New Hampshire Primary Shapes 1952 Presidential Race
Eisenhower won big in New Hampshire's GOP race and carried all 14 delegates while Kefauver upset Truman for a solid Democratic showing. Taft suffered a decisive defeat risking quicker nomination as contests move to Wisconsin and New Jersey. Kefauver's win may complicate Truman's support and future party unity.
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New Hampshire
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Fstes Kefauver
South
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
GOP
Sen
Kefauver
Truman
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Douglas A. MacArthur
Stassen
MacArthur
Gen. Eisenhower
Taft
Iowa
Michigan
New Jersey
Chicago
Europe
Congress
Sen. McMahon
D-Conn
Wisconsin
Harold Stassen
Earl Warren
California
Ohio
Tennessee
Russell
D-Ga
UN Patience Falters in Korea Truce Talks
UN envoys guard in the Munsan orchard as Ridgway visits Korea to push armistice progress. He lambastes Communist statements on bacteriological warfare while praises Russian arms as the war continues. Truce talks at Panmunjom stall on neutrality inspectors and prisoner repatriation.
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Joy
Ridgway
Toyko
Russia
Korea
U. S
Congress Moves On Truman Plan To Restructure IRS
Senate debate focused on President Truman’s plan to cut 64 IRS collectors and replace them with up to 25 Civil Service employees. The week also covered oil lease control proposals, Japanese Peace Treaty talks, and investigations into government cleanup boss Newbold Morris, tax prosecutions, and shipping ties to China and the Soviet Union.
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Truman
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue
Senate
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Anderson
D-Nm
Congress
Congressional
Newbold Morris
Capitol Hill
Red China
Justice Department
U. S
Morris
Woman testifies in Cleveland divorce case claims husband hid true life
In Cleveland Ohio a wife testified she was told by her husband he was an ordained minister but after the honeymoon he proved to be a numbers writer poker player heavy drinker and woman chaser. The husband did not contest the suit. In Belvidere Illinois a fire extinguisher salesman watched flames destroy his car after a trailer truck crash. Six new extinguishers were in the back seat.
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Cleveland
Belvidere
Bevan Rebels Threaten Labor Split in Britain
Rebels in the Labour Party led by Aneurin Bevan threaten a total break from Labour this week. A split could allow Conservatives an indefinite hold on power similar to Ramsay MacDonald’s 1931 division.
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EFT
Aneurin Bevan
Labor Party
Ramsay MacDonald
Attlee Bevan Feud Rocks British Labour Conference
At a Tuesday MPs conference 295 Labour members debated Bevan vows as Attlee moved to discipline Bevan and followers. The motion failed 172 to 62 but a milder order restoration passed with loopholes for Bevanites. The high court of the Labour movement later heard the dispute.
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Clement Attlee
Bevan
Labor
House of Commons
Attlee
Bevanites
British Socialist Movement
Labor Party
Batista Returns to Power in Cuba After Swift Revolt
General Fulgenico Batista ousted President Carlos Prio and suspended congress for 45 days in a 1 hour 17 minute coup. Batista, 51, resumes control promising elections as scheduled while boosting police and military pay and continuing public works.
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Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Cuba
Congress
Carlos Prio
Prio
Rail Labor Strike Threatens U.S. Rail Service
A marathon dispute sparked a 3,500 rail workers strike on the New York Central system west of Buffalo. The Army, governing railroads, ordered strikers to return to work or face action as rumors of wider walkouts spread.
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Bev
G. I
Washington
Marathon Railroad
New York Central
Buffalo
Army
Government injunctions ordered in railroad strike
In Cleveland on the third strike day the Government asked for an injunction against three rail unions in Federal court. Judge Emerich B Freed granted a temporary order to end the strike against the New York Central lines west of Buffalo and the St Louis Terminal Line. A hearing for a permanent injunction was set for March 19.
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Cleveland
Emerich B. Freed
New York Central
Buffalo
St. Louis
Calendar of events and observances across March
A rundown of key dates: March 17 St Patrick’s Day, March 18 Minnesota presidential primary, March 18 Willie Sutton on trial in New York for a 1950 Queens bank holdup, March 19 American Association of Anatomists meeting in Providence, March 20 Academy Awards in Hollywood and first day of spring, March 22 International Trade Fair in Chicago, Puerto Rico Emancipation Day marking 1873 abolition.
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Arnold Schuster
Willie Sutton
FBI
Brooklyn
Arnold
Minnesota
New York
Queens
American Association of Anatomists
Providence, R. I
Hollywood
Chicago
Puerto Rico
Quotes From Philadelphia and Havana Residents After Unusual Events
Joseph Staunton, a Philadelphia parking meter inspector, reports a .38 caliber bullet found in a meter housing and notes it is the first shot meter he has encountered. Thomas Carson arrives in Havana and says the revolution was less dramatic than expected and no one was harmed. Francis F. Smith, Philadelphia internal revenue collector, jokes about finally receiving a taxpayer’s shirt after years of rumors.
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Joseph Staunton
Philadelphia
Thomas Carson
Havana
Cuba
Francis F. Smith
Internal Revenue
Supreme Court ruling allows deportation of aliens tied to Communist party
In a 6 to 2 decision the U S Supreme Court holds that aliens may be deported if they were members of the Communist party at any time. The British government announces a new drastic import slash and a raised bank rate to 4 percent to curb inflation. French Premier Antoine Pinay wins approval in the National Assembly for a new center right cabinet. The United States and NATO allies impose strict limits on travel by Soviet officials in retaliation for Moscow restrictions on Western travelers.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Communist Party
Antoine Pinay
National Assembly
United States
North Atlantic
Moscow
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Joseph E. Casey
United Tanker Corp
Britain
Laborite
Germany
West Germany
Attlee-Bevan
Soviet Russia
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U.S
Wales
East Germany
Bonn
State Department
Sutton
Schuster
World Understanding
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Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
St. Patrick’s Day
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