British Rubber for Reds Sets Off Commons Uproar
London May 2 The disclosure of large rubber shipments from British colonies to Red China sparked fury in the House of Commons. Official Colonial Office figures show British Malaya sent 120000 tons to China in the nine months to March, vs 2500 tons in all of 1949. Malays and Singapore sold 40400 tons to Russia in the same period. Defense Minister Shinwell faced Conservative critics while Korea fighting continued. Blackburn claimed Britain supplied steel locomotives ships and aircraft to China in Jan–Mar, which Shinwell called inaccurate. Eden pressed that government bore the responsibility for exports, and Shinwell warned against private exporters.
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London
China
House of Commons
House
Colonial Office
British Malaya
Singapore
Russia
Emanuel Shinwell
Korea
Shinwell
Raymond Blackburn
Britain
Blackburn
Anthony Eden
Typhoon Rages Off Leyte Island Coast
A tropical typhoon with 110 mile winds was located 620 miles east of Tacloban Leyte and moving northwest at 11 miles an hour. Typhoons in early May are rare in the area and residents await further advisories.
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Manila
Tacloban
Leyte
Senate panel backs bigger Marine Corps force and JCS role
The armed services committee proposes not less than four full strength Marine divisions and four air wings with a 400000 ceiling, about double the present size. It also would give the Marine commandant a consultant seat on the joint chiefs of staff, speaking for Marine matters.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Air Force
Navy
JCS
Corps
ICS
Reds' Casualties 50 000 in Week
The Defense Department estimated that Chinese and North Korean communists suffered more than 50,000 casualties in the first week of their offensive, covering April 23. Total enemy casualties since the Korean War began last June 25 rise to over 875,000, with latest front reports placing casualties above 75,000 since April 29.
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Washington
Defense Department
There’s Something About a Redheaded Woman in New Jersey
Pete Mallen wooed Viola Matich after hiring her father as a babysitter and gifting a diamond ring a Cadillac and home improvements. They wed in 1950 but Viola left after a month and a day. In court, Judge Del Mutolo granted Viola divorce and returned gifts, denying annulment.
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Jose
M. G. del Mutolo
Viva Anca
Resis
Pete Mallen
Viola
Matich
Matiches
del Murolo
OPS Beef Price Control Order Hit by Senate Group
The Senate agriculture committee adopted a resolution calling for repeal of the Office of Price Stabilization beef price ceilings set to take effect May 9. The panel warned of a severe meat famine and early rationing as producers rush cattle to market and feeders suffer heavy losses.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Office of Price Stabilization
Woman Cleared in Contempt Case
Louise Branston Berman heiress was acquitted of contempt of Congress charges. District Judge Burnita Matthews freed her after ruling the questions she refused to answer before the House Un American Activities subcommittee in 1949 could have incriminated her under the Smith Act and she had reasonable grounds to fear self incrimination.
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Washington
Louise Branston Berman
Congress
U District
Burnita
Matthews
Berman
Thm
Akron Firemen Overcome By Toxic Fumes At Blast Site
An explosion at a chemical manufacturing building in East Akron sent streams of flame into the air as a blaze drew sixty firemen. Fifty firefighters were treated with oxygen on scene and ten were revived in hospitals after exposure to noxious fumes.
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Akron
Ohio
UPA
I Manufacturing and Chem
East
Maine
News Highlights From The Telegraphic State Legislature Roundup
A compact round up of state legislature items and brief notices across sections. Includes pace analyses and upcoming page references for Beach Combing, Bridge, Classifieds, Crossword, Editorial, Financial, Obituaries, Radio and Television, Shipping, Sports, Theaters, Tides and Temperatures, Women’s Activities and more.
Acheson Defends Prewar Korea Policies Amid MacArthur Hearing Feud
Secretary of State Acheson defended the administration's Korea policies as controversy erupted over secrecy in hearings on General MacArthur's dismissal. He said the Wedemeyer report's recommendations were followed except for creating a South Korean scout force led by American officers. House Republican Leader Martin pressed for open and public investigation into Far Eastern policies. Senate inquiry members agreed on closed sessions and restricted attendance.
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Washington
State Acheson
Controersy
Capitol
Douglas MacArthur
J. Acheson
Truman
Wedemeyer
Korea
House
Martin
Mass
Senate
Tomorow i
MacArthur
Vinson D.-Ga
Senate Wormed Services and Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
White House
$95 Million Deal for Warner Studio
New York May 2 A syndicate led by Louis A Lurie reportedly plans a 25 million dollar purchase of a controlling stake in Warner Brothers Pictures Inc The deal aims to bring Harry M Jack L and Albert Warner into the venture with Jack L Warner expected to oversee production for several months at the studio in New York and Saratoga Springs situation remains unsettled per Variety.
