Week's Action Is Test For Brannan Plan
Washington June 3 A farm belt test of the Brannan plan in Iowa and James Roosevelt first bid for political office in California headline a week of cross country primaries. Nine U S senate seats and numerous governorships and house seats will be decided or chosen in upcoming contests with cross filing possibly shaping November votes. The Iowa six man Democratic race centers on Loveland Wearin and Kraschel with Brannan plan support behind Loveland. Republican Hickenlooper faces Wis dom and Thompson. In California James Roosevelt and Gov Earl Warren lead the gubernatorial fight with Helen Douglas Nixon potential senate nominees in a crowded field. South Dakota and New Mexico provide competitive GOP and Democratic contests respectively.
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Washington
Iowa
James Roosevelt
California
U. S. Senate
U. S. House
South Dakota
New Mexico
Arkansas
Albert J. Loveland
Otha D. Wearin
Hastings Farmer
Nelson G. Kraschel
Loveland
Charles F. Brann
Wearin
Kraschel
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Atomic Energy Commission
Earl F. Wisdom
Des Moines
Iowa Rural Electric Cooperation Association
Harry Thompson
Muscatine
Earl Warren
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Richard M. Nixon
U. S
Gov. Warren
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Warren
Chan Gurney
Francis Case
David Chavez, Jr
Puerto Rico
John E. Miles
Ingram Pickett
Lake J
Roswell
Henry Eager
Tucumcari
Norman Thomas Loses Power at Socialist Convention
Norman Thomas lost leadership of the Socialist party as the 27th national convention rejected his plan to stay out of the 1952 presidential race. About 150 delegates voted nearly two to one against his program focusing on local elections and education, signaling Darlington Hoopes as likely presidential nominee. Thomas had pledged not to run again and urged broader infiltration of other groups to advance Socialist goals.
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Detroit
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Thomas
Darlington Hoopes
Socialist National
Reading
Mauna Loa Eruption Thunders Into 3rd Day
Honolulu reports Mauna Loa erupting into its third day with lava flows reaching the sea. Coast Guard rescues amid destroyed hamlets on Kona coast while communication lines fail and hundreds of residents face displacement. Geologists describe the eruption as the most violent in recorded lava output for the first 12 hours.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Hawaii
Coast Guard
Island of
Kona
Upper
Hookena
Ray H. Finch
Kilauea
Finch
G. A. MacDonald
Hawaii Volcano Observatory
37 Injured In Bus Auto Wreck
A Greyhound bus and an automobile collided on U S Route 42 near Mason Ohio injuring 37 people. Driver Paul Briel 60 and passenger Mrs Josselyn Farmer were hospitalized in Cincinnati. Bus driver William Davis 30 Ludlow Falls and 34 passengers treated for cuts bruises and shock. Ambulances from five towns aided the injured.
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Lebanon
Greyhound
Mason
Paul Briel
Cincinnati
Josselyn Farmer
General
Jewish Hospital
William Davis
Ludlow Falls O
Worker Survives Fall Into Sulphuric Acid Tank
Newton Iowa June 3 A 21 year old Maytag Washing Machine employee Melvin Dainty fell into a 3000 gallon tank of six percent sulphuric acid in the painting department. He kept his head above water until a fellow worker pulled him out and he is reported to be recovering from severe burns. The accident followed a catwalk failure.
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Newton
Maytag
Melvin Dainty
Dainty
Mighty Mo Sits Tight In Low Water Area
Annapolis Md June 3 The Mighty Mo stayed anchored three miles offshore as Task Force 86 steamed away in low water to catch high tide. The battleship had a minor grounding once while 10 destroyers moved out in single file down Chesapeake Bay signaling farewell to their flagship.
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Annapolis
Missouri
Chesapeake Bay
Galveston
Tex
Texas
Unmarried Widows Of Vets May Get GI Loans
The Veterans Administration ruled that widows of World War II veterans who have not remarried are eligible for GI loans. The VA expects about 75 000 widows to qualify, enabling them to participate in loan guarantees for homes farms or businesses.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Hugh Ike Shott Reported Improved After Stroke
Editor Hugh Ike Shott of the Daily Telegraph, aged 83, was reported improved last night at his home Lake Place on Band Road. He has been in serious condition since suffering a stroke on May 26.
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Hugh Ike Shott
The
Daily Telegraph
Lake Place
Band Road
Shott
HST Warns Truman Veto Looms Over Excise Tax Cuts
Washington reports a Ways and Means member says President Truman will veto any excise tax cuts that reduce federal revenue. The committee votes to stand firm on cuts totaling about 1.075 billion annually, exceeding Truman’s suggested 655 million limit, with revenue losses projected at 760 million yearly.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Committee
Congress
United States Builds Mighty Voice of America Station in Tangier
Norfolk dispatch reports the U S Navy and State Department plan a major VOA site in Tangier North Africa. Construction began mid July 1949 with completion hoped by October 1 1959. The setup includes four 100000 watt transmitters and two 50000 watt transmitters in separate transmitter and receiver plants.
