Eighth Army Advances Deep Into Korean Front
Eighth Army drove up to 20 miles on a 70 mile front in Korea as UN forces reel Red gains. Reports say Communist withdraw behind rear guards while U N divisions press five Chinese armies and three North Korean corps. Saturday action yields 11,400 enemy killed or wounded, 260 prisoners taken, and 200 more dead or wounded claimed by Air Force. Front line detail notes U S 25th Division pushing along Pukhan River valley and Han boundary, with 24th Division advancing two and a half miles and capturing Dragoon Door Mountain. First Cavalry and Marine units report progress amid light resistance. South Korean Sixth Division advancing west of Hoengsong after brief stalling.
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Tokyo
Eighth Army
Korea
U. N
U. S
Han River
Seoul
Hongchon
U. S. 25Th Division
Pukhan River
U. S. 24Th Division
Dragon Door
Yongpyang
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Yongdu
Hoengsong
U. S. First Marine Division
Senate Committees Vote to Require Congress on Troop Assignments
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees vote 14 to 10 to back a Lodge plan for Senate and House approval of any American troop deployment under the North Atlantic defense force. Coalition Republicans and three Democrats push for a two-house resolution linking troop use to Article 3 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
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Senate
Congress
Washington
House
North Atlantic
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mass
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lodge
Tom Connally
Tex
Connally
Walter F. George
Georgia
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
John C. Stennis
Mississippi
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Richard B. Russell
Eisenhower
Theodore F. Green
R. I
H. Alexander Smith
N. J
Probers Seek Perjury Evidence In RFC Inquiry
Washington March 8 Senators probing Reconstruction Finance Corporation lending voted to ask the Justice Department to search hearing records for perjury tax evasion or other legal violations The move followed a private session and cross examination of RFC Director Walter L Dunham who cited a fellow board member urging him to resign to become the fall guy Rowe was named as making the proposal Dunham said Rowe suggested he take blame over Lustron and Texmass loans and resign to spare further inquiry
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Justice Department
J. William Fulbright
D., Ark
Senate Banking
RFC
Walter L. Dunham
Board
Fulbright
Dunham
C. Edward Rowe
Rowe
Vehicle Jumps Fence Plows Into Billboard
A bus accident three miles west of Avondale injures 15, two critically. An eastbound American Bus Lines vehicle swerved to avoid a westbound car, leaped a three foot fence, and crashed into a billboard after crossing desert terrain. Victims, including William Bass and Charlene Acosta, were treated at Humanity Memorial Hospital.
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Avondale
American Bus Lines
William Bass
Santa Barbara
Calif
Charlene Acosta
Wayne
Mich
Bass
Acosta
L. Z. Smith
South 13Th Street
Phoenix
Shirley Wood
East
Apache Street
Retirement Issue Reaches Showdown
By Bill Turnbow a showdown over repealing the Arizona public employees retirement plan heads to the legislature. The House, after backing a bill to place state county municipal and school employes under Social Security, moves repeal to the Committee of the Whole with a possible special election set for May 29. The plan, approved by voters in 1948, faces repeal costs alleged to be in the millions, while retroactive effective date disputes delay a final decision. Two other contentious items are slated for debate that afternoon.
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Arizona
House
Ten crewmen bail out of flaming B 29 near Woodland
Ten airmen parachuted from a flaming B 29 eight miles north of Woodland California after an engine fire. Eyewitnesses noted the left outside engine ablaze before the bailout. Searchers led by Thomas Wallace of Yolo County located crash debris and a 12 by 40 foot crater in the ranch.
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Woodland
Califf
A. F. Schlieman
River Farms
Thomas Wallace
Yolo County
W. C. McNary
Noted Figures Comment On Defense and Politics
Washington Defense Secretary Marshall calls 4 million man army a minimum of strength in the present situation. New York screen star John Garfield says he has always hated communism and calls it a tyranny threatening country and world peace. Detroit boxer Jersey Joe Walcott, defeated by Ezzard Charles, states I don t THINK I won the fight I KNOW I did.
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Washington
Defense
Marshall
Senate
New York
John Garfield
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hollywood
Detroit
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Ezzard Charles
Labor leaders hold conciliatory meeting with Economic Stabilizer
Labor leaders met Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston to discuss the mobilization setup and quarreling over policy. The conference ended without a clear decision, described as very conciliatory by participants.
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Eric Johnston
Complete Weather Table Page 35
Weather table from page 35 lists hourly temperatures at multiple times across the day and night. Readings show a mix of numbers and stray letters, with some entries unclear or garbled. The overall pattern presents forecasted or recorded temperatures for 24 hours in a typical daily table.
