Taft backs Eisenhower campaign stance clash emerges
Sen. Robert Taft challenged Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to campaign actively on returning June 1 while Eisenhower backers say he will speak on issues without a full barnstorming tour. Lawmakers forecast three June speeches outlining his views on economy foreign policy and national matters. The defense department notes an officer would resign to seek office, tempering expectations of a campaign.
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Robert A. Taft
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Dwight, D. Eisenhower
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Taft
United States
George H. Bender
Rohio
Republican Party
Chicago
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
Abilene
Kan
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Columbia University
Allied Forces
Europe
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
R-Mass
Paris
Lodge
Columbia
Defense Department
James C. Auchincloss
New Jersey
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
Froman Hero Mate Freed After Hospital Stay
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico AP Singer Jane Froman reunited with husband Capt John C Burn at Presbyterian hospital after a four hour wait and official order. Burn piloted a Pan American DC-4 that carried 52 Easter travelers to death near San Juan harbor. 17 survivors and 13 bodies located. Coast Guard and witnesses credit Burn with saving passengers and aiding lifeboats amid sharks and rough seas.
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Puerto Rico
Jane Froman
John C. Burn
Caribbean
New York
Burn
Tagus
Lisbon
Miss Froman
San Juan Harbor
Zoilo Dueno Colon
Coast Guard
Cmdr
J. Natwing
New London
Conn
Natwing
Presbyterian Hospital
Police Chief Fired in Independence by Mayor
Independence Mayor William Armstrong dismissed Police Chief Ray Franck on Friday saying the move was for the betterment of the police force. Franck remained in uniform on Saturday awaiting reasons as council discussion looms at Monday night session. Franck has led the department since 1948.
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Independence
William Armstrong
Ray Franck
Armstrong
Franck
Slayers Of Arnold Schuster Spotted In New York Hunt
New York police pursue two unnamed men nicknamed Rocky and Choppy or Squinty in a city wide manhunt after the killing of salesman Arnold Schuster. Over 300 detectives focus on waterfront bars to deter dockworkers from testifying to the Brooklyn grand jury.
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INS
New York Daily Mirror
Brooklyn
Arnold Schuster
Willie Sutton
Rocky
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Schuster
Slippery Sutton
Brooklyn Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Schustter
Nebraskan To Direct Taft Speakers Bureau
Rep. Howard Buffett of Nebraska was named national director of the Taft campaign committee speakers bureau. Buffett previously helped lead the successful write-in effort in Nebraska's presidential primary for Senator Robert A Taft.
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Washington
Taft
President
Rep
Howard Buffett
R-Neb
Taft Campaign Committee
Buffett
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Nebraska
Taft Wins 19 Kentucky Delegates at State Convention
Kentucky Republicans pledged 19 of 20 delegates to Taft for the July GOP national convention. Taft won four delegates-at-large in Louisville, with the Third district split two for Taft and one for Eisenhower, bringing his total to 19. Sen. Thruston Morton of the Third district holds the lone Eisenhower slot. The result surpasses Taft's 1948 Kentucky showing.
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INS
Kentucky
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Gen
Eisenhower
Thruston Morton
Blue Grass State
Thomas E. Dewey
Girl Crushed to Death in Elevator Accident
A 12 year old girl, Carol Louise Cavitt, died when an elevator rose with her half out of the door opening in a downtown Wichita building. Witnesses said she hung on as the cage rose four floors before stopping. Connie Shoemaker, 15, operating the elevator, was distraught. Coroner Sam Smith ruled death instant.
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Wichita
Kan
Carol Louise Cavitt
Karl Triplett
Triplett
Connie Shoemaker
Sam Smith
Raincoats and Weather Forecast Dominate Easter Parades
United Press reports Easter parades largely shaped by raincoats as storms spread from the Mississippi eastward with Florida and parts of the West spared. Weather warnings include severe local storms in Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee with tornadoes possible. In Jerusalem pilgrims gather for Holy Week services as Pope Pius XII urges unity to avoid war.
