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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1951
Page
6
President Truman returns from a weekend aboard the Williamsburg yacht near Washington. He remains silent on the MacArthur dismissal matter as he resumes duties with naval aide Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison at his side.
Jurors in the Berling case remain in deliberations as they read Dr Cefalu's 85000 word testimony and related witness accounts. Miss Berling is confined in a county jail hospital cell with a swollen eye from an infection reportedly caused by an allergy to penicillin.
Allied forces halted a major Red crossing along a 15 mile west front of the Imjin River as UN air and artillery pounded the attackers. The central and eastern fronts saw fierce fighting with heavy Chinese casualties and several MIGs shot down in a large air battle. UN withdrawals aimed to straighten lines north of Seoul while maintaining defenses south of the Imjin and Hantan rivers.
Auburn Maine April 23 Amedee Gobeil digs a rich ditch using rubber composition scraps as fill. Two years ago he leveled off a gully with the scraps. Now the material is worth three dollars a ton and has yielded two freight car loads already.
Whitney says MacArthur unaware why he was removed and that his March 24 statement on Korea aimed to shape enemy action and support psychological warfare. He notes the general could not bid farewell to troops or Japanese, as authority ended with the President’s order.
Early morning shelling at the central front ceased until Monday night as Reds fired long-range weapons. Two Red battalions attacked U.N. positions southwest of Hwachon, but were repulsed. U.N. artillery sank attempts to cross the Hwachon Reservoir. In seesaw fighting east of there, U.N. forces reported heavy Red casualties on a hill they retook. U.N. air power dominated with 771 sorties, while Reds failed to provide air cover. Censorship delayed reports by 14½ hours and later hardened troop identifications were restricted.
Fragmentary text describes a drug Sed SedagulFet marketed to treat stomach upset or indigestion with coating to soothe the stomach. Portions mention users and a product claim, but details and context are unclear.
The Defense Department will give Congressional committees an analysis of the basic differences between MacArthur's Korea war stance and policy. Wake Island talks summary triggered GOP charges of leaks as senators press for a full probe while White House silence continues and critics call for bipartisan policy unity in the Far East.
South Bend Indiana April 23 UP a tower operator Ronald Chapman 19 Bloomingdale Indiana hanged himself after setting train blocks at a busy railroad crossover Coroner T C Goraczewski found no motive Chapman had worked two years as a railroad worker Brakeman G R Trott of Montpelier Ohio reported seeing the body suspended from a pipe in the tower at the North Liberty crossover 15 miles southwest of South Bend
Gorman July 2 A truck driver from Los Angeles amused his rescuers during a 75 minute effort to free him from a smashed cab after a collision with another truck. Harry Hayden Shortt was taken to Newhall Hospital with leg injuries and shock.
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