Acheson warns Americas to meet red peril at Inter-American meet
Secretary of State Dean Acheson urged the 21 Inter-American foreign ministers to act against international communism with coordinated defense plans and stronger democratic institutions. He warned no free nation is secure and called for full economic and military cooperation with the United States to deter Soviet imperialism and subversion. President Truman welcomed the effort but stirred regional tension by backing a water trade plan between Bolivia and Chile Peru for sea access.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
United States
Acheson
Inter-American Conference of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Truman
America
Bolivia
Chile
Peru
Yanks Trap Chinese Force Near Parallel For Surrender Call
American troops fought through a Chinese regiment on the western front near Parallel 38 advancing toward the Red Korean border. They killed 350 Communists and squeezed the Reds into a trap with UN warplanes dropping surrender leaflets. A division staff officer doubted a major stand south of the parallel.
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Tokyo
United States
United Nations
Noted Leaders Comment On European Unity And Korean War
International News Service reports Jean Monnet of the Schuman Plan says a coal and steel community can aid peace and defense amid global uncertainty. In Tokyo, Vice Adm. Arthur Struble notes limited North Korean train movement due to naval bombardment and air strikes by the enemy.
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Paris
Jean Monnet
Schuman
Tokyo
Arthur D. Struble
United States
Seventh Fleet
North Korea
Referendum Move Assailed By Langham
Arizona House Speaker Raymond G. Langham declared the legislature’s government reorganization aligns with the 1950 Democratic platform plank 17. He criticized Treasurer E. T. Williams Jr. and Steve Langmade over the referendum drive and urged party unity to carry out the platform without drastic steps.
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Bill Trunnpuw
Raymond G. Langham
Arizona House of Representatives
Democratic Party
Langham
Department of Health, Welfare and Correction
Finance
Law
E. T. Williams, Jr
Steve Langmade
Democratic State Central Committee
Democratic Party Council
Valley Water Needs Studied On Auto Tour
Members of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee continued their inspection of the Central Arizona Project in Salt River and Deer valleys. They planned to return to Washington with data supporting the project bill before the 82nd Congress. They toured by auto, stopped at John Jacobs Farms, and will attend a banquet by Gov. Howard Pyle.
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House
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Arizona
Salt River
Deer Valleys
Washington
Salt and Deer Valley
John Jacobs Farms
Deer Valley
Suspects In Texas Beating Jailed Here
An 18 year old girl and two young men are held in the city jail as suspects in a strongarm robbery near Del Rio Texas. The victim lost his 1951 Packard sedan and about $900. The car was recovered near 20th and Van Buren Streets about 10:30 last night. Three guns and a blackjack were found in cabins at Lucille's Motel 2021 East Van Buren Street. The suspects may be linked to a robbery at Safeway Store 1305 North Central Avenue with $4,000 taken. Two men identified as Shelby James Mitchell 25 of Oklahoma and Johnny Singleton 19 of Brewton Alabama. The girl said her home was in Little Rock Arkansas. Singleton said they met the girl on a bus in Texas three weeks ago. Police expect to question the girl today. Singleton was stopped after suspicion while driving. Registration papers in the vehicle bore Lester Iverson of Alamo Texas. A bank book and papers with Iverson's name were found. a call to Alamo led to a brother Myron Iverson. ARRESTS on Page 2.
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26Th Army Corps
Imjin
77Th
Munsan
Republic of Korea
Kumhwa
Pyongyang
Sukchon
AIR Force
Okinawa
Hamhung
Haeju
Wonsan
Songjin
Gazette
del Rio
Tex
Shelby James Mitchell
Oklahoma
Johnny Singleton
Brewton
Ala
Robert Flack
Donald Lilly
East
van Buren Street
Kenneth Arline
20Th
van Buren
Lucille’s
East van Buren Street
Texas
Tucson
Vic Soule
Safeway
North Central Avenue
Soule
Little Rock
Ark
Singleton
Arkansas
Mitchell
Flack
Lester Iverson
Alamo, Tex
Iverson
State Official Reveals Wire Service Push in Texas
A Texas House Crime Committee hearing in Austin disclosed that gambler Mickey Cohen attempted to involve Texas wire services and bookies in July 1950. State Police Director Homer Garrison testified Cohen and a companion reached a son of Vincent Vallone in Houston before Vallone’s Mafia slaying. Cohen did not attend the session, prompting contempt speculation. Cohen dismissed the inquiry as publicity.
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Austin
Tex
Mickey Cohen
Texas
Homer Garrison
Texas House Crime Committee
Cohen
Houston
Garrison
Vincent Vallone
Vallone
Bega
Cohen to Texas on own terms amid contempt hearing
Rep. Fred V. Meridith leads a crime panel pressuring Cohen to Austin under strict conditions. Contempt penalties loom up to $1,000 and a year in prison. Six Texas witnesses subpoenaed include El Paso officers Hartridge and White, Police Chief Lester, former sheriff Campbell, Odessa realtor Harvey, and Electra Mayor Moore, all asserting no prior meeting with Cohen.