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Midwest
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Tennessee
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Europe
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Rome
St. Peter’s
Paolo Reaches Naples Home
Paolo Crescenzo, 67, returns to Naples after 39 years apart from his wife Angela and their 10 acre Vinchiaturo farm. He was found by New York police at Grand Central sleeping with 23550 dollars in savings after traveling from Spokane to await help. Angela waited at port as the motorship Argentina docked.
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Italy
Paola Crescenzo
Vinchiaturo
Campobasso
New York
Grand Central Station
Spokane
Wash
Traveler’s Aid Society
Angela
Argentina
Minneapolis Firemen Learn Midwifery Procedure Bulletin
Minneapolis firemen received a Saturday bulletin detailing emergency delivery steps to assist childbirth before a doctor arrives. Distributed to all stations by Fire Chief I R C Malmquist and approved by Minneapolis General Hospital, it centers on treating the mother and baby as a unit with the baby’s first duty to breathe.
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IR. C. Malmquist
Ohio State Civil Defense Director
Minneapolis General Hospital
Seven Years As President Truman Reflects on Time
President Truman marked seven years since rising to the presidency. He acknowledged that seven years is a long time in office, but also a short time in the grand scheme as he posed for photographers at the White House.
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Washington
News Camerman
White House
Six Reserve Officers Refuse to Fly at Mather and Randolph Bases
Six reserve officers at Mather California and six at Randolph Texas refused to fly, facing disciplinary action for direct disobedience to orders. Lt Gen Robert W Harper said the refusals, tied to support for Korea, caused hardship but were unavoidable. One Randolph officer, First Lt James G Bristol, cited his wife’s flying nerves, not fear, as the reason. Bristol, 35, an Iowa native and Berlin Airlift veteran, is the only one charged with disobeying a superior officer so far.
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Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Korea
Randolph
James G. Bristol
Air Force
Bristol
Brisstol
Harlan
England
Nationwide Phone Strike Postponed In Three States
In Washington AP reports the nationwide phone strike threat faded Saturday as CIO Communications Workers Union leaders meet with executives. Beirne said union officials are prepared to declare the Bell System strikebound if no labor settlements are reached in three states soon.
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Washington
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO Communication Workers Union
Michigan
Bell
New Jersey
Ohio
California
Western Electric Co
Columbia
Beirne
Solons Rap Curb on Tax Inspection
Washington lawmakers push limits on presidential access to tax returns as House subcommittee probes alleged wrongdoing in the Justice Department and the office of the Attorney General. President Truman approves targeted access with written allegations, while critics warn of a joker in the process.
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Washington
President Truman
Ihouse
Justice Department
Kenneth F. Keating
R-N.y
Keating
House
Patrick J. Hillings
Calif
Truman
How McGrath
Frank L. Chelf
D-Ky
Chelf
Department of Justice
Secretary of the Treasury
John S. Graham
Treasury
Oklahoma Democrats Rally Behind Sen Kerr in County Conventions
Oklahoma Democrats rallied to support Sen. Robert Kerr for the presidential nomination. Delegates urged that Oklahoma's 24 member delegation to the Chicago convention be instructed to vote for Kerr. The state convention on April 28 will choose the delegation and determine its instruction.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Chicago
Arnall orders price violators' names disclosed
Price Director Ellis Arnall announced that by May 1 the names of all price violators will be published. The OPS policy of secrecy ends for unintentional violations, with names and facts to be kept in an open loose-leaf book in district offices and available for inspection.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Freedom of Information
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ASNE
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
APME
James Pope
Louisville Courier-Journal and Times
James Russell Wiggins
Washington Post
Denver executive incommunicado after Sunday off
Peter Rabbitt known as P. Edmond Rabbitt, a regional GM executive, is in Denver this Sunday and is described as being out of reach to all jokers.
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INS
Peter Rabbitt
Peter
P. Edmond Rabbitt
General Motors
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