Ike Backers Pack Madison Square Garden for Eisenhower Rally
Fifteen thousand Eisenhower backers from six states crowded Madison Square Garden in New York for a campaign rally. Sen. Lodge praised the turnout as a first big rally of 1952, with delegates from Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Virginia Pennsylvania and New Hampshire chanting We want Ike. Stars attended and the next rallies were announced for Fort Worth, Texas. Some backers complained about Stassen remaining in the race and influencing contests in Ohio and elsewhere.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Sen. Lodge
R-Mass
Eisenhower
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Ike
Irving’ Berlin
Tex McCrary
Ft. Worth
Tex
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Stassen
Illinois
West Virginia
Bell
Pillows Next In Probe Of Extravagance
Washington 1L A House Armed Services subcommittee shifted focus from machine tools to pillows in a probe of military buying waste. Hearings begin Monday on costs of three catalogues per service, seeking a central purchasing agency and possibly a single catalogue, with potential savings up to 100 million dollars by removing duplications and competitive buying. The panel questioned a 9 million dollar war contract for 42 inch turret lathes from Fisher Body GM as the order was canceled.
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Washington
Hebert
D-La
Armed Services
Fisher Body
General Motors
More Production Is Unemployment Answer Capehart
Sen Capehart argues growing civilian production is the solution to unemployment. He told Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson that military materials are sufficiently stocked for now and urged an overall review to boost consumer output.
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Washington
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Capehart
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Falls Under Train Killed? Cleveland Switchman Injured
Cleveland switchman Joseph Frierhof, 47, fell from a freight car Friday as three other cars passed over him severing part of his right leg. Locomotive fireman William Grove applied a tourniquet with a stick and handkerchief and saved his life.
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Cleveland
Jsoeph Frierhof
William Grove
Graft In VA On GI Bill II charged
A congressional committee found an excessive number of Veterans Administration employees accepted bribes gifts unusual loans gratuities services and ownership in schools linked to GI Bill programs. The Teague led panel urged new law to extend benefits to Korean War veterans as it scrutinized WWII GI funds. It cited overscharges falsified data and courses taken for subsistence rather than training.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
House
Rep
Teague
D-Tex
Capehart calls for immediate RFC abolition action
Senator Capehart said he would ask the Senate to set aside other business and take up a bill to abolish the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The Banking Committee plans an early showdown with a Fulbright-backed reform measure as Truman’s clash with the Senate over RFC leadership intensifies.
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Washington
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Senate Banking Committee
Fulbright
D-Ark
Truman
Harry A McDonald
House Commerce
McDonald
Trial Of Reds Will Be Long
Federal conspiracy trial of California's 15 top Communists stretches into a long fight. After a full week the first prosecution witness remains on the stand and only 10 of 664 exhibits are in evidence. A defense attorney, Alexander H. Schullman, was out with flu, causing another delay as the trial recessed on Monday.
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Los Angeles
California
Alexander H. Schullman
Mice with Hooked Tails and Delayed Action Twins
Reported by the American Genetic Association in Journal of Heredity describes mice with question mark shaped tails and a cow in Missouri with delayed-twin calves. The Maryland station notes the twins likely non identical and unusual for birthdays about 23 days apart, attributed to a genetic mutation.
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Washington
Animal Kingdom
American Genetic Association
Journal of Heredity
Bossy
Laurel
Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station
Taney
Sarasota, Fra
Sandringham Royal Funeral Observed at St Mary Magdalene
In Sandringham England villagers and workers filed past King George VI’s coffin in St Mary Magdalene church before a private service. The monarch’s body will travel to London Monday for lying in state at Westminster Hall amid final preparations by officials and royal family members including Queen Elizabeth II.
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F. Jones
Sandringham
England
George VI
St. Mary Magdalene
Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor
Elizabeth II
Queen Mother
Princess Margaret
London
Westminster
Elizabeth
Margaret
Hector Anderson
Africa
Kefauver DiSalle to Speak at Brookfield Dinner Rally
Sen Estes Kefauver and Michael V. DiSalle will address the fourth annual Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Masury on February 2. Kefauver seeks the Democratic presidential nomination while DiSalle runs for U S Senator.
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Warren
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Michael V. DiSalle
Brookfield Township
Masury
Kefauver
DiSalle
U. S
UMT May Go To Dry Areas Amid Liquor Sale Debate
A tentative list of 17 Army Navy Marine and Air Force training centers in 12 states could host six months of basic UMT for 18 year olds this year if Congress passes the bill. State liquor laws complicate plans with many zones dry or minimum ages set at 21. The House backs the bill banning alcohol sales to trainees while allowing beer up to 1 percent.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
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Navy
Marine
Air Force
Hunt
D-Wye
House
Armed Services Committee
UMT
Oklahoma
Pentagon
Camp Chaffe
Ark
Ft. Ord
Calif
Ft. Riley
Kan
Ft. Knox
Ft. Dix
N. J
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Camp Elliott
U. S. Naval Submarine Station
London
Eisenhower Withdraws From Oregon Democratic Ballot
In Portland Oregon General Dwight Eisenhower will not appear as a presidential candidate on the Oregon Democratic primary ballot for May 16. Democratic backers will withdraw the petitions that placed his name on the ballot after an authoritative source advised withdrawal and Eisenhower would approve.
