Watchdog Subcommittee to Oversee Military Spending
A seven member House Armed Services subcommittee with subpoena powers will supervise army navy air force and marines spending. Led by Hebert the panel mirrors the wartime Truman committee and will investigate all phases of military procurement with a staff led by John J. Courtney. Members include Fisher De Graffenried Conte Elston Anderson Towe. The panel aims to prevent waste by proactive oversight rather than after the fact.
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Washington
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Hebert
Truman Senate
Truman
New House
John J. Courtney
Department of Justice
Inclu
Fisher
Texas
de Graffenried
Ala
Conte
N. Y
Elston
Ohivd
Anderson
Calif
Towe
N. J
Trains Collision Carries Fans To Cup Final
In Glasgow Scotland two trains carrying soccer fans to Hampden Park for the Scottish Cup final crashed near Pollokshields station. One man died and 58 people were injured, 18 of them hospitalized. Rescue crews freed passengers and cleared wreckage within 30 minutes.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Hampden Park Stadium
Pollokshields
Seventeen Die and Twenty-Two Missing In Gulf Tanker Collision
In heavy fog off Morgan City Louisiana two tankers the Esso Greensboro and Esso Suez collided, exploded, and burned. Seventeen crewmen died and 22 went missing as flames raged for hours. only one of the Suez crew perished. Coast Guard and Navy aircraft and cutters fly to the scene as Virginia and other ships aid the stricken vessels. First Mate Walter Brehm of Lyndhurst New Jersey died on the Suez. the Greensboro’s 42-man crew faced deadly, chaotic escape amid burning decks.
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Esso Greensboro
Gulf of Mexico
Esso Suez
New Orleans
Morgan City
U. S
Atlantic
Suez
Greensboro
Leroy E. Fay
Baltimore
Coast Guard
Navy
Esso Burlington
Virginia
Walter Brehm
Lyndhurst
N. J
Esso
Mobile
Ala
Four Die As Concrete Floor Falls On Georgia Workers
DECATUR Ga April 21 At least four men killed when concrete floor slabs 16 by 4 feet fall on a group of electricians at Kraft Products Company plant under construction. Eight slabs toppled from failed pillars. two more men hospitalized, one dead on arrival. Fischbach and Moore Construction workers among the injured and killed. Weight of concrete estimated at 84 tons.
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Decatur
Ralph Turner
A. S. Turner Funeral Hore
Atlanta
Emory University Hospital
EMORY
Thomas H. Ballard
James A. Cook
Fischbach and Moore Construction Company
J. H. Fruechtel
Kraft Company
Jap Security Guarantee Is Dulles Plan
Tokyo April 21 UPI The United States would guarantee Japan’s security after a peace treaty as outlined by a Japanese government source. John Foster Dulles is finalizing terms during his Tokyo visit. The pact would stay in force until Japan can defend itself and may join a regional Pacific security framework. The plan calls for U S troop stationing in Japan after signing and treats an attack on Japan as an attack on U S forces Japan and the United States.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
John Foster Dulles
U. S. State Department
Pacific
U. S
Maurice Chevalier Denied U S Entry
The State Department confirmed that Maurice Chevalier the famed French singer was refused permission to enter the United States His visa application filed in Paris was denied because he signed the Kremlin backed Stockholm peace petition and is reputed to be a member of a Communist front group in France.
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Washington
State Department
Maurice Chevalier
United States
Chevalier
Paris
Stockholm
France
Deadlock persists as deputies fail to set agenda
Paris April 21 AP four power deputies enter seventh week of talks still deadlocked on creating an agenda for a foreign ministers conference. Western spokesmen reported no new discernible progress since March 5.
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Paris
MacArthur predicted Chinese Reds would not fight in Korea
Washington dispatch summarizes The New York Times report of Wake Island talks between General MacArthur and President Truman last fall. MacArthur reportedly offered best troops for Europe, apologized for embarrassing the President on Formosa, and predicted Chinese communists would not enter Korea. He foresaw victory by Thanksgiving and withdrawal plans, while opposing Formosa occupation and favoring a Pacific doctrine or pact.
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Washington
New York Times
MacArthur
Truman
Wake Island
Korea
Europe
the Times
Formosa
Anthony Seviero
Mr. Truman
mid-Pacific Atoll
Chiang Kai-shek
VFW
U.S. Seventh Fleet
United Nations
United States
Net
Asia
Korean Peninsula
Japan
Far East
White House
Pentagon
Pacific
Bus Crash Kills Eighteen Near Manila
A bus plunged into a railroad cut 25 miles south of Manila killing 18 people and injuring 20 others. The accident occurred on the highway when the vehicle toppled into the trench.
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Manila
Tired General Capitulates Takes Rest
General Douglas MacArthur planned a day of rest in New York after a record parade and reception. He and wife Rebecca prepared to stay in their Waldorf suite while son Arthur, 13, planned to attend a Giants Dodgers game with aides. The 71 year old veteran, exhausted by a 10 000 mile air trip and mass acclaim, was unlikely to leave the apartment.
