Armored Car Heist Nets 681000 in Danvers
FBI and local police hunt elusive trio after a daylight robbery in Danvers Square. The three guards were surprised as they sipped coffee, transferred cash to a 1950 Buick, and sped off on a 15 mile relay route. Estimates place stolen cash from 100000 to nearly a million.
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U. S. Trucking Corp
Danvers
Mass
Danver
FBI
Danvers Square
United States Trucking Company
U. S
Brinks
Boston
Edmund Noonan
Lawrence Johansen
Johansen
Joseph Riley
Dennis Walsh
Raymond Kirwin
Everett
Senate Banking Committee Votes to Extend Controls
The Senate Banking Committee today voted to extend price wage and other controls for one year amid ongoing economic policy debates.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
French Arrest Top Tunisians To Stop Riots
French authorities in Tunis arrested Premier Mohammed Chenik and three cabinet members as martial law and censorship began. A curfew, police power transfer to the military, and widespread arrests followed three months of nationalist unrest that left dozens dead or jailed. Tunisia seeks more self rule and has appealed to the United Nations for help.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
Mohammed Chenik
Chenik
United Nations
Jean de Hauteclocque
Sidi Mohammed al- Amin
Vincent Auriol
de Hauteclocque
Wetumka Declares August 30 as Sucker Day Again
Wetumka Oklahoma city council designates August 30 as Sucker Day for a second year after a smooth talking stranger named F Bam Morrison claimed a traveling circus would visit. Residents donated funds to feed elephants, but the circus never arrived and Morrison disappeared.
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Wetumka
Okla
F. Bam Morrison
Morrison
Budget Cut Sweep Reaches Billions in Congress Action
Congress advanced a broad budget-cutting drive, pushing totals past a billion dollars. The Interior Department faces a $492,434,763 reduction from Truman’s request as final votes loom after debates. Earlier, a $1,783,242,968 package for labor and federal agencies pushed overall cuts over the line.
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Washington
House
Interior Department
Truman
Appropriations Committee
Interior
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Burned Hotel Violations Prompt Fire Safety Probes
Fire at the six story St George Hotel killed seven as investigations were ordered into safety rule violations. Fire Chief John Alderson cited a bolted rear stair door a rotten second floor hose and a wired fire escape ladder as deficient but said they did not explain the death toll.
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Los Angeles
St. George
John Alderson
State Assembly
Korean Front Quiet as UN Air Strikes Hit Kaesong Area
U S F-84 Thunderjets destroyed 18 buildings and six troop reinforcements east of Kaesong near the Communist armistice negotiator HQ. Red emplacements were outside neutral area. 12 enemy troops reported killed. Allied planes also hit rail lines in North Korea. Ground fighting: a company-size assault repelled on the Western Front. three other dawn actions stopped on Western and Central Fronts. Eastern Front saw only small patrol skirmishes.
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Seoul
Korea
Kaesong
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
ROK President May Not Bow Out on 77th Birthday
President Syngman Rhee, on his 77th birthday in Pusan, said he would like to retire to make way for younger leaders but did not state he would not seek re election in June. Observers speculated he plans to run and may urge his candidacy.
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Pusan
Korea 2
Syngman Rhee
Shanghai Quakes Under Red Terror
Report from Hong Kong describes Shanghai under harsh Red rule with loudspeakers forcing confessions and a campaign moving zone by zone through districts like Whangpoo and Nanking Road The piece notes thousands of merchants detained firing squads and families pressured to take their own lives amid anti corruption anti waste efforts.
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Fred Hampson
Hong Kong
Shanghai
China
Shanghai Red
Liberation Daily
Whangpoo
Nanking Road
Bundibet Road
Policy Is Policy Oklahoma City Mock Conventions Rent Fight
The Junior Chamber of Commerce asked the City Council for free rent at the Oklahoma City Auditorium for two mock conventions of the Future Voters of America high school students. Councilman G. A. Stark said a policy against free rent prevented it. The council and associates started a drive to raise 250 dollars, with each member contributing ten dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Junior Chamber of Commerce
City Council
Oklahoma City Auditorium
McCarthy Sues Benton for Libel Slander and Conspiracy
Sen. McCarthy files a federal suit seeking two million dollars from Sen. Benton over charges of perjury fraud and deceit linked to Benton's Birden accusations. Benton offered to waive congressional immunity. McCarthy plans to represent himself as attorney. Benton was in Los Angeles for tax hearings when the suit was announced.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Benton
D-Conn
Senate
Federal District
Congress
Los Angeles
Wisconsin
Western Powers firm on unifying Germany with defense bloc
Western nations led by the United States Britain and France issued a strong note to Moscow asserting commitment to tying Germany to a defensive European community. The Big Three rejected a revived German army and urged free elections in the Soviet zone while challenging Soviet sincerity.