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Portland
Ore
Dwight Eisenhower
Oregon
Thomas Mahoney
Eisenhower
Mahoney
Committee Slows Foreign Aid Work
Washington The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a wait-and-see stance on foreign aid. Chairman Rich ards says hearings will wait until after NATO meetings in London and Lisbon to assess unity toward mutual defense.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Richards
D-Sc
NATO
London
Lisbon
Germany demands threaten peace deal and six nation army
Allied officials say West German demands for joining Western defense are costly and may delay a peace settlement and the creation of a six nation European army. Key conditions include end of Allied occupation, full sovereignty, equal voice in strategic councils, and release of war criminals. Bundestag approved the proposal but only on principle by 204 to 156, with conscription not immediate.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Bundestag
Judd Escape Probed Over Arizona Hospital Evasion
Winnie Ruth Judd, the famed 20 year old murderess known as the tiger, returned to the Arizona Hospital for the Insane after her fifth escape. Governor Howard Pyle ordered an inquiry into possible outside or inside interference. C. D. Miller, head of the hospital board, said internal and external aid aided the escape via a roped descent.
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Phoenix
Ariz. W
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona
Howard Pyle
C. D. Miller
Board of Control
The
State Hospital
Babe Is Born Father Dies in Japan Plane Crash
In Auburn New York Mrs. Baker gave birth to her second child while her husband First Lt Allen F Baker died in a B 29 crash in Japan. An Air Force telegram offered few details but it is believed he was among 13 crewmen killed when the bomber crashed near Nokota Air Base during a snowstorm.
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Auburn
N. Y
Allen F. Baker
Japan
Truman Family Uncomfortable With Skinner Paris Show
Washington observers describe Carmmelia Otis Skinner’s Paris ’90s one woman revue at Gaety as daring satire with risqué sketches. The Truman family seats amid Secret Service, laughter mingling with embarrassment as scenes depict infidelities and provocative scenarios. A nearby Secret Service officer mused on who invited the president.
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Truman
Washington
Carmmelia Otis Skinner
Paris
Trumans
Miss Skinner
Mrs. Truman
Secret Service
S. S
High Winds Sweep Ohio State Damages Limited
Strong winds moving in with a cold wave swept Ohio on Friday night and today causing widespread but minor damage. Dayton reported 86 mph gusts knocking out street lights and power lines, while Cincinnati saw 60 mph winds loosening metal on a tall building. Trees, awnings and signs toppled across cities. many outside TV antennas were blown down.
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Ohio
Dayton
Cincinnati
Bi Four
Springfield
Columbus
East Liverpool
Air Mail Bride Admits Death by Self Inflicted Shot
Cincinnati report says L C Trent's former Hull England bride admitted from hospital that she tried to kill herself and would not return to her husband. She gave officers a signed statement about her gunshot wound after being hospitalized January 17 with a chest wound, insisting the shooting was not an accident.
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Cincinnati
L. C. Trent
Hull
England
Trent
Loveland
Millionth Fatality Ends With Law Suit
The estate of 54 year old Elma H. Wischmeier files a $150,000 damage suit in Common Pleas Court against Brade Cartage Co. owner of the truck that killed her on December 21, the nation’s millionth traffic fatality as recorded by The Associated Press.
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Cleveland i
Elma H. Wischmeier
Associated Press
Brade Cartage Co
Common Pleas
Practicing to live with a rare heart condition in Bronx
Sidney Grunauer, 55, leaves Montefiore Hospital after four years with ventricular fibrillation a rare heart block and unknown factor. Doctors say attacks render him pulseless and heartbeatless for seconds to minutes but he remains alive. If attacks exceed eight minutes the chance of permanent death rises.
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New York
Sidney Grunauer
Bronx
Grunauer
Montefiore Hospital
Price Index Decline Widens Across Food and Goods
Washington reports the wholesale price index fell by three tenths of one percent for the week ending February 5, with decreases in grain livestock and fresh vegetables while oranges and some items rose. The index stood at 175.8 percent of the 1926 average, 4.1 percent below last year but 12 percent above the pre Korean-war level.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Allies Accept Korean Talks Pact After Armistice
MUNSAN Korea AP report says Allies accepted a Communist proposal to start final settlement negotiations within three months after an armistice. They endorsed two thirds of a Red agenda for a high level conference but will not discuss Asian issues beyond Korea. The UN command will discuss withdrawal of foreign troops and peaceful settlement steps.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Fifth Air Force Losses in Korea Weekly Summary
U.S. Fifth Air Force reports in Korea that during the week ended Friday its planes lost seven. Red anti aircraft batteries shot down seven U N. planes while no Communist planes were reported lost. One F 36 Sabre jet was lost in a jet battle and one plane crashed due to mechanical failure. Last week the Fifth Air Force lost 14 planes. weekly average about 19.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Red Korea
The
Air Force
U. N
Koreans split peace issues at Panmunjom talks
The United Nations and Allied negotiators advanced a plan to place Korean unification under an independent, democratic government before a high level post armistice conference while restricting debate to issues tied to the Korean conflict. North Korea and allies prepared for another full dress meeting as Nam Il studied the proposal.
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U. N
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Panmunjom
Nam Il
Grand Juries Organized to Probe Racketeers nationwide
Attorney General McGrath reports 34 federal grand juries across the United States have answered his call for a grassroots survey of racketeering and organized crime. He urged such inquiries in all 93 federal districts as a yearly early check, building on the Senate Crime Investigation Committee’s work.
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Washington
McGrath
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Full War Against Chicago's Hoodlums To Follow Slaying
Civic and political leaders vow an all-out war to destroy hoodlum political power after the shotgun killing of Charles Gross, West Side ward Republican committeeman. Gov Stevenson proposes a cross-party meeting as newspapers offer rewards for the slayers. Police and prosecutors are urged to seize every hoodlum on sight.
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Charles Gross
Gross
West Side 31St Ward
Sun-Times
the Tribune
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Cook County
West Side
Association of Commerce
Cpinmon
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