MacArthur Seeks More Latitude In Korean War
The controversy over Gen. Douglas MacArthur's statements continued as he met Army Secretary Frank Pace Jr in Tokyo seeking more troops and a freer hand in Korea. Tokyo dispatches say he pressed for permission to bomb Chinese supply bases while defending his views against critics in Washington and London.
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Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
United Nations
Army
Frank Pace Jr
MacArthur
Red China
Manchuria
Pace
Washington
Paris
London
Foreign Office
Britain
United States
Olver Franks
White House
Truman
Administration
Army to Withhold Rail Worker Pay Raise Pending New Rule
The Army will delay the entire 42 cent per hour rail worker wage hike for 1,090,000 non-operating employees scheduled for April 20 pay. A three-member panel was appointed by Economic Stabilizer Eric A. Johnston to decide if the raise should be allowed, after the request from the involved parties and railroad management.
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Washington
Army
Karl FR. Bentletsen
Unleas F
Henderson
E Army
Eric A. Johnston
Johnston
Britain Faces New Austerity in Peace Time Budget
Chancellor Hugh Gaitskell presented the 1951-52 expenditure plan totaling 4.197 billion pounds, the largest peacetime budget. Defense would cost 1.49 billion pounds while civilian spending is to be restrained to counter rearmament costs.
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London
Hugh Gaitskell
Britain
Gaitskell
House of Commons
Truman
Stafford Cripps
Boston trip could shape sight hopes for triplet brothers
In Boston three blind Terry triplets from Stearns Kentucky arrive with their parents after a fundraising appeal. Doctors will examine Larry Harry and Barry Terry to see if vision can be restored, otherwise treatment at the Boston Nursery for the Blind aims to make them as near normal as possible. The journey, three years of nursery training, and the flight were funded by Rev. Morris Coers.
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Berry
Barry
Harry Terry
Pine Knot
Cincinnati
Boston
Mildred Sloan
Stearns
New York
Oston
Terry Triplets
Larry
Harry
Barry Terry l
Stearns, Ky
Morris Coers
Coving
Non, Ky
Arthur ‘Terry
Mildred Sloane
California's 40th Arrives in Japan
The 40th Infantry Division of the California National Guard landed at Yokohama for training and occupation duty in Japan aboard the Navy transport General Butner. Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Huderson praised the division as the finest, noting about 35 percent of enlisted men are Californians and officers are largely from California. The unit, veterans of World War II, will not head home immediately.
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Yokohama
Japan
40Th Infantry
California National Guard
Butner
California
United States
Daniel H. Huderson
Los Angeles
Voila! Michel Berthomme Survives Rooftop Plunge
In Les Sables d Olonne France on April 10 Michel Berthomme slipped from a housetop onto a mattress on a passing truck bed. He bounced to the road and suffered a broken ankle with no other injuries reported.
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Les Sables-D'Olonne
France
Michel Berthomme
Hayden says he joined Communist party in 1946
Washington April 10 AP Movie star Sterling Hayden said he joined the Communist party in 1946 but left in December after realizing it lacked democracy He testified before the House un American activities committee that his action stemmed from an emotional unsound approach He urged ex Communists to clear their records and said he informed the FBI in detail about his brief party affiliation.
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Washington
Sterling Hayden
Communist Party
Hayden
House un-American Activities Committee
FBI
Ben Winters
Miss Winters
Hollywood
Berg~ Allenbergr, Inc
William Morris Agency
Moulder D-Mo
Mao Yields Power to Radical in China
An Indonesian diplomat in Hong Kong says a Chinese Communist statement declares Mao Zedong ill and temporarily delegating authority. The news summary noted Mao left Peiping for convalescence and handed power to Vice Chairman Liu Shao-chi, amid Liu’s hardline leadership and mass executions of alleged anti-Communists.
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Hong Kong
Mao Tze-tung
Peiping
Seemarto
Mao
Indonesia
Lix Shao-hi
Liu
Red China
Open Wide Children Take 43 Aspirin Pills Playing Doctor
In Atlanta on April 10 Lucile 3 and Alix Annet Boyd 4 mimed a doctor and gave each other pills. Lucile gave the first pill and after 43 aspirins and an hour both girls and their sister were rushed to Grady Hospital. They were reported fully recovered.
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Atlanta
Lucile
Alix Annet Boyd
Lucille
Alix
J. M. Boyd
Grady Hospital
Navy suspends explosives expert as security risk
Navy suspends Dr. Stephen Brunauer a high explosives expert and his wife Ester Brunauer a State Department employee alleging security risk. The Navy gave no charge details and offered 30 days to answer and request a hearing. Brunauer former wartime commander now civilian. wife’s action tied to his case.
