Top US Diplomats Meet To Discuss Gil Gatis Case
Western allies loom over Oatis case as Prague held journalist amid three year term. George W. Perking chaired talks with Mrs Briggs and Hugh Cunning Jr while Prague presses negotiations. Czechoslovak plan may hinge on gaining Oatis release and restricting movement of certain diplomats and Russians.
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Gil Gatis
Paris
Amer‘ican
Europe
William.t. Gatis
Prague
Oatis
Ostis
George
Perking
Briggs
Czecho- Slovakia
Hugh 8. Cunning Jr
Moscow
Burges
Oats
Associated Press
Officers Host Prince Takamatsu at Camp Crawford Reception
At Camp Crawford in Japan Prince Takamatsu, younger brother of Emperor Hirohito, attended a reception as honor guest. About 100 officers and their wives plus several Japanese officials participated, with wine served.
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Camp Crawford
Bokkaido
Japan
Takamatsu
Shohita
Jamestown Col on arrival faced crude treatment by girls
A fragment notes Jamestown colonists in 1607 and mentions crude behavior by girls toward newcomers. The text also oddly cites the largest US Treasury paper currency denomination as 210,000 nore, a likely erroneous datum.
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United States Treasury
Senators Move To Speed Alaska Hawaii Statehood Votes
Statehood supporters in the Senate outline a two fold plan to salvage the Alaskan measure and press Hawaii ahead. McFarland seeks to place tidelands ahead on the calendar while a separate revote motion on Alaska is pursued. Absent Senator Smith may hinder reconsideration as southern opposition signals possible filibuster to block both statehood efforts.
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Washington
Senate
Ernest W. McFarland
D-Ariz
McFarland
Hawaii
Alaska
H. Alexander Smith
R-N. J
Smith
Farland
Moton
Filipino Government Claims Major Huk Losses in Feb Mar Battle
Manila IUP government officials announced that over 31 days from February 2 to March 2, 199 Huks were killed 74 wounded 64 captured and 358 surrendered. Government forces counted 19 killed and 32 wounded with more than 1000 firearms seized.
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Manila
IUP
Philippines Defense Department
Navy Abandons Hunt For Missing Airmen
Navy ends search for seven airmen missing after a B 29 exploded and crashed about 200 miles from Guam. Aauxiliary oiler Tom Bigbee arrived at Guam Sunday with four survivors, as the fallen raid and aviation incident prompted a pause in the hunt.
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Honolulu
Selective service calls and Army aviation strides noted
Old Large Armed Forces News reports April draft calls for 15 000 Army and 4 009 Marines with low activity until year end. It notes Army aviation development as an extension of Air Force functions to support ground forces and cites helicopters evacuating 6000 in Korea. Stassen enters Oregon Republican presidential primary May 16.
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Elizabeth Bean
Kansas City
Los Angels
L BE Bean
Elizabeth
Los Angeles
Armed Forces News
Army
Marine Corps
Air Force
Department of the Army
Korea
Stassen
Washington
Tpi
Harold E. Stassen
Oregon
Radioactivity May Fix Age Of Hotu Man Fossils
New York scientists from the University of Pennsylvania seek to date the prehistoric Hotu Man remains found 40 feet underground in northern Iran. The two skulls and other bones are thought to come from a cave dwelling group crushed by a rockslide. Radioactive carbon atoms in fossils may determine an age range around tens of thousands of years.
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Combat Army
Vaul.p. Ellis
New. York
Iran
University of Pennsylvania
Hotut
Rainey
High Court Won't Rule On Bible in Schools
The Supreme Court dismissed a New Jersey case seeking to ban reading of the Old Testament and recitation of the Lord's Prayer in public schools. Justice Jackson wrote for a 5 to 4 majority that the court lacked jurisdiction, noting New Jersey officials failed to show they were harmed by the practices.
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High Court
Washington
Suepreme
New Jersey
Robert H. Jackson
Authority On China Assigned To Korea
Brig. Gen. Wayne C. Smith, a noted China expert, arrived in Korea with the Ninth Corps to serve as deputy corps commander. From St Joseph, Missouri, he flew to the Far East on Bed 22 from Camp Campbell Kentucky, where he led the 11th airborne division. The report places him in the WNiath Corps area. The piece also notes a Supreme Court ruling upholding a Missouri law requiring employers to grant workers voting time off on election day, with many states enacting similar rules.
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Ninth Corps
US Army
Korea
Wayne C. Smith
China
Wniath Corps
Smith
St Joseph
Far East
Camp Campbell
Uth Airborne Division
Washington
Supreme Court
Missouri
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