Republicans Demand Thorough Probe of Truman MacArthur Controversy
Washington April 23 Republicans led by Senator Taft push for a complete investigation of the Truman MacArthur controversy over Far Eastern policy. They expect to examine every aspect, with a senate policy committee to convene soon and a 24‑item series under consideration.
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Taft
Ohio
Military
Pentagon
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Buthee
Red
China
Manchuria
Russia
MacArthur
Russell
D-Ga
Services Committee
Defense Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Wake Island
Trum_ MacArthur
New York Times
Truman
Formosa
Europe
Man 52 Hacks Self With Hatchet in Georgia
In Smyrna Georgia on April 23 a 52 year old man A Brook Lowery apparently hacked himself to death with a hatchet. His wife found the body behind their garage with the weapon nearby. Police say there is no evidence of murder.
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Smyrna
Roy McLarty
Herman Jones
Fulton (Atlanta
McLarty
Lowery
Republicans Gearing Up New Drive for Federal Tax Savings
Republicans push a new economy plan to trim civilian federal payroll by about half a million, aiming for at least 1 billion dollars in savings in the coming fiscal year starting July. The move appears likely among tax-writing House Ways and Means members.
Agriculture Labor Are Next on List
The administration plans to shift inflation controls toward labor and agriculture after business restrictions are settled. A new wage stabilization board will oversee first problems, with freeze proposals on worker pay and potential changes to the defense production act. Senator Maybank predicted a parity freeze is unlikely and may be deemed illegal. Economic hopefuls warn full impact of military spending is not yet seen, urging firm policies across all areas to match defense ramp up.
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Truman
Sabrei
Trua
Congress
Maybank
D.-S.c
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Johnson
Mississippi Flood Devastates Iowa and Illinois Towns
The Mississippi rose over flood stage across Iowa and Illinois, submerging hundreds of blocks in Dubuque and forcing 1,200 residents from Davenport. Levees held at Rock Island and Rock Island area while towns like Fulton, Muscatine, and Port Louisia reinforced dikes amid 27 degree temperatures.
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Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Dubuque
Clinton
Fulton
Ill
Ed Loftus
Rock Island
Curry
New Boston
Drury
Muscatine
Port Luisia
Davenport
Midwest
Man Leaps To His Death From Trestle
Canton April 23 Haywood County coroner J. Frank Pate said Samuel T. Cooper leaped to his death from a railroad trestle over the Pigeon River. He was 70 and a longtime employee of Champion Paper and Fiber Co. He would have retired May 1. Survived by his widow two sons and two daughters.
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Haywood County
J. Frank Pate
Samuel T. Cooper
Pigeon River
Champion Paper
Ibre Co
Pate
Nuclear Fission Tests Reach Climax in Pacific
Senator Magnuson said the United States nuclear fission tests in the Mid Pacific would climax within a week. The tests are conducted at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands by the Atomic Energy Commission over a 40 day period. Magnuson planned to travel to Kwajalein to witness the tests.
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Magnuson
Eniwetok
Marshall Islands
AEC
Kwajalein
Public Hearings Open Today On Communist Registration
Washington April 23 Public hearings begin on whether the Communist party in the United States must register as abroad. The SACB says the process could last at least three months with constitutional questions unresolved. The Communist party denounces the move as an unconstitutional trial and plans to participate to protest the proceedings.
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Washington
Communist Party
United States
McGrath
Pal
Activitie Control Board
SACB
Verce
U. S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Wmar
Construction Projects Approved in North Carolina totaling 324384
The national production authority approved 17 North Carolina construction projects totaling 324,384. Projects include a Waccamaw store and office building, Lincolnton hotel alterations, Greensboro store room changes, Chapel Hill garage, Raleigh altered store, and Gastonia bank branch among others.
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The
National Production Authority Today
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W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
Waccamaw
Beulah Lawing
Lincolnton
Town
Denial
Greensboro
Brevard
Myers
Charlotte
Colonial Motors
Chapel Hill
Trust Co
Greenville
Thurman B. Hepler
Zebulon
Ivey Taylor Co
Raleigh
Webb Funeral Home
Spruce Pine
Frank Wynn
Washington
Langley Supply Co
New Bern
Housing Authority
Veldare Corporation
Colonial Theaters
Valdese
William Robert Davis
Enfield
National Bank of Commerce
Gastonia
Teletypesetter Circuit Opens In N Carolina
The Associated Press begins teletypesetter news delivery to newspapers in North Carolina and Virginia. The system uses taped code to automate typesetting, letting a central operator control the process from one location. More details on page two-A.
