MacArthur Accused of Violating Orders Over Yalu
Gen. J Lawton Collins testified that Gen. Douglas MacArthur violated orders by sending U S troops to the Yalu River near the Manchuria Korea border. He said MacArthur ignored a clear directive to use only South Korean forces near the front. Collins noted the Joint Chiefs did not countermand the move, calling it a specific example of disobeying orders.
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Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Yalu
Manchuria
Korea
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Collins
Army
Truman
U. S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Defense Marshall
Omar N. Bradley
Col
U S hints success with H bomb tests
Washington May 25 1950 The United States hinted it had carried out tests related to hydrogen bombs at the Eniwetok proving grounds in the mid Pacific. A joint statement said the test program contributed to thermonuclear weapons research and signaled progress toward developing a hydrogen bomb though no details on size or detonation were released. Uncertainty remained about the triggering mechanism while speculation centered on a small hydrogen core wrapped around a regular A-Bomb to provide the necessary heat.
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Washington
United States
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Mid- Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Attorney Asks Indictment of McCracken
In Santa Ana on May 25 AP reports District Attorney James L. Davis asked the Orange County Grand Jury to indict Henry Ford McCracken on murder kidnap and child stealing charges in the death of 10 year old Patricia Jean Hull a fourth grader. About 300 people lined Sycamore Street as witnesses were brought to the courthouse. Patricia Hull’s parents testified and her mother appeared near collapse as she left the grand jury room.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Henry Ford McCracken
Orange County Grand Jury
Patricia Jean Hull
James L. Davis
Leonard D. Hull
Sycamore Street
Hull
Grand Jury
McCracken
Eighth Army Stab Becomes All-Out Drive
Allied tanks and troops breach the 38th Parallel at two points in an all-out offensive to hunt down retreating Communists. Lt Gen James A Van Fleet leads the push, vowing pursuit beyond the border while air power claims heavy enemy losses. Distinguished Service Crosses awarded to senior officers for action in the spring offensive. One general trapped in a Chinese machine-gun ambush with two Americans killed.
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38Th Parallel
North Korea
Eighth Army
van Fleet
Fifth Air Force
Uijongbu
Chunchon-Hwachon
Edward M. Almond
Clark L. Ruffner
Claude B. Ferenbaugh
U. S. Seventh Division
Heat Sends Mercury High Here
Phoenix basks in unseasonably hot weather as the city anticipates the first 100 degree day with forecasts from 105 to 107 degrees in nearby areas. Warm dry air from California and Nevada drives the heat while valley winds reach up to 15 mph.
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Phoenix
Louis R. Jurwitz
Gila Bend
Yuma
Arizona
California
Nevada
Valley OF the Sunners
Abilene Flash Flood Strands City Residents
Two missing as Abilene Texas endures a night of heavy rain and flash flooding. A 2.05 inch downpour and 8 to 10 inch totals in Taylor County swelled Cedar Creek and Catclaw Creek flooding about 50 blocks and forcing 25 families from homes. National guardsmen, police, and sheriff’s boats rescued 12 families as Creeks overflowed.
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Abilene
Tex
Roscoe Wigfall
Cedar Creek
Charles Fuller, Jr
Wigfall
Catclaw Creek
Taylor County
Explosion at Pa. paper plant kills two in Roaring Spring
An explosion at the D. M. Bare Paper Company plant in Roaring Spring killed two people and injured six. The blast jolted the nearby community of about 6,000 residents.
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Altoona
D. M. Bare Paper Company
Roaring Spring
Deaths In Navy Launch Upset Raised To Sixteen
Newport, R. I. May 25 AP At least 16 sailors perished when a motor launch capsized in a northeast gale sending 135 navy men into heavy seas. The navy listed 23 missing, with 14 seen aboard before departure and presumably still aboard, while nine remained unaccounted for. Two dead yesterday. Names of the missing will be released after kin notifications.
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Newport
R. I
Navy
Boston
Pima County Bookie Joint Raids Net Four Arrests
Special to The Gazette Tucson May 25 County Attorney Morrison led a raid on downtown bookie operations using criminal and civil actions. The Varsity Smoke Shop at 34 South Stone Avenue was seized with four arrests on wagering counts. Civil injunctions were filed against the Varsity and Rosetree Billiard Parlor at 39 South Fifth Avenue. Arrested on Superior Court warrants were William Dillas 38 operator of the Varsity Smoke Shop. William Estericher 44. Truman Boyd 38 later identified as Truman Brydia of 220 South Fourth Avenue on seven counts each. Bond set at $1,000 per count. The raid occurred at 11 am with deputies and no officers present. Prosecutor Morrison said more action against gamblers is forthcoming.