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New York
Warner Brothers Fictures, Inc
Louis A. Lurie
San Francisco
Variety Today
Lukie
Harry M
Jack, L
Albert Warner
Warner Brothers
Warner
Saratoga Springs
Variety
Lurie
Jack L. Warner
West Coast
May Day Vandalism Destroys Fresno Veteran Home
Six year old boys caused about $2000 in damage to a Fresno State engineering student veteran Melvin Norwood’s home on May Day. The trio, one nude and two partially clothed, ran about the house overturning furniture setting a bed afire and smearing syrup, flour, sugar and washing powder. Neighbors described the scene as a bomb exploded inside.
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Phresn
Melvin Norwood
Fresno State College
Norwood
U.S. Korea War Casualties Rise in Week to 62 797
Washington May 2. American casualties in Korea rose by 1 053 in a week. Total figures: 9 603 killed, 42 216 wounded, 10 956 missing. Combat deaths now 10 813. Missing include 1 168 who have returned to U S control and 113 known prisoners of war, leaving 1 371 still missing.
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Washington
Korea
U.S
Senate crime probes eye dope, vice and sports fix cases
Senate crime committee members led by Sen. OConor discussed possible investigations into dope peddling, organized prostitution, and fixing of basketball games as new lines of inquiry. They plan to rebuild staff and pursue anticrime legislation while extending the committee's life. The yearlong narcotics probe warned of a surge in trafficking and youth addiction in major cities, with links to underworld networks.
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Washington
Senate Crime Committee
Sen. O'Conor
D-Mad
Sen
Kefauver
D.fenn
Rudolph Halley
Senate
O'Conor
Maryland
Two Aged Men Die in San Antonio Hotel Fire
UP dispatch from San Antonio reports two 65 year old men perished in a downtown hotel fire early today. One occupant crippled by polio was found on a second floor couch. nineteen escaped. Names listed as R. S. Menai Thompson of Georgia and Andrew V Johnson of San Antonio.
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San Antonio
R. S. Menai ‘Thompson
Andrew
V Johnson
Alaska Civil Defense Plan Approved by Senate Committee
Washington May 2 A special civil defense program for Alaska won approval by the Senate armed services committee floor manager Sen Hunt D Wy says it would let the federal government provide three or four dollars for every dollar Alaska spends on civil defense. Previously Alaska and other territories were required to match federal funds dollar for dollar.
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Washington
Alaska
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen. Hunt D.wyo 3
Territories
Weather Outlook With Cloudy Skies And Rain Likely
A cloudy night with rain buildup expected tomorrow. South to southwest winds at 15 to 25 mph continue through tomorrow. Temperatures trend cooler tomorrow with a slight drop in highs.
Naval Planes Rip Holes in Hwachon Dam
Tokyo May 2 AP report says United Nations forces claimed a great victory with the Red spring offensive stomped. Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet announced the Reds failed to hold the rivers as U N planes bombed flood gates at Hwachon Dam, water flooding back into the Pukhan and Han. Tanks probed toward Ui jonghu amid Chinese ambushes while patrols crossed the river lines seeking Reds.
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Tokyo
United Nations
James A. van Fleet
Jis
Hwichort
Pukhan
Han
Reds
U.N
Seoul
Uijonghu
van Fleet
Marine turns down home leave in Korea letter home
A wounded Marine, Kenneth J. Pope of the 1st Marine Division, writes from a rest camp in Japan that he is returning to Korea rather than quit. He expresses duty to his country and safety of his family, noting his two best buddies volunteered to return and mentioning his mother Betty Pope of Dallas.
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Marine
Korea
Cplt
Kenneth J. Pope
1St Marine Division
Japan
Pope
Chosin Reservoir
Betty Pope
Dallas
United States
Stoppei
Sale
Moore
America
Johnny Fitzpatrick Becomes Soldier After Weight Gain
A 19 year old New York youth nicknamed Johnny Fitzpatrick earns his Army recruit status after a weight gain ordeal. Rejected for weighing 101 pounds, he returned with extra weight from malts and pies and, with a belt of lead sinkers hidden under his shorts removed, weighed in at 104 pounds and earned a uniform.
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Fitepatrick
Sgt
Patrick Parziale
New York
York
Johnny
Fitzpatrick
New York City
Patrick Parziale, Then Noncom
Parziale
Parinale
Army
Strike Ends as 400 Students Return to WISER High School
Idaho school WISER reports 400 students resumed classes after a two day walkout protesting principal John Cermak's dismissal. A school board review of the decision followed a conference with officials.
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Wiser
Idaho
UW High School
John Cermak
Cermak
Soviet Lend-Lease Called Imperialist Plot in Postwar View
Voprosy Ekonomiki, the magazine of the Economics Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences, labels U S lend-lease as a weapon of imperialism and says it barely aided Soviet war effort. It cites $10.8 billion received and a proposed settlement around $240 million with a stalemate at $800 million. Alexeev argues the United States used aid to recruit allies and delay supplies, while victory claims are downplayed.
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Wmoscow
Voprosy Ekonomikii
Questions of Economics
United States
America
Economics Institute of
LC. & S. R. Academy of Science
U. S
Russia
U.S
International Court of Justice
A. Alexeev
Africa
Pacific Ocean
Europe
Alexeev
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Gen
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