MacArthur blasts U.S. leadership as guiding to a communist state
General Douglas MacArthur warned before the Mississippi Legislature that the Truman administration is steering Americans toward a communist state at home and toward a war in Europe. He linked the policy to weakening constitutional liberty and equated it with militarization. He suggested the government is governed by a leadership of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
M’arthur
Jackson
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Mississippi
Truman
Far East
Taft
Robert A. Taft
Kremlin
GOP Experts On Sin Highlight Ninth District Nomination
Rep. Thomas B. Fugate keynoted the Ninth District Democratic nominating convention and praised his party while calling Republicans experts on sin. The race centers on Pat Jennings and M. M. Long as party factions clash over organization backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Morris Bristol
Thomas B. Pugate
Fugate
Congress
Pat Jennings
Smyth County
M. M. Long
St. Paul
Jennings
Long
Steel Industry Rejects WSB Wage Boost Proposal
The steel industry turned down Wage Stabilization Board wage boost recommendations and will negotiate separately with CIO company unions. It said a 17 1 2 cent per hour raise plus a union shop would raise prices by up to 12 dollars a ton. Federal official Roger L. Putnam and Mobilization Director Charles E. Wilson intervened in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO Company
Roger L. Putnam
Charles E. Wilson
Washington
Wilson
Virginia's May Draft Quota Set at 518
State Selective Service headquarters announced the May draft quota will be 518 men. The May call targets individuals aged 20 and over, according to officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Richmond
Selective Service
Ceylon Premier Genanayake Dies Reported in London
The British Commonwealth Relations Office announced that Ceylon's Prime Minister Don Stephen Genanayake has died, with the report noting the death occurred in London. The brief notice provides no further details on circumstances or funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Commonwealth Relations Office
Don Stephen Genanayake
Teglaz
Planes and bulldozers aid starving cattle in Nevada relief effort
Air Force cargo planes join Army bulldozers near Hamilton Field to deliver hay to 600000 cattle and sheep stranded by two months of snow in Northeastern Nevada. Planes rendezvous at Elko airport with ranch guides to target drop zones. Operation Haylift follows aerial surveys showing Breakthrough would be too late. President Truman declared the disaster area and released $100000 in relief funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Air Force
Nevada
Hamilton Field
Elko
Nev
A. S. Sixth Army
Newton Crumley
Elko County
Truman
Winchester Naval Reserve May Be Made Active Unit
The Winchester Naval Reserve unit may be turned into an active electronics unit and placed on pay. A meeting is planned Monday night at 7 30 in the Post Office Building basement with Commander B S Lashman USN visiting from Norfolk. If approved, rates will include electronics mate radio man radarman sonar man and quartermaster ranks plus officers. Cruises for members over the next three months include USS Roberts Nas sau New Orleans Portsmouth England USS Hemminger St Thomas Kingston Jamaica Halifax Nassau Port au Prince Haiti and Nassau Bahamas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Naval Reserve
Tony
Lashman
USN
Electronics Office
Norfolk Naval Base
Naval Reserve
Liberty
USS Roberts
Nassau
New Orleans
Portsmouth
England
Hemminger
St. Thomas
V. J
Kingston
Jamaica
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Pce
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Bahamas
Russians Bounced to Mexico From Havana Airport
Cuban authorities prevent two Russian diplomats from leaving their aircraft at Havana. Fedor Zarkov and Alex Fili tovz, said to be Soviet couriers, were sent back to Mexico City aboard a Mexican Airlines plane. The action signals toughness under Batista and directs attention to Moscow-Micco flows through Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Mexico
Fedor Zarkov
Alex Filitovz
Mexico City
Fulgencio Batista
Moscow
Latin America
Virtual Agreement Reached By Envoys On Ports of Entry
Envoys reached a virtual agreement on ports of entry with North Korea confirming five entry sites for troop movements. U N maps for neutral inspection were reviewed as talks progress on prisoner repatriation and military airfield bans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
