MacArthur Accused of Defying Orders Over Yalu Move
General Collins told senators MacArthur violated orders by sending U S troops toward the Yalu River during the Korean conflict. He said Joint Chiefs did not countermand the action, labeling it a specific example of order violation while supporting MacArthur's dismissal and the broader war strategy. He cited Russian involvement and Japanese air power context with casualty figures and strategic doubts.
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Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Yalu River
Manchuria
Korea
Collins
Army
MacArthur
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Yalu
Marshall
Omar N. Bartlely
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Mr. Truman
Far Eastern
Mac
Arthur
Omar Bradley
Lings
Alles
U.S
Pentagon
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Acheson
Collings
Navy
Air Force
Morse
R-Ore
Bradley
Tests At Eniwetok Hint At New Bombs
The United States announced successful atomic tests at Eniwetok including experiments contributing to thermonuclear weapons research. Joint AEC and Defense Department release notes JTF-3 under General Elwood R. Quesada and Dr. Alvin C. Graves as deputy commander. Data on blast, thermal effects, and radiation measured. some projects to be declassified later. The proving ground remains closed to unauthorized persons.
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Washington
United States
Eniwetok
AEC
Commission
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Department of Defense
Truman
Joint Task Force 3
Eniwetok Atoll
Elwood R. Quesada
USAF
JTF-3
Army
Navy
Air Force
Alvin C. Graves
The
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Federal
Civil Defense Agency
Quesada
Graves
Farm Bureau Urges End to Wage and Price Controls
President Allen B. Kline of the American Farm Bureau proposes a bold attack on inflation, calling wage and price controls an economic narcotic. He outlines a six point program—boost production, cut nonessential government spending, curb credit, boost private saving, sell bonds to individuals, and raise taxes—to replace controls and cites risks of out of control inflation harming freedoms and the productive economy.
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Washington
Allen B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kline
Senate Banking Committee
United States
Painesville Youth Guilty In Toreh Murder
Victor Lee Justinger, 21, was found guilty of first degree murder in the fatal gasoline arson of his boyhood friend Tommy Egleston, 17, in November. The jury recommended mercy, making life imprisonment mandatory. defense claimed confession was coerced and fire caused by a car short circuit. Justice preview noted no sentencing date set.
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Painesville
Toreh
Victor Lee Justinger
Justinger
Tommy Egleston
Lake County
Paul Cage
Jusinger
Cage
Eben Hager
Nick Dimberio
Parallel Crossed At 2 More Points In All-Out Drive
Allied tanks and troops crossed the 38th parallel at two western and central fronts near Seoul and Chunchon in an all-out offensive. Van Fleet visited a task force near the border as Eighth Army pursued Reds into North Korea. Air force strikes killed or wounded about 2,000 enemy, with 500 retreating troops knocked out on the western highway near Uijongbu.
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Clen Clements
TOKYO
38Th Parallel
North Korea
Seoul
Chunchon
South Korea
Red Korea
van Fleet
Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Uijongbu
Edward M. Almond
Clark L. Ruffner
United Nations
Choyang
Inje
Chunch
Dagmar Weds Actor Danny Dayton in Las Vegas
New York AP report says Dagmar, the busty television star, married film actor Danny Dayton in the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. She returned to New York by plane while Dayton heads back to the West Coast for a new project. marriage license lists her as Virginia Desall and notes Dagmar has used the name Jenny Lewis.
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New York
Dagmar
Las Vegas
New
Danny Dayton
Nevada
Virginia — OB Desall
Jenny Lewis
Truman Only Demo Choice As Of Today
President Truman remained the solitary Democratic contender as the party gathered in Denver to select the 1952 nominating site. Philadelphia and Chicago battled for the convention, with Chicago favored for the week of July 21, 1952, pending Republican timing. Philadelphia raised its bid to 367000 in cash and benefits, while Miami offered 100000. Democrats voiced unity behind Truman, signaling intent to push the GOP as the war party while Secretary Brannan framed the conflict around Taft Martin McCarthy and Cain. Taft was noted as the likely Democratic pick for the rival Republican ticket.
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Denver
Truman
Democratic National Committee
Philadelphia
Chicago
Miami
National Committee
Frank McHale
Indiana
Douglas MacArthur
GOP
War Party
Brannan
MacArthur
Taft
Martin
McCarthy
Cain
Martin, Barton and Fish
Franklin D. Rooseveltt
Flag Waving Ohio Family In Dutch With Law
Nine Leonard Samson family members are in custody over a school bus shooting threats to neighbors with guns and an alleged plot against Morganeencaies County Sheriff Ray Doak.
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Ohio
Mcconnellville
Leonard Samson
Ray Doak
Morgan Eencaies
National Spelling Bee contestants reach round seven amid glitches
Twenty contestants survived seven rounds of the 24th National Spelling Bee as others fell on words from aggressor to umbrage. Notable exits included Barbara Jack on lisle and Sandra Watson on casein, with Ralph Eubank erring on guillotine and Bruce Williams on parvenu. A separate arrest report details Samson, 47, charged with shooting at a Meigs township school bus, asking to see President Truman, and defending his flag raised farm beliefs.
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Arthur Edson Washington
Barbara Jack
Kieffer
W. Va
Lisle
Patsy Shambart
Reynoldsburg
Jane Palmer Elsberg
el Paso
Teyas
Jean Marguerite Davidson
Lowell
Mass
Normand A. Provost
Manchester
N.H
Jo-Ann Kling
Coleraine
Minn
Curtice Loop
Salem
Naomi Sheppard
Tulsa
Okla
Doris Ann Hall
Caldwell County
N.C
Condign
Carolyn Kay Gibbs
Mt. Union
Iowa
Samson
Meigsville Township
Truman
Betty
Dorothy
Zanesville
California Girl Found Fatally Injured Kidnap Case Charged
Patricia Jean Hull, 10, vanished after a Buena Park movie. Henry Ford McCracken, a convicted sex offender, faces indictment on charges including holding against will and child stealing. Her body was found in Trabuco Canyon with 15 head wounds. a matching yellow bedspread was found near McCracken’s motel cabin.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Patricia Jean Hull
Henry Ford McCracken
Orange County
Grand Jury
James L. Davis
Magdalena
Trabuco Canyon
Buena Park
McCracken
Patricia
Davis
Maragon Begins Jail Term In Senate Inquiry Fallout
John Maragon once a White House caller and friend to Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan goes to jail after Judge Jennings Bailey rejects a plea to suspend an 18 to 24 month sentence. Attorney Edward J. Hayes says Maragon is a scapegoat in the influence peddling probe.
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Washington
John Maragon
White House
Senate
Kansas City
Jennings Bailey
Edward J. Hayes
Maragon
Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Two Die in Roaring Spring Paper Plant Blast
An explosion at the D. M. Bare Paper Company plant in Roaring Spring late last night killed two people and wounded six. The blast, felt 15 miles away in Altoona, occurred in an oven used to boil wood pulp at the plant, according to plant president Porter.
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Altoona
D. M. Bare Paper Company
Roaring Spring
Porter
Trawlers Collide in Fog Kill 12 at Grand Banks
Two French trawlers collided in foggy Grand Banks waters yesterday. Paris dispatches report 12 dead and an air and sea search continues for missing crewmen.
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Halifax
N. S
Grand Banks
Paris
Redistricting Explained in Sunday Feature
A Sunday study explains the thorny topic of redistricting and Butler County slicing. Shifts at the Civic Building reflect political changes as communities react. The piece highlights local figures and hopeful stories, with Memorial Day observances noted in Nearby Communities sections.
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Butler County
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