Taft outlines MacArthur as potential US leader
Seattle February 13 (UP) Senator Taft pledged to oust the joint chiefs and use General MacArthur's experience if elected. Stassen praised MacArthur as essential in fighting world Communism. Taft touted MacArthur as our greatest soldier and urged a strong command to deter Red China, blaming Truman and Acheson for Korea stalemate.
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Chiefs of Staff
Seattle
Wash
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Taft
Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
GOP
Harold E. Stassen
Salt Lake City
Utah
Stassen
Korea
Truman
Allies Accept 60 Day Limit On POW Swap
MUNSAN Korea Feb 13 Allied negotiators accept a 60 day limit on exchanging prisoners and offer to compromise their demands for supervising a Korean truce. The Reds proposed the limit and the exchange starts after an armistice. UN Command holds 132000 prisoners and wanted 30 days more. Reds list 11559 in POW camps. Allies propose rotating 40000 troops a month plus leave and drop two hard demands. They meet halfway on ports of entry from eight to seven. Reds shifted from three to four. no word on a fifth item.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Will Put Ike On Pa. Ballot
Republicans plan a major bid for Eisenhower in Pennsylvania's presidential preference primary set for April 22 with a Monday filing deadline. The state votes for names, not delegates, and ranks second to New York in GOP convention strength. Taft and Stassen compete. Stassen weighs Pennsylvania entry.
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Washington
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
North Atlantic
California
New York
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Taft
Ike
Shall The Church State Wall Come Down
Analysis of the ongoing controversy over whether a U S ambassador to the Vatican should be sent. The piece questions the role of religion in government and the proper mix of church and state in American policy. The article invites readers to turn to page 9 for the third installment of the series.
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Vatican
Weatherman Sees Light Showers. Botkin Bets Umbrella
The Weatherman forecasts light showers today tonight and tomorrow. J H Botkin a noted local newspaper character remains confident saying he has stashed away an umbrella for a rainy day.
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J. H. Botkin
Botkin
Barometer Rise Noted at 12 30 P M Reading
The report shows a barometer at 28.99 rising and relative humidity at 12 30 P M measured at 33 percent, indicating atmospheric pressure and humidity levels observed at that time.
GOP Blasts HST On Lincoln Day
Republicans across the nation answered Lincoln Day with sharp attacks on the Truman administration. Presidential hopefuls Harold Stassen Taft and Earl Warren spoke in Denver Salt Lake City Seattle urging end to perceived misrule Wasteful spending and loss of American lives were denounced. Taft urged support for Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa as a shield against Communist expansion in Southeast Asia.
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GOP
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Sen
Tafts
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Taft
Seattle
Chiang Kai-chek
Formosa
Pacific
Southeast Asia
Spring And Enemy Hit Eastern Front
On the Korean front a spring thaw began as Communist infantry probed. About 200 Reds were seen in Mundung Valley with no attack. U N soldiers killed 96 and wounded 130 in the same area on Tuesday. US Fifth Air Force cut rail lines in 35 spots Wednesday morning and reported destroying locomotives and an anti aircraft position.
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Seoul
Korea
Mundung
U.N
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Sunchon South Bypass
Truman Decision Seen In 10 Days
Washington report on President Truman's re election plans. Benjamin Browdy of the Zionist Organization of America said Truman told him he would decide within 10 to 15 days about running again, while Abraham Feinberg and others offered differing accounts. White House aides clarified no official quote could be attributed. Sabath cited possible sacrifice for world peace with the presidency described as a killing job.
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Washington
Benjamin G. Browdy
The
Zionist Organization of America
Truman
White House
Abraham Feinberg
New York
Feinberg
Joseph Short
Brawdy
Short
Rep. Sabath
D-Ill
Sabath
Sen. Kilgore
Gazette
Flu Waning See Flue Waning
Three Charleston schools reported rising absences due to the influenza epidemic, keeping up to one third of Kanawha Valley students home for a week. Thirteen other schools with major absences showed declines, suggesting the epidemic has run its course at those sites.
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Kanawha Valley
Duke Returns For Funeral
The Duke of Windsor returned to England to join the national mourning for his brother King George VI as subjects gathered in tribute and officials prepared solemn rites across the country.
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London
Duke of Windsor
England
George VI
Farouk Sends Wreath For King George VI Funeral
The London funeral plan included an elaborate tribute from Egypt's King Farouk, among about 100000 floral tributes. The wreath features curled laurel leaves and white lilies and bears a silk ribbon inscribed King Farouk of Egypt and the Sudan. Egypt's parliament added the Sudan to Farouk's title last October as tensions with Britain over Sudan and Nile territories grew. Britain does not recognize Egyptian sovereignty over the Sudan.
