Jap Peace Treaty Faces Senate Vote
The Senate begins voting on the Japanese Peace Treaty with leaders predicting ratification before nightfall. Opponents raise reservations about sovereignty and the Pacific security pacts with Japan The Philippines and Australia New Zealand while Democrats show confidence in a two thirds majority support.
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Senate
Japan
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Yesterdy
McFarland
Nce
Sen
Dirksen
R-Ill
Jenner
R-Ind
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me
San Francisco
Russia
Police Jail Eighth Suspect In Reno Theft Case
Reno Nevada police report the arrest of an eighth suspect in the burglary of millionaire Laverne Redfield. FBI said Anthony Gazzigli 41 admitted involvement and led to recovering 27000 in cash jewelry and securities. The group cracked Redfield's safe outside Reno with crowbar and escaped.
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Nev
Laverne Redfield
FBI
Anthony Gazzigli
Redfield
Gazzigli
Louis
Firpo Gazzigli
Postcard Delay Sparks 1 Cent Postage Charge
Norman Janke quit his job in Indianapolis over a year ago and moved to Florida. En route he mailed a penny postcard to his father, E. H. Janke, which arrived recently. The Post Office billed the father 1 cent postage due on the late card as postcard rates had risen to 2 cents months earlier.
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Indianapolis
Norman Janke
Florida
E. H. Janke
Allies Seek Secret Talks on Prisoner Exchange
United Nations command floated off the record negotiations to break the stalemate over repatriation and prisoner exchange in Korea. Staff officers approved 10 ports of entry for arms and supplies while disputes over airfield bans and neutral inspection teams loom.
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Korea
U. N
William P. Nuckols
Panmunjom
Academy Awards Night Draws Dense Hollywood Crowd
Hollywood prepares for the 24th Academy Awards with many top nominees missing in action. Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando are abroad, while Montgomery Clift Fredric March and Katharine Hepburn are among potential sentimental winners. Ustinov is absent, and debates center on best picture between Streetcar and Place in the Sun with a $1,000,000 box office prize. The ABC and Armed Forces Radio Service will carry the ceremony.
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Marlon Brando
Associated Press
Miss Leigh
New York
Laurence Olivier
Brando
France
Henepaens Bogart
Shelley Inters
Jane Wyman
Eleanor Parker
RKO Panmane
Tharine Hepburn
Moat
London
Montgomery Clift
Fredric March
Lee Grant
Joan Blondel
Mildred Dunnock
Kim Hunter
Thelma Ritter
American Broadcasting Company
Armed Forces Radio Service
Budget Slashes On Public Housing Face Opposition
Washington reports a House budget-cutting drive targets veterans and public housing, with battles over public housing starts cut from 75 000 to 25 000 and calls to expand VA funding. The atomic energy program faces a 174 million cut, risking pace of reactor and weapon projects, while labor and federal agencies see about a 10 percent reduction.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Truman
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Russia
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Rep
Jensen
R-la
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National Mediation Board
Eisenhower Signals Possible Campaign Return
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS- General Eisenhower said he is re examining his political position and may soon campaign actively for the Republican nomination. He noted voters in New Hampshire and Minnesota are pressing him to reconsider his past decision not to seek the nomination, referring to a Jan 7 statement by Henry Cabot Lodge.
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New Hampshire
Minnesota
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Truman says he will not hold Eisenhower
President Truman stated General Dwight D. Eisenhower is free to return to the United States when he judges it safe. He praised Eisenhower’s work and said Korea’s status will not influence his own re election decisions. He also discussed a 1945 loan to the Soviet Union, Morris’s investigation powers, and Senate actions on subpoena authority.
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Fila
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Frank E. McKinney
Korea
Soviet Russia
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Newbold Morris
Con
Senate
Morris
New Jet Engine Revealed By GE In Lockland
A new J47 GE 27 jet engine was unveiled at a General Electric jet center dedication in Lockland. GE touted the engine as boosting the F 86 performance to surpass Sabre jets in Korea, marking GE’s 10th anniversary of its first American turbojet tuning at the Lynn plant.
