Beedenham Ship Blast At Gibraltar Kills Six
A 1000 ton munitions ship Beedenham exploded at Gibraltar Naval Base. Six people died and hundreds were injured as debris damaged harbor, hotels, and the cathedral. All 26 crew members survived. one injured. Smoke and fires spread to La Linea as crowds sought air raid shelters.
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Gibraltar
INS
Bedenham
Rock
Admiralty
Wharf
la Linea
Ender Aa
Naval Base
Frontier
Mecca
Mediterranean
Naval Depot
Four Wartime Camps Urged For 14 000 Suspected Reds
Washington April 27 AP Congress weighs a plan to build four detention camps for 14 000 political prisoners in case of war. James V Bennett federal prison director asked the House Appropriations Committee to provide 775 000 to convert four abandoned military camps for use if national emergency arises. Hoover and McInerney testified the Justice Department has 14 000 people already named as threats to internal security. Bennett cautioned the law requires due process and safeguards.
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Washington
Congress
James V. Bennett
House Appropriations Committee
Bennett
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
James M. McInerney
Justice Department
Hoover highlights Communist threat and secrecy measures
FBI Director says Communist Party actions surpass Nazi Fifth Column threat. He cites no membership cards, fragmented district structure, covert meetings, and a guard system at party HQ in New York City as signs of heightened security and secrecy.
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FBI
Party
New York City
Barkley to Speak at 2000 at Shrine Auditorium
Vice-President Alben Barkley will speak at a 2000 guest Jefferson Jackson Day dinner at the Shrine Auditorium in Phoenix at 8 p m. He arrives at 4 45 p m by air and departs Sunday morning for Washington. Dinner seats are sold out at 7 50 with some 3 50 balcony seats left.
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Alben W. Barkley
Phoenix
Shrine Auditorium
Barkley
Washington
Ralph Watkins
Buckeye
Sky Harbor
R. C. Stanford
Arizona Supreme Court
R. T. Jones
Office of
Dan E. Garvey
Arizona
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Watkins
Ernest W. McFarland
Senate
McFarland
MacArthur Demands Realistic Korea Policy in Chicago Rally
General Douglas MacArthur defends his Korea policy amid a massive Chicago celebration and Milwaukee welcome. He warns losses mount as war with Red China grows and calls for strength to end the slaughter of American troops. He speaks of a policy vacuum and travels with Mrs MacArthur through Wisconsin cities on a three hour trip.
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Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Chicago
Midway Airport
Loop
MacArthur
Milwaukee
Korea
Far Eastern
Truman
Posilivee Anu Peanostit
America
Wisconsin
Stevens Hotel
Arthur
Fort Sheridan
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Soldier Field
Red China
Two Anchor Cities Yielded In Red Drive
United Nations troops pulled back on both ends of the 100 mile Korean front. West of SeouI U N forces retreated through Uijongbu while in the east Yanggu fell and lines moved below the 38th parallel creating a vast no man’s land. Civilian flight from Seoul surged as 200000 already crossed the Han with another 200000 expected.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Uijongbu
Seoul
Yanggu
Red Korea
U.N
Hwachon Reservoir
U. N
James A. van Fleet
United States
Eighth Army
Han River
Han
van Fleet
Masque of the Yellow Moon shines at Arizona pageant
Pageant tells Sun Country history tonight in a 20th spring festival at Montgomery Stadium with 3000 students from Phoenix College and five high schools. The show depicts Arizona days of old, a queen's coronation and today’s sunlit Arizona, with two performances and a forecast rain contingency.
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Jay Brasher
Arizona
Phoenix College
Montgomery Stadium
Sun Country
North Phoenix
Fort Whip
House Unit Swings Economy Axe At 24 Federal Agencies
The House Appropriations Committee ordered a broad budget cut, recommending a 10 percent reduction from the Budget Bureau request for 24 federal agencies including the Atomic Energy Commission. The plan reduces overall funding from $6.84 billion to about $6.17 billion for the fiscal year beginning July 1, the committee’s largest economy move of the session.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
En andAine Manaw Co Freelw
House
Truman
Congress
Veterans Administration
Veterans Training Program
AEC
Churchill cancels US trip amid British government crisis
London April 27 Winston Churchill canceled a planned trip to the United States citing events in the British government crisis. He informed Harold E. Stassen president of the University of Pennsylvania that it would be difficult for him to speak at the university on May 8. The letter hinted at cabinet turmoil and the prospect of a general election while avoiding specifics.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Churchill
What Noted People Are Saying What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service reports remarks from General MacArthur about ongoing anti communist resolve Senator Taft criticizes Joint Chiefs of Staff under administration President Truman warns the world could explode any day Defense Mobilizer Wilson comments on American weapons and a Moscow leader's ambitions.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
New York
Wilson
Moscow
Willoughby Seeks Retirement to Rejoin MacArthur
Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby, longtime MacArthur ally from Bataan days, asked for army retirement to rejoin General MacArthur. He would offer his services and follows a second two star general into the ongoing White House controversy. Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney also sought relief from army duties after MacArthur’s ouster, having led Occupation Command’s government section and served as secretary of the Allied Command directing Korea fighting.
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Tokyo
Charles A. Willoughby
MacArthur
Bataan and Corregidor
General MacArthur
White House
Willoughby
Courtney Whitney
Whitney
Bataan
Occupation Command
Japan
Allied Command
Guerrilla War Reported in China
Izvestia quoted from Peiping dispatches stating the Chinese Communist government is waging a vigorous struggle in Central and South China against subversive activity by counter revolutionaries and Kuomintang agents.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Peiping
Central
South
China
Kuomintang
Gasoline Fire Threatens Three-Block Area in Troy
An explosion at a 72,000 gallon bulk gasoline station in Troy on April 27 sparked a blaze that threatened a three block industrial district. Firefighters saved a Shell bulk station while Sinclair lost multiple tanks and a residence. No injuries were reported as 10,600 residents woke to the blast.
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Troy
Ohio
Sinclair Company
Robert Moats
Sinclair
B 29 Crash Kills Eleven in Azores
Lisbon bulletein reports eleven crewmen dead and five seriously injured when a United States Air Force B 29 Superfortress crashed in the Azores Islands during an April incident.
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Lisbon
INS
United States Air Force
Azores Islands
Valor Shines as U S Battalions Break Encirclement
Three U S battalions in Korea fought their way out of encirclement after a fierce ambush. Captain Haywood Thomas of Pasadena led on despite wounds. Corporal Bernard Combs of Elgood and Corporal Nicola Ferrina of Pittsburgh fired a 105 mm howitzer at point blank range, then spiked it. Lieutenant and Private Norman Duty of Columbus and Joseph Frazier of Long Beach both racked up injuries yet kept aiding the withdrawal and aiding wounded, helping the relief column reach U S lines.
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George A. McArthur
West-Central Front
Korea
United States
Bernard Combs
Elgood
W. Va
Nicola D. Ferrina
Pittsburgh
Ferrina
Combs
Haywood Thomas
Pasadena
Calif
Joseph Frazier
Long Beach
Pvt
Norman Duty
Columbus
Ohio
U. S
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