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London
George VI
Egypt
Farouk
Britain
Sudan
Egept
Nile
Duke Returns From New York In Somber Westminster Hall Visit
In a restrained ceremony at Westminster Hall an increasing crowd pays tribute as the duke, arriving alone from Southampton after a New York departure, comments on the sad arrival. Secretary of State Dean Acheson also arrives by air from the United States.
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Westminster Hall
Southampton
New York
Dean Acheson
DUKE
Goose Holds No Grade After Abuse Brings $10 Fine
In Pittsburgh, city jail guards struggled to separate a 9 year old goose from its owner Ralph Hertzinger. Hertzinger was cited by Alderman Martin Norvell for disorderly conduct and fined $10 with a cruelty to animals charge deferred. The goose continued pecking at Hertzinger’s face during the incident.
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Pittsburgh
Ralph Hertzinger
Hertzinger
Martin Norvell
Hamster Diet Trial Halted After One Dies at S F Austin
In Port Arthur on February 13 the Junior Red Cross at Stephen F. Austin High School paused its nutrition study after the hamster assigned a good diet died. The hamster on a bad diet reportedly thrived, prompting suspension of the experiment.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Red Cross
Stephen F. Austin High School
M Hale May Not Seek Re-Election As Indiana Dem Chief
Indiana's long time Democratic national committeeman Frank M McHale 60 may not seek re election when his term ends in May Gov Henry F Schricker and Frank M McKinney are cited as possible successors McHale has not commented and faces renewed criticism over ties to Empire Ordnance Corp and influence peddling allegations
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M’ Hale
Hoosier Dem Boss
Indianapolis
Frank M. McHale
Indiana
Henry F. Schricker
McHale
Frank M. McKinney
Empire Ordnance Corp
Kilgore Sues Gazette for 1 Million Over Libel Story
U S Senator Harley Kilgore files a million-dollar libel suit in Kanawha circuit court against the Charleston Gazette and two editors over a publication alleging a deal to drop Kilgore from the race and endorse Andrew Edmiston. Kilgore and Mathew Neely cited as attorneys. publisher denies.
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U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
Charleston Gazette
Frank A. Knight
Harry Hoffmann
R. Glen Lilly
Lilly and Lilly Here
Sen. Kilgore
Kanawha
Lilly
The
Daily Mail Today
Gazette
Tad youth shot. 18 year old Robert Fleshman hurt
An 18 year old Tad youth identified as Robert Fleshman was admitted to Charleston General Hospital with shotgun wounds in the stomach, deemed extremely critical. The shooting occurred about 11 am in a Tad work house near his older brother Wallace’s residence. Fleshman, under indictment for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, declined to explain the wound to relatives or staff.
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Tad
Charleston General Hospital
Robert Fleshman
Wallace
Fidler and Frame Funeral Home
Fleshman
Kanawha County
Deal Denied By Edmiston
Senator Kilgore denies a published report that he would withdraw from the Democratic primary to back former Rep. Andrew Edmiston and seek a federal judgeship. Kilgore, in a Charleston Gazette exposé, calls the story a fantastic lie and says he remains in the senate race with no intent of withdrawal or appointment.
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Knight
Holtman
Sen
Kilgore
Andrew Edmiston
Weston
Truman
Harley M. Kilgore
United States Senate
Senate
Sen. Kilgore
Starting Newlyweds Off Right
Mrs Ida Payne of 136 Hinton Terrace rents a vacant first floor apartment after ad in Daily Mail on Monday. She reports four calls within an hour and a line of prospects in the hall as a young married couple of three days net the unit. Phone 6 0311 for hours 8 am to 9 pm.
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Ida Payne
Hinton Terrace
Mrs. Payne
Coal Smoke Promises Ethanol and Chemicals at Conference
Birmingham reports a two day symposium on underground coal gasification noting that smoke from burning coal can yield ethyl alcohol and other products such as perfumes gasoline medicines rubber and plastics. The conference emphasizes controlling smoke quality and production methods.
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Birmingham
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St. George’s Chapel
Windsor Castle
Valley
Charleston
Windsor
Acheson
Humane Society
Matthew M. Neely
Fairmont
Sen, Kilgore
Sen. Neely
Boyle
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Seewee
Walter Winchell
Edmiston
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