Three-Pronged Drive Drives UN Toward Hongchon
Allied forces push within five miles of Hongchon as British Canadian Australian units close from the south. U S First Cavalry and First Marine Divisions advance toward the Red supply center from southwest and southeast. Ridgway cites heavy UN casualties and calls for renewed replacements while Chiang Kai-shek’s ministry reports 200000 extra Chinese forces headed to Korea.
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Tokyo
Korea
Hongchon
Hongchow
U.S. First Cavalry
U.S. First Marine
Red
United Nations
Mount Taemi
East Central
Matthew B. Ridgway
U.S. Eighth Army
South Korea
Ridgway
Defense Ministry
Taipei
Knowland Says Debate Won’t Delay European Troop Moves
Senator Knowland rejects Connally’s charge that congressional squabbling delays U S troop reinforcement to Europe. He says resolutions meet the need for congressional consultation, and actions will not slow dispatch. Bricker and Duff concur that a joint Senate action plan marks a new foreign policy approach.
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Washington
Knowland
Calif
Connally
D-Tex
U. S
Eisenhower
Western Europe
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Senate
Europe
Duff
Bricker
Ohio
House Group Draft Bill Aims at Lower Draft Age
The House Armed Services Committee works behind closed doors on a measure to lower the draft age to 18 12 years and extend service to 26 months. It would create a Universal Military Training program overseen by a five civilian commission, differing from the Senate plan.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
House
Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Senate
Spervision
Easter Recess Fever Speeds Congressional Action
Easter vacation fever grips Washington as Congress plans March 22 to April 2 recess. Key issues include a 90 day rent control extension and the troops for Europe debate. House leaders push food aid India and defense housing bills while Senate weighs presidential authority on troops without war declaration.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
India
House Armed Services Committee
Europe
Congress
Labor U S Truce Plans Deadlocked Amid Mobilization Dispute
Labor and management remain at an impasse over wage controls as Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston’s peace efforts stall. Price Director DiSalle criticizes labor walkouts in mobilization talks while defending current controls and new food price orders. Frank P. Graham named Defense Manpower Administrator, with manpower policy fueling union dissatisfaction.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Price
Michael V. DiSalle
James B. Carey
CIO
Carey
DiSalle
America
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Senate
Defense
Labor Department
Defense Mobilization
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Tobin
Graham
Arthurs. Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Slowdown Closes J-L Steel Mill in Pittsburgh
Steel production vital to national defense is halted at Jones & Laughlin Steel in Pittsburgh by a 500 member Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen slowdown. About 12,000 workers furloughed with only maintenance crews at work. Aliquippa plant remains open.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Works
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Brotherhood of Railroad
Monongahela Railroad
Jones & Laughlin
Steel Company
Aliquippa
Aliquippa & Southern
A. I. Hutchison
BRT
Hutchison
Retired oilman bets big against USSR attack
Andrew T. Jergins, a former oilman and financier who recently sold holdings for 32 million dollars, offers to bet 100000 dollars Russia will not attack the United States in 1951 and 200000 dollars that it won’t in 1952. He says the wager is worldwide with no strings, and if he wins he will give the money to the Boy and Girl Scouts of Los Angeles County.
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Los Angeles
Railcar Shortage Forces Florida Produce to Be Plowed Under
Florida farmers waste hundreds of acres of vegetables as a refrigerated railcar shortage drains shipments. Only 893 cars are in state with 79 en route, while 3,500 to 4,000 more are needed weekly as crops ripen, including escarole lettuce celery and peppers in Lake Okeechobee.
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Miami, Fla
Florida
Growers and Shippers League
Orlando
Tampa Tribune
Lake Okeechobee
Iran approves Hussein Ala as new Premier
Iran's Parliament approved 69 to 27 the appointment of Hussein Ala as Premier upon the Shah's nomination. Ala, a former Foreign Minister, is hailed as a national hero for his 1946 stand against the Soviet Union during a UN Azerbaijan dispute, seen by Western diplomats as a strong bet against Red pressure in oil-rich Iran.
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Tehran
Iran
Hussein Ala
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Ala
Soviet Union
United Nations
Azerbaijan
Russia
Robbery at Kirkersville Savings Bank in Licking County
Two men robbed the Kirkersville Savings Bank this morning in Kirkersville, Licking County, 22 miles east of Columbus. They fled toward Columbus after taking an undetermined amount of silver and evaded roadblocks, as the FBI checks the scene and authorities pursue. The car used had a stolen plate linked to Richard Singer of Springfield. The suspects are described as a 35-year-old man about 5 feet 10 inches and 160 pounds, and an accomplice about 5 feet 6 inches in a light coat.
