Dawes and MacArthur clash dominate GOP planning
The report notes Dawes death in Evanston and a separate Washington scene where Republicans push a broader case on Korea under Taft Bridges and Knowland. MacArthur’s dismissal sparks fresh GOP strategy and Senate action ahead of testimony.
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Associated Press
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Taft
R-Ghia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Bridges
Knowland
Calif
General MacArthur
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Pacific
Red China
United Nations
Manchuria
New York
MacArthur
Courtney Whitney
West Virginia Briefs: Kidnapping Trial and Local News
Mississippi men face May 16 trial in federal court on Lindbergh Act charges for forcing the wife of Albert Creel to accompany them from Charleston to Hattiesburg. Also: honorary lifetime medical memberships announced. a retired coal miner died of a heart attack on his roof in Upton Creek. a baby died en route to a hospital near Huntington. coroner investigates a fall from a bed in a Dunfee home.
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Charleston
Albert Hardy Creel
Hattiesburg
Fonzo Elvetus Clark, Jr
Meridian
Ben Moore
Creek
West Virginia State Medical Association
David H. Hill
Madison
Holmes PL Troutman
Logan
Clyde A. Harper
Clendenin
John L. Dunlap
Nitro
Robert Renwick Vaughan
McConnell
Henry le Criss
Ford Barker Rogers
Fairmont
Joseph RB. Caldwell
Albert Earnest Nolte
Wheeling
Upton Creek
Steve Sutter
Huntington
James Edward Dunfee
Thomas F. Dunfee
Thomas F. Baer
Ashland Local Option Election Set for June 23
Residents of Ashland Kentucky will vote in a local option election on June 23 marking the first dry vote here since 1944. The ballot covers 48 precincts within the city only and not the whole Boyd County.
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Associated Press
Ashland
Boyd County
West Virginia Weather and Fire Tragedy Report
Extended forecast for West Virginia shows temperatures two to five degrees above normal with mixed showers. Mild Wednesday, cooler Thursday, warmer Saturday, then cooler again Sunday. One third to one half inch expected late Saturday or Sunday. In Charleston a 58 year old woman died from smoke inhalation after bedding caught fire from a lighted cigarette.
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West Virginia
Associated Press
Charleston
W. A. Cracraft
Rale
U S Defense Names General to Lead Formosa Mission
Maj. Gen. William Chase will head a new 100 member Military Advisory Group sent to Formosa to assess Chinese Nationalist air, sea and land forces under a Defense Department program. The mission will depart soon.
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Defense Department
William €. Chase
Formosa
U.S
Actor Calls Joining Reds Unholy Mistake
Washington AP reports actor Marc Lafyrence testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that joining the Communist Party was an unholy mistake sparked by intellectual curiosity. He named Lionel Stander as the man who introduced him to party line and said he attended meetings before quitting after about 12 sessions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marc Lafyrence
House Un-American Activities Committee
Jsvhmoe
Communist Party
Lawrence
Lionel Stander
Hollywood
Stanger
Vogeler Wife Awaits Reunion as Hungary Talks Continue
In Vienna Budapes Hungary the U S minister to Hungary avoided detail on Robert A Vogeler's release but signaled an expected freedom by Hungary's Communist government. The American businessman has been imprisoned 17 months on spying charges and faces a 15 year sentence. no official word has been given on his status since talks reportedly yielded results.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Hungary
U. S
Robert A. Vogeler
Davis
Vogeler
Elsims
Lucille Vogeler
William
Robert
Flames Devour Train in Yokohama Killing 97, Many Injured
A wooden rail coach on a Yokohama electric line caught fire after a power line contact. Seven Americans among the victims. 39 passengers escaped. Army dog tags identified 97 charred bodies. Firefighters faced extreme heat for over an hour before entry. An Ashland local option election is slated for June 23 across 48 precincts.
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Associated Press
Yokohama
Japan
Sakuragicho Station
Marshall
Insurance Firm Asked To End Policy Writing
Charleston report states New York firm Preferred Accident Insurance Company faced possible liquidation. West Virginia and New York regulators coordinated actions after the state insurance department petitioned the New York Supreme Court to show cause why liquidation should not proceed.
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Associated Press
Charleston
New York
West
Virginia
Robert A. Crichton
Crichton
New York ‘State Insurance Department
New York Supreme Court
New York Insurance Department
Solons press for liquid fuels fund expansion
West Virginians Bailey and Staggers push to insert 2.6 million dollars for Morgantown liquid fuels plant expansion in the Interior Department appropriation bill. Budget bureau opposes. defense role cited. In Washington, Barkley denial ends Senate race rumors for Kentucky next year.
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Tate Solons
Associated Press
Washington
West
Staggers
Bailey
J National Defense
VEEP
Alben W. Barkley
U.S. Senate
Kentucky
Barkley
New Price Fixing Method Outline Tonight
Washington officials said the government will outline tonight a new method to compute ceiling prices affecting about 79 000 manufacturers and a large share of consumer goods. Prices on retail shelves won’t change immediately as firms have about a month to calculate new ceilings before distribution and retail implementation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Michael V. di Salle
Dividends Hit Record Volume for Millions
New York reports show dividends declared by NYSE listed firms in the first quarter totaling near 1.2 billion dollars, a 15.5 percent rise from 1950. Industry variation exists as some firms cut payments while most boost earnings and preserve capital for expansion and defense needs.
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Associated Press
New York
Defense
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange Magasine
Reds launch massive Korean War assault near central front
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports 400000 Red troops driving into South Korea threatening central positions. Lt Gen Ridgway warns the attack may prove decisive as UN forces defend key centers and face heavy casualties in the heaviest push yet.
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Olen Clements
Tokyo
United Nations Front
South Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Korea
U.N
Ridgway
Witte
Seoul
U. NL
Yanggu
Inje
Road of Despair in Korea Struggles South Again
Weiler describes weary refugees in Korea marching south for the third time, carrying basics while hope drains away. Families, children in tattered clothes, and the wrecked countryside mark a path past ruined rice paddies, shattered tanks, and burned villages as the war's toll deepens.
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Jim Becker
Weiler
Korea
Draft-UNIT Changes Sought by Committee
A conference committee in Washington begins drafting a universal military training bill. Senate promoter Senator Russell and House sponsor Vinson expect quick reconciliation and a compromise within a week or ten days.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Rep
Vinson
Rebels Make Deal to Keep Labour Government In Power
London reports a deal between Attlee loyalists and rebellious Labour leftists to maintain the Labour government and block a general election. Bevan and Wilson led the revolt but agreed to party unity in the Commons in exchange for allowing abstention on a bill imposing charges for dentures and spectacles.
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London
Attlee
Labo
John Freeman
Minister of Supply
Labor
Aneurin Bevan
Board of Trade
Harold Wilson
Britain
Bevan
Wilson
House of Comm
House of Commons
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