Adenauer seeks aid to cope with flood of DPs into Germany
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer reportedly urged U S financial help to build large housing projects in West Germany to absorb refugees from Communist East Germany. About 1500 people daily cross the Iron Curtain into Western Berlin as Adenauer and U S officials discuss aid, European defense, and a long term plan to meet Soviet threats.
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Adenauer
Germany
John Scali
Washington
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
State Dulles
Stassen
U. S
West Germany
Dulles
Russia
Jet Union
Wandering salesman repeats murder tale in court case
Frederick Walker Pope, 27, a traveling costume jewelry seller, reasserted his claim of killing a man who strangled 10 year old Constance Smith in Connecticut. Det. R. N. Stark flew to Washington Court House to question him as Los Angeles police noted no evidence. Police say Pope has not varied his account in four prior tellings. The girl's father urged thorough police review and an FBI agent heard Pope's story last night.
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Washington Court House
Frederick Walker Pope
Connecticut
Det
R. N. Stark
Pope
Constance Smith
Sundae
Lakeville
St. Louis
Bill
Los Angeles
Calif
Beach
D. W. Long
Connie Smith
FBI
Steel Leader Seeks U S curb on labor power
John A. Stephens of U S Steel urged Congress to curb union monopoly power by making unions liable under anti-trust laws. Testifying to the Senate Labor Committee on Taft Hartley revision he traced last year’s steel dispute that prompted a government seizure. He warned government tools are needed to restrain monopoly when national health or safety is at risk.
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Washington
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Congress
Stephens
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
National Health and Safety
Wildcat Railroad Strike Hits Ohio Steel Plants
United States Steel Corp began halting six blast furnaces at its Ohio works and McDonald plant as 100 railroad workers staged a walkout Tuesday on the Youngstown and Northern Railroad. Switchmen and engineers from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen demanded pay changes, with details not disclosed.
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Youngstown, QC
United States Steel Corp
Ohio Works
McDonald
Youngstown and Northern
Brotherhood of Railroad
Murder Charge Debated in Chillicothe Shooting Case
Sheriff Samuel B. Mark says he will confer with the prosecutor today on the possibility of placing murder charges against William Jester, 24, accused of shooting farmer Schuyler Slager, 84, his employer, last week. Slager died in a Columbus hospital Tuesday night.
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Chillicothe, D
Samuel B. Mark
William Jester
Schuyler Slager
Slager
Columbus
Air Safety Talks Among Big Four Continue in Berlin
In West Berlin the Allied and Russian delegates agreed to press four power talks on air safety in the American sector. The sessions began at Soviet HQ in the East zone last night, the first such meeting since the 1949 post blockade period. A communique at daybreak said the Soviet proposals cover flights in air corridors between Berlin and West Germany, safety of flight and prevention of air accidents, with details not released.
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Berlin
Germany
West Berlin
East Zone
West Germany
Taft predicts Ike will seek a second term in 1956
Senator Taft asserted President Eisenhower will run again in 1956 and seek re election. He said he never heard Ike favor a single term and that internal party pressure will push him to run. Taft spoke after agreeing to Leonard Hall as Republican national chairman amid doubts about closer ties to Gov New York.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Senate
White House
Leonard W. Hall
New York
National Committee
Hall
Thomas E. New York
GOP
London Clerk Back In Court
London clerk John Christie, charged with murdering his wife and linked to five or six other slayings, appeared in court for about a minute as a new postponement was granted. Detectives continued examining the Notting Hill Notting Hill Gate area where Christie's wife Ethel and other victims’ remains were found.
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London
John Christie
Christie
Derek Curtis-Bennett
Scotland Yard
A. Griffin
Lemion
Notting Hill Gate
Ethel
AEC adopts policy to boost private nuclear investment
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a policy program to encourage private investment in nuclear power, approved by the White House. Details will be provided to Congress as the joint Senate House Atomic Energy Committee begins hearings after President Eisenhower forwards the recommendations to Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
White House
Congress
Joint
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Washington Mapping Plans For Korean Peace Talks
Washington officials weigh long term peace lines for Korea with a proposed north south dividing line near the peninsula waist about 80 miles north of current battle lines. A coalition armistice could run along the present line while some seek a border at the waist to give South Korea control of most of the country. The plan may broaden to include Far Eastern issues and a political conference addressing withdrawal of foreign forces, Indochina, and Red China status.
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Washington
Korea
North
South Korea
Manchuria
Siberia
China
Russia
North Korea
Japan
United Nations
Eisenhower
Far East
U. S
Indochina
Malaya
Red
Vishinsky Urges West to Meet Half Way on Disarmament
At the United Nations Vishinsky urged Western powers to “meet the Soviet Union half way” as discussions continue on disarmament. He proposed amending a Western draft and warned against reviving defeated proposals while noting no immediate push for sweeping arm reductions.
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United Nations, N. Y
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Soviet Union
U. N
General Assembly
Vishinsky
Lovett Says Ammunition Shortage Was Definitely Unsatisfactory
Former Defense Secretary Lovett told Senate investigators that ammunition production for the Korean War was unsatisfactory and he removed control from the Army. He said shortages appeared by September 1951, five months after Gen. Van Fleet went to Korea, and cited shortages across 155 mm, 105 mm, and mortar rounds along with broader manpower gaps.