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Washington
Stephen Brunauer
Navy
State Department
Brunauer
Susdec|sion
Bureau of Ordnance
Bhut
Ester Caukin Brunauer
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Aeearthy
Hrunaver
Jackson
Calif
Stanford University
United States Armed Services to Share Best Recruits
Defense Secretary Marshall announced a new allocation plan to distribute the best recruits among the Army Navy and Air Force starting May 1. The program applies to volunteers and draftees and sets fixed percentages by the four mental qualification groups. To balance this, the Navy and Air Force will lower their mental standards to Army levels, as the Army currently handles the draft.
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Washington
Defense
Marshall
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Legislative roundup and page references
A teletype style list itemizes sections and page numbers for the edition. It mentions a U S British bid for a framien cit dispute settlement on page A-2 and other features across A and B sections including obituaries classifieds comics and sports.
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U. S
Framien Cit
Heavy Fire Halts Yanks at Hwachon Dam Front
Allied troops reached the southern shores of the Hwachon Reservoir before heavy Red mortar fire halted their advance toward the North Korean dam and hydroelectric plant. Air strikes by American F-86 jets claimed a downed Russian-type jet with another damaged.
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Tokyo
Hwachon
Tama Brad- Shaw
Central Front
Pukhan
Bradshaw
Sinuiju
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Red Korea
Hwachon Reservoir
Chunchon-Hwachon
Pukhan River
Colorado, Kansas Battered by April Snowstorm
An April snowstorm swept Colorado and western Kansas with northerly winds up to 40 mph and snowfalls of up to nine inches in Boulder and eight inches in Denver. The storm disrupted roads and lines, reduced visibility to a quarter mile in Garden City, and spread snow to Goodland Scott City Norton and several other towns including Dodge City and Hays.
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Denver
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Boulder
Here
Garden City
Goodland
Scott City
Norton
Attwood
Dodge City
Hull City
Syracuse
Liberal
Dighton
Hays
Weather outlook with night fog and clearing sun
Night and early morning low clouds and dense fog. Some early morning drizzle. Mostly sunny tomorrow afternoon. Light variable winds becoming westerly, 8 to 18 mph, tomorrow afternoon.
Pirate Leads Police Merry Chase and Loses
A waterfront shooting sparked a coast guard pursuit as a rifleman fled aboard a 40 foot vessel named Greyhound. Police chased five pursuing craft and an airplane for 25 miles before the Coast Guard ended the chase. The rifleman leaped aboard the Greyhound after firing on patrolmen at Fisherman's Wharf.
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Boothbay Harbor
Coast Guard
Edward J. Marks
Greyhound
Fisherman's Wharf
White House cancels Legion chief meeting
President cancels noon meeting with National Legion Commander Erle Cocke Jr after Cocke publicized plans to back Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Far Eastern policy. Cocke had returned from Rome and pressed for a briefing, then released statements to reporters. Legion spokesman Norman Lodge said a further statement may follow.
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Washington
White House
National Legion
Erle Cocke Jr
Cocke
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph Short
Connelly
Matthew J. Connelly
Rome
Douglas
U S Delays Contempt Case Against Sawyer Nine Officials
Washington April 16 The government moved to delay contempt proceedings against Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer and nine other federal officials until the Supreme Court can review disputed issues in the American President Lines suit.
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Washington
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Supreme Court
Lines
Warren backs Klocksiem and flags Gardena poker ban
Governor Earl Warren endorses a bill by Assemblyman Herbert Klocksiem to ban commercial draw poker parlors, focusing on Gardena operations. He links Gardena gambling to crime, recalls 1939 injunctions, and cites law enforcement views on rackets and potential reinforcements from eastern backers.
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Sacramento
Earl Warren
Herbert R. Klocksiem
F.long Beach
Gardena
Reno
Las Vegas
Warren
California
Sam Rummel
Rummel
Los Angeles
Poe
Supreme Court
Defense Chief Calls for Help in Ground Observers Plan
Maj. Gen. Walter M. Robertson state civil service director issued a call for 12 000 volunteers to man 300 ground observer posts in northern and eastern mountain counties. Activation set for July 1 to blanket the state with the Ground Observers Corps. The plan seeks 300 posts with 27 000 volunteers.
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Sacramento
Walter M. Robertson
State Civil Service
Mountain
Robertson
Plucky 13-Year-Old Jimmy Sloan Seeks Home and College
A 13-year-old California trekker with a broken leg seeks adoption and a college education. Jimmy Sloan limped eight miles to fetch medical aid, is recovering at Huntington Orthopedic Hospital, and has drawn offers from Bruce Rodewold and Mrs Jewold in Chino, plus interest from Pittsburgh's William Richardson.
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Bruce Rodewold
Chino
Calif
Jewold
Jimmy
Stilmner
Wayne County
Wayne
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