Truman Says A War Plan Is Prepared
President Truman announced a definite concrete plan for greater military strength and industrial mobilization in case the Kremlin reckless enough to start a third world war. He outlined steps to build up armed forces, expand mobilization, and extend price, wage, credit, and rent controls while imposing heavier taxes to curb inflation.
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Washington
Truman
Moscow
Interior Department
Industry Council
Korea
U. S
Kremlin
Mary Astor Rival Involved In Suicide Attempt
Beverly Hills Calif a dancer who accompanied actress Mary Astor's husband on a nightclub tour took an overdose of sleeping pills. The dancer Joan Blair Casparis 33 is in serious condition after an unconscious night. Wheelock, husband of Miss Astor, was unable to wake her by phone.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Mary Astor
Miss Astor
Joe Gebhardt
Joan Blair Casparis
Thomas Wheelock
Miss Casparis
California Lutheran Hospital
Los Angeles
Wheelock
MacArthur Dispute Threatened Allies Unity
Secretary Marshall told Senate committees that General MacArthur's defiant Korea policy had unsettled U S allies and risked leaving the United States to operate alone. He denied allies forced or pressured MacArthur's removal, citing the need to avoid compromising foreign policy voice.
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MacArthur
Marshall
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Korea
Wiley
R-Wis
United Nations
United States
Free World
Truman Names Matt Ridgway Full General
President Truman today raised Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway to full general. He will receive a fourth star after Senate confirmation. Ridgway has led Far East forces and UN troops in Korea and Japan, succeeding MacArthur in April.
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Washington
Truman
Matthew B. Ridgway
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Senate
Ridgway
MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
Japan
Vanishing Woman Re Weds Husband For Third Time
Fred and Minerva Braddock re married for the third time in a Kentucky reportedly last Friday. Braddock, 45, runs a motor freight company. Braddock, 32, had vanished from December 16 to April 7 causing local concern. A friend said the remarriage occurred after a call from Cincinnati as the couple attended the Kentucky Derby in Louisville.
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Washington Court House
Fred
Minerva Braddock
Braddock
Beverly Girton
Braddocks
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Louisville
Cordell Hull Shows Improvement at Bethesda
Ailing former Secretary of State Cordell Hull was reported better early today by a spokesman at Naval Medical Center Bethesda. Hull, 75, has been hospitalized with illness and underwent tests as his condition was monitored.
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Bethesda, MD
Cordell Hull
Naval Medical Center
Boy Discovers Possible First White Visitor to Ohio
In Chillicothe a 16 year old Pearl M. Sanford found a sandstone tablet inscribed with Coloniee Francoises 1699 P. Le Moyne. Historians link it to Pierre Le Moyne Iberville, suggesting he may have visited Ohio in 1699, predating known early visitors. The Ross County Historical Society hosts the stone and awarded Sanford a small cash sum and five year membership.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Pearl M. Sanford
Pearl
Earl
Scioto River
Bille
Louisiana
Biloxi
Iberville
St. Lawrence
Mississippi
David McKeel
Ross County Historical Society
Buckeye
Celeron de Berenville
LaSalle
Sanford
Young Sanford
Southeastern High School
Food Prices Expected To Stay Fairly Stable
The Agriculture Department predicts stable overall food prices through early summer barring shocks to the international situation. Meats eggs fats and oils and processed fruits and vegetables show the largest recent price rises. Exports remain grain heavy with wheat and flour likely to dominate.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Beef Ceilings Put In Effect and Stock Withheld
CHICAGO AP price ceilings on beef sold at wholesale took effect as cattlemen withhold shipments in protest. OPS directed cuts totaling about nine cents per pound by October with retail ceilings starting next week. Trade groups warn of shortages and black markets, while OPS says savings reach about 700 million dollars yearly.
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Chicago
Office of Price Stabilization
American Meat Institute
OPS
Combat Casualties Rise to 64 055 in Korea Report
Washington AP reports U S casualties in Korea reached 64 055, up 1 256 from the prior week. Defense Department notices through last Friday list 9 765 killed, 43 350 wounded, 10 940 missing in action. 1 135 of the wounded later died, raising combat deaths to 11 001.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Defense Department
Blanchester High Girls Rout Jefferson Township in Softball
Blanchester High School defeated Jefferson Township by 54 to 13 in five innings as pitcher Joan Halstead limited the visitors after Blanchester built a 50-run lead. Gentlewomen from Jefferson Township attended the game at Blanchester.
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Wilmington
Blanchester High School
Jefferson Township
Blanchester
Joan Halsted
Jefferson Gals
Dixie Democrat Heads House Unit on Foreign Policy
South Carolina Democrat James Prioleau Richards becomes chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee after acting this year due to Kee of West Virginia's illness and death. Richards says he avoids isolationism and interventionism, preferring U.S. engagement abroad as needed.
