Chinese Red Offensive Strikes Across Korea Warfronts
In Korea's West and Central fronts, 4500 Chinese troops assaulted Western Outposts Vegas Carson Elko and Hook after 6500 Communists seized five hills. South Koreans retook five outposts on the Central Front amid fierce hand to hand fighting. Allied air sweeps targeted supply depots near Yonan Sinchon and Wonsan.
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Seoul
Panmunjom
Korea
Vegas
Carson Elko
East Berlin
Hook
E Hook
No Man's Land
Finger Ridge
Lan Eighth Army
Yonan
Sinchon
Wonsan
New Jersey
Navy
Paris Crisis Drags On In Seventh Day
Paris faced a seven day political crisis as President Vincent Auriol sought a new premier from center parties. Right winger Paul Reynaud failed to win confirmation with 235 voting against and 276 of 314 needed, while Auriol weighed Georges Bidault or Andre Marie for cabinet formation.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
Paul Reynaud
Auriol
Georges Bidault
Andre Marie
Bidault
Marie
Remier
France
Guy Mollet
Charles de Gaulle
Andre Diethelm
Reynaud
Germany
Assembly
de Gaullist
Quake Jolts Paso Robles Homes No Damage Recorded
A slight earthquake rattled Paso Robles Wednesday night shaking homes and windows but caused no damage officials said. No injuries were reported and there was no aftershock expected.
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Paso Robles
Calif
Envoy Denounces Expulsion Order From U S
Romanian diplomat Zambezi denounces State Department charges as a frameup. He claims the expulsion was retaliation for reporting blackmail by Valery Georgescu who allegedly tried to recruit him as a Romanian spy. He spoke from the Romanian legation where he is first secretary.
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Washington
Cristache Zambezi
United States
State Department
Valery Georgescu
Zambezi
Radford to Visit Taipei for Talks with Chiang Kai-shek
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, newly appointed chairman of the U S Joint Chiefs of Staff and commander of the U S Pacific Fleet, is due in Taipeh Formosa for conferences with Chiang Kai shek and other Chinese Nationalist leaders.
Ike Disagrees With Taft On Korea War Policy
President Eisenhower rejected Senator Taft’s view that the United Nations should be abandoned in Korea and indicated Bermuda’s Big Three meeting with Churchill and the French premier may not yield a Russia summit. He stressed coalition necessity, warned against single-nation action, and defended the defense budget while opposing Red China’s UN admission. He also noted trade and public sentiment favor multilateral action.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
United Nations
Bermuda
Russia
Churchill
Taft
Senate
U. S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Sparkman
Dala
Korea
Sparkman
Arthur M Schlesinger Jr
James E. Doyle
Cochairmen
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Sen. Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Wiley
R-Wis
Foreign Relations Committee
Sweden
United Nat
Sen
Fulbright
President backs AF budget amid defense spending debate
President Eisenhower gave personal assurance that proposed Air Force budget cuts will not erode defenses beyond a safety margin. The issue followed Capitol Hill criticism, with Rep. Yorty accusing Defense Secretary Wilson of unstudied cuts and calling for explanations. Wilson sought opportunity to defend curtailment from 16% to 11% of the budget and wings from 143 to 120 by mid 1955 amid GOP and Democratic criticism. General Vandenberg said his views were not sought or offered on these cuts.
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Eisenhower
America
Capitol
Rep
Yorty
Calif
Wilson
Truman
Air Force
Old Tune Echoed as Moscow Renews Hate America Drive
William L. Ryan analyzes how Moscow shifts tone toward a renewed hate America campaign. Kremlin charges of American spies echo 1951 patterns in Moldova and Ukraine, signaling internal power struggles, press hardening, and a push to rally Soviet unity while tightening control over the army and navy.
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Moscow
America
Kremlin
Soviet Ukraine
Georgi M. Malenkov
Pravda
Bermuda
United States
Soviet
Moldavia
Ukraine
Washington
Malenkov
U. S. State Department
Communist Party
Georgi Zhukov
A. M. Vasilevsky
Stalin
Nicolai Bulganin
Ussr
Allied Diplomats Fear Taft Talk Signals Shift
Washington dispatch reports Allied diplomats wary that Taft’s Cincinnati speech signals a potential policy shift in Far Eastern stance. They fear possible U N disengagement if Korea talks fail, as Taft urged independent moves and a U.N. charter amendment.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Far Eastern
Polae
Eissenhower
Senate
Taft
Cincinnati
Vancouver
B. C
Lester Pearson
U. S
United Nations
Missing Boy Found Safe After Miami River Drownings
Dayton police ended a search for a fourth drowning victim as eight year old Robert Bailey turned up alive at home. He admitted wading with three other children near Sunrise Bridge while Ella Mae Ritchie, 11, was found dead at a dam three miles south. Delores Ann Ritchie, 10, and Robert Edwards Jr., 8, had already been recovered.
