Dewey Leads In Oregon Presidential Primary Returns
Governor Thomas E. Dewey led with 1 761 votes to Harold A. Stassen's 1 250 from 44 of Oregon's 1 861 precincts. In Portland's Multnomah county Dewey topped Stassen 927 to 533 as voters crowded to the polls amid forecasts of a record GOP turnout.
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Dewey
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Gov. Thomas
Harold E. Stassen
Multonomah County
Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold A. Stassen
Multonomah
James Gleason
Dewey greeted by old man on capitol steps in Salem
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey recalled on May 21 that an elderly man approached him on the Oregon capitol steps and said he had long wanted Dewey for president since he defeated Spain at Manila Bay. The remark illustrated a dramatic, if odd, moment in the political atmosphere surrounding Dewey.
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Spokane
Wash
Capitol
Salem
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Manila Bay
West Agrees On German Regime
London reports that the United States Great Britain France and the Benelux nations have reached a basic agreement on forming a provisional government for western Germany this year. A constituent assembly is planned for September 1 with veto over export trade currency and foreign policy by the occupying powers. The talks also envision an international Ruhr authority over coal coke and iron ore, with technical details still to be settled and a communique expected next week.
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London
United States
Great Britain
France
Benelux
Germany
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Labor Party
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Ruhr Valley
Europe
Police Fund Theft Hits Beckley Officials Suspect Inside Job
Beckley West Virginia officials disclosed the May 2 theft of 1250 dollars from the policemen’s fund kept in a safe in the chief’s office at city hall. Mayor Hedrick said he’s sure it was an inside job. The loss followed Anthony Scalise’s May 1 appointment as police chief and involved the safe’s “short combination” during the chiefs’ changeover.
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Beckley
W. Va
G. G. Hedrick
Anthony Scalise
Millard E. Tyree
Hedrick
Couirbig
Gromyko Calls UN Action in Palestine Crisis
In Lake Success on May 21, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged the United Nations to halt the Arab Jewish fighting in Palestine without delay. He backed an American plan for strong UN action as the 11 nation Security Council reviewed a Jerusalem report urging a neutral force, while Britain and Syria pressed for mediation and questioned partition assurances.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations
Palestine
Security Council
Jerusalem
U. N
Gromyko
Britain
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Middle East
Faris el Khoury
Syria
Council
Ato
Strange Malady Stamps Medics
A mysterious illness in Tucker County children has caused three deaths and prompted state and federal health officials to investigate. Health Commissioner N H Dyer said the U S Public Health Service will send an epidemics expert from Richmond to study the outbreak. Symptoms resemble influenza with throat tightening that can impede breathing. 12 children are hospitalized aged eight months to over five years. Older children appear less severely affected. Federal and state officials coordinate to combat the outbreak.
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Charleston
W. Va
Tucker County
N. H. Dyer
Parsons
U. S. Public Health Service
Richmond
Dyer
Medici
Eisenhower Says No Comment on Presidential Choice
General Dwight Eisenhower told newsmen there is no intention to speak on a presidential candidate. He recalled his 1952 withdrawal from consideration and reaffirmed unchanged convictions. He hopes to learn enough about citizenship to vote intelligently, noting he has never voted.
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Chicago
Dwight Eisenhower
Columbia University
Eisenhower
Jane
Laddie Comes Home After 500 Miles Trek
Laddie the German shepherd, once moved to a Tennessee farm, returns home to Chicago after traveling an estimated 500 miles in about ten days. Mrs. Dahlgren recognizes him across the street when he answers to his name, tail wagging, and is reported not hungry or tired.
