Philippine Earthquake Death Toll Rises to Over Four Hundred
Manila reports 348 dead with officials predicting the total may exceed 400. Red Cross says 100 missing, 300+ injured, about 12 000 homeless. quake causes five million dollars in damage in Mindanao. Data from Lanao and Iligan areas note multiple fatalities and broader devastation.
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Henry Hartzenbusch
Manila
Manila Times
Cagayan de Oro
Misamis Oriental
Mindanao
Philippine Red Cross
Philippine News Service
Wemiinin Antime Aleventad
Lanao
Marantao
Lake
Senators forecast defeat of motion to ban U S defense of Quemoy and Matsu
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman George and Republican leader Knowland predicted the Morse motion to bar U S defense of the China coast islands Quemoy and Matsu will be rejected. They argued the measure would undermine Formosa defense and damage ally confidence, amid debate over UN trusteeship and allied unity.
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U.S. Defense of Islands
Washington
Sens
George
D-Ga
Knowland
Rcalif
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China Coast
Quemoy
Matsu
Sen
Morse
Congress
U.S
Sen. Morse
Senate
Humphrey
D-Minn
Combined Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committee
Formosa
Asia
Eisenhower
Pescadores
Kefauver
Dtenn
United Nations
Free World
U.N
Aes
India
Publicizing MacArthur Messages Questioned By Defense Department
Washington April 2 The Army handed Defense Department officials a decision on whether to release ten year old documents containing Gen Douglas MacArthur's war messages These discuss war ending estimates and Russia's entry into the conflict A Washington Post Times Herald editorial claimed MacArthur urged Russian aid despite official denial and the papers were marked confidential without clear authority
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Department
Russia
MacArthur
Enial
Courtney
Whi
Washington Post
Times Herald
Yalta
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Whitney
Chinese Reds May Curtail Formosa Invasion Talk
London April 2 marked step down in Peiping radio sabre rattling as monitors note fewer references to liberating Formosa. Diplomatic sources suggest Britain and Russia may press Premier Chou En Lai to restraint while talks on a Formosa settlement are explored.
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London
Peiping
Formosa
Red China
Ananes
Cea
Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek
Britain
Russia
Du'ai
5N-Lai
China
Soviet Union
Red
Students Held Here May Go To Red China
United States clears the way for 76 Chinese students to go to Red China or elsewhere to aid in securing freedom for 56 Americans including 41 civilians and 15 airmen held by Communist authorities. Allied and friendly nations urge release amid ongoing negotiations.
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Washington
United States
Red China
State Department
China
United Nations
U.S
Crystal Ball Named Precinct Worker In Michigan Election
Officials reviewing election worker lists in Michigan found one precinct worker who should know the process. The individual identified is Crystal Ball in Lansing on election duties for Monday.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Crystal Ball
Train Crash Near Schodack Leaves 35 Hurt In Hudson Valley
A New York Central Pacemaker and Advance Commodore Vanderbilt express derailed after a rockslide near Schodack Landing, 15 miles south of Albany. Ten cars and two diesel units left the tracks, with 35 plus injured and crews rescued from the wreck.
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Albany
N.Y
New York Central
Here
Hudson River
Joseph Sayers
Commodore Vanderbilt
Chicago
Schodack Landing
Schodack Creek
Hudson
Lewis Dearstyne
Rensselaer
W. T. Kelly
Francis Temple
New York City
Britain Faces Prolonged Newspaper Strike Across Fleet Street
Britain endures a nine day strike by electrical workers led by Communist Walter Stevens amid wage demands from 700 staff. The walkout halts 13 national dailies and 11 Sundays, affecting 50 million readers and tightening around Easter shopping and a forthcoming general election. A Royal Commission is appointed to study the disruption.
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London
Britain
Fleet Street
Electrical Trade Union
Walter Stevens
World Press News
Maga
Churchill to take Easter vacation starting April 12
Prime Minister Winston Churchill plans a sixteenth day vacation in Sicily starting April 12. A Downing Street spokesman said he will spend Easter weekend in London and visit Catania then Syracuse at the de Politi hotel overlooking the sea.
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Sicily
Britain
Downing St
Churchill
Viscount Bridport
Catania
London
Siracusa
de Politi
Sea
Youth 16 Kills Cop After Family Dispute in Washington
In Pasco Washington a 16 year old youth killed Patrolman Alva Jackson 38 and wounded his father P H Petersen 63 and grandfather Richard Young 69 after a family argument over the youth drinking. The youth fled after firing using a 30 30 rifle and two pistols before being restrained by the officer.
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Pasco
Wash
Murde Formal
Alva . Jackson
P. H. Petersen
Richard
Chet Young
A. L. McKibbin
McKibbin
Jackson
Petersen
P. H. Peterson
Walter Brinke
Dick Peterson
Alva Jackson
Jim Speerhase
Columbia Basin
Eva Marie Saint Delivers Son After Oscar Win
Eva Marie Saint, acclaimed best supporting actress for 1934, gave birth to a son at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. The wife of TV director Jeffrey Hayden, she had won for On the Waterfront and joked she might have the baby during the ceremony.
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New York
Eva Marie Saint
Mount Sinai Hospital
Jeffrey Hayden
Marlon
Pair Lived As Wealthy Ranchers
In Soda Springs California on April 2 authorities arrested Ruth Roberts McElvain 38 for embezzling 77270 from the Bank of Greensboro North Carolina. Clyde Roberts McElvain 38 faced charges of knowingly receiving funds stolen from the bank. Local residents had known the couple as wealthy cattle ranchers and operators of a Sierra hotel.
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Soda Springs
Calif
North Carolina
High Sierra
FBI
Ruth Roberts McElvain
Bank of Greensboro
N.C
Clyde Roberts McElvain
Mame Prings
M. N
Prietor
Ski Scantedeings Hotel
Dramatic Moment as Graham Crusade Touches 79 Year Old
A New Orleans pensioner Adrian Alexander McCaskill, nearly 80, sparked a dramatic moment at the All Scotland Crusade in Kelvin Hall Glasgow. Billy Graham paused to acknowledge him as an usher eased his seating, sparking a crowd’s ovation with donations and press attention.
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George Burnham
Chattanooga News-Free Press
Glasgow
Scotland
Adrian Alexander McCaskill
New Orleans
Billy Graham
Kelvin Hall
McCaskill
Billy
Amer
Billy Com
United States
Newans
Atlantic
George Beverly Shea
Graham
Francisco
J. W. Boyles 77 dies in Thomasville after decade of service
Thomasville leaders recall J. W. Boyles 77 dies at Cit Memorial Hospital after a year of declining health. A Thomasville native, he organized the Thomasville Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in 1900s, served as treasurer, and led the Peoples' Savings and Loan Assn. He was a longtime Mason, Rotary Club charter member, former mayor, city council member, school board veteran, and WWII draft board member. He also held roles in the First National Bank and church stewardship.
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Thomasville
J. W. Boyles
Cit Memorial Hospital
Surry County
James W
Emily Fulka
Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc
Peoples’ Savings and Loan Assn
First National Bank
Boyles
Seer Lodge
Eastern Star
Masonic
Dent
Rotary Club
Stewards
Surprise Minute Man Test Mobilizes National Guard
Washington announces Operation Minute Man a nationwide alert to mobilize all National Guard ground and air forces totaling about 340 000 personnel. The test will be secret in timing and zero hour but could occur anytime from now on across 2 400 communities with 22 infantry divisions 5 airborne divisions 2 604 subdivisional units and eight air guard squadrons.
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Washington
National Guard
Defense Department
Air Guard
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