republican rally in Youngstown urging an administration that judges foreign policy by peace. He contrasted his father William Howard Taft’s view of war as failure with today’s approach. He recalled Truman’s steel mill seizure and power to draft workers.
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Youngstown
Robert A. Taft
America
Mahoning County
Republican Organization
William Howard Taft
Truman
Taft
Suspended Sentences Given to Kentucky Cagers
Three former University of Kentucky varsity basketball players received suspended sentences after pleading guilty to conspiring to shave points in a National Invitation Tournament game at Madison Square Garden in 1949. The plea and outcomes were reported in New York with further details on page 6.
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New York
University of Kentucky
Madison Square Garden
Shelley Winters Weds Vittorio Gassman in Mexico
Shelley Winters and Vittorio Gassman wed in a whirlwind Mexican ceremony after a divorce from Gassman’s first wife. The two marriage rites occurred about ninety minutes apart with Winters waiting in a car outside the courthouse.
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Juarez
Mexico
Shelley Winters
Vittorio Gassman
Shelley
Mingo Junction Rail Construction Underway
Cleveland reports Pennsylvania railroad begins a $750000 link between its Panhandle division and river branch at Mingo Junction. The project adds a four span Cross Creek bridge and a 70 foot span over Route 7 enabling direct freight car transfer from Mingo yards to the main line.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mingo Junction
Panhandle
River Branch
Cross Creek
Mingo
GE to lay off 100 at Tiffin plant this Friday
General Electric will reduce staff at its Tiffin plant by 100 employees on Friday due to a curtailment in production. The move comes as the company says the production slowdown necessitates the layoffs.
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Tiffin
General Electric Co
Two Red Jets Rip Airliner in Baltic Near Berlin
Two Soviet jet fighters attacked an Air France DC-4 in the Russian zone of Germany injuring two passengers and causing 89 bullet holes. The plane landed at Tempelhof after four passes over the Western traffic corridor.
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Berlin
Air France
Germany
Templehof Air Base
Frankefurt
Irmggard Nebel
Frankfurt
Walter Kurth
Bad Homburg
Hose Pitals
Bonn
Pan American
British Airways
Nebel
US High Commission
Koennern
Eiselben
Elbe
Russian Air Safety Center
Koethen
U.S
Supreme Court Upholds Released Time Religious Training
The Supreme Court rules it constitutional to let students leave public schools for weekly religious instruction. In a 6 3 decision the court upholds New York State's released time program, with about two million pupils in similar plans nationwide. If parents object, the child stays in regular classes. Justice Douglas writes the majority opinion stating the Bill of Rights does not attack religion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
New York State
New York
Justice Douglas
Douglas
Tight Controls Bill Requested
Washington four Roger L Putnam economic stabilizer told Congress the Wage Stabilization Board has held wage pressures under control He asked for a two year extension of the controls law He defended the WSB amid criticism of steel recommendations and urged removing Capehart and Herlong amendments for flexibility to adjust credit and mortgage controls as conditions change
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Washington
Roger L. Putnam
Congress
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Putnam
House
Cool Sailor Averts Bomb On USS Boxer Off Korea
On the USS Boxer a Panther jet returning from North Korea dropped a 250 pound bomb that jammed on deck. Aviation ordnanceman Ralph V. O'Dell inserted his finger to prevent detonation and kept the fuse from firing until the device was secured.
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Korea
North Korea
Ralph V. O'Dell
O'Dell
House Debates Soil Conservation Funds Amid Budget Fight
The House opened debate on the 724,003,699 Agriculture Department budget for the coming fiscal year. Farm-state members push to limit conservation payments for the 1953 crop year while others warn of possible food shortages by 1975. The Appropriations Committee proposed a 250 million dollar program, matching 1952 funding, with calls to strengthen research and conservation efforts. A vote on amendments was expected the next day.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Committee
United States
Wilson Rips False Policy
National American Legion commander Donald R. Wilson condemned U S foreign policy as founded in fear and guided by expediency. He spoke at the Independent Oil Producers Association, accusing the government of assuming infallibility and relying on limited resources and dollars as missionaries.
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Columbus
American Legion
U. S
Donald R. Wilson
Independent Oil Producers Association
America
Wilson
Jury Reaches Verdict In Laurelville Case
A Hocking County jury finds Pearl Swackhammer of Laurelville guilty of assault in the Nov 1 incident and not guilty on the shooting with intent to wound charge. Sentencing set for Friday.
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Laurelville
Logan
Pearl Swackhammer
Hocking County
Swackhammer
One Down Youth Steals Rims to Match Trio
Cincinnati police arrest 22 year old Charles Atkins after he stole three whitewall automobile tire rims. Atkins told Capt. Patrick Hays he took the rims because he found one and needed three more to match. He faces two counts of petit larceny.
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Cincinnati
Charles Atkins
Patrick Hays
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