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Lockland
Korea
General Electric Co
General Electric
Lynn
Mass
Eisenhower backers push for Minnesota convention delegates
Minnesota backers rally around Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as 37.2 percent of GOP voters backed him in the presidential primary with 106,788 write ins. Harold Stassen led with 44.6 percent and 128,134 votes as Sen. Humphrey tallied 98,704. Delegates favored are in Minneapolis districts three and five, while write ins for Kefauver and Truman are noted.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Stassen
Huber Humphrey
D-Minn
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Truman
Humphrey
Washington
Sen
Aiken
R-Ui
Taft
Wisconsin
Watkins
Utah
Reds Raid Brazil Base
Rio de Janeiro report says Brazil fears further Red attacks after armed communists raid a Natal regimental barracks aiming to reach an ammunition dump. Gen Zenobia da Costa ordered a regional alert and offered his resignation, which Vargas was said to reject.
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Payne
Rio DE Janeiro
Atlantic
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da Costa
Getulio Vargas
Vargas
Meridional Agency
Swallows Return On Schedule At Capistrano
Swallows arrive in San Juan Capistrano on the traditional St Idobenb a Day, arriving a few hours late but still on schedule despite Leap Year.
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Calif
Capistrano
Taft Withdraws From New Jersey Presidential Primary
Senator Taft pulls out of New Jersey Republican primary set for April 1 citing Gov. Alfred Driscoll endorsement of Gen. Eisenhower and party machine pressure. Taft calls the move unfair and says fair contest cannot occur. Eisenhower forces led by Raymond Bateman react with surprise. Bernard Shanley of Stassen is astonished.
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Taft
New Jersey
Alfred Driscoll
Gen
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New Hampshire
Driscoll
Lloyd B. Marsh
Newark
N. J
Bernard Shanley
Harold Stassen
Len Taft
Raymond Bateman
Malcolm Forbes
Gen. Eisenhower
Pilot Battles New Type VIG Over Korea
Korea-American Sabres shot down five Communist MIG-1s and damaged five others today, boosting their two-day tally to six downed and 12 damaged. A new Type 15 Communist jet, described as a funny-looking bird, was reported hit for the first time. Lt. James Carey of Las Vegas said he struck the Type 15 after closing in on its tail. Ground reports note light Red probing on the Western and Eastern Fronts late last night and today.
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Korea
James Carey
Las Vegas
Nev
Feinsinger Collapses From Fatigue Delays Wage Board Sit
Washington AP report says Wage Stabilization Board chairman Nathan P. Feinsinger collapsed from fatigue during steel labor talks after working overnight to avert a weekend strike. He was taken for medical care and the board recessed until 2 p.m. as industry and labor negotiators faced a potential furnace shutdown and a stalled deadlock over the union shop issue.
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Wage Stabilization Board
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Feinsinger
WSB
Nathan Feinsinger
Big Storm Threatens Livestock
Snow rooned some 2 000 people in East Central California and threatened 600 000 head of Nevada livestock with starvation on the first day of spring. In Mono County snow blocked roads stranding residents and cutting fuel supplies while Nevada faced massive cattle and sheep losses. Governor Russell declared a state of emergency to obtain federal aid for livestock. Rail and road lines suffered closures as storms and high drifts paralyzed transport, with Donner Summit only gradually reopening.
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California
Nevada
Mono County
Nevada- California
June Lake Lodge
George Conn
Conn
June Lake
Gripper
Charles Russell
Russell
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Southern Pacific
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Soda Springs
Wisconsin primary focus drives Kefauver gains in Wisconsin
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee trimmed his remarks to press through a Wisconsin audience of 2,200 as he pushes toward the April 1 primary. Republican contenders Taft and Stassen traded foreign policy criticisms in Wisconsin stops, with Taft debating McCarthyism and Stassen challenging Taft on defense and Korea policy.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Harold Stassen
Taft
OPS May Lift Some Controls In Ten Days
Washington reports OPS officials plan to suspend price controls in several raw material fields within two weeks. A preliminary set of state cards and a statement on price control suspension will be published, with early lifting possibly occurring simultaneously. Fresh fruits and vegetables may come under controls if prices rise.
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Ellis Arnal
Senate Banking Committee
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Telephone booths to raise price to ten cents tomorrow
Los Angeles residents are warned that nickel rates for public phone calls will rise to ten cents starting tomorrow, prompting immediate use of remaining cheap calls. The notice urges patrons to finish calls today to avoid the higher charge.
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