Russia Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Cuba Over Courier Spat
Moscow cuts relations with Havana after Cuba refuses two Soviet couriers inspection of 150-pound suitcases from Mexico City. Cuban officials accuse Havana legation of spying and say Moscow did not recognize Batista regime. Soviet staff guarded by police and may depart soon.
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Cuba
Russia
Island
Mexico City
Moscow
Kremlin
Latin America
Havana Post
Soviet Union
Fulgencio Batista
Guennadi Fomin
Legation
Washington
Wisconsin Weather Echoes Yesterday with 41 at Kenosha
Today's noon in Kenosha hit 41 degrees, mirroring yesterday. Forecasters expect similar cool, cloudy conditions tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change. Lake Geneva and Eau Claire reported the state's low, 25 degrees last night.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Lake Geneva
Eau Claire
Western Union resumes limited service in 40 cities
Western Union lifts service on a limited basis to 40 major U S cities as 40 000 CTU members strike for a 50 cent hourly raise. Supervisory staff and crossovers restore operations 8 am to 8 pm except New York where normal service resumes. The CTU says load would be far from normal and notes rival unions do not honor picket lines. The Army asks to use company equipment in emergencies but the union says only in definite emergencies.
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New York
U.S
Western Union
U. S
Commercial Telegrapher Union
AFL
Commercial Telegraphers Union
CTU
Joseph J. Lenahan
Lenahan
Canada
Mexico
U. S. Army
Adolph Brungs
Moscow claims U S dropping infected toys on Korea
Moscow radio declared today that U S aircraft are dropping germ infected toys on North Korea. The broadcast said planes are also releasing infected kitchen utensils fish containing cholera germs and contaminated loaves of bread.
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London
Moscow Radio
U. S
North Korea
Tornadoes Strike New Orleans and Mobile Area
A pair of tornadoes hit parts of Louisiana and Alabama including New Orleans, Gretna, Harahan, Kenner, Violet, and near Mobile. Two people were killed and at least 14 injured as houses were damaged or demolished and utilities disrupted. An $80,000 school building collapsed in Louisiana.
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New Orleans
U.P
Mobile
Ala
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
R. H. Kraft
Bates Field
Washington
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Bridge City
Gretna
Harahan
Kenner
McDonoughville
Violet
Cape Town marks 300th anniversary amid racial tensions
Fears of racial strife shadow Cape Town’s 300th birthday celebration of the first white settlement as communities watch for unrest during the city’s eventful anniversary observance.
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Capetown
South Africa
Nash Motors 50th anniversary celebration in Kenosha
Gov. Kohler lauds Nash growth as Nash Motors marks Golden Anniversary in Kenosha attended by 1,000 at the Eagles club. Executives Mason and Jeffery honored while Miss America Colleen Hutchins and R. S. Kingsley helped celebrate with a giant cake. Civic and industrial leaders, UAW CIO official Emil Mazey, and chamber officials join the gala salute to 50 years of Nash and Kelvinator progress.
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Salt Lake City
Coleen Hutchins
Nash Motors
Eagles Ballroom
R. S. Kingsley
Citizens Committee
George Mason
Detroit
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
NASH
Eagles Club
Kenosha Evening News
William J. Cronin
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Alfred L. Drury
Walter J. Kohler
Madison
Emil Mazey
International Uaw-Cio
George W. Mason
Walter Kohler
America
Nash Management
Colleen Hutchins
Kohler
Thomas B. Jeffery
Charles W. Nash
Gov. Kohler
Wisconsin
Nash Company
Uaw-Cio
William Cronin
American Automobile Manufacturers Association
Judge Drury
Mason
Edward J. O'Donnell
S. J
Milwaukee
Marquette University
Charles Dilday
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Edward S. Jordan
Ideas, Inc
New York
Jeffery Company
Jordan
Nash-Kelvina
Godfrey Strelinger
B. A. Chapman
Ray A. de Vlieg
H. C. Doss
Nash Sales
Meade F. Moore
Nash Research
Herbert W. Devine
Elmer Bernitt
James T. Wilson
First National Bank
Charles Nash Mill
Col. H. J. Mellum
Corporation
Floyd Kishline
Nelson Talbott
Air Material Command
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Stephen E. Bullock
Fort Sheridan
Max G. Johl
Air Force Plant
Donald A. Olson
Mid-Central Air Procurement District
Chicago
Boynton S. MacRae
LeRoy Luberg
University of Wisconsin
Milton H. Frank
Public Relations Society of America
P. E. Feucht
Chicago and North Western Railway
William E. Rutz
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce
Carl N. Jacobs
Stevens Point
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Stuart Wright
AAA
Eric B
Four Israelis Expelled by French Interior Ministry
Paris authorities expelled four Israeli citizens, members of the Nationalist Herath Freedom party of Menachem Begin, with the Interior Ministry calling their presence inopportune.
