Taft Backers Happy Over Big Crowds
Madison Wis. Taft’s Wisconsin tour draws huge crowds at Beloit Monroe and other stops as he campaigns for April 1 GOP delegate votes. He addresses farmers and workers advocating limited production controls by farmers, not Washington. A car skid near a trailer truck nearly ends his ride, but crowds cheer at industrial plants despite a lone boo at Janesville Chevrolet.
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Sen. Taft
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Washington
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Ohio
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Newark Plane Crash Kills 28 In Apartment District
A Convair inbound from Buffalo crashed into a three story apartment building near Newark airport killing 28. Victims include Robert P. Patterson former secretary of war under Truman and mother and two children. Fire and rescue crews battled flames in muddy conditions as bystanders watched in shock.
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Robert P. Patterson
Truman
Buffalo
Newark
Miami
Elizabeth River
New Jersey
United States
Walter Z. Bukowski
Iranians Vote to Elect Tehran Deputies in Majlis Balloting
Voters in Tehran cast ballots to elect 12 deputies to the Majlis as Mossadegh supporters and outlawed Communists vie in a tense campaign. Balloting began yesterday and runs through Thursday with counting set to start Saturday and could take up to ten days.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
No Horse Meat For Armed Forces
Col. John L. Owens of Chicago said the armed forces have rigid safeguards over meat procurement and inspection. He outlined veterinary checks from procurement through storage and shipment to final use in mess halls, addressing the Illinois horse meat scandal.
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Chicago
Illinois
John L. Owens
Fifth Army
Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association
California Attorney Testifies on Communist Cell Ties
A California attorney testified that he formerly belonged to a Los Angeles based Communist cell composed entirely of lawyers. He estimated 25 to 30 attorneys were part of the group and named several fellow members, including David Aaron of Fullerton.
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Washington
California
Los Angeles
David Aaron
Fullerton
Calif
Ex Secretary Patterson Dies in New Jersey Airliner Crash
Former Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson died in a Elizabeth New Jersey airliner crash. He had cancelled a train and boarded a plane minutes earlier after finishing a Buffalo court case. Patterson, 60, would have turned 61 in February. He served as undersecretary then secretary of war and helped supervise the World War II procurement program. He leaves wife Margaret Winchester two sons and three daughters.
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N. J
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Velt
U. S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Plattsburgh
Roosevelt
Washington
War Department
Army
Margaret Winchester
Baltimore
Robert P. Jr
Susan
Virginia
Samuel R. Campbell Jr
Boston
Kefauver to Enter Race Today for Democratic Nomination
Senator Estes Kefauver prepares to announce his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination with a news conference amid wide speculation. Illinois primary entries by Kefauver and Brien McMahon are noted, while Truman weighs a re election bid and Minnesota moves by Humphrey as a preferred son option.
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Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Kefauver
Illinois
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
McMahon
Truman
Minnesota
Humphrey
MoeMahon
Ike Plan for Europe Gets Praise Across Parties
Washington report notes General Eisenhower’s call for a constitutional convention to unite Europe earns applause from Republicans and Democrats. Senators from both parties hail the move as a step toward European unity and bolstering North Atlantic security amid wartime tensions.
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Russia
United States
Europe
Kefauver
D-Tenn
McMahon
Wiley
R-Wis
GOP
Foreign Relations Committee
Ike
Cao Dai Sect Blamed for Saigon Bombings
French sources in Saigon accuse dissidents from the Cao Dai religious sect led by Colonel Trinh Minh Te of the two week terror wave that killed 12 and wounded 60. Te says he will oppose both French rule and the nationalist movement.
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Cao Dai
Trinh Minh Te
Vietnam
Teenager Kills Deputy Father in TV Show Dispute
Mt Clemens Michigan reports a 15 year old, Gerald Sikon, fatally shoots his deputy sheriff father John Sikon, 45, in the back with a 16 gauge shotgun during an argument over a television show. Sheriff Harley Ensign said the youth prayed for recovery and no charges have been filed yet.
