Three Gunmen Hit Armored Car Near Danvers
In Danvers Massachusetts three robbers in a black 1950 Buick ambushed an armored car truck owned by United States Trucking Corp. and fled with about $600000 as driver Lawrence Johansen and a helper were forced to surrender. A patrolman attempted to stop the vehicle but the car sped away toward Peabody. This was among the largest regional robberies in recent months.
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Danvers
Mass
United States Trucking Corp
Maple St
Danvers National Bank
Lawrence Johansen
North Shore
Boston
Danvers Sq
Edmund Noonan
Peabody
Salem
Massachusetts
New England
Credit Union
Quonset Point
R. 1
Naval Air Station
Medford
Brink's Co
Anthrax Report Bounces Pork Prices and Recall in Ohio
Ohio state officials report pork supply remains ample with fewer than 200 hogs killed by anthrax. Prices drop in some areas as public concern rises. Health officials link the outbreak to Belgium bone meal in feed from Inland Products Co. Farmers urged to return affected lots and inoculate healthy hogs. 1,000 tons returned, 6,660 tons remain.
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Columbus
C. W
State Agriculture Department
Harry G. Geyer
Animal Industry Division
Agriculture Department
State Health Department
Belgium
Ohio
Buchieb Division
Inland Products Co
FBI Chief Reports Communist Party Losing Strength
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover testified before the House Appropriations Committee that U S Communist Party membership fell from 43 217 a year ago to 31 608 now a drop of about one quarter He said members no longer carry cards and many operate underground with roughly one third in hiding and major activity centered in New York California Ohio New Jersey Massachusetts Minnesota Pennsylvania and Michigan.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
U. S
Communist Party
House Appropriations Committee
New York Area
California
Winds
Ohio
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Gruenther Doubts USSR Will Attack
Gen Alfred M Gruenther Eisenhowers chief of staff testified on Presidents foreign aid program before the House Foreign Affairs Committee He said he did not expect a Soviet attack now and that proper action could prevent one His remarks followed earlier Senate testimony and focused on European defense and military planning.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
Alfred M. Gruenther
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Gruenther
Capitol
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisen
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Gillette
D-Ia
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Len Green
R-Ril
Europe
Senate Committee
Small Los Angeles Hotel Swept By Flames Kills Six
A six floor skid row fire at the St. George Hotel in Los Angeles killed at least six men and injured ten. Night clerk Leland Whitehouse 57 helped save others by warning guests as flames spread from Room 312. About 150 residents were in the hotel at 6 a.m. EST when the blaze began. arson investigators had no cause yet.
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Los Angeles
Leland Whitehouse
Finnegan Out On Bail While Awaiting Appeal
James P. Finnegan former internal revenue collector is free on a $5 000 appeal bond after a two year sentence and a fine for misconduct in office. His attorneys say the appeal will be filed within 10 days.
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Finnegan
ST. Lous
James P. Finnegan
Internal Revenue
Truman
Saber Jets Hit Sixty MIGs in North Korea Clash
In the second day of renewed air war near the Manchurian border, 32 U S F 86 Sabres faced about 60 MIG 1s. The Fifth Air Force tallies 18 Communist jets destroyed or damaged in two days. U S Eighth Army reports two patrol clashes on the 155 mile front. Peiping radio claims Allied losses.
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Manchurian
Fifth Air Force
U.S. Eighth Army
Peiping
Tokyo
Peace Restored In Truck Strike Near Wheeling
Quiet returned to the West Virginia Pennsylvania border as striking truckers protested Pennsylvania 45 000 pound weight limits. Armed officers patrolled roads in Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania after dusk Monday night to quell violence. One truck was dynamited near Wheeling with no injuries reported.
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Wheelng
W. Va
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Wheeling
POW Talks To Continue Under Wraps
Korean truce negotiators keep prisoner exchange talks secret while the U N Command and Brig Gen William P Nichols say results, if any, will be published. Deadlocks linger on POW return terms and neutral inspectors at 10 ports. no progress announced.
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Munsan
Korea
William P. Nichols
U.N. Command
U.N
Reds
Russia
Dean O. Darrow
Soviet Union
Nuckols
Barge Freed On Purpose Allegation Claims Cincinnati Firm
William Kinzeler traffic manager of the Cincinnati Marine Service Co. charged one barge loaded with 900 tons of sulphur was deliberately released into the Ohio River Monday night. The drifting vessel tore a harbor boat from its moorings at Dayton Boat Club, sending it into a Central Bridge pier three miles downstream. damage estimated around $2,000. Coast guard investigation will be sought.
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Cincinnati
William Kinzeler
Cincinnati Marine Service Co
Ohio River
Dayton Boat Club
Dayton
Central Bridge
Kefauver Eyes Wisconsin Test In Presidential Bid
Senator Estes Kefauver campaigned across Wisconsin seeking its 28 Democratic nominating votes while facing a tough Nebraska primary against Senator Kerr. He claimed to be the favorite to defeat Truman in Wisconsin and pressed ahead with efforts in Milwaukee and northern areas as Taft Warren and Stassen led the Republican field.
