Billions for Defense Put Before Lawmakers
The House appropriations committee approved a 6.47 billion emergency defense budget and readied another request possibly totaling over 70 billion. The plan funds rapid wartime needs through May and June and adds to 48 billion already authorized for the fiscal year. A regular military budget for July 1 may reach 70-75 billion, with Project X Atomic Energy Commission, manpower expansion, and accelerated procurement on the agenda.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Tea
Congress
Truman
Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
U.S. Casualties Rise 969 in Korea Week
US combat casualties in Korea climbed to 67,744 as of April 24, up 969 from the prior week. Totals through April 24 include 38,000 killed, 41,425 wounded, and 10,836 missing. Wounded deaths rise to 1,087, with 100 of the missing now confirmed dead. Combat deaths total 16,567. Missing include 1,159 returned to control and 118 prisoners of war, leaving 584 still listed as MIA.
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Washington
Klockstein Leads Vote to Ban Draw Poker Parlor Bill
Sacramento April 25 The Assembly voted 46 to 20 to override a committee and consider AB3377 to outlaw draw poker parlors in California. Klockstein led the push with Gov Warren backing the bill as common sense. Debate cited livelihoods of 700 to 800 tied to the industry and Gardena’s stakes.
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Xacramento
Assembly
California
Gardena
Herbert R. Klockstem
Long Beath
Committee On Boards and Commissions
San Diego
Eureka
Polie
Earl Warren
Randal Dickey
R.alameda
Lester A. McMillan
McMillan
Dills
Los Angeles
William H. Parker
Aid to Formosa Limited to Self-Defense Policy
Secretary of State Acheson announced that U S military aid to Chinese Nationalists in Formosa is to be used for internal security or legitimate self defense under a notes exchange with Chiang Kai shek's government. The policy mirrors Truman's June 27 proclamation after North Korea's invasion and calls for Seventh Fleet protection and a halt to attacks on the Chinese mainland.
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State Acheson
Formosa
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Macarthur
Acheson
United States
South Korea
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Chiang Kaishel
Newspaper Page Index Highlights Sections
The listing shows where to find content across the paper including Beach Combing on B-1, Boyle on A-19, Bridge on A-19, Classifieds B-6 to B-9, Comics A-24, Crossword A-20, Editorial A-18, Financial on 3-5, Obituaries A-FO, Radio and TV A-20, Shipping B-5, Sports A-25 to A-27, Theaters A-27, Weather B-5, and Women's activities B-2 and B-3.
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Boyle
Radio and Selevision
Levees Hold in Danger Spots on Mississippi
Levees along the Mississippi in Iowa Illinois and Missouri faced danger as floods affected about 7500 people left homeless and 24000 threatened. Sabula Clinton and Muscatine saw high water while crews reinforced dikes and residents sandbagged key levees.
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Midwest
Iowa
Iinois
Missouri
Muscatine
Drury
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Towa
Clinton
Keokuk
Davenport, Sons
Nock Island Hil
Hollywood Id Director Breaks Silence on Communists
Washington April 25 1945 Edward Dmytryk screen director testified the Communist party sought control of the film industry through Hollywood guilds and unions. He admitted party membership and described a levying system that funded Communist influence within Hollywood talent and unions.
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Washington
Edward Dmytryk
Communist Party
Hollywood
Dmytryk
House un-American Activities Committee
Apy
Railway Pay Boost Cracks Wage Ceiling
Washington April 25 AP reports Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston approved a 6 cents an hour wage increase for about 1 million railroad workers, piercing the 10 percent ceiling. The rise, tied to a cost of living clause, exceeds the automatic limit by roughly 3 cents, affecting clerks mechanics and other non-operating workers, with possible extensions to related employees.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Johnston
White House
Dahnston
Pullman Co
Bellway Express Co
Fon-Union Railroad
Bay Dock Hands End 19Hour Walkout After Talks
In San Francisco on April 5 hundreds of Bay Area longshoremen from Local 10 of the ILWU halted work for 19 hours to press for contract gains and government orders. They discussed the waterfront loyalty program wage stabilization and employer pension and welfare fund contributions.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Tp.m
ILWU
Wazer
Quotes Mac Aide British Engines in Red Jets
Rep Clarence J Brown said a staff member told him every enemy plane shot down in Korea was powered by British built jet engines. Air Force noted no wreckage recovered so far. Brown spoke during a House committee hearing on foreign aid safeguards against communist influence.