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Dixie Democrat
Washington
South Carolina
James Prioleau Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Richards
Kee
D-W.va
Acheson Says USSR Aims To Upset Defense
Secretary of State Acheson said Russia seeks to pressure Western powers into suspending their defense program, but that would be a high price for a Big Four meeting. He noted U S proposals at Paris deputy talks are near final and Russia has rebuffed them. He declined to discuss Formosa policy before Senate hearings.
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Washington
Acheson
Russia
U. S
Paris
United States
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Indict 21 Cops In New York On Bookie Charges
Twenty one policemen including two inspectors one captain and two lieutenants retired were booked on indictments charging conspiracy to protect a twenty million dollar a year bookmaking racket. Retired inspectors Frederick Hofsaes and John F Flynn cited by the district attorney along with Captain Joseph Workman and Lieutenants John F Shaughnessy and George Hanold named in the cases.
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NEW York
Frederick Hofsaes
Brooklyn
John F. Flynn
William P. O’brien
Hofsaes
Joseph Workman
John F. Shaughnessy
George Hanold
Jamaica
Queens
OPS Sets Ceiling Prices On Wool To Boost Imports
Washington AP government officials set ceiling prices for standard grades of wool to encourage imports and bolster wool clothing production over the coming year. The order, effective immediately, raises ceilings about 65 to 70 percent from prior levels following the Korean outbreak. The avg 648 wool lands at 3.35 dollars per pound, while 64s top wool lands at 4.13 dollars. Prices were also fixed for alpaca and mohair.
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Washington
Office of
OPS
Orgin
Big Sky offensive blocked by largest Allied raid yet
Tokyo AP reports over 300 Allied planes struck a Red air field on the Korea Manchuria border aiming to deter a looming Communist aerial attack. The operation, the war’s biggest raid, damaged several Red planes and Russian types, while ground combat saw Red forces pull back as South Koreans and UN troops pushed forward along the eastern front.
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Tokyo
Korea-Manchuria
Ihe
Oiullu
United Nations
Korea
Earle E. Partridge
Fifth Air Force
Yalu
Robert Dixon
Newton
Iowa
Partridge
Sinuiju
Inje
Sinulja
Donald K. Yost
Princeton
N. J
William Barnard
Longrance
Red Korea
Red
Inie
New 1950 Series Federal Reserve Notes Approved
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland says the new 1950 series $10 and $20 notes may look different but are legal to spend. A flood of inquiries about validity prompted the reassurance, as the bank began distributing the notes ten days ago and will issue the $5 notes next week with the same new appearance.
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Cleveland
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Ray M. Gidney
Strike and Riots Shake Panama After Coup
In Panama City a general strike against President Arias paralyzed the capital as shooting and mob attacks erupted. A radio station allied with the president was attacked, equipment destroyed, and several wounded. Police detained gun owners while Arias supporters arrived from outlying areas aboard government trucks amid constitutional moves critics call to empower him against subversion.
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Pannama
Panama
Arneulfo Arias
Arias
Panama Canal
Moran faces five years for perjury in Kefauver probe
James J. Moran, longtime associate of ex-mayor William O'Dwyer, now risks a federal sentence of up to five years in prison and a 2000 dollar fine for perjury in the Kefauver Committee inquiry. Dewey, the federal judge, will impose the sentence.
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NEW York
James J. Moran
Moran
William O'Dwyer
Brooklyn
Louis Weber
Charles A. Dewey
Hollywood Pays Tribute To Oldtime Movie Stars
Hollywood honors silent era icons at a glamour premiere with Chamber of Commerce backing. Legends like Francis X. Bushman Piper Laurie Betty Blythe and Mack Sennett appear alongside current stars Joel McCrea Richard Conte and Nancy Guild in a tribute highlighting cinema’s past and present.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Joel McCrea
Richard Conte
Nancy Guild
Chill Wills
Mona Freeman
Alexis Smith
Francis X. Bushman
Heartbeat
Dash
Piper Laurie
Betty Blythe
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China
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Pierre le Moyne
Sieur d’Iber
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George Croghan
Lardner Board and Carton CO
Middletown
OMIC
Civic Association
Gardner Board and Carton Company
E. T. Gardner, Jr
Ben Bender
Calvin Verity
Gardner
Bill Weith
Moider
Ussr
Sky
Antung
Manchuria
Yalu River
O’dwyer
Elmo Lincoln
Julia Faye
Cecil B. DeMille
Hank Mann
Chester
Heine Conklin
Mack Sennett
William Farnum
Pauline Garon
Helen Gibson
Eddie Pole
Herbert Rawlinson
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