U. N
U.N
U. N. Command
North Korea
Sinuiju
Manpojin
Yalu River
Manchuria
Chongjin
Hungnam
Sinanju
South Korea
Pusan
Kangnung
Kunsan
Inchon
Taegu
Korea
Soviet Russia
Pace Begins Shakeup of Army Engineers on African Bases
Secretary Pace fired up a broad reform of Army Engineers over the North Africa airbase project amid charges of fraud waste and inefficiency. He warned contractors to fix costs or risk suspensions and terminations while Senator Johnson pledged continued hearings and scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pace
Washington
North Africa
Army
Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson D-Tex
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Pentagon
Air Force
Ecommittee
Junior Sleuth Turns Out To Be Arsonist
An eight year old boy posing as a civic helper misled investigators after he helped police pursue two alleged arsonists at the Episcopal Church of the Advent. He later admitted starting an alley fire burning papers. The March 5 church blaze caused about $10,000 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Episcopal Church of the Advent
W’ Penile
Royal Dutch Airliner Crashes Near Frankfurt Suburb
Forty four people die when a Royal Dutch KLM DC-6 crashes two miles from Frankfurt Rhine Main. Four escape death, two badly hurt. Flight from Rome via Johannesburg carrying 38 passengers and 10 crew. Rescue workers pull survivors from the flaming wreckage as investigators search for the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
U. S. Air Force
Rome
Johannesburg
John Bickford
bin Rhine-Main
Willibald Hoffman
Konrad Beutel
Beutel
Wilibald
Rhine-Main
U.S. Air Force
Amsterdam
Taft Supporters Plan Nebraska Write In Campaign
Estes Kefauver tours Nebraska announcing a write in drive for Sen. Robert Taft. Omaha group plans a Taft write in campaign while Lincoln group educates voters on casting write in ballots. Eisenhower talk exists but no campaigns planned. Nebraska primary had two entries Stassen and Mrs Kenny MacArthur supporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Robert A Taft
Ohio
Nebraska
Taft
Lincoln
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Kenny
Douglas MacArthur
Auto License Business Slow This Season
Edwin Snider of the local license bureau said business was very slow with only about 1500 1952 tags sold and an estimated ten to eleven thousand still due. The office will stay open until 6 PM every Saturday through the April 15 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Snider
Snider
Election Code In Preparation Election Code In Preparation
Sen. Gillette says presidential candidates may observe a code of fair practices for this year’s campaign. He doubts congressional approval of changes to election laws this late. The staff is drafting the code addressing anonymous literature trick photographs and limits on campaign expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Gillette
D-Ia
Gillette
Senate Rules
New Gore Equipment Quells Brush Blaze
The Gore and Clearbrook fire teams battled a grass fire at Ernest DuPree's Route 3 property near Chambersville around 1 a m. The blaze was controlled in 30 minutes with no damage. A noon call said it spread uphill. firefighters could not reach the truck up the slope but extinguished the fire on arrival. Drivers and crew included Austin Johnson, Russell Johnson, Arlin Anderson, Melvin Secrist, Sylvester, Jimmy Biggert, and Fire Chief James Sawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore
Clearbrook
Ernest DuPree
Chambersville
DuPree
Gore Company
Austin Johnson
Russell Johnson
Arlin Anderson
Melvin Secrist
Sylvester
Jimmy Biggert
James Sawyer
Taft pledges to fire Acheson if elected in Wisconsin primary
Sen. Robert Taft addressed 2000 in Wausau pledging to dismiss Secretary of State Acheson and his assistants and to place the department under capable leadership. He urged a focus on American principles and criticized McCarthy's methods. Earl Warren spoke in Racine endorsing allied cooperation and anti-Communist access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acheson
Taft
Wausau
Uis
Robert Taft
Ohio
Wisconsin
State Department
Department
America
Republcan
Sen
McCarthy
Congressional Committee
GOP
Earl Warren
California
Racine
U. S
Warren
Milwaukee
State Supreme Court
Vernon Thompson
Harold Stassen
Warren Stassen
Berlin
Wis
Green Bay
Thompson
Fred Zimmerman
Stassen
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Nebraska
