Enlistments Extended For Nine Months
Washington reports Defense Department extends enlistments for all armed forces up to nine months beyond normal expiration dates. Affects those whose terms would end July 1, 1952 to June 30, 1953. Estimated impact about 136,000 across Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps. Draftees not affected.
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Washington
Defense Department
Department
Air Force
Marine Corps
Navy
Tzures
Truman
Weather drift and humorous notes from Redlands
Weather summary for Southern California with partly cloudy conditions and lingering interior cloudiness, cooler and windy in mountains, mostly sunny Sunday, slightly warmer coast. April 19, 1952 highs 58 lows 51 with 17 precip. anecdote about last week’s warm spell and upcoming daylight saving time. light humor about Redlands and a county sheriff joke.
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Califrnia
Jimmy Cub
James
Jimmy
Redlands
Planes Grounded After 29 Die In Ill Fated Crash
Los Angeles report says North Continent Airlines suspended for 30 days after a C 46 cargo passenger transport crashed into a hillside near Puente killing 29, including servicemen. Captain Louis Powell reported static trouble before the instrument landing, with wreckage scattered over a 150 foot area and many victims burned beyond recognition.
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Los Angeles
Here
North Continent Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Los Angeles International Airport
Puente
Louis Powell
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Amare
Tex
Phoenix
Ariz
Powell
la Habra
Eounty
Passenger List From Airliner Crash Near Los Angeles
AP report lists passengers and crew aboard the North Continental Airlines flight that crashed near Los Angeles yesterday. Names include Captain Lewis Powell, 45, La Crescenta. Co-pilot Charles King Waldron, 37, Los Angeles. stewardess Toni Bradford, 20, Burbank. extra crew Harriet Parmele and Robert Alexander amid many others from New York, Jamaica Plain, Philadelphia, San Jose and beyond.
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Los Angeles
North Continent Airlines
Lewis Powell
la Crescenta
Charles King Waldron
Toni Bradford
Burbank
Harriet Parmele
Whittier
Robert Alexander
A. Trarra
Los Angeles. Pvt S Herazkovietsch
New York City
Flushing
H Walg
J Lange
Great Neck
N. M
H_ Littener
Paceheard
N_Y
Barnes
Brooklyn
Donald Watters
Carneys Point
Noo& Pfc
John Knuff
Brigantine
G Hebley
Philadelphia
A Corbo
Perrion
Pie M Capper
John Stoner
Rosemead
Calif
William di Domeicis
Del
Telegraph Strike Fails to End as Negotiations Break
Washington reports 17 day tele graph strike continues after AFL Commercial Te legraphers union rejects Western Union offer for an 80 day return to work. The company proposal sought to restore old pay rates to enable calm bargaining, and no further talks were held.
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Washington
Western Union
AFL
Upton
Reds writing chain letters in Philippines urge prayers
In Manila, communists introduce a propaganda method by circulating chain letters that urge recipients to pray to God to stop American Imperialists from starting a third world war or dropping atomic bombs. The letters threaten that not forwarding the message to ten others would violate God’s will.
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Manila
Philippines
NATO Powers Faced With Successor Choice Debate
Reliable sources report the United States offered NATO allies a double nomination for supreme Allied commander Europe, naming Gen. Matthew Ridgway or Gen. Alfred Gruenther. The move aims to involve allies, delay a single pick, and possibly boost Gruenther’s chances amid Korea politics. Eisenhower resigns to seek the Republican nomination, with formal talks to begin at the Paris Atlantic Council meeting on April 28.
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Eisenhower
U.S
NATO
Truman
Gruenther
Pentagon
Ridgway
United Nations
Korea
Troops to Watch Real Atomic Blast Near Yucca Flat
In Las Vegas Nevada troops who trained in Operation Longhorn will view a real atomic blast at Yucca Flat next Tuesday between 9 am and noon weather permitting. About 1 000 of 1 500 soldiers in foxholes near the blast will witness firsthand the power of atomic artillery while media from Los Angeles and other cities relay the event via microwave to seven TV stations.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Texas
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Los Angeles
Yucca Flat Proving Ground
There
Sawyer May Grant Steel Pay Increase
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer weighs a 26 cent hourly raise for CIO United Steelworkers as urged by the Wage Stabilization Board. He plans to decide Tuesday and may order the hike if no settlement is reached, with industry warning of court challenges. Negotiations continue as Murray and nine steel company presidents pressed for a final joint meeting to avert government intervention.
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Washington
Charles Sawyer
CIO
United Steelworkers
Wage Stabilization Board
Ins
Sawyer
Philip Murray
Justice Department
Truman
Union and Company
Murray
Judge frees five newsmen in press freedom case
Lake Charles Louisiana judge ruled criticism of public officials is press right and found no malice in acquitting five Lake Charles American Press staffers charged with defaming 16 parish officials and three gamblers in connection with vice probe. Indictments against William H Shearman Thomas B Shearman Keneth Dixon James W Norton and Carter George were dismissed.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
J. Bernard Cocke
William H
Thomas B. Shearman
Calcasieu Parish
People's Action
Cocke
Louisiana Supreme Court
Griffin T. Hawkins
Melvin H. Wetherill
Henry A. (Ham) Reid
E. J. Miller
Sam Smith
Claude Willams
Wholesale Prices Dip Slightly in Week End Report
Washington reports a slight 0.1 percent drop in average wholesale prices for the week ending Tuesday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes farm products led the decline with the index at 115 percent of the 1947-49 average, three percent below January 1951 levels when prices were frozen.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kurusu Says God America Only Hope For World
Tokyo reports Saburo Kurusu, discussing peace in Washington as Japan nears independence on April 28, says God and America are the only hopes of the free world. He cites overpopulation and communism as Japan's two major problems and asserts aligning with the United States could avert worry, noting America's grave responsibility and global efforts.
