Sorrowing Duke Returns Home for King's Mourning
The Duke of Windsor arrived in London from New York to join national mourning for King George VI. Queen Mary remains well though aged 85 and will miss the funeral. Secretary of State Dean Acheson traveled to Britain to represent President Truman at Friday’s state funeral as mourners and visiting dignitaries gathered for the king’s lying in state and rites.
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Egyptian King Farouk Sends Floral Tribute to King George VI
Florists report one of the 100000 tributes for King George VI’s funeral came from Egypt’s King Farouk amid Britain Egypt tensions. The wreath’s laurel leaves and lilies required hours to prepare plus a white silk ribbon naming King Farouk and the Sudan. Egyptian Prime Minister Aly Maher Pasha and Iran’s Mohammed Mossadegh also ordered wreaths, as other figures entangled in disputes with the late king’s government sent tributes.
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Crowds pay last respects to King as coffin lies in Windsor
Pilgrims from Oxford Somerset and Brighton queue past a daylight coffin in St George's Chapel Windsor. A WWII veteran and others travel great distances to bid farewell to the late King as the hall remains silent and dimly lit. The guard stands motionless around the standard draped coffin awaiting the service.
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Lincoln Day blows hit Democrats from GOP leaders
Associated Press reports top Republican figures from Harold Stassen to Earl Warren and Taft attacked the Truman administration in Lincoln Day speeches. Stassen urged ending Missouri misrule and wasteful spending, Warren praised a pro freedom alliance, and Taft warned of Communist threats in Asia. Figures discussed MacArthur’s potential return to leadership.
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Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Stassen
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Pacific
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Supply Depot Planned at Zanesville Ohio
Washington officials seek authorization to lease 100000 square feet of warehouse space at Zanesville to support the Cleveland Pittsburgh critical target area. They also request authority to acquire further storage sites at Sikeston Missouri Downington Pennsylvania and Paw Paw West Virginia for the reserve supply program.
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Internal Revenue Probe Leaders Irked By Quick NYC Inquiry
King subcommittee leaders voiced frustration as a New York grand jury tax probe was ordered quickly by the Justice Department, potentially racing the San Francisco inquiry. The panel planned an open hearing on Wednesday, questioning Immigration Agent George Heckert and Treasury Agent Anthony Sherman while transferring New York files to Washington.
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President Truman Plans Might Run Again Says Browdy
Zionist leader Browdy says Truman told him he will decide in 10 to 15 days whether to seek re election. Browdy noted strong pro Truman sentiment from two country tours and urged him to run. Sabath report and other senators echo varying views on whether the president will run again and serve world peace.
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D- Ala
Bible Characters Are Real People, Publisher States
In Columbus Ohio AP report Dr Roy L Smith of Chicago told a Tuesday night meeting that modern scholars see biblical figures as real people not saints. The event aligned with a National Council of Churches education conference and previews from a new American version of the Old Testament were read.
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Cleveland Police Work as Cab Drivers
Forty six Cleveland police officers are working part time as cab drivers. Chief Frank W. criticized the plan and said he will order them to quit cab work. He argued the two jobs do not mix.
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Newark Airport Closed Pending Congressional Flight Safety Probes
Government and airline officials vow to keep Newark Airport shut as investigations continue after a series of crashes. A 25-airline safety committee formed to limit flights over congested areas and review emergency procedures amid mounting fatalities in two months.
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Secrecy Masks Second Witness At Red Trials
Florida Klan grand dragon indicted on four postal libel charges for sending defamatory postcards to Drew Pearson, three Floridians, and Gov Fuller Warren. Hendrix jailed on 2000 dollar bond, calling the move persecution.
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Kenneth Ballinger
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Hendrix
Northeastern Storms Abate After Severe Winter Dump
Storms across the Northeast diminished as cold air from the Hudson Bay district spread south and east. Caribou Maine logged 44 inches of snow with nearly two feet in two days while wind gusts reached hurricane force in the storm belt. Power lines failed and electric service was disrupted over a wide area as temperatures plunged toward zero in places like Sault Ste. Marie and Pellston.