Wrangell Fire Destroys Half Town Business Section
A wind fueled blaze in Wrangell Alaska wiped out more than half the business district. Fire Chief William D Grant estimated losses near 1 million dollars. Eighty five people were homeless as flames started at a hardware store and spread to 20 frame buildings and a residence. A boiler explosion is suspected as the cause and one casualty was reported. A soldier was hospitalized after being struck by a timber from a dynamite blast. Two Coast Guard cutters were en route to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrangell
Alaska
William D. Grant
Coast Guard
Holly
Golden Glow
U S Jet Victory Climaxes Week In Air War
U S jet planes outnumbered 31 to 75 in a swift air battle over Northwest Korea as F 86 Sabres destroyed one MiG 15 and damaged two others. For the week ending Friday U N pilots claimed nine fighters destroyed probably three more and 26 damaged with four Fifth Air Force losses. Carrier planes and warships attacked both Korean coasts Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
U. S
Northwest
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Sinanju
U. N
Fifth Air Force
Professional Bad Check Man Passes 3 Forgeries Here
A man described by police as professional passed at least three counterfeit checks in Winchester last Saturday. He identified himself as Paul A Rogers from the United States Navy but the papers appeared forged. The forgeries totalled 53.40 at J J Newberry Leggett s Department Store and J C Penny. Police say the man has been operating in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Paul &. Rogers
United States Navy
J. J Newberry
Leggett’s Department
J. C. Penny Company
Paul A. Rogers
T. W. Morrisson
State Planters Bank and Trust Company
Richmond
North Carolina
Clashes Erupt in Trieste Over City’s Status
Police confront Italian demonstrators in Trieste as 12 hour general strike paralyzes the city. Students lead marches through patrols, overturning an Allied truck and chanting against U S and British authorities in the occupied zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trieste
Free Territory
Italy
Yugoslavia
Piazza Unita
United States
Taft and Eisenhower Lead In Early The Star Straw Vote
The Star’s popularity poll shows Senator Robert A. Taft and General Dwight Eisenhower neck and neck in the first ballots received. Fewer ballots prevent a trend from forming, with daily totals to be published from next week through March 31. Ballots arriving after 2 p.m. on closing day will not be counted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Robert A. Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
The
Storms leave Ark and six states in deadly flood wave
Weather Bureau warned of new tornadoes as peaking storms drenched Arkansas and surrounding states. Dozens died across Tennessee and Kentucky with Arkansas hardest hit at 148 fatalities. Rescue workers combed debris while Red Cross deployed disaster teams and blood supplies moved from Louisville to replenish needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Weather Bureau
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Virginia Inessee
Misouth
Mississippi
Arkansas
Itn
Missouri
Kentus
Ambunt Robinson
Red Cross
Little Rock
Louis
U. S. Weather Bureau
Here
Judsonia
Marvin Worittenden
Arkansas Welfare Department
Searcy
Dyersburg
Tenn
Tennessee State Patrol
Joe Williamson
Virginia Road Toll Rises as Four Die in Crashes
A 31 year old Ladysmith man Ernest Woodrow Throckmorton died instantly after being struck by a car north of Ladysmith. The toll for Virginia highway fatalities reached 176 with the deaths of Colleen Atwell and two other men yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Carolina County
Ernest Woodrow Throckmorton
Ladysmith
Newport News
Colleen Atwell
F. L. Atwell
Copeland Park
C. W. Logan
Junior A. Franklin
Talemadge Brodie
Houston Well
Fort Lee
Dinwiddie County
Martin Schecter
Virginia Beach
Norfolk
Moetoik
Also Mentioned on This Page
South
Steel Industry
WSB
Ceylon
Schewels
J. C. Bayliss
Fairview Ave
Reds
Junior Sleuth
Filmland
Hollywood
Pantages
Karl Malden
Greer Garson
Vivien Leigh
Humphrey Bogart
Grubbs
Lillian Solenberger
Herbert Solenberger
Leicester St
Friendship Fire Company
Miss Solenberger
Handley High High School
Vivace
Glee Club
Booster Club
Library Club
Presbyterian Church
Lee-Jackson Restaurant
U.S
Weather Bureau
Ark
Mississippi River
Scottville
Coil
Virgina
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!