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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1951
Page
2
On Yongpyong front near Seoul Chinese troops threaten the western flank as U S forces press a west central assault. Flames from new flame throwers drive Reds from concrete emplacements while Turkish troops charge a hill southeast of Yongchon amid heavy fire.
United Kingdom's permanent representative to the United Nations said in Los Angeles that the dismissal of General MacArthur will have no effect on the Korean situation. He spoke after an off the record talk at Occidental College and added the firing concerns the United States alone.
A humorous male perspective on women wearing high heels versus men in boots, noting the pain and altered gait. The author recalls three days of wear, describing shrinking steps in heels and the longer stride in boots, joking that neither footwear solves the problem of walking gracefully.
The memorandum shows MacArthur declined to follow presidential orders and endorsed Chinese Nationalist troops. Whitney and Martin dispute that he violated authority, while Republicans demand MacArthur address Congress. Debates center on containment policy, impeachment talk appears impractical, and public editorials back Truman’s removal decision.
Lt Gen Matthew Ridgway told Eighth Army headquarters in Korea that he had no forewarning of his appointment to succeed General MacArthur. He and Secretary of the Army Pace, touring the front, heard the news together on Wednesday at a command post.
Phoenix transportation system says multiple bus lines will detour for the parade tomorrow starting after 10 a.m. Detours cover West Washington East Washington Kenilworth Encanto Fairground Altona Park Cuppa Villa Indian School Brill Thirteenth Street East Van Buren and adjacent streets with specified jogs to Jefferson Washington and Second avenues.
More than 500 Lions and wives from District 21 arrived in Yuma for the three day annual convention. San Carlos Hotel serves as headquarters with a cabinet meeting planned. George Benedict of Yuma is chairman and Phoenix Lions Club secretary C. W. Pensinger expects 60 to 75 Phoenix members from six clubs to attend.
Rodeo founder Howard Pyle and Col. Henry Amen lead a long parade at Tempe with dignitaries Secretary Wesley Bolin Attorney General Fred Wilson and Richard W. Kemler. Rodeo Queen Liana Boettcher rides with attendants Virginia Mills and Joan Wollenman as Tempe bands provide music. Local and out of state Posse groups join a route through Central Van Buren Adams and Second streets to disperse after Van Buren.
The USS Missouri the country s largest battleship arrived at Pier A in the Long Beach naval shipyard after serving in the Korean war zone. A massive welcome greeted the ship as it tied up, signaling the end of its wartime deployment.
Margaret Truman, daughter of the president, chats with reporters in Dallas on April 12 but declines to comment on her father's firing General MacArthur. She leads a news conference for student reporters before a concert, offering a light laugh when asked about public letters.
In Prague on April 12 the Union of Youth announces a policy to suppress the old bourgeois attitude toward girls. Youth union groups will also combat eccentric American dances such as the samba, which they say express degeneration of culture and morals in capitalist states.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Noyes Eaton 49 will be held at 5 p.m. today at A L Moore and Sons Mortuary. Rev Fredrick Barnhill of First Congregational Church will officiate. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Mrs Eaton a Brockton Mass native came to Phoenix 26 years ago from Providence R I. She was superintendent of nurses for Creighton School District and chaired the Public Health Nursing Division of the Arizona State Nurses Association. Survivors include husband Robert L and daughter Patricia both of Phoenix a son Robert N a student at Arizona State College at Tempe and sister Mrs Thomas Keefe of Boston Mass.
Henry Newcomb 28 smashed a table radio over his wife's head after a fight over the removal of Gen Douglas Mac Arthur, police said today in Los Angeles.
A health note highlights rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease as leading causes of death among Americans aged 10 to 19, signaling urgent attention to prevention and treatment.
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