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Cohen
Texas
Fred V. Meridith
Austin
John Hartridge
el Paso
W. D. White
Ralph Marmolejo, Jr
R. H. Lester
Hartridge
White
Joe Campbell
Paul Harvey
Odessa
Harvey
T. Leo Moore
Electra
Grand Jury Again Quizzes O Dwyer
Ambassador William O Dwyer returns to a Brooklyn rackets grand jury for a second day of questioning about his mayoral political appointments and financial dealings. He refuses to answer reporters or comment.
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New York
INS
William O’dwyer
Brooklyn Rackets Grand Jury
French Plane Crashes En Route to Marseille
A French military plane bound for Marseille to pick up Defense Minister Jules Moch exploded in flight thirty miles southeast of Paris. All three air force officers aboard were killed.
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Paris
Marseille
Jules Moch
Air Force
Herblock Joins Phoenix Gazette Staff Cartoonists
The Phoenix Gazette announces the addition of Herbert L. Block to its editorial page cartoonists. Block, a Pulitzer Prize winner who signs as Herblock, will premiere tomorrow alongside Gazette staff artist Rayigue Werth in tomorrow's cartoon.
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Phoenix Gazette
Herbert L. Block
Herblock
Rayigue
Gazette
Werth
The
Huk Raiders Kill Five Workmen Near Manila Camp
Manila reports that four hundred Hukbalahap raiders killed five workers during a night attack on a mining camp about 100 miles northwest of Manila. Thirteen Americans, including four women and four children, escaped harm as American men joined Filipino constabulary in defending their compound.
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Manila
Philippines Army
Tehran rushes troops to quell oil field strikes
Tehran reports government dispatching troops and naval units to Southwest Iran to assist police in countering spreading Communist led strikes in the oil fields. The move signals heightened security amid labor unrest affecting Iran’s petroleum sector.
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Tehran
Iran
Rainfall Fails to Ease Arizona Drought Conditions
A rainstorm drenched parts of Arizona including Salt River Valley and Safford last night yet drought relief remained limited. Totals varied from 1.41 inches at Stewart Mountain Dam to trace amounts in Flagstaff, with Phoenix and Payson seeing modest falls and runoff minimal. Congressional visitors surveyed water needs as rainfall continued to stream eastward.
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Arizona
Salt River Valley
Safford
Stewart Mountain Dam
Phoenix
C. R. Erickson
United States Weather Bureau
Mountains Searched For Plane
A private four passenger plane is missing after leaving Tucson at 4 12 p m en route to El Paso The search in the Dragoon Mountains near Benson continues after a California observer reported a plane spiraling from a low cloud at 4 40 p m Deputy Sheriff Clarence Post and other authorities await CAA officials to resume the hunt for Dana Stansell of Medford Oregon and any possible passengers
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Baldwin
Calif
Civil Aeronautics Administration
State Highway Patrol
Benson
Clarence Post
CAA
California
Germany Forces To Go In Training
Lt. Gen. Manton S. Eddy, commander of the United States Seventh Army in Germany, said American troops will be in training day and night for six months to reach maximum combat effectiveness. He urged the Frankfurt Press Club that defences would be strengthened by planned allied reinforcements to enable a collective defense.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Manton S. Eddy
United States
Seventh Army
U. S
Navy Torpedo Bomber Crashes 100 Miles East of Cape Henry
A navy torpedo bomber with four men aboard went down in the Atlantic Ocean about 100 miles east of Cape Henry last night. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters said the four crewmen were missing after a night-long search and the names were withheld temporarily.
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Norfolk
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Henry
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Treasury to Set Up Fraud Unit for Gamblers Tax Checks
Senate investigators were told the Treasury plans a special fraud section to review income tax returns of gamblers and racketeers. Treasury officials said no broad war on major league criminals, citing past cases like Al Capone. The probe noted about 2,500 cases are under criminal tax review. Contempt charges may be pursued against three defiant witnesses, Morris Kleinman, Louis Rothkopf, and Jacob Guzik, with possible immediate jail order.
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The
Treasury
Senate
Snyder
Edward Foley
Sioner
Internal Revenue
Morris Kleinman
Louis Rothkopf
Cleveland
Jacob Guzik
Chicago
Capone
Tobey
N. H
Kefauver
Hunt
Wyo
Miami
Fla
Kieinman
Rothkopf
Guzik
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Howard Pyle
Arizona Republic
Saddle and Sirloin Club
Eugene C. Pulliam
Phoenix Newspapers, Incorporated
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Toby Morris
Okla
Central Arizona
John R. Murdock
Congressional Committee
Rep
Harold A. Patten
Morris
Carl Hayden
Ernest W. McFarland
United States Senate
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Clarence Budington Kelland
Alamo
Myron Iverson
Gambler
Texas Committee
Los Angeles
Grand Jury
O'Dwyer
Payson
Agricultural Experiment Station
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Prescott
Douglas
Flagstaff
Coolidge
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Samuel S. Leibowitz
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Sky Harbor
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