Russia Bent On Conquest Says Senator at Banquet
Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois warned that Russia is determined on world conquest and warned against a preemptive strike. He argued the United States cannot initiate war without telegraphing intent and urged readiness while avoiding a police state. He discussed General MacArthur's plans in Asia and cautioned that such action could trigger World War III involving Russia and China.
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Los Angeles
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Illinois
Russia
America
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Congress
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China
Lee
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MacArthur
Crime Committee Fate To Be Settled
Washington April 24 The Senate Crime Investigating Committee fate faces two paths with Democrats and Republicans pursuing different moves. The Senate Democratic Policy Committee plans a closed meeting to hear Senator Kefauver on how to handle broad calls for a continuing underworld probe.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Kefauver
D., Tenn
French Communist Offices Attacked on the Riviera
About 15 armed men attacked two Communist Party headquarters in Nice early today. Five wore French parachute division uniforms and three watchmen were beaten, with one hospitalized. Pistols fired at windows caused no injuries.
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Nice
France
Communist Party
I Don’t Smoke Because I Don’t Like Them
A man explains in dry humor that he never quit smoking due to pressure, money, or health reasons. He simply dislikes cigarettes and has no family pressure to quit, noting a nonchalant household with lots of ashtrays and matches.
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Morning Mail
Tempe
Ruth
Grandfather
Front dispatches describe heavy Chinese-North Korean offensive pushes
Allied forces face a massive surprise attack with 180,000 to 200,000 Chinese and 50,000 North Koreans, plus reserves. U.N. troops encircled in Chorwon area and fought back. air and artillery inflict heavy enemy losses while B 29s strike targets behind lines including Sinanju bridge and Hungnam barracks.
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Hwachon
Inje
U. N
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Korea
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Sinanju
Pyongyang
Hungnam
MacArthur Trails In Election Poll
Washington April 24 AP Polls show GOP leaders split between Taft and Eisenhower for 1952 nomination with Eisenhower favored by most Republican governors, while MacArthur attracts minimal support. Democratic governors lean toward the President’s reelection, though some name Eisenhower or other candidates. no clear alternative emerges.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
MacArthur
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Republican National Committee
Stassen
Pacific
Truman
Pioneer Law Officer and Stage Driver Dies at 90
Antonio R. Valdez, 90, longtime Tucson resident and pioneer in law enforcement and stage driving between Tucson and Sonora, Mexico, died last night. He served as deputy sheriff in the Silverbell area and is survived by a son and a daughter. Requiem mass at 8 a.m. tomorrow in San Augustin Cathedral, burial in Holy Hope Cemetery.
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Antonio R. Valdez
Hermosillo
Sonora
Mexico
Silverbell
San Augustin Cathedral
Holy Hope Cemetery
Talks Resume Over Dispute At Goodyear
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation negotiators and union representatives plan to resume talks at 10 a.m. as a two day strike by maintenance and production workers enters its second day. Federal labor conciliator W. P. Halloran met with leaders but made no comment on progress. The IAM AFL seeks changes in conditions and wage hikes up to 40 cents an hour for some 400 workers honoring picket lines.
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American Federation of Labor
Torture Trial Deliberations Continue in California
Long Beach California April 24 AP jurors in the murder trial of Violet John Berling a 33 year old accordion teacher charged with torturing to death her pupil Kay Frances Erickson 10 revisit testimony Autopsy Surgeon Victor Cefalu testified as the case went to the jury last Friday The body was found strapped in a chair in the studio October 12
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Long Beach
Calif
Violet John Berling
Kay Frances Erickson
Victor Cefalu
Greece Tenders McFarland Medal
Greek officials notified Senate majority leader that the government wishes to award Senator Ernest W. McFarland the Grand Cross of the Order of the Palm. Senator Johnson introduced legislation to allow McFarland to accept the decoration.
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Greece
McFarland
Washington
Ernest W. McFarland
Ariz
United States Senate
Johnson
D., Colo
Congress
Order of the Palm
Girl Escapes Abduction Attempt Near Grand Avenue
Phoenix deputies continue search for a man who tried to kidnap 13-year-old Ruby Bay near 3514 Grand Avenue. The girl escaped after about three blocks, suffering a sprained right ankle. She did not recognize the assailant and he did not speak during the ride.
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Leap Sheriff's
Phoenix
Grand Avenue
Ruby Bay
W. E. Bay
Tucson Water Dept Reports Year One Surplus and Transfer
Tucson water department reports a surplus of 24404.41 in its first year of operation apart from the city budget and transfers 170000 to the general fund to cover bond interest payments.
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Tucson
General Fund
Five Jailed After Assault in Phoenix Home Invasion
Police arrested five men in connection with a criminal assault case targeting a 48-year-old Phoenix woman. Detectives Charles Murphy and Bill Black jailed the suspects after a home invasion near 16th and Washington streets. Victim said her attackers appeared intoxicated and were part of a hoodlum group.
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Phoenix
Charles Murphy
Bill Black
16Th and
Washington Streets
Six Indians Killed In Hunger Rioting
CALCUTTA April 24 AP Food riots in famine-threatened northeast India caused six deaths and many injuries over the weekend. In Cooca Behar the tense scene persisted as troops patrolled while police shot at hunger marchers who refused to disperse, wounding 24 policemen and 32 demonstrators.
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Calcutta
India
Cooca Behar
Writer Informed Staff Favored Chiang Entry
Los Angeles April 24 UP chief war correspondents Korea says two months ago Joint Chiefs of Staff urged lifting limits on Chinese Nationalist forces. Earnest Hoberecht reports MacArthur promises and delays in reinforcements, Washington battles between MacArthur and the President, and odds in Korea. He says holding the line a week could blunt a new Chinese counteroffensive.
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Earnest Hoberecht
Japan
Tokyo
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Truman
Hoberecht
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Automaker Patents Push US Total Near Eight Hundred Thousand
In 1950 the United States granted 5,500 patents for the automotive industry, raising the total to about 800,000 for the sector. This surpasses all other industries in patent volume to date.
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