Wisconsin GOP Campaign Heads Into Final Stretch
Wisconsin Republicans Taft Warren and Stassen race to win delegates ahead of the July Chicago convention. Stassen supports Eisenhower on first ballot, Taft attacks Stassen and Warren while promising tax relief and anti Communist stance. Governors Kohler praises Warren while avoiding political mudslinging.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
Robert Taft
Earl Warren
Harold E. Stassen
Chicago
Stassen
Taft
Walter Kohler
Warren
Milwaukee State College
Minnesota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Ohio
Eisenhower
Waukesha
Truman
Dean Acheson
Navy to Get Missiles and Planes in Coming Months
The Navy plans to put three guided missiles into service within months and will deploy seven new aircraft superior to the MiG15 by next year. Navy Secretary Kimball and Adm. Fechteler disclosed the $52 billion defense budget while noting no Spanish fleet bases are needed and Spain tradeoffs are limited to ammo dumps and anchorage rights.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Navy
Kimball
Adm
William M. Fechteler
Naval Operations
Spain
Fechteler
Mediterranean
Blizzard Hits Britain Ruins Crops Across Isles
A spring blizzard struck the British Isles with snow drifts up to six inches. London reports heavy winds and widespread disruption as farmers face losses to fruit and vegetable crops across multiple counties.
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London
British Isles
U S Information Service Office in Damascus Bombed
A bomb destroyed the U S Information Service office in Damascus and killed a native radio operator. The blast, planted in the ISI garden, damaged the government press offices and nearby buildings in what was described as the most severe explosion.
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Damascus
Syria
U.S
United States Information Service
Steel Action Need Faced By Truman
President Truman, just back from Florida, faces a swift decision on the steel labor crisis as negotiations between CIO leader Philip Murray and major steel firms stall awaiting government wage and price guidance. The April 8 strike deadline looms with WSB proposals in doubt and price-boost demands tied to government approval, while industry and government officials clash over inflation fears and union membership terms.
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CIO
Phil Murray
Harry Boyer
Pittsburgh
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
Boyer
Owen Rice
Patrick Fagan
NEA
Washington
Truman
Florida
Philip Murray
WSB
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Ellis Arnall
Salton Sea rise forces relocation of Sandy Beach facilities
The Salton Sea, at 237.3 feet below sea level, has risen two feet since last October, forcing move of runways and other facilities at the Sandy Beach atomic energy base in India California.
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India
Calif
Salton Sea
Sandy Beach
Mystery of Man Who Fell From Sky in Stratford
A silent stranger identified as Nick Green, a General Mills weather researcher, drifted down in a 25 foot helium balloon near Stratford Wisconsin. After a hotel stay and a quiet departure by bus, officials retrieved the parachute and instruments and will return them to Minneapolis for study.
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Stratford
Wis
General Mills, Inc
Minneapolis
Nick Green
Mueller
Moore
Here
Sheriff's Department
Zievers Case Goes to Jury in Wilful Neglect Trial
Urban Zievers the suspended district attorney faces a circuit court jury after state and defense rested. He is charged with two counts of wilful neglect of duty related to the deaths of Edward Lahti and Waldemar Meldahl. If acquitted on both, Zievers would resume as district attorney and regain about 1600 in back pay.
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Urban Zievers
Harry Fox
Zievers
Edward Lahti
Richard Miller
Waldemar Meldahl
Glerum
Lahti
Schend
Meldahl
Asst. Dist. Atty
Frank Shannon
Miller
Edwin Wilkie
Leonard Jensen
Wilkie
Jensen
Sheriff's Department
Leonard Raven
Wilson
Dr. Wilson
Puts Request To Congress Puts Request To Congress
President Truman urged Congress to pass emergency legislation to allow service members to vote in the 1952 elections. He proposed a special federal ballot in states blocking soldier voting and urged states to remove obstacles to absentee voting. Truman cited about 2,500,000 service members of voting age.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
American Political Science Association
Senate Debates Pay Rise for 3.6 Million Service Members
Senate floor debate on a military pay boost proceeds as the bill moves from armed services committee. The House approved a flat 10 percent base pay rise plus allowances, while the Senate bill targets an average 5.6 percent increase with larger gains for lower ranks. President Truman backs steps to ensure service voter access and urges state action for a federal ballot only if needed.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
House
Armed Services
Armed Services Committee
McFarland
Ariz
Sen. Case
R-Sd
Long
D-La
Douglas
Dill
Wisconsin Weather Warms After Chill Drops to Zero
The weather warmed in Wisconsin after a cold night that reached zero at Grantsburg. Milwaukee weather bureau says partly cloudy skies will linger tonight and tomorrow with slightly higher temperatures. Southeastern Wisconsin near normal yesterday, others still colder than average. Highs yesterday ranged from 46 in Kenosha to 33 in Eau Claire. noon in Kenosha was 39.