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Mich
John Sikon
St. Joseph Hospital
Harley Ensign
Gerald
Ensign
Media Sikon
Sikon
Joan
Thomas
Noted Early Cold War Era Counterspy and Rally
In October 1941 a mass youth meeting at the Hotel Touraine in Boston drew leaders including Arthur Solomon and Sam Abelow. The speaker challenged Communist comrades, urged aid to Allies and Russia, expansion of defense production, and repeal of the Neutrality Act to support anti-Hitler nations. The narrator prepared a probing report to Harold Leary and confronted prowar arguments with a tainted critique of Wall Street and British cooperation.
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Hotel Touraine
Arthur Solomon
Cambridge Youth Council
Harold Leary
Sam Abelow
Abelow
Russia
Hitler
Eva
Art Solomon
Daily Worker
Wall Street
Dorchester
Legal Bid to Halt Times Series on Communism in California
Fifteen leaders alleged to head the Communist party in California seek a court restraining order against the Los Angeles Times over a series by Herbert A. Philbrick. The pleadings ask the paper be blocked while a show cause hearing proceeds. federal judge William Mathes rejected a postponement of their trial on charges of conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the U S government.
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Communist Party
California
Los Angeles Times
Herbert A. Philbrick
FBI
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Times
William Mathes
United States
Cold statewide with Frigid Tonight and Highs Near Ten
Temperatures dip to zero or below statewide with southeastern Wisconsin near 10 below and northwestern areas 10 to 20 below. Skies fair to partly cloudy tonight, tomorrow continues cold with highs 5 to 10 above. Superior reported minus 16 earlier with eight inch snowfall, Grantsburg 20 below, Eau Claire five below, southeast around 13 above. Central and northern portions show slippery spots on open trunk highways. Downtown Kenosha measured 16 at noon.
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Superior
Grantsburg
Eau Claire
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Ousted Tax Agent Guilty in Bribery Case
A federal jury convicted Denis W. Delaney, former Massachusetts revenue collector, on six counts including three bribery charges and three counts of filing false tax lien certificates. Delaney accepted bribes totaling 7,500 dollars and certified 180,000 dollars in liens as paid. He remains free on 2,500 dollars bond pending sentencing scheduled for next week.
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Denis W. Delaney
Massachusetts
Internal Revenue
Delaney
Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr
C. Keefe Hurley
Daniel Friedman
New York
Maxwell Shapiro
Maxwell Shapiro Wool
Former Judge John Garvin Dies in Ashland at 76
John Garvin, 76, longtime Ashland county municipal judge and Ashland city attorney, died Tuesday night. He served as a prominent local legal figure and public official in Ashland, Wisconsin.
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Ashland
Wis
John Garvin
Ashland County
Price Boss Enters Senate Race From Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle resigns as price stabilization chief to seek the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate in Ohio. He will leave OPS duties by a date to be set and aims to run in the May 6 primary. DiSalle has been OPS head since December 1950 after leaving Toledo mayorship.
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Michael V. DiSalle
Price
United States Senate
Ohio
DiSalle
Senator Bricker
Price Stabilization
Truman
White House
di- Salle
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Senate
Toledo
UW Registration Expected to Drop
University of Wisconsin registration is forecast to fall eight to nine percent next semester. Registrar J Kenneth Little projects a campus population around 12 700 students. Mid year exams start Thursday and classes resume February 11. Military calls are cited as a contributing factor to the enrollment slump.
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Wis
University of Wisconsin
J. Kenneth Little
Little
Missouri Committeeman Says Truman Likely To Run Again
Missouri committeeman John Nangle said after a White House call that President Truman has not stated his plans but there is no doubt he will seek re election. He noted Truman had not informed him of intentions.
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President Truman
National Democratic
Truman
John Nangle
Missouri
White House
Undersecretary Webb Resigns as State Department
James E. Webb resigns today from the post of undersecretary of state. President Truman names David K. E. Bruce, ambassador to France, to replace him. Acheson backs Eisenhower plan for a European unity constitutional convention. U S battle casualties in Korea rise to 104,644 with 261 more in the week.
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James E. Webb
Truman
David K. E. Bruce
France
U. S
Korea
Pleads Guilty in Attempted Manhattan Bribe Case
New York Henry E. Poppe former Manhattan College basketball co captain and Sol L. Rappaport a salesman pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the attempted bribing of Julius Kellogg Manhattan basketball star.
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New York
Henry E. Poppe
Manhattan
Sol L. Rappaport
Julius Kellogg
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