Hunger strike boosts food rationing in Bavaria
The Bizonal Council and Bavarian government moved to curb black marketeering and hoarding after a 24 hour hunger strike that drew 1,000,000 Bavarians. United with unions, farmers, and Communist supporters, 1.0 million Bavarians joined the walkout affecting 26 cities. Army plans raise basic calories from 1,550 to 1,800 by July 1. Fines up to 3000 dollars for false reports.
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Munich
Germany
Germanonomic Council
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Washington
Insult And Injury Club Robbed Of $35000
Six gunmen robbed the Ritz Club in Columbus late yesterday taking an estimated $35,000 from gamblers. About 40 customers were at gaming devices as the bandits herded patrons to a wall and forced purse and jewelry payments. The leader warned to shoot anyone moving and ordered a pistol prod for a woman who could not remove her ring. After a 20 minute holdup the gunmen fled. Operators Joseph Gehring and Gene Neff were fined $100 each for running a race book.
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Columbus
API
Ralph J. Paul
Dames
Joseph T. Gehring
Gene Neff
Justice of the Peace
Pauley Faces Charge Over Inside Information Claim
Edwin W. Pauley sought to rebut Stassen's charge that he used inside government information to trade commodities. The hearing before a Senate appropriations subcommittee featured Stassen detailing Pauley’s 932,703 profits across three years and Pauley's quick rebuttal as the session stretched late.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Harold E. Stassen
Senate Appropriations
Pauley
Stassen
California
Minnesota
Eisenhower Withdrawal Sparks Vandenberg Darkhorse Talk
Washington AP says Eisenhower's exit broadens field for 1952 GOP nomination. Senator Vandenberg (Mich) emerges as potential darkhorse if drafted, despite his refusal to connive. Sparkman notes Taft and Dewey could dead heat with a third man. Summerfield cites Michigan as possible Vandenberg favorite son candidate.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eienhower
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Sparkman
Eisenhower
Taft
Dewey
Vandenberg
Michigan
Arthur Summerfield
Draft Eisenhower Movement Skirts Official Consent
E Dewey of New York notes candidates but silent on Eisenhower as a draft effort gains steam. Leonard V Finder says the public can still draft the general. Oregon supporters persist with drafting on the GOP primary ballot, while California planners press ahead unless he repudiates. Peter Alford cites ongoing draft hopes and Eisenhower’s letter to count him out.
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Leonard V. Finder
New Hampshire
Finder
Eisenhower
Oregon
Peter Alford
Calfornia
G Delbert Morris
California
Manchester
N. H
New York
Washington
NEA
Slayer faces mandatory death for Akron slaying
Paul J Schneider, 22, faces a mandatory death penalty for the bludgeon killing of Frank J Ford, 47, a Denver filling station operator, after a 12 member jury convicted him of first degree murder. Foreman Elmore T Larsen noted four ballots favored conviction on first degree murder, with penalty division.
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Akron
Colo
Paul J Schneider
Frank J Ford
Denver
Schneider
Elmore T. Larsen
Ray L. Sauter
Detroit
Ford
Pikeville
San Francisco
CIO seeks 29 month rent control extension
Washington AP reports the CIO Auto Workers propose a 29 month extension of rent controls and elimination of all 15 percent voluntary increases. They urge a new law to extend ceilings to June 39, 1950, curb increases, increase eviction protections, and allow government action against violators with stricter enforcement.
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CIO
Washington
Donald Montgomery
CIO Auto Workers
Senate Banking
Cain
R-Wash
AFL
Eisenhower leads in Fortune and Gallup polls
New York AP. Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower tops the Fortune and Gallup polls for the Republican field, even as he withdraws from active politics. Fortune finds 48 percent favoring Eisenhower to Truman's 34, with other GOP contenders lagging. Gallup shows Truman-Eisenhower-Wallace and Truman-Dewey-Wallace matchups with Eisenhower strong but trailing in some head-to-heads.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fortune
Gallup
Truman
Elmo Roper
Henry A Wallace
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Douglas MacArthur
Harold E. Stassen
Earl Warren
Sen
Taft
Rohio
George Gallup
Institute
Wallace
Dewey
Missing plane signals heard near Denver search
Radio signals faintly heard from a snowbound Rocky Mountains area north west of Denver spurred a search for a government C 7 plane missing since Wednesday night with three men aboard. J Chester Shimp, a senior Airways inspector, said he heard the signals while flying alone, with two CAA employees also reporting the weak reception. The craft was en route from Denver to Grand Junction when it reported severe turbulence.
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Denver
Rocky Mountains
J. Chester Shimp
Kansas City
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Grand Junction
Colo
Porter Sees ERP Return of Wide Controls
Paul Porter former price control administrator testified that the European Recovery Program will force new U S controls on wages prices credit meat and essential materials to stave off economic collapse and prevent Soviet influenced Europe from falling to Communism He warned a civil war in Western Europe could trigger world conflict and backed temporary allocation measures and rent meat and credit controls Porter spoke for Americans for Democratic Action as Senator George endorsed moving foreign aid oversight from the State Department to future action.
