Senate Armed Services Projects 1,669,000 Need Next Year
The Senate was told the armed services will require 1,669,000 new personnel in the coming year across regular and reserve forces. The estimate accompanies the bill to draft men ages 19 through 25 for two years and to train 18-year-olds as a reserve, amid factional fights over race-based service provisions and civil rights pressures within the Dixie bloc.
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Senate Armed Services
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Sen
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D.ga
Armed Services Committee
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Maybank
Byrd
D.-Va
D.-Ala
Dixie
Trueman
Truman
Congress
St. Patrick's Day
Bevin Blames Reds Publicity For Hurdle To Peace
In London on May 12 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told Parliament that only the Communists stand in the way of world peace. He said he wanted peace with the Soviet Union but no settlement can come until the ground is cleared. Bevin criticized Moscow radio for publicizing the U.S.–Soviet exchange before the U.S. government replied.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Russia
United States
Tass
Long Beach Election Results and Local News Highlights
Election coverage reports Irving M. Smith Kenneth E. Sutherland and Miss Myrtefle Gunsul elected with 18 council candidates named. Also notes European developments, radio discrimination case, Overell murder trial, and aviation program outlines. Local sections flag markets sports theaters and women’s activities.
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Irving M. Smith
Kenneth E. Sutherland
Miss Myrtefle Gunsul
Long Beach
Europe
Russia
Overell
Tokyo to Stage First Japanese Style Bull Fight
Four bulls arrived in Tokyo for a trial of a native bull fighting style. The animals in brocade robes will train this week and face off in a small ring on Saturday with horns locked to determine winners. American occupation authorities will witness to assess cruelty concerns.
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Tokyo
Chrysler Strike Hits Michigan Plants In Postwar Walkout
About 1100 United Auto Workers members walked out at the Maywood Chrysler plant as the union launches a national strike linked to postwar wage demands. Gov. Sigler filed a complaint under Michigan's Bonnie-Tripp Labor Law seeking a strike vote, while Briggs Manufacturing warns of 13,000 layoffs in six Detroit plants.
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John Allard
U. A. W. Lotal
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Dodge
G. B. Pardue
Noah Tauscher
Sigler
State Labor Mediation Board
Wayne County
Detroit
James McNally
McNally
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Briggs
Indiana
Calif
Union
Stolen Art From Coburg Castle Draws War Era Police
Coburg Germany May 12 thieves robbed historic Coburg Castle of art objects valued by German police. Reports say two silver clocks gifted to the Duke of Coburg by Queen Victoria and three paintings were taken from the 13th century fortress once home to the dukes of Saxe Coburg amid wartime administration.
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Coburg
Germany
Seeta
Violence Erupts at Swift Armour Plants Strike
In South St Paul and Albert Lea Minnesota violence broke out on meat strike picket lines. Police say two CIO United Packinghouse Workers pickets were arrested and several others questioned. Several injuries reported but none serious. At Albert Lea a Wilson plant incident involved attempted back to work and vehicles tipped over with injuries.
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Minn
Albert Lea
Swift and Armour
C. I. O. United Packinghouse Workers Union
Wilson
Jews Take Over Jaffa as War Flares in Palestine
In Jerusalem on May 12 a Jewish civil administration announced control of Jaffa the Arab port city. Cease-fire fractured by gunfire between Jews and Arabs in the suburbs as Tel Aviv's mayor Rokach assumes Jaffa's administration. Haifa already under Haganah control. British troop withdrawal set for May 14 as Moshe Shertok and David Ben Gurion press for an independent Jewish state with a late Friday proclamation anticipated.
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Jaffa
Israel Rokach
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Haifa
Haganah
Abu Leben
United Nations
Holy
Alan Cunningham
Hicht
Euryalus
Moshe Shertok
David Ben . Gurion
Minor quake felt in northern Honshu without damage
A minor earthquake was felt today in the northern third of Honshu Island. The epicenter was 200 miles north of Tokyo, according to the Central Meteorological Observatory. No damage was reported.
