Truman Urges Unity as MacArthur Probe Sparks Debate
President Truman appealed for national unity during Armed Forces Day, warning that Korea casualties pale beside risks of atomic war. Secretary Marshall echoed resolve for UN and NATO unity. Senator Wiley accused the MacArthur dismissal inquiry of a Democratic whitewash, signaling partisan clash over the probe.
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Wiley
R-Wis
Senate
MacArthur
Russell
Dga
Senate Armed Forces and Foreign Relations
U S Aid Hinted For Chinese Revolt Against Russian Rule
New York AP Dean Rusk at the China Institute dinner signaled that the United States would aid the Chinese people in any revolt against the colonial Russian government. He backed continued aid to the Nationalists but said U S help would not decide China s future. Dulles and Douglas spoke, with Dulles accusing Moscow of using China to press Korea and vowing Mao Tse tung would not influence the pending Japanese treaty.
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New York
Dean Rusk
America
State Department
U. S
China
Rusk
The
China Institute
John Foster Dulles
Paul Douglas
D-Ti
Dulles
Kremlin
South Korea
Japan
Mao Tse-tung
Draft Age Lowered for US Military Induction
Washington AP reports that the conference committee moved the induction minimum to 18 years and six months, affecting about 500,000 men. They expect few be drafted unless war or emergency arises. They also set July 1 1955 as the one A termination date and proposed 1945 era lower standards, with four months basic training for all draftees volunteers and reserves.
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Washington
Senate House
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Forces Group
UMIT
United States
U S Troops Parade In Western Germany
In Frankfurt and twelve German cities, U S soldiers sailors and airmen staged parades for American Armed Forces Day. A crowd of about 500000 Germans watched as displays of aircraft equipment and weapons were shown to demonstrate combat readiness.
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Frankfurt
Germany
One-Armed Insurance Man Held In Columbus Killing
A 23 year old one armed Columbus insurance salesman George Phillips was charged with first degree murder in the April 25 slaying of Ruth Alter. Phillips underwent a lie detector test and faces arraignment. Blood stains were found on his trousers during a search of his home triggered by a tip. Phillips had known Mrs Alter for four years from his father's restaurant where she worked as a waitress.
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Columbus
Ruth Alter
Ralph J. Paul
George Phillips
Phillips
Lester Bauman
Bauman
Alter
Russell
Waline
Fire kills 38 in Kushiro and Numata cinema blazes
In Kushiro on Hokkaido, a movie house fire scorched 35 children and 3 adults as flee was blocked by a single exit. Eight more persons were seriously hurt. North of Tokyo, in Numata, another cinema blaze wounded 42 people with 15 in serious condition.
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TOKYO
Kushiro
Kokkaido
Japan
Numata
Dayton Man Kills Himself After Tragedy
Heinz Beer 38, a Wright Patterson engineer, killed himself after his wife drowned their 18 month old daughter in a laundry tub and then hanged herself. Beer was found in his car with a hose to the exhaust. a coroner cited carbon monoxide as the cause. The couple, German natives who came to the United States four years ago, left a German note with only the words yesterday and revolver legible.
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Dayton
Heinz Beer
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
A. P. McDonald
Beer
Gertrude Beer
Germany
Texas Tornado Kills Two Injures Many in Olney
A violent tornado ripped through Olney Texas yesterday killing two people and injuring about 100. About 50 homes were destroyed and 50 more damaged. Mayor E C Hallman and city officials estimated up to three million dollars in damage as rescue workers searched wreckage and treated 18 hospital patients. Mrs J T Temple and her husband died from injuries sustained in the destruction.
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Robert E
Ford Olney
Tex
Texas
E. C. Hallman
S. Richardson
G.H. Roach, Jr
Roach
Hallman
J. T. Temple
WSB Approves Nine Cent Hike for Packers
The Wage Stabilization Board voted 8 to 4 to allow a nine-cent hourly pay boost for 220,000 packing house workers, signaling a potential policy shift for other major wage cases. A hearing will probe policy on productivity-based increases amid inflation-control debates.
