Unified Nations seize Hongchong base in Korea drive
United Nations forces including U S First Cavalry Division First Marines and South Korean troops captured Hongchong the main base of the 66th Chinese Communist Army Corps 21 miles south of the 38th parallel as tank units pushed toward Chinchon. Seoul was occupied by U S Third and Twenty Fifth and Twenty Fourth divisions advancing to clear the capital area. MacArthur discusses avoiding fixed lines near the parallel favoring maneuver warfare.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Hongchong
Korea
Chinchon
Eighth Army
Seoul
Marth
66Th
U. S. First Cavalry Division
U. S. First Marines
First Cavalry Division
38Th Parallel
Chunchon
U. S
U. N
Douglas MacArthur
Hugh Baillie
United Press
MacArthur
Yalu
U. N. Hne
Baillie
Hongchong-Chunchon
UC. S
Yudong
U. S. Seventh Division
Soksari
Noted Figures Comment On World Affairs
International News Service reports quotes from President Truman in Key West praising five years of labor despite great power opposition. In Raleigh Governor Byrnes urges common sense about limits to simultaneous rearmament. Senator McCarthy in Washington accuses traitors high in government of phony planning for resisting communism.
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International News Service
Key West
Fla
Truman
Raleigh
N. C
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Europe
Asia
Power Dam In Irrigation Bill Scored By California
California urged Congress to treat Bridge Canyon Dam and Central Arizona Project irrigation works in separate bills at the Interior Committee hearings. Opponents argued the dam does not store or transmit irrigation water, while supporters say power development is essential. Witness Dowd pressed independent action for power and irrigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred N. Gall
Washington
California
Bridge Canyon Dam
Central Arizona
Congress
M. J. Dowd
Colorado River Board of California
House Interior Committee
Bridge Canyon
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Dowd
Southwest
Hamer Budge
Idaho
Special Vote To Be Called For Arizona
The legislature voted to call a state wide special election on May 29 to consider seven amendments to the Arizona Constitution. Three key measures would abolish the treasurer role and reassign duties, recall retired judges, and permit funds from education sales to the general fund. The group approved by the House now awaits Senate action as the session nears adjournment.
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Bill Turnbow
Arizona
Arizona House of Representatives
Arizona Highways
Arizona Highway Patrol
Allen
Supreme
Superior Court
State General Fund
State Department of Education
House of Representatives
Senate
House Committee
Department of Revenue
State Examiner
State Post Auditor
House
Measles and Flu Rise Reported in Arizona
A state health report shows a rising trend in measles and influenza cases with 695 measles cases and 2,049 influenza cases in the latest week. However, incomplete reporting by doctors may skew totals. Maricopa and Pima counties bear the majority of cases, with Phoenix officials estimating about 5,000 flu cases in the city.
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Arizona Department of Health
The
Health Agency
Maricopa County
Pima
Maricopa
Pima County
Phoenix City
Jet Expert Pleads Innocent in Rosenberg Case
A Columbia University physics instructor William Perl 32 pleaded innocent to an indictment charging he lied to a federal grand jury about acquaintances with Julius Rosenberg Morton Sobell and Ethel Rosenberg. Bail set at 20000 and a passport renewal noted as part of his defense while prosecutors allege a New York woman offered funds to flee. The Rosenbergs Sobell trial continued with testimony from Ruth Greenglass's wife and related witnesses.
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New York
Columbia University
William Perl
Set Propulsion
Henry W. Goddard
Perl
Julius Rosenberg
Morton Sobell
Rosenberg
Ethel
Russia
United States
John M. Foley
Cleveland
Vivian Glassman
Manhattan
Raymond Wise
Reau
Rosenbergs
Sobell
Ruth Prince
Greenglass
David Greenglass
Tom
Alexander Bloch
Dorothy Abel
House Group Allows End Of Four Million Man Limit
The House Armed Services Committee voted 18 to 15 to strike the four million ceiling from the Military Man Power Bill and back universal military training. The panel also rejected a 3.2 million and a 3.5 million ceiling amid debate over reserve releases for World War II veterans on active duty. Draftees face possible 26 months service if the bill passes, while inactive reserve rules would be altered.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D., Ga
Truman
Senate
House
Rep. Short
Missouri
Rep. Norblad
Ore
Iran Nationalizes Oil Industry in Historic Vote
Iran's Parliament, with 106 deputies present, unanimous backing, nationalizes the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company amid Western opposition. The measure, supported by pro Soviet factions, seizes control of wells and output worth about 58 million dollars. Large crowds cheered in Tehran as demonstrations were limited by police.
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Tehran
Irah
Iran
Russia
American Petroleum Institute
Hussein Ala
National Front
Ali Razmara
Auto crash injures four at railroad crossing near El Mirage
Four people were injured when a car struck the rear of an eastbound Burlington coach stopped at a Santa Fe crossing on Highway 60 in El Mirage at 5 am. Keith Gorham 33 and son Michael Paul Gorham 2 were seriously hurt with rib and lung injuries. they and the Gorham family were hospitalized.
