Taft Seeks Four-Man Coalition in GOP Nomination
Senator Robert A. Taft pursues a four-man coalition to secure the Republican presidential nomination. He aims to unite Taft with Harold Stassen, Earl Warren, and James Duff delegates as 1,094 delegates prepare to vote. Debates over Dewey’s position loom while Brown forecasts Dewey failing on the first ballot.
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Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Pennsylvania
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Earl Warren
California
James H. Duff
Stassen
Duff
Warren
Nevada
New York
Dewey
Stassen and Duff
Appee
Eadquarters
Ohio
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Senator Saltonstall
Edward Martin
Clarence J. Brown
Martin
Brown
New Yorker
Italian War Vets In Demonstration In Naples
In Naples Italy more than 15000 unemployed war veterans marched demanding bread and jobs. The protest turned confrontational with police and fifteen people were reported injured.
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Naples
Italy
Sentenced for Robbery in Ohio Prison Term
Nattie F. Colton, 53, was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in the Ohio penitentiary for robbery of a local house in Cleveland. Police traced him to Toledo after a parking ticket led to the suspect. Colton has served prior terms in multiple cities over 33 years.
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Cleveland
Nattie F. Colton
Ohio Penitentiary
Colton
Toledo
Buffalo
N.Y
Detroit
Philadelphia
South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph
Marquette
Mich
Galion and
Bucyrus
Western Allies Defy Soviet Berlin Currency Reform Plan
In Berlin, the Americans, British and French rejected Moscow’s plan for a single Soviet controlled currency in all Berlin and declared the deutschemark valid in the western sectors. They created a two currency city while denouncing four power violations and ordered banks closed with a debt moratorium. Demonstrations erupted as Soviet and Communist factions contested the move.
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Berlin
Socialist Unity Party
Soviet Zone
Louis-Walcott Title Bout Postponed By Rain
The Joe Louis versus Jersey Joe Walcott heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium was postponed to tomorrow night due to rain and threatening weather. Promoter Mike Jacobs delayed a weigh-in decision until 3:30 p m before calling off the fight.
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New York
Joe Louis
Joe Walcott
Yankee Stadium
Mike Jacobs
Convention On Air Sets Nominating Speeches Schedule
Associated Press reports NBC CBS announce nominating speeches at 9 15 p m for tonight with 7 30 p m for others on Thursday casting ballots at 11 a m daylight or 1 p m standard broadcast across radio and TV. Two time sections will relay instantly instead of local time double transmission. Broadcast remains as long as session lasts with possible last minute cancellations.
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Associated Press
NBC
CBS
Sound Networks
Russia vetoes atomic scheme in UN council clash
In a dramatic UN Security Council session, Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Gromyko used his 26th veto to block an atomic control plan. Ukraine joined the dissent as records on a two year deadlock were set for assembly consideration.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
Security Council
Russia
Council
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
Soviet
Ukraine
Assembly
Gromyko
Two Trainmen Die In Wreck Near Bellefonte
Two freight trains collided two miles south of Bellefonte Pennsylvania killing conductor James Bathurst 58 of Bellefonte and brakeman R J Miller 24 of Blanchard. Three other crew members were injured in the AP report from Bellefonte.
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Bellefonte, Pa
Here
Pennsylvania Railroad
James Bathurst
Bellefonte
R. J. Miller
Blanchard
New Party To Stay Declares Wallace New York AP
Henry A Wallace told volunteers at party headquarters that the New Party will remain active on the political scene after the November elections regardless of the outcome. He said his presidential bid aims for many times the 4,000,000 votes he once sought.
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New York
New Party
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Hoover Attacks Russians at GOP Convention
Former President Herbert Hoover delivered a forceful attack on Soviet leaders at the Republican national convention in Philadelphia. He urged GOP unity to combat Communism and strive for world peace as he warned the world crisis runs deeper than some think. Speaker Martin defended Congress while praising its recent record and accepted a third term as permanent chair of the gathering.
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Philadelphia
Herbert Hoover
Martin
Hoover
House of Representatives
Congress
Truman
Massachusetts
Capitol Hill
GOP Adopts '48 Platform Unanimously
The Republican convention in Philadelphia unanimously adopted a 1948 platform urging world peace cooperation and domestic civil rights measures. It calls for anti-lynch and anti-poll tax laws, nonsegregation in the armed forces, and aligns with Truman’s challenge to spotlight GOP records in the campaign. The platform was praised as forward looking and concise.
