GM and Hudson Price Increases Authorized
The government authorized General Motors to raise basic retail prices on its 1953 autos by 50 to 222 dollars and approved boosts in 1952 Hudson dealer prices from 90 to 143 dollars. Dealers may implement immediately as new ceilings reflect higher factory costs and added transportation taxes and servicing charges.
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Washington
General Motors
Office of Price Stabilization
Hudson
Capehart
Civil Rights Fight Looms In Senate Over Debate Limits
Southern senators unite to resist changes to debate limits on civil rights legislation. The Senate Rules Committee prepares for a Tuesday showdown on cloture proposals ranging from majority votes to two thirds of those present. Leaders fear a filibuster clash before July conventions as Morse Lehman Ives and Wherry proposals vie for support.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Rules Committee
Benton
D-Conn
Morse
R-Cre
Lehman
D-N. Y
Ives
R-N. Y
Wherry
R-Neb
Shutdown Ties Up Port of Philadelphia
A shutdown of stevedoring operations tied up the port of Philadelphia, idleing about 6,500 AFL workers. The tieup stretched from Trenton to Wilmington as stevedoring company spokesmen said the union violated the labor contract and halted longshore work.
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Philadelphia
AFL
Trenton
N. J
Delaware River
Wilmington
Del
Action on McCarthy Expected in Week
Senator Gillette said the reorganized senate elections subcommittee will meet within a week to consider a resolution aimed at ousting Senator McCarthy. Benton may press for further airing of charges before any decision is reached.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Senate Elections Subcommittee
McCarthy
Wis
Senate
Benton
Suspending Term For Mrs Cronin In Grand Larceny Case
Evyleen Cronin 59 former secretary to Tallulah Bankhead given suspended prison terms of one to two years on three counts of grand larceny for raising two Bankhead checks totaling 300 dollars. Judge Harold A Stevens suspended execution and placed her on probation for an indefinite period. Bankhead denies any wrongdoing. Cronin faces freedom unless further legal trouble arises.
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New York
Tallulah Bankhead
Evyleen Cronin
Harold A. Stevens
National Guard Adds Outdoor Training This Spring
Madison Wisconsin report shows Maj. Gen. Jim Dan Hill of the 32nd National Guard Division announced six extra outdoor training days this spring. Guardsmen will conduct three weekend field sessions between April 1 and June 30 within 50 miles of their headquarters, in addition to weekly drills and the two week summer encampment.
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Madison
Wis
Jim Dan Hill
32Nd National Guard
Deep Freeze Grips Midwest As Cold Extends South
Bitter cold mapped a west to east pattern across the nation with Bemidji Minn minus 35 and Fargo N D minus 28. The blizzard toll stood at six lives as roads required vigorous clearing in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Rain and snow edges reached California to Ohio while southeast towns froze to the low thirties.
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Frank Salden
Chaska
Minn
Salden
Minnesota
Midwest
Atlantic Seaboard
North Central
Bemidji
Florida
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Iowa
Illinois
Montana
Grantsburg
Wis
Alexandria
Washington
California
Ohio
South Dakota
Pierre
U. S. 14
French Warn Bey of Tunis as Riots Claim 50 Lives
The French resident general Jean de Hauteclocque warned the Bey of Tunis to restore order in the protectorate after 10 days of rioting that have killed at least 50 people. Paris sent heavy gendarme and troop reinforcements to trouble spots as Arab Nationalists press for independence.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Jean de Hauteclocque
France
Priest Sentenced in Belgrade for Criticizing Farm Plan
A Serbian Orthodox priest, Father Dragoslav Veljkovic of Luznica village, was sentenced in Belgrade to five years in prison for preaching against Yugoslavia's collective farm program.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Dragoslav Veljkovic
Luznica
US seeks recovery of ransom from Hungary proposal
Washington Senator Lodge proposed that the United States recover the $120000 paid to Hungary for the release of four American fliers by seizing some of Hungary assets in the United States. Fire damages three Janesville concerns unofficial losses around $25000 at the Central restaurant and adjacent businesses downtown.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Mass
United States
Hungary
Janesville
Wis
Railway Express Gets Six-Cent Surcharge Approved
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Railway Express to implement a six cent per shipment surcharge on most of its business. A tar paper shack in Eau Claire Wisconsin burned killing 27 year old war veteran Jack Anderson who suffocated before flames reached him.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railway Express Agency
Eau Claire
Wis
Wallace Stokes
Jack Anderson
Conflicting Views Emerge On Universal Military Training
Rep Vinson chairing a House Armed Services hearing on universal military training reports mixed testimony. Major General Hershey urges a five year UMT to build a trained reserve while CIO official Carey opposes starting before force reductions. Others resist time limits or any single approach.
