Wisconsin Voters Weigh Three Republican Presidential Hopefuls
Wisconsin voters prepare for a primary selecting 27 GOP delegates as Gen. Douglas MacArthur Harold E. Stassen and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey vie for support. Campaigns hint at a strong anti Communism stance with Dewey and Stassen touring Wisconsin while Taft criticizes Democrats over Communist ties. Brownell forecasts solid Dewey backing in several states.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Douglas MacArthur
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
MacArthur
Moscow
Nebraska
Dewey
Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Missouri
Herbert Brownell
New Hampshire
Brownell
Towa
Twelve Ohioans Die In Separate Accidents In Ohio
A total of twelve people died in Ohio yesterday across three air crashes and multiple traffic wrecks. In Circleville two planes collided head on about 1400 feet up. Ruth Swift 30, Jack Moats 21, and Virgil Newman 40 perished. Mrs. Benedict plunged from a Columbus hotel, eight more traffic victims reported in Cleveland Newark and surrounding areas including Krasinski 64 Walenty 53 Proteau whose earlier crash was fatal. Other fatalities include Lewis Widmar 55 in Cleveland, Harry Tingler 32 of Newark, Robert Harper 21 of Chatham, William Goodwin 50 of Delaware, three year old Timothy Rust of Springfield, and Ralph Jordan 22 of Columbus.
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Ohio
Circleville
Columbus
Ruth Swift
Jack Moats
Virgil Newman
Newman
Harry Grant
Jean Wilson Benedict
Southern
Benedict
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles
Clevelausiers
Steve Krasinski
Lydian Walenty
O. J. Proteau
Krasinski
Walenty
Porteau
Lewis Widmar
Cleveland
Harry Tingler
Newark
Robert Harper
Chatham
William H. Goodwin
Delaware
Timothy D. Rust
John C. Rust
Springfield
Ralph Jordan
Four Power Talks Sought On German Rail Restrictions
British and American officials accepted a Soviet offer to discuss deadlock over rail traffic controls linking Berlin with western zones. A four power meeting was proposed as U S and French agreed to discuss the matter. Regular passenger trains remained halted while freight trains moved through Soviet lines.
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British
U. S
Berlin
United States
N.C. D. Brownjohn
Brownjohn
Allied Control Council
U.S
Brian Robertson
Germany
Marienborn
Leaders Press For Fast Start On Foreign Aid
Washington AP reports administration leaders urge a quick start on the European Recovery Program. The $6.098 billion aid plan aims to shield western Europe from Communist expansion with five nations Italy France Austria The Netherlands and Greece to receive initial assistance amid debates over which agency should lead temporary control such as State Department Reconstruction Finance Corp or Export Import Bank.
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Washington
Western
Europe
Truman
State Department
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Export-Import Bank
Italy
France
Austria
The
Netherlands
Greece
Truck Drivers Stage Sit Down Protest on Turnpike
More than 500 big trailer trucks lined a 12 mile stretch of the Pennsylvania turnpike in a sit down protest against state weight limits. Drivers said the law caps gross weight at 45000 pounds and want payload allowances raised to 35080 pounds.主管
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Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Holliday
One Escapee Stull Missing From Mass Escape
COLUMBUS AP Only one of 11 boys who staged a mass escape from the state bureau of juvenile research remained at large. Recaptured were five, two surrendered in Grove City, two returned voluntarily, and one surrendered at Hamilton. The breakout occurred during a motion picture in a cottage on bureau grounds. Director Morris Newburger blamed the weather saying spring had made the boys restless.
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Columbus
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
Grove City
Hamilton
Bureau
Morris Newburger
Three Fishermen Drowned In River Near Blairsville
In Blairsville Pennsylvania three young fishermen died when their rowboat overturned in the Conemaugh River. Victims were Melvin Kelly 19 Charles Clark 21 and Ronnie Squibbs 9 all of Blairsville. Surviving swimmer was George Gregon 12 also of Blairsville.
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Blairsville
Conemaugh River
E. L. Fleming
Melvin Kelly
Charles Clark
Ronnie Squibbs
George Gregon
Return To Moscow From Helsinki With New Instructions
Two members of Finland's Soviet treaty delegation traveled back to Moscow from Helsinki late last night carrying new instructions.
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Moscow
Finland
Helsinki
Mrs. Rockefeller Dies At 73 From Heart Attack In New York
Mrs. Abby Green Aldrich Rockefeller, 73, widow of John D. Rockefeller Jr., died at 9:15 a.m. at their 740 Park Avenue home. Born in Providence, she was sister to banker Winthrop Aldrich and married in 1901 to the head of the Rockefeller fortune. Her art collection, valued around two hundred thousand dollars, she donated largely to the Museum of Modern Art.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York
Rockefeller
Providence
Abby Green Aldrich
U. S
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
John D. III
Nelson
Laurance
Winthrop
David
Abby
Wintrop Aldrich
Park Ave
Museum of Modern Art
Brown University
R. I
Aldrich
U. S. Senate
Miss Aldrich
Reynolds Takes Off For U S After Quick Departure From China
Reynolds, billionaire Milton, left Shanghai after a dispute with Chinese officials over his mountain expedition. He flew to Tokyo for U S. Army clearance, planning a fueling stop at Midway and arrival at Hickam Field, Honolulu, with wife and two children awaiting him. Chinese authorities had sought to detain him for exit violations and lack of visas.