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Tokyo
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Ami
America
Japan
United States
Telephone Strike Ends and Pay Deal Reached
Western Electric and District 10 of the Communications Workers of America reach a wage increase for installation workers 31.1 cents an hour with 14 cents wage and 17 cents to fringe benefits. District 11 talks with mediators continue as strike winds down with picket lines set to come down later today.
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Western Electric
District 10
Communications Workers of America
CIO
District 11
CWA
Joseph A. Beirne
Washington
New York
California
York
A. T. Jones
Jones
Lunts Robbed Of Jewelry Furs In London Heist
American actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne reported a theft in London worth thousands. Their suitcases were rifled and a trunk of clothes and furs vanished after returning from five days in the country. The incident followed burglaries of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peggy Cummins in the prior days.
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London
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Peggy Cummins
Mayfair
Lunt
Miss Fontanne
Britain
Minesweeper In Gun Duel With Shore Batteries
The fast mine sweeper USS Endicott withdrew unharmed after a duel with Communist shore guns at Songjin on Korea's east coast. Navy said the ship was undamaged though lit more than twenty times by gunfire. Captain Barnard reported returning fire after heavy salvos amid limited ground activity and no renewed air attacks.
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Endicott
Songjin
Navy
I. W. Barnard
Pyongyang
North Korea
Juliana Ends California Stop on U S Good Will Tour
Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard wrap up a three week U S good will journey with a two day Los Angeles visit after a San Francisco farewell. The royal party flies to Detroit then Ottawa continuing wartime ties and global leadership discussions.
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Netherlands
Prince Bernhard
San Francisco
Elmer Robinson
International Airport
Los Angeles
United States
Bernhard
California
U.S
West Coast
Hollywood
Doris Tay
Detroit
Ottawa
New China Red Racket Revealed
Hong Kong dispatch reports a new Chinese Communist extortion racket raising nearly 16 million dollars for Peiping. The pressure targets industrialists and businessmen with connections to the mainland, employing a method similar to last year against overseas Chinese.
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Hongkong
Peiping
United Press
Japan and West Germany to resume relations
Tokyo announces both nations will restore diplomatic ties simultaneously as the Japanese peace treaty takes effect on April 28. The foreign office stated the move marks a formal reopening of official channels between Japan and West Germany.
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Japan
West Germany
Fokyo
Foreign Office
Jersey Mayor and Gangster Held Secret Waterfront Talks
New York district attorney disclosed a clandestine meeting on March 14 between Jersey City Mayor John Kenney and gangster Anthony Strolle alias Tony Bender, arranged by film star Phil Regan. The affidavit links underworld figures to waterfront labor peace talks amid a Jersey City dock strike and gun violence in Greenwich Village.
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New York
John ¥. Kenney
Jersey City
Frank& Hogan
Hogan
Anthony Strolle
Tony Bender
Phil Regan
New York State Crime Commission
Kenney
New York County Grand Jury
Thomas Plunkett
Greenwich Village
Regah
Kenny Bender
Manhattan
Keney
Bender
Cincinnati
Frank Costello
Joe Adonis
Albert Anastasia
Abner
Longie) Zwillman
Willie Moretti
Kenny
Linden Avenue Army Pier
Dominic Strolo
Stroilo
Engineers Winning Omaha Battle
Engineers in Omaha fought to plug a new sewer break fed by the Missouri River. They dumped sand, dirt, and beams into the 120 foot crater, slowing flow from 2,506 to 1,200 cubic feet per second by 7:30 a.m. The river stood 29.50 feet and was falling slightly as thousands evacuated NW Missouri and NE Kansas.
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Neb
Missouri
Kansas
Rule
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Stanley J. Dale
Forrest Smith
Atchison
Kan
Leavenworth
Sherman Air Field
Fortescue
Elwood
Wathena
Council Bluffs
Transport To Arrive Monday With Army Recruits and Guards
The transport Gen. M. C. Meigs is due Monday bringing 3,246 Army combat men home on rotation and 1,306 airmen to San Francisco. Among the personnel are 25 National Guardsmen from Southern California's 40th Division.
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San Francisco
M. C. Meigs
Japan
Caliornia
Cripple and One Armed Man Escape Cheatham County Jail
In Ashland City Tennessee a cripple on crutches and a one armed man escaped Cheatham County Jail. Sheriff Bruce Bradley said the pair pried open cell doors dropped to the jail basement through a trapdoor and forced open an outer door to freedom.
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Ashland City
Tenn
Cheatham County
Bruce Bradley
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