Allied Troops Rip Into Red Lines On Central Battlefront
Allied forces press the east central Korean front around the Hwachon dam as UN warplanes drop weapons and artillery rakes pound Reds massed in hills north of the dam. Lt Gen Van Fleet tours front while commanders say Chinese and Red Korean troops are inferior in the early stages of the spring offensive.
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Tokyo
Korea
East Central
Hwachon
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ane
Chon
Kum
Kumhwa
Uisa Tint
Bet
U. Sigh
James Alan Fleet
Jim Becker
King Fast
Red Korea
van Fleet
Ae Sree
Yom Ee
U. N
Edward Almond
U. S. 10Th Corps
Armil
Soviet Report Claims Record Production Despite Shortfalls
The Moscow release touts higher overall output while citing no hard figures and contrasts 1950 with 1940. It highlights iron, oil, and electric power gains but notes shortages in non ferrous metals and delays in agricultural machinery production amid a new five year plan.
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Seti
U. S
Russia
Elestric Ponte
United States
Moscow
V. M. Sieheter
Agricultural Machine Building Ministry
Stocks wobble with airline gains on steady day
New York April 17 The stock market moved little with small variations as airline shares lent a steady tone. Pan American American Airlines Eastern Air Lines Trans World United Air Lines rose while Wheeling Steel jumped after first quarter earnings of 3.32 a share vs 1.79 a year ago. Other gainers included American International Harvester and Montgomery Ward, with declines seen for New York Central Southern Railway U S Steel General Motors Anaconda Copper Sears Roebuck International Nickel Texas Company Standard Oil Dow Chemical Zenith Radio Admiral and others.
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New York
Pan American
American Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Transworld
United Air Lines
Wheeling Steel
American
International Harvester
Montgomery Ward
New York Central
Southern Railway
General Motors
Anaconda Copper
Sears Roebuck
International Nickel, Texas Co
Standard Oil
N.J
Dow Chemical
Zenith, Radio Corp
Admiral
Predicts Meeting Of Big Powers Without Agenda
Paris April 17 A Western official predicted four power deputies would eventually agree to hold a foreign ministers meeting without an agenda Deputies from the United States Britain Russia and France have met since March 5 trying to list subjects for a foreign ministers conference So far no agreement The official said it was unlikely their disagreements would break the effort to arrange the meeting
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Paris
United States
Britain
Russia
France
Contino Still Missing After Army Induction Absence
Dick Contino, a 20 year old accordion virtuoso, remains missing after failing to report for induction at Fort Ord. Draft officials say no action can be taken until the army notifies them. Contino had been paid 2500 dollars weekly for Los Angeles nightclub appearances and his parents are in Burbank with no word on his whereabouts.
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Burbank
Calif
Dick Contino
Army
Mary B. Lewis
Contino
Fort
Los Angeles
Fort Ord Saty
Peter Contino
Fort Ord
British Sub Vanishes In Channel Maneuvers
A Royal Navy submarine vanished during exercises south of the Isle of Wight after an 8:15 p.m. surface instruction misread. Navy officials said the sub could have covered about 60 miles in its 11 percent hour submerged period while search vessels and aircraft combed the Channel between the Isle of Wight area and 60 miles west.
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Isle A Wight
Isle of Wight
Ae Port de Southam
Royal Navy
Oil Workers Idle as Abadan Refines Near Standstill
At Abadan the world’s largest refinery remained largely idle as strikes spread among 12,000 workers. Bandan Mashur dock workers returned to work while troops and tanks reinforced the refinery amid curfew, with political moves backing Premier Hussein Ala and a National Front walkout on the confidence vote.
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Tehran
Iran
Abadan
Azizollah Kamal
South Iran Center
Bandar Mashur
Senate
Hussein Ala
Majlis
Ala
National Front
Crackles Swim Suit Teases Gaining Spotlight
A playful note hints at a quick outfit reveal as a woman prepares in a swim suit. The fragment suggests backstage chatter and a lighthearted, breezy scene.