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Laddie
Chicago
Laddy
John N. Dahlgren
King-Size Air Force Approved by Truman
President Truman signed into law a 70-group air force bill while signaling he may withhold full 3 198 million spending beyond the congress approved 822 million. He urged careful use of funds, requiring a presidential finding that contracts are defense essential and aircraft improvements match defense needs. He named Forrestal and Webb to oversee procedures as he plans reviews in September and December.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Aviaon
U. S
Secretary of Defense
Bureau of Budget
Forrestal
James Webb
Buffalo Bill's Pal To Quiz Jesse James Night Question
Robert E Lee of Baton Rouge a tool grinder believes he can identify Jesse James alive by asking questions and noting scars. He recalls meeting James at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with Buffalo Bill Cody and says Lawton Oklahoma claims proof James faked his death in 1882.
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Baton Rouge
Robert E. Lee
Lawton
Okla
Jesse James
Buffalo Bill Cody
James
Lee
Lawton Constitution
Cody
Buffalo Bill
Chicago
New Jewish President To Visit Washington
Dr. Chaim Weizmann president of the new Jewish state of Israel will visit Washington at President Truman’s invitation to discuss Palestine matters. He is currently in New York and will travel to the capital this week as a guest of the United States government.
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Washington
Chaim Weizmann
Israel
United States
White House
Weizmann
New York
Truman
Palestine
Jews Say Israel Still Unbroken Amid War Claims
Tel Aviv May 21 Israel says Jewish forces hold their borders virtually unbroken, with some operations beyond UN partition lines. Reports of Arab Gaza air strikes persist as Jewish air raids target Gaza airfield and Jerusalem suburbs. Haifa warns, Samakh seized arms claim disputed by Syrians. Israel plans double daylight saving time as raids continue. Counterattacks claim no change in Jerusalem battle, with Arab armor damaged and villages evacuated or destroyed.
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Israel
Arab Legion
Beersheba
Gaza
Jerusalem
Haifa
Samakh
Degani
Shu’fat
Rehovot
Sea of Galilee
Jewish Agency
Mediterranean
Haganah Army
Sheikh Jarrah
Mount Scopus
Beit Sefafa
Beit Safafe
Arabs Encircle Jewish Posts In Holy City
Arab regionnaires shelled Jewish lines in Jerusalem as British-trained Trans-Jordan legionnaires pressed a last stand in a 10 acre area. Mount Scopus held 400 Jewish troops who faced surrender or destruction, with shelling reaching Mount Zion and the American Hadassah hospital area near the Hebrew university.
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Jerusalem
Trans-Jordan
Mount Zion
Associated Press
Mount Scopus
Hadassah ‘Hospital
Hebrew University
Amman
Trans-Jorada
International Red Cross
Arad
Domition Church
Old City
Zion Gate
Rail Labor Talks End Without Agreement
Washington May 21 conferences on the rail labor dispute ended today with no accord. Government kept technical possession of the railroads until May 29 when eight court orders prohibiting a strike expire. Engineers firemen and switchmen continue working and trains will run. Signals an undetermined period of government operation.
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Washington
French Friendship Train To Visit U S
Paris reports a French friendship train will visit the United States as a token of gratitude. The 48 state gift train carries perfume wine brandy leather goods lace silk and fine crystal from 5 000 000 French veterans of world wars. The organizers said the U S embassy will help decide recipients.
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Paris
United States
America
War Veterans Organization
French State Railways
Flight Of Two Air Minded Juveniles Baffles Officials
Oklahoma City May 21 Two youngsters aged 11 and 12 stole a two seat Ercoupe at an downtown airpark flew 120 miles to Cheyenne Oklahoma using comic book knowledge. They landed safely, rode a horse to the town edge, and were later returned home with their coupe abandoned. Authorities traced the plane and the boys eventually confessed.