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Norfolk
Voice of America
Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks
Tangier
North Africa
State Department
International Zone
Jap Commies Face Another Big Defeat
Japan's Communists suffered a further setback in national elections as Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's Liberal Party expected to gain. Police restricted outdoor protests. a Tokyo rally drew about 5,000, far below the planned 30,000, amid strong pro-American sentiment and focus on bases and a peace treaty.
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Tokyo
Japan
U. S
Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal Party
Yoshida
Russia
Red Cross
MacArthur
China
Ex-serviceman goes berserk at airways office killing two
In Port of Spain Trinidad on June 3 an ex serviceman Gualimente Franco 44 killed Frank Day who was deputy British trade commissioner and Miss Marie Stevenson 26 secretary to personnel officer and wounded three others before dying of a chest gunshot. Randolph Mauge Evening News reporter and former policeman confronted him on stairs and he later died.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
British West Indies Airways
Gualimente Franco
South Caribbean Regiment
Franco
Frank Day
Marie Stevenson
Randolph Mauge
Evening News
Mauge
Youth Loses $10,000 At Reno Tables
Dale Brix, 22, testified in San Diego court that two Reno gambling trips cost him about $10,000, leaving him dependent on $34.25 a week from take-home earnings. He previously lost between $500 and $1,000 in Las Vegas. He works for a newspaper.
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San Diego
Calif
Reno
Dale Brix
Las Vegas
New
Brix
Old Maid's Day Observed By Pennsy Factory Women
In Norristown Pennsylvania Marion Richards and 27 other unmarried women celebrate the first Saturday of the month as Old Maid's Day. The observance follows the Pennsy factory tradition and draws attention to single women in the community.
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Pennsy Factory
Norristown
Marion Richards
Old Maid's Day Idea Becomes World Wide Mail Parade
Miss Richards of a Galveston shirt factory sparked an unofficial Old Maid's Day on the first Saturday in June. Letters from the U S and abroad poured in, with proposals and curious support. locals plan a Norristown dinner tonight inviting married guests and a lone male toastmaster to oversee the talk.
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England
Germany
New Zealand
Canada
Australia
Miss Richards
Norristown
Arthur Lazell
Thirteen Mile Walk Helps Woman Vote in Second Election
Ahn Won Yu, 32, a farmer’s wife, gave birth to a son in a Chechon voting booth during Tuesday’s second election. She walked six miles to reach the polling place and named the boy Ee Sun, meaning second election.
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Seoul
Ahn Won Yu
Chechon
South Korea
Ee Sun
Dream of Washington Freedom Fair Ends in Nightmare
Washington's 20 million dollar Freedom Fair project for the city’s 150th birthday collapses amid financial and legal disputes. The sesquicentennial commission, chaired by President Truman, votes to drop the plan as Congress balks and lawyers dispute who can run or build. One million dollars set for pageants while the rest is reserved.
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Arthur Edson
Washington
National Conitail Sesquicentennial Commission
Truman
City of Washington
Placid Potomac
Chicago
Sesquicentennia
Jerome B. McKee
Perjury Charges Made At Lebanon
Three men William L. Harris Daniel Hartsock and Roy Hartsock were arrested in Lebanon Virginia on perjury charges for giving false testimony in the Vanderbilt pool case. Prosecutor Raymond Boyd said the men claimed to witness the October 20 shooting of Raymond Greer but evidence shows they were not present. A special grand jury indicted them for perjury.
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Lebanon
William H. Vanderpool
Russell County
Commonwealth
Raymond Boyd
William L. Harris
Gate City
Scott County
Daniel Hartsock
Nickelsville
Roy Hartsock
State Highway Department
Hickelsville
Boyd
Harrise
Hartsocks
Raymond Greer
Vanderpool
Greer
Ezra Carter
Physically Handicapped Meet At Convention
In San Diego at the 14th annual Indoor Sports Club convention delegates including blind and limb disabled participants gathered. Wheelchair dancing and wheelchair hockey were featured as part of the program led by the Los Angeles headquartered organization.
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San Diego
Calif
Indoor Sports Club, Inc
Los Angeles
Britain Declines Pact Yet Seeks Cautious Repercussions
Six European nations France West Germany Italy Holland Belgium Luxembourg form a coal steel alliance to pool production and curb war risks. Britain withholds full commitment while praising the plan as a bold step toward postwar reconstruction and economic unity.
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Paris
Britain
Germany
Italy
France
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Schuman
No Light Yet On North Carolina Run-Off
North Carolinians await a possible run off between Willis Smith and Senator Frank Graham after a four man Democratic primary produced a slim Smith margin of about 52 000 votes from roughly 600 000 cast. Smith headquarters pledged a definite statement by next Tuesday as Graham fell short of a majority by about 12 000 votes.
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Raleigh
N. C
Willis Smith
Frank Graham
Smith
Graham
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U. S. Treasury
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St. John's College
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