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Milwaukee
Este Kefauver
Tennessee
Truman
Kefauver
Wisconsin
Sen
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kerr
Hampshire
Robert, A. Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Kefauve
Gov. Warren
Taft
Stassen
Russia
Ivai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Korea
Dodgeville
Phil LaFollette
Warren
LaFollette
Army Reserves Order to Turn In Tanks for Aid Program
Army units including the National Guard and reserves must surrender thousands of tanks and vehicles to speed priority shipments for Allied build up overseas. The move, tied to NATO goals to equip Western Europe, will mostly affect reserves and guard while Marine Corps shares the burden. Navy and Air Force are not expected to give up equipment. The plan aims to free modern gear for overseas forces and replace worn units in Korea and Europe with older World War II equipment as training continues.
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Washington
National Guard
U.S
Army
Alfred M. Gruenther
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Marine Corps
Navy
Air Force
Korea
Defense Department
Indochina
Despondent mother leaps to death with son in arms at hotel
Mrs. Terry Cluart, 30, jumped from a seven story Los Angeles hotel with her six year old son John. Both died. a note to her husband cited despair and burden as motive. Cluart had been despondent after losing a baby last year.
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Los Angeles
Terry Cluart
John
J. B
Cluart
Japan plans to lease ships and recruit sailors
Kyodo reports Japan will lease 60 small warships from the United States and recruit 6,000 men to form a special maritime defense unit as part of its military buildup.
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Tokyo
Red Power Data To Be Heard In Senate Hearings
The Senate preparedness subcommittee will examine secret intelligence reports on Russian air power and assess U S security levels. Chairman Lyndon B Johnson says hearings open next Monday with some testimony behind closed doors and others in public. The study will compare U S and Soviet war planes and precede surveys of tanks electronics and other materiel.
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Washington
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
America
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Pentagon
U. S
Russia
Johnson
Wage Board Sparks Defection Calls To End It
Three Wage Stabilization Board industry members said the board should go out of business for provoking inflation. They argued wage recommendations in the steel dispute exceed what the United Steelworkers union could win in bargaining and urged more inflation control through negotiations. The remarks followed Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson's warnings of a threat to stabilizing efforts after meetings with President Truman.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Charles E. Wilson
CIO
Witenessman
George Arms
Dwight Steele
Milton Olander
Wilson
Truman
Key West
Fla
Murray
WSB
Murrays Union
Senators Probe Grain Storage Deal Behind Camp Crowder
Senators on the Agriculture Committee questioned Arden H. Myers of Midwest Storage and Realty about leases at Camp Crowder Missouri for 1000 dollars a month and back rents totaling 382201 dollars over 20 months. The probe aims to uncover how the deal was engineered and whether any influence peddling occurred as eight witnesses are expected to testify.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington Ism
Senate Agriculture Committee
Arden H. Myers
Midwest Storage and Realty Company
Kansas City
Camp Crowder
Sen. Aiken
Vermont
Ellender
D-La
Senate
Sen. Williams
R-Del
Braninan
Williams
Fallender
Willims
Brannan
Trutman
Florida
R-Mo
Nebraska Primary Drive Turns Into Real Battle
Nebraska voters witness a heated primary campaign as Taft and Eisenhower write-in efforts energize both parties. Harold Stassen and Lincoln’s Mary Kenney are the only formal Republican entrants for the April 1 primary while Taft backers claim momentum against Len Taft. Howard Buffett returns to direct Taft drive and dismisses smear charges. Eisenhower backers say no national money supports the write-in, relying on Nebraskans’ fervor to win.
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Harold Stassen
Mary Kenney
Lincoln
MacArthur
Stassen
Howard Buffett
R-Neb
Washington
Taft
Len Taft
Douglas County
Young Republicans Club
Buffett
Nate Holman
Eisenhower
Nebraska
Big Truck Destroys Home After Missing Curve
In Lacey Spring Virginia a heavy truck failed to negotiate a downhill curve and plowed into a frame house. Mrs Geen Alders her daughter and granddaughter slept on the second floor and were thrown to the first floor. The truck driver and his helper were unharmed after being freed from the cab.
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Lacey Spring
Geen Alders
Mrs. Alders
Arkansas Faces 25 Million Tornado Relief Bill
Arkansas suffered the worst damage among six southern states hit by tornadoes and floods. Gov. McMath said the 25 million estimate comes from state surveys after 232 deaths and 1,100 injuries statewide. Red Cross and Salvation Army led relief, with aid including clothing, food and furniture to refugees, as disaster areas in Arkansas and neighboring states received federal and local support.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Bid McMath
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Sermbhiane
Arkansaneste
Darmupe
Destiite Comralytios
Fedetay Heesetracton Fienase Corporation
Ateweiss
Penira Cee Alimix
Misesory
Missippa
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Jacsonia
White County
Community Hat
Smass Funeral
He Looks For Trouble In Dallas Election Anxiety
A Dallas doctor recalls an elderly patient who suffered a heart attack and asked to be kept alive until the November election. The tale highlights voter concern amid political tension and health crisis in the city.
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Dallas
Tex
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