Taft Serrves Wisconsin Primary Boosts GOP Bid
Wisconsin primary yields Taft 24 of 30 delegates while surpassing 1,000,000 votes. Kefauver dominates Democrats with 85.3 percent and all 28 delegates. Warren trails Taft in total votes as Stassen falls short with no delegates. Taft leads both major parties in statewide returns with key gains in Milwaukee and Racine counties.
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Robert A. Taft
Wisconsin
Taft
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Warren
Stassen
Gov
The Last Thorty Days and the Passover Rite
The piece reflects on the Last Supper and Jesus comforting His disciples as He prepared for martyrdom. It emphasizes the value of loyal friendship and the communal act of communion for His followers in the days ahead.
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Jesus
Ike May Obtain Minnesota Votes
The Minnesota canvassing board ruled Eisenhower the endorsed candidate in the third and fifth districts of the March 18 primary. As a write-in with no delegate slate, he won those districts by a wide margin over Stassen, allowing supporters to seek two delegates from each district.
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Stassen
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Warren
St. Paul
Minn
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Cicero Town Board President Re-elected Amid Indictment
Henry J. Sandusky a Democrat and Cicero town board president won a third term despite federal charges related to last July's riots. He defeated Republican John Karner as four town officials and three policemen face conspiracy to violate civil rights charges after a Negro family sought to move into an all white neighborhood.
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Chicago
U.P
Cicero, Ill
Henry J. Sandusky
John Karner
Workman Killed In Paper Machine At Ft Howard Plant
Alvin Blazer age 23 of Pulaski was fatally injured at the Ft. Howard Co. plant in Green Bay when jammed paper drew him into a paper making machine. Brown County coroner Dr. Wayne Enderby said he died from a skull fracture while trying to clear the jam.
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Green Bay
Wis
Alvin Blazer
Pulaski
Ft. Howard Co
Wayne Enderby
Brown County
Blazer
Tornado Leaves Destruction in East Pakistan Regions
A tornado struck Serajgunj and nearby districts in East Pakistan causing extensive damage. Unofficial reports indicate hundreds of casualties as authorities assess the aftermath.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Serajgunj
Wisconsin Primary Reactions Pour In From Candidates
Taft proclaims a tremendous Wisconsin victory as supporters tout strong returns. Stassen predicts anti Taft momentum amid joint votes with Warren. Eisenhower comments from Paris with no remark as La Follette notes ahead. Warren vows to continue despite defeat and thanks voters. MacArthur group backs Taft for president with MacArthur as VP. Kefauver says results exceed expectations and signal a national pattern.
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U.P
Wisconsin
Taft
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Harold E. Stassen
Earl Warren
California
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Philip la Follette
Warren
MacArthur
John Chapple
Fighters-for-MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
GOP
Kefauver
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Trieste to Hold Municipal Elections May 25
In the British American zone of the Trieste Free Territory an Allied Military Government spokesman announced municipal elections will take place on May 25.
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Trieste
Trieste Free Territory
Local Election Yields Record Turnout and Pool Defeat
The city held a spring election with a record turnout of 20 266 votes producing two new city councilmen one new school board member and a defeat for the proposed 250 000 outdoor swimming pool Wade and Gerling win seats while Olkives loses In a tight race Heller edges Grover for the school board seat Zuffa narrowly wins over Grover the pool referendum fails by 24 votes amid student campaigning and strong IGGO and UWC support across contests
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Felix Olkives
Olkives
Robert K. Gerling
Conrad Shearer
Wade
Gerling
Good Government
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United Voters Club
Robert Heller
Joseph Zuffa
Robert Grover
George Manson
Heller
IGGO
Zuffa
UWC
Grant School
Roger Schmitz
Justice of Peace
B. A. Herrmann
Constable
Chester Matoska
W. J. Bienemann
Kenneth Kuehnl
George Ward
Howard Steele Toska
Howard
Broadfoot Wins State Supreme Court Retention
Milwaukee Broadfoot 59, holder of the Supreme Court seat since 1948, defeated Circuit Judge Arold Murphy of Marinette to remain on the high court until January 1 1956. Returns from 3154 of 3204 precincts show Broadfoot 491130 votes to 404210 for Murphy.
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Kenosha
Justice Broadfoot
High Court
Milwaukee
Grover L. Broadfoot
Supreme Court
Broadfoot
Oscar Rennebohm
Elmer E. Barlow
Marinette
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Barlow
Lincoln Neprud
Viroqua
Leonard Roraff
la Crosse
Neprud
Francis T. Swietlik
Marquette University
Herbert Schultz
John C. Kleczka
Ferdinand Schlicting
Sheboygan
4Th Judicial Circuit
Clarence Whiffen
Sheboygan Falls
Manitowoc
Schlieting
Whiffen
Steel wage talks start tomorrow morning
New York UPI reports chief wage negotiator John A. Stephens announced wage talks with the CIO United Steel Workers will open tomorrow at 9 30 a m CST. Sutton receives 30 years to life New York bank robber Willie Sutton was sentenced as a fourth offender to 30 years to life by a judge. Ted Williams Gerry Coleman pass exams Jacksonville Ted Williams and Gerry Coleman passed examinations for return to duty as marine air corps captains. Peterson concedes Nebraska senatorial contest Lincoln Governor Peterson conceded the Republican nomination to incumbent Hugh Butler.
