Hiss Begins 5 Year Prison Term for Perjury
Former State Department official Alger Hiss began serving a five year sentence for lying about giving secrets to Whittaker Chambers. He surrendered to U S Marshal William Carroll and is held at the Federal House of Detention. He faced possible parole in one year eight months with civil rights stripped.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Chambers
United States
William Carroll
Manhattan
U. S. Supreme Court
Yanks Break Out of Ambush Near 38th Parallel
An American tank infantry patrol with mine-hunting engineers fought its way out of a Communist ambush less than three miles from the border along the Pukhan River north of Chunchon. Reds fired from high ground as the patrol moved, and Corporal Charley Hamilton of Virginia City, Virginia, described the trap before the tanks answered with fire.
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Tokyo
Pukhan River
Chunchon
Cpl
Charley Hamilton
Virginia City
Korea
Eisenhower resists pledging U S troops until Senate vote
Washington dispatch reports General Eisenhower will not pledge American forces to the Atlantic Pact Army until the Senate debate ends. Senator Ernest McFarland says Ike has limited his pact duties to staff organization and has rebuffed inquiries from pact partners. The Senate plans a vote on April 2 to approve dispatching four more American divisions.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Ernest W. McFarland
Arizona Democrat
Ike
Pact
Eisenhower
McFarland
State
Defense Department
Paris
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
United States
Turkey
Middle East
Russia
Europe
Stalin
Trainmen Drafted In France
Paris March 22. Government cancels army and police leave and requisitions 40 000 rail workers as a nationwide rail strike disrupts France. The big rail union backs a two day stoppage joining bus subway gas and power workers in wage demands. About 450 000 workers strike as Queuille meets ministers to order rail requisitions to move food supplies to Paris and other cities.
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Paris
France
Henri Queuille
Armed Services
Barcelona guards foil Franco assassination plot claim
London dispatch reports Barcelona under 50,000 soldiers and police with submachine guns and rifles after a suspected plot to assassinate Generalissimo Francisco Franco was uncovered. The alert originated from a Daily Express dispatch via the Spanish frontier.
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London
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
London Daily Express
12 Mile Run Fails To Save Trapped Man
Special to The Gazette. Bonita resident Guy Hinton ran 12 miles to seek help for his brother Robert Milton Hinton, 42, of Geronimo, trapped under an overturned car in a canyon east of Bonita. Hinton died at 1:30 a.m. from multiple injuries after the crash occurred about 10 p.m. on a county road southwest of Safford.
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Safford
Bonita
Robert Milton Hinton
Geronimo
A. B. Bingham
Guy Hinton
Webb Given Base Contract
Del E. Webb Construction Co of Phoenix won an $8.75 million contract to build facilities at Amarillo Air Force Base Texas. The project includes 119 dormitories with 28 rooms each and must be ready for occupancy by July 1, with work to start immediately under the Tulsa district Army Corps of Engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
del E. Webb Construction Company
Phoenix
Amarillo
Tex
Air Force Base
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Noted Leaders Comment On Kremlin Fears and Perjury Claims
Secretary Acheson says Kremlin fears, if conquered, would lift burdens from people worldwide. Vannevar Bush contends allied forces could halt a Russian invasion if necessary. Senator Kefauver cites perjury cases at a New York Senate Crime hearing. Frank Costello testifies on his citizenship by stating he paid his taxes.
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International News Service
Washington
State Acheson
Kremlin
Vannevar Bush
Europe
New York
Kefauver
Tenn
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Frank Costello
Kefauver Committee
Probers Bring Four Secret Indictments Probers Bring Four Secret Indictments
Three Tucson men face $2,500 bonds after new Pima County grand jury indictments charging conspiracy to violate gambling laws. Dillas Porter and Rowe charged with conspiracies involving bookmaking casino and slot machines. Witnesses named include Fisher, Walter Porter, E B Chitwood, Mrs. Coleman, and A C Franz. Arraignment set for Monday. Bryce Wilson seeks to testify before the grand jury.
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Tucson
Pima County
Grand Jury
William Dillas
Henry Porter
John L. Rowe
Dillas
Varsity Coffe
South Stone Avenue
Harold L. Fisher
Fisher
Porter
Walter E. Porter
Walter Porter
E. B. Chitwood
Rowe
Josephine Coleman
Robert Morrison
Morrison
Packing Unions Map Joint Action in Chicago
Executive boards and national strike strategy committees of the two large meat packing unions meet in Chicago to plan coordinated action toward government approval of a negotiated 11 cent hourly wage increase.