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Washington
Paul Porter
Europe
Western Europe
Porter
United States
Greece
Americans For Democratic Action
George
D-Ga
State Department
Police Probe Kidnap and Robbery Claim in Cincinnati
Cincinnati AP. A 36 year old woman Mrs Florence Ettensohn reported being kidnapped and robbed by three men who forced her into a car near her home, driven around for hours, then dumped in Lawrenceburg. She said two men assaulted her after drinking whisky and stole $250. She was taken to General Hospital where doctors found no evidence of a criminal attack. Police continue investigation under Detective Chief Clem Merz and Sheriff F A Negangard.
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Clem Merz
Florence Ettensohn
Lawrenceburg
Merz
Ettensonn
Kay Francis Improves But Illness Serious
Kay Francis shown improving after an upper respiratory infection forced her from the Hartman Theater stage to an oxygen tent in White Cross Hospital Columbus. Police detained her stage manager five hours during an overdose investigation and a hotel room burns report. The play State of the Union continued with Erin O'Brien-Moore in the lead as friends and family rushed to her bedside.
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State of the Union
Miss Francis
Erin O’brien-Moore
New York
Howard Graham
Graham
White Cross Hospital
West Europe Alliance Plan Prompted by Reds Says Tass
AP dispatches report Soviet agency Tass called Bevin’s Western Europe alliance plan a Western bloc smokescreen aimed at creating a Western German state with Britain and France moving toward Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Meanwhile Omar Bradley warned Russia might use an atomic bomb if it had it, urging caution as Bevin and Churchill faced mixed reactions.
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Reds
London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Tass
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France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
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Britain
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Rus
Dallas
Omar Bradley
Army
Russia
Woman Shot Critically As Train Terrorizes Corridor
AMBRIDGE Pa AP A woman passenger and a railroad trainman were killed by pistol shots during an hour of terror aboard a Cleveland to Pittsburgh passenger train last night.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Rule Of Fear Allegations Surface At Camp Gordon
Three civilian investigators challenge Army denials claiming prisoners at Camp Gordon were butted by an officer and confined for not finishing meals. Inspector General Griswold says no such acts occurred, noting only punishment awareness. Civilians Louis Deliveros, Louis Harris, and Massey Hertzel dispute parts of the report. Meanwhile a separate Pittsburgh area incident ends with a gunman and a wounded train passenger.
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Atlanta
Camp Gordon
Augusta
Griswold
Hugh Adair
Louis Deliveros
Legion Post
Louis C. Harris
The
Augusta Chronicle
Massey M. Hertzel Tney
Knutson Dismisses Tax Cut Opposition In House
Rep Knutson of Minnesota rejects Democratic drive for unity against his 6.3 billion tax cut bill claiming enough support to override a veto. He says Democrats will vote for the measure, while House Minority Leader Rayburn calls a mass meeting to condemn the bill as nefarious and dishonest.
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Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
Rayburn
Two Soldiers Adrift Near Oahu In Landing Craft
Two soldiers were adrift in a 50 foot landing craft in Story Seas south of Oahu as eight planes prepared to search at dawn. The Army said they were sent to sea to escape heavy waves at their anchorage on northern Oahu.
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Honolulu
Story Seas
Oahu
Two 16 Year Olds Charged In $18 000 Theft
Nashville Ga AP Two high school youths with more spending money than police expected 16 year old Laneth Rentz and Harry McRaine are jailed on burglary warrants after allegedly stealing 18000 dollars in cash from a wealthy farmer Sheriff M Hughes identified the pair and said a third youth is being sought.
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Nashville, Ga
M. Hughes
Laneth Rentz
Harry McRaine
Blizzard Hits Miami Valley Slowing Traffic In Ohio
Cold front and blizzard sweep across Middletown and the Miami Valley with 22 mile wind. Roads grow slippery and buses fall behind while trains run near normal. Officials warn slow speeds and cautious driving as weather blurs travel and airports close.
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Middletown
Miami Valley
New York Central
King Brothers Bus Line of
Lebanon
State Highway Patrol
U S Society Leader In Europe Who Helped War Refugees Is Dead
Mrs Laura Mae Corrigan a Wisconsin gardener's daughter who inherited wealth and led social life in London and Paris died in New York City. She financed war welfare with jewel sales and gifts despite State Department limits, spending about 400000. Funeral to be private in Cleveland.
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Europe
Cleveland
Laura Mae Corrigan
Wisconsin
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Paris
Duchess of York
Queen Elizabeth
Corrigan
Corrigan, McKinney Steel Company
US State Department
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