Chinese Red Offense Build Up Near Front in Korea
Tokyo April 2 UPI reports U S patrols push north of the 38th parallel for three days. One tank patrol penetrated two miles into North Korea near the frontier before returning. Chinese massing 40 to 45 divisions, over 300000 men, and 2300+ vehicles spotted moving up supplies. Allied air forces hit the convoy as MacArthur warned of rising traffic. Center front feared to see a major breakthrough with human sea tactics as the front zone tightens near Chorwon Kumhwa and Hwachon. Casualties lowest since northward push began January 25.
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Seoul
North Korea
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Reds
United Nations
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Chorwon-Kumhwa-Hwachon
McFarland says killing troops resolution risks Kremlin victory
Senate Majority Leader Ernest W. McFarland of Arizona urged against defeating the troops to Europe measure. He warned such action would be misread worldwide and could bring tragic consequences as the Senate prepared to vote on two propositions to place a record approving sending four divisions to join two already in Europe.
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Senate
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Arizona
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United States
Congress
Truman
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Eisenhower
America
White House
Eisenhower Warns Delays Could Jeopardize Defense
Paris April 2 General Dwight D Eisenhower warned that any delay in congressional action on defense measures would delay the whole preparation of defense of Western Europe. He spoke at a news conference the first since taking command of the Western European defense organization at midnight.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Western Europe
Defense of
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Organization of Western European Defense
Eisenhower
Inflation fight tops U S war effort says Wilson
Charles E. Wilson warns inflation threatens defense gains and urges a complete victory over inflation to preserve military strength. He outlines progress toward stronger armed forces by 1950 and urges swift, united action to stabilize the economy amid wartime mobilization.
Truman asks speed in $10 billion tax boost plan
President Truman trims his tax request but pushes Congress to pass a $10 billion package, with $4 billion in personal income levies and $3 billion each for corporate and excise taxes. Treasury Secretary Snyder cites a brighter fiscal picture and urges swift action.
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INS
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Congress
Treasury
Snyder
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman urges continuing Europe aid to support free world
President Truman said he will ask Congress to maintain the Economic Cooperation Administration on a continuing basis to back programs essential to free world security. He marked the Marshall Plan’s third anniversary noting substantial Western European recovery while warning new tasks require converting resources to military strength. A new ECA policy aims to fund rebuilding and expand Europe’s capacity to produce arms and military supplies as the Marshall Plan agency nears its scheduled April closure after costing $11 billion.
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Truman
Congress
Free World
Europe
ECA
William C. Foster
Big
Marshall Plan Agency
United States
Reds Offer India Wheat in Communist Grain Offer
Delhi sources report Russia offered India 500,003 tons of grain and Red China offered 1,000,000 tons as part of a friendship gesture amid famine threats. Informants noted the large scale aid as a strategic move in the month of April.
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Delhi
India
Russia
China
Newlyweds Best Man Held In Two Shootings
Salinas California April 2 UP a blonde bride Mildreen Campbell 19 and her husband David Campbell 20 with Dale Kelley best man were held on kidnapping and robbery charges. They allegedly ordered two victims to strip and run as shots were fired, one man paralyzed and another critically wounded.
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Calif
Mildreen Campbell
David
Phoenix
Ariz
Dale F. Kelley
Justice of the Peace
Harry E. Westfall
Campbell
Kelley
Texas
Smith
Parker
Monterey-Salinas
Yuma Boy Five Takes Train Ride to Phoenix
Five year old Bobby Tomlinson ran away from home in Yuma and rode the Southern Pacific Imperial train to Buckeye and Phoenix. Conductor alerted authorities, and Sheriff’s and Phoenix officers found him at Union Station. He rode about 200 miles with cookies for rations before being returned to his mother and placed in the County Children's Home until she arrived.
