Tanks and Troops Press Red Forces In No-Man's-Land
UN tank infantry columns moved into Korean no-man's-land for a fourth straight day as a limited probing action. British Gloucestershire battalion suffered noted losses while overall UN casualties appeared light. Chinese and Red Korean forces endured heavier losses as they withdrew parts of their spring drive.
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TOKYO
United Nations
No-Man's-Land
U. S
Eighth Army
Gloucestershire
Seoul
Uijiongbu
Uijongbu
NPA Extends Steel Saving Rules to Luxury Housing
The National Production Authority extended construction controls to include luxury housing and multi unit buildings over three stories and any project using more than 25 tons of steel. The order also covers factories schools hospitals churches warehouses highways bridges water systems rail projects and radio TV stations requiring permits. Outdoor advertising displays are banned unless under $5 000 in value.
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National Production Authority
NPA
Mowrepepes
NPR
Manly Fleischmann
Et Npa
Bus Brakes Blamed for West Virginia Crash That Killed 11
WEIRTON AP Defective air brakes on a P and W bus caused a Sunday crash into a stone wall killing 11 and injuring 50 churchgoers. Driver Joseph Kraina, 35, pumped brakes frantically but a punctured diaphragm allowed pressure to leak, worsening the wreck as 34 remained hospitalized and three in unsatisfactory condition.
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Weirton
Joseph Kraina
Typhoon Blasts Philippine Isles
Manila AP says Red Cross crews stood by as a tropical typhoon raked the Philippine island chain. Communications failed in the south Bicol peninsula, northern Saman, and Masbate. no casualties reported. Weather Bureau forecast the storm to pass south and west of Manila on Sunday.
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Red Cross
Philippine
Bicol
Saman
Masbate Islands
Weather Bureau
Gifts arrive for Farouk and Narriman marriage
Luxurious presents from around the world flood Cairo for King Farouk and his 17 year old bride Narriman Sadek ahead of their wedding. Prized items range from gem encrusted cups of ancient design to a streamlined Italian sports car. The ceremony will feature palace receptions, military displays, and nationwide rejoicing. A guard of thousands will line the seven mile drive to Abdin palace for Narriman’s first appearance as queen.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk
Narriman Sadek
Truman
United States
Heliopolis
Abdin Palace
Narriman
MacArthur Offers Defense Of Strength In Asia Plan
Gen Douglas MacArthur told Senate questioners he could defeat Red China with a modest share of the U.S. manpower goal and refused to discuss the troops-for-Europe dispute, citing political controversy. He defended his Korea policy and urged reliance on Joint Chiefs of Staff guidance while noting his stance on Formosa and the need to deter aggression in Asia.
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China
Chiang Kai-shek
Tommyrot
Central Intelligence Agency
Truman
Walter Bedell Smith
CIA
Tokyo
Martin
R-Mass
Chiang
Frontline clashes renew on Syria Israel frontier
The Jordan frontier erupted in renewed artillery and mortar fire as Israeli and Syrian forces clashed near the Sea of Galilee. Syrians reportedly tried to seize Tel el Muteila but were repulsed after an 80 minute battle, with 27 Israeli deaths claimed in the past 24 hours.
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Israel
Syria
Derby crowds may hit record for Kentucky Derby
Louisville officials expect the Derby crowd to approach a record with 19 or 20 horses likely to start after two scratches The Duke and Duchess of Windsor among many celebrities in town for the race police report orderly crowds and Derby traditions noted with Mint Juleps Greer Garson Ann Sheridan and Steve Hannagan among the notable guests
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Louisville
Gink
Bernwood
Churchill
Duke
Thomas
Robert R. Young
The
Chesapeake & Ohio
Greer Garson
Ann Sheridan
Economy Bloc Slashes Funds For President
Washington AP reports the House approved a $6.144 trillion federal appropriations bill funding 27 independent agencies for the new fiscal year, 693 million below Truman’s request, including a 24 million cut in emergency funds. The panel also cut new public housing starts to 5,000 for fiscal 1952, down from 50,000 after prior reductions.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Ohio Airman Hits Four Trains In One Night
Lieutenant Joseph J. Kostohryz of Parma Ohio led a night bombing mission with the Third Bombardment Wing in Japan. After 31 missions without a hit he and his crew destroyed four trains in one raid near Sinanju. They set one train afire after a precise dive and strafing run, then hit two more and finally a fourth train with a tree-top level strike.
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Japan
Joseph J. Kostohryz
Kostohryz
Parma
Sinanju
Drummer Harold West Dies On Stage in Cleveland
Cleveland AP report says Harold West a drummer in his 40s collapsed while talking to a customer from his seat on the bandstand and died en route to a hospital. West had played with Roy Eldridge's jazz band since 1936 during an engagement at Lindsay's Sky Bar.
