Draft and UMT Bills Seen Ready for Senate Next Week
Washington April 3. Senate armed services panel aims to move draft and universal military training bills to the floor by late next week after weeks of hearings. Secretary Forrestal proposes registration up to 45 with a limited draft of veterans aged 19 to 26. Eisenhower supported the plan publicly in uniform as debate continued.
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Ashington
A.P
Gurney
R. S.D
Senate
Armed Services
Charles A. Beard Feit
Lloyd H. Reyerson
University’ of Minnesota
Thes
Scientiat
Henry B. Sota Oheiecran
Princeton University
Army
Smythe
Beard
Dwight E. Eisenhower
U. M.T
Armed Services Committees
Czech Premier Announces Growth of Nation
Prague April 3 Premier Gottwald said Czechoslovakia has ceased to be a small nation and has attained strength and dignity in international affairs. He spoke at a youth council meeting noting the nation’s growing role.
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Prague
Kelement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Gottfat
Mule No Savvy Lip Bitten Off Leaves Plowman Sue
Murfreesboro Tennessee reports Howard Massey attorney for German Robertson seeks 1500 damages from an African American assailant after a fight left Robertson with a bitten lip and a dismembered goatee. Physician sewed the lip back to the face and Massey says the mule may never again understand orders.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Apel Gd
Liz
Howard Massey
German Robertson
Massey
Robertson
Seattle Presses Search for Plane Long Past Due
Seattle authorities press for a missing Air Force Reserve plane with three aboard. The ship disappeared on a flight from McChord Field to Sand Point Naval Air Station. Five search parties check reports of sightings north and east of Seattle. A Bellevue resident reported a plane passing over a house with engines apparently dead, followed by a rumble. Reports also came from Mount Vernon area and Hobart.
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Seattle
Air Force Reserve
McChord Field
Sand Point Naval Air Station
McChord
U S Aid Bill Lifesaver for Britain
London officials say the United States aid bill of 36.098 billion dollars, awaiting final passage, acts as a lifesaver for Britain now near bankruptcy. They welcomed Senate approval and urged quick House action, noting Britain could face ruin without the European recovery plan and Marshall aid to sustain living standards and supplies.
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London
U. S. Congress
Britain
Foreign Office
Senate
Truman
Canada
Agere
Marshall
Fierce fighting reported near Albanian border in Greece
Dispatches from Athens say heavy clashes continue in northwestern Greece nearIoannina. National forces reportedly capture villages in mountainous terrain 35 miles northwest of Ioannina. Between 1000 and 1200 rebels are said to hold positions in the region near Tinos.
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Athens
Presk
Greece
Ioannina
Josses
Police Track Armed Man to Beat Accused Murderer
Police traced an armed suspect to the beat of a man accused in the murder of Navy chief How ard Everett Jepson, 34, at a Font dispensary on Fei Island. Joseph Barsock, 22, of New Orleans, will be arraigned in Los Angeles at 2:30 p.m. May 1 before the U.S. Commissioner, announced FBI Special Agent Richard B. Hood. Barsock was captured by Long Beach officers after the shooting. Jepson was killed when the attacker overpowered a guard and seized his weapon. Officers recovered an automatic pistol from under a bunk. a burglary report ties in a separate incident near Cerritos Channel.
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Howard Everett Jepson
Navy
Pharmaciat
Mats
Fei Island Font
Joseph Barsock
New Orleans
U.S
Los Angeles
Richard B. Hood
FBI
Rsock
Long Beach
Rowava
Baxter
Edward
Cerritos
Commodore- Heim Bridge
Astore
Barrock
Jepson
Waa
Edwin
Ras Beech
Ballard
Det ‘Tasp
Jack Guthrie
Long- Beach
Jopaon
Teason
Macyman
Islan
Frank Marolt
Ita Baro
Edison
Plant
He Cerritos
Chantel
U S Planes Carry Food To Berlin In Air Run
American transport planes roared from Rhein Main airport carrying food to occupation forces in Berlin. About 30 two engined C 47 transports were to make the grocery run today despite Soviet land blockade fears. Flights left in about 15 minute intervals with secrecy damped but observers report ongoing air shuttle service to Berlin.
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Frankfurt
Germany
RheinMain
Berlin
Army
The
Valley Forge Reaches Suez After Long Canal Bend
The American aircraft carrier Valley Forge the longest ship ever to enter the Suez Canal was towed safely through the sharpest bend. Admirals sighed in relief as it passed the riskiest stretch and headed toward the Mediterranean amid massed aircraft and public astonishment.
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Suez
Egypt
Valley Forge
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
United States Navy
Canal Company
Louis Mantel
A. Uittetug
Hercules
Richelieu
Aee
Inter
Ie Forge
Valle Forge
Tomornow
Floating Mines and Submarine Sightings Reported
Seattle reports 48 drifting mines along the North Pacific coast over four days with four destroyed. Officials call it the greatest invasion of floating mines since 2547, with the latest sighting near Vancouver Island. Nome notes an unidentified submarine seen 15 miles south of Kiska Island in March.
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Seattle
District
Cnargy
North Pacific
Gald
Oregon
Washington
Vancouver Island
Nome
Alaska
Kiska Island
Ateutlan
Chain
Ailot
Governor Recovers From Bad Cold
SACRAMENTO April 3 0 Governor Warren's physician said today that California's presidential hopeful will leave the hospital soon. The executive has been in bed for two days after a cob weld which Dr Nathan Hale said was stubborn but not serious.
