Connally Sees End Of Help For China
A long dispatch details Sen. Connally asserting limited options to halt the Communist advance in China. He discusses aid limits, the North Atlantic treaty, and potential large scale military action, with Acheson opposing further China aid and various senators weighing responses. The report also covers Chinese armies near the Yangtze and looming Civil War developments.
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Washington
Sen
Connally
Sen. George
D-Ga
China
Sen. McCarran
D-New
U.S
Acheson
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
State Department
Bridges
Sen. Knowland
Calif
Truman
Yangtze
Nanking
Defia
Senate Debates Public Housing Bill Reopens at Noon
Senate resumes debate on public housing at noon while foreign relations, labor wage hearings, postal rates talks, and social security legislation advance in committees. The chamber is in recess until April 25.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Post Office Subcommittee
Ways and Means Committee
Fliers Given $5,000 Check For Children’s Health Costs
Dick Riedel and Bill Barris received a $5,000 check from MacMillan Petroleum to aid their families after breaking the endurance flight record of 726 hours. Their wives accepted the gift on Monday in Fullerton California, aiding Dick Jr. arthritis Pattie Barris asthma and Steve eye operation needs as the men had flown the Sunkist Lady from Fullerton Airport starting March 15 with a $3,500 chamber of commerce guarantee.
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Fullerton
Calif
Dick Riedel
Bill Barris
MacMillan Petroleum Co
Betty Barris
June Riedel
Easter Sunrise Service Over North Pole Claimed by B-29 Crew
FAIRBANKS Alaska Apr 19 The first Easter sunrise service over the north pole was claimed by crewmen of a B 29 from the 375th reconnaissance squadron The Eielson air force base public information office said the Super fortress crew cropped a palm at the top of the world Sunday while circling the pole on a routine weather mission The palm was provided by the Rev Edmund Anable of the Fairbanks Catholic church
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Fairbanks
Alaska
North Pole
Eielson Air Force Base
Edmund Anable
Fairybanks Catholic Church
Defrocked Priest In Dispute Over College Firings
Archdiocese of Boston stripped Rev. Leonard Feeney of all priestly faculties for grave offenses and warned Catholics against St Benedict's Center Cambridge. Feeney had supported three Boston college instructors who protested firings as heresy.
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Boston
Boston College
Richard J. Cushing
Leonard Feeney
S.J
Father Feeney
St. Benedict’s Center
Cambridge
Feeney
Catholic Information Center
Harvard
America
Housing Fees Strike At Bill
Washington news reports the administration housing bill facing amendments and possible vote later in the week. Senator Flan ders supported approval with limited changes while Bricker and Cain proposed a fair housing rental ban based on race creed or color.
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Washington
Sen
Flanders
R-Vi
Sens
Bricker
Ohio
Cain
Wash
Bricker-Cain
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Sen. George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Douglas Eye Improves After Treatment in London
Doctors say U S Ambassador Lewis W Douglas shows further slight improvement in left eye after injury from a trout fly on April 4 in southern England. Surgeons Maurice Whiting and Sir Stewart Duke-Elder reported the morning examination to confirm the steady progress.
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London
U. S
Lewis W. Douglas
Douglas
England
Southampton Free Eye Hospital
Maurice Whiting
Sir Stewart Duke-Elder
Ban On Paris Parley Proposed By Senator Mundt
Senator Mundt proposes barring U S citizens from attending the Paris World Peace Congress. The House committee branded the Paris meeting a Communist arranged event intended to rally intellectuals including atomic scientists behind civil disobedience.
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Washington
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
U. S
World Peace Congress
Paris
House un-American Activities Committee
Mundt
House
Senate
State Department
Department
Frederick Joliot-Curie
Charles Chaplin
O. John Rogge
Rockwell Kent
Louis Untermeyer
Howard Fast
Johannes Steel
Artie Shaw
J. X. Cohen
House Committee
National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
New York
In Eloy Inquest Schedules Over Fatal Pedestrian Crash
An inquest set for Eloy investigates the death of Clyde A. Mayhew 33 of Eloy after being struck Sunday night on highway 84 by Lee Breland of Tucson. Mayhew staggered into the car’s path and was carried over 200 feet before dying from head and internal injuries. Breland faced no charges.