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China
Reynolds
Tokyo
United States
Midway Island
Hickam Field
Honolulu
E.S.T
Far East Air Forces
MacArthur
Chicago
Everest
Shanghai
Soviet British Planes Collide Killing 14 In Berlin
A British Viking transport with 10 passengers and four crew crashed after colliding with a Soviet fighter near Spandau prison on the Berlin outskirts. All 14 aboard died, including two Americans. The Russian fighter also crashed. RAF blamed wing contact as the cause of the fatal midair collision.
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Berlin
RAF
British European Airways
London
Spandau International
Nuernberg
Drew
Spandau
Acros
CIO Steelworkers Open Wage Talks
Pittsburgh AP says the CIO United Steelworkers and U S Steel opened wage negotiations. President Philip Murray said the union has not fixed a dollar amount and will seek a substantial raise for about 600000 of its 850000 members, with other members to follow in later sessions.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corporation
Philip Murray
Murray
Ohio suffrage leader Janet Richards dies in Ohio
Ohio born suffrage leader Janet FE Richards died yesterday in Granville Ohio. A delegate to three international women’s suffrage alliance meetings she conducted lecture courses for many years. Funeral services will be held here tomorrow.
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Washington
Janet FE. Richards
Granville
Richards
Pits Remain Deserted In Coal Strike
West Virginia and Pennsylvania soft coal pits stayed largely idle as the United Mine Workers strike entered its fourth week despite a government injunction. Major mines, including U S Steel and Jones and Laughlin, kept some blast furnaces running briefly. Many miners demand pension fund action before returning. Steel mills faced rising unemployment as coal stockpiles depleted and coke ovens idled. Bethlehem Steel alone idled 22,000 workers. U S Steel anticipated a curtailment statement.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
U.S. Steel and
Jones and Laughlin
Kentucky
Union
H. C. Frick Coke Co
U. S. Steel
Uniontown
Waterman
Rochester
Murel Pritt
Ward
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Adolph Pacifico
Bellaire
William Vaughn
Walsonburg
Colo
Alabama
Virginia
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
U. S. Steel Corporation
Court acquits Alfred Krupp and eleven directors
A U S war crimes court acquitted Alfred Krupp and eleven Krupp directors of plotting aggressive warfare. They had pleaded innocent to a 50 page indictment charging aggression, plundering peaceful countries, and using slave labor. Trial began December 8.
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Mernberg
Germany
Alfred Krupp
Krupp Munitions Combine
U.S
UMW Chieftain Heads Toward New Showdown
John L. Lewis leads the United Mine Workers as striking soft coal miners defy a court order to end a 22 day pension walkout. A federal ruling demands compliance or a contempt case, with possible fines or jail. operators await the order’s effect before commenting.
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UMW
New Showdown
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Comeply
T. Alan Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Matthew F. McGuire
Twenty Are Killed In Egyptian Street Fight
In Alexandria Egypt troops battled striking police and civilian mobs killing twenty people including seven officers. Police across the city and in Cairo went on strike demanding pay and improved conditions as hoodlums looted stores and torched vehicles and buildings.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Cairo
Harbor
Mohamed Aly
Milwaukee voters choose between Zeidler and Reuss for mayor
Milwaukee residents will name a mayor from two young candidates Frank P. Zeidler and Henry Reuss. The incumbent 80 year old John Bohn is not seeking re election.
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Milwaukee
Sergeant With No Experience Flies B25 to Visit Brother
AP reports Air Force sergeant Malcolm McCrady, 30, a Wright Field crew chief with no pilot training, flew solo in a B 25 from Ohio to Owatonna Minnesota to visit a brother. He landed unaided at Owatonna Municipal, then waited for MPs. McCrady claimed the Wright Field tower tried to halt the takeoff and said he was “a little busy” upon landing. He was held at Minneapolis airbase for authorities.
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Minneapolis
Ohio
Minnesota
Wright Field
Dayton
Owatonna
Malcolm McCready
Airforce
McCrady
Owatonna Municipal
Norbert
Glenn Degner
Owatonhe
Saii McCrady
Degner
George Donnelly
San Antonio
Texas
United States
Easy Passage Forecast For Draft Revival
Washington senators Bridges and Ball foresee easy Senate support for reviving the draft with a universal military training measure facing tougher odds. Bridges, on Armed Services, plans to back both UM T and the draft. Chairman Gurney aims to finish the bill by Friday as Russia moves quickly.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
Bridges
Re NH
Ball
R-Minn
Senate Armed Services Committee
Four Marines Held After Shanghai Plane Crash
Four U S Marines were reportedly captured by Chinese Communist troops after an emergency crash landing in Communist territory near Hungshigai, 18 miles west of Tsigatao. The men, on a routine navigational flight, escaped serious injuries as another Marine died of gun wounds days earlier. Names were not released.
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Shanghai
U. S
Hungshigai
Tsigatao
Witheheld
Salesman Kills Self In Atlanta Window Jump
A traveling salesman invited newspaper men to watch him jump from a hotel window but none came. He then shot himself to death while telephoning his wife. Police identified him as J. D. Byrd, 49, of Camden, South Carolina.
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Atlanta
J. D. Byrd
Camden
S. C
Stop Over Refused London Barrs Jamal Effendi
London AP reports British authorities refused Jamal Effendi Palestine Arab leader a stopover in Britain en route to New York, delaying his travel plans and prompting diplomatic note as he continues his voyage.
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London
Jamal Effendi
Britain
New York
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