Batista Declares Cuba Under His Control In Coup
Fulgencio Batista proclaimed himself in control of all powers of Cuba with a 15 member civilian cabinet. President Carlos Pino Socarras fled to the Mexican Embassy seeking asylum as Batista' s forces seized key checkpoints and halted elections set for June 1.
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Cuba
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Carlos Pino Socarras
Batista
Leutenants
Caribbean
Piio
Mexico
Pino
Prio
Authentic Revolutionary Party
Carlos Hevia
Roberto Agramonte
United Action
Orthodox People's Parties
U.S
Roosevelt
United Nations
Carlos Prio Socarro
Ridgway Says Reds Spread False Germ War Claims
Gen Ridgway accused Communist negotiators of using falsehoods and intemperate language to derail armistice talks in Korea. He warned that germ warfare claims are entirely false while suggesting epidemics may be linked to Red actions. Libby and Lee accused each other of fabrications as truce talks remain stalled in brief sessions.
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Munsan
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
U.N
Ridgway
Libby
Lee Sang Cho
Lee
Russia
Wind Hits Dixie Town in Alabama Power Outages
Wind gusts topple telephone and power lines in Dothan Alabama last night causing outages with no reported casualties.
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Dixie Town
Dothan
Ala
South Alabama
Keystone Democrats Back Truman Campaign in Pennsylvania
A Philadelphia AP poll shows 21 of 70 Pennsylvania convention votes likely to back Truman on first ballot if he runs. Delegates reveal significant loyalty with 48 at large and 18 unopposed district votes for Truman, while Stevenson trails with seven and Kefauver two.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Pennsylvania
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Associated Press
Democratic State Committee
Stevenson
Kefauver
Ke‘fauver
Sen
Richard Russell
Georgia
Justice Vinson
Supreme Court
USSR calls for Big Four talks on German unity and peace
Moscow proposes immediate Big Four discussions to reunite Germany and draft a peace treaty. Moscow outlines principles including border lines from Potsdam and a German defense force with limited war industries. West observers doubt U S Britain and France will agree while Russia seeks rapid Western replies. Occupation forces would be withdrawn within a year of the treaty.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Germany
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Russia
Washington
State Department
Michael McDermott
U. S
Poland
Britain raises taxes and cuts imports to curb inflation
Britain boosts taxation and raises food prices while slashing imports to bolster gold reserves. An excess profits tax of 30 percent is retroactive to January 1, gasoline tax rises, food subsidies drop, and bread meat and milk costs increase. Bank rate climbs to four percent as imports are cut by 100 million pounds annually totaling 600 million since October.
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London
Britain
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Butler
Michigan inquiry eyes early end as witness testifies
The House Un-American Activities Committee discusses wrapping up the Michigan communist inquiry in two or three days. Stanley Nowak, a former state senator, testifies about possible communist ties while refusing to answer on constitutional grounds. A witness named Mr X identifies Nowak incident and reveals Casimir Rata spied on Detroit Communists 1936 to 1938.
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Detroit
Michigan
House Un-American Activities Committee
Stanley Nowak
Wayne
Nowak
Mr. X
Casimir Rata
Marine City
Mich
Rata
Meng
Rataj
Ons
Lake Travel Begins Cleveland Opening of 1952 Season
Two automobile carriers were to steam into Cleveland harbor from Detroit today, marking the opening of the 1952 Lake Erie navigation season.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Harbor
Detroit
Lake Erie
McCarthy Quer ies Morris About White House Help
Senate inquiry hears Newbold Morris deny White House involvement in 1947 meeting with Maritime Commission officials. McCarthy and Mundt urge Morris to remember, while alleging forthcoming testimony will prove White House arranging the appointment. Morris heads the China International Foundation and related firms linked to oil shipments to Red China before the Korean War.
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Washington
Newbold Morris
Senate
White House
Maritime Commission
Morris
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Sen. Mundt
RSC
China International Foundation, Inc
United Tanker Corp
Cormmmunists
U. S
Houston H. Wasson
Red China
China
Morris Names More Deputies For Cleanup
In Washington the Morris administration expands its cleanup team naming Morton Baury as chief deputy in an anticipated probe into official misconduct. New appointees include Albert Pleydell as consultant Willard Carmel as assistant program control officer and George Cutler as junior counsel. Baum aims for broad study and long term action to curb temptations in government handling billions.