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Washington
Germany
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Dean Acheson
State Department
Europe
United Nations Commission
Soviet Zone
Army Backs Fund Appeal for Campaign of Truth
Army and State Department push a $170 million overseas Campaign for Truth to wage an all out battle of ideas against Soviet propaganda. Gen J Lawton Collins urged full use of communications to regain psychological advantage and fight anti American sentiment abroad. The hearing noted a doubling of the prior year's budget and targets in NATO countries.
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Army
Washington
State Department
Campaign For Truth
Congress
Collins
Mose Harvey
Russia
East Europe
America
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Bridges Set To Testify In Tax Case
Sen Styles Bridges of New Hampshire will testify before House tax investigators on Thursday about his interest in a Baltimore liquor dealer's seven million dollar tax case. Rep King says Bridges asked to be heard as soon as possible. The Klein case centers on a five million plus profit from a one thousand dollar 1944 46 investment in Canadian whisky.
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Washington
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate
Baltimore
Rep
King
D-Calif
House
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bridges
Hyman Harvey Klein
Klein
Sen. Bridges
Henry
Grunewald
Father abandons eight children. wife missing after leaving home
In Bluefield West Virginia police search for Kelly Hall, a Pocahontas coal miner, after his wife ran off with another man. Five children aged eight years to nine months were left on a downtown street and taken to Union Mission. Joyce Ann, the eldest, delivered a note to police explaining the mother’s departure.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Union Mission
Kelly Hall
Pocahontas
C. N. Wilson
Hall
Tazewell County
Roanoke
Jersey Court Keeps Taft On New Jersey Ballot
A New Jersey Superior Court ruled Senator Taft’s name will remain on the April 15 presidential preference ballot. Judge Ralph J. Smalley dismissed a suit to remove Taft after the attorney general argued an overriding public interest in keeping his name. Taft had withdrawn from the campaign and asked the secretary of state to remove his name.
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Trenton
N. J. UR
State Superior Court
Sen
Taft
New Jersey
Ralph J. Smalley
Theodore D. Parsons
Secretary of State
Kimball To Visit Japan
Navy Secretary Dan A. Kimball and his party left for Okinawa and Tokyo after discussions with Chiang Kai-shek about regional issues.
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Kimball
Japan
Taipeh
Formosa
Navy
Dan A. Kimball
Okinawa
Chiang Kai-shek
Europeans Moving Fast On New Part
Six nation European army treaty aims for mid April completion and Paris signing by foreign ministers of France West Germany Italy Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg. Eisenhower may depart May for campaign and seek relief from Atlantic Pact command as ratification faces parliamentary hurdles yet is hoped by year end.
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Carter Davidson
Paris
Eisenhower
France
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Europe
Truman
Chambers Appears Before New Federal Grand Jury
Whittaker Chambers, once a Communist and witness against Alger Hiss, appeared for 80 minutes before a federal grand jury in New York. He declined to discuss the matter, saying only that it involved issues familiar to him and sparked reports of a new spy inquiry.
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New York
Whittaker
Chambers
Alger Hiss
Formosans Executed by Nationalists in Taipei
In Taipei the Chinese Nationalists executed six Formosans convicted as Communist agents. The executions reflect ongoing campaigns against suspected spies amid postwar tensions in Formosa.
Steel wage talks resume as walkout looms
In Washington officials press for a quick settlement as talks reopen between United Steelworkers and U S Steel Corp and Jones & Laughlin Steel in Pittsburgh. The wage board proposals face doubt amid threats of a 650000 strong steel strike set for April 8.
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Washington
CIO
United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
Union
U. S. Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wage Stabilization Board
Wilson
WSB
Frank talks, new terms in Korean Armistice talks
Negotiators show increased frankness while seeking a prisoner exchange compromise. Allies shift from voluntary to no forced repatriation with aim to please the enemy, as Russia’s role and neutral policing remain central questions. Deadlocks persist over airfield repairs and prisoner repatriation.
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Munsan
William P. Nuckols
U. N
Nuckols
Iice
Russia
U.N
Norway
Theommunists
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Dulles Plans Public Remarks After Silence in Policy
John Foster Dulles, once a vocal critic, ready to speak out on U.S. foreign policy after two years of limited public comment. He quit Tuesday as an administration adviser claiming Senate approval of the Japanese peace treaty and three Pacific pacts completed his task. White House considering no successor.
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Washington (P
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Dulles
Senate
White House
Taft Aided in Wisconsin by Stassen Offer
National political rounds show Taft aided in Wisconsin as Stassen proposes to split Wisconsin delegates with Eisenhower if elected. Stassen claims half of his 30 delegates would back Eisenhower on the first ballot, triggering reactions from Taft and Warren supporters. Wedemeyer and Buffett back Taft in Nebraska’s primary efforts.
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Taft
Wisconsin
Stassen
Milwaukee
Eisenhower
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dwight D
Sheboeygan
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Thomas Coleman
Ramrod
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Jersey
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Omaha
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Nebraska
Howard Buffett
R-Neb
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