Van Fleet Predicts Victory as UN counterattacks Korea
United Nations forces under Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet launch a counteroffensive after a Communist breakthrough in central Korea. UN troops seal the breach while armored units probe the Red flanks seven to twelve miles south of the 38th parallel. Big guns pound the front as Allied air power harasses the enemy.
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Tokyo
James A. van Fleet
United Nations
Central
Korea
Chunchon
38Th Parallel
Seoul
South Deccan
No Man's
Ing Front
South Korea
Reds
U. N
Hhon
Geotet
Katebu
John Raw
Dolph
Manchurian
Defense budget approved by House Appropriations Committee
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 6.468 billion emergency defense bill and prepared to consider a larger wartime request. The plan aims for rapid May and June spending with a total near 70 billion dollars, including funds for atomic energy, missiles, planes, and a higher Patton tank cost. Army receives about 2.85 billion, Navy 1.65 billion, Air Force near 1.0 billion plus sizable en route allocations.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Korea
Atomic Energy Commission
Army
Navy
Air Force
Stock Market Drifts Lower In Quiet New York Session
Stocks edged lower in a quiet New York market as caution rose over new manufacturing price rules from Washington. Steels oils and motors led declines while United Aircraft rose on a 20 percent stock dividend and a planned increased dividend on expanded shares.
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New York
Washington
Steel
Carnes
Air Reduction
Dow Chemical
Woolworth
J. J. Case
International Telephone
Collision of airliners sinks off Key West. woman found
A Pan American four engine DC-4 on a Miami to Havana run with 34 passengers was overdue after colliding with a Navy training plane off Key West near South Beach. A woman’s body was recovered from the water soon after the crash. Navy observers on shore said the submarine base craft spun into the sea immediately following the collision.
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Key West
Fla
Navy
South Beach
Pan-American World Airways
Compania Cubana de Aviation
Miami-Havana
William R. Carruthers
Naval
UNC Accepts Negro Applicant to Med School
The University of North Carolina admitted Edward O. Diggs, an A and T College student, as the first Southern school to admit a Negro to its medical school without a court order. Diggs, a World War veteran and father of three, plans to finish his A and T coursework before entering UNC next fall amid ongoing federal suits seeking Negro admission to other professional programs.
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UNC
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Diggs
University
South
U. S. Supreme Court
James E. Thomas
Wilmington
Medical School
Thomas
Meharrie University
Nashville, Tenn
MacArthur Won’t Run for Office Says Whitney
Whitney and reporters at the Waldorf Astoria chronicled MacArthur’s stance on politics while the general stayed in his hotel suite. Whitney said MacArthur would tell any such inquiry to move on, and he noted allied support for using Chinese Nationalist troops in Korea. A Pentagon misstep briefly sought a copy of his congressional speech.
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Waldorf-Astoria
MacArthur
Robert A. Taft
R.-Ohio
Henry H. Luce
Horace W. B. Donegan
New York
Arthur
Aean
Yankees
Philadelphia Athletics
Yankee Stadium
San Francisco
Thomas
St. Thomas
Christ
Korea
Matthew Ridg- Whitney
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Brad Chairmanley
Bradley
Chiefs of Staff
Red China
Pentagon
Defense Department
Man Sentenced for Non Support Refuses to Pay
Edwin K. Myer of Indiana faces a life sentence for contempt after being sent to the state penal farm at Putnamville for refusing to pay alimony to his former wife. Myer, 38, told officials he will never pay and would rather stay in jail, while Marion County Superior Court Judge John L. Niblack indicated the option to stay until he changes his stance. Putnamville farm officials say they’re satisfied with Myer’s obedience to the system, though he plans to remain noncompliant while earning $8 a week as a cook.
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Indianapolis
Edwin K. Myer
Shelby County
John L. Niblack
Marion County Superior Court
Myer
Eee
Myer Sa
AP chief in Prague reported missing
William N. Oatis AP Prague bureau chief has been missing since Monday. U S embassy in Prague sought help from the Czech foreign office, with U S officials noting attempts to locate him at his hotel and through his associates. Czech and American colleagues describe a pattern of disappearances among AP staff in Prague.
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London
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
Prague
United States
Marion
Ind
Indianapolis
New York
Len Ices
A.P. Prague
Oatis
Frankfurt
Rudolf Popper
Ministry of Information
Russell Jones
United Press
Popper
Foreign Office
Jones
U.S
A.P
Estern
Czechoslovakia
Tomas Svoboda
Pavel
Uently
Pave Wodjinek
Peter Muenz
Tele
Laborer Izzo Aboard 1103 Hour Week At Sampson Base
Washington April 25. Payroll records from Sampson air base show laborer J Izzo worked an extraordinary 110 hour week last March. His schedule included 10 hour shifts Mon Tue Wed and Fri Sat 15 hours Thu and 10 hours Sun. House members Sikes and Mahon criticized the payroll as outrageous and a fraud on the government.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
J. Izzo
Sampson Air Force Base
Izzo
Army Engineers
Sampson Base
Air Force
Sikes
D.-Fla
Mahon
D.-Tex
Escapees Get 20-30 Years Added to Term
Two of three Gaston county road gang escapees faced long sentences after pleading to multiple charges including highway robbery larceny of a truck and kidnapping. Robert Johnson 29 and John Cottle 30 were sentenced by Judge Hovle Link to 120 to 30 years while the third, Travis, remained in abeyance. The trio overpowered a guard and foreman, forced them into a prison truck, robbed a Gastonia dealer of $300 and his car, then abandoned the vehicle.
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Raleigh
Gaston
County Road
Fato
Freea
Ea‘eape
Robert Johnson
Ohn Cottle
Turkey
G Court
Hovle
Cottle
Travis
Johnson
Gastonia
Edwards
Screen Director Admits He Is Former Communist
Washington April 2 Edward Dmytryk a Hollywood director and one of the Hollywood Ten admitted briefly joining the Communist party in 1944 45 He said he now regards the party as treasonable and is willing to discuss party activities in the film industry He has just completed a six month contempt of Congress sentence Polonsky refused to answer whether he was or ever was a member of the Communist party or OSS colleagues invoking the fifth amendment Rep Velde urged clear answers while questioning resiliency of wartime intelligence ties
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Washington
Edward Dmytryk
House
American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Dmytryk
Hollywood Ten
Congress
Abraham Polonsky
Office of Strategic Services
Polonsky
Hollywood
Communist Front
Rep
Walters
D-Pa
OSS
Rep. Velde
R-Il
June Draft Call Out Revealed and Rotation Plan
Washington April 2 The army outlined plans to trim the June draft call to 20 000 and to recall 15 000 reserve officers in May and June to train an army estimated at 1 552 000 by June 30 The rotation plan would remove veterans from Korea and replace them with new recruits a continuing process of about 20 000 per cycle American and allied officers testified on changes to inductions and personnel shifts amid the Korean conflict
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Washington
House
Doe
Korea
D. 8. Daley
Army
United States
Ome
Mghe Daley
J. Lawton Collins
Pene
Collins
Patton
Price Holding Order Sets Broad U S Price Controls
Washington April 3 Nearly one quarter of the American economy falls under a sweeping price holding order from the Office of Price Stabilization aimed at rolling back manufacturers prices. The new ceilings cover $70 billion in annual output and take effect May 28, with retailers feeling the impact after goods reach shelves.
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Washington
Michael Plig
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