Army Faces Shortage as Enlistment Skews to Navy and Air
Washington D C draft chief General Lewis B Hershey told the Senate Armed Services Committee that competition among the services creates an unreal manpower shortage. He said the navy marine corps and air corps draw the best recruits while the army bears the less desirable men. He called the current rejection rate appalling noting about 14 million of 82 million registrants aged 18 to 26 are rejected for physical or mental reasons.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Senate Armed Services
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Corps
Army
More Aluminum For Car Makers
Senator Moody of Michigan said the air force will release several million pounds of aluminum by reallocating its production timetable. The move should raise automobile output to about 900000 cars in the second quarter of 1952 as aircraft production is stretched over a longer period.
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Washington
Moody
D-Mich
Air Force
Kefauver Enters Democratic Race as Truman Decision Looms
Senator Kefauver formally joined the Democratic presidential race and said he would stay in until the finish, fueling questions over whether President Truman plans to run again. The White House offered no advance hint of a Truman announcement at his news conference.
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Washington
Kefauver
President Truman
Truman
White House
Tennessee
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Democratic Party
Rookie Policeman Breaks Up Six Texas Dope Rings
A 25-year-old rookie officer, Joseph Foster, son of a slain peace officer, identified as the undercover agent who busted marijuana rings in six Texas cities. He worked seven months in Wichita Falls and other cities, buying marijuana and exposing about 100 peddlers while funding wild teen parties and smuggling 100 pounds of marijuana across the Reynosa border. Foster returned to uniform saying he was “too hot” to continue undercover work.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Joseph Foster
George Seber
Foster
Elmer Bertelson
The
Houston Chronicle
Wichita Falls
Waco
Dallas
Fort Worth
Here
San Antonio
Reynosa
Passenger in Car Killed in Collision at Hy 41-141 Intersection
Theodore Wegrzyn about 32 of Sobieski was killed when the car he rode in collided with a truck at the Hy 41 141 intersection. He was a passenger in a car driven by Stanley Prenize. The truck driver was Hilbert Belling of Marinette.
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Theodore Wegrzyn
Sobieski
S. Wegrzyn
Stanley Prenize
Hilbert Belling
Marinette
Severe Cold Grips Wisconsin With Subzero Readings
A statewide cold snap drives temperatures below zero across Wisconsin. Kenosha records five below at the sewer plant, Grantsburg hits minus 34 the season’s low, with Eau Claire 28 below, Park Falls 25 below, Superior 22 below, Wausau 21 below, Green Bay 17 below, Madison 12 below, and Milwaukee 11 below. Tonight and Friday foresee slightly warmer conditions, with the south warming to near or above zero. Downtown Kenosha sits seven above at noon.
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Kenosha
Grantsburg
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Park Falls
Superior
Wausau
la Crosse
Lone Rock
Green Bay
Madison
Lake Geneva
Milwaukee
Four Children Die In Wisconsin Farmhouse Fire
Fire destroyed a three room home near Ringle Wisconsin killing siblings James six Robert two Marsha one and Linda two months of Mr and Mrs Joseph Lorbiecki The mother said she left for a grocery run and returned to find the house in ashes The father worked in Milwaukee and investigators pursued the sequence of events.
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Ringle
Wis
Joseph Lorbiecki
Wausau
James
Robert
Marsha
Linda
William Scheutt
Probers Call Lawyer Washington to Testify in Los Angeles Probe
The House un American Activities Committee summoned attorney A. Marbury Yerkes in its probe of Communist activities in Los Angeles. Yerkes, awaiting testimony, told reporters he will be a friendly witness and willing to cooperate.
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Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
Los Angeles
A. Marbury Yerkes
United States Orders 18 Huge Forging Presses for Warplane Production
After years of debate, the United States government and industry order 18 massive forging presses to accelerate high speed jet bomber and fighter parts. Delivery will start in two years or more as existing presses are augmented. the move aims to close a bottleneck in defense tool shortages blamed on limited machine tools and engine part fabrication capabilities.
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Washington
United States
Air Force
Senate-House
Pentagon
Defense
Defense Department
Department
Aircraft Industries Association
Russia
Germany
Wyman- Gordon
North Grafton
Mass
Adrian
Mich
Cleveland
Alcoa
Parker Pen Co Takes Action Against Counterfeit Pens
Parker Pen Co. president Kenneth Parker says the firm has asked the U S state department for interdiction aid to curb counterfeit Parker pens manufactured in Italy and Japan. He cites Genoa Naples Milan and Rome as Italian centers and notes the 1949 Parker 51 imitation and other fakes.
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Janesville
Wis
Parker Pen Co
U. S. State Department
Italy
Japan
Kenneth Parker
Italian State Department
Genoa
Naples
Milan
Rome
Parker
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