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Tucson
Robert Morrison
Varsity
South Stone Avenue
Pari-Mutuel
Rosetree Billiard Parior
South Fifth Avenue
William Dillas
East Ninth Street
Dillas
Deckter
William Estericher
South Cherry Avenue
Truman Boyd
Truman Brydia
South Fourth Avenue
Morrison
State of
Arizona
Communist China Demands Role in Japanese Peace Treaty
Communist China announced support for the Soviet rejection of the United States proposed peace treaty for Japan and demanded a voice in drafting any such pact, signaling competing Allied influence in postwar settlements.
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China
United States
Japan
Markets At A Glance In Mixed U S Trading
Markets at a glance show mixed actions with higher closes in some stocks while bonds stay quiet. Notes indicate mixed short covering and liquidation, with steady to slightly higher prices overall in a volatile session across major sectors and exchanges.
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York
Chicago
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Readable fragments describe a classified page item about Hollywood crossword clues and content from a period publication. The text references a crossword program and page numbers, indicating a feature in the newspaper's classified or puzzle section.
Suspect Guzik Lorded Over Prostitution Ring From Jail
A man claiming ties to Jake Guzik and Al Capone era figures joined Guzik’s attorney and a bondsman at the sheriff’s office as Guzik, held on a 150000 dollar bond for immoral acts with Phoenix school children, was brought from solitary for a private conference. Police linked a nationwide network of contacts and identified a 13 year old girl and fifty boys in nude photos found at Guzik's home as investigations broadened toward trial in Superior Court.
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Charles A. Guzik
Phoenix
Guzik
George T. Wilson
Sam Greenbaum
Wil- Guzik
Jake
Greasy Thumb) Guzik
al Capone
Father
Wilson
Greenbaum
L. C
Arizona
Maricopa County
Justice of the Peace
Harry Westfall
The
Phoenix Gazette
John J. Flynn
Flynn
East Phoenix Precinct
Suit Attacks State Orders For Magazine Contracts
Arizona State Federation of Labor officials file a declaratory judgment in Maricopa County Superior Court challenging highway commission and state auditor authority over out of state printing contracts for Arizona Highways magazine. They seek to restrain further payments and contend Krueger Milwaukee and Pacific Press Los Angeles holding color and black and white pages violate law.
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Arizona Highways Magazine
Maricopa County
Arizona State Federation of Labor
K. S. Brown
State Federation of Labor
Elmer F. Vickers
W. A. Krueger
Milwaukee
Wis
Pacific Press, Inc
Los Angeles
Krueger Company
John Tyler Printing and Publishing Company of
Phoenix
Noted figures quote on war and world conflict
President Truman warns of a return to dark ages if a third World War occurs. Marine Brig. Gen. Puller says Americans want war without harm, a notion he calls impossible. Madame Chiang Kai-shek says mainland Chinese realize Communist propaganda and its mass murders and cruelties.
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International News Service
Washington
Truman
San Francisco
Lewis B
Chesty) Puller
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Clamor From Mouse Sends Neighbor To Hospital
A tiny stove mouse caused Mrs. Paul Ender to scream and drew three officers to 1209 East Edgemont Avenue. Grant Fraser, a North Phoenix High School teacher, climbed fences to aid Ender, suffered cuts to hand and leg, and was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital. Officers traced the noise to the kitchen range, released a trapped mouse and killed it.
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Grant Fraser
North Phoenix
Paul Ender
East Edgemont Avenue
Fraser
Mrs. Ender
Ed Jolley
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lucian Luckett
Eldon Roles
FBI Ranks Phoenix With Crime Leaders
Phoenix is listed among the nation's worst crime spots in the FBI Uniform Crime Reports for 1950. It logged 3,831 offenses and a rate of 1,? per 100,000, led by larcenies at 2,515 with 643 burglaries and 468 auto thefts, while local officials contest the figures as overstated due to winter population surges and the metropolitan area. Police officials caution the rate may misrepresent actual risk.
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Phoenix
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mountain States
FBI
Denver McWilliams
Police Identification Bureau
Earl L. O’clair
Bradley Going To Europe
Gen Omar N Bradley will leave for Europe June 1 to confer with Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and other North Atlantic military leaders.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic
Pittsburgh Surges Past Chicago In Double Digit Win
Pittsburgh scores 10 runs on 14 hits to outslug Chicago 14 to 15. Dickson and McCullough lead the Pirates while Hiller Kelly Lown and Walker contribute for Chicago. Several night games listed for other matchups across the leagues.
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Chicago
Dickson
McCullough
Hiller
Kelly
Lown
Walker
Owen
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