Eva Peron Honored In Solemn National Procession
The body of Eva Peron was carried through troop lined streets to the Argentine capital in a military civilian procession. President Peron marched behind the gun carriage as crowds and officials observed the citywide observance. The body lies in state and will be embalmed for permanent display in a monumental tomb in Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Eva Peron
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Capitol
Ministry of Labor
General Confederation of Labor Cgt
Ec National
Peron
Avenida de Mayo
Congress Building
Hipolito Irigoyen
Refugee relays prison talks of Hvasta escape
A former inmate who knew John Hvasta describes his time in Leopoldov prison near Bratislava and says Hvasta believed the US could win his freedom early in his servitude. The Czech refugee, later escaped to Canada and the U S, now contacts British exile circles and Washington observers note skepticism over the escape report.
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Gazette
Washington
John Hvasta
Hvasta
United States
Leopoldov
Bratislava
London
U. S
National Committee For the Liberation of
Slovakia
State Department
Red Regime
Foreign Office
Canada
Tec
Czechoslovakia
Juraj Slavik
Farley Attacks Dulles Criticism of Foreign Policy
Former Postmaster General James A. Farley called John Foster Dulles critique illogical and silly. Dulles met with General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Denver and soon said Ike shares concern that U S policy failures threaten the nation, while Farley accused Dulles of contributing to and benefiting from the policy.
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New York
INS
James A. Farley
John Foster Dulles
Burlington Fire Destroys Four-Story Building
A weekend blaze in downtown Burlington caused about 100000 in damage to a four story brick building. The fire damaged the third and fourth floors destroying furniture and stock while smoke and water spread to the lower floors. No injuries were reported and the cause remained undetermined after over three hours of firefighting. The Block Furniture and Appliance Co and Pilgrim Tailor Shop occupied the ground floor wings. Mattresses and stock stored on the fourth floor were reportedly destroyed.
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Burlington
Block Furniture and Appliance Co
Pilgrim Tailor Shop
The
Furniture Company
25000 California Iowans at Picnic
Twenty five thousand people gathered at Recreation Park in Beach California for the 47th annual Iowa Association picnic. The crowd included former Iowans now in southern California and others from Oregon Nevada and Arizona. Speakers included former California Governor Frank Merriam and Lyman Sutter of Long Beach, formerly of Burlington Iowa.
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Beach
Calif
Iowa Association
California
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
Frank Merriam
Hopkinton
Lyman Sutter
Long Beach
Major sought for photographing bomber base at Carswell
Authorities in five states search for a man who claimed to be a major and photographed restricted areas near Carswell Air Force Base in Texas. The man, driving a 1951 Chevrolet, used an identification card not a pass and disappeared after failing to report to base headquarters. He was reportedly photographed outside the wire near aircraft and maintenance docks.
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FT. Worth, Texas
Carswell Air Force
S. E. Anderson
Eighth Air Force
Ft. Worth
Carswell Air Force Base
Joseph R. Dugan
Carswell
Col
L. T. Brown
Mooney Mite Pilot Sets Light Plane Nonstop Distance Record
Bob Faris 31 of Wichita Kansas flew 1400 miles non stop from Wichita to Montpelier in under 12 hours in a Mooney Mite single seater powered by a 65 horsepower engine.
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Montpelier
Bob Faris
Wichita
Kan
Baltimore Sun Endorses Eisenhower in Presidential Race
The Baltimore Sun editorialized for General Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Republican candidate citing his experience and decisiveness. It characterized Adlai Stevenson as intelligent but beholden to special interests and criticized the Democratic Party for state socialism, noting past Sun endorsements for Roosevelt, Willkie, and Dewey.
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Baltimore
Sunpapers
National Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Acheson Returns From Conference in Honolulu
Secretary of State Dean Acheson arrived in Washington aboard a Constellation in a driving rainstorm to be greeted by President Truman and David K. E. Bruce after his work at the Pacific defense conference in Honolulu. Truman praised his performance and suggested Acheson may join the leaders at a campaign strategy meeting on foreign policy issues.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Truman
Honolulu
Air Force Constellation
Acheson
National Airport
David K. E. Bruce
Mr. Truman
Gov
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
East German court sentences West Berlin student to death
Berlin AP report says Wolfgang Kaiser, 28, a West Berlin chemistry student, was sentenced to death for conspiring to sabotage for the West. Co-defendants include Joachim Mueller given life, Ursula Mueller ten years, and Kurt Hoppe fifteen years. The trials target Western spies in a Red propaganda effort.