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Washngton
Newbold Morris
U. S
Department of Investigation
Morton Baury
New York City
Morris
Baum
New York
Veep Barkley to headline Jackson Day dinner in Butler County
Vice President Alben W. Barkley will headline the Jackson Day dinner for Butler County Democrats on April 23 at the Manchester Hotel Paducah native Barkley will speak as a leading party figure. Frank Dobrozsi and Jackson Bosch co chair the planning committee with Greg Holbrook calling a 7 30 p.m meeting at party headquarters in Hamilton to finalize plans. All Democratic candidates on the primary ticket will be invited.
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Alben W. Barkley
Butler County
Paducah
Manchester
Frank Dobrozsi
Jackson Bosch
Democratic Executive Committee
Dobrozsi
Barkley
Greg Holbrook
Cincinnati Doctor to Be Arraigned In Income Case
Cincinnati physician Dr. Robert C L Crudgington faces arraignment on income tax evasion charges. Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury allege unreported income totaling 52,233 and taxes due 26,391 across 1945 1947 and 1948. A second doctor under scrutiny for a separate tax fraud case was noted with potential later action.
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Cincinnati
Robert CL. Crudgington
Crudgington
Supreme Court Allows Deportation of Communist Party Members
The Supreme Court ruled six to two that aliens who once belonged to the Communist party may be deported. The decision clarifies immigration penalties for former party members.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Communist Party
Rail unions ordered to end strike over pay dispute
Federal judge Emerich B Freed ordered three rail unions to halt the walkout against the New York Central system west of Buffalo and the St Louis Terminal Line and prevent spread of the strike. Hearing set for March 19 on a permanent injunction as Army seeks action.
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Chicago
South Side
44Th
Root Streets
Buffalo
St. Louis
New England States
Cleveland
Emerich B. Freed
Army
Justice Department
Edward A. Hicekey
Attoreney
Clifford O'Brien
Harld Heiss
Death threats amid Sutton manhunt dominate New York news
New Yorks vast killer hunt for the slayer who fatally shot Arnold Schuster centers on death threats to Schuster's mourning family and to garageman Jack Peene. Mayor Inpellitteri contemplates a 25000 reward, a record sum since 1940. Police guard Schuster's family and Peenes household while investigators pursue clues.
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New York
Willie Sutton
New York City
Arnold Schuster
Sutton
Vincent R. Inpellitteri
City Board of Estimate
Schuster
Brooklyn
George P. Monaghan
Young Schuster
Schusters
Jack Peene
Railway Express Agency halts livestock shipments on New York Central routes
The Railway Express Agency blocked shipments of livestock and perishable commodities Monday for points along the stricken New York Central System west of Buffalo. The embargo affects goods moving to western destinations as rail operations are interrupted by the strike.
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New York
Railway Express
New York Central
Buffalo
New Hampshire First Returns Signal Early Presidential Tally
Early returns from Waterville Valley and Millshield in New Hampshire show Eisenhower leading the Republican slate with seven votes. Taft and Kefauver exchanges on the Senate floor accuse each other of misleading the nation as polling continues.
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New Hampshire
Tins
Waterville Valley
Dwight D Eisenhower
Millshield
Robert Taft
Olin
Harold E. Stusten
Minnesota
Sen Exte Kefauver
Tennessee
Troman
Eisenhower
Taft
Texas
Sen
Connally D-Tex
Senate
Connally
Ina
South Korea
Truman Pays No Attention To First Vote
President Truman shows indifference to New Hampshire’s presidential preference vote while signaling potential for re election. He interrupts Florida vacation for a New York speech at the Waldorf Astoria and plans a quick return to Key West before a March 29 Jefferson Jackson dinner address.
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Fla
Truman
New Hampshire
Florida
New York
Washington
West
Mo D W. Wallace
Blair House
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Waldorf-Astoria
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