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Yuma
Phoenix
Alean Tomlinson
Bobby
Southern Pacific
Imperial
Buckeye
Union Station
Earl Moore
Richard Godsell
Aend
Auriol urges Western Europe shield against aggression
President Vincent Auriol warned Congress that a fall of France endangers civilization and urged building Western Europe defense pacts to deter attack. He cited the North Atlantic Pact and pledged France will ally with the United States to secure peace and freedom amid world tensions.
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Washington
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Atlantic Community
Author Raps Indian Policy in Tucson Speech
Oliver la Farge, Pulitzer Prize winner, condemned the Arizona Welfare Board for diverting 150000 federal funds from crippled Indian children. He told a Tucson High School audience that the state denies aid to Indian crippled children and cited nationwide prejudice, including police treatment of Indians.
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Oliver la Farge
Arizona Welfare Board
Santa Fe
la Farge
Noted Leaders Comment On War Efforts And Home Front
International News Service reports Gen Matthew Ridgway praising American troops poise and self reliance built on confidence Senator Benton urges vigorous congressional probes into chiseling and profiteering Walter Reuther CIO United Auto Workers calls the conflict a two front war fighting the Communists abroad and profiteers at home with equal resolve.
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Tokyo
Matthew Ridgway
Cleveland
Walter Reuther
Congress of Industrial Organizations- United Auto Workers
French Halt Rebel Drive Repulsed in Viet Minh Offensive
Paris authorities said the first phase of a Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi was repulsed with 1,200 rebels killed and 2,500 wounded. Time and place identified as Saigon reporting on April 2. The action marks a major early setback for the Viet Minh during the confrontation.
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Hanoi
State Boys' Ranch Cornerstone Placed at Queen Creek
Governor Howard Pyle laid the cornerstone for the first Arizona Boys' Ranch cottage near Chandler at Queen Creek. The event honored donors Burridge Butler and family, with 400 spectators, a flag presentation by James N. Roney, and performances by Chandler High School’s band and Scout Troop 82. Rehabilitating troubled youths, the ranch spans 188 acres and plans 20 cottages funded by Butler’s $22,389 gift.
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Marion Brown
Robert Ellsworth
Boy Scouts
Queen Creek
Arizona Boys Ranch
State
Chandler
Arizona Boys’ Ranch
Howard Pyle
Boys’ Ranch
Burridge Butler
Phoenix
Harold Scoville
Jack Williams
Station Koy
James N. Roney
Phoenix Rotary Club
Chandler High School
Searles Nominated for Interior Undersecretary Post
President Truman nominated Richard D. Searles of Arizona to be undersecretary of the interior. Searles, president of the Salt River Valley Water Users Association, fills a vacancy since Oscar L. Chapman moved to secretary in December 1949.
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Washington
Richard D. Searles
Arizona
Truman
Interior
Searles
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Oscar L. Chapman
Textile Workers On Strike in the South
Pickets swarmed outside mill gates as roughly 40 000 TWUA members launched a strike for higher pay in five Southern states. Some plants halted production while others ran with reduced crews. leaders set up strike HQ in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Charlotte
N. C
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Textile Workers Union of America
South
TWUA
Spare Tire Ban on New Autos Aimed at Rubber Cut
Washington April 2. The government planned to ban spare tires on new automobiles as part of a broad cutback in civilian rubber use. Informed sources said the order would reduce the rubber supply for tires boots galoshes mats and other civilian goods by about 8 percent.
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Washington
Tucson Rejects Mickey Cohen Move To City
Tucson and Pima County officials and residents oppose any arrival of Mickey Cohen the West Coast gambler linked to a planned Tucson drug store purchase. Sheriff Eyman and County Attorney Morrison stressed Cohen is not wanted but legal avenues to bar him are limited. Cohen reportedly left town and may move to Tucson after selling a Chicago construction company and pursuing a neighborhood drug store chain.
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Pima County
Mickey Cohen
Robert Morrison
Morrison
Frank Eyman
Cohen
Eyman
Harry Cohen
Harry
Chicago
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