Cities Roll Out Carpet For General MacArthur Welcome
San Francisco and New York plan large welcomes for General Douglas MacArthur on his return to Washington. The California event includes a motor caravan to the Hotel St Francis with Gov and Mrs. Earl Warren and Lt Gen Albert Wedemeyer. Washington promises full military honors and a joint congressional appearance planned for Thursday.
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San Francisco
Earl Warren
Robingon
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Sixth Army
Washington
Defense
George C. Marshall
MacArthur
St. Francis
California
Congress
Pentagon
J .Thornton W. Owen
Washington Board of Trade
Lisenhower
Wainwright
Nimitz
Lower Broadway
New York
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Waldorf-Astoria
Wisconsin
Pacific
State Department
Tokyo
Army
Frank Pace Jr
Pace
Sen. Styles Bridges
RN. H
Armed Service Committee
Bridges
U. S
Korea
Albert C. Wedermeyer
Robert S. Kerr
Okla
Yalu River
Hays
H. Alexander Smith
R.1
I N. J
Foreign Relations Committee
Services Group
Smith
Japan
Truman
Arthur
Bataan
Long Beach
Honolulu
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Republicans Call for Disclosure of Diplomatic Files
In 1951 press coverage, Republicans press for a wide inquiry into diplomatic records surrounding MacArthur's dismissal. Key figures describe declassification and access to evidence, with senators urging examination from World War II through the Korean War, noting Pace's Tokyo statements and Truman policy conflicts.
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Long Beach
Calif
Allies Break Through Reds North of 38th Parallel in Korea
Allied forces smashed the Chinese and North Korean lines north of the 38th Parallel near Chorwon and Yanggu as heavy artillery and air strikes battered Red defenses. Gains were reported east and west of the Hwachon reservoir with Gibraltar Hill and Yanggu captured, while Chinese troops fought to delay UN advances and build defenses along Kumhwa and Pyongyang. General Van Fleet assumed command, and US bombers hit a third North Korean airfield in two days to disrupt enemy support.
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Iron Triangle
U. N
North Korea
Vijongbu- Kumba
United Nations
West Central Front
East Central Front
Hiwachon Reservoir
Yanggu
Sun Parallel
Yangru
Sochon
Bettie
Gibraltar Hil
Yanzru
Yonggu
Inje
Twachon
Kumhwa
Pyongyang
James A. van Fleet
8Th Army
L T
Matthew B. Ridgway
Douglas MacArthur
U.N
Voice of America Not Heard in Albania
In Athens on April 14, three Albanian army deserters said VOA broadcasts are not heard in Albania due to the absence of private receivers. They denied knowledge of a large underground movement, but mentioned covert groups near the Yugoslav frontier and that 99 percent of Albanians opposed communion.
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Athens
Greece
Voice of America
Albania
Daughter Will Visit Ingrid Bergman This Summer
Hollywood reports that Ingrid Bergman will reunite with her 12-year-old daughter Pia Lindstrom this summer after two years apart. Judge Newcombe Condee granted Pia permission to withdraw 2000 from funds to visit her mother after finishing the spring term, with Pia’s father Dr Peter Lindstrom confirming the child would return to Los Angeles. The location of the meeting was not disclosed.
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Hollywood
Ingrid Bergman
Newcombe Condee
Pia Lindstrom
Pia
Peter Lind- Strom
Condee
Los Angeles
Miss Bergman
Europe
Roderte Rossellini
Mesa Lamp Shade Course to Begin
COSTA inHSA April 14 marks registrations for the final semester of lamp shade making classes by the Friday Afternoon Club homecraft section. The free sessions run near Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Clubhouse taught by Mrs. Viola Boas of Long Beach.
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Costa Inhsa
Viola Boas
Long Beach
U.S. Sends $300,000 to High School Boy
New York April 14 Freddy Scacozza a 17 year old high school junior lived on relief. He briefly received a 300000 dollar Treasury check after an agent voided most of it and he kept only 45 50. The incident followed prior earnings of 396 last summer and withheld taxes of 45 50.
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U.S
New York
Freddy Scacozza
Treasury
Freddy
Treasury Department
Fredy
Chicago to Coast Rail Fare Up to Ten Percent
Chicago to California round trip rail fares will rise as much as 10 percent, effective June 1, per the Western Passenger Association. Notices will be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission. 30 days’ notice required for increases. From Chicago the full 10 percent applies, with smaller hikes from nearer points. fares to other western points unchanged. Coach and first class tickets affected. Los Angeles round trip coach fare would go from 51.25 to 89.40, first class from 114.25 to 125.7.
