His Crusade Ends Krause Goes Free At Last
Julius Krause walked from Ohio Penitentiary after 20 years and five months, his life sentence commuted by Gov. Lausche and a parole granted. He left as a free man amid a landmark release tied to exonerations, newspaper support, and sustained efforts by press and legal figures.
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Julius Krause
Ohio Penitentiary
Krause
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Pentagon Chooses Alternate Offices In Case Of Attack
Defense Department selects locations outside Washington to carry on essential functions if the capital is struck. Secretary Marshall says the plan mirrors measures in other places as precaution amid tensions. About 140,000 federal workers are in the Washington area, with 30,000 at the Pentagon. alternate HQ sites will stay secret.
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Defense Department
Defense Marshall
United States
Marshall
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Defense Establishment
Potomac River
Virginia
Department
Wedemeyer to Face Probers in MacArthur Case
Lt General Albert C Wedemeyer announced he will testify before Senate committees investigating the firing of General Douglas MacArthur. The Sixth Army commander, who asked retirement, authored a Far East report that was initially suppressed then partially released. He arrived in Lincoln and will proceed to New York and Washington.
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Neb
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Senate
MacArthur
Wedemeyer
Sixth Army
Far East
San Francisco
New York
Washington
Senate Sets Vote On Indian Wheat Food Relief Plan
Senators planned action on a grain for India proposal, aiming to pass a compromise bill for 2,000,000 tons of food on a straight loan basis. President Truman urged Congress to provide relief grains estimated at 190 million dollars as a gift to India to combat famine and starvation.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
India
Rita Hayworth Seeks Divorce and 3 Million for Child
Rita Hayworth plans a divorce from Aly Khan on general incompatibility grounds. Attorney Bartley Crum says she will request a 3 million trust fund to raise their 16 month old daughter Yasmin as a Moslem and expects little objection to this container. Hayworth has moved to Glenbrook Nevada and will pursue divorce after a brief residence requirement.
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Aly Khan
Yasmin
Bartley Crum
Crum
Aly
Paris
Cess
Hollywood
Glenbrook
Nev
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Miss Hayworth
OPS Gives Break To Small Stores
Washington AP reports thousands of small retail stores including hardware dealers may soon be relieved from price control rules that required detailed charts. An Office of Price Stabilization official said final regulation details are being worked out. Retailers have complained the chart keeping method and formulas created hardship for staff to monitor pricing.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
College Draft Test Deadline Is Extended
Ohio Selective Service extended the deadline for filing applications for college student aptitude tests to May 25. The move affects tests scheduled for June 16 June 30 and July 12.
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Columbus
Ohio Selective Service
Postponed salvage work on Valcour amid fire damage
In Norfolk Virginia the Navy postponed entry into four compartments of the fire damaged sea plane tender Valcour after a collision with the tanker Atlantic. One dead, five missing presumed dead and 19 hospitalized with 190 accounted for. Crews refocus on offloading gasoline and ammunition before further salvage. Captain Tatum and Commander Parker unharmed as fires abated aboard Tracy.
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Thomas Tracy
Cherokee
Navy
U. S. Coast Guard
Norfolk
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Norfolk Naval Base
Portsmouth
Rt News
Eugene Tatum
Parker
Atlantic
Tracy
New York
Newport News
Tatum
115 Casualties Listed in Korean War Department Report
The Defense Department today named 115 additional casualties from the Korean War. The list shows eight killed, 104 wounded, two missing in action and one injured in an accident.
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Washington
Defense Department
U S General Bradley Says U S Not Ready for Showdown
Gen Omar N. Bradley told Senate investigators the United States is not ready for a showdown with Russia and should not risk a broader war by adopting MacArthur’s Korea proposals. He warned the plan could involve the U S in the wrong war at the wrong time and place and increase the risk of global war.
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Soviet Union
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Far East
China
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Marshall
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Peace Feelers Rumor Heard In Capital
In Washington the State Department said it knows of no peace feelers from Communist China or North Korea. Senator Sparkman said talk of possible peace negotiations spread among lawmakers as Gen. Omar Bradley carried on the administration's reply to Gen. MacArthur. Marshall's testimony left unresolved questions about policy differences with MacArthur and the Kremlin's influence on Red China. No specific peace move was confirmed.
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China
North Korea
Korea
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Douglas MacArthur
Bradley
Senate
MacArthur
Sparkman
D-Ala
Defense Marshall
Marshall
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Truman
Far East
Knowland
Calif
Alabama
Kremlin
Wilson Decries Far East Quiz As Foolish
Mobilization Director Charles E. Wilson urges American unity at the 1951 Industry Armed Forces Conference condemning Capitol Hill squabbling and foolishness. He warns that congressional disclosures could aid the Communist enemy and says unity could shorten mobilization, calling for fewer political distractions.
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Wilson
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Capitol Hill
Foe Crosses Two Rivers In Korean Front Report
Tokyo AP reports Chinese Communist troops crossing two rivers on the rainy central Korean front near Chunchon in front of strong U S positions. Offensive action anticipated as two rivers are crossed and tensions rise along the front.
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Tokyo
Chunchon
U. S
House Unit OKs Boost On Gas Tax
The House Ways and Means Committee moved to raise the federal gasoline tax from 10 to 12 cents per gallon, aiming to add $210 million in revenue. The panel also boosted bowling alley and pool table levies, cut telegram taxes, rejected soda and candy taxes, and proposed higher excise taxes on cigars autos TVs and other items with various revenue implications. In Korea, reports said Chinese forces crossed rivers near Chunchon and Yanggu, with UN officers split on whether a sustained offensive is feasible despite probing attacks and renewed fighting around Inje and Chunchon. The scale of clashes remained limited as forces massed on multiple fronts.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Chunchon
Seoul
North
South Korea
Korea
Ohioan Faces Choice in English Will Have to Give Up U S Citizenship
Akron AP report on Mrs Sibyl Gape who died in Caxton England leaving 90941 pounds to a relative if he takes permanent residence in England within six months or loses the fortune. The will names cousins in America and England as possible heirs if the condition is not met. James Gape has until June 30 to decide and may face heartache in reversing a long US life.
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Sibyl Gape
U. S
Hsin Tamas Mana
Cuyahoga Falls
Gape
Caxton
Cambridgeshire
England
Kenneth Gape
America
Kenneth
David F. Bennett
James N. Gape
St. Albans
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