Hunger Drives Jail Escapee To Surrender
CUBA, N M April 25 UP a mad gunman once hunted nationwide surrendered to Dr R G ODaffer citing hunger He 34 year old Homer Lee Gassett Kansas City Kan was an escapee from Shelby County Farm Memphis Tenn serving five years for armed robbery He admitted shooting a California motorist in Albuquerque and wounding an elderly visitor at Jemez Springs convent Barker 75 Rochester NY businessman died in the incident with the gunman stating he acted after Barker advanced with a card table The case centers on a food driven escape and a dramatic surrender to a local physician
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Cuba
N. M
New Mexico
Emiliano Montoya
Bernalillo
Homer Lee Gassett
Kansas City
Kan
R. G. O'Daffer
Gassett
Shelby County
Memphis
Tenn
Montoya
California
Albuquerque
Jemez Springs
O’daffer
Aes Sree
George E. Barker
Rochester, N. Y
Villa Mater Crists Convent
Barker
Joint Action Seeks Water Saving in Salt River Valley
A coordinated effort by irrigation districts in the Salt River Valley forms to save water and protect farmer livelihoods. Judge Charles C. Bernstein called the meeting, with R. J. McMullin proposing a unified organization under the court’s water apportionment framework. Thornton Jones will coordinate organizing efforts. groundwater concerns were outlined by S. F. Turner noting rising pumping, falling levels, decreasing discharge and rising mineral content across multiple valley areas.
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S. F. Turner
United States Geological Survey
Charles C. Bernstein
Thornton Jones
Salt River Valley
Superior Court
R. J. McMullin
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Bernstein
Queen Creek
Gilbert
Mesa-Chandler
Phoenix-Glendale-Tolleson
Litchfield-Beardsley- Marinette
Buckeye-Hassayampa
Turner
Army to Trim June Draft Call and Recall Plans
The army plans to cut the June draft call to 20 000 men and to bring home about 20 000 battle weary Korean veterans monthly starting in May. It also expects to recall 15 000 reserve officers to active service in May and June to aid training of an army of 1 552 000 on June 30. The disclosure came from top army spokesmen before the House Appropriations Committee during closed hearings on defense funds.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Korea
D. S. Daley, Jr
Army
Committee May Secure Secret Papers in MacArthur Probe
Senate committee chair Richard Russell said subpoenas may compel secret dispatches linked to General MacArthur's claims that the Joint Chiefs of Staff supported his Korean War stance. Investigators seek correspondence on chiefs' views, while Knowland pushes Wedemeyer report and State memo authors. Army plans a May draft cut to 40,000 with a rotation scheme to 20,000 monthly through June.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Suboena
Georgia Democrat
MacArthur
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
Russell
Agen
Manchuria
William F. Knowland
Calif
Armed Services Committee
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
State Department
Formosa
Allies Recoil In West Fight Back In East
Western front forces faced a massive Chinese push near Imjin and Yonchon Uijongbu as Allied units fell back in an orderly retreat. In the east, counterattacks with tank columns halted Reds and even pushed them back at several points. The central front saw UN forces pull to lines north of Seoul as Chinese divisions moved southward, while a tank-led relief column reached a trapped battalion south of Imjin.
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Tokyo
South Korea
United Nations
Imjin
Seoul
U.N
Imijin
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Yonchon-Uijongbu
Seoul-Chunchon
Kumhwa- Uijongbu Road
Korea
Yonchon
Kumhwa
Inje
Woman's Death Is Mystery
A 24 year old Phoenix mother, Mrs. LaRue Reece, died at Memorial Hospital about 4:30 a.m. after being found unconscious at home nine hours earlier. Cause undetermined. preliminary notes suggest a sedative after a tooth extraction may have contributed. Husband Ray Reece, a truck mechanic, reported missing details as deputies investigate.
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Phoenix
Memorial Hospital
Sheriff's
LaRue Reece
South 20Th Street
Ray Reece
Randall Reece
Reece
Lester Jones
Fight Is Theirs Publishers Told La Prensa Fight
Edwin S. Friendly president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association urged 65th ANPA convention to denounce Argentina’s government seizure of La Prensa. The resolution praised editor Alberto Gainza Paz and called for defense of a free press amid a time of crisis, while condemning a UN information freedom treaty as restricting press freedom.
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la Prensa
New York
Edwin S. Friendly
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Nation
Publishers Today
la Presne
New York World-Telegram
Sun
ANPA
Friendly
Alberto Gainza Paz
Valers-Astoria Hotel
Korea
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Busy Izzy Clips U S In 10 Hour Work Week
Washington April 25 AP House Appropriations Committee puzzled by a construction worker at Sampson Air Force Base. J Izzo appears on payroll for 110 hour weeks with 23 1/2 hours per day on weekends after 10 hour shifts. Lawmakers call the pay fraud and an investigation is under way.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
J. Izzo
Sampson Air Force Base
N. Y
Izzo
Army Engineers
Sampson Base
Air Force
Robert L.sikes
Fla
Noted Leaders Comment On Communist Threats And Crime
Washington says Dulles cites evidence that Russian Chinese and Japanese Communist parties are trying to spread distrust in Japan and block peace. Ridgway warns of a heavy communist offensive. Kefauver says crime figures who thrived on glamor are debunked.
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International News Service
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Russia
China
Japan
Philadelphia
Kefauver
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Visit Here Planned By Oatis Disappearance Rumor
Oatis of 1613 East Garfield Street, father of William N. Oatis, AP chief in Prague, learned of his son's disappearance from a neighbor. The elder Oatis, a Phoenix resident, awaited details while noting his son faced a rough assignment and a recent letter hinted at possible departure.
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London
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
Prague
Phoenix
Ariz
United States
Foreign Office
Oatis
Marion
Ind
AP Prague
Frankfurt
Jones
U. S
Czechoslovakia
J. Ross Oatis
East
Garfield Street
Velma Slawson
Arizona
Forced Labor Charged in East German Mines
West Berlin paper Depesche reports East German government compels youths into coal mines. The claim appeared in Berlin on April 25 as a continuing political controversy involving labor policies and state coercion.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Depesche
Air Force plans 87 combat wings by June and 95 by fall
In Washington, the Air Force outlined a timetable showing 87 combat wings active by June 30 and 95 by fall 1952. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg said strength rose from 58 wings and 560000 men in December to 81 wings and 700000 on April 1, with 1060000 expected at full 95 wings. The term wing denotes a flexible, self-contained operating unit.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
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Ministry of Information
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Popper
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Pavel
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