MacArthur's Former Aide Backs Ike for GOP Nomination
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, ret., former top MacArthur aide in Japan, backed Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Republican presidential nomination in an Asheville interview. He criticized aspects of MacArthur's political role and recalled MacArthur's past statements on 1944 and 1948 nominating hopes.
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Asheville
N. C
Robert L. Eichelberger
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eichelberger
MacArthur
Eisenhower
New York City
Robert A. Taft
Eighth Army
Pacific
MacArhur
GOP
Forgotten men in Korea demand more shells
Rep. Clarence J. Brown reads a letter from 35 heavy mortar unit members in Korea complaining of insufficient ammunition. Brown urges the House Armed Services Committee to probe the “disgraceful situation” as calls for accountability rise. Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes counters that transporting enough shells would require all ships in the world.
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Washington
U.P
Clarence J. Brown
R-O
House
Korea
Brown
House Armed Services Committee
Ohio Republican
Robert L. F. Sikes
D-Fla
House Militay Appropriations Subcommittee
Weather Closes In With Showers Across Wisconsin
Kenosha and statewide areas faced cloudy humid conditions with occasional showers and thunderstorms. The forecast calls for a low around 66 tonight and highs in the upper 70s tomorrow. Kenosha tallied .19 inches of rain by mid morning after a high near 72 yesterday.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
House probes say DOJ gave only superficial liquor anti trust review
Washington press report says four major distillers Seagrams Schenley Hiram Walker and National Distillers faced only a limited 1948 49 inquiry by the justice department amid rumors of political contributions. Mitchell claims no field work was done and evidence suggests a minimal study of the industry.
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U.P
House
Justice Department
Stephen A. Mitchell
Frank L. Chelf
D-Ky
Seagrams
Schenley
Hiram Walker
National Distillers
Mitchell
Big Four
Accidents Claim Ten Wisconsin Lives Over Weekend
Ten people died in Wisconsin accidents over the weekend. Among the deceased were Mrs. Mary Grabarczyk in Milwaukee, Carl Dahlstedt near Baraboo, and Richard Lobermier of Fifield. others include Darlene Clasen and her brother Glenway, John Neubauer in Milwaukee, Raymond J. Leonard near Allens Grove, Merle Bagan, Robert Morel and Richard Schindhelm, Curtis Fritz, and infant James Renner in Milwaukee.
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Mary Grabarczyk
Milwaukee
Carl Dahlstedt
Port Wing
Highway 13
Barron County
Darlene Clasen
Glenway
Nash
John Neubauer
Nash Auto
Milwaukee Road
Raymond J. Leonard
Los Angeles
Allents Grove
Walworth County
Merle Bagan
Troy Center
Robert Morel
Richard Schindhelm
Ely
Minn
Ladysmith
Richard E. Lobermier
Fifield
Highway 70
Oneida County
United Press
Curtis Fritz
Platteville
Cassville
James Renner
Typhoon Kills Eleven in Southern Japan Floods Homes
A typhoon sweeping southern Japan left eleven dead and five missing with about 1000 houses flooded as heavy rains inundated coastlines. The storm moved on after causing widespread damage across coastal towns.
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Tokyo
U.P
Japan
West Germans freed as Soviets pull back from British zone
Soviet and East German forces withdraw from a strip of British zone near Schoeningen after freeing 43 West Germans seized at gunpoint in a raid. British and West German frontier police reoccupy the vacated area as Allied authorities insist on patrol rights along the Berlin to Western Germany highway.
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Germany
U. S. Army
Reds
Schoeningen
Berlin-West Germany
Vassily I. Chuikov
UN Troops Start Large Korean Drive
Allied air, naval, and ground forces launched the largest Korean war offensive to date with over 500 planes attacking five North Korean hydro plants including the Suiho dam. The raid aimed to cripple Manchurian power, while several thousand troops struck western front lines near Chorwon and Kumson. Civilian damage was avoided as dams remained standing but power output dropped sharply.
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U.P
North Korea
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Yalu
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Col
John D. Nottingham
Houston
Texas
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Glenn O. Barcus
North Korean
William S. Taylor
Florence
Ala
Wilson Dam
Wilson
Vevn R. Chase
Warwick
N. Y
Eighth Wing Shooting Stars
Koje Prisoner Screening Begins Amid UN Admission
The U S 8th Army begins screening 45 000 prisoners on Koje Island in Pusan Korea to decide who will stay with the Allies or return to the Communist side. The UN confirms more than half of the 80 000 prisoners had not yet been screened, following a two month halt to quell a Communist rebellion on the island.
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Chorwon
Eighth Army
Pusan
Korea
U.P
U. S
8Th Army
Koje Island
United Nations
Koje
Groups Seek Hill Entry Against McCarthy Nomination
Two anti McCarthy factions in Madison Wisconsin report they are urgingJim Dan Hill president of Superior state college to enter the Republican senatorial race. Hill a World War II veteran and former commanding general of the 32nd infantry division was in Texas visiting relatives and could not comment.
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Wis
Sen
McCarthy
Appleton
U. S. Senate
Jim Dan Hill
Superior State College
Superior
Hill
32Nd Infantry Division
Wisconsin National Guard
Texas
Murray Tells Truman Deal at Gary Rally
CIO steelworker leader Philip Murray said President Truman told him last December to delay the January strike with no fear of Taft Hartley when the union suspends. He called Inland Steel president Clarence Randall a liar over a claim of a deal. Murray spoke to 7 500 at a Gary rally amid a 130 000 population and 27 000 in the area working steel.
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Left
CIO
James G. Thinnes
Gary
Indiana
Murray
Taft-Hartley
NEA
Ind
Truman
Wwe Snes
Inland Steel
Clarence Randall
U. S. Supreme Court
Senate
John Watkins
Steelworkers Union
Air Leader Reports Soviet Military Air Armada
Gen Curtis LeMay said in New York that the Soviet Union has built an air armada of about 40 000 planes, with roughly 20 000 in organized units and another 20 000 in reserve. He noted the U S Air Force lists 91 wings totaling under 7 000 aircraft.
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U.S
Curtis E. LeMay
Soviet Union
LeMay
Strategic Air Command
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Russia
United States
Air Force
United States Air Force
Object to Release Of Allied Internees
In Panmunjom Korea Communist truce negotiators objected to the Allied decision to release 27000 Korean civilian internees. North Korean Gen Nam II said the Communists do not recognize the UN right to reclassify those individuals from war prisoners to civilian internees.
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Panmunjom
Korea
A.P
Nam II
McCarran Effort to Start Constitutional Amendment Fails
In Washington Sen. McCarran failed to move a constitutional amendment denying presidential seizure of private property without congressional action. The Senate voted 42 to 32 to table the motion, blocking immediate consideration of his proposal. The report notes a postponed boxing match between Joey Maxim and Sugar Ray Robinson due to rain and cold.
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Sen
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate
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