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Sacramento
Warren
California
Nathan Hale
Foreign aid bill signed by President Truman
President Truman signed the 6.098 billion foreign aid bill calling it America’s answer to the free world’s challenge. He described it as reconstruction, stability and peace to support free institutions, with Secretary of State Marshall deeming it an historic step in policy. Congress passed the measure before its deadline as part of a broad stop Russia strategy aiding Greece, Turkey, and Western Europe amid Soviet pressure.
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Washington
A.P
Europe
Marshall
Mr. Truman
Robert Lovett
Sen. Vandenberg
R.mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Connally
D.-Texas
Rep
Eaton
Ronj
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Bloom
Burkley
D-Ky
Senate
Martin
R.-Mass
Rep. McCormack
D.bians
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Ina
Soviet Union
Third Brokerage Offices Struck In New Walkout
Workers extended their picket line today to a third brokerage house in the stock and curb exchanges. A line of 40 men marched in front of Bache & Co at 36 Wall Street, with picketing continuing at the two exchanges and the firms’ buildings yesterday while a bid to involve the Securities and Exchange Commission failed.
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NEW _XUHIS
A. FL
Bache & Co
Wall Street
Atte
Securities and Exchange Commission
Lips Freeze to Lock of Storage Vault
Alt Lake City April 3. Stanley Russon plans a plot inspired by his cold storage experience to trap a villain by freezing lips to a vault lock. His son accompanied him. the attempt ends with Russon tearing lip skin as the lock thaws and the pair seek help.
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Alt Lake City
Stanley Russon
Walter
Russon
Tey
Rasson
Pa Russon
Ruason
Locker
Army Strikes Back at Reds Berlin Curbs
The U S Army counterattacked Soviet restrictions in Berlin today halting Russian guards at a railroad building in the U S sector. Col Frank L Howley said the move aimed to ease guard pressure while Russians supplied the workers inside. A roadblock to Potsdam was set from 11 p m to 3 a m with only Potsdam bound vehicles stopped.
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Erlin
U.S
Berlin
U. 5
U. S
Equtish
Frank L. Howley
Alexander Kotokov
Luehus D. Clay
Jeading
Potsdam
Arabs Report Village Taken Near Jerusalem
Arab sources claimed April 3 that a detachment of armed Jews captured Castel, five miles west of Jerusalem, and pushed toward Ain Karem as reinforcements were sent. Jewish sources did not confirm the report, while police reported 40 Arab bodies found near Rehovot after a raid in an orange grove.
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Jerusalem
Castel
Ain Karem
Aren
Caatella
Judean
Holy City
Palestine
Rehovot
Patiews
Yanks Release Four Marines From Chinese Reds
Four featherneck Marines, held by Chinese Communists since Christmas Day after crossing into Communist territory, were arrested for going out of bounds but treated with moderate discipline. Brig Gen G C Thomas indicated confinement to barracks and a small pay deduction as likely, with no harsh punishment. Names listed: Cpl William J Pollard Fort Worth Texas Pfe Carrol W Dickerson Olathe Kan Pet Rahert Hart Pittsburgh Pa Pic Thomas Kapodistria Buffalo NY.
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Tsingtag
China
G. C. Thomas
William J. Pollard
Fort Worth
Texas
Pfe
Carrol W._ Dickerson
Olathe
Kan Pet
Rahert Hart
Pittsburgh
Pic
Thomas Kapodistria
Buffalo
French Pilot Survives Crash Near Stuttgart Field
A French army P47 fighter plane crashed and burned in a field about 30 miles northwest of Stuttgart. The French pilot parachuted to safety and survived as announced by a U S airfield official at Stuttgart.
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Franxfurt
Germany
Stuttgart
U.S
Plane Drops Bomb on Vienna in Soviet Zone
An aircraft dropped a bomb over the Russian zone of Vienna today injuring a child seriously. An official said Soviet headquarters in Vienna were notified of the incident and authorities opened inquiries into the attack.
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Vienna
Vinna
California ballots split on MacArthur and Truman pledges
In Sacramento on April 3, California voters faced two Republican delegate slates pledged to Gov Warren and a Democratic slate pledged to President Truman. A second Republican MacArthur slate was filed but deemed disqualified by Secretary of State Frank Jordan, who cited MacArthur’s explicit disavowal of entry in California’s June primary.
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Sacramento
Barl Warren
Truman
California
Douglas MacArthur
Los Angeles County
Registrar of Voters
Frank M. Jordan
Jorlan
Gen
MacArthur
Secretary of State
President Truman Asked to File Plea to End Coal Strike
President Truman directed Attorney General Tom Clark to seek a court order to end the three week coal strike. The Justice Department said no court action would occur that day. John L. Lewis told Idle miners to decide individually whether to return to work, denying personal responsibility for a strike. A three man fact finding board blamed Lewis for causing the stoppage and suggested officials pressured miners to halt production.
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Washington
A.P
Truman
Tom Clark
Clark
Mr. Truman
White House
Justice Department
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Threeman
L Lewis
United Mine Workers O America
Owls
United Min Workers of America
Rence
Girl Dies After Saving Sister in Newark Fire
Barbara DeCous, seven, died at city hospital after rescuing her sister Paula, two months old, from a kitchen gas fire that started while their mother was out shopping. Deputy Fire Chief Charles Manger said Barbara showed remarkable courage as flames spread from the bed to the crib area.
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Newark
Barbara DeCous
City Hospital
Paula
Barbara
Geri
Berdresa
Reme
Charles Mamger
Fire Department
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