MacArthur Extends Peace Talk Offer to Red Commander
General MacArthur in Tokyo proposed talks with the North Korean commander while ordering UN troops to cross the 38th parallel if tactical. Allied forces pressed south of the border, aided by a Good Friday parachute drop that routed Reds from a sizable South Korean area. He stated readiness to confer in the field to settle UN goals in Korea and end fighting.
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Clen Clements
Tokyo
MacArthur
Korea
United Nations
Red Korea
South Korea
Seoul
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
North
Washington
London
38Th Parallel
Kim Il Sung
Kim
Yalu
Manchuria
Munsan
Chunchon
Father and Son Await Far East Reunion in Korea and Tokyo
New York native Robert Strasser, 52, travels toward Tokyo or Korea to meet his paratrooper son Theodore, 23, stationed in Korea. Strasser, who urged army leaders and officials, hopes to see Theodore, even at the 38th parallel if needed, while labor unrest looms in meat packing as unions plan possible strikes.
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New York
Far East
Korea
Robert Strasser
Tokyo
Theodore
Strasser
Douglas MacArthur
Washington
38Th Parallel
Northwest Airlines
Polish ship captain weighs Halifax and New York mix
Captain J. Cviklewski of the Polish liner torpor expresses that neither New York nor Halifax fully satisfies him. He suggests combining New York’s busy entertainment with Halifax’s quiet hospitality to create the ideal seaport.
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Halifax
J. Civiklewski
Polish Linervatory
New York Nor
New York
Malaya Executes 121 Communists in Two Years
British authorities report 121 Communist terrorists hanged in Malaya over the past two years with 17 more awaiting execution. A government statement lists 657 captured terrorists as liable to death penalty, of whom 608 have been charged in court.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Giant U S transport missing as 40 planes scour Atlantic
A U S air force Globemaster II with 53 aboard vanishes in fog and rain off Ireland. Planes from U S Britain and Ireland search 450 miles west of Ireland as five ships and lifeboat equipped aircraft race to the area amid conflicting reports of survivors. Brig Gen Paul T Cullen and four SAC officers were aboard. Lifeboats dropped by parachute possible.
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Atlantic
United States Airforce
Ireland
London
Admiralty
U. S. Navy
U. S. Airforce
Shannon
Paul T. Cullen
U. S. Second Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Airforce
U. S
General Muir
Golden Eagle
Thule
Jig
Charlie
Cunard
New York
Irish
Southampton
Sargeant Men Help Dig Out Stalled Train
Thirteen Sargeant men cleared a 20 foot by quarter mile snow drift to free a Chicago Great Western passenger train stalled for seven hours near Sargeant Illinois. A Riceville diesel helped push the train back to Sargeant then to Minneapolis leaving 14 ½ hours late.
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Sargeant
Chicago Great Western
Chicago
Minneapolis
Riceville
Iowa
Blanche Dick
Pillsbury to Acquire Ballard and Ballard Mills
Pillsbury Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, will take over Ballard and Ballard of Louisville, a major southeastern milling firm with plants in Nashville, Atlanta, and Dennison Texas. Final government approval pending. Ballard last year posted about 30 million dollars in sales. Pillsbury reported 200.9 million in fiscal year 1940.
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Minneapolis
Pillsbury Mills, Inc
Ballard and Ballard
Louisville
Southeastern United States
Philip W. Pillsbury
Ballard
Nashville
Atlanta
Dennison
Texas
Pillsbury
Enid
Okla
Lima
Ohio
Springfield
Globe Grain and Milling Co
Los Angeles
Champion Milling and Grain Co
Clinton
Iowa
Standard Soy Mills
Centerville
Coadjutor to Receive Solemn Blessing at Collegeville
Rt. Rev. Baldwin Dworschak will be solemnly blessed as coadjutor abbot of St. John's Abbey in Collegeville Minnesota with 14 bishops and two archbishops attending. Archbishops John Gregory Murray of St. Paul and Henry P. Rohlman of Dubuque will be present. The blessing, performed by Peter W. Bartholme coadjutor bishop of St. Cloud, seats 700 attendees.
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Collegeville
Minn
Baldwin Dworschak
OSB
St. John’s Abbey
John Gregory Murray
St. Paul
Henry P. Rohlman
Dubuque
Iowa
Peter W. Bartholme
St. Cloud
Easter Miracle Celebrations Mark Global Observances
Christians across the world prepared for Easter with sunrise services pontifical masses and pilgrimages. A record influx of pilgrims visited shrines in the drought stressed Holy Land as prayers for peace dominated observances. Thousands walked Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem and diplomats attended Pontifical High Mass while weather concerns and drought lingered over the region.
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New World
United States
Iron Curtain
National Committee For Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
Jerusalem
Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre
Pontifical High Mass
Jordan Hills
Crime War Job for Cities Kefauver Says
Senate crime committee head Kefauver urged cities to clean out their underworlds without Congress. He opposed extending the March 31 deadline and said Americans want local action. He blasted legalized gambling as not the solution to organized crime. He noted past testimony about bonds for the Gargotta brothers and ongoing probes into Lou Farrell and other figures. Next week the panel plans night sessions with witnesses from Cleveland and northern Kentucky.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Crime Committee
Hits
Bradson
Abner
Longie
Rice
Farrell
Sen. Tobey
R-Nh
Tobey
Congressional
Farrell identifies Dr Nigro as high character in crime probe
WASHINGTON a Iowa beer distributor Lew Farrell later named Louis Thomas Fratto says a Kansas City physician Dr Nigro asked him in 1947 to raise a 30000 bond for two Kansas City gangsters. He described Nigro as a man of high character and insisted naming him would damage his reputation.
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Thomas Lacoco
Lou Farrell
Atlantic
Iowa
Lacoco
Gizzo
Washington
Lew Farrell
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Nigro
Kansas City
Farrell
Louis Thomas Fratto
Gromyko Charges U S Arming In Paris Deputy Meet
In Paris the deputy foreign ministers meeting with the United States Britain France and Russia adjourned with deadlock over a proposed agenda for a Big Four world tensions conference. Andrei Gromyko pressed charges of aggressive U S aims, citing Defense Secretary Marshall’s report on rising armed forces. The session ended the third week of talks and Friday’s secret session offered no briefing.
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Paris
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Gromyko
Defense
George Marshall
U. S
Britain
France
Cohen Asks Probers to Pay His Fare for Texas Hearing
Texas crime investigating committee awaits promised witnesses with Mic key Cohen as the star. Cohen says he cannot afford a round trip to Texas and asks the committee to mail the airfare from Los Angeles. Rep. Horace Houston notes the panel has only $10 000. Cohen asserts he knows nothing and may not appear if travel is not arranged.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Legislative Crime Investigating Committee
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
Los Angeles
House
Horace Houston
Dallas
Houston
Former Tax Collector Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Wilson Earle Howard a 40 year old former U S deputy tax collector in Miami has pleaded guilty to defrauding the government of 26000 by filing fictitious income tax returns He waived a grand jury indictment and faces 12 counts of fraud with pre sentence investigation ordered as part of possible restitution plan.
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Miami, Fla
U.S
Miami
Wilson Earle Howard
U.S. Attorney’s Office
George W. Whitehurst
Frank Edwards
Howard
Reynolds Available for Regular Duty
Casey Stengel reported Allie Reynolds will be available for regular duty next season as X rays showed the arm problem was an inflamed elbow rather than a chipped bone. The Yankees manager expressed relief at the pitcher’s health and readiness for the upcoming campaign.
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Oakland
Calif
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Allie Reynolds
Reynolds
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