Truman War Plan Blessed By Ridgway
Secretary Marshall testified before the Senate committees that the administration’s team including Gen Ridgway supports Truman’s plan for a limited Korean war. He said no military leader favors Gen Mac Arthur’s plan to push into Red China and noted a recent Soviet buildup near Korea since December.
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Washington
Marshall
Matthew B. Ridgway
Truman
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee
Douglas MacArthur
Russia
Korea
Siberian
Red China
Defense Dept Identifies 232 Korean War Casualties
The Defense Department released a list naming 232 additional Korean War casualties including 16 killed, 184 wounded, 16 missing in action and 16 listed as injured in accidents.
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Washington
Defense Department
Sino Reds Widen Their Bridgehead On Central Front
Chinese Red troops expanded a bridgehead across the Choyang River on the central Korean front. UN patrols found little opposition, but two clashes occurred on the western front as Red units massed north of the river, with a new airfield bombed near Pyongyang and reports of deserters showing up along the front.
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Tokyo
Choyang River
Chunchon
United Nations
No-Man’s-Land
John Randolph
George MacArthur
Seoul
Kumhwa
Hwachon
38Th Parallel
Fifth Air Force
Eighth Army
Pyong
Pyongyang
Earle E. Partridge
Randolph
U. S. Eighth Army
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Nate Polowetzky
Polowetzky
Coast-To-Coast Cub Flier Has Slim Chance
Max Conrad reported he is low on gasoline but still has a fighting chance to complete his coast to coast non stop flight in a Piper Cub. He said he would know in about an hour if he can reach New York, cruising at 10 000 feet and aiming for La Guardia. If successful, he would be the first to fly coast to coast in a tiny Cub. He passed Kirksville Missouri at 5 30 am EST and left Los Angeles yesterday on Mother's Day.
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Cleveland
Max Conrad
Civil Aeronautics Administration
New York
CAA
Los Angeles
Conrad
Brookville
Pittsburgh
la Guardia
Kansas City
Kirksville
Pomeroy Man Surrenders After Barricade Incident
Richard Ebersbach, 45, who barricaded himself in his Pomeroy home, surrendered to officers from Pomeroy and Middleport police, Meigs County sheriff, and the State Highway Patrol. Police had tried to move in after he allegedly fired 14 bullets at Virgil Fry’s car in Rutland. Fry and a female companion were uninjured.
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Pomeroy
Richard Ebersbach
Middleport
Meigs County Sheriff's Office
State Highway Patrol
Virgil Fry
Rutland
Ebersbach
Fry
Israel Flag Placed in Independence Hall
Philadelphia AP report says Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion placed Israel s flag beside other UN flags at Independence Hall during a Philadelphia visit. The trip supported Israel s 1 5 billion bond issue and marked the country s third anniversary.
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Philadelphia
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
United Nations
Independence Hall
House Ways and Means Approves Tobacco Gasoline and Auto Tax Hikes
The committee voted to raise taxes on cigarettes from seven to eight cents per pack, gasoline from 146 to 200 cents per gallon, and autos from seven percent to ten percent at the manufacturers level.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rollins College Proxy Defies Ouster Action
Rollins College president Dr. Paul A. Wagner declares he remains in office after trustees voted to oust him. Wagner alleges the April 27 New York meeting was illegal and says he will stay as president unless legally removed. He recounts prior offers to resign and notes his refusal.
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Rollins College
Wagner
Rollins
Cust
Board of Fees
Tee
New York
Trustee Board
Taft urges aid loans for Israel and India in emergency need
Sen Robert A Taft told a Cincinnati crowd that government aid should back Israel and India as emergency situations loom. He linked aid to the Marshall Plan and argued a loan to Israel would not be wasted, citing Israel as democratic and freedom loving while noting thousands starving in India.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Israel
India
Ohio Republican
Taft
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Ships Collide Off Cape Henry Burn Two Vessels
The collier Thomas Tracy and the Navy seaplane tender Valcour collided five miles east of Cape Henry. Both ships were reported burning with crews abandoning ship, then later said to be aboard and fighting the fires. Coast Guard cutters, tugs, and aircraft were dispatched from Norfolk and Elizabeth City as rescue and firefighting efforts continued.
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Norfolk
Thomas Tracy
Valcour
Cape Henry
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Fleet Headquarters
Naval
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Fleet
Cherokee
Madrona
Little Creek
Virginia Beach
Navy
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Elizabeth City
N. C
Pentagon Sees Japan Regaining Economic Feet
The Defense Department seeks Congressional approval to share Japan occupation costs with a simultaneous cut in economic aid. Japan would pay full costs initially, with the U S funding reduced starting July 1, as Japan nears economic independence. The plan hinges on President Truman’s decision and would run until the peace treaty takes effect.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
U. S
Japan
Department
Truman
United States
Warren Drive For President Seen In 52
Tulsa AP report notes Gov. Earl Warren of California discussed as possible 1952 Republican presidential candidate while RNC leaders consider meeting next January in California to finalize plans for Chicago nominating convention. Warren had avoided active campaigning but is increasingly mentioned in lobby talks as a potential nominee.