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Columbus
Crowell-Collier Publshing Company
Springfield
Licking County
Stalin Relative Dies Reported In Moscow
The Kremlin Medical Administration announced the death of Olga Evgenyevna Alliluyeva, reportedly a member of Stalin's household and likely his sister in law. Pravda noted she died yesterday and censorship may limit details. Nadya Alliluyeva, Stalin's second wife, died in 1932 after conflicts with him.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Olga Evgenyevna Alliluyeva
Pravda
Olga Alliluyeva
Stalin
Nadezhda
Nadya) Alliluyeva
Military Puts All Eggs In Easy To Hit Basket
The United States military concentrates key facilities in a small Maryland District of Columbia corridor. Camp Ritchie, Camp Detrick, Aberdeen Proving Ground, and Baltimore areas form a dense target cluster for enemy strikes. Advances in guided missiles and radar would ease nighttime or stormy weather detection of these sites.
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Military
Washington
Maryland
District of Columbia
Camp Ritchie
Maryland National Guard
Camp Detrick
Frederick
Aberdeen
Army Ordnance Research and Development
Baltimore
Second Army
Army
Counter Intelligence Corps
White House
Capitol
Pentagon
Military High Command
Tne
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Bureau of Standards
Maryland District of Columbia
Atlantic Seaboard
Tito Pledges He'll Fight USSR Attack
Belgrade Premier Marshal Tito told 1,000 war veterans that Yugoslavia stands ready to flood its soil with blood again to repel Soviet inspired aggression. He warned against nervousness, urged unity and self defense, and jabbed at Stalin in a speech marked by influenza illness.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Russia
Tito
Stalin
Edvard Kardelj
Kardelj
Yugoslavia
38 Passengers Rescued From Stricken Freighter Near Kauai
Honolulu AP report 38 passengers including a baby were removed from the 8000 ton freighter Andrea F Luckenbach after it ran aground three miles off Kauai. Coast Guard boats stood by to evacuate and the vessel faced sinking with limited crew aboard.
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Honolulu
Andrea F. Luckenbach
Hawaiian
Kauai
Coast Guard
Port Naviliwili
Casualties Listed in Korea War Defense Dept Report
The Defense Department identified 624 additional casualties from the Korean War. The new list shows 60 combat deaths, 353 wounded, 175 missing in action and 36 injured in accidents.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Eugene Dennis Freed After Ten Months In Prison
Eugene Dennis, general secretary of the Communist party in the United States, was released from prison after ten months for contempt of Congress. He told reporters he was in good fighting trim and plans to crusade for peace, while facing a five year term in the Communist conspiracy case.
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New York
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
U. S S
Dennis
House
UN American Activities Investigating Committee
U S Approves Wool Carpet Price Increase
Washington announces a 1 cent per unit increase in manufacturers and wholesalers price of wool carpets and rugs. Retailers may raise prices by the exact amount to consumers as reflected in their cost.
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Washington
Truman Deaf To Outcry Over REC
Key West dispatch reports President Truman ignored calls to dismiss White House stenographer Lauretta Young amid a reconstrucion finance corporation loan probe. The White House said dismissal was not under consideration as lawmakers press for accountability and military authorization changes.
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Truman
Key West
Fla
White House
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Naval Submarine Station
Barkley
Rayburn
McFarland
House
McCormack
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Atlantic Defense Command
Lauretta Young
E. Merl Young
RFC
Washington
New York
Keating
Young
Rose Conway
Levy admits paying Costello to clear Roosevelt Raceway
George Morton Levy, Roosevelt Raceway counsel, testified before the Senate Crime Investigation Committee that he paid Frank Costello $60,000 to expel bookmakers from the track. The Supreme Court refused to review Alger Hiss perjury conviction. Joseph E. Casey said he invested $20,000 in a firm that bought five surplus government tankers and later sold stock for about $270,000.
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New York
George Morton Levy
Roosevelt Raceway
Senate Crime Investigation Committee Today
Frank Costello
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Alger Hiss
Washington (Ap
Joseph E. Casey
Congress
RFC Brobers
Jets Clash in North Korea Two MIG-15s Explode in Dogfight
In northwest Korea two MIG-15 jets collided and exploded during pursuit of an American F-80. Four MIGs were damaged in a 10 minute battle as part of a two day toll of seven aircraft. Lt. Walton and Lt. Blomberg described the dramatic engagement with one MIG crew claiming the blow up. Another flight earlier spotted 14 F-86 Sabre jets facing 10 to 12 enemy aircraft in the same area.
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William J. Waugh
Fifth Air Force Headquarters
Korea
Arthur Walton
Bethesda
Blomberg
Walton
Richard A. Baldwin
la Lake City
Paul L. Carlisle
McClure
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