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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1951
Page
3
Allied forces continue northward on the Korean front with Red troops breaking through corridors near Soksa but fading by mid morning. South Korean troops recapture Imjin River positions four miles south of the 38th Parallel as British and American task forces pursue retreating Reds amid calm, clear weather.
The Merino sheep was so valuable in Spain that exporting one carried a death sentence.
General Bradley and Senator Brewster discussed MacArthur's Korea program and its potential to shorten the war. Bradley warned such moves might risk World War III, while noting Iran Yugoslavia and Indochina as possible Soviet flashpoints. He stressed longer Korea lasts, harder to meet other moves, and cited Iran's oil field dispute as a strategic factor.
In El Centro California on May 23 AP reports labor unrest endangers cantaloupe sugar beet and tomato crops as workers vote on a strike. Hank Hasiwar Western director of the National Farm Labor Union says members have approved a strike with others in Imperial Valley cities voting. The stoppage is planned for tomorrow, while the Imperial Valley Farmers' Association refuses to negotiate per secretary B A Harrigan who says the association is not a bargaining agent.
Secretary of State Dean Acheson said the United States would join any United Nations talks with Red China to settle the Korean War. He disavowed a top aide’s claim Peiping is not Chinese and stated no policy change, reaffirming U S support for the Nationalist government on Formosa and nonrecognition of the Communist regime.
Earl E. Times a four foot four inch performer from All-American Distributing Company tours Phoenix on a national circuit. He claims to support five men with his stomach and can alter height by four inches using two knee caps. Weighing 121 pounds, he says no man can lift him by force. He plans appearances at local clubs and radio programs from Hotel Westward Ho through Sunday before proceeds to Los Angeles.
The writer quips that graduation orators will craft hopeful words for skeptical graduates as romance wanes. He notes widespread effort across the land and foresees gloom in Cupid’s realm, with June bringing a darker rhyme about romance and misfortune.
UK i n Page One reports Grand Canyon College, operated by the Baptist General Convention of Arizona, shows annual turnover over 250000 dollars for two years at Prescott. Board members see lower costs and more jobs for students if relocated to a bigger population center. President Smith notes grades from Grand Canyon credits are accepted by University of Arizona and Arizona State College at Tempe and stresses the school’s non-segregated stance for all faiths. The convention runs 107 senior colleges and six seminaries in the United States.
A T-6 trainer plane crashed near Mount Calm Texas killing the instructor and his student. Aviation Cadet Harvey Saibara of Webster Texas and 2nd Lt. Richard I. Palm of China Lake California were identified as victims. The crash occurred on May 23, according to a United Press report.
Gazette News Bureau Tempe May 23 four teen windows on the west side of Tempe Grammar School Cafeteria at 10th Street and Mill Avenue were blown out by a series of four explosions early this morning. Police said they found pieces of homemade dynamite at the scene and suspected celebrating collegians from Arizona State College. no injuries or witnesses reported.
Dr. Kenneth McFarland of Topeka Kansas will be principal speaker at the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce annual meeting on June 15 at the Hotel Westward Ho. He will discuss government controls under the topic Five Buckets of Paint and is superintendent of Topeka schools, noted for vocational education expertise.
American consumers used a record 40,613,400,000 gallons of gasoline in 1950, the American Petroleum Institute reported. This marks an 8.26 percent increase over the previous year, reflecting peak demand across the United States.
The article notes that sweet potatoes offer a high vitamin A content. It emphasizes nutritional value and suggests including the vegetable in diets for health benefits.
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