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Washington
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Yea
Douglas MacArthur
Air Force
Korea
Yalu River
Brown
House Rates Committee
Joan U. S. Grann
Abrupt Allied Withdrawal in West Section
Allied tanks and troops on the central front near Kapyong drove back Chinese forces with heavy fire, killing an estimated 750 Reds before withdrawing. North of Seoul UN forces pulled back as Chinese counterattacks stalled, with Lt. Gen. Van Fleet confident of final victory.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Seoul
Kapyong
James A. van Fleet
Cloudy with Showers and Warmer Outlook
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with occasional showers tonight. Partly to mostly cloudy tomorrow with a slight warmup. Southwest winds around 15 mph expected tomorrow.
Berling Jurors Seek Copy of Verdict Instructions
Berling jurors asked for a copy of the judge’s five verdict options in the Violet Berling murder trial. Judge Miller provided a typewritten copy. Jurors presently weigh first degree murder with or without life, second degree murder, manslaughter, or acquittal as they deliberate into a second full day.
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Berling
Fred Miller
Miller
Violet John Berling
Kay
Frances Erickson
San Quentin Penitentiary
Fife
DiSalle Orders Major Beef and Prices Rollback Plan
April 25 report says Price Controller Michael V. DiSalle will roll back beef prices 3 to 4 cents a pound from farm to dinner table to aid the public. The move targets about 75,000 manufacturers and affects roughly a quarter of US industry, with ceilings effective May 28 and not covering autos or many other controlled goods.
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Ashington
Michael V. DiSalle
Disalle
Bomb Manchuria Bases Urges at Capital
In Washington April 25 Republicans called for combing Manchuria red bases while Democrats questioned Lt Gen Ridgway's urging of Chinese Nationalist troops. The debate over Truman and MacArthur strategy escalated as Congress debated Allied losses and potential UN backed air strikes on Manchuria sanctuaries.
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Washington
Red China
Matthew B. Ridgway
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Congress
Sen. Wiley
R.wis
United Nations
Four-engined Sky Liner Hi Collides With Navy Plane
A four engined Pan American DC 4 passenger plane of Cubana de Aviacion and a small Navy trainer crashed into the ocean off Key West. Forty three feared dead as Navy and Coast Guard recovered bodies and wreckage. The crash occurred near the Little White House, witnessed by sunbathers with the plane sinking in shallow water.
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Fla
Pan American Airways
Compania Cubana de Aviacion
Havana
Miami
Navy
Coast Guard
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Navy Department
White House
Truman
Five Boys Accused on Morals Charges
COSTA MESA April 25 Five teenaged boys are in custody of the Orange County sheriff's element after allegedly admitting intimacies with two 14 year old Long Beach girls. More arrests of teenagers are expected momentarily according to Sgt Russell Campbell of the sheriff's juvenile bureau who said the boys in custody implicated others. The girls involved are being held in Orange County Juvenile Home.
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Costa Mesa
Long Beach
Orange County
Gromyko presses UN to end Korean fighting
In Paris April 25 Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged Western deputies that UN forces should withdraw to end the Korean war. He warned there would be no room for the white crosses over the tombs of interventionist troops if the UN stayed. The remarks opened a tense session of deputies during preparations for a forthcoming foreign ministers conference.
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Paris
Russia
Aniirel Gromyko
Korea
United Nations
U. N
U.S
France
Britain
United States
Gromyke
Starving Gunman Surrenders After Double Shooting
A weary, starving desperado walked out at 4 a.m. and surrendered after a double shooting in New Mexico. Homer Gossett, 34, of Kansas City Missouri, an escapee from Tennessee State Prison, admitted shooting Geo Mullenix and George E. Barker. Barker, a Rochester New York businessman, was wounded protecting others at a convent. Gossett surrendered to Dr. R. G. Chafter near Cuba New Mexico after a chase from a mesa above Sibunaerae.
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A. M
Apra
George E. Barker
Rochester
N. Y
Villa Mater Cristi i
New Mexico
R. G. Chafter
Cuba
Here
Barker
Frances
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