Smoke Screen Lifts as Planes Strike Foe on Korea Front
Allied troops attack on the Hwachon Dam front as UN air and ground forces press the Chinese and Red Korean forces. Jets destroy rail assets while ground fighting holds Yanggu and Yachon. Van Fleet visits western front and stresses readiness.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
James A. van Fleet
Jim Becker
United Nations
Red Korea
van Fleet
Hwachon Reservoir
Yanggu
Yachon
Reds
Red Pact For Big War Blow Reported
Taipei Formosa April 17 AP a high Nationalist official said Russia and Red China secretly agreed to unleash a massive international Communist army in Korea. He alleged Russia would supply 200 tanks 500 warplanes about 80 submarines and Soviet satellites would send troops. The claim was made by H P Tseng a member of Chiang Kai shek s Central Reform Committee.
Wild Hawaii Demonstrations Welcome General MacArthur
In Honolulu on April 17 General MacArthur began a tour to urge Congress to back his Korea War policy. The five star general received a hero’s welcome, with crowds lining a 25 mile route, his wife Jean and son Arthur in tow, and a wreath laid at Punchbowl Cemetery honoring 13,000 World War II dead.
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General MacArthur
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Arthur
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New York
America
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Bataan
University of Hawaii
Punchbowl
Pearl Harbor
GOP Senators Call For Policy Inquiry
The Senate Republican Policy Committee approved a resolution for a complete investigation of United States Far Eastern policy. A 24 member bipartisan panel from both houses would conduct the inquiry, guided by a 1945 Pearl Harbor style precedent, to evaluate US Far East policy and its impact on national security.
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Washington
Senate Republican Policy Committee
United States
House
Senate
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Pearl Harbor
Far East
Senators Probe Oul Banks
The Senate Banking Committee ordered an investigation into whether congress members leveraged influence with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. A Fulbright subcommittee will survey about 800 letters from lawmakers to the RFC regarding loan help.
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Washington
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Fulbright
D., Ark
Maybank
S. C
RFC
Agencies Put 250000 Into Plush Furniture
A congressional committee monitoring federal spending notes that five emergency defense and economic agencies have spent over 1 million dollars on furniture and supplies, with 250000 dollars on plush furnishings. Items include desks, secretary desks, clothes trees, and numerous davenports and chairs. The committee worries these purchases may just be the start.
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Washington
Byrd
D., Va
THE
Economic Stabilization Agency
Committee
Joint Committee On
Dulles and Ridgway Hold Four Hour Japan Talks
In Tokyo on April 17 AP reports John Foster Dulles met Lt. Gen. Matthew Ridgway for about four hours. They discussed progress toward a peace treaty with Japan. Dulles, succeeding General MacArthur as Allied supreme commander, reassured Japan of U S determination for a speedy treaty and outlined the days ahead.
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Tokyo
John Foster Dulles
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Japan
General MacArthur
Dulles
United States
Malik May Propose Peace Meeting At United Nations
At Lake Success New York April 17 United Press Malik may use UN Security Council session to press a Far East peace plan. Pyongyang radio claims a North Korea peace offer linked to a five power conference including China. Gromyko Vishinsky and China backed such talks in various forms. Arab neutral line also cited in UN debate.
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Russia
Far East
United Nations Security Council
Israel
Syria
Holy Land
Mixed Armistice Commission
Palestine
Jacob A. Malik
Pyongyang
U. N
General Assembly
Nasrollah Entezam
Security Council
Daniel J. von Balluseck
Netherlands
Malik
China
United States
Britain
France
Paris
Andrei Gromyko
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
OPS Lets Sellers Ask Price Relief for Ceiling Adjustments
Government price-control officials cleared a path for wholesalers and retailers to request ceiling-price relief under state fair-trade laws. The Office of Price Stabilization ordered eligibility conditions, effective April 21, to address ceilings below state minimums amid the Jan. 26 price freeze, noting violations of fair-trade contracts or allowance for disposal of inventory at old prices.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
OFS
Noted Leaders Comment on Korea War and Crime Figures
President Truman expresses hope that free nations have stopped communist aggression in Korea. General MacArthur at war dead graves says he does not know the men but honors their sacrifice. Senator Kefauver attacks crime leaders noting lawyers and tax specialists shield them while enforcers bear the blame.
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International
Washington
Truman
Korea
Honolulu
General MacArthur
Kefauver
Radio Writer Refuses to Answer Reds-in-Hollywood Question
Radio writer Sam Moore, then New York resident and former Radio Writers Guild president, refused to answer HUAC questions about his 1945 Hollywood Communist ties and current status citing possible self incrimination. He was the first radio industry witness in the Reds in Hollywood hearings.
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Washington
Sam Moore
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hollywood
Moore
New York
Radio Writers Guild
Communist Party
The Phoenix Gazette Raises Prices for Delivery and Single Copy
The Phoenix Gazette announces higher prices due to rising costs. Home delivery is $1.30 per month for weekday issues, with Sunday Republic at 60 cents extra, and the single copy price rises to 7 cents. Carriers receive higher compensation to improve service.
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Phoenix Gazette
Arizona
America
Gazette
Republic
Desperadoes Sought After Tempe Service Station Hold Up
Two armed robbers about 24 years old, one era of the late model coupe, fled from Whiting Brothers Service Station east of Tempe after taking about $75. Deputies and highway patrols pursued by air and ground from Baseline Road to the Gila Indian Reservation. A patrolman spotted the car near 32nd Street and Southern Avenue. chase continued toward Turn to GUNMEN on Page
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Whiting Brothers
Tempe
Baseline Road
Gila Indian Reservation
Callihan
Bill Metzger
32Nd Street
Southern Avenue
Metzger
Pima Welfare Board and State Commissioner Stall Over Leader
In Tucson on April 17, the dispute between Arizona state welfare commissioner Robert Bohannan and the Pima County Welfare Board over executive secretary Florence Albaugh continued. Bohannan seeks her replacement citing child welfare expertise, while the county board argues replacing her would violate merit regulations. Edmonson of Santa Cruz was mentioned as a possible successor.
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Tucson
State Commissioner of Public Welfare
Pima County Welfare Board
Robert C. Bohannan
Florence Albaugh
Pima Board
Albaugh
W. J. Bray
Bohannan
E. S. Edmonson
Santa Cruz
U S Jets Fly Over Fukien in China Flight Report
Report from Tass cites over 30 United States jet fighters crossing Fukien province in Red China. The incident raises tensions amid wartime era reporting.
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U.S
China
London
Tass
United States
Red China
Fukien
Planes and Ships Search Area Off England For Sub Affray
British submarine Affray with 75 aboard vanished after a dive near the Isle of Wight. American destroyers joined British ships planes and helicopters in an air sea hunt. Next of kin were informed while RAF bombers and the Reclaim rescue ship assisted search efforts. The incident recalls the Truculent disaster of 1950 with heavy losses.
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England
Affray
English Channel
Admiralty
United States Navy
Ellison
Pery
Here
Falmouth
John Blackburn
Royal Air Force
South Channel
Isle of Wight
Lancaster
Reclaim
Yuma Medical Technician Hangs Herself
Despondency over wartime deaths of her husband, father, and brothers in concentration camps is believed to have driven 45 year old Dr Zina Dale to suicide by hanging in the Mesa Medical Center X ray room. She was a Latvia native settled in Yuma last year with three children Eva 13 Biava 11 and Zinta 9. Funeral arrangements were reported.
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Yuma
Zina Dale
Mesa Medical Center
Dale
Latvia
Jim Washum
Justice of the Peace
Ersel Byrd
Dr. Dale
Eva
Biava
Zinta
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