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Cleveland
Harold West
West
Roy Eldridge
Eldridge
Lindsay
Showers End By Noon For Derby Racetrack Fans
Occasional scattered showers were predicted for Louisville and vicinity this morning. The U S Weather Bureau promised cooperation for race fans to see the Kentucky Derby. The weatherman predicted the showers would end by noon if not before.
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Louisville
Vicinity
U.S
Large crowds fill Louisville despite hotel strikes and bomb scare
Downs reports lack of official attendance figures but estimates show about 100,000 at the event. Louisville centers show hotel shortages as the Brown and Kentucky hotels are struck yet fully booked. A homemade bomb found in the Kentucky lobby Thursday night did not deter attendees.
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Downs
Louisville
Kentucky
West rejects Russian plan in Big Four talks city
In Paris the United States Britain and France refused Russia wording on a disarmament proposal during a 44th round with Andrei Gromyko. Moscow wanted language naming reductions of armaments for USSR United States United Kingdom and France while Western powers sought international control and reduction of armaments and armed forces.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Andrei Gromyko
Ussr
United Kingdom
Two Drivers Die In Woodlawn Truck Car Crash
Cincinnati AP report identifies victims as Paul Ullrich 25 of Wyoming Ohio and John W McCarty 25 of Covington Kentucky. A steel laden tractor trailer rear collided with Ullrich s auto on Springfield Pike Woodlawn causing a 300 foot slide and fatal fire when tanks split. Both drivers were trapped as flames erupted with a whooshing sound.
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Cincinnati
Paul Ullrich
Wyoming
John W. McCarty
Covington
Springfield Pike
Woodlawn
John Owens
Ulrich
Death Takes 5 Driving To Get Birth Papers
Five people died in a head on collision on U S Highway 42 while four from Cleveland and Sandusky sought a birth certificate for Hurston Holbrook, 25. The lone survivor, George Sanborn, 28, is in critical condition at Mansfield General Hospital. The crash occurred as Holbrook drove toward Mansfield and Sanborn in the opposite center lane. The bodies were retrieved after hours from the wreckage.
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Mansfield
U. S
Cleveland
Missouri Branch
W. Va
Holbrooks
Holbrook
Highway Patrol
Car Truck Smash Kills 3 Persons
Three killed and three injured in an auto truck collision west of Sunbury at the junction of State Routes 3 and 37. Arthur Bischoff of Zanesville, president of the Central Trades and Labor Council, drove the car along with Robert Clark of Licking County and Doris Dusenbery of Zanesville. All victims were in the car headed toward South Bend Indiana when the oil truck struck in the intersection.
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Sunbury
Arthur Bischoff
Zanesville
Central Trades and Labor Council
Robert Clark
Licking View
Licking County
Doris Dusenbery
South Bend
Ind
Plane Down Two Aboard Near San Diego
A Navy Skyraider from the San Diego Air Station vanished at sea yesterday with two crew aboard. It was last heard at 2 44 a.m. and is believed to have gone down about 15 miles west of the area. The fliers were Lt Nestor Czubinsky of Cleveland Ohio and Electronics Man 3 C Wallace E Galyan of Long Beach California.
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San Diego
Calif
San Diego Air Station
Nestor Czubinsky
Cleveland, O
Wallace E. Galyan
LongiBeach
Acheson Seen Leaving Cabinet Within 90 Days
The Chicago Daily News reports Democratic leaders expect Secretary of State Dean Acheson to depart the cabinet within 90 days. Wash ington sources say President Truman may sacrifice him amid attacks on his Far Eastern policies. John Foster Dulles is identified as a leading replacement candidate.
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Fulbright
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee
MacArthur
Acheson
Pacific
Truman
Marshall
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Dean Acheson
Washington
Paul R. Leach
MacArthur Committee
John Foster Dules
New York
State Department
Crime Probers Urged To Eve Ohio Dope Ring
Rep Elston of Ohio urges Senate Crime Investigating Committee to probe a possible Southwestern Ohio dope ring after six Cincinnati arrests. He notes one suspect allegedly supplied marijuana cigarettes to over a dozen high school students and cites joint federal and city actions, while warning arrests may not end the ring.
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Ohio
Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Elston
O’conor
Cincinnati
Austria Votes Sunday to Elect New President
The nation will choose a new president to succeed the late Karl Renner who died last December. Leading candidates are 58 year old Dr. Heinrich Gleissner of the Conservative People's party and 78 year old Dr. Theodor Koerner, Vienna's socialist lord mayor.
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Austria
Karl Renner
Heinrich Gleissner
People’s Party
Theodor Koerner
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