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Wisconsin
Grantsburg
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Eau Claire
Mystery airman tale debunked by General Mills
General Mills officials in Minneapolis admitted a company staffer fed a false story about a mysterious airman landing in a Stratford weather balloon. The tale claimed Nicholas Green rode a dawn joyride, but officials say Green was on a secret Naval research mission in the balloon.
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Minneapolis
Conservation Field Men Keep Same Hours in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin conservation commission decided to maintain current salary rates and working hours for conservation field men. The 40 hour work week approved last year will not apply to 207 foresters wardens and biologists who are exempt from the change.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Conservation Commission
Wisconsin Telephone to Refund Kenosha Subscribers
The Wisconsin Telephone Co will refund 69542 to Kenosha subscribers and agreed to a total 489853 refund to customers in 15 communities after dropping a PSC challenge. The method of payment will be set by a future PSC order. the refund covers earnings over 7 percent from 1947 to 1949. Communities include Baraboo Cedarburg Delavan Eau Claire Hartland Hurley Little Chute Manitowoc Milwaukee Oconto Falls Pewaukee Superior Waukesha West Bend.
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Kenosha
Public Service Commission
PSC
Milwaukee
Manitowoc
Pewaukee
Madison
Baraboo
Cedarburg
Delavan
Eau Claire
Hartland
Hurley
Little Chute
Oconto ‘Falls
Superior
Waukesha
West Bend
State Patrolman Replaces Bell as Wisconsin Enforcer
Capt. Daniel F. Schutz, 39, of the State Traffic Patrol based in Merrill, was named director of enforcement for the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department by Director Ben L. Marcus after a civil service examination. Schutz will assume duties April 1 in Madison, replacing Homer G. Bell of West Allis who was removed by Marcus nearly two years ago following failed court appeals.
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Madison
Daniel F. Schutz
State Traffic Patrol
Merrill
Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department
Ben L. Marcus
State Personnel Bureau
Schutz
Homer G. Bell
West Allis
Marcus
Bell
Secret Moscow Pact Reported Between Powers
Pravda today charged that the United States and Japan reached a secret agreement in Moscow on steps to take in the event of a state of emergency. The report cites likely coordination between the two governments and hints at planned joint actions if crisis conditions arise.
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Moscow
Pravda
Seek Deadly Cobra In Denver Streets
A deadly king cobra is believed loose in Denver after escaping from a reptile garden operator’s car during a burglary attempt. Police have searched for over 12 hours with no reports of the snake’s location.
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Denver
Students Dig Up Bones in Seance Grave Robbery Case
Five Averett and Tech Institute students, led by Jay Here Ford Pigg, dug up a relative’s skeleton at Averett Junior College Danville to hold a seance. A Pittsylvania grand jury indicted them for grave robbery. guards expelled the group and some parents retrieved the remains.
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Chatham
U.P
Dabney Hall
Hall
Averett Junior College
Danville
Jay Here Ford Pigg
Averett
Pittsylvania County
Pigg
Tech Institute
Bob Jones
Probers Question Tax Agents In Klein Case Probe
House investigators questioned New York revenue agents over the handling of Hyman Harvey Klein's 7 million dollar tax case. The inquiry examined alleged pressure on agents to curry favor with Senate Republican leader Styles Bridges, then-appropriations committee chair.
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Washington
U.P
House
New York
Hyman Harvey Klein
Baltimore
Senate
Styles Bridges
Klein
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Ways and Means
Maurice A. Haas
Subcommittee
Congress
New Hampshire Republican
William Power Maloney
Justice Department
Henry W. Grunewald
Crime to aid American flyers in China, says Catholic Weekly
The Catholic Weekly Sunday examiner reports that aiding American airmen in China has become a crime. An unidentified German priest was publicly tried by West China Communists for assisting U.S. airmen.
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Hong Kong
China
Catholic Weekly
Sunday Examiner
West China
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Jay Glerum
Miller- Meldahl
Lathi
Vievers
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Shannon
Hugh Wilson
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