MacArthur Calls for All-Out War Against Chinese Reds
The 71-year-old general told Senate committees that Joint Chiefs proposals in January matched his own Korea plan but were vetoed by higher authority. He urged going it alone if needed to crush Chinese Communists and abandon appeasement, testifying six hours and eight minutes in a closed session with most of the Senate present. He warned that waiting costs American blood and money. Truman said big decisions were discussed at his news conference.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Marshall
MacArthur
United States
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Reations
Senate
Wit
Citywide hunt recovers two lost girls after long search
Patricia Malone and Paulette Wingert, ages 12 and 7, vanished for hours in Los Angeles as police and dozens of boys scoured flood control channels. The girls were located near Willow Street and Pacific Avenue after a citywide effort including a horse encounter. Lineman Robert H. Fletcher, 37, of Compton, was electrocuted while working atop a power pole.
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Robert Guillory
John James
Los
Angeles
Patricia Malone
Kaye Malone
Maine Ave
Los Angeles River
Paulette Wingert
Patricia
Paulette
21St St. Jeff
East
Los Angeles
Robert H. Fletcher
Compton
Willow St
Pacific Ave
Juvenile Bureau
Belhart Bridge
The Operational Code of the Politburo study
A brief notice discusses a new book analyzing Lenin and Stalin writings. It asserts the Russian under Politburo rule acts as puppets and that the party governs global communist policy through fanatical zealots. The excerpt hints at a continuation on the next page.
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Russia
Politburo
Lenin
Stalin
Hawks Grab MacArthur Transcript Data in Washington
Reporters from Tass and the New York Communist Daily Worker bought the Gen Douglas MacArthur testimony transcript in Washington. Tass supplied a censored version with special handling while other capitalistic outlets paid 1247 cents per page for the material.
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Washington
Tass
New York Communist Daily Worker
Douglas MacArthur
Jean Montgomery
Senate
Ecosalon
Delay of Sentence For Berling Seen
Violet John Berling, 33, faces a possible one week delay to her life sentence after her attorney Ramsey seeks a new trial. Prosecutor Sten and Judge Miller show no objection to the continuance. Ramsey cites errors in procedure and district attorney misconduct as grounds for the request. The defendant remains hospitalized for infections while in county custody.
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Violet John Berling
Superior Court
Miss Berling
Albert C. S. Ramsey
Kay Frances Erickson
Ted C. Sten
Fred Miller
Ramsey
Berling
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L A Council OKs 5 Percent City Pay Raise
Los Angeles city council adopted an ordinance granting seven thousand city employees a five percent pay raise. Police and fire department members, eight thousand strong, received a similar raise in an anticlimactic Tuesday action.
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Oks
Los Angeles
Police
Fire Departments
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