Courageous Mother Returns Son Medals to President
A widowed Springfield mother of six, Edith Rosengrant, mailed her Purple Heart and scroll to President Truman with a letter attacking him and Acheson. Her son Dick Rosengrant died Aug 10 1951 near Sinchon Korea with the Seventh Cavalry. another son Fred was killed nearby. She urged other parents to return medals until American leaders prove braver in Washington.
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Springfield
Colo
Washington
Korea
Edith Rosengrant
Truman
Acheson
Pie
Dick Rosengrant
Sinchon
Seventh Cavalry
Fred
Defense Department
America
Harry S. Truman
French Urge Talk on Tunisian Rule
In Tunis France formally proposed resumption of peaceful negotiations with Tunisian leaders on more self rule. Premier Mohammed Chenik attended a 25 minute meeting with Sidi Mohammed El Amin at the bey’s palace as police and armed detachments hunted nationalist agitators after last week’s rioting that left 69 dead and over 200 injured.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
Jean de Haduteclocque
Sidi Mohammed El-Amin
Mohammed Chenik
Icount de Hauteclocque
Truman Aid Denies Charge by McCarthy
White House adviser Phillip Nash denies McCarthy’s claim of Communist ties calling it a contemptible lie. McCarthy urged President Truman to dismiss Nash, citing FBI and loyalty board notes alleging Red contact and meetings in Toronto. Nash, 42, insists he has no such affiliations and questions the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune ad supporting Citizens versus McCarthy.
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Washington
White House
Phillip Nash
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Nash
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune
McCarthy
Jean Nash
Tibet
Senate
Truman
FBI
Federal Loyalty Review Board
Donald Dawson
Communist Party
Toronto
Canada
Communist Movement
Cracked Motorship Endangered by Hull Leak
The motor ship Alaska Cedar, owned by Ocean Tow of Seattle, faced a critical hull breach off the British Columbia coast near Bella Bella. Crewmen manned pumps to prevent sinking as water flooded the hold after the crack opened late yesterday.
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B. C
Alaska Cedar
British Columbia
Ocean Tow, Inc
Seattle
Wash
Vancouver
Petri's Dry Cleaning Advertises Sparkling Garments
Found dry cleaning as it should be with a modern method that makes clothes come back attractive and sparkling clean. Ten drivers at your service. Plant 1250 Orange Ave. Cash and carry.
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Petri
Orange Ave
Ike Supporters Moving In Oklahoma Taft Backup Fades
Oklahoma backers of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower push to gut Taft's GOP nomination lead as district meetings set the state delegation fight. Observers note possible statewide division, with Dewey supporters aiding Eisenhower and Taft still aiming for a split delegation at the February state convention.
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Oklahoma City
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oklahoma
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Truman
Durant
C. E. Barnes
GOP
Bailie Vinson
Taft
Tulsa
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Hugh D. Scott
R-Pa
Dewey
Floyd Carrier
Washington
Johnston Murray
Anne Morgan Dies Wealthy Philanthropist and Heiress
Anne Morgan 78 heir to J P Morgan fortune dies at her Mount Kisco estate after a stroke. She funded French relief and wartime aid, raised over 5 million for France, aided refugee relief in 1940, and led or supported at least 50 philanthropic efforts. She never married.
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Mount Kisco
Anne Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Miss Morgan
Morgan Hamilton
New York
United States
France
Ambush killing shocks Bronx as 13-year-old shoots 11-year-old
Police say a 13-year-old boy shot 11-year-old Angel Louis France with a rifle bought with liquor store holdup proceeds. He allegedly fired twice, claiming the gun was unloaded while aiming from his bedroom window. Distelhurst, arraigned as a juvenile delinquent, held for psychiatric exam after an earlier stabbing incident.
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New York
Angel Louis France
William Distlehurst
Franco
Distelhurst
Bronx
Bronx Children's Court
Cleanup at Standstill in Search for McGrath Aide
Washington dispatch reports the U S cleanup drive halted as Attorney General J Howard McGrath cannot secure a top aide. Three prominent figures Burton Wheeler William Leahy Cody Fowler declined the post while former War Secretary Robert Patterson died in a plane crash. McGrath to anoint another senior attorney as talks continue to shape the anticorruption program.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Burton K.wheeler
D.mont
Wiliam E. Leahy
American Bar Association
Cody Fowler
Tampa
Fla
Robert P. Patterson
Elizabeth
N. J
McGrath
Federal Service
Truman
Thomas F. Murphy
New York Federal Court
British Iran Bank to Close Doors in Iran
The British owned Bank of Iran and the Middle East will shut down in Iran by July 30 after 63 years of operation due to government restrictions. Provisional closures include April 20 for four provincial branches and a Tehran main office closure on July 30, as Mossadegh's government moves to end foreign cultural and financial operations outside Tehran.
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Tehran
Iran
Bank of
Middle East
Mohammed Mossadegh
British Council and
Angloiranian Institute
Tabriz
Meshed
United States Information Service
Mossadegh
Isfahan
Shiraz
Khorremshahr
Ahwaz
Pilot Killed Hunting Lost Californians
Prescott Arizona January 30 The search for a private plane during a Civil Air Patrol mission entered its third day One pilot Ken May of Bonanza Airlines was killed and observer Herb Chesney of Frontier Airlines was critically injured when the aircraft crashed into a pine covered mountain top They were searching for Frank Van Etten of Arcadia California and his flying instructor William Durant of Monrovia California The missing craft was en route from Monrovia to Albuquerque New Mexico and was last heard near Winslow Arizona
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Prescott
Ariz
Civil Air Patrol
Ken May
Bonanza Airlines
Herb Chesney
Frontier Airlines
Frank van Etten
Arcadia
Calif
William
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