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Charlotte
Associated Press
North Carolina
Virginia
Hazards of Reporting Increase During Year
The Associated Press board reports heightened strains on staff as world unrest and partisan controversy test reporting. At the annual meeting in New York over 1100 members heard remarks and Lewis W. Douglas spoke at the Waldorf Astoria luncheon. Directors were elected and agenda items discussed.
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New York
Associated Press
New Senator for Michigan Blair Moody Named by Governor
Blair Moody was named by Governor Mennen Williams as U. S. Senator from Michigan to succeed the late Arthur H. Vandenberg. Moody, 49, has led the Detroit News Washington bureau since 1933 and previously served as a war correspondent in World War I for the News and NANA.
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Lansing
Mich
Blair Moody
Washington
Detroit News
Mennen Williams
U. S
Michigan
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Moody
News
The
the North American Newspaper Alliance
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Five Associate Members Seek Regular Membership
The report notes applications from five associate members and that director ballots will be tallied tonight. AP business coverage shows U.S. memberships at 1,720 newspapers and 1,068 radio stations, with about 1,200 newspapers and radio outlets served in 73 foreign countries.
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United States
Wordy Battle Continues At Dan Mill
In Danville Virginia the Daniver mills strike escalates with mass picketing at the 12 000 worker plant. TWUA officials accuse Dan River of hiring Fisher and Rudge NY public relations to employ tactics likened to Hitler and Goebbels as the dispute widens.
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Daniver Mills
State Vostice
Testile Workers Union of America
George Baldanzi
TWUA
Dan River
Fisher and Rudge
New York
Hitler
Goebbels
Resignation of Bevin Triggers New Government Crisis
London reports a deepening crisis in Britain's socialist government as a second cabinet member resigns in protest over free medical services cuts for rearmament. The 35 year old Harold Wilson is said to have quit as president of the board of trade, following Aneurin Bevan's resignation yesterday as labor minister. Unconfirmed reports say junior ministers may resign as well.
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Britain
Harold Wilson
Board of Trade
Attlee
Aneurin Bevan
Labor
Bevan
Wilson
Reds' spring offensive tests UN Koreas front in April clash
UN troops retreated up to twelve miles as Red forces massed behind their heaviest artillery along a hundred mile sector. The attack began Sunday night with nearly 700000 Communist troops and heavy air and artillery barrages before easing in daylight Monday. Allied forces held the central and eastern fronts while western assaults pressed, with air units claiming several MIGs shot down in the largest air battle in ten days.
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United Nations
Sg Aay
Imjin
Seoul
U. N
Hantan
Inje
Korea
James A. van Fleet
U. S. 8Th Army
China
Whereabouts Of Vogeler A Mystery
The Belgian born wife of American executive Robert A. Vogeler awaited news as Vogeler remained missing after 17 months as a U S spy. Budapest and Vienna offered no release times or locations. A border search by Austrian police found no signs at the frontier.
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Austria
Robert A. Vogeler
U. S
Vogeler
Budapest
Bucharest
Paris
Eeet
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Censorship Halts War News in Korea Broadcasts
Censorship kept news of a Chinese offensive from reporting for hours at U S Army Headquarters Korea. Only South Korean east coast troops were named. UN troops remained unidentified to protect nationalities. Cor respondents barred from identifying soldiers or exact numbers involved.
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U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Dulles Warns Of Some War Risk in Speech in Tokyo
In Tokyo on April 23 John Foster Dulles warned there is some risk of general war though he doubted Soviet leaders want war now. He told the Japan UN association that the United States will stand against aggression in Asia and outlined expanded Far East air forces two infantry divisions in Japan continued security commitments with Japan and allies and a pledge to defend the Philippines.
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John Foster Dulles
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United Nations Association of Japan
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Truman
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United States
Asia
U. S. Far Eastern
Japan
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