Mark Clark to Take Over in Korea War
President Truman announced Gen. Mark W. Clark will succeed Gen. Ridgway as United Nations commander in Korea and chief of staff duties in the Far East. Clark, now at Fort Monroe, will carry forward Ridgway’s Korea policies and seek an honorable armistice. Ridgway becomes Europe supreme commander June 1 with Gruenther remaining as chief of staff.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eisenhower
Europe
Truman
Mark W. Clark
Ridgway
U. N
Korea
U. S
Far East
Alfred M. Gruenther
Eisenhlower
Gruenther
Gen. Clark
United Nations
Con Ander
United Nations Command
Japan
Long Beach Sailor Among 61 Saved From Hobson Sinking
A Long Beach sailor was among 61 survivors picked up after the destroyer minesweeper Hobson sank in the Atlantic following a collision with the carrier Wasp. His mother in Lakewood spoke of his past near disaster at Pearl Harbor when the Nevada was sunk in 1941.
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Long Beach
Atlantic Ocean
Hobson
Wasp
Lakewood
San Pedro
James D. DeGaglia
Feck Ave
Mary
Safly
Capetown St
Harry K. Manning
Nevada
Pearl Harbor
Harry
Nav
Sally
Manning
Glenda Wise
Dong Beath
Charleston
S. C
Glenda
Truman Bases Power Claim
Washington April 28 The battle over President Truman's three week old seizure of the steel industry continued as he said he had a right and duty to take over the mills. Judge Pine considered the government's case to surrender seized facilities. Truman said executive powers are limited by the Constitution and that courts should examine legality while not endangering national safety. Baldridge argued for unlimited executive power prompting protests from Congress.
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Washington
Truman
David A. Pine
Tudge Pine
White House
Pine
Holmes Baldridge
Baldridge
Congress
Japan US peace treaty takes effect fueling Russian protest
The United States brought into force the Japanese peace treaty today amid immediate Soviet denunciation. Russia called the accord illegal and said the accompanying security pact is a plan for a new Far Eastern war. The ceremony included President Truman’s message praising Japan as a valiant ally.
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Washington
United States
Soviet
Russia
Far East
Alexander Panyushkin
Japan
U. S
State Department
Truman
Pacific
Shigeru Yoshida
Panyushkin
Moscow
Maxwell Hamilton
Far Eastern Commission
Continued news notes across pages and columns
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Hidden 6000 Miles in Bomber Stowaways on B 29
Two 26 year old women from California and Washington rode 6000 miles from California to Guam as stowaways aboard a B 29 at McClellan Air Force Base. Immigration officials said they may stay if employed on the island. Air Force sergeants Meeks and Quick aided their boarding. The girls hid in the bomb bay and traveled via Hickam Field and Kwajalein before reaching Guam. They surrendered at Anderson Base and were placed with Meeks at his home.
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Agana
Guam
Iifornia
Jert McDaniel
Walnut Grave
Calif
Maxine Allen
Tacoma
Wash
South Seas
Air Force
Dewey H. Meeks
Green‘wood
Miss
Robert L. Quick
Cole
Meeks
Quick
McClellan Air Force Base
Sacramento
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Mid- Pacific
Kwajalein
Anderson Air Base
Jeri McDanie
Nettle Kramer
Walnut Grove
War Diary General Faces Court Martial
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow the former Moscow military attache faces court martial charges for improperly recording and failing to safeguard classified information. Grow warned of imminent war with Russia in his diary while assigned to Fort Meade after returning from Europe.
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Washington
Army Today
Robert W. Grow
Moscow
Germany
Army
Pace
Grow
Russia
Second Army
Fort Meade
Europe
Frankfurt
East Berlin
Gen. Grow
U. S
Wall Street
Richard Squires
Spires
Allies Offer Reds Wrapup on Truce
At Panmunjom the United Nations command presented an overall solution to the main three issues blocking a Korean armistice. The Communists, seeking an indefinite truce, agreed to keep talks secret, requesting Peiping and Pyongyang review the plan. Brig. Gen. William F. Nuckels said the UN command sees potential for a broad solution, while Vice Admiral Joy opened with secret discussions and an emphasis on prisoner exchange, neutral observers, and airfield restrictions.