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New York City
Arthur
Col
Sidney Huff
MacArthur
Huff
Anthony Storey
MacArthurs
New York
Mrs. MacArthur
General
Allied Attack Meets Bitter Resistance
Allied forces push toward Chorwon 17 miles north of the 38th Parallel meet stiff resistance as Reds defend the Chorwon area. U N task forces break through to five miles south of Chorwon while a battle rages for Kumhwa hill. Marine Corsairs from the Bataan shoot down several Communist Yak fighters near Chinnampo, with one plane damaged but crew safe.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Chorwon
Korea
38Th Parallel
Eighth Army
U.N
Kumhwa
Bataan
Chinnampo
Pyongyang
North Korea
Clear Skies Return After Wet Spell in Arizona
The Weather Bureau says skies will clear across Arizona this weekend with warmer days starting tomorrow. Yesterday’s high reached 76, and readings were around 80 this afternoon with 54 expected tomorrow morning. Navajo tribesmen praying for rain found some relief as showers receded, though the broader drought remains severe. Highway 80 90 near Florence Junction was closed due to washouts from heavy rains as culverts are installed.
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Arizona
United States Weather Bureau
San Francisco
Flagstaff
Florence Junction
Gila River Bridge
Florence
Editors urge fight against news suppression by officials
Washington April 21 AP The American Society of Newspaper Editors urged a defense against growing official secrecy. Committee on Freedom of Information led by James S. Pope warned of a vast network of news prerogatives and urged editors to use columns courts and publicity to counter suppression. Cases cited ranged from Yonkers marriage licenses to billions in federal relief kept from scrutiny.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Committee On Freedom of Information
James S. Pope
The
Louisville Courier - Journal
Pope
Commerce Department
Yonkers
Indiana
Bureau of Unemployment Security
Noted Figures React to MacArthur Welcome in New York
International News Service reports Gen Douglas MacArthur’s New York reception with the note that the general declared America’s resolve to maintain the nation. His son Arthur MacArthur Jr. called the welcome wonderful. In White Sulphur Springs Senator Paul Douglas warned that if Russia pledges aid to China and America acts as MacArthur suggests, Moscow could be drawn in.
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International News Service
New York
Douglas MacArthur
America
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Paul Douglas
Ill
Russia
China
Kremlin
MacArthur
Moscow sends guests for East Berlin anniversary
Western newspapers reported that high guests from Moscow are expected in East Berlin to mark the fifth anniversary of the Socialist Unity Communist Party. The event was noted in Berlin dispatches on April 2.
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Berlin
Moscow
East Berlin
Socialist Unity ‘Communist Party
Vandenberg Paid Honors At Last Rites
Grand Rapids Mich April 21 AP The funeral of Sen Arthur H Vandenberg drew meek and mighty mourners His last rites set for 2 p m at Park Congregational Church The church with capacity for 1000 added a basement loud speaker to reach 500 more He died Wednesday at 67 after a long illness Michigan began 48 hour mourning Flags flew half staff Gov Williams urged reflection A large Washington delegation included Vice President Barkley Secretary Acheson Sawyer and Harriman Truman could not attend.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Arthur H. Vanden
Berg
Republican Party
the Park Congregational Church
Edward Archibald Thompson
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Washington
Alben W. Barkley
Dean Acheson
Charles Sawyer
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Floods Threaten Mississippi River Towns In Midwest
The Mississippi River rises in the Upper Valley area prompting evacuations in three Midwest states. Nearly 3,000 people evacuated as levees are reinforced and guards dispatched to Muscatine Iowa. Cooler weather and showers predicted. no immediate danger below Cairo.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Upper Valley
Midwest
Old Man
Red Cross
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Mississippi Valley
Cairo
National Guard
Muscatine
Charles Anson
Marshall Says Russian Minds Poisoned Against U S
Secretary of Defense Marshall told Hood College convocation in Frederick that the Russian people are friendly but their minds have been poisoned against the United States. He noted Russians rarely hear the truth about us and our allies, complicating any generous understanding.
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Marshall
Eight Die as Huks Ambush Bus in Luzon Center
Manila dispatch reports Hukbalahap outlaws ambushed a bus in central Luzon on Friday, killing eight passengers and wounding seven. A woman schoolteacher was reportedly kidnapped by the Huks.
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Manila
INS
Defense Department
Hukbalahap
Luzon
Huks
39 Nations Sign Tariff Cutting Pacts at Torquay Conference
At Torquay England on April 21 representatives from 39 nations signed the principle of lowering world trade barriers and cutting tariffs ending seven months of negotiations at the third postwar trade conference. The United States secured new tariff accords with 17 Western nations including Germany Austria South Korea Peru and Turkey and with Belgium Luxembourg the Netherlands Brazil Canada Denmark the Dominican Republic France Indonesia Italy Norway and Sweden. Britain Australia New Zealand South Africa and India did not reach tariff reductions with the United States over Britain’s empire preferential tariff system. Details remain secret with public disclosure planned after May 9.
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Torquay
Eng
United States
Germany
Austria
South Korea
Peru
Turkey
U. S
Belgium
Luxembourg
Nether
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Dominican Republic
France
Indonesia
Italy
Norway
Sweden
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
India
Britain
Cuba
Guatemala
Carl Corse
State Department
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