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Tokyo
Honshu
Central Meteorological Observatory
Dulles Warns of U S Setback in UN Showdown
John Foster Dulles told the House foreign affairs committee that a confrontation with the Soviet Union over UN tactics could bring a severe diplomatic setback for the United States. He cited potential non cooperation from 10 to 15 nations outside the Soviet bloc and warned against an immediate clash with Moscow. He favored no UN charter revision now and supported strengthening through other means.
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A.P
John Foster Dulles
Congress Today
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United Nations
United States
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
U.S
U. N
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House Committee
Eaton
RN J
Marshall
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
State Department
Uman
Plane crash at Huntington Beach injures two men
Two men escaped serious injury in a light-plane crash at Huntington Beach Airport at 10 05 a m. Pilot Donald A A Galven 21 of Palm City and passenger William Hewitt 34 of Coronado suffered minor cuts and bruises. Engine failure at takeoff caused the wreck on the landing strip.
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Donald A. A. Galven
Palm City
William Hewitt
Coronado
Galyen
San Diego
Armed bandits steal two million in gold in Bangkok
Bangkok police report 20 to 30 armed bandits hijacked an international gold shipment worth 2 million dollars from a KLM plane en route to Macao from India. A truck with 220000 grams of gold was halted, nine guards were bound, 35 boxes remain missing, and 200000 dollars worth of gold was recovered. International air traffic was halted as police conducted dragnets.
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A.P
Criminal Investigation Division Today
Macao
India
Bangkok
Customs ‘House
Khao Chin Park
KLM
Jap Urges Exile for War Criminals
Tokyo report says Tsunezo Wachi a former navy captain and wartime commander of Iwo Jima now a Buddhist priest urged Allied tribunals to exile war criminals including ex Prime Minister Tojo to Iwo Jima or a distant penal island, compare fate to Napoleon’s exile.
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Tokyo
Vfi Tsunezo Wachi
Tojo
Iwo Jima
Napoleon
Wachi
St. Helena
Europe
P. S. Wachi
Watch for Missing B-29 Wreckage Near Guam
Washington today asked military and commercial aircraft near Guam to report any wreckage of a B 29 missing last month. The bomber carried 11 men. organized search ended but all traffic should report any clues.
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Washington
Guam
Airforce
Italy inaugurates Einaudi as president admired by Americans
Luigi Einaudi, 74, banker and ardent admirer of the United States, is sworn in as Italy's first elected president. He will name Alcide De Gasperi premier, with Einaudi stressing affection for America and its role in Europe’s peace and development. Mario, his son, teaches political history at Cornell University.
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Emaudi
America
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
de Gasperi
Einaudi
Bank For Italy
Premie
Europe
Mario
Cornell University
Suit Filed for Divorce Against Circus Midget
Mrs Mildred Boers 39 sues husband Henry 53 a circus midget for divorce stating he stood on a chair and struck her in the eye. The action filed in St Louis cites cruelty and forceful behavior by the spouse.
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ST. Louis
Mildred Boers
Henry
Face to face settlements ruled out by U S secretary of state
Secretary Marshall ruled out direct bilateral talks between the United States and Soviet Russia on general international problems. He urged United Nations action and warned that discussion must occur within the body charged with responsibility for such issues. He cited Korea Germany and Austria as urgent UN and Allied Council matters.
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A.P
Marshall
Russia
United Nations
United States
Walter Bedell Smith
Molotov
Smith
Germany
Austria
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Allied Control Council
Berlin
State Department
Britain Objects to Restarting Austrian Peace Talks
Britain has officially opposed resuming Austrian peace treaty discussions unless Russia withdraws support for Yugoslavia's territorial and reparations claims. The notice, aligning with the United States, was conveyed to Kenyon Bolton, secretary-general of the deputy foreign minister's council, as treaty talks broke down last week.
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Britain
Russia
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United States
Kenyon Bolton
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