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Joachim Mueller
Ursula
Kurt Hoppe
East German
Supreme Court
East Zone
Nathan named chairman of ADA executive committee
Economist Robert Nathan was selected Saturday to chair the executive committee of Americans for Democratic Action, signaling a leadership shift within the liberal group.
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Washington
ULP
Robert Nathan
The
Americans For Democratic Action
Adlai Said To Lean to FEPC View
An unnamed authoritative source says if Gov. Adlai Stevenson is elected president he would curb Senate filibusters and push enforcement of fair practices nationwide. The view aligns Stevenson with Truman on civil rights and outlines plans including budget relief, campaign leadership, Formosa stance, cabinet openness, and bipartisan foreign policy efforts.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Senate
Stevenson
Chicago
Truman
Formosa
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
H-Bomb Test Fireworks Near Eniwetok and Monte Bello
Washington reports rapid progress toward the first hydrogen bomb detonation by the United States at Eniwetok Atoll in the mid Pacific, with Britain preparing its own tests near Monte Bello Islands. Joint Task Force 132 will oversee secret detonations likely starting in September and possibly climaxing around October.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Monte Bello Islands
Australia
Eniwetok Atoll
mid-Pacific
Eniwetok
Joint Task Force 132
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower Pushes Social Security Expansion and IRS Reform
President Eisenhower urged expanding social security to cover 14 million more people and boosting old age assistance grants. He discussed moving the Internal Revenue Service to independent status and called for a thorough FBI inquiry to root out irregularities. He met with Reps Kean Curtis Byrnes and planned a Boise campaign stop with western governors.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Riden Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Eisenhower
Robert Kean
New Jersey
Carl Curtis
Nebraska
John Byrnes
Wisconsin
G.O.P
House Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Bureau
Kean
Byrnes
White House
James C. Hagerty
Boise
Idaho
Skies Clearing Over East Iowa
Partly cloudy conditions in eastern Iowa cleared to match the fair and sunny western portion. Morning readings were in the 60s, rising to the upper 70s in the afternoon. Ottumwa reported a high of 80. Weekend outlook shows mostly fair weather and warmer conditions Sunday afternoon as winds shift southerly.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ottumwa
Towa
Widow of World's Richest Indian Dies in Poverty
Anna Laura Lowe Barnett, 72, widow of Jackson Barnett the Creek Indian once called the world’s richest man, died in poverty from cancer in Los Angeles. She lost a share of his three million dollar estate after a federal court ruled their marriage invalid, and she vowed to reopen the case.
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Los Angeles
Anna Laura Lowe Barnett
Barnett
Jack
Henryetta
Oklo
Death of Anna Latva Ties to Deportation News
In Wenham New Hampshire a 73 year old widow Anna Latva dies after learning her son Karl Latva Sr. faced deportation to Finland for 18 years ago when he joined the Communist party and paid 90 cents in dues. The attorney general later declined to deport him, but she died of heartbreak. Karl Jr. assisted by sending $50 to defend his family in court.
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Wendell
N.H
INS
Anna Latva
Finland
Communist Party
James P. McGranery
Karl Latva
Latva
Karl
Karl, Jr
Electric power rates drop below 1925 levels
The Federal Power Commission said electric power costs are under half of 1925 rates. The average U S monthly power bill was 6.79 dollars on January 1, versus 12.86 dollars in 1925. Last year the average was 6.76 dollars.
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Washington
INS
Federal Power Commission
U. S
Arvey Denies Masterminding Stevenson Nomination
Jacob M. Arvey of Chicago denies in San Francisco that he masterminded Adlai Stevenson’s nomination at the Democratic national convention. The Illinois Democratic national committeeman rejected the accusation while addressing reporters.
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San Francisco
INS
Jacob M. Arvey
Chicago
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Fire Station Roof Fire Prompted by Sparks
Cleveland firemen of Hook and Ladder Company No 11 were alerted after a passerby claimed the station roof was on fire. Two engines responded to extinguish a small blaze caused by sparks from trash burning in the furnace.
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Hook and Ladder Company No. 11
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