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el Mirage
Keith Gorham
Corpus Christi
Tex
Michael Paul Gorham
Humanity Memorial Hospital
Gorham
Edna
Barbara Ann
Burlington-American
Princess Margaret Trapped In Elevator At Olympia
Princess Margaret was confined in a stalled lift for five minutes at Olympia London during a home exhibit. She rode with a group from the second to the ground floor as doors refused to open, drawing a crowd before the operator and surrounding crew freed the doors.
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London
Margaret
Olympia
Tare
Rate Boost Requested by Arizona Edison
The Arizona Edison Company seeks an overall 8 percent rate increase to water gas and electric services in several cities, claiming inflation, rising taxes, payroll, and material costs require a fair return on about 8 million dollars in planned property additions through 1951. The request notes first general rate increases since 1935 and outlines affected regions in Globe Miami Bisbee Douglas Coolidge Florence Casa Grande Yuma Superior and Yuma Valley. Gardner cites inflated operating costs and a growing service area as justification for improved, expanded utilities.
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Arizona Edison
Globe
Miami
Bisbee
Douglas
Coolidge
Florence
Casa Grande
Yuma
Superior
Yuma Valley
Gardner
Utility
Flight From Red Hell The Karady Escape Story
Hungarian star Katalin Karady recounts a dramatic escape from Communist Hungary. In six daily chapters she recalls a life on stage radio and screen and life behind the Iron Curtain, with vivid personal detail starting Monday.
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Katalin Karady
Hungary
Iron Curtain
Fed Reserve chair resigns as Truman taps successor
Thomas B. McCabe resigns as Federal Reserve Board chairman and President Truman selects William McChesney Martin Jr. to take the post. Senate bills seek continued federal rent controls to June 30 as House and Senate contend. Brannan raises dairy price supports to bolster milk production amid broader policy moves. Russia exposes alleged vast Soviet slave labor system in published statements, accusing spread of the system with the Red flag. Brannan announces dairy subsidy increases to lift milk output.
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Thomas B. McCabe
Federal Reserve Board
Truman
William McChese Martin, Jr
United States
Russia
Ussr
Brannan
Markets At A Glance Ty rally fades in jitters
CHICAGO WHEAT very weak due to peace jitters with general liquidation. HOGS steady to 25 cents lower, top $22.25. CATTLE 25 cents to $1 lower. Falls lowers hedging, rails to.
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Chicago
Guide for Readers Classified and Radio Sections
A compact guide outlines classified ad formats and radio listings. It notes sections 35 to 38 including Bolysuos centers and material on women. The fragment hints atDorothy Dix advice and related material for readers navigating the classified pages.
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Bolysuos
Tintros
Dix
Judge Disqualifies Self From Vice Case Hearings
Judge Garrett disqualifies himself from hearing motions in the vice case indictments of Jerome P. Martin Bryce Wilson and Maurice T. Guiney. Wilson and Guiney seek a continuance and an out of town judge. Four indictment addressed perjury by Freddie H. Kreisler, a Tucson cigar store owner, tied to horse racing book activities.
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Sonap
Wehae Lee Garrett
Jerome P. Martin
Pima County
Bryce Wilson
Maurice T. Guiney
Grand Jury
Tucson
Wilson
Guiney
Martin
Clarenge Houston
Herbert F. Krucker
Houston
Garrett
Freddie H. Kreisler
Kreisler
Arizona Congressmen Vote Against RF C Reorganization Plan
Arizona Democrats John R. Murdock and Harold A. Patten opposed a resolution to kill President Truman's plan to reorganize the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The measure failed in Washington on March 15.
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Washington
Arizona
John R. Murdock
Harold A. Patten
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Debate On Troops Postponed In Senate
Washington March 15 The Senate postponed until tomorrow its debate on a resolution to approve sending four divisions to Europe while insisting on congressional approval for future troop assignments. Democratic Leader McFarland said the delay was due to Chairman Connally not being ready. He also pledged to call up a second resolution for House action once the first is disposed of.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Europe
McFarland
Arizona
Connally
D., Tex
Wherry
Nebraska
House
Missing Boys Return From Trip In Catalinas
Two boys missing since last night rode their horses back to a guest ranch near Tucson after spending the night in the mountains. John Link, 13, son of Dr. Carl Link, a UW biochemist who discovered dicumarol, and Joe Kranhold, son of Mr and Mrs H F Kranhold, planned to ride into Sabino Canyon in the Catalinas and return by sundown. Rescue teams, alerted when they failed to return, began tracking routes at daybreak and found them safe at dawn.
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Tucson
Here
John Link
Carl Link
University of Wisconsin
Joe Kranhold
H. F. Kranhold
Fort Lowell Road
Kranhold Guest Ranch
Sabino Canyon
Catalinas
Kran
Hold
Pima Rescue Patrol
Link
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Duke
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Zoe
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Ala
Herb Nelson
Arizona Edison Company, Inc
Arizona Corporation Commission
Commission
Reid Gardner
Red Hell
Associated Press
Bricker
William M. Boyle, Jr
Donald Dawson
Senate Reconstruction Finance Corporation
House Banking Committee
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