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Tulsa
Okla
Earl Warren
California
Republican National Committee
Guy G. Gabrielson
Chicago
Warren
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
War Reporter Cited As Hero Aided Injured
TOKYO AP war correspondent John Randolph joined an American unit on April 23 during the second night of a Chinese offensive. Lt Col Fred Weyand credited Randolph with four trips under fire to evacuate wounded soldiers, saving lives and enabling medical care. The AP reported his courageous actions helped several men survive.
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Tokyo
John Randolph
Associated Press
U.S. Seventh Infantry
Randolph
Fred C. Weyand
Healdsburg
Calif
Weyand
Milk Walkout Kept Alive In Chicago
AFL milk drivers reached a two year agreement with raises and seven day deliveries while inside dairy workers continued strike over a 10 percent pay increase. Mayor Kennelly led talks to end the strike that drained city milk supplies as union members prepared to vote on the pact.
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Chicago
AFL
Martin H. Kennelly
Associated
Religious Split Ends In Slaying Of Three Persons
In Chicago a father objecting to his daughter's marriage to a man of a different faith killed his daughter Elizabeth Hamilton 32 and her husband Louis Hamilton 36 then shot himself. Also dead is Elizabeth's father Stanley Novak 65. The daughter from a previous marriage Mary Strasser 16 reported Novak opposed the Jewish marriage because Hamilton was Jewish.
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Chicago
Matt Homer
Louis Hamilton
Elizabeth
Stanley Novak
Homer
Mary Strasser
Novak
Hamilton
Fred Strasser
Hamiltons
U S Reporter Found Dead in Oslo Fiord
Lyford Moore, 40, ABC Berlin bureau chief and Detroit native, disappeared December 10 while in Norway with U S Air Force men to collect Christmas trees. His body was found in Oslo Fiord on January 14, identified by fingerprints. Police pursue cause. no signs of violence noted. A $2,800 reward had been offered. His father suspects robbery killing. body showed remnants of clothing, no cash or papers.
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Oslo
Norway
Lyford Core
American Broadcasting Company
Fiord
Moore
Detroit
Mich
ABC
Berlin
U. S. Air Force
North Africa
Daniel O'Connor
Washington
Lyford M. Moore
Pentagon seeks six to eight billion for new bases
The Defense Department plans to ask Congress for six to eight billion dollars for new military installations and expansion of existing ones. The request, outlined by an unnamed House Armed Services Committee source, is expected to be submitted before month’s end.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Department
U.S. Air Losses in Korea Far Exceed Communists
The Air Force reports losses of 212 U.S. planes in Korea versus 149 by Communist forces. It provides no explanation for the disparity. American aircraft are said to fly constantly against many targets, while Reds conduct limited hit-and-run strikes from Manchurian bases.
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North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Nea-Acme
Washington
U.S. Air Force
Korea
Map Action For Ouster Of Acheson
Washington AP report describes Rep Lee Phillips strategy to remove Secretary of State Dean Acheson by an amendment barring State Department funds for anyone linked to a foreign government in past five years. He argues naming individuals risks a bill of attainder, seeking indirect action to pressure Acheson out.
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Washington
Lee Phillips
Rcalif
House
Dean Acheson
Phillips
Appropriations Committee
Acheson
State Department
United States
United Nations votes worldwide ban on war goods to China
The United Nations sanctions committee voted 11 to none to ban shipments of war goods to Communist China with Egypt abstaining. The Additional Measures Committee will push the embargo to the General Assembly, where resistance is expected from the Soviet bloc and neutralist India. Britain cited rubber shipments concerns in shifting stance.
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United Nations N. Y
United Nations Sanctions Committee
China
Egypt
Additional Measures Committee
Korea
General Assembly
India
Peiping
U. S
Iit
House of Commons
London
Britain
Malaya
Stalin Awards Revoked for Controversial Opera
In Moscow the Stalin prize awarded to composer Herman Zhukovsky for the opera From The Depths Of The Heart was revoked after Pravda condemned the work as weak with serious defects. Bolshoi director A V Solodovnikov and arts committee chair P I Lebedev were removed, and Soviet Art criticized union leader Tikhon Khrennikov for parts of the production.
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Moscow
Herman Zhukovsky
Ukraine
Bolshoi Theater
Stalin
Pravda
Communist Party
Stalin Prize
Council of Ministers
A. V. Solodovnikov
Bolshoi
P.I. Lebedev
The
Union of Soviet Composers
Soviet Art
Tikhon Khrennikov
Composers Union
Zhukovsky
Gorilla Makoko Drowns Before Honeymoon at Bronx Zoo
In a Bronx Zoo tragedy Makoko a 14 year old gorilla died after plunging into the moat while preparing for a transplanted jungle wedding to his fiancée Oka. Keeper George Scott dived in to rescue him as 1200 spectators watched. Despite two hours of emergency treatment Makoko did not survive.
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New York
America
Makoto
Bronx
George Scott
Makoko
Oka
Scott
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Bridges
R-Nh
Korean
Pomeroy Man
Bulletin
Winter Park
Fla
Paul A. Wagner
Pentagon
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Ouster of Acheson
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