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Convention Hall
Philadelphia
World Cooperation
Congress
Democratic Party
Truman
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Resolutions Committee
White House
Ono
Joseph Martin
Vandenverg
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Taft
Ohio
Court Order Against UMW Dismissed By Judge Goldsborough
Washington AP report notes Justice Goldsborough dismissed the court order banning United Mine Workers from leaving their jobs. Talks between John L. Lewis and soft coal operators resumed as bargaining for a new wage contract with a June 30 expiry continued. The pension plan ruling underpins the move toward possible agreement to avert a strike next month. Ezra Van Horn, trustee for operators, was expected to deliver a pre noon decision on the matter.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Goldsborough
Justice Department
H. Graham Morison
John L. Lewis
Pension
Lewis
UMW
Matthew F. McGuire
Pension Fund
Truman
Ezra van Horn
Tel Aviv Barrel Ship Bombarded by Israeli Troops
Irgun gun runners beached a 600 ton munitions ship near Tel Aviv. Israeli mortar fire blasted the LST as a four hour battle with Irgun erupted, a ship burned, and thousands fled the waterfront amid reports of 40 dead or injured. An Irgun truck proclaimed a commander’s narrow escape.
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Irgun
Tel Aviv
Robert Hewett
Zvai Leumi
Israel
LST
United Nations
Menachen Bergin
United Government
Greek Troops Break Rebel Grip in Grammos Pocket
Greek Second and Tenth Divisions storm into the Grammos mountains near Albania as Ninth Division advances from Nestorion toward a possible junction with the First or Fifteenth. Guerrillas try to slip into Albania to avoid encirclement while about 7,000 rebels are under attack. King Paul I visits the front. U.S. Gen Van Fleet says major fighting to end in four weeks with mop up by August.
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Vourbiani
Nestorion
Albania
Greece
Paul I
Kozane
James A. van Fleet
U. S
Red Paper Skips GOP Convention
Izvestia omits the Republican national convention in Philadelphia and instead covers a third party movement backing Henry A Wallace in Ohio. Ohio secretary of state Edward Hummel barred the party from the ballot with a hearing pending before the state supreme court on appeal by Wallace supporters.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Philadelphia
Henry A. Wallace
Ohio
Edward Hummel
State Supreme Court
Wallace
Broker Isidore Ginsberg Convicted of Grand Larceny
Isidore Ginsberg a 53 year old broker and lawyer was found guilty by a jury of grand larceny for taking 1575 dollars from Crystal Lumber Company of Winston Salem North Carolina for scarce rock lath he failed to deliver. He faces one to ten years and is to be sentenced July 14.
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New York
Isidore Ginsberg
Crystal Lumber Company
Winston-Salem
N. C
Ginsberg
Prison riot in Nauplion prison kills 11 inmates
AP reports say guards killed 11 prisoners during a riot by about 500 inmates at Nauplion prison. During transfers one prisoner threw a grenade injuring a guard, followed by gunfire.
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Athens
Nauflion
Lous
Dewey Gains Key Backers as Drag Toward Nomination Grows
At the Philadelphia convention Gov Alfred E Driscoll of New Jersey shifts toward Dewey boosting his tally as Taft and Stassen press efforts to block Dewey. Missouri Senator James Kem endorses Dewey while Vandenberg consents to name recognition but not active pursuit.
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Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
New York
Driscoll
Deweey
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Arthur A. Vanedenberg
Vandenberg
Michigan
Dewey
Associated Press
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Taft
Stassen
Kim Sigler
Earl Warren
California
Sigler
Warren
New Yorker
Missouri
James Kem
Naw
James H. Duff
Duff
James P. Kem
Russians Seek Separate German State At Warsaw Summit
In Warsaw a seven nation conference led by Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov discussed forming a separate eastern German state and reforming the Cominform while planning a further push against the European recovery plan. Security was tight with thousands of Polish troops guarding Okecie airport and the Wilanow palace area. The meeting's full details remained secret as delegates registered quietly at a Warsaw hotel.
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Warsaw
Russia
Germany
Soviet Union
Poland
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Ussian
V. M. Molotov
Labour government calls in troops to unload London docks
British troops were deployed to London wharves to unload food cargoes stalled for 10 days by a wildcat dock strike. An Attlee cabinet committee ordered service personnel to safeguard perishable food supplies after a back-to-work effort failed and dock workers demanded reinstatement of 11 colleagues penalized for handling dirty cargo without extra pay.
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London
Attlee
Ships Collide In Lake Off Devils Island
In heavy fog off Devils Island in Lake Superior two freighters collided. The S. S. J. P. Morgan Jr. reported flooding in the forward hold but bulkheads held and she was not in danger. The Crete sustained minor damage and proceeded to Duluth escorted by the S. S. Clark. The S. S. Lindley could not reach the Morgan due to fog. Devils Island lies in the Apostle Islands group east of Duluth.
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Chicago
Devils Island
Lake Superior
Coast Guard
S. S. J. P. Morgan Jr
Crete
Duluth
S. S. Clark
S. S. Lindley
Morgan
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