Duff Victory Blows 10 GOP Old Guard in Pennsylvania
Governor James H. Duff won the Pennsylvania Republican primary, signaling a push toward a progressive Republican as a presidential contender in 1952. Duff defeated John C. Kunkel, challenging veteran Joseph R. Grundy and reshaping the party’s power structure ahead of the November race against Senator Francis Myers.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Duff
John C. Kunkel
Joseph R. Grundy
Lodge
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Ives
New York
Aiken
Vermont
Joe Grundy
Joe Pew
Pennsylvania Old Guard
Francis Myers
Myers
Senate
Red Probers Demand Evidence On McCarthy Charges
Senate investigators press Senator McCarthy for proof that State Department loyalty files were rifled. McCarthy demands Democratic support to reveal that the attack on the files should be exposed. The 81 names under review include alleged Communists and security risks. Deputy Secretary Peurifoy denies any rifling and will testify under oath.
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Washington
Senate
McCarthy
State Department
Wisconsin
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Department
John E. Peurifoy
Flood Situation Remains Serious in Winnipeg Area
The Associated Press reports the Winnipeg and southern Manitoba flood situation stayed serious today with a possible slow decline in the Red River. The stream held at 12 feet above flood stage for over 30 hours as about 90,000 people were driven from their homes in the past three weeks.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Red River
Western Powers Select High Command in Push Against Communism
Western powers agreed to establish a permanent council of deputies to direct a high command aimed at blocking Communism by armed defense and economic bolstering. The 12 nations US Canada Britain France Italy Norway Denmark Holland Belgium Luxembourg Portugal Iceland endorsed the plan. The council would schedule rearmament, arm allocation, and military planning while strengthening Western economies to curb Communist influence. Names discussed for head include Harriman Lovett Bradley Eisenhower, with a formal communique due after the foreign ministers meeting.
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W. Averell Harriman
Robert A. Lovett
Omar A. Bradley
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dwight J. Eisenhower
Europe
Permanent Council
France
Italy
United States
Canada
Britain
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Portugal
Iceland
Western
U. S
State Acheson
West
Reuther To Send Committee Over Toledo UAW Rift
UAW President Walter Reuther will deploy a committee led by Emil Mazey to Toledo to resolve a revolt within Local 12 that split the union after 12 women workers at the dues office quit in protest against Richard T. Gosser. The Toledo Industrial Union Council leader Richard Lazette urged Reuther to intervene as 125 local units faced internal conflict and accusations of domination and machine control.
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Toledo
CIO United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Richard T. Gosser
International Uaw
Charles O. Ballard
UAW
Howard Seiren
Local 12
Richard L. Lazette
Toledo Industrial Union Council
Lazette
Reuther
Emil Mazey
Toledo Uaw
Detroit
Gosser
Birns Four Cohorts Acquitted On Charges In Cleveland
In Cleveland a jury acquitted Shondor Birns and four associates of bombing a policy operator’s car to intimidate him. Birns Amato Satulla Lonardo and Artwell were cleared after a trial that began March 27, ending weeks after a hung jury earlier. Prosecution indicated contempt proceedings for jury tampering involving a Birns intermediary.
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Cleveland
Shondor Birns
Birns
Charles B. Amato
Nick Satulla
Angello Lonardo
Joseph A. Artwell
Amata
Arthur A. Forsberg
Alvin J. Sutton
Common Pleas
Joseph H
Duble Freed From Prison After Numbers Ring Involvement
William Dennison Duble, 60, former Cincinnati clearing house secretary-manager, was released in New York after four months of a six month sentence for falsifying daily Cincinnati bank clearings figures. He aided a $50 million yearly numbers racket. the ring greatly boosted profits while Duble kept about $35,000. He is believed en route back to Cincinnati.
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NEW York
Cincinnati Clearing House
William Dennison Duble
Cincinnati
Duble
District Attorney's Office
Lid Clamped On Evidence In Horse Racing News
A Senate Commerce subcommittee sealed secret evidence about distribution of horse racing news used by bookmakers. Chairman McFarland said the information will not be disclosed until testimony and a list of race news distributors become part of the subcommittee records as a special Senate panel initiates an inquiry into organized crime and gambling.
