Van Fleet's Son Missing In Korea Combat Flight
First Lieutenant James A. Van Fleet Jr., 26, son of Gen. James A. Van Fleet, is missing after a night combat mission over North Korea. He piloted a B 26 with two crew members. they failed to return east of Sonchon near the Yalu. Searches found no trace. weather and sea are possibilities. The general and family were notified. the missing pilot left a letter to his mother expressing resolve and duty.
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Segqul
James A. van Fleet Jr
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
North Korea
Ved Freet
Son-chon
Yalu River
Korea
van Fleet
London
Air Force
Insson
Frank F. Everest
Fifth Air Force
Suwon
van Fleet Jr
Long Beach
Calif
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Gen
Gen. Collins
Washington
Jim
van Fiedt
Langley Field
California
Weather drift across Southern California brings sun and clouds
Southern California reports low clouds and fog along the coast late tonight into Sunday morning with increasing high clouds by Sunday afternoon. Slightly cooler conditions expected for coastal and intermediate valleys on Sunday. Noon reading April 5, 1952 shows a high of 88 and a low of 50. The piece weaves in local color and quotes about April warmth and blooming roses.
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California
Jimmy Cube
James
Jimmy
Cecil Bruners
Fighters for MacArthur Fade Away In Illinois
In Rockford Illinois the local Fighters for MacArthur leader says he will not hold further rallies for General MacArthur. The reason given is poor attendance at the meeting slated for last night.
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MacArthur
Illinois
Rockford, N
Fighters-for-MacArthur
Late Developments In President Race
UNITED PRESS outlines 1952 presidential race items. Kefauver backs fair employment practices but cautions FEPC is not plain best across states. Stevenson disavows write in bid while running for Illinois governor. Harriman says no nomination bid but would regard it as an honor. Taft claims Republicans uniquely oppose Truman era policies. Lodge and Eisenhower talks focus on pre convention strategy. Stassen refuses to shift support to Eisenhower.
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Kefauver
Estes Kefauver
FEPC
Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illnois
Harriman
Mutual Security
W. Averell Harriman
New York
Republicanstaft
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Eisenhower
Henry Cabott Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
Dwight D Eisenhower
Paris
Stassen
Harold E. Stassen
Gen
Nationalist Guerrillas Strike Into China and Trap Red Troops
Chinese Nationalist guerrillas operating from northern Burma crossed into Yunnan March 24, luring Communist forces back across the border into Lukaw village where 37 Reds were killed and 22 wounded before survivors withdrew.
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Rangoon
Burma
China
Yunnan
Lukaw
Sabres Hand Reds in Second Worst War Licking
The Sth Air Force reported two U S Sabre jets shot down by MiG-15s in the week ending yesterday. The Sabres inflicted their second worst loss on Red fighters with 40 aircraft listed as destroyed or damaged. One Allied fighter bomber was shot down by ground fire. two B-26 bombers and one F4U maritime plane were lost to unknown causes.
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Seoul
Sth
U. N
Flood Disaster Threatens Montana Town Chinook Faces Major Disaster
A major disaster warning loomed for Chinook Montana as floodwaters battered a vital dike on Milk River and 2,500 residents rushed to reinforce it. Damages in the Milk River valley could top 2 million dollars with more than half in one county, while Gov Can non sought federal aid. statewide floods and tornadoes killed six in Louisiana and caused damage across Arkansas, Florida, and Missouri river valley states. Red Cross prepared for evacuees as Mandan and Marshall faced rising waters and ice jams threatened further floods.
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Montana
Chinook
Paul Cannon
Milk River
John W. Bonner
Washington
Havre
Mont
Oklahoma City
Okla
Alabama
Air Force
Georgia
Louisiana
New Orleans
Arnaudville
Florida
Panama City
Missouri River
Red Cross
Heart River
Mandan
N. C
Marshall
Minn
Costello Guilty Of Contempt Of U S Senate
New York gambling king Frank Costello was found guilty on all 10 counts of contempt of the U S Senate crime committee. The 61 year old faced up to 10 years in prison and a 10 000 dollar fine as jurors found him uncooperative during Kefauver hearings. Deliberations lasted six hours and a motion for mistrial was filed by his attorney.
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New York
Frank Costello
Miami
United States Senate
Costello
al Capone
Natty
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Crime Committee
William O'Dwyer
U. S
Mexico
New Cleanup Man Faces Roadblock in Corruption Drive
Federal Judge James P. McGranery, Truman's new attorney general, endorses a broader anti corruption campaign using the FBI to probe wrongdoers. A legal barrier blocks FBI action in the Treasury Department, limiting investigation of tax and internal revenue scandals under a year old law sought by Secretary Snyder.
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Washington
James P. McGranery
Truman
FBI
McGranery
Ewbold Morris
Internal Revenue Bureau
Secretary of Treasury
John W. Snyder
Treasury Department
Congress
Snyder
Treasury
White House
Justice Department
Surplus Deals Need Ventilating Say Mundt on Nathan Fees
Sen Karl Mundt says three surplus deals linked to Pittsburgh promoter Frank Nathan should be ventilated thoroughly. He questions why Nathan earned substantial commissions on transactions involving a Torrance aluminum plant, a Cotton Valley refinery, and Canonsburg metal processing gear from 1948 and 1949, with Nathan receiving 57000, 30000, and 5000 dollars respectively paid by buyers.