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Pellston
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Bricker Speaks at Portsmouth Rally on Lincolnday
Senator John W. Bricker of Ohio addressed a Sixth District Republican gathering in Portsmouth. He criticized Secretary of State Dean Acheson for listening to London over Washington and urged a foreign policy aligned with American interests.
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Ohio
Dean Acheson
London
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Bricker
United States
Robbery in Style Stuns Norwalk Service Stations
A masked bandit in an expensive car, guided by a liveried chauffeur, robbed two service stations in Norwalk and Downey. Attendant John Sala said the thief wore a grotesque red devil mask and fled in a high priced car after taking $64.78 from Downey and $16 from Norwalk.
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Allies Cut Demands on Truce Controls in Korea Talks
Allied negotiators in Munsan cut proposed truce supervision requests, offering to concede freer entry points and a shorter 40 000 troop monthly exchange plan while maintaining key limits on punitive troop shifts. Reds proposed fewer ports and more flexibility on prisoner repatriation, with both sides eyeing a final draft on the prisoner clause as talks progress.
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McClellan plans early vote on federal spending watchdog bill
Sen. McClellan says he will push an early Senate vote on a bill to create a super watchdog committee with investigators to scrutinize federal spending. He argues agencies control budget decisions and that Congress lacks a budget check. He predicts saving at least 500 million dollars annually.
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Taft Favored Over Eisenhower In Philadelphia Poll
A Philadelphia paper conducted a week long presidential preference poll using mailed ballots. Taft led Eisenhower with 6 547 votes while MacArthur Earl Warren and Stassen trailed. Kefauver and Truman led the Democratic side with 708 and 374 votes respectively.
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Speaker Policy Committee Set Up At Ohio State
The Faculty Council of Ohio State University named five professors to serve on a committee on evaluation of the new speaker policy. The appointees are G. L Stahly James F. Fullington Robert D. Patton Earl W. Anderson and Robert E. Mathews joined by university President Howard L. Bevis and three vice presidents to ensure full expression of viewpoints and proper service to nation state and university in public discussions.
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Department of Education
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College of Law
Howard L. Bevis
Two GOP Delegates Disqualified Over Petition Signatures
Springfield Ohio. Clark County Board of Elections disqualified two candidates for delegate to national party conventions. Urban R. Juergens pledged to Sen. Estes Kefauver and William E. Bailey pledged to Harold E. Stassen, each lacking sufficient valid signatures on nomination petitions.
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Clark County Board of Elections
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Harold E. Stassen
Urban R. Juergens
Kefauver
William E. Bailey
Stas
Springtime Beginning In Korea
In Korea a spring thaw begins on the Eastern Front as UN forces report light Communist probing in Mundung Valley. Tuesday and Wednesday see heavy air action with U.S. Fifth Air Force claiming rail cuts in many locations, bombings of rail yards and bridges, and naval strikes off both coasts.
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Business Bad For Gamblers In Cleveland
Gamblers in Northeastern Ohio report a sharp December drop in gross business and tax receipts after a 10 percent federal wagering tax was imposed in November. In the 22 county district Cleveland saw about 300000 dollars of December wagers, with December tax receipts falling from 65991 to 46517 dollars.
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Ohio
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Ross
Grain Shortages In Ohio May Be Put Under Probe
Columbus government lawyer said a federal inquiry into Ohio grain shortages may be presented to a grand jury in Dayton in a few weeks. The government has sued to recover thousands of bushels of grain stored by the Commodity Credit Corporation in elevators in Morrow and Ross counties.
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O'Donnell
Dayton
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Morrow
Ross Counties
Chillicothe Man Held by FBI Arrest Details
Columbus police arrested Burton Edward Rose, 23, on charges of stealing a government item tied to the Secret Service. FBI agent Ralph W. Robuck stated Rose was captured in the basement of the Ohio School for the Deaf after neighbors baited mailboxes with empty envelopes.
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Ralph W. Robuck
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Ohio School For the Deaf
Hamilton County GOP Endorses Walcutt Over Taft for Governor
Hamilton County Republican leaders denounced Charles P Taft and endorsed State Sen Roscoe R Walcutt for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. The countys resolution noted former Gov Thomas Herbert has not sought county support. Taft, unruffed, said he would campaign with local and statewide GOP backing to win May’s primary.
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