Markets At A Glance Regarded By Timeworn Markets
Markets at a glance show cotton prices 4 to 8 dollars higher per bale while Chicago wheat trades lightly and oats ease. Dogs steady, cattle steady to point higher. Classifieds and women’s pages occupy the remainder with radio programs and editorial notes.
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Chicago
Collision Kills Sen Chapman of Kentucky
Sen Virgil M Chapman of Kentucky died at Bethesda Naval Hospital at 10 20 a m after a car crash on Connecticut Avenue near Van Ness Street He was 55 and drove his own car when it collided with a grocery truck Rescue workers freed him after 15 minutes The death leaves the Senate Democratic Majority at 48 47 with vacancies to be filled in Kentucky by gubernatorial appointment Gov Lawrence W Wetherby a Democrat is expected to name a party member Majority Leader McFarland and Sen Lyndon Johnson were with Chapman when he died and the Senate adjourned after convening Chapman had been working late on the Draft Bill and served on the Armed Services Committee.
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Sen. Chapman
Kentucky
Washington
INS
Virgil M. Chapman
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Chapman
Connecticut Avenue
van Ness Street
Senate
Lawrence W. Wetherby
McFarland
Ariz
Lyndon Johnson
Tex
Armed Services Committee
Death postpones draft bill action in Senate
Washington March 8 United Press Senate leaders postponed a showdown on the administration's 18 year draft bill today due to the death of Senator Virgil M Chapman Democrat from Kentucky. The move delays consideration of key provisions and shifts focus to funeral arrangements and tribute.
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Washington
Senate
Virgil M. Chapman
Senator Chapman Dies in Auto Crash in Paris Ky
Senator Chapman, 65, veteran of nearly 25 years in Congress and former 11 term House member, died after a 3:20 a.m. crash near Paris Kentucky. He was trapped in his car and rescued after a door was pried free. Walter D. Moore, 46, Safeway employee and truck driver, was not hurt. Chapman, resident of Paris and Army-Navy Club member, chaired a subcommittee on Armed Services that helped frame the Draft Bill for 18-year-olds. He is survived by Mrs. Chapman and a daughter in New Canaan, Connecticut.
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Walter D. Moore
Safeway Groceries
Chapman
Washington
Army-Navy Club
Paris
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Francis J. Danforth, Jr
New Canaan, Conn
Armed Services
Water Lack May Soon Idle Lands
Washington March 8 House Interior Affairs Committee heard that even a quarter of Central Arizona farm lands going out of production would still leave the area strained for water. W W Lane Phoenix state land and water commissioner warned that Arizona needs supplemental Colorado River water despite efforts to show idle land could remove the need for Central Arizona Reclamation Project. Rep Samuel W Yorty noted roughly 200000 acres, about one fourth of the Arizona ag empire, might have to idle.
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Washington
House Interior Affairs Committee
Arizona
Colorado
W. W. Lane
Phoenix
California
Central
Samuel W. Yorty
Coast Hotel Catches Fire in Santa Monica blaze
A three alarm fire broke out at the Chase Hotel in Santa Monica California with smoke visible from upper floors. Fire crews battled flames and crews reported rapid spread through several stories during the midday blaze.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Chase Hotel
Dope Suspect Seized After High Speed Phoenix Chase
Federal narcotics agents chased a car through downtown Phoenix after firing at it. William Wellington Doyle, 40, was captured at Jefferson and 16th streets with a small heroin stash in a shoebox. A second suspect, William Backs, 60, escaped as heroin was reported destroyed in the air.
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Phoenix
Fourth and
Madison Streets
William Welling
Ton Doyle
Jefferson and
16Th Streets
William Backs
Doyle
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S. S. Vesely
Frank Riesgo
Tucson
Jacqueline Childers
By Bill Turnbow
International News Service
North Korea
Ansong
Wonju
Chungju
Yangyang
Yongwol
Pangnim
Yongju
Kangning
Amidong
Samchok
Chunyang
United Nations
Hengchon
The
Associated Press
United Press
Communist Radio
Sky Harbor
P. Classified
Dorothy Dix
Hol Radio Pro
Winifred N
Coast
Bulletin
Jesus Christ
the Phoenix Gazette
Linda Oliva
Yuma
Mommy
Iris Houston Oliva
Los Angeles
Garth Nelson
Yuma General Hospital
Linda
Rose Marie Hosmer
Chester
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