390 000 Set to Strike in Major Drive
Tokyo reports Red troops attack along Korea eastern front linking Chunchon to the Sea of Japan. U N commanders and Maj Gen Hoge foresee a possible offensive by Friday as Chinese probing continues. Allied intelligence doubts 390,000 Reds ready. morale appears weakening with more prisoners. US troops fortify positions during lull, awaiting a possible spring offensive.
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Tokyo
Korea
Chunchon
Seoul
Sea of Japan
William Hoge
U. S. Ninth Corps
Hoge
United Nations Divisio
No-Man‘s-Land
Peiping
United States
Red China
John Randolph
Senate Approves India Wheat Loan
The Senate passed a bill authorizing 2,000,000 tons of food to hunger struck India on a loan basis after amending the measure. The vote moved the shipment to a full loan rather than a mix of loan and gift. The House may act on a similar bill tomorrow. President Truman had urged a gift of 190.6 million dollars in food aid.
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Washington
Senate
India
House
Truman
Congress
Tax List Adds Bookmakers and Cigar Holders New Items
Washington May 16 The House Ways and Means Committee voted to impose a 10 percent gross receipts tax on bookmakers numbers rackets operators and others running gambling pools. A $30 annual license for bookmaking or wagering businesses was tentatively approved. The panel also tentatively agreed to raise slot machine taxes to 250 per unit yearly and extend a 20 percent excise to jewelry related items including cigar holders and pipes. Other proposed taxes on golf boat and china and glassware were rejected. The proposal requires further committee review and eventual passage by both houses.
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YA Ashington
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Hollywood Trio Balk on Telling Past Activities
Washington May 16 A trio of Hollywood witnesses to day balked at telling about past associations before the House Un American Activities committee. Leonardo Bercovici denied membership in the Communist party but would not discuss past activities invoking constitutional privilege. Alvin Hammer and Ben Winters refused to say if they were or had been Communists or discuss past associations. Roy Brewer of the IATSE is to testify tomorrow amid prior union battles and alleged Communist links.
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Washington
Hollywood
House UN- American Activities Committee
Leonardo Bercovici
Matty
Communist Party
Alvin Hammer
Ben Winters
Roy Brewer
AFL International Association of Theatrical and Stage Employes
IATSE
Herbert K. Sorrell
Formosa Tornado Causes Fatalities and Major Damage
A tornado struck southern Formosa on May 16 killing four people and injuring over 100. Property damage was estimated at more than 31 million. The Chinese Nationalists naval base at Kaohsiung sustained heavy hits.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Kaohsiung
Aptitude Grades Awaited for College Draft Postponement
Drafting of college students is postponed until boards receive aptitude test scores or scholastic records. Tests will be offered at college centers nationwide over the next two months. Boards may use either scores or academic records to grant student deferments, with a deadline set for August 20.
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Ashington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Tobin urges stronger Defense Production Act extension
Secretary of Labor Tobin told Congress it is unrealistic to hold wage controls as long as the cost of living index climbs. He noted 3,000,000 workers tie wages to the index and warned that rising prices and profits would pressure wage levels. Tobin urged extending and strengthening the DPA before its June 30 expiry. Senator Maybank warned against guaranteed extension amid hearings on the law.
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Washington
Tobin
Congress
House Banking Committee
Sen
Maybank
D.in. C
Senate Banking Committee
Weather outlook variable night with sun tomorrow
Variable night and morning with low clouds but mostly sunny tomorrow. Little change in temperature. Light variable winds shift to west to southwest at 10 to 18 mph tomorrow afternoon.
Army Seizes Bolivia Government in Coup Crisis
In La Paz the army ousted President Mamerto Arcegoitia and declared a state of siege. A military junta led by Gen Hugo Ballivian was named to govern as the government of Bolivia claims real and immediate danger. Victor Paz Estenssoro, exiled leader of tin miners, denounced the coup as part of a deal with the army while the new regime moves to control mineral resources.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Ovidio Quiroga
Hugo Ballivian
Mamerto Arvidagoitia
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Congress
Paz Estenssoro
Buenos Aires
Paz Estenssero
Quiroga
Italy Quakes Panic Northern Regions Across Garda to Como
In Rome on May 16 reports say sharp and lengthy earthquake shocks shook northern Italy last night and this morning. Residents panicked but no casualties were reported. The tremors followed a strong initial quake of unusual duration that frightened inhabitants in more than 20 northern provinces. Damage was reported to tree trunks and upheaval near Lake Garda and Lake Como.