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Washington
Congress
Manly Fleischmann
National Production Authority
House Banking Committee
NPA
Ray W. Willoughby
San Angelo
Tex
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
House Agriculture Committee
Leon Keyserling
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Supreme Court May Intervene In Sawyer Case
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer and nine others face possible jail for civil contempt after the U S Court of Appeals ordered obedience by next Thursday. Sawyer said he will comply unless a Supreme Court stay excuses him. Attorney General McGrath said the Justice Department will seek a stay from the high court.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Supreme Court
U. S. Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Dollar Steamship
McGrath
Justice Department
Some Officers Believe Foe's Power Wanes
U S Second Division and allied units beat off Chinese Red assaults on the central Korean front. Optimistic briefing notes said four days of heavy fighting may have worn down Communist resolve. Coughlin described brutal combat and massed Red losses while South Korean units endured first impacts of the new spring offensive.
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Korea
Chunchon
Tokyo
Clen Clements
U. S
Eighth Army
John C. Coughlin
Santa Fe
N. Mex
Coughlin
Red
Chipyong
Wonju
Hangye
Seoul
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Wrt
Inje
Yongchon
Kumu
Massacre Valley
Changgong
U.S. Army
Pukhan River
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Changcong
38Th Parallel
70 Casualties Listed in Korea Defense Dept Report
The Defense Department identified 70 more U.S. casualties in Korea in List No. 306. Five were killed, 60 wounded, one missing in action, one death from injuries and three injured in accidents.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
Korea
Iran cool to British oil protest sparks diplomatic push
Britain offered a high level diplomatic mission to Iran to settle the Anglo Iranian Oil Company dispute over nationalization. Iranians gave a cool reception, with Premier Mossadegh barricaded in Parliament and refusing to meet the British envoy. The note urged new talks to amend the 1933 treaty and stated London may take the case to the International Court of Justice if Iran persists. The United States urged a friendly settlement as Mosaddegh and Każemi met, with the next step depending on Iran's reply.
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Robert B. Hewett
Tehran
Iran
Britain
Francis M. Shepherd
Shepherd
F. Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Foreign Office
London
International Court of Justice
the Hague
Washington
U. S
Russia
Shenherd
Bagher Kazemi
Kazemi
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
U S Warns Reds To Lay Off Tran
The State Department issued a statement urging Britain and Iran to negotiate a settlement in the British Iranian oil dispute and avoid intimidation or threats of unilateral action. It suggested Russia should refrain from exploiting the matter to advance into Iran.
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Washington
Russia
Iran
State Department
Dayton Sets Plans for Delco Plant Expansion
Dayton will gain a new Delco Products Division plant from General Motors in a $5,000,000 project. The facility is to rise on a 306 acre site on the southwestern edge of the city as the first in a planned series.
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Dayton
Delco
Delco Products Division
General Motors Corporation
Jacob Coxey Dies At 97 Led "Army" to Washington
Massillon AP Jacob S Coxey dies at 97 after leading Coxey s Army a 1894 ragged march from Massillon to Washington to press easy money for public works He remained devoted to money reform despite the failed protest He is survived by three of eight children funeral services will be held here Monday Coxey whose 40 when he rose to prominence led 50 supporters in Massillon Easter 1894 toward Washington the army never numbered more than 500 and faced police who barred him from speaking on Capitol lawn He served one term as Massillon mayor in 1931 after a failed bid for higher office and a proposed bond program collapsed.
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Walter Basik
Chicago
Esther Williams
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Luther Davis
Muncie
Ind
Massillon
Jacob S. Coxey
Coxey
Jacob
Youngstown
David
Cleveland
Ruth Wilson
Darien
Conn
Canton
Capitol Lawn
Capitol
Farmer-Labor Party
U.S
Son Killed His Mother in Cleveland Police Believe
Cleveland police say 64 year old widow Katherine Nakolovich was shot three times in a dark kitchen awaiting a Polish wedding reception. Her son Otto Knight 27, a Greyhound bus terminal checker, is missing after allegedly calling in a psychopathic spree and admitting the murder. Knight, a Navy veteran, planned to bartend at the reception and had threatened self harm. The crime involved wiring ripped from the house as the family prepared for a relocation to Venice California.
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Cleveland
Katherine Nakolovich
David E. Kerr
Knight
The
Voice
George Gackowski
Catherine Melnyk
Nakolovich
Venice
Calif
Los Angeles
Navy
Cleveland Colege
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