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Washington
Karl E. Mundt
Pittsburgh
Frank Nathan
South Dakota
Senate
Nathan
Francis D. Flanagan
War Assets Administration
Torrance
Cal
Cotton Valley
Canonsburg
Flanagan
Last Ditch Efforts Under Way To Head Off Strikes
Last-ditch negotiations ran today as strike deadlines neared. Western Union workers demanded a 50 cent raise affecting 40,000 employees, with scattered reports of a partial return to work in the south. The Bell System and Western Electric crews faced simultaneous walkouts across 43 states, threatening nationwide telegraph disruption. Federal Mediator J R Mandlebaum began private talks in New York to avert Western Union action, while the CWA pressed for an improved offer. Telegraph service remained sharply curtailed nationwide.
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Western Union
South
Western Electric
Bell System
Michigan
Ohio
California
New Jersey
Bell
CWA
J. R. Mandelebaum
New York
Mandlebaum
Washington
Wreckage sighted of C 47 missing with 15 aboard
In Mobile Alabama a C 47 and a C 124 collided near a populated area. Six bodies were found in the swamped wreckage and nine crew members aboard the C 47 are missing. The C 124 was en route from Brookley Air Force Base on a routine test flight. Witnesses heard a sharp explosion and saw a bright flame as the transports collided near rail yards.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile, Gulf & Ohio
Brookley Air Force Base
Carlson Reveals Eisenhower Stand in New Jersey Letter
Camden N J senator Frank Carlson Ryan, a top Eisenhower for President supporter, said Ike expressed in a letter to an unnamed friend that the American people desire an administration marked by justice, fair play and consideration for all citizens. The friend remains unnamed.
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Carlson
Eisenhower
Camden
N. J
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frank Carlson Ryan
Taft Stassen Speak In Illinois Campaign Tour
Taft and Stassen criss cross Illinois coalfields seeking support for the GOP presidential primary. Both candidates planned speeches in Carbondale and West St Louis with Stassen delivering a major address tonight while Taft gave a key Illinois talk yesterday. Governor Lodge of Connecticut campaigned in Champaign for Eisenhower.
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Carbondale
Ill
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Illinois
Stassen
West St. Louis
Taft
John Lodge
Connecticut
Champaign
State University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bright New Weapon Tested by Air Force
The Air Force announced a successful test of a bright new weapon for illumination of battle grounds. It produced a glow so bright that personnel could photograph each other from the airstrip and a hunter killer F-51 could dip low and strafe field installations during Exercise Longhorn at North Fort 116OD Texta-
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North Fort
Texta
Air Force
Illicit drug flow into California persists, narcotics chief says
A top narcotics agent reports ongoing influx of illegal drugs from Mexico and the Orient into California despite intensified federal suppression efforts. He cites persistent smuggling routes and organized networks as authorities widen seizures and tighten controls.
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Los Angeles
California
Mexico
Orient
Forces Compete For 62 Delegates In GOP Tug Of War
Eisenhower and Taft forces battle for 62 Republican convention delegates across Michigan Idaho Kansas and Iowa with state conventions selecting delegates and the Iowa result described as a smashing victory for Eisenhower while Taft leaders claim trends. Delegations remain officially uncommitted ahead of the national convention in Topeka.
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Raymond Lahr
Wasitington
Taft
Eisenhower
John Feikens
Michigan
Detroit
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Ohio
Kansas
Topeka
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Iowa
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Tennessee
Great Bend
Hopes Raised For Early Cease-Fire In Korea
Secret high level talks at Allied truce camp at Munsan raise hope for an armistice. General Ridgway presided over U N generals and admirals while General Nam led the Communist delegation in Pyongyang and Peiping discussions. Recessed prisoner of war talks to review voluntary repatriation issue with high authorities.
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Panmunjom Ip
Allied Trace
Ron iCurtain
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Preme
United Nations
U.N
Munsan
Gen. Nam
Pyongyang
Peiping
Russia
Five Killed in New York Cargo Plane Crash
A two engine U S Air Lines cargo plane crashed into a Jamaica Queens residential row near Hillside Avenue on 169th Street, killing at least five and injuring around 20. The crash, amid near zero visibility, smashed houses, sparked a gasoline fire, and claimed the lives of pilot William Crockett, co-pilot John Weederhoff, and Deputy Police Inspector Thomas Boylan, among others.
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New York
New York City
U.S. Air Lines
Idlewild
169Th Street
Hillside Ave
Jamaica
Queensborough
Times Square
Elizabeth
N. J
William B. Crockett
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
John Weederhoff
Thomas Boylan
22Nd Police Division
Walter Shea
Shea
Crockett
Intewild
Nat Kresel
Kresel
168Th Street
Sabh Avenue
88Th Avenue
Hoffman Named Pasadena Outstanding Citizen
Pasadena Ford Foundation President Paul G. Hoffman was named Pasadena's outstanding citizen at the Chamber of Commerce banquet where he received the Arthur Noble Medal last night.
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Pasadena
Ford Foundation
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Arthur Noble
Chamber of Commerce
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United Press
U.S. Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
Morris
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
NEA Telephoto
Ilinois
N.Y
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