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Munsan
United Nations Command
Toflay
Peiping
Pyongyang
William F. Nuckels
U. N
Panmun- Jom
Ragadhs
Russia
Heds
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U S Wide Oil Walkout Set
The Oil Workers International Union CIO prepares for a nationwide strike set to begin at 12:01 a m Wednesday. A 26 man policy committee in Denver outlined plans amid 100 000 workers ready to walk out for a 25 cent per hour raise and higher night differentials, with negotiations ongoing at many plants and refiners potentially hit.
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Denver
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
O. A. Knight
AFI
Oil Workers
Stormy Weather Brings War Lull In Korea Actions
From Seoul on April 28 Allied night fliers faced poor hunting as stormy weather limited air and ground actions in Korea. Fifth Air Force said 29 Red supply vehicles were destroyed at Wonsan, while a Chinese force attacked near Kumhwa but was repelled. Tokyo reported a Siegfried Line style Red defense since talks began, with an army analysis noting 750,000+ Communist troops and a largely jet powered air force among 1500 planes.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Wonsan
Northenst
Kumhwa
Tokyo
Matthew 3
Matthew 3. Ridgway
U.N
Weather Outlook With Warming Temperatures Tomorrow
Partly cloudy tonight then section mostly sunny and warmer tomorrow. Small craft warnings posted until 9 a.m. tomorrow for winds up to 30 miles per hour.
Queen Elizabeth II Sets Coronation Date in 1953
Buckingham Palace announced the coronation for Tuesday June 2 1953 with the queen’s official birthday celebrated on Friday June 5. The event marks Britain's greatest social week of 1953.
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London
Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
Britain
Reluctant Airman's Sentence Approved by Air Force General
Maj. Gen. S. E. Anderson approves the court martial sentence of First Lt. Verne Goodwin of Biggs Air Force Base El Paso for refusing to fly on two missions to England last year. He faces two years confinement forfeiture of pay and dishonorable discharge from the Air Force.
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Ort Worth
Texas
S. E. Anderson
Eighth Air Force
Verne Goodwin
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Air Force
Biggs Air Force
England
Truman Names Korth Army Assistant
President Truman nominates Fred Korth to be assistant secretary of the Army. He would succeed Earl R. Bendetsen, who was promoted last week to undersecretary.
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Washington
Truman
Fred Korth
Earl R. Bendetsen
Two Warships Crash at Sea In Fatal Collision
The destroyer Hobson and the carrier Wasp collided at sea during a night maneuver 700 miles from shore. Hobson sank with 176 sailors missing. Wasp suffered holes but no casualties and rescued 61 Hobson survivors as the search ended. The incident was described as one of peacetime naval history’s worst disasters.
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Washington
Navy
Hobson
Wasp
KTLA Televises Nevada Atomic Blast Set for Tomorrow
HOLLYWOOD April 28 station KTLA will televise the Atomic Energy Commission test blast from Nevada. Cameras atop Mt. Charleston about 55 miles away will use new lenses and filters to observe the blast’s heart. The microwave relay will carry coverage from 7 to 11 a.m. weather permitting.
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Hollywood
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
TLA
Mt. Charleston
Classifieds and notices guide readers through paper pages
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Boyle
Transfusion dispute ends with arrests in Odessa
Grace Marie Clitt fights for life as a blood transfusion is ordered by doctors. Her father William Olliff and brothers Ben and John, all Jehovahs Witnesses, are jailed on peace disturbance charges after resisting the procedure in Odessa Texas. An injunction from her former husband Clyde Wright restrains the relatives from interfering, as appeals for blood donations continue and the patient remains near death after a car crash earlier in April.
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Odessa
Texas
Grace Marie Clitt
Brooklyn
N. Y
Midland
Jehovah's Witnesses
William Olliff
Father
Ben
John
Medical Center Hospital
Clyde Wright
Clydene
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