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Chicago
INS
Four Year Old Hero Rescues Baby Sister From Fire
Four year old Charles Hanley saved his nine month old sister Deborah when a match dropped by the boy started a blaze that consumed the family dwelling near his stove. Firefighters battled the flames as a pig pen burned and five other shacks were destroyed. deputies noted Willie Taylor owned the property.
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Charles Hanley
Robert Hanley
South 17Th Street
Deborah
Willie Taylor
Parents Chance To Back Down On Giving Away Baby
In San Francisco a 21 year old father and 20 year old mother say they do not love their 2 week old son Jack Jr. They will have 4 months to reconsider before adoption proceeds. Welfare officials outline steps including psychiatric testing and custody papers. The case began after a relative alerted police. the infant is at Letterman General Hospital.
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AP Wirevh
J . Knudson
Maria
Knudson
San Francisco
New Mexico
Jack Knudson
Jack, Jr
City Welfare Agency
Army
Letterman General Hospital
R. W. Born
Public Welfare
Born
Welfare Agency
Knudsons
South Bend
Ind
Colorful Cowboys Parade Teems With Scottsdale Children
More than 100 Scottsdale Elementary School students will march in a Western parade Saturday afternoon. Boys and girls in cowboy outfits will ride horses, led by the Scottsdale High School Band. Prizes award best Western costume, most unusual outfit, and finest horse and rider. The event is part of tourist-season festivities organized by the Business and Professional Women's Club with local merchants, the Chamber of Commerce, and Kiwanis Club.
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Scottsdale
The
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Resignation Demand Tells Crane to Step Down
The American Federation of Labor International Association of Fire Fighters called for John P. Crane to resign as vice president in charge of the New York City district after his Senate crime investigation testimony. Crane disclosed a $10,000 October 1949 contribution to former Mayor William O Dwyer to show firemen's support, which O Dwyer had denied before the committee and a New York grand jury. IAFF President John P. Redmond gave Crane until noon tomorrow to resign or face suspension per the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor International Association of Fire Fighters
John P. Crane
Senate
Crane
New York
William O’dwyer
O’dwyer
John P. Redmond
IAFF
New York City
James J. Moran
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Impellitteri
Moran
Mexico
Frank
Hogan
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
UFA
Thomas E. Dewey
Oregon
Harold E. Stassen
Dewey
Albany
Moran resigns as water commissioner under mayor pressure
James J. Moran, longtime political associate of Ambassador O'Dwyer, resigns as New York water commissioner after Mayor Impellitteri demands noon departure. Moran cites hypocrisy of politicians and cites tensions with O'Dwyer era. Senate committee hears explosive testimony regarding contributions to O'Dwyer campaigns.
Secret RFC Files Entered By Prowlers
Prowlers gained access to confidential Reconstruction Finance Corporation files, with some tied to a Senate probe. Officials could not comment. Inspections spur new locks and a burglar alarm. a severed door chain indicated the break. Senators weigh renaming RFC and consolidating directors to restore public trust. Cosgriff warns public opinion may linger like a mink coat.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
RFC
Truman
Walter S. Cosgriff
Expenditures Committee
Cosgriff
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Anti GI Incidents Protested By U S
Bonn reports that the United States protested Russia over six demonstrations against U S military trains in the Soviet Zone between Berlin and West Germany. One incident involved a bullet from Russian barracks in Marienborn penetrating a coach door on March 9.
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Bonn
Germany
United States
Russia
U. S
Berlin
West Germany
Marienborn
Guzik Surrenders to Senate Crime Committee
Jake Guzik, longtime Capone syndicate figure, surrendered to Senate sergeant at arms for a later appearance before the Crime Committee. He followed the televised hearings moving from New York, as Carroll of St. Louis agreed to testify under a Costello arrangement, while Duke awaits Kefauver's direction on timing and venue.
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Washington
Jake Guzik
Chicago
Capone Syndicate
Senate
Senate Crime Committee
Guzik
New York
St. Louis
James J. Carroll
Joseph C. Duke
Globe, Ariz
Duke
Crime Committee
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Capone
Carroll
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Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth Army
U. S. First Cavalry
Ridgway
Charles D. Palmer
Manchuria
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Webb
Sky Harbor
Scottsdale Westerners
Gazette
Linda
Lynn Britton
R. G. Britton
Redmond
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