Red Chinese Radio Pushes Peace Feeler From Hong Kong
A broadcast heard in Hong Kong described a peace appeal drive involving the United States Russia Great Britain France and Red China. The report framed the effort as propaganda more than a genuine peace move and dated the drive to Friday.
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Hong Kong
United States
Russia
Great Britain
France
Red
Parties In Disagreement Over Inquiry Objectives
Congressional dispute over a full inquiry into foreign and military policies as Democrats back Republicans push. Taft seeks airing of Truman policies, while others defend MacArthur theory, with MacArthur set to address Congress amid House invitations and looming televised coverage.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
MacArthur
Pacific
McMahon
D.conn
Kerr
D.-Okla
Gillette
Iowa
Asia
Europe
San Francisco
House
Sui Cow
Vaughan
Senate begins new RFC loan inquiry amid charges
A Senate committee opens a new probe into the RFC loan program. A subcommittee led by Senator Fulbright will survey about 800 letters from congress members to the RFC regarding loan applications amid questions of possible improper fees.
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Washington
Senate —— Committee
Truman
Congress
Fulbright
D-Ark
Maybank
D-Sc
RFC
DAR Votes Confidence In MacArthur Address
The DAR adopts a resolution praising Gen. Douglas MacArthur for dignity loyalty and leadership. President Truman’s letter dated March 24 expresses support for a steadfast course against aggression and toward lasting peace, as he urged MacArthur to address the Pacific command.
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Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
James B. Patton
Cal
San Francisco
Pacific
Patton
McGrath
Washington
Bea
United States
Senate Crime Committee
Senator Says More Atom Tests Ready
A touring senator from Washington said the United States will soon conduct additional atomic bomb tests at the Pacific atoll proving grounds. Senator Magnuson planned to view the tests on his return from a Pacific tour and would depart for Taipah Formosa to confer with Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek.
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Tokyo
America
mid-Pacific
Eniwetok Atoll Proving Grounds
Magnuson
D.wash
Pacific
Taipah
Formosa
Resonenet
Chiang Kai
Pistol Fire and Tear Gas Mark Dan River Strike Riot
In Danville Virginia the midnight shift clash at the Dan River mills in Schoolfield ended with a pistol wound to a striker and state police firing tear gas to disperse about 300 pickets. By 8 a.m. the day shift entered with orderly picketing and no disorder.
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Danville
Dan River Mills
Schoolfield
U. S. Highway 29
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
TWUA
Dan Rivlant
Virginia Cio Council
Charles Webber
Dan River
James Murray
Senate Labor Committee
Bradley Defends Administration Asia Policy in Speech
General Omar N. Bradley, five star peer of MacArthur, defended U S Asia policy, saying dismissing MacArthur risks war to China. He warned no early Korea end under present conditions and rejected preventive war while stressing strategic limits and potential stalemate.
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Chicago
Omar N. Bradley
Douglas MacArthur
Asia
China
MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
Bradley
Kremlin
Ieee
Joint Chiefs of “S
National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters
U. S
Red
Thailand
Formosa
Bradley Agee
Puneien
Joint Chiefs
Speakership Race for 1953 Led by Gene Bost
Raleigh April 17 Eugene Bost Jr a longtime Cabarrus County representative is the leading speakership candidate for 1953 in the North Carolina House. After the 1952 session the field included Robert Lassiter Jr Roy Taylor R Lee Whitmire and Kerr Ramsay with Bost and Ramsay tied for top influence in polls and Bost chairing the powerful house finance committee as the house edges toward an eastern western rotation.
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Raleigh
Eugene Bost, Jr
Cabarrus County
House of Representatives
General Assembly
House
Robert Lassiter
Charlotte
Darkhorse
Roy Taylor
Buncombe
Doughton
R. Lee Whitmire
Henderson
West
W. Frank Taylor
Goldsboro
Wayne
Bacc
Eugene Thompson Bost, Jr
Gene
Kerr Craige Ramsay
Ace
Bost
Concord
House Finance Committee
The
and Radio Corps
Assembly
Ramsay
Larry Moore, Jr
Wilson
Appropriations ‘Committee
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R.mich
DAR
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Douglas MacArthurs
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Weather Bureau
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