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Chicago
California
Western Passenger Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Southland Flier Harasses Train Near Pyongyang
San Pedro airman Lt David B Van Pelt flew a B 26 Invader on a diverted mission north of Pyongyang to attack a Communist ammunition train near Sunchon. Seven strafing passes left the train a burning wreck after a 25 minute strike. Van Pelts parents reside in San Pedro California and his navigator Lt Harold N Davis lives in Weston Missouri.
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Pyongyang
Sunchon
van Pelt
Seventh St
San Pedro
Calif
Harold N. Davis
Weston
President Bushes Move to Change RFC Management
Washington April 14 President Truman moves to put the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under new management. Senate approval for abolishing the RFC board and naming a single administrator has narrow support while three competing bills to kill or reorganize the agency await action. Potential successors include W Stuart Symington Jess Larson or another administrator. Senate debate focused on political influence in RFC affairs amid a close vote 41 to 33 against the reorganization plan. House action previously defeated efforts to end the plan.
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Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
White House
W. Stuart Symington
National Resources Board
RFC
Jess Larson
General Service
Senate Banking
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
House
Accused Film Folk Welcome at Red Probe
The House un American activities committee invited individuals named in the Hollywood Red inquiry to deny charges. Chairman John S. Wood said the invitation extends to anyone named as Communist party members or fronts. Mart in Berkeley seeks to deny party ties and will be called later.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Hollywood
John S. Wood
Dga
Red
Communist Party
Communist Front
Wood
Martin Berkeley
Berkeley
Richard J. Collins
Greek Women Vote For First Time In Greece
Athens April 14 Greeks will vote tomorrow in municipal elections marking the first time women may cast ballots. Campaigns failed to arouse interest. on election day the army will be confined to war and traffic, venues shut, and liquor sales barred with only official cars and public utilities allowed.
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Athens
Greece
Allies finalize I G Farben breakup plan in postwar terms
Frankfurt dispatch reports Allies have issued final terms to break up I G Farben Chemische empire after six years. Germans approved in principle divisions into three large and six small units with AGFA retained by Leverkusen group. Second large unit to include Ludwigs hafen and Oppau plants. third to cover Main Gau group near Frankfurt led by Hoechst Farbwerke.
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Frankfurt
Germany
I. G. Farben Chemical Empire
Iday
I. G. Farben
Farben
Leverkusen- Bayer
North Rhine-Westphalia
AGFA
Huge Illegal Still Found in Bronx
In a federal raid on a former Biograph Studios site on East 176th Street, agents uncovered the largest New York City moonshine still in a decade. About 50,000 worth of equipment was seized and 30,000 gallons of mash fermenting were found, with capacity rated at 800 to 1,000 gallons daily. Two men were arrested in high bail as alleged operators.
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Sionel Guar
LAN Det
New York City
Asst
U. S. Atty
Senator Vandenberg Said to Be Seriously Ill
Michigan senior Senator Arthur B. Vandenberg, 67, Republican, remains seriously ill after several weeks of illness. Reports indicate no change in his condition as of today at the Grand Rapids area hospital.
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Graund RariDs
Mich
UPI
Michigan
Arthur EB. Vandenberg
Scots invade London guard Stone of Scone at Westminster Abbey
Relays of police guarded the 400 pound Stone of Scone at Westminster Abbey as 40 000 Scots invaded London for the blue ribbon England Scotland soccer match at Wembley. Police kept constant watch inside and outside the Abbey to prevent movement of the coronation stone.
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ONDON
Westminster Abbey
London
Scotland
England
Wemberley Stadium
Abbey
Buckingham Palace
St. Andrews
Edward I
Arbroath Abbey
Army May Raise Ridgway in Bank
The Army weighs granting Lt Gen Matthew Ridgway a fourth star to align his seniority with top Far East command. Lt Gen George Stratemeyer, the Far East air chief, holds temporary lieutenant general rank since May 28 1945, while Ridgway earned the same temporary rank a week later. Both officers are permanent major generals with earlier commissions in 1942. The Far East Naval chief became rear admiral in 1942, while the Navy got its temporary vice admiral rank in 1949.
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Washington
Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Far East
George E. Stratemeyer
MacArthur
Stratemeyer
Ridgway
U. & High Command
British Summer Time to Begin This Weekend
London announces the start of British summer time at 2 a.m. Greenwich, moving clocks one hour ahead. The change remains in effect until October 21, aligning with standard seasonal adjustments observed this year.
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London
Greenwich
40 Loaves Fatal India Native Bets Death
In New Delhi a 36 year old man Hath Singh of Moga Punjab died after overeating on a bet. He reportedly consumed 40 loaves of bread four pounds of sugar cake and drank two gallons of buttermilk. Local officials reported the incident as a tragic death from gluttony amid famine in India.
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New Delhi
India
Hath Singh
Moga
Punjab
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