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Washington
A _ Senate
McFarland
D-Ariz
Senate
Lausche Considers Sweeney Call on Independent Candidates
In Columbus Gov. Lausche weighs Secretary of State Sweeney’s concern over growing independent candidates in the November election. Lausche has no comment yet but notes Sweeney’s view that the primary’s purpose may be undermined and the two party system largely nullified if independents run without party primaries. The two officials discussed the issue yesterday.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Charles L. Sweeney
Sweeney
B 29 Bomber Crashes in Azores Base
A B 29 bomber carrying 16 people crashed near Lagens Air Base in the Azores during a routine training flight to England. Public information officer Capt Salvadore Pelle said no high ranking officers were aboard and all 16 were presumably on board. no list could be issued immediately.
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Shreveport
Azores
Barksdale Air Force
Salvadore Pelle
Barksdale Public Information
England
Lagens Air Force Base
Pelle
Senators May Reject More Revision Plans
Washington AP report notes Truman forces suffer more defeats as Sen Holland signals a vote to kill the Agriculture Department reorganization plan while Sen Simpson contemplates disapproving two more: FTC and Federal Power Commission changes. Johnson’s win echoes as I.C.C. and FCC plans die. Senate also junked plans to abolish the NLRB general counsel and move the OCC to the Treasury last week.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Holland
D-Fla
Secretary of Agriculture
Aeeray
Edwin Sameson
D-Cole
Federal Trade and Power Commissions
Labor Department
House
Johnson
Interstate Commerce and Federal Communication Commission
Office of National Labor Relations Board
Comptroller of Currency
Secretary of Treasury
Dope Ring Breaks Up in Galveston Area Raid
Federal and local officers say they disrupted a $1,000,000 heroin ring. The operation, sourcing drugs from New York racketeers via a smuggled Mexican connection, led to about 50 arrests during raids on taverns and rooming houses along the Gulf coast. Preliminary hearings were held for 12 defendants, including three alleged ringleaders, with hearings for three more scheduled.
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Galveston
Tex
New York
Mexco
Gulf Coast
Mrs Taft's Condition Remains Unchanged
Mrs. Taft wife of Ohio's senior senator was treated at George Washington University Hospital for high blood pressure. Doctors described her condition as unchanged and officials indicated she would need a week or more of hospital care.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
George Washington University Hospital
Released U S Fliers To Tell Their Story
Two American airmen, Marine Master Sgt Elmer C Bender and Navy Chief Petty Officer William C Smith, returned to the United States after 18 months as Chinese Communist prisoners. The Navy lifted the Alpha Curtain briefly to let photographers record their arrival after a 5,000 mile flight from China. The men, once with the West Pacific fleet, faced a quiet mainland welcome as officials guarded details and trimmed the public narrative.
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Elmer C. Bender
Cincinnati
Navy
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Mong Kong
Pearl Harbor
NEA Radio
Cal
China
Smith
Loan Granted To Argentina
Washington officials hope a 125 million dollar Export-Import Bank loan will push President Peron toward civil liberties reforms. The loan, marketed as a business deal to boost trade, could also ease strained postwar U.S.-Argentina relations, per a State Department note from Edward G. Miller Jr.
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Washington
Argentina
Peron
United States
Edward G. Miller, Jr
Haines Nabs Haines Amid Dayton DUI Case in Ohio
In Piua Ohio Highway Patrolman James Edward Haines detained James Edward Haines of Dayton. The 19 year old was fined 20 dollars plus costs and sentenced to three days in Miami County jail for driving while intoxicated. He also paid 15 dollars plus costs for driving without a license.
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Piqua, O
James Edward Haines
Dayton
Miami County
Fishermen's Dream: One Big Whopping Fish
In a hurried world, anglers dream of periodic outings to catch a big fish. Readers are split among trout purists, fly anglers, plug and spinner fans, worm and liver lovers, and catfish devotees, all hoping to return home with a single grand catch.
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Carty
Fathia To Wed Despite King's Official Decree
In San Francisco AP report Fathia sister of King Farouk plans to wed Riad Ghali a Christian commoner despite royal decrees fining their families and ordering return to Egypt. The couple pursue a Moslem ceremony and civil contract with a quick honeymoon amid royal opposition.
