France Election Totals Show Coalition Lead in Deputy Seats
France’s centrist coalition held a wide lead in yesterday’s county elections with 1082 seats to 389 for De Gaullists and 37 for Communists, independents 59. De Gaullists claimed 536 councillors by noon, though official reports listed 489. No Paris vote. premier Henri Queuille leads a four-group government. Italy’s Count Sforza headed a foreign ministers’ parade to sign the North Atlantic pact. Britain, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg ministers sail to join the signing as France and others prepare for a Europe parliament.
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Italy
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State files condemnation suit for Long Beach site
State pursues condemnation to acquire the Long Beach employment department building site as a gateway project. A contract is planned to be awarded for the related work. A bridge over the San Gabriel River is also noted as an item on Page B-1.
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Johnson Takes Oath as Defense Leader
LOUIS JOHNSON was sworn in as Secretary of Defense in a grand Pentagon ceremony watched by about 15,000. He pledged unity of the Army Navy and Air Force and promised to build strength within democratic and economic limits to deter aggressors. Mrs Johnson attended with Perle Mesta, as the new defense leader outlined a policy of unified service branches.
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Armed Services
Perle Mesta
Washington Jhostess
All Coal Miners Return to Jobs Vacated Two Weeks
Pittsburgh dispatch reports east of the Mississippi coal miners resumed work to resume high output after a memorial protest shutdown. By day’s end 4630000 idle miners were expected to produce coal again, with Pennsylvania pits under safety inspection and railroad crews returning to service in West Virginia and nearby states.
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U. S
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Two Earthquakes Rock Manila No Damage Reported
Manila was rocked by two earthquakes about 35 minutes apart today with no damage reported immediately. The events occurred in Manila and involved reported tremors but caused no injuries or property damage at once.
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Eisenhower Leaves for Key West to Rest and Recover
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, incapacitated by stomach inflammation, departed Washington aboard President Truman's plane for Key West Florida to recuperate after a week in bed. He is serving as temporary chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and looked pale and shaky as he boarded the flight at 10:40 a.m.
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Key West
Fla
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Truman
Naval Station
$11 Suits Sale Attracts 5000 In Boston
Boston March 28 Five thousand shoppers storm Filene's basement for a first postwar sale of men's suits topcoats and overcoats at one price eleven dollars. Filene's estimates about three thousand inside with a crew of 200 salesmen assisting the crowd. Stock gathered from 18 outlets had original prices from twenty seven fifty to fifty dollars.
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Flying Boat Ditches After Faulty Engine in Pacific
Eleven survivors were rescued nine hours after a Navy Catalina ditched 605 miles southwest of Johnston Island. The airmen were picked up by LSM 448 and later taken to Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. The flight crew from Kaneohe NAS manned the ferry to San Diego.
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Rosehill
N.C
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Battle Creek
Iowa
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Portland
Ore
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Seattle
Wash
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St. Louis
W. V. Webb
Hugo
Okla
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Qahu Island
San Diego
Coast San Francisco Areas Get Storm Warnings
The Weather Bureau ordered small craft warnings from Cape Mendocino to Point Concepcion at 6 a.m. for gusty northwest winds up to 30 mph, continuing until 9 p.m. The warning also covers San Francisco and Suisun Bays until 4:30 p.m. with winds of 25 to 35 mph.
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Debut of Baby Girl Amid Car Crash In Saginaw
A baby girl was born in Saginaw on March 28 as Mrs. Ernest Wichert, 18, delivered en route to St Marys Hospital after a neighbor rushed her in a car from Birch Run. A collision occurred three blocks from the hospital causing $1000 in damage and two tires missing, yet the mother and child were reported doing fine.
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Birch Run
St. Mary's Hospital
Gordon W. Reed
Fair Income Clause for Landlords Added
Senate House conferees agreed on a five month rent control extension requiring a fair net operating income for landlords. The agreement aims to allow action on a new rent control law before the current law expires, with leaders predicting swift Senate approval and potential House opposition. The measure falls short of President Truman’s request, and there is no certainty on how it will affect rents.
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Ohio
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Sparkman
D.-Ala
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Ex Embass y Clerk Indicted for Treason in Wartime
Washington March 28 a federal grand jury indicted Herbert John Burgman 52 former U S embassy clerk and statistician in Berlin on treason charges He allegedly refused to return after Pearl Harbor and joined the German radio service The 69 alleged treasonous acts centered on managing the Nazi propaganda outlet known as station debunk Other indictments make Burgman the 25th American to face treason charges in WWII and the 13th linked to enemy broadcasts Burgman married a German woman and has a grown son in Germany.
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Herbert John Burgman
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Hokah
Minn
Berlin
Pearl Harbor
United States
Station Debunk
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Burgsman
Germany
Burma Bandits Rob Turf Club Heist in Rangoon
In Rangoon Burma on March 23 an armed gang robbed the pay-off room of the Turf Club, escaping with 300000 rupees about 92000 dollars. Six men counted the take while thirty guarded the area and workers cut telephone lines to hinder pursuit. The robbers fled after disabling nearby motor traffic.
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