McKinney hints Truman may skip reelection over Korea truce
Democratic Chairman Frank E. McKinney said Truman might not run if a satisfactory Korea truce is reached. He noted the Korean sit uation as a paramount factor and indicated an open convention if Truman does not run. McKinney spoke after two days with the President at Key West and warned of party leadership changes as California Democrats scramble over delegate slates.
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Key West
Fla
Frank E. McKinney
Truman
Korea
McKinney
KeyWest
California
Sen. Kefauver
Tennessee
Sen Russell
Georgia
Kefauver
New Hampshire
Humphrey
Chicago
William Rosenthal
Gruenther
Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lawyer Hints Sutton May Silence His Testimony
In New York Willie Sutton and co defendant Thomas Kling faced a Queens bank holdup trial over a $64 000 Manufacturers Trust branch. Herz questioned whether Sutton would be prejudiced if he did not testify and the jury selection continued with three jurors chosen, subject to defense challenges.
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New York
Willie
Sutton
Thomas Kling
Manufacturers Trust Company
Queens
George Washington Herz
Plane crashes on golf course kills two Jacksonville women
A Navy Corsair fighter crash landed on Timuquana Golf Course near Jacksonville injuring no one else. Two women golfers Mrs Brady Johnson and Mrs William Dempsey were killed. Eyewitness A C Weller reported the engine failed and the caddy nearby escaped unharmed.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Timuquana Golf Course
Brady Johnson
Dinsmore Dairies
William Dempsey
Timuquana Club
Naval Air Station
A. C. Weller
Timuquana
Weller
Weiler
Soldiers Race Deadline To Wed Japanese Girls
In Tokyo and other ports of Japan hundreds of American servicemen wed Japanese brides to beat a legal deadline. At Tokyo consulate 95 marriages proceeded with vows while other offices in Yokohama Nagoya Kobe Fukuoka and Sapporo logged similar ceremonies. Most grooms were stationed in Japan or on leave from Korea with some planning religious ceremonies later. The last couple married at Tokyo was Corporal John W Amerson and Teruko Maeaka.
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Tokyo
United States
James B. Pilcher
U. S
The
Yokohama
Nagoya
Kobe
Fukuoka
Sapporo
Japan
Korea
U. S. Air Force
John W. Amerson
Olympia, Wash
Teruko Maeaka
Jets Clash Above Clouds In North Korea Sky Battle
American Sabre pilots fought 15 minutes against 36 MiGs seven to two miles high above northwestern Korea. Bombs wrecked Red railway lines as rain grounded aircraft. Gen. Van Fleet marked his 60th birthday and warned of a large Allied counteroffensive. The Wisconsin battleship and two destroyers pounded Red positions around the clock amid intensified artillery fire.
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Seoul
Korea
Shooting Star
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
van Fleet
United Nations
Wisconsin
Coast Trial of Communists May Drag Out
The federal conspiracy trial of California's 15 top Communists enters its 25th day with potential length rivaling New York's 1949 trial. Defense motions to strike testimony occupy today as the 8 women 4 men jury hears about 35 more witnesses planned by the government.
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Los Angeles
California
New York
Woman Declared Insane After Baby Strangulation
An Ohio mother Diane Lilly, 21, was found insane by a lunacy court in Windsor Memorial Hospital, Chagrin Falls, after being charged with strangling her 10 month old daughter on February 18 during a visit to her sister in San Antonio. Her estranged husband Dr. John C. Lilly resides in Richland, Ohio.
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San Antonio
Tex
Ohio
Diane Lilly
Windsor Memorial Hospital
Chagrin Falls
Lilly
John C. Lilly
Rich+ O
Morris Voted Down on Expanded Legal Powers in Probes
Washington reports show conflict over corruption inquiries into Justice Department figures including Morris and McGrath. Senate committee rejects Morris’s subpoena power while a House panel probes tax issues and asks McGrath aides for tax returns. Nunan testifies on tax collection irregularities as Morris vows to press on without subpoenas.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Truman
J. Newbold Morris
Atty
McGrath
Justice Department
Senate Judiciary Committee
Morris
House Judiciary
Harold E. Stassen
Internal Revenue
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
King
Dcalif
Nunan
Sen. Williams
R-Del
Quake Jars Seoul and Central Korea Today
An earthquake of unmeasured strength shook Seoul and central Korea today. No serious damage was reported as residents felt strong tremors and officials began surveys for aftershocks.
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Seoul
Korea
Wage Board Opens New Steel Talks
The 18 member Wage Stabilization Board opens a marathon session to draft recommendations in the steel labor dispute. The CIO United Steelworkers demand about 18 cents hourly, while industry rejects a 13.7 cent package. A strike threat looms with 650,000 workers at risk and potential shutdowns at U S Steel and Jones & Laughlin plants.
