Hw a c h on Dam Battle R ise s
Allied forces push toward the Hwachon dam in an East Central Korea offensive. U N planes bomb with rockets and gasoline while ground troops shell Reds. Ridgway imposes censorship on force sizes. Western front activity near Chorwon and Yonchon continues with tank and air actions.
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Olen Clements
Tokyo
Korea
East Central
Hwachon Dam
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
Chorwon
Yonchon
Kumhwa
Kwachon
U. S
British Submarine Affray Missing After Dive Off English Channel
The Affray with 75 aboard vanished after a maneuvers dive near the Isle of Wight. Helicopters planes and 17 vessels including U S destroyers Ellison and Perry plus Royal Navy units hunted a 75 mile by 25 mile sea area. Surface return expected in 114 hours but authorities fear serious trouble.
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Portsmouth
England
English Channel
Admiralty
Navy
U. S
Ellison
Perry
Weymouth
Scotland
Royal Navy
Reclaim
Druggists Meet in City Monroe Fifth District Dinner
Philip Gumbiner of the Office of Price Stabilization will address the Monroe fifth district druggists at a Rendezvous dinner Thursday evening. Fred M. Grant, president of the Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Assn., urges all fifth district pharmacists to attend as the new price order will be explained and a record attendance is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Gumbiner
Consumers Goods
Office of Price Stabilization
Shreveport
Monroe
Fifth District
Fred M. Grant
Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Assn
Fifth
Grant
First Rotators To Leave Korea Today
The first shipload of soldiers rotated home from Korea left Pusan today amid cheers from 400 officers and men who had left foxholes days earlier. Brig Gen Paul F Young attended on the dock as the army band played Now Is The Hour and Auld Lang Syne. The transport sails to Sasabo Japan with those having families in Japan directed to their homes, others to the United States as transport becomes available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusan
Korea
Paul F. Young
Speaker urges banks to lead in credit for community growth
Alexandria April 17 Louisiana bankers hear Arkansas Power and Light president C Hamilton Moses say banks have fallen short in meeting credit needs. He warns government loans fill gaps as banks avoid risks and cites cases of small firms and a 600 worker Arkansas furniture company that required aid, with loans later repaid. He urges bankers to take the lead.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Arkansas Utilities
C. Hamilton Moses
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Little Rock
Ark
Louisiana Bankers Association
Washington
Moses
Arkansas
Guns Tear Gas Used In Strike At Dan River Mills
In Danville Virginia on April 17 a strike at the Dan River mills sparked violence as state police dispersed pickets with tear gas and a pistol bullet wounded a striker. Pickets blocked U S Highway 29 and nonstrikers entered the plant for the midnight shift as the Southwide textile work stoppage entered its 17th day. Police had arrested 20 strikers including the Virginia CIO council president Rev Charles Webber for lying in a human carpet to block entry. The union accused the plant of staging heavy water hoses at gates to deter picketing.
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Danville
Dan River Mills
Schoolfield
U. S. Highway 29
Textile Workers Union of America
Virginia C. I. O. Council
Charles Webber
Dan River
Probe of RFC Influence By Congress Members Ordered
The Senate Banking Committee ordered an investigation into whether congress members sold influence with the RFC. A Fulbright subcommittee will survey about 800 letters from lawmakers to the RFC on loan matters and pursue proof or denial of President Truman’s claim of “great many” fees.
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RFC
Congress
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Fulbright
D.-Ark
Maybank
White House
Donald S. Dawson
Dawson
Bradley denounces MacArthur Asia policy amid Korea war debate
General Omar Bradley, a five star ally of Douglas MacArthur, condemned the theory of expanding the war to China as a threat to world peace. He defended Truman administration limits in Korea, warned against preventive war, and argued ultimatums or threats to bomb Russia are impractical. Bradley spoke to the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters.
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Chicago
Omar N. Bradley
Douglas MacArthur
Asia
Bradley
China
Truman
MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
Kremlin
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters
United States
Manchuria
U. N
Indo-China
Thailand
Formosa
Russia
Monroe to study $900000 fire facility bond proposal
An eight member investigating committee of Monroe business and city officials was appointed to examine the proposed 900000 bond issue for Monroe fire department facilities. W L Ethridge Sr will head the panel which will meet later with municipal engineer S E Hottinger Jr. The item continues on page ten.
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Monroe Fire Department
Monroe
W. L. Ethridge, Sr
S. E. Hottinger
Senate House Probe Of Policy Proposed By Republicans
Senate Republicans proposed a 24 member joint committee to broadly study Far East policy and its ties to U S foreign and military aims. Senator Ferguson backed the plan arguing for a complete policy evaluation while Democrats push for majority GOP parity and wary of political motives in the Truman MacArthur controversy.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
Senate
House Committee
Ferguson
R.-Mich
United States
Far East
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
House
Taft
Ohio
New Wage Board Efforts Continue Amid Labor-Management Dispute
President Truman seeks a workable wage controls agency to resolve defense program labor disputes. Labor and management remain split over board structure, risking a public panel without labor or industry members. Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston has names ready, with a July 1 expiration for the current defense production act. Major participants include Charles E. Wilson, and the White House meeting involved 17 advisory members.
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Washington
Truman
Eric Johnston
Charles E. Wilson
Agriculture and Public
White House
MacArthur's Homecoming Silent Welcome Plans
Washington cancels Truman address to avoid delaying Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Day. In San Francisco he returns after 14 years in exile with a quiet reception at the St. Francis Hotel and brief military honors. He will travel the city for a Civic Center ceremony and then fly to Washington for a joint congressional appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Douglas MacArthur
San Francisco
MacArthur
Farr Warren
Elmer Robinson
Asia
Hawaii
Bataan
Arthur
St. Francis
Congress
New Orleans Politicians Tied to Prison Drug Ring
The New Orleans Item reports two local politicians allegedly conduct narcotics sales at Angola Prison. Nurse Margaret Daughtry names a jailed chief agent and says sales exceed $1,000 monthly. U.S. narcotics bureau probes. Warden Easterly denies knowledge and notes past drug activity.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Angola
Margaret Daughtry
U. S. Narcotics Bureau
Rudolph Easterly
Mrs. Daughtry
Easterly
Hope
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John Foster Dulles
United States State Department
Japan
General MacArthur
mid-Pacific
Committee ON Bonds
Macarthurs
Honolulu
Arthur Radford
Pacific
By Jack Bell
Hope Hampton
New York
Miss Hampton
Mac
Leo Blessing
House of the Good Shephard
Edward James Haley, Jr
Haley
Blessing
Phillip Pallota
Maurice Gatlin
Gattin
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