Italy Ends Crucial Election Campaign Tonight
Italy nears closing hours of a pivotal parliamentary contest as Communists scrabble to regain ground. Interior forces display strength to curb violence amid last minute fears. Premier de Gasperi and Communist chief Togliatti make final appeals. Washington says Communists are beaten, credits US aid and Trieste rejection as turning points.
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Ome
Italy
Mario Scelba
Gasperi
Alcide de Gaspar
Christian Democrats
Naples
Palmiro Togliatti
Togliatti
Washington
U. S. State Department
Russia
Trieste
Ialy
United Nations
Jess
Togniatti
U. S
de Gasperi
Greece
Sicily
Attilio Piccioni
Florence
Death of Manuel Roxas Stuns Manila Capital
Manila mourns as the flag draped body of Manuel Roxas arrives after his heart attack at Clark Field. Elpidio Quirino, ailing yet set to return, calls a Council of State meeting. Roxas's coffin lies in state at Malacanang while markets pause and radios refrain from music.
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Manila
Manuel Roxas
Philippines
Roxas
Clark Field
Elpidio Quirino
Quiring
Quirino
Council of State
Sergio Osmena
Jose’. Yule
Placido Mapa
U. S. Air Base
Grand Jury Quiz Due in Shakedown Case
SANTA CRUZ April 16 WA District Attorney June Borina announced she will convene the Santa Cruz County grand jury to review evidence in an alleged shakedown by impersonators of the state attorney general. Three coin machine operators paid a $5000 protection claim at a San Francisco Airport showup. Hoy and Cadder were cleared. The probe focused on an alleged meeting at the airport on October 30 and a suspect identified as Mr. Robinson. Authorities seek cooperation with the attorney general’s office to resolve the case.
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Santa, Cruz
June Borina
Santa Cruz
Hoy
Caddell
Huntsman
Newsmen
Attorney General's Office
San Francisco
Howser
Mr. Robinson
Wayne Gettys
Robinson
Mr. Gettys
Charlie
Wiley Caddell
Operation Aids Slugged Infant
Denver doctors at Denver General Hospital performed a delicate operation to remove brain blood clots from five month old William Jerrell Jr who had become seriously ill after being beaten by his mother. Surgeons reported the baby remained in critical condition and a transfusion was needed from rare type O RH negative blood. Hundreds offered donations through newspapers while the hospital appealed for blood.
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Denver
Denver General Hospital
Wiliam Jerrell Jr
Canada
Editors Get Inside Tip U M T Not to Pass in 48
Washington April 16 Several hundred nation’s leading editors received an inside tip that Congress will not enact a universal military training bill this year. House leaders outlined selective service as the likely focus while a floor showdown appears unlikely with about 40 signatures needed.
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Ashington
Congress
House
Halleck
Indiana
American Society of Newspaper Editors
House- Armed Services Committee
Rules Committee
Taft
Ohio
Eastland
D.-Miss
Taylor
Idaho
Monteney
D.-Okla
Army Inspector Arrives in Orient on Inspection Tour
Maj. Gen. Tra T. Wyche, Army inspector general, arrived at Haneda airport for annual U S inspections at Base command. He will later visit Korea the Philippines Ryukyus and Marianas.
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Tokyo
Tra T. Wyche
Army
Haneda Airport
U. S
Korea
Philippines
Ryukyus
Marianas
Colombia Ends General Strike After Bloody Uprising
In Bogota the Colombian Workers Confederation declared the general strike over as government crews clear wreckage from last week's violence that left about 300 dead. The uprising followed the assassination of Liberal leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitan. Banks reopened. Red Cross delivered seven tons of medical supplies. U S reports noted refinery fires and a Communist handbill in Buenaventura.
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Ogota
Colombian Workers' Confederation
Liberal Party
Jorge Eliecer Galtan
Confederation
Carla Echandia
Mariano
H. Edward Russell
St. Louis
Caribbean
American Red Cross
One-time Beauty Ends Fourth Marriage
Mrs Milo Abercrombie Shelby, once hailed as America’s most beautiful society girl before World War I, obtained an annulment today from her fourth husband, an ex convict. Shelby alleged he posed as a wealthy Honolulu artist during courtship and later revealed he was already married. Her disappointment deepened when she learned he was an ex convict.
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San Francisco
Milo Abercrombie Shelby
America
Shelby
Honolulu
B 29 Training Flight Ends After 5700 Mile Trip
Ten Eighth Air Force B 29 bombers completed a 5700 mile training mission from Germany to Fort Worth Texas in a little over 30 hours, marking a long distance rehearsal for strategic air operations.
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Fort Vortshs
Texas
Eighth Air Force
Germany
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