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San Francisco
Egypt
Fathia
Farouk
Cairo
Nazii
Riad Ghali
Nagzii
Egyptia
All Earp
Fur‘ther
Ghali
Atlantic pact foreign ministers set up a permanent high command
Foreign ministers at London ordered a permanent high command to develop Western Europe defense forces. In other AP summaries, 18 year old Jack Hartman, charged with slaying his grandparents near Bryan, is held by Parkersburg police. Yankees reinstate Dick Wakefield after suspension for refusing to report to Chicago. House Ways and Means cuts overpayment interest to two percent. House Banking Committee votes for another year of federal reenforcement. A B 29 bomber crash at Lagens Field in Azores kills all 16 aboard.
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London
Atlantic Pact
Europe
Bryan, D
Jack Hartman
Bryan
Parkersburg
W. Va
Norman A. Barnes
NEW York
New York Yankees
Dick Wakefield
Chicago
Yankees
White Sox
Ponta Delgada
Azores
Lagens Field
Gebbie to be buried Saturday in Cleveland
Thomas F. Gebbie 63 longtime Cleveland Plain Dealer pressman for 26 years died Tuesday after an illness of 19 months. His funeral is planned for Saturday in Cleveland.
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Clevela
Thomas FE. Gebbie
Cleveland Plain Dealer Pressman
Six Thousand Switchmen Threaten Western Rail Strike
Chicago AP The AFL Swi Union of North America calls a walkout by about 6000 switchmen on ten midwestern and western railroads over a 44 hour pay issue. The strike deadline is 6 am local time. The action targets Great Western Rock Island and Pacific Denver and Rio Grande Western and others.
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Chicago
AFL
Swi Union of
North America
Oxeday
Arthur J. Glover
Washington
Ing
Glover
Great Western
Rock Island and Pacific
Enport
Rock Island and Western
Denver
Big Western
Great Northern
Neapolis
St. Louie
Pacific Terminal
Oregon
St. Paul
Union of Western Railways
Remon
House Split on Proposed Cut in Tax
House members debated a Ways and Means plan to cut long term capital gains tax from 25 to 16 percent and to halve the holding period requiring three months for gain or loss. The proposal would tax real estate, commodities, stocks and bonds and faces party lines over its equity and government revenue impact.
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HOUSE
Washington
Ways and Means
Representative Combs
D-Tex
Lynch
D-Ny
Congress
Pittsburgh Bus Drivers Strike
About 750 AFL drivers on five Pittsburgh bus lines walk out to press wage demands. Current pay is $1.40 to $1.42 an hour, with a target of $1.65. The strike halted most motor coach movement in Pittsburgh and suburbs.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
AFL Street Electric
Raiway
Cheese Test Slated Today
A Canton Ohio cheese contest pits Ohio against Wisconsin in a state cheese decision. An Ohio sample, a large Swiss variety, was shown in a cheese trailer prepared by Tuscarawas County’s John Schneider and Stark County’s Hans-Alan, both noted cheese makers who yodel with Swiss bells. The Wisconsin entry comes from Monroe. Congressmen will judge both varieties and issue verdicts. A columnist favored Ohio cheese.
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Canton
Uresamen
Ohio
Wisconsin
John Schneider
Tuscarawas County
Hans
Lans
Ilmot
Stark County
Monroe
Wis
Fleckner Faces Block In Data Leak Probe
In Columbus Ohio state Liquor Director Oscar Fleckner opened an inquiry into a possible information leak after attorney Bernard S. Goldfarb accused a department source of feeding confidential finances of the Artists and Writers Club to Forest Allen of the Cleveland Press. Allen would not reveal his source. The investigation centers on a January 30 Cleveland Press story and a related inspector report dated January 31. The State Liquor Board ordered the inquiry and will act as soon as feasible. Inspectors Charles L. Brown and Win Matthews testified, saying much of the report came from superiors. The board member Simon L. Leis noted the case involves untold details and directed further action.
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Columbus
Oscar L. Fleckner
Goldfarb
Cleveland Club
Simon L. Leis
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