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U.P
John A. Stephens
Steel Industry
CIO
United Steel Workers
Willie Sutton
Ted Williams
Gerry Coleman
Jacksonville
Fla
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Marine Air Corps
Peterson
Nebraska
Lincoln
Hugh Butler
Telegraph and telephone strikes loom nationwide at midnight
The AFL CTU and CWA threaten walkouts involving about 90 000 workers across Western Union AT T Western Electric. CTU seeks 16 cent pay raise and shorter 40 hour week while CWA demands substantial raises. Widespread disruption could cripple telegraph and telephone facilities coast to coast except New York where picket lines may form.
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Washington
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Adolph Brungs
CTU
CIO Communications Workers of America
American Telephone and Telegraph
Ohio
Michigan
California
Western Electric Company
Western Electric
CWA
New York City
New York
Joseph A. Beirne
Beirne
Austria Moves to End Allied Occupation Across Regions
The Austrian government launches a nationwide drive to end the seven year occupation by the United States Russia France and Britain. Parliament plans an appeal to the four powers and nine provincial legislatures will hold sessions this week to push the end-the-occupation effort.
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Vienna
United States
Russia
France
Great Britain
Pakistan Ratifies Japanese Peace Treaty
Pakistan’s foreign office announced the ratification of the San Francisco peace treaty. The move makes the pact effective after seven signatories approved it, meeting the required ratifications.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Foreign Office
San Francisco
Taft Leads Nebraska Write-Ins in GOP Presidential Race
Nebraska results show Taft ahead by about 6 000 votes with 1 275 of 2 058 precincts reporting. Eisenhower 39 489, Stassen 27 288, Kefauver 31 449, Kerr 21 899. Taft leads in delegates with 16 of 18 likely. Kerr conceded at dawn.
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Sen
Robert A. Taft
Nebraska
Taft
Kerr
Oklahoma
Kefauver
Tennessee
Eisenhower
Stassen
Mary Kenny
Douglas MacArthur
Child Drowns In Excavation On 26th Avenue
Robert Joseph Sorensen aged 4 drowns in five feet of water at an excavation on 26th Avenue. His mother Nancy Sorensen rescues the body but rescue squads fail to revive him. His brother David, father Jack, and mother survive. Coroner William Raven notes the accident happened while the boys played beside the site.
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Robert Joseph Sorensen
26Th Ave
Nancy Sorensen
William Raven
David
Ore Carriers Start From Cleveland
Several large ore carriers left Cleveland docks after the coast guard icebreaker Mackinaw cleared a route through heavy ice on Lake Superior. The ships head north through the Sea to Duluth and other north shore ore ports, with passage now possible.
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Cleveland
U.P
Coast Guard
Mackinaw
Cleveland Docks
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Communists in Indo China Getting Aid from Chinese Reds
Admiral Paul Ortoli commander of French naval forces in the Far East said Indo China Communists are receiving substantial military aid from Chinese Reds. He noted the aid underscores growing cross border support affecting regional tension and security dynamics.
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Hong Kong
Paul Ortoli
Far East
German Navy Lost 2,460 Ships in Last War
Hamburg report cites German Seamen's Almanac noting 2,460 ships lost with 260 surviving. Among casualties were six battleships, five heavy cruisers, four light cruisers, 26 destroyers and 597 submarines.
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Hamburg
Germany
Alamanac
Eisenhower urges NATO must gain more from European armament
General Eisenhower in his first annual NATO report warns the U S must push Europe toward self sufficiency in military production while maintaining alliance defense. He says NATO aims to retain peace through collective security and stresses progress, costs, and burdens shared across allies.
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Paris
Eisenhower
United States
White House
Europe
America
Free World
NATO
Canada
Ike
SHAPE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers
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Blank Ballot Could Have Decided Issue in Wisconsin
In Mt. Sterling Wisconsin a referendum to fund a $48,000 waterworks ended in a 58 58 tie after election officials found a single blank ballot that would have decided the outcome. The ballot was left unmarked.
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Wis
U.2
Wisconsin
Hungary Says Western Blockade Slashes Trade
A Hungarian propaganda bulletin issued today claims trade with Western nations has fallen sharply due to a Western blockade on strategic materials.
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Paris
Hungary
Weather shifts to cool cloudy spell in Wisconsin
After a mild election day yesterday, Wisconsin sees cool cloudy weather today with light snow reported in Park Falls Wausau and Superior. Park Falls records a low of 29 as Kenosha tops at 43 at noon with a forecast of partly cloudy skies and little temperature change tonight and Thursday.
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