GOP Leaders Map Strategy In Troop Fuss
House Republicans weigh handling of European troop issue after Senate support for four divisions under Eisenhower plan. They may drop the matter, push a substitute draft bill without universal military training, and seek a roll call on a troop ban via a recommittal motion to keep the substitute intact.
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Washington
House
Europe
Senate
L Eisenhower
International European Army
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Kee
D-Wva
Foreign Affairs Committee
U. S
UMT
Accountant at St Barnabas Hospital Confesses to Embezzlement
Newark police say John Zabady forty a St Barnabas hospital chief accountant admitted stealing nineteen thousand two hundred ninety nine dollars to gamble on horses. He faced a farewell party planned by fellow employees who intended to present him with a traveling bag.
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N. J
St. Barnabas Hospital
Arthur Coakley
John Zabady
John Marshall Law School
Jersey City
Wharton School of Business and Finance
University of Pennsylvania
Truman May Slap MacArthur's Wrists
President Truman weighs disciplinary action against Gen. Douglas MacArthur to curb further public disputes over Far East policy. At the White House he conferred with Defense Secretary Marshall and Gen. Omar Bradley as officials discuss the issue.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
White House
Defense Marshall
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
Chinese Reds Fight North Of 38th Parallel In Korea
AP reports Chinese forces turn and engage advancing Americans north of the 38th parallel on the central Korean front. Reds use artillery mortars and machine guns to drive back an American platoon from a ridge near the Pukhan River, as 17 units from one division fight in the area.
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Tokyo
38Th Parallel
William C. Barnard
Pukhan River
Chunchon
North
South Korea
North Korea
Wiley Demands Showdown On Life Of Crime Probe
Senator Wiley presses for an early showdown to extend the Kefauver committee probe beyond April end of year. He cites failure to question Capone leaders Charles and Rocco Fischetti and Murray Humphreys and urges action before parliamentary delays kill the inquiry. The trio was among 17 missing witnesses later arrested.
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Washington
Charles
Rocco Fischetti
Murray L
the Camel) Humphreys
Senate
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Tobey
RNH
Kefauver
Dtenn
Fischetti Brothers
Chicago
Capone Sang
Humphreys
Fischett Brothers
Commerce Dept Cuts List of Draft Deferment Activities
Washington April 7 The commerce department issued a revised list of essential activities to guide draft deferments for military service. The new list covers 25 activity types from aircraft production to educational and research services, narrowing the earlier 72-item list issued last August. The move aims to guide selective service rather than bind it, with exclusions including printing publishing government retail trade banking real estate tobacco textiles and motion pictures. Secretary Sawyer stressed the list is not for priorities allocations or rationing and serves only to guide manpower for the armed forces.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Defense Department
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Costello And Adonis May Go To Jail
New York April 7 Randolph Halley chief counsel of the senate crime investigating committee said he expects gamblers Frank Costello and Joe Adonis will go to jail for contempt in refusing to answer committee questions. Halley spoke at a bedside news conference at Roosevelt hospital where he had surgery last Monday. He plans to leave the hospital next week. He called Costello contempt perfectly clear and likewise Adonis who refused to answer more questions than Costello. He said the Department of Justice will be asked to prosecute.
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New York
Rudolph Halley
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Frank Costello
Joe Adonis
Halley
Roosevelt Hospital
Costello
Adonis
Adoris
Department of Justice
Thunderjets clash with Red Jets over Yalu bridges
In Korea near the Yalu river two air arms fought intensely as 50 F-84s and 40 MiGs engaged at high altitude and down to tree tops. Two MiGs were damaged with no Allied losses while 86s protected bombers during a heavy strike on Sinuiju and Uiju bridges, dropping over 260 tons.
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Manchuria
Korea
Songjin
Red East
Tokyo
Fifth Air Force
Sinuiju
Uiju
Red Manchuria
North
Hoover backs Byrd in push to abolish RFC
Former President Hoover endorsed an anti RFC move in Washington. He said direct lending should be avoided except for emergencies and urged abolishing the agency. Senator Byrd and Fulbright lead the contrasting effort to keep the RFC alive amid accusations of political influence.