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Eloy
Lee Breland
Tucson
Highway 84
Clyde A. Mayhew
Mayhew
Breland
Street Renaming Would Change All House Numbers
Tucson residents faced a sweeping plan to rename streets and renumber homes. N L Pritchard accused the mayor's committee of secrecy while detailing a proposal to establish a numbering center at Speedway and First Avenue with First Avenue becoming Pioneer Boulevard.
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Bob Campbell
N. L. Pritchard
Tucson
Pritchard
H. A. Arnold
George W. Chambers
William S. Dunipace
Speedway
First Avenue
Pioneer Boulevard
Council
Baseball results show mixed scores across leagues
A scrambled OCR summary reports several baseball game lines with scorers and pitching changes. Teams include Pittsburgh and St. Louis with varied inning totals and reliefs like Raffensberger and Mueller. The text lists multiple pitchers and catchers amid uneven formatting.
Counterfeit $10 and $20 Bills Passed Warns Secret Service
PHOENIX April 19 United States secret service agent George W. Walker said a series of counterfeit ten and twenty dollar bills have been passed in Tucson and Phoenix. He urged careful examination of such currency and immediate notification of law enforcement or banks if fakes are detected.
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Phoenix
George W. Walker
United States Secret Service
Tucson
Rabbi Stephen Wise Dies at 75 in New York
Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise, 75, renowned Jewish leader, died Tuesday in New York. Born March 17, 1874 in Budapest, he led Temple Beth Israel in Portland and founded the Free Synagogue in 1907 with backing from Morgenthau, Lewisohn, Straus, Seligman, and others. His children include James Waterman Wise and Justine Wise Polier.
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New York
U.P
Stephen S. Wise
Stephen Samuel Wise
Budapest
Hungary
Aaron
Sabine de Fischer Wise
United States
Temple Rodeph Sholom
New York City
Wise
College of the City of New York
Columbia. University
Henry S. Jacobs
Madison Avenue
Louise Waterman
James Waterman Wise
Justine Wise Polier
Court of Domestic Relations
Portland
Ore
Temple Beth Israel
Rabbi Wise
Free Synagogue
Henry Morgenthau
Adolph Lewisohn
Oscar Straus
Isaac M. Seligman
Ousted UW Professor May Appeal Jail And Fine
Ralph Gundlach, a dismissed University of Washington professor, has three days to post bond for appealing a 30 day jail term and a 250 dollar fine. The penalties follow his contempt conviction for refusing to disclose to the state legislature's un American activities committee whether he was or had ever been a member of the Communist party.
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Seattle
Ralph Gundlach
University of Washington
Pdést
William Wilkins
Gundlach
Legislative un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Speedway Widening Gets County Backing and Arbitration Plan
County supervisors sign a $1,000,000 funding agreement for the East Speedway widening from Country Club road to Wilmot road as postwar improvements proceed. Bruce Ellis reports the county share around $100,000 with $347,586 spent this year from the postwar fund. Arbitration is urged to settle damages for affected property owners. Also approved are two beer and wine licenses for local markets.
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Board of Supervisors
United States
East Speedway
Country Club Road
Wilmot Road
Bruce Ellis
J. Homer Boyd
James M. Howsare
William G. Hall
Superior Court
David Woon
Farmer's Market
John H. Hardy
el Rancho Market
E. Speedway
Ellis
Speedway
Wife Of Soldier Is Batter ed To Death
Fayetteville N C April 19 Police sought a slayer who left the nude battered body of a soldier s wife in a pine thicket near a lovers lane The body of Mrs Martha Kennedy Hicks 41 was found Monday after she had been missing since April 9 The partly decomposed body lay face down and the hands were tied behind her back with a brassiere Her underclothing had been used to bind her feet and to gag her.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Martha Kennedy Hicks
Allies Refuse Initial Offer on Berlin Blockade
Western Big Three rebuffed Soviet hints to end the Berlin blockade while leaving room for talks. Moscow proposed dropping plans for a west German government in exchange for lifting the blockade, but the allies insisted on a western state and said talks may continue with a four power approach.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
Jacob Malik
United Nations Security Council
Malik
Russia
Washington
Dean Acheson
United States
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Robert Lchuisters
Forest Fires Raze Arkansas Regions Sparked by Manmade Causes
North Arkansas endures its worst forest fire wave in 25 years with 64 fires statewide and 13 suspected arson cases. State Forester Fred Lang says over half are incendiary, many from spring underbrush burning by farmers. Hope for rain to end damage of hundreds of thousands as volunteers fight blazes near Missouri border.
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Iattle Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Fred Lang
Missouri
Lang
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