Roberts Quits as National GOP Chairman
Washington report on C Wesley Roberts resignation after Kansas investigators found possible lobbying law violations. Wisconsin GOP backs him. L A man Leonard W Hall and Mclntoyre Faries from Los Angeles among possible successors as the party plans a declaration and selection process.
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Washington
C. Wesley Roberts
Kansas
Wayne J. Hood
Wisconsin
Eisenhower Sail Roberts
Roberts
Bached
Wiscons
Wisconsin Gop
Loonz
Wes Robh
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
L. A
New York
Leonard W. Hall
U. S
Mclntoyre Faries
Los Angeles
Faries
California
Favies
Chicago
White House
James C. Hagerty
National Committee
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Reds Lift Border Ban On Eastern Front Truckers
Communist frontier guards at the western end of the Allied highway lifted a 40 hour ban and allowed heavy trucks to move toward Berlin. About 150 trucks had been held since Thursday night for carrying more than 12 tons of cargo. Officials cited a weak Elbe bridge near Magdeburg needing repairs before heavy vehicles could pass. At 11 am the Marienborn checkpoint cleared the first trucks on the route to Berlin.
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Bexlin
Wnr
Berlin
Elbe
Magdenburg
Communist People's Police
Marienborn
L A Red Probers Resume Inquiry in California
The inquiry continued in Southern California with educators testifying that academic freedom is constrained by Communist influence. Professors W Byrd Lewis and Leroy R Herndon Jr described orders from above shaping teaching and urged more coverage of communism. Witness Ham Minkus declined to answer about party ties, citing the Fifth Amendment as the committee pressed about union control and party membership.
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California
W. Byrd Lewis
San Jose State College
Radio Moscow
Leroy RB
Herndon Jr
Glendale City College
Communist Party
Ham Minkus
Minkus
Frank Tavenner
Donald L. Jackson
R.-Calif
Trains Crash Kills 21 Injures 162 Near Conneaut
A chain of wrecks four miles east of Conneaut caused 21 deaths and 162 injuries as three trains collided amid mud and darkness. Fire and medical crews treated hundreds at a Red Cross station while track crews and volunteers cleared the mess.
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Red Cross
Andy Aranyons
Aranyons
Nnsty
Conneaut
Nyc
Southwest Limited
Ft Weyne
Ind
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Awa
Mexican Officers Arrest Suspect in $10,000 Theft
Torrance police say Mexican authorities arrested a drunk driving suspect near Mexicali, uncovering a $10,000 jewelry and auto theft case. Harry R. Thais of Lawndale drove a stolen car containing $10,000 in jewelry linked to Maj. James Barrett of Palos Verdes Parkway. Barrett reported the auto was taken from his front yard on March 16. Jewelry was partly found at Betty Davis’s Lawndale home, where it was described as costume jewelry by a friend. Thais implicates two other men and is held in Tijuana awaiting U.S. return.
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Torrance
Mexicali
Harry R. Thais
Lawndale
James Barratt
Palos Verdes Parkway
Bar|rett
Thais
Betty Davis
Tijuana
United States
1500 Homeless in Maine Floods Shake New England
Rain and rising rivers trigger flood warnings across Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Androscoggin at Lewiston runs 16 feet above normal, a Lewiston bridge closes. White River Junction Vermont faces ten endangered houses. Connecticut River rising three feet above flood stage in western Massachusetts. Merrimac and nearby areas ease, but New Hampshire forecasts light showers and cooler weekend conditions with northern Maine expecting rain or snow.
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Lewiston
Maine
Auburn
Vermont
White River Junction
Connecticut River
Massachuetts
New Hampshire
Merrimac
Massachusetts
Plymouth
N. H
New England
Reds Agree to Trade Sick Wounded POWs
Reported exchange of sick and wounded prisoners in Korea prompts cautious UN reaction. State Department notes the move is voluntary and separate from armistice talks, while Tokyo dispatches cite several thousand POWs on the other side eligible for exchange. Lincoln White explains the proposal aims at voluntary travel under Geneva Article 109, not resuming talks. Emergency debt relief note follows.
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Tokyo
State Department
Dukes
United Nations
New York
Trenry Cabot Lodge
Moscow
Krenlin
PQW
Korea
United Nations Mus
Wanka
Tepatiaton
Red
Lincoln White
Gen. Clark
Clark
Legislators Hint No New Tax This Session
In Sacramento lawmakers signaled no new taxes this session as a Senate committee tabled bills for a uniform city sales tax and county levy. The California Retailers Association urged streamlined returns while city and county groups clashed over revenue shares and local taxing powers amid debate on cigaret and liquor tax proposals.
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Sacramento
PF. Legisla
Bell
Senate
Snuff Burbank
National City
Lyning
Wood
Senate Revenue ~ Taxation Committee
California Retailers Association
W. F.ashton
Los Angeles
County Supervisors ‘Association
California
League of California
Richard Carpenter
League Atttorney
Canlis Urges Hospital Facilities For Long Beach
Canlis of Long Beach urges support for Proposition H on the April 3 ballot citing urgent needs for a children s hospital wing to treat polio cases and a nurses training school. He argues a Yes vote would fund these facilities with no tax increase, part of a broader series of civic endorsements.
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George
Canlis
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Passover Party Planned by Beth-E Orthodox Synagogue
The Beth-E Orthodox Synagogue will hold a strictly kosher Passover party on Saturday April 4 at 127 Wanaheim St starting at 8 30 p m. The event features entertainment music cards and refreshments and invites parents to bring children.
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Anaheim St
A. H. Heller
Reds
Southern California Edison Company
Chino-Pisgah
Chino
Edison
Hoover Dam
Saugus
Gorman
Southern
Edison Company
Bataan
California-Eastern Airways
San Francisco
Japan
Travis Air Base
Navy
David C. Shanks
Coast Guard
Robert Brodie Jr
Missouri
Warner Edsall
Sasebo
Brodie
Iu. S. Navy
Pnovo Va
L.A. Red Probers
Independent- Press-Telegram
ABC
Dooley
Long Beach Blvd
North Long Beach
George MN. Contia
Canlis Stresses
Bhov
Eitender Ea Wey
Almaden
Beringee Bros
Beaulieux
Concannon
Christian Bros. — Englenook — Krug
Louis’ Martini
Navitrace
Paul Marson
Wente Bros
E. Broadway
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