Iceland Welcomes Small U S Security Detachment
Washington reports a small U S security troop contingent lands in Iceland at Reykjavik's request to assist defense under a North Atlantic Treaty framework. Brig Gen Edward J McGaw commands. about 40 troops per Skymaster flight, with Iceland retaining size limits and airport control at Keflavik.
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Washington
Iceland
State Department
Edward J. McGaw
Reykjavik
United States Air Force
Arctic Circle
United States
U. S
Keflavik
U N Forces Attack At Both Ends Of Front In Korea
United Nations troops struck at both ends of the 100 mile Korean front as a tank patrol moved into Chunchon at the center unopposed. Communists fought at the front ends while retreating elsewhere to regroup for a second spring offensive. Intelligence from the western front above Seoul cited captured North Korean reports.
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U. N
Tokyo
United Nations
Chunchon
Western Front
Seoul
DiSalle Denies Beef Price Cut Affects Rationing
Washington May 7 UP Michael V DiSalle price stabilizer disputed cattlemen s claims that his rollback of beef prices will curb production and cause consumer rationing He told the House Agriculture Committee that with conditions as they are there will be no need for rationing He warned that uncontrolled beef prices would undermine the stabilization program and said parity remains a fair figure Despite producers still earning more than parity Senator Maybank of South Carolina said the rollback will harm the meat industry reduce meat supply and urged study of extending the Defense Production Act
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
House Agriculture Committee
DiSalle
Capitol
Burnet R. Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
Senator Maybank
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Mobilizer
Maybank
Seoul siege near end as fronts surge across Korea
U S sources quote officers predicting no further Communist offensive while Eighth Army reports intensified action across Korea. South Korean troops drive toward Seoul behind tank spearheads with U S artillery and air support. Night moves count 3700 enemy vehicles, 2300 heading to front. Bombing targets Pyongyang yards and Sunchon area.
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Pyongyang
Defense Chief Backs Truman In Policy Fight
Washington May 7 AP Secretary of Defense Marshall defended the Truman administration position on Formosa and United Nations seating for the Reds in China. He testified behind closed doors to Senate committees defending current Korea policy, noting the Joint Chiefs proposed actions against China but later changed. He supported Truman’s dismissal of MacArthur and argued a theater commander cannot dictate global strategy.
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Defense Marshall
Truman
Formosa
China
United Nations
Marshall
United States
Korea
Douglas Mac-Arthur
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Mac- Arthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
Pacific
McCarthy
Wis
Acheson
Quake Kills 200 in El Salvador Cities Chinameca Jucuapa
Reports from eastern El Salvador say a Sunday quake at 5 p.m. damaged Chinameca population 17,000 and Jucuapa 12,000, destroying eighty percent of homes and isolating Usulutan Berlin Santa Elena and El Triunfo as landslides blocked roads and telegraph links. Prisoners escaped Chinameca jail as garrisons from San Miguel and Gotera moved in.
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San Salvador
Chinameca
Jucuapa
Usulutan
Berlin
Santa Elena
el Triunfo
San Miguel
Gotera
Wedemeyer Seeks Retirement From Sixth Army
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer commander of the Sixth Army at the Presidio of San Francisco confirmed his retirement request today in San Francisco. Wedemeyer declined further comment and the news was first reported by International News Service from Washington.
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San Francisco
INS
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Sixth Army
Presidio of
International News Service
Washington, D. C
Wedemeyer
Red Air Arm Bolstered in Manchuria Dispatch
China News reports in a Hong Kong dispatch that 800 Russian made planes have been dispatched to the Communist international air force in Manchuria, bolstering air power amid tensions in Formosa and broader Asia.
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Formosa
China News
Hong Kong
Communist International
Manchuria
Phoenix teacher held in fatal hit and run case
Two people died in Arizona traffic crashes. Mohammed Abrahim, 63, and D. G. Pearson, 31, were killed near Picacho. William M. Corbin, 32, a Carver High School teacher, was arrested south of Mesa. Pearson lay in the road after a prior accident when struck by a car that fled, then returned briefly before speeding off.
