Taft predicts Wallace third party gains in November
Sen. Taft says the Wallace third party could capture up to 10 percent of Democratic votes, weakening the party and boosting a GOP win. He blames Democratic factionalism, cites need for a strong air force, and urges federal anti lynching and fair employment acts while contrasting Republican liberty with Democratic state control.
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Cleveland
Taft
Ohio
Europe
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
United States
Russia
CIO Endorses Miller for Ohio Governor Nomination
Ray T. Miller former Cleveland mayor wins a complete and wholehearted endorsement from the CIO PAC state central committee for the Democratic nomination. The PAC also backs other Democrats including Fergusion Armstrong Young, while opposing Republicans and third party moves. Endorsements cover several statewide offices and the January Supreme Court race.
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Columbus
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
CIO
Political Action Committee
Ohio
Miller
PAC
State Central Committee
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Joseph T. Ferguson
Harry V. Armstrong
Stephen M. Young
Joseph W. Harding
James H. Sullivan
Frazier Reams
Reed Winegardner
Herbert S. Duffy
Supreme Court
Robert M. Sohngen
Guy B. Findley
Elyria
Young
Liberty Ship Cecil G. Sellers Ablaze in Indian Ocean
The U S Liberty Ship Cecil G Sellers caught fire in the Indian Ocean and the 38 man American crew reportedly took to lifeboats. Sydney agents said 16 hours had passed since the vessel reported ablaze and crew ready to abandon ship about 200 miles off the Cocos Islands after departing Freemantle on February 21. Three ships loaded with grain for France raced to aid the stricken vessel.
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Sydney
Australia
U. S
Cecil G. Sellers
Indian Ocean
Cocos Islands
Freemantle
France
Grandmother Gates Dies In Reformatory
Marysville reports the death of Laura Gates 75 in the Ohio Women's Reformatory. The jailhouse matriarch linked to a Darke County livestock theft ring and arson, with her son Daniel and Fred Glasgow also involved. Glasgow remains in Columbus prison.
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Marysville
Gates
Ohio Women’s Reformatory
Darke County
Laura Gates
Daniel Gates
Fred Glasgow
Greenville
Ohio
Columbus
Reformatory
Finland Deliberates Stalin Pact Amid Campaign Year Tensions
Finnish government discusses Prime Minister Stalin's Finnish Russian treaty proposal as President Paasikivi leans toward signing. Major parties prepare final positions before Parliament. discussions include Premier Pekkala and the Popular Democrats, a Communist Socialist Unity bloc.
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Helsinki
Stalin
Juho Paasikivi
K. L. Kule
Socialist Unity Party
Popular Democrats
Communists
Mario Pekkala
Paasikivi
Moscow
Soviet Union
Nazi Woman Head Seized In Germany After War Crimes
Frau Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, 46, longtime head of the Nazi women’s branch, was arrested near Tubingen in the French zone on a tip. Col. August Heissmeyer, once an aide to Himmler, was arrested with her. Heissmeyer carried a poison vial. Scholtz-Klink had been linked to Hitler’s policies urging large families. She was believed to have died in April 1945 and was wanted by the UN War Crimes Commission.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Frau Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
Nazi Party
U. S. Army
Tuebingen
Henrich Himmler
August Heissmeyer
Adolf Hitler
Heissmeyer
Hitler
Playing of Civilization Tune Triggers Bar Shooting in Manhattan
In a Manhattan bar early today continual playing of the tune Civilization led to a gunfight wounding three people. The victims include red haired Josephine Ostoloco a seaman and the bartender Nemesio Calasen. Filipe Torres the sailor fired at the woman and the bartender then was wounded but short after he was wounded in a gun duel with police on a subway platform. Police report the victims were in serious condition at Roosevelt Hospital.
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New York
Manhattan
Josephine Ostoloco
Nemesio Calasen
Filipe Torres
Torres
Roosevelt Hospital
Only Three Survive Brazilian Air Force Crash
AP dispatch reports a Brazilian Air Force C-47 transport crash near Belem left 23 dead and three survivors. The flight carried six crew members and 20 passengers including two women and six children.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Belem
Army Veteran Leaps From Airplane Over California
Army veteran Robert Strand, 28, leaped from a small two seat plane at 3800 feet above the San Fernando Valley near Van Nuys. Pilot Wilton Probert wrestled Strand during a ride attempt, but Strand fell to a field below. A note in Strand’s wallet urged officers not to blame the pilot and said he wanted to go now.
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van Nuys
Cal
Robert Strand
Wilton Probert
Strand
San Fernando Valley
Strands
Thore Strand
San Francisco
Divinity School
Berkeley
Probert
Whitemen Air Park
Woman Hurt In Escaping From Intruder
Harrisburg Pennsylvania police say Anna Mary Deveter 50 formerly of Findlay Ohio leaped from a second floor apartment to escape an intruder sustaining serious injuries. The intruder stole a black leather pocketbook containing about 500 dollars and personal belongings. Two hours later a man matching the description broke into another apartment but fled after a scream from Audrey Stewart.
