Johnson Says Part Of MacArthur Plan May Be Needed
Former Defense Secretary Louis Johnson told the Senate MacArthur proposal may be needed to end the Korean fighting as he described the war effort as drifting. He criticized State Department support for Chiang Kai-shek and warned against Soviet pressure in Korea while confirming debate over Formosa and U S policy in the Far East.
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Johnson
Washington
Louis Johnson
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Manchuria
Red China
Truman
Chiang Kai- Shek
Senate
State Department
Formosa
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Soviet Russia
Korea
Russ
D-Ga
America
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Texas
Stephen E
U. S
Brush
Mansfield
Forrest Sherman
VUS
New Federal Price Ceilings On Clothing Imposed
The government set new ceiling prices on clothing from underwear to mink coats affecting about 30,000 manufacturers with $15 billion in yearly business. Officials expect little consumer price change though wool garments may rise due to raw wool costs. The order replaces the general price freeze and directs base prices from before the Korean War plus current cost increases, with an August 15 deadline.
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Wiley R-Wisch
Johnson
Gen
MacArthur
Austin
Tex
Les
Washington
Girl Ends School Term By Pulling Fire Alarm
A 15 year old girl at John Philip Sousa junior high school pulled the fire alarm to celebrate the end of the term. Policeman E W Garner found her near the alarm and turned her over to her parents without charge.
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Washington
John Philip Sousa
E. W. Garner
Masked Bandits Seize $42,000 Payroll Cash In Ohio Robbery
Four masked gunmen stopped a car on state route 45 in Warren and stole $42,000 in payroll cash from Harlan Villers and Tom Trifflette of Aristoly Federal Credit Union. The victims were held briefly then released unharmed three miles from the scene. they later escaped to a tavern and notified authorities.
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Copperweld Steel Co
Here
Union Savings & Trust Co. Bank
Villers
Credit Men's Auto
Trifilette
Johnson Praises MacArthur In Senate Hearing
Washington reports former secretary of defense Louis Johnson telling senators investigating MacArthur’s firing that the general was “one of the greatest, if not the greatest, generals” and that his work in Japan was outstanding, reflecting high regard for MacArthur’s record.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Defense
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Japan
Washington County Official Resigns to Led Charlottesville Welfare
Mrs. Eula Fullerton, longtime superintendent of Washington County welfare, will leave the county department on June 14 to become superintendent of public welfare for Charlottesville starting July 15. She has led the Washington County welfare since January 1, 1957, and is married to T. B. Fullerton, former Emory and Henry football coach.
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Abinedon
Eula Fullerton
Washington County Welfare Department
Charlottesville
Fullerton
T. B. Fullerton
Emory and Henry College
Dante Man Held In Gun Slaying
Dante Virginia police report the arrest of Sam Addison, 35, of Dante, for the murder of James C. Phillips, 25, in a garage near Dante. Eyewitnesses A Shook and Horace Mann described Addison firing after a dispute over a used car. An inquest cited multiple gunshot wounds from a .32 caliber pistol. Addison was found with a .32 pistol nearby.
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Dante
Russell County
Sam Sample
Sam Addison
James C. Phillips
Commonwealth
Raymond J. Boyd
Addison
Phillips
Boyd
A. Shook
Horace Mann
Sample
Giles Q. Gilmer
Here
Marfield
Truman Attacks Fees Of Controls In National Address
President Truman rails against price controls and special interests for opposing inflation measures. He warns that without strong laws inflation could empower the Soviet Union to win the world without firing a shot and urges Congress to pass a robust anti inflation program and extend control powers.
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Washington
Truman
Kremlin
Congress
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Russia
Seven Cops Guard Rita And Yasmin In Nevada
Reno reports seven policemen assigned to guard actress Rita Hayworth and her 17 month old daughter Yasmin at Glenbrook home. District Attorney Jack Streeter said security was stepped up after fear for their safety amid divorce proceedings with Aly Khan. Hayworth has canceled talk of personal matters, enjoys golf nearby, and faces a June 20 deadline to finalize divorce unless contested.