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Rome
Italy
Lake Garda
Lake
Come
Acheson Denies Plan to Quit Publicly
Secretary of State Acheson said he has no intention of resigning and will stay in the administration as long as the President wants him to remain. He emphasized his commitment at a news conference amid persistent quit rumors and Republican criticism.
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Washington
Acheson
Inquiry Ordered on Unregistered Slaughterhouses
Washington May 16 The Price Stabilization Directors ordered a nationwide inquiry into reports of illegal livestock slaughtering. Edward F Morgan said district agents will check Class 2 slaughterers who operated last year but did not register in 1951. OPS records show about 11 000 registered this year, with an estimated 22 000 to 15 000 unregistered last year.
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Washington
Price Enforement
Edward F. Morgan
Morgan
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Bradley Denies Witnessing Iron Curtain Over Testimony
In a tense Senate session, Gen Omar Bradley rejected claims of a White House iron curtain on witnesses while noting he declined to answer a single question on a confidential basis. He said he would share why the chiefs of staff advised MacArthur's dismissal and why he met with President Truman.
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Washington
Senate
MacArthur
White House
Omar Bradley
Bradley
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Ian
Gen. Marshall
Heaviest Rain Ends West Texas Drouth
Amarillo Texas May 16 WP says the heaviest rain in 39 years at the Amarillo weather station flooded the city Panhandle streets became rivers. 17 underground telephone cables were damped and about 1000 phones were out. The downpour followed a severe drouth hurting winter wheat.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
Machine-gun Slugs Peril Schoolboys
Two junior high students narrowly escaped bullets from an airplane while walking home in Hatsworth. Deline McGinnis fourteen and Tranquiling Hernandez fifteen reported about two dozen caliber machine gun slugs hit the road and fields near them. Police and Armed Forces Public Information Office investigated. no warplanes or ranges were identified in the area.
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Hatsworth
Deline McGinnis
Hernandez
McGinnis
Armed Forces
Armed Forces Public Information Office
William E. McGinnis
Canoga Park High School
Sylvester Hernandez
Acheson on China Question in U.N. membership dispute
Washington May 16 UP reports that the United States opposes Red China's U.N. membership and has won over a majority of U.N. members. Acheson urged reporters not to dwell on secondary veto questions, while Marshall testified in the MacArthur hearings that the U.S. should oppose seating Red China and might veto if needed. He stressed opposition regardless of technicalities.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
United Nations
U. 21
Defense Marshall
Senate
MacArthur
China
Index of Features and Sections in the Edition
The page list directs readers to Beach Combing on page 5 1 Boyle A 23 Bridge on A 22 Classified ads on pages 8 6 to 9 Comics on A 24 Crossword on A 6 Editorial on A Financial on B Obituaries on B Radio and television on A 16 Shipping table on B 10 Sports on A 29 30 31 Theaters on A 14 Tides temperatures on B 10 Women’s activities on B 2 i
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Boyle
Bradio
Senate Unit Shelves Anti poker Measure in California
SACRAMENTO May 16 AP Defeat was written today across legislation to ban draw poker in California. The Senate governmental efficiency committee squashed the Assembly passed measure to close commercial poker parlors. District Attorney J F Coakley said a vote against the bill was a vote for organized crime. Opponents argued licensed clubs could regulate themselves. The motion to postpone action indefinitely carried with three voice votes against it. Assemblyman Herbert R Klockstein said he had no plans for a Senate push. Stud poker remains illegal. draw poker has been played since the gold rush era. Coakley cited a LA crime report linking Gardena clubs with eastern mobsters and ex-convicts. Gardena Mayor Adams Bolton noted Legion posts had been involved.
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Sacramento
California
Senate
J. F. Coakley
Alameda
Caliifornia
Herbert R. Klockstein
R.long Beach
Assembly
Klockstein
Coakley
California Peace Officers and
District Attorneys Association
Gang Link
Los Angeles
W. H. Parker
Assembly Committee
Gardena
Adams Bolton
Senators
American Legion Post
Ex Paratrooper Survives Six-Story Fall in Alaska
Ex paratrooper Richard Beckman 25 tumbled six stories from an apartment project without a parachute in Airbanks Alaska. He landed on a concrete sidewalk and suffered only bruises and a possible rib fracture. Dr J J Weston called the escape miraculous noting a strong shoulder and luck saved him. Beckman, a World War II 01st Airborne veteran, said ropes gave way but he felt no fear and fell rather than unconscious.
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Airbanks
Alaska
Richard Beckman
Beckman
J. J. Weston
Weston
01St Airborne Division
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J. A. Johnson
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