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Harrisburg
Anna Mary Deveter
Findlay
Oscar O. Blough
Miss Deveter
Findlay College Conservatory of Music
Blough
Columbus Man Killed In Three-Car Crash
Theo dore Dwinnel a 49 year old Columbus man died in a three car crash two miles north of Circleville Ohio Four others were injured in the collision occurred yesterday authorities said Dwinnel was fatally injured in the wreck which involved three vehicles and occurred on the rural roadway while four other people sustained injuries in the crash officials reported
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Columbus
Circleville, O
Theodore Dwinnel
Here
French General Sever Killed in Hunting Accident
The war ministry announced Lt. Gen. Francois Sever age 56 commander of French occupation troops in Germany died yesterday in a hunting accident in the French zone. Sever was among the French signers of Germany's 1945 surrender at Reims.
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Parish
War Ministry
Francois Sever
Germany
Reims
Treasury Opposes House Pased Income Tax Cut Plan
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder testifies against H R 4790 proposing a 6.5 billion cut this year. He backs President Truman’s 40 off for all plan with higher corporate taxes to offset losses. He warns premature revenue weakening threatens prosperity and world peace.
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Washington
Snyder
Congress
Truman
House
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Senate
Millikin
R-Cole
Moderate Southern California quake rattles many areas
An earthquake of moderate intensity awakened residents across a pie shaped belt of Southern California early today but caused no damage. Its strongest jolt hit the San Bernardino Valley 40 to 60 miles east of Los Angeles with an aftershock a minute later.
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Los Angeles
California
San Bernardino
Riverside
Upland
Pomona
Lancaster
Here
Laguna Beach
Earthquake Felt Near Philippine Islands by Boston Seismograph
At Weston Massachusetts the Boston College seismograph station recorded a strong quake last night. Rev Daniel Linehan S J said the quake began at 8 31 p m EST and lasted about three hours with the epicenter placed about 8 760 miles away south of the Philippines. He warned near land would cause significant damage.
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Weston
Mass
Philippine Islands
Boston College
Daniel Linehan
S.J
Philippines
Death Wins At Bingo Four Children Die
In Brooklands near Rochester Minnesota a fire at the Garvey home killed four children Judith Ann 9 John 6 Susan 4 and William 1 while parents Lawrence and Irene Garvey attended a fund raising bingo. Neighbors tried to help 13 year old Lawrence Jr but water failed as Brooklands lacks mains. The village organized a bingo to buy a new fire truck when the tragedy struck.
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Rochester, Minn
Brooklands
Lawrence Garvey
Garvey
Irene
Judith Ann
John
Susan
William
Lawrence, Jr
Senate Debates ERP Aid Amid Cold War Tensions
Senator Vandenberg urged quick approval of the 5.3 billion Marshall plan as a beacon against aggressive communism. House committee aims to package Europe China Greece and Turkey aid into a single bill with 570 million for China and 275 million for Greece and Turkey.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Europe
New World
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
China
Greece
Turkey
Eaton
House
Congress
Moscow
Administration Turns Attention To Wallace
The Truman Administration targeted Henry Wallace and his third party to divert southern Democratic revolt. A nameless party official framed efforts to minimize intra party rifts over civil rights while southern opposition aligned with Wallace on race. Senator McGrath of Rhode Island urged against a third party, while Connally of Texas shifted to critique Wallace at a Raleigh Jefferson Jackson day dinner.
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Washington
Truman
Henry Wallace
Wallace
National Democratic Organization
Senator McGrath
Rhode Island
New Administration
Indianapolis
McGrath
Wade
Administration
Senator Connally
Texas
Raleigh
N. C
Connally
Mr. Truman
Lamarre Testifies Meyers Could Force Senate Probe End
Washington AP. Lamarre testifies Meyers told him not to worry about lying to Senate investigators because the general could stop the probe. He claimed Meyers had influence to halt the inquiry. Meyers faces charges of suborning perjury, perjury, and tax fraud in the wake of wartime deals.
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Washington
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
Lamarre
U. S. District Court
Meyers
Triple Blast Kills 28 British Troops in Palestine Rail Attack
The Stern Gang claimed responsibility for a triple mine blast that sank three railway sleepers on a Cairo express, killing 28 British soldiers and injuring others near Rehovot south of Tel Aviv. Haganah reported unconfirmed arrests and retaliatory tensions amid ongoing violence in Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Stern
Killa
Haganah
Mikvi Israel
Tel Aviv
Mikv
Israel
G. H. A. MacMillan
Palestine
Rehovot
Cairo
Tal Aviv
Truman Defends Policy While Dodging 1948 Candidacy
President Truman spoke at a submarine base and refused to discuss his candidacy or 1948 politics. He cited housing and foreign affairs as affected by campaigns, noted daily talks with Secretary of State Marshall, and avoided details on Palestine and Czechoslovakia while opposing talks of a Western Europe alliance without clarity. He also deflected on vice presidential prospects and on Farley’s political activity, stressing no new Soviet overtures and favoring a Big Three meeting only in Washington.
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Truman
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Palestine
Secretary of State
Marshall
State Department
Europe
United States
Senate
Ohio
James M. Cox
Price
Congress
Pepper
D-Fla
South
Virginia
William M. Tuck
Stalin
Washington
James A. Farley
Farley
Sailor Granted 15-Day Leave After Triplets Born
Seaman Second Class Seneca Bailey asked for five days leave at the Naval Air Station in Atlanta. The personnel officer, Sea. L. B Morgan, approved 15 days after Bailey explained his wife gave birth to triplets.
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Atlanta
Seneca Bailey
Naval Air Station
Here
L. B Morgan
Morgan
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