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Washington
Robert A. Lovett
Lovett
Defense
George C. Marshall
Korea
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Eighth Army
Far East
Normandy
Europe
Senate Armed Services
W. J. McNeil
McNeil
Senate
U. S. Eighth Army
Wilson Defense Plans Causing Little Ripple
Washington reports say Secretary of Defense Wilsons proposals to cut munition plant expansion and stress weapons production softened into a minor ripple. ODM officials say Eisenhower will personally decide mobilization policy and military spending while reconciling Wilsons views with base- expansion aims.
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Wilson
Sterling F. Green
Washington
Office of Defense Mobilization
ODM
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Republicans Rap Democrat Stand On Benson Plans
Senate Republicans attack Democratic signals on Eisenhower’s Agriculture Department reorganization. Chairman Aiken of the Agriculture Committee and Senator Ferguson blame politics, saying Democrats aim to score votes on agricultural issues while Johnson of the Democratic Policy Committee pushes for full hearings.
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Benson
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Chirman Aiken
R-Vi
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Democratic Policy Committee
Fatal Site Scene of Minor Mishap
Wrecking crews in Conneaut Ohio cleared derailed cars on the New York Central east-west line marking the second such mishap in 10 days. A New York to Chicago express mail and baggage train derailed last night four miles from the March 27 collision site that killed 21. Brakeman D. S. Eppler of Erie Pennsylvania suffered a minor back injury.
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Conneaut, O
New York Central Railroad
D. S. Eppler
Erie
Indonesians sentence ex minister for revolt
Jakarta Indonesia Sultan Hamid III of West Borneo a former cabinet minister was sentenced to 10 years in jail for masterminding an attempted armed overthrow of the government He allegedly ordered Captain R P P Turk Westerling to attack a cabinet meeting on January 24 1950 and kill three top Indonesian leaders but the attack never occurred
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sultan Hamid III
West Borneo
Turk) Westerling
Centenarian Caroline Agne to be guest of honor in Rome area
In Rome New York Mrs Caroline Agne who sees birthday parties as exciting at any age was to be guest of honor today at a birthday celebration in Churchville a nearby hamlet where she resides marking her 100th birthday anniversary.
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Rome
N. Y
Caroline Agne
Churchville
Group Includes 100 Americans 450 Koreans
In Munsan Korea the Communists said they would release 600 disabled prisoners of war, including about 150 Americans and other U N soldiers, a figure questioned by Allied negotiators. The UN Command proposed a broader exchange for sick and wounded prisoners totaling 5,800, with critics flagging potential inconsistencies and capture dynamics.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Adm
John C. Daniel
Williard B. Carlock
Galveston
Tex
Air Force
Douglas Kairns
Riverside
Calif
Lee Soo Yung
Lee Pyong Il
Wang Ching
Daniel
U.N
Lee Sang Cho
Reds M.y
Panmunjom
Eisenhower Eyes Deep Cuts in Military Spending
President Eisenhower urged Congress to ignore military lobbyists as he aims to reduce armed forces spending to a safe minimum. Treasury Secretary Humphrey testified a four billion dollar defense cut is needed to balance the new budget, with critics warning of unemployment and economic disruption from defense job losses. Senators Ferguson Bridges Johnson Robertson weigh likely four billion cuts, while concerns rise over Korea distractors and Democratic input on military reductions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate
Truman
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Appropriations
Ferguson
Bridges
Appropriations Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Democratic Policy Committee
Korea
Sen. Robertson
D-Va
Dillon
UN Troops Repel China Fire In Korea Fronts
Allied forces clash with Chinese Reds across Western and Central Korea. Marines and Belgian infantry halt a 11 minute attack near Bunker Hill as B26 bombers destroy Red trucks. Belgian battalion claims 21 KOs and 40 wounded near Chorwon. Texas Hill changes hands multiple times amid sporadic combat.
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Seoul
Korea
Haeju
Fifth Air Force
Bunker Hill
Eighth Army
Chorwon
U. S. 3Rd Infantry Division
Texas Hill
Committee Approves 90-Day Price Freeze For War Emergency
The Senate Banking Committee expected to approve today a 90 day price wage and rent freeze to guide wartime economic controls. The panel will continue closed door work on new legislation with the freeze and rent controls as the remaining major items. Chairman Ca ls wants Senate debate to start next week and hopes Congress finishes action by April 30 before part of the Defense Production Act expires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
R-Ind
Senate
Congress
Texas Senator To Join Fight On Tidelands Bill
Washington Senator Daniel of Texas declares support for state control of offshore lands within state boundaries. He outlines a lengthy speech to reporters as the submerged lands controversy lingers. Senate Majority Leader Taft aims for a possible vote next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Washington
Sen
Daniel
D-Tex
Senate
Holland
Taft
Ohio
McCarthy Traces Red Books In Overseas Library Links
Senator McCarthy questioned Secretary Dulles and library officials about overseas libraries run by the U S government during the cold war. The hearings cited more than 70 Communist authored books among the collections.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
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