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Oklahoma City
Tanight
Bulmilcs Voes
Oklahoma County
John Zwick
Cheyenne
Okla
Archamison
Peterson
Hamilton
Sgt
Otis Halton
Lewis May Face Order To Parley
Washington AP Lewis may be subject to a Taft Hartley injunction ordering John L. Lewis to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers association. NLRB lawyers rush a possible court action as talks between United Mine Workers and operators break down over Moody’s seating and authority.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
NLRB
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Group
Robert N. Denham
Southern Association
Denham
Joseph Moody
Confab
Moody
SCPA
Inspectors End Dante Mine Pry
Federal mine inspectors finished a routine check at the Clinchfield Dante coal mine where six men died. Union officials said a prior warning cited 31 of 73 safety violations and that welfare funds may fund survivors. Production at the Dante mines averages 3,000 tons daily with about 400 workers.
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Dante
Federal Bureau of Mines
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
Harold Doctorman
Teniman
Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Clinchfield Coal Corp
John L. Lewis
UMW
James Darrell Basnick
Troy J. Phillips
Aris Artrip
Arnold Vicars
Harold Parks
Oakley Creger
Russell County
Dawson Coal and Coke Company
J. M. Smith
Tipple
A. R. Matthews
Cochard
F. E. Harr
Clinchfield Company
Arabs Handed Demand To Free U S Citizens
The United States demanded the release of 41 American citizens taken from the Marine Carp by Lebanese authorities under threat of force. The 41 Americans, all Jews, were among 69 passengers removed at Beirut bound for Haifa in the new Jewish state. The State Department warned against discrimination based on race creed or color, asserting protection of all passport bearers.
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Washington
United States
State Department
U. S
Marine Corp
Beirut
Haifa
Israel
NLRB Avoids Union Shop Issue
The National Labor Relations Board ruled 3 to 2 that it will not hold elections to decide if a union shop is allowed in states with laws banning it. Ten states prohibit the union shop, and Taft-Hartley governs the rule requiring a majority vote and absence of prohibiting laws. North Dakota plans a referendum next November on prohibition. The board may still conduct elections where states have partial restrictions and will follow state standards in those cases.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Department
Arkansas
Georgia
Iowa
Nebraska
Nevada
North Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
NLRB
Beton
North Dakota
New Hampshire
Colorado
Wisconsin
Truman to ask Congress to broaden Social Security benefits
President Truman decided to ask Congress again to broaden the social security program. Announcement at the White House by Senate Democratic leader Senator Barkley noted the move amid many looming legislative matters.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Meat Strike Called Off By CIO Union
The 67 day nationwide CIO meat handlers strike ended on company terms, with 100000 workers returning to work at Swift Armour and Cudahy plants while Wilson and Company plants remained on strike. Pickets to be withdrawn, violence noted in Chicago and Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois losses estimated at 20 million dollars weekly.
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Chicago
CIO
National Guard
Wilson and Co
United Packinghouse Workers Union
Swift Armour
Cudahy
Wilson and Company
Morrell
Ralph Helstein
Swift
Armour
Wilson
Armour and Cudahy
Herbert March
AFL
Illinois Agricultural Association
Minnesota
Iowa
Castle Louis
Waterloo
U S Air Bases Move Inland Strategic air command shifts to Omaha Topeka
The Air Force moves the Strategic Air Command headquarters from Andrews Field Maryland to Omaha Nebraska as a strategic center near the nation’s geographic heart. The plan cites housing facilities and communications, with the possibility of relocating major aircraft plants to the Midwest. Two SAC units move from MacDill Tampa to Topeka Kansas, with another unit to be activated there.
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Washington
Air Force
Midland
United States
Strategic Air Command
Andrews Field
Maryland
Omaha
Nebraska
Atlantic
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Srategic Air Command
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Florida
Topeka
Kansas
Strategic Command
Southern Baptists Oppose UMIT Measure
The Southern Baptist Convention in Memphis Tennessee on May 21 reaffirmed opposition to universal military training and agreed to withhold comment on President Truman's civil rights program. It adopted the social service commission report with no opposition and rejected Dr Posey of Berkeley California proposed statement of sympathy.
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Tenn
Truman
Social Service Commission
5. G. Posey
Berkeley
Calif
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