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Paris
Interior Ministry
Herath Freedom Party
Menachem Beigin
France
Nagasaki A-bomb survivors enter primary school
Kyodo News Agency reports from Nagasaki that thirty three children born months after the Nagasaki A-bomb joined primary school today. School doctors say the group appears normal and able to attend class.
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Tokyo
Nagasaki
Kyodo
University student killed wife and hid body for days
Harold Markham, a 35 year old University of Chicago librarian practices student from Marietta Ohio, confessed to killing his wife Mary Elizabeth Markham 37 and keeping her body in their south side apartment for eight days. He described shooting her three times then continuing his routine. He led police to the scene. he planned suicide but changed his mind and sought help from a friend before turning himself in. He faces murder charges.
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Markham
Marietta
McGranery Chosen to Lead Justice Department
Philadelphia judge James P. McGranery is named to become attorney general of the United States. The move follows the Truman administration’s anti corruption drive and the dismissal of J. Howard McGrath. Morris, the administration cleanup chief, and McGrath face Senate testimony as investigations continue.
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Philadelphia
James P. McGranery
McGranery
Senate
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Harry Truman
Newbold Morris
Morris
New York
Providence
R. I
Supreme Court
Rep
Chelf
D-Ky
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Justice Department
Morriss
Truman endorses free open convention for party nominee
Democrats praised President Truman for backing a free open Chicago convention to select the Democratic presidential nominee. He declined to confirm or deny that his preferred candidate is Adlai Stevenson, said he will not seek Senate or any office this year, and urged a nonvoting ex officio status for former presidents and vice presidents in the Senate.
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Washington
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Senate
Missouri
White House
Congress
Chicago
Russia Criticizes American Draft Law
Moscow reports publish a Soviet note protesting a U.S. draft law provision that would draft foreign citizens including Soviet residents in the United States, calling it a crying violation of international law.
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Moscow
Moscow Press Today
United States
U. S
Protest Over Sudan Constitution In Cairo Al Misri Reports
The pro Wafdist Al Misri states Egypt plans a note of disapproval towards the British drafted Sudan constitution. The move signals Cairo's stance on the settler text and regional governance.
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Cairo
Egypt
al Misri
Sudan
Steel Talks Extend to Avert Looming Steel Strike
Acting defense mobilizer John R. Steelman said union and steel industry reps will stay in New York for further talks to prevent a steel strike due next Tuesday at midnight. The bulletin also notes the Costello jury foreman was discharged amid claims of a bribe offer, with Mrs. Helen Louise Mason denying the accusation.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
New York
Frank Costello
Helen Louise Mason
Iron mine workers to stay on job in Midwest
United Steelworkers officials said 23,000 iron mine workers in Minnesota Wisconsin and Upper Michigan will remain on the job if a basic steel industry strike is called for midnight Tuesday. The House ordered a sweeping investigation of educational and other tax exempt organizations to determine whether their wealth funds subversive activities.
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Duluth
Minn
U.P
United Steelworkers Union
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Washington
House Today
Steel Strike Notices Sent In Nationwide Labor Showdown
New York reports that 700000 steelworkers will strike Wednesday for higher wages and a union shop. CIO leaders McDonald and Murray mailed notices to 200 steel firms as talks collapsed over wage offers. Cleveland's United Auto Workers pledge support while government seizure or Taft-Hartley injunction looms.
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New York
David C. McDonald
CIO Steelworkers of America
McDonald
CIO
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
Pittsburgh
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Cleveland
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto
Reuther
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Darlington Man Killed In Auto Bridge Crash
Lloyd Shockley age 58 a Darlington hatchery operator died when his car crashed on a concrete bridge and burned late last night nine miles east of Darlington Wisconsin on Highway 81.
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Darlington
Wis
Lloyd Shockley
Here
Canada to Build New Atomic Pile at Chalk River
Sir John Cockcroft announced in Southampton that Canada will build a new atomic pile at Chalk River headquarters. He said Canada has 30,000,000 dollars to spend and will expand the scale of its atomic operations.
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Southampton
Eng
Canada
Chalk River
John Cockcroft
Britain
Cockcroft
United States
Eisenhower drafts resignation note as he contemplates May return
Sources say General Dwight D. Eisenhower is drafting a resignation letter as Allied supreme commander and plans to return to the United States after May 15 to seek the Republican presidential nomination. He met with campaign manager Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. for over four hours at Rocquencourt, with Lodge declining to confirm drafting details.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Lodge
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