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Reno
Rita Hayworth
Yasmin
Miss Hayworth
Glenbrook
Jack Streeter
Rita
Thevurneru
Miami
Florida
Aly Khan
Streeter
McAllister Hotel
Douglas County
Jim Fell
Reno Force
Lake Tahoe
Aly
Joan Fontaine
Paris
McCarthy Accuses Acheson and Marshall in Senate Speech
Senator McCarthy denounces Secretary Marshall as steeped in falsehood and accuses Acheson of participation in a conspiracy to deliver the U S to Communism. He predicts a public reckoning and faults Truman as a front while criticizing past China policy and the Veedmeyer report handling.
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Acheson
Marshall
Senate
Washington
R-Wis
U.S
Secretary of Defense
Russia
America
Truman
Congressional
Defense Department
Mars
Senator Vandenbere
Wedemeyer
China
General Marshall
Vandenberg
Ananias
Allied Armor Threatens Reds Across Korean Front
Allied armor swept the Korean plain north of Pyongyang threatening main central and eastern Chinese defenses. The Chorwon Kumhwa Pyonggang triangle resisted in pockets as mop up moves slowed. Western front patrols met little resistance while eastern front fighting kept up as supply routes risk envelopments.
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Korea
Tokyo
Pyongyang
Chorwon-Kumhwa-Pyonggang
Iron Triangle
Kumsung
Kumwha
Kumsong
Eighth Army
Imjin River
Yanggu
Inje
Hwachon
Sea of Japan
United Nations
Pyonggang Valley
Way Cleared For Japanese Treaty
London reports the United States and Britain reached a provisional agreement on a Japanese peace treaty. Key issues include China's role and Formosa. The plan excludes both Nationalist and Communist governments from initial invited status, with possible separate pacts later. Formosa would be relinquished, future governance open to eventual determination.
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London
United States
Britain
Japan
John Foster Dulles
Herbert Morrison
China
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Red China
United Nations
Runaway Horse Kills 13-Year-Old in Spencer West Virginia
In Spencer, West Virginia, 13-year-old Robert Arnold Thomas was dragged to death by a runaway horse while returning from a field with his father Rufus Thomas. Coroner Corder Douglas said the horse likely bolted when a neck yoke dropped, dragging the boy about 1000 feet over rough terrain and a creek bed with his foot caught in a harness loop.
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Spencer
W. Va
Roane County
Corder Douglas
Robert Arnold Thomas
Rufus Thomas
Douglas
Lightning Strikes Quarry Worker In Maryland Blast
A quarry worker, Eugene Glisan, 25, of Markleysburg, Pa., was struck by lightning as he prepared to detonate a dynamite charge at a Terra Alta West Virginia quarry. He remained in critical condition at Memorial Hospital with severe facial injuries after the blast.
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Cumberland
Eugene Glisan
Markleysburg
Memorial Hospital
Glisan
Terra Alta
W. Va
Admiral McCully Dies At Home In Florida
Admiral Newton A. McCully died at his St. Augustine home at age 84. He commanded naval forces along the coasts of France and Russia during World War I, and his death was reported from Florida.
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Admiral McCully
Florida
St. Augustine
Fla
Newton A. McCully
France
Russia
MacArthur warns of a covert campaign to pervert the wrath
General MacArthur denounces a national campaign of fear and false propaganda aimed at undermining public confidence. He cites insidious internal forces spreading messages that weakening the nation, and warns against those who would subvert morality to entrench power while criticizing appeasement in Korea. The speech at Rice Stadium drew about 20 000 attendees amid a thunderstorm threat as he travels Texas.
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Houston
Tex
Douglas MacArthur
United States
America
Rice Institute
MacArthur
San Antonio
Texas
Austin
Korea
Tonizht
Columbia Basin Project Launches With Giant Pumps
Coulee Dam Washington June 14 a giant pump hurled water uphill at 10 47 a m PST starting an irrigation project. Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus said the system will grow into a vast water network with a dozen pumps delivering up to 8 000 000 gallons per minute to dry land. First water to reach 87 000 acres next summer after filling the 27 mile song reservoir.
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Columbia Basin
Song
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