Alabama Senators Back Plan To Woo Dixiecrats
Alabama Senators Hill and Sparkman urged May 2, 1952 Alabama primary election of a state political committee to place regular Democratic electors on the presidential ballot. They opposed a states' right Democratic slate led by Gessner Cors Corvey which helped Truman miss the Alabama ballot in 1948, costing 11 electoral votes to Thurmond.
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Alabama
Washington
South
National Democratic Party Organization
Hill and
Sparkman
House
Hill
Gessner T.cCorvey
Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Dr. Duncan Strangled In Farm Accident
Dr. Hannibal G. Duncan aged 60, educator and author, died by strangulation when a tractor overturned on his farm near North Wilkesboro. His son Eric tried to free him with a shovel as the vehicle sank in mud. a shift bar pinned his neck. Duncan held degrees from Wake Forest and the University of Pennsylvania and taught at several colleges including UNC and Ohio University.
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North Wilkesboro
Mar
Hannibal G. Duncan
Duncan
Wake Forest College
University of Pennsylvania
University of North Carolina
Simmons University
Ohio University
University
Taxicab Driver Admits Shooting Woman To Death
In Albuquerque, Rosa F. Rice 28, mother of two, was fatally shot early today as she crossed a street. Berkley M. Turner 26, a local cab driver, signed a statement saying he shot her after she threatened to call police. Turner called police after the shooting saying he had killed a woman. No charges filed at this time.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Rosa F. Rice
Park City
Utah
Paul Shaver
Berkley M. Turner
Turner
Marine Oddity Washes Ashore at Delare Claiming Tubby the Monster
In Delare Oregon a long hairy four tailed mass washed ashore labeled Tubby the Toothless Sea Monster by locals. It measures about four feet across with four long tails and an eight inch mouth. experts will try to identify the strange carcass after it was driven back to sea by high tide.
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Delare
Ore
Lloyd Cable
Chamber of Commerce
Cable
Nation Faces Looming Labor Strikes Across Industries
Washington reports a gloomy labor outlook with potential major strikes across auto rail road maritime and telephone sectors as unions seize on softened wage arguments while management resists rising costs. Key sectors show fragile peace in coal yet looming disputes persist amid legal rulings and social security debates.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Congress
Lewis
Miners Welfare Fund
Maritime
Supreme Court
N C Negroes To Fight Election Discrimination
In Durham on March 4 the North Carolina NAACP chapter warned election officials against discrimination in registration or voting. The group aims to reach 250 000 registered Negro voters and formed a political action division to monitor registration books and polling places with immediate court action if discrimination is found. Kelly M. Alexander of Charlotte led the effort.
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Kelly M. Alexander
Charlotte
North Carolina
Political Action Division
Three Men In Pilothouse Of Sunken Tug Celestine
Coast guard sighted three men in the pilothouse of the tug Celestine, sank on a Dog Key pass shoal near Horn Island twelve miles south of Biloxi. Waves blocked rescue. Cutter Nike carrying a surf boat approached to attempt recovery in Mississippi Sound.
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Mobile
Ala
Coast Guard
Mississippi Sound
Dog Key Pass
Horn Island
Biloxi
Miss
Pensacola
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Nike
Natural Gas May Replace Coal in State
A coal mining representative testified that natural gas could largely replace coal sales in North and South Carolina. W. M. Maddox of Louisville said his 31 affiliated coal companies, part of the National Coal Association, testified in the Virginia Carolina natural gas case before the Power Commission. Piedmont Natural Gas seeks a Texas to Virginia pipeline license to serve the Carolinas and Virginia, including sale to Duke Power for boiler use.
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UPA
North
South Carolina
W. M. Maddox
Louisville
Power Commission
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
National Coal Association
Maddox
Coal Association
Piedmont Natural Gas Corporation
Texas
Carolinas
Commonwealth Natural Gas Corporation
Central
Tidewater
Piedmont
Duke Power Co
Glen R. Law
Both Sides Report On Progress In Coal Contract Talks
Washington March 4 Progress on a new soft coal contract ended the night with substantial progress reported by both sides and optimism for resuming mining Monday. Legal and technical issues hindered agreement though major points had been reached Friday. Union leader Kennedy and operator reps voiced cautious optimism while drafting committees worked late and a 11 a.m. session was set for tomorrow.
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Washington
John L. Lewis’ Mine Workers Union
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
George Thursby
Lewis
Farlier
Garvey Cartwright
Indiana
U S Refuses To Reduce Embassy Staff In Budapest
The United States rejected Hungarian demands to cut the Budapest embassy staff over the Vogeler spying case. Washington said staff adjustments would follow its judgment and require Hungary’s consent to increase. The report also notes other world events from France and Greece and Prague’s move against American missionaries.
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Budapest
Associated Press
United States
Robert A. Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hungary
France
National Assembly
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Assembly
Sophocles Venizelos
Constantin Tsaldaris
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Senate Bill Aims to Register 54000 Communist Members
Senate Judiciary Committee approved Mundt’s bill by 12 to 1 to require registration of about 54 000 card carrying communists and front organization officers in the United States They would have to disclose aliases and real names.
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Washington
Mar
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senator Mundt
R-Sd
U.S
Mundt
South
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Johnson Defies Scott at Utilities Commission Hearing
Robert Grady Johnson, a cousin of former State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson, snapped back at Governor Scott during the utilities commission meeting. He predicted no reappointment, plans to return to Burgaw to practice law, and noted funds and equipment, not speeches, drive progress on telephone and power projects. Scott pledged $25 million in Washington for loans as Wescott was sworn in to succeed Johnson.
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Scott
The
Utilities Commission
Ballyhoo
Robert Grady Johnson
Sam Jones
North Carolina
Johnson
Charles M. Johnson
Burgaw
Commission
Harry Wescott
State Department of Agriculture
Wescott
Stanely Winborne
Fred C. Hunter
Edward McMahan
Joshua James
Supreme Court
Emery B. Denny
Harry
Westcott
Denny
Washington
Alabama
Former Klan Leader Will Gain Freedom
INDIANAPOLIS March 4 D C Stephenson once a powerful Ku Klux Klan figure in the 1920s was ruled eligible for immediate parole from a life murder sentence Governor Schricker commuted the term to the 25 years already served saying he has paid the penalty Stephenson who killed Madge Oberholtzer a Statehouse employee now faces only formalities before release likely before month’s end
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Indianapolis
D. C
Last Minute News Headlines From Across the World
A cipher of brief dispatches reports Mrs. Jean Darlan’s death in Nerac France at 66, hail at the Pyramids in Egypt marking a historic storm, a Florida snow flurry seen from a PT boat off St. Andrews Bay, a government check found on a lawn in Merion, a Canadian search ending for a US air force C 54, Rogge’s peace mission to Moscow, a major jewelry theft link in Charlotte, Donovan’s warning of a narrowing cold war, and five injured in a Tunisian shooting incident.
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Panama City
Fla
Navy
J. H. Brown
St. Andrew's Bay
Gulf Coast
Edmonton
Alta
Royal Canadian Air Force
Yukon
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