Manila Americans Told to Flee Huks
Americans in Manila were warned to seek safety as Hukbalahap guerrillas raided nearby. Philippine army manned roadblocks, with 21 soldiers and civilians killed since Friday. Brig. Gen. Duque urged armed guards for foreigners. raids and fears of a general offensive rose ahead of the Huk anniversary.
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Manila
Amila
Philippines
Philippine Army
U.S
Calixto Duque
Duque
Philippine Armed Forces
National Defense
Ramon Magsaysoy
Baguio
Elpidio Quirino
Magsaysay
John Hardie
Donald Capuano
Bulacan
Huks
Muntinglupa
Asan
MacArthurs China Talk Triggers Washington Response
The United States distanced itself from General Douglas MacArthur's vow to destroy Red China if UN forces target Chinese bases. State Department officials said the remark was not cleared in Washington, while a press officer stressed military directives cover Korea and political issues stay with the UN and intergovernmental talks. Acheson and Truman conferred on the statement, which suggested ultimatum tone though not stated as such. MacArthur indicated readiness to meet the field commander of China theater and warned of imminent collapse if UN assaults proceed.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Red China
State Department
Uirles
MacArthur
Tokyo
Department
Reginald P. Mitchell
Acheson
Truman
Mitchell
Korea
American Joint Chiefs of Staff
38Th Parallel
U. N
Oregon Forest Chief Killed in Virginia
Horace W. Andrews, 59, chief of the Pacific Northwest region of the U S Forest Service, was killed in a head on collision with a truck in Franklin Park, Fairfax County, Virginia. He had come to Washington to attend a regional foresters meeting.
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Washington
Horace Wv. Andrews
Portland
Ore
LU. S. Forest Service
Asrtruck
Franklin Park
Fairfax County
Andrews
S Washington
Dewey Birthday Observed Confined by Virus Illness
Albany dispatch reports Governor Thomas E. Dewey celebrated his 48th birthday in bed as he remains confined to the executive mansion since March 13 with a virus infection. The former GOP presidential candidate was born in 1902, and the illness keeps him from public duties during the March 24 observation.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
No Plans to Extend War Declared by United States
The United States stated it has no plans to seek UN permission to widen the Korean conflict to mainland China. Gen. MacArthur warned that expanding military actions could push Red China toward collapse risk. Western diplomats reacted with surprise at his remarks and urged prior consultations.
Peron claims Argentina develops atomic power control
Washington March 24 AP foreign ministers from North and South America gather for a conference starting Monday. President Juan Peron announced Argentina has developed a controlled release of atomic power, a move expected to boost Argentina’s prestige and influence at the talks while diplomats speculate on its timing. The 21 ministers face talks on controlling communism in the hemisphere, boosting defense, and easing economic worries as Truman prepares to set a unifying tone at Constitution Hall Monday.
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North
South America
Juan Peron
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Truman
Constitution Hall
Big Four ministers resume deadlocked talks in Paris
Paris March 24 UP Big Four deputy foreign ministers agreed to carry on discussions into next week to obtain fresh Moscow guidance for a top level conference. Gromyko’s lengthy speeches showed he had not yet received new instructions, as the group seeks an agenda for a ministers meeting on international tensions.
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Paris
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Moscow
Berlin
Rotterdam
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
Foreign Ministers Council
Washington
U. S
Britain
France
Austria
Veteran Senator Reenters Politics as Track Lobbyist
Ralph Swing, long time San Bernardino County senator and former chairman of the Senate committee on governmental efficiency, registered as a lobbyist for Santa Anita race track in Arcadia. He will be paid 5000 dollars for the balance of this session through June and for the upcoming budget session next year.
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Oenungeate
Ralph Swing
San Bernardino County
Santa Anita
Arcadia
Swing
Senate Committee On
Radio Facsimile Newsprint Transmits Weeklong Comics
Columbia journalism students ran an experimental radio facsimile network delivering complete newspapers daily for a week. The system covered New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania to 10 000 farm week delegates at Cornell, broadcasting 80 full pages over four FM stations each day.
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Columbia University
Graduate School of Journalism
Carl W. Ackerman
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
U. S. Weather Bureau
New York State Police
Journalism
Upper Manhattan
Columbia
WORFM
WHVA
Poughkeepsie
Wqan FM
Scranton
Whcu-Fm
New York Times
School of Engineering
Cornell
Alf
Tree Branch Snaps Killing Orchard Worker
Bakersfield dispatch reports James H. Spikes was harrowing an orchard when a tree branch snagged on the tractor exhaust stack. The branch sprang free, pinned him to the vehicle and broke his neck, killing him. The coroner's office confirmed the cause of death.
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Bakersfield
James H. Spikes
Spikes
California settles 8610 displaced persons by Jan 31
San Francisco reports that California has settled 8610 of the 223000 displaced persons admitted to the United States up to January 31, per Clifford H. Tope, chairman of the California Advisory Committee on Resettlement of Displaced Persons.
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San Francisco
California
Clifford H. Tope
Advisory Committee On
Fender Log Theft At Pier B Stumps Logs And Clues
Harbor engineer Orlo Peugh reported that a 30 foot fender log, 24 inches in diameter and 40 feet long, was sawn from Pier B. Two stub ends remained chained to the pier, suggesting the theft occurred while the log was submerged. Detectives consider ex lumberjacks as possible suspects.
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Orlo Peugh
Peugh
Ra Met
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