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Washington
WSB
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
Manly Fleischmann
New York
U. S., Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin
Murray
Truman
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Worries Over Ike’s NATO Successor Reported
Pentagon and politicians debate Ike's return and the next supreme commander of Allied powers in Europe. Ridgway, Gruenther, Bradley and Montgomery are among names discussed, with Ridgway favored for battlefield record and UN Korea command. Western Europe defense aims drive the search.
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Washington
Pentagon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
NATO
Todey
Matthew Ridgway
United Nations
Far East
Eisenhower
Alfred M. Gruenther
Ridgway
U.N
Korea
Supreme Command
United States
West Europe
Britain
Viscount Montgomery
SHAPE
Montgomery
GE Dedicates Jet Plant At Lockland
General Electric opened a new jet center at Lockland Ohio and offered limited public tours while preserving secrecy around sections linked to a nuclear powered airplane project for the Air Force and Atomic Energy Commission. The display included a floating control room, a nose-up jet testing method, fortress-like test cells, and precision machines for turbojet parts.
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Lockland, O
General Electric Co
General Electric
Air Force
Atomic Energy Commission
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Cincinnati Student Graef in Critical Condition After Suicide Attempt
Helmut Graef 23, missing UC student, is in Mount Sinai hospital Miami Beach after a self inflicted cut with a razor blade in his jail cell. Police found him unconscious surrounded by blood and a blade on the floor. He registered under a false name at a hotel but gave his Cincinnati address when signing in.
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Miami Beach
Fla
University of Cincinnati
Mount Sinai Hospital
Helmut Graef
Cincinnati
Blackstone
Harry Granger
Bishop St
Graet
Girl Keeps Head As Thieves Rob St. Louis Home
A masked trio robbed a Frontenac, Missouri house of $25,000 as an 11 year old girl Eldora Roehl held at gunpoint on a casual phone call with a friend. Her parents Mr and Mrs William Roehl and sister Elizabeth, 15, were terrorized during the break in.
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ST. Louis
Eldora Roed
William Roehl
Frontenac
Elizabeth
Stassen Leads Minnesota GOP Primary With Eisenhower Write-ins
With two thirds of precincts in, Dwight Eisenhower won 39 percent of Minnesota Republican votes via write-ins. Harold Stassen led with about 42 percent, Taft 21,534 write-ins, MacArthur 1,383, Warren 4,685. Humphrey led Democrats with 88,486. Kefauver Kefauver 17,489 write-ins. Stevenson 18. Fifty-four write-ins for Douglas noted.
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Minneapolis
Dwight Eisenhower
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Stassen
Sen
Douglas MacArthur
Earl Warren
California
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
President Truman
Russell
D-Ga
Adlai Stevenson
Douglas
Ports for entry in Korean armistice talks near agreement
Allied spokesmen said negotiations focused on the 10 ports of entry to be used under a Korean armistice. The UN proposed a split of three ports each side with a compromise to eliminate remaining disputes over two more. Key disagreements remain on prisoners’ repatriation, repairs during a truce, and Soviet neutrality to supervise the armistice.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Andrew J. Kinney
Panmunjom
Red
Soviet Russia
U. N
Eae
U.N
Baby Shows Store Teeth After Dentist Makes Dentures
In Decatur Illinois four year old Joseph Michael Doolin displays a rare set of false teeth. Only five of his teeth are his own after a February 13 procedure. The dentures let him eat apples caramels and bubble gum with ease and should last until his permanent teeth appear in a couple of years.
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Decatur
Ill
Joseph Michael Doolin
Joe
Eisenhower Silent on Write-In Minnesota Republican Primary
General Dwight D. Eisenhower followed Minnesota Republican primary write-in totals via news wires but refrained from commenting. The dispatches noted the result but offered no statement from Ike.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Minnesota
Minnesota Primary Sparks Write-In Battle For Delegates
The Minnesota primary produced a clash over write-in votes as Eisenhower seeks counting after AG ruling. Edward Siettedahl backed MacArthur and Taft on the GOP line while Stassen supporters totaled 19,075. Humphrey ran at Democratic leaders’ request, with Truman’s approval.
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Edward C. Siettedahl
St. Paul
Stassen
Siettedahl
MacArthur
Taft
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Truman
Minnesota
Convict Feigns Bleeding to Fool Doctors at State Hospital
Richard Bowlus, a former Boston clerical worker, faked internal bleeding to cause hospital investigations and mislead officials at Buena Vista Reformatory. Dr. F H Zimmerman disclosed Bowlus punctured a throat vein with a hidden needle to simulate blood loss, later 'treating' the ailment at Salida and the State Hospital.
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Bowls
Boston
Reformatory
Bowlus
Salida
Zimmerman
Marooned in Mountains at June Lake
In June Lake California efforts to clear a Sierra Nevada road resumed as 125 marooned men, mostly Navy seabees testing snow removal gear, shelter at June Lodge. The lodge warns of dwindling fuel though food for a week remains. wind and new slides hinder plows and one slide carried a car with two seabees to the lake edge with no injuries.
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June Lake
Calif
Sierra Nevada
June Lodge
George Conn
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