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Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hoover
Congress
RFC
Senate Banking Subcommittee
White House
Byrd
D-Va
Fulbright
D - Ark
Marihuana Ring Members Nabbed Across Texas
Federal agents arrested thirty five members of a nationwide marihuana distribution ring in a sweep across Houston Beaumont Port Arthur and San Antonio. James C. Ryan district supervisor of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics called it a terrific blow to the marihuana and narcotics traffic.
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Houston
James C. Ryan
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Ryan
Beaumont
Port Arthur
San Antonio
Confederate Vet Thomas Guinn Dies at 102 in Mississippi
Thomas Wiley Guinn, the last Confederate veteran in Mississippi, died at his home near New Augusta at age 102. His passing follows the January death of one of his two daughters, with Mamie Guinn and seven grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren, and 14 great great grandchildren surviving.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Thomas Wiley Guinn
Mississippi
New Augusta
Guinn
Mamie Guinn
Rescuers Near Entombed Miners In Spruce Mine
Rescue crews in Eveleth Minnesota reached the cave in site 564 feet below the Spruce mine shaft where two iron ore miners were entombed after a late Friday afternoon collapse. The miners Frank Putzel aged 43 and Anton Korcha 53, both of Eveleth, were trapped with slim chances of survival as rescuers intensified digging efforts.
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Eveleth
Minn
Spruce
Frank Putzel
Anton Korcha
Maybank vows to oppose farm price freeze move
Senator Maybank of South Carolina said he will fight any administration effort to freeze farm parity as a way to curb food prices. He cited declining farm income since 1948 and warned against using parity to curb inflation as hearings on wage and price controls approach.
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Washington
D-Sc
Congress
United States
Senate Banking Committee
Senate House
Cost Of Housing More Than Doubled Since 1941
New York April 7 The Dow service estimates it would take 13 860 dollars of 1951 money to buy as much living space as 6 000 dollars bought in 1941 Myron L Matthews vice president reports on a construction cost survey covering 150 cities He warns buyers that gains come from low cost areas or good deals otherwise prices rise like a new mink coat and people must decide how to feel about it.
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New York
Dow Service
Myron L. Matthews
Big Four deputy ministers clash over arms talks in Paris
The Big Four foreign ministers met in Paris for a 25th time to debate arms reduction and verification. U S deputy Philip Jessup reported Soviet deputy Andrei Gromyko shows no real intent to consider current arms levels, while Gromyko urged discussing Soviet proposals. Western powers pressed for broad talks on all powers' arms, Russia and allies. Russians want first a four power arms reduction before level discussions, awaiting Moscow guidance possibly next week.
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Paris
U.S
Philip Jessup
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
Sromyko
Russia
Gromyko
Moscow
Pace's Movements Classified Top Secret
Honolulu April 7 The army today classified the movements of Frank Pace Jr secretary of the army as top secret. The sudden secrecy boost sparked speculation that new atomic weapon tests at Eniwetok might be imminent.
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Honolulu
Army
Frank Pace, Jr
Eniwetok Island
Blind motorcyclist held as drunk driver
Darmstadt Germany April 7 German police arrested a blind man who rode a motorcycle into an automobile. He was charged with drunken driving and said he usually rode well depending on a sixth sense.
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Darmstadt
Germany
Tragic DC-3 Crash Kills 22 in Santa Ynez Mountains
A Southwest Airlines DC-3 crashed in fog near Rubio Canyon killing 22 people including 21-year-old Army private John Lawrence McNeil and four colonels. Rescue teams faced tough terrain to reach the wreckage two minutes after contact was lost, with authorities planning helicopter transport for bodies.
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Calif
Southwest Airways
Santa Ynez
Air Force
John Ahem
Rubio Canyon
Santa Maria
John Lawrence McNeil
Betty Lou Pack
Beverly Hills
McNeil
Lawrence G. McNeil
Bonanza Airlines
Nevada
Richard Myers
Los Angeles
Paul Myers
California
San Diego Coast Guard
D. B. McDiarmid
MacArthur Controversy Over Expanding Korea War
Diplomatic readers in Tokyo Taipei and Washington reflect mixed views on MacArthur. Some favor restraining UN forces and seeking peace while Britain France and Tokyo see Asia as the primary arena in the Cold War and warn against a broader U S war with China.
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Douglas MacArthur
Globe
United Nations
MacArthur
Tokyo
Taipei
Formosa
Washington
Moscow
Korea
Tom Whitney
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