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Phoenix
Picacho
D. G. Pearson
Marana
Mohammed Abrahim
Route 3
William M. Corbin
Carver High School
Mesa
Pearson
Bert Babb
Wickenburg
Elmer Henderson
LeRoy Rothbun
Truck Drivers Accept Offer in Southwest Strike
Members of Teamsters locals in Phoenix Tucson and El Paso have agreed to accept motor freight line operators proposals to settle the six day old strike that had idled 700 truck drivers and helpers in the Southwest. Jack Grady of the Industrial Council announced details were not available yet and a joint union management statement would follow later today.
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Teamsters
Phoenix
Tucson
el Paso
Southwest
Jack Grady
The
Industrial Council
Noted Leaders Comment on NATO, Military Orders, and MacArthur
British Foreign Secretary Morrison accuses Mr Gro myko of pushing Western defenses to sustain Soviet dominance in Europe. Manly Fleischmann warns shortages will peak next year with over 58 billion dollars in military orders through June 1952. Senator Long muses that MacArthur could block a Republican nomination within a year, though uncertain he could succeed.
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International News Service
London
Morrison
Gromyko
Europe
Washington
Manly Fleischmann
Defense
Senator Long
MacArthur
Crash of largest B-36 bomber kills 23 at Kirtland
At Albuquerque on May 7 a B-36 bomber crashed during landing at Kirtland Air Force Base. Twenty three airmen died with two survivors in critical condition at Sandia hospital. Winds over 40 mph sparked a sandstorm as wreckage ignited, destroying a parked C-54 and a private plane.
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Kirtland Air Force Base
Air Force
William S. Knipple
Knipple
Sandia Special Weapons Base
Sandia
Kirtland
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Tex
Eastwest
Senate Sets Vote On Farm Labor Bill To Hire Mexican Workers
The senate agreed to begin voting today on a bill authorizing the federal government to recruit Mexican workers to address a farm labor shortage in the United States. The measure has lingered since April as debate over General Douglas MacArthur’s ouster shaped much of the session.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Douglas
MacArthur
A Bomb Education Is Urged
Civil Defense administrator Millard Caldwell urged a nationwide crusade against apathy at a two day conference. He said survival depends on simple precautions and promised organized defense can cut casualties by half, keeping cities and production lines operating. President Truman was set to address delegates at a Statler Hotel dinner with radio broadcasts planned in Phoenix.
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Washington
Millard Caldwell
Civil Defense
Caldwell
Truman
Statler
KTAR
KOY
Phoenix
KOOL
Russia Hands Note To U S Ambassador In Moscow
Moscow reported that Alexander Bogomolev, acting foreign minister, summoned U S Ambassador Alan G. Kirk and delivered a communication described as most important. The move comes as Vishinsky is ill and Gromyko attends the Big Four deputy ministers meeting in Paris.
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Alexander Bogomolev
United States
Alan G. Kirk
Bogomolev
France
Andrei Vishinsky
Andrei Gromyko
Vishinsky
Gromyko
Paris
Britain China Trade Totals $22 Million In 15 Months
London May 1 AP Britain has shipped Red China 4 900 000 pounds worth of goods in the last 15 months and bought 2 700 000 pounds from the Peiping regime in the first quarter of this year. Sir Hartley Shawcross said measures were taken since Korea fighting began to restrict trade so China would not receive goods aiding military operations.
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China
London
Hartley Shawcross
Government Board of Trade
House of Commons
Red Peiping
Hartley
Korea
United Kingdom
Two Choral Groups To Present Concert Tomorrow
Two choirs join for a free evening at En canto Park Band Shell at 8 15 p m as the Orpheus Club and Lyric Singers perform selections from Mendelssohn Romberg and others during National Music Week. Phoenix Musicians Club organized the event, with soloists Evelyn Taylor and Richard Elvis highlighted among 65 and 55 voice groups.
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Shell
Orpheus Club
Lyric Singers
the Park
Phoenix Union High School Oratorio Society
Milton K. Rasbury
Jesse A. Sedberry
Phoenix Musicians Club
Charles Bennett
Hark
Dudley Buck
Erie Canal
Fred Warring
Richard Elvis
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Shelley
Phillip Shaw
Young Powell
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Mendel«ssohn
Geofrey O‘hara
Marietta
Victor Herbert
Miss Taylor
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Percy Faith
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Agnes Holst
Lee Miller
Ralph Hess
Gustav Nelson
Ferald Capps
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