MacArthur signals peace talks as UN advances in Korea
General MacArthur offered to discuss peace with the Red commander in Korea and ordered UN troops to cross the 38th parallel if needed as Allied forces pressed the last Red resistance south of the border. He cited air and naval bombardment, a successful Good Friday parachute drop, and a rapidly rehabilitating Seoul while warning that settlement must align with UN political objectives.
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MacArthur
Korea
United Nations
Red Korea
South Korea
Seoul
U. S. Eighth Army
North
Washington
London
38Th Parallel
Munsan
Chunchon
Red China
Railroaders Set for Six-Cent Pay Hike Demands
Washington AP report details new mobilization pressures as 1,000,000 railroad workers seek a six-cent hourly raise. The move threatens wage limits tied to a ten percent ceiling since January 1950, with April 7 as first pay adjustment date and mid-April for most workers to receive higher wages.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Carl Bendetsen
Army
Eric Johnston
Truman
Cincinnati
Michael DiSalle
Planes and ships hunt for survivors of transport crash
At Shannon Airport a massive air and sea search pressed for a missing U S Air Force Globemaster I with 53 aboard. Reported raft sightings spurred 40 planes and five ships to scour 450 miles west of Ireland as crews logged ominous weather and rescue efforts. Officials cautioned there was no confirmation of survivors despite rumors and several liferafts located in the sea.
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Shannon
Atlantic
United States Air Force
Ireland
London
Admiralty
U. S. Navy
U. S. Air Force
Paul T. Cullen
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
Herschel H. Mb
Twin Falls
Idaho
Air Force
United States
England
Irish
Army begins enlisting refugees from behind Iron Curtain
The Army directs its command in Germany to enlist up to 2500 refugees not nationals of Germany or NATO nations, from countries under Communist control. Eligible aliens aged 13 to 35 will sign five-year terms, with potential legal status after discharge.
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Washington
Germany
Iron Curtain
European Ecovery Plan
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States Army
Manila Steels Self Against Huk Attacks
Philippine army lines Manila with steel to shield the capital from Huk raids that killed 21 soldiers and civilians, wounded 1, and kidnapped seven civilians in 41 hours. Thirteen dozen? No. The American embassy warned U.S. citizens to seek safety as Brig. Gen. Calixto Duque ordered armed guards for foreigners. Authorities say the raids are preliminary moves toward a larger offensive during the ninth anniversary observance of the Huk group.
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Manila
Philippine Army
U.S
Aimar
Calixto Duque
Philippine Armed Forces
Duque
Huks
Ace Flyer Killed In Thunderjet Collision
Major Robert E. Welch of Detroit, a famed World War II ace credited with downing 19 enemy planes, died in a midair collision of two F-84 Thunderjets at Luke Air Force Base Kriz. Details on the other pilot were not immediately available.
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Luke Air Force
Kriz
Robert E. Welch
Detroit
Three Men Try To Enter Costello Apartment
Police report three men tried to enter gambler Frank Costello's 18th floor Central Park area apartment during a Senate Crime Committee hearing in New York. Costello was away. The trio forced an elevator to reach the floor but fled after failing to gain entry, returning to the lobby and escaping in a car driven by a fourth man.
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NEW York
Frank Costello
Senate Crime Committee
Costello
Central Park
Army Has A Heart Father Flying To See Only Son In Korea
New York father Robert Strasser, 52, flies toward Tokyo or Korea to reunite with his son Theodore Strasser, 23, a paratrooper sergeant serving in Korea. Strasser lobbied officials, asked MacArthur for permission, and offered to travel at his own expense under Army jurisdiction, hoping for a chance to meet his son on the front. He boarded a Northwest Airlines flight with the belief the Army still has a heart.
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Korea
New York
Far East
Robert Strasser
Jane
Tokyo
Heodore
Strasser
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Washington
Theodore
38Th Parallel
Northwest Airlines
Kefauver Would End Crime Probe
Senator Kefauver says cities should clean up crime without congressional help and that now is the time to stop the probe. He rejects legalized gambling as the answer and urges communities to act locally while opposing a permanent independent commission. Senator Tobey criticizes ending the inquiry and calls for a lasting Senate警 Sword of Damocles over criminals.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Crime Committee
CBS Pimn
Senate
R-Nh
Legion
Pittsburgh
New England
Tel
Western Union
Senator Tobey
Tobey
Damocles
Lockland To Work On Atom Plane
The Atomic Energy Commission authorized negotiations with General Electric for the development of a nuclear reactor for aircraft propulsion. GE’s aircraft gas turbine division at Cincinnati will handle the contract while Lockland Ohio was identified as a development site. Experts note it will be years before an atomic aircraft engine is produced and calculations suggest significant potential energy from uranium 235 for long range flight.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric Company
AEC
General Electric
Cincinnati
Air Forces
Air Force
Lockland
World Will Pray For Peace On Solemn Easter Sunday
Associated Press reports Christians worldwide prepared for Easter with sunrise services pilgrimages in the Holy Land and Good Friday observances. Cardinal Spellman issued an Easter message to the Iron Curtain via Radio Free Europe while Jerusalem lit the new Easter fire and prepared for pontifical mass.
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Holy
New York
Fifth Avenue
Will Beteley Francis Cardinal Spellman
Iron Curtain
National Committee For Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
Jerusalem
Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre
Christ
Holy City
Rome
Pius XII
St. Peter's Basilica
France
United States
Germany
Spain
European
California
Arizona
Colorado
Oklahoma
White Easter Brings Snow in Midwest and North
Snow fell across Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan with five to six inch totals in Rochester Minnesota and Wausau Wisconsin as eastern lower Michigan faced the storm. Winds reached fifty mph around the center while bitter cold lingered north of the plains. Sunshine and mild temps were forecast for the South and West though eastern regions faced lingering clouds and chilly mornings.
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Milady
Midwest
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Rochester
Minn
Wausau,is
Lower Michigan
Apalachians
New England
North Dakotas
North Central States
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Coast
Railroads Seek 15 Percent Freight Increase
The nation's railroads plan to ask the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 15 percent rise in freight rates as a replacement for a prior six percent petition filed January 16. They say higher wages and rising costs will add more than 950 million dollars to annual expenses, following eight national rate increases since 1946.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Argentina Finds New Atom Source Reported by Peron
President Juan D. Peron announced that Argentina produced atomic energy by a new method. He said February 15 experiments at the government pilot plant on Huemul Island near Bariloche achieved controlled release of atomic energy. The site lies near the Chilean border about 850 airline miles southwest of Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Peron
Huemul Island
San Carlos de Bariloche
Gromyko Charges U S Designs at Meeting
At a Paris meeting of deputy foreign ministers, Andrei Gromyko charged the United States with aggressive designs. The group adjourned to Tuesday with no agenda for a projected Big Four conference on world tensions. He cited Defense Secretary Marshall's report on U S armed forces to bolster the charges and pressed for linking an Austrian treaty of independence with Trieste. The West disagreed as the talks entered their third week.
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Paris
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Gromyko
Defense
George Marshall
U. S
Trieste
Britain
France
Fremont winds lash city with 80 mph gusts
Strong gusts exceeding 80 mph swept Fremont early today causing damaged windows fences toppled trees and scattered limbs though no serious injuries were reported local authorities noted minimal structural harm despite the intense weather.
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Fremont
Boat Race Called Off After Oxford Sinks in Rough Water
London AP reports the historic Oxford Cambridge boat race ended in the first mile when Oxford sank in extreme seas and the umpire halted the contest. Cambridge led prior to the abrupt stoppage with the outcome unclear after the incident.
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London
Oxford
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