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Dayton
Miami River
Robert Bailey
Wolfe Creek
Ella Mae Ritchie
Ella Mae
Delores Ann
Robert Edwards, Jr
Bailey
Sunrise Bridge
Judge orders exam for Hong Kong contact Gruenewald
Judge Alexander Holtzoff orders an examination of Henry W. Gruenewald known as the Dutchman to assess risk to his life or health if imprisoned and postpones the contempt sentence to next Thursday. The State Department says two ships linked to Hong Kong firms carried Chinese Communist troops during the Korean War, naming the Perico and the Miramar.
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Washington
Alexander Holtzoff
Henry W. the Dutchman Gruenewald
Holtzoff
Capital
Congress
State Department
Hong Kong
China
Perico
Wallem and Co. Ltd
Miramar
Wheelock Marden and Co
ROKs oppose UN plan as war nerves flare in Seoul
South Korea publicly opposes the Allied truce plan in a note to the United Nations Command. Maj. Gen. Choi Duk Shin carried the message to Lt. Gen. Harrison in Korea while Pyun Yung Tai warned of resignation if the plan moved forward. Assembly leaders pressed Harrison to withdraw the proposal, accusing it of infringing sovereignty and risking a wider war.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations Command
Choi Duk Shin
William K. Harrison
Munsan
Republic of Korea
Rovernment
Choi
South Korea
Pyun Yung Tai
Monay
Red
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Pyun
ROK
Harrison
U. N
Ahi
Ane
National Assembly
Yoon Chi Yung
United States
Red General To Command Troops Only
Moscow abolishes the Soviet Control Commission in East Germany and creates a supreme commissar post in Berlin. Vladimir Semyonov is named supreme commissar to supervise German affairs and relations with the occupying powers. The move signals a Kremlin push toward four power talks on Germany and a potential troop withdrawal.
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London
Moscow
East Germany
Moscow Radio
Germany
Soviet Council of Ministers
Soviet Control Commission
German Democratic Repubic
Ussr Council of Ministers
USSR
Berlin
Soviet Union
Vladimir Semyonov
German Democratic Republic
Potsdam
Britain
France
Kremlin
East Prussia
U. S
People's Police
Bermuda
GM Brings Pension Upgrade In Line With Ford Chrysler
GM joins Ford and Chrysler in boosting monthly pensions to 137.50 under five year contracts with the CIO United Auto Workers. The agreement expands pensioners' purchasing power since 1950, applies to about 700,000 Big Three workers, and adds wage improvements including a guaranteed five cent raise each June and at least ten cent raises for skilled workers.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Ford
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Robert W. Conder
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lawmakers Seek Further Aid Slashes in Foreign Aid
Lawmakers welcomed a 354 million dollar cut in the Mutual Security program for next year as a step forward but urged more reductions. Rand reported savings from unspent 1953 funds could yield up to 404 million dollars credit against 1954 requests. Chiperfield stressed the amounts are savings, not curtailed essential operations.
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Washington
William M. Rand
Rep
Ford
R-Mich
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Tabor
R-Ny
Appropriations Committee
Mutual Security Administration
MSA
Taber
Chiperfield
Japanese Vessel Hauls Red Coal
The Yamasumi Maru, a Yamashita Steamship freighter from Kawasaki near Tokyo, returned with 9,500 tons of coal from Chinwangtao, Red China, the first shipment of 130,000 tons under a charter with Ni Steel Tube Yawata Iron and Steel and Fuji Iron and Steel. The 10,420-ton ship also carried 1,000 tons of spinning and weaving machines to Chinwangtao and will sail to the Red port on June 2 for a second coal load.
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Tokyo
Yamasumi Maru
Yamashita Steamship Company
Kawasaki
Chinwangtao
Red China
Ni Steel Tube
Yawata Iron and Steel
Fuji Iron and Steel Companies
Yamasumi
Red Port
Judge orders New York to rehire ex communist worker
State Supreme Court Justice Aaron Steuer ordered a former employee reinstated after a decade in his job. The man lost his post for being a Communist from 1936 to 1939, but the court ruled it did not threaten national security for him to work as a washroom attendant.
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New York
State Supreme Court
Aaron Steuer
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Jols Town
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Taipeh
Ike
England
Charles Wilson
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs
NEA
William L. Ryan
Europe
U.N
Bulletin
Roks
By Robert B. Tuckman
Foreign Ministry
West
Pension Plan
B. L. Livingstone
Far East
Harold E. Stassen
Rand
R-Ii
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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