Taft May Relinquish Leadership Post
Indianapolis report details a runaway P 51 on Stout Field where pilot Capt Phillip Bonner was killed in a ground collision with Lt Thomas Costin. Guardsmen and police halted the aircraft with a riot gun and tire shot. Staff Sgt Steven Kropernicki closed the throttle. Washington notes Taft may relinquish Senate GOP leadership amid talk of a party shake up before the 1950 election.
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Indianapolis
Air Force
Stout Field
Phillip Bonner
Allison Maxwell
Lawrence
Ind
Indiana National Guard
Bonner
Thomas C. Costin
Costin
Col. Maxwell
Ray Thompson
Steven Kropernicki
Lake Taxaway
N. C
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate Gop
Europe
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Rolfe Named Tiger Manager in Detroit
Detroit Tigers appoint Robert A. Red Rolfe as manager succeeding Steve ONeill. Rolfe, a former New York Yankees star, had been director of the Tigers farm system since 1947. General Manager Billy Evans announced the assignment with no salary details disclosed.
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Detroit
Detroit Tigers
Robert A
Red) Rolfe
Rolfe
Tigers
Steve O'Neill
Billy Evans
Unemployed Man's Wife Wins Record Stop the Music Prize
Mrs Edward Easton 34 of Attleboro Massachusetts won $30 200 in prizes on the American Broadcasting Company Stop the Music show identifying the mystery melody as The Ministrel's Return from the War by phone Neighbors crowded the Eastons cottage to celebrate as police protection was summoned after the announcement.
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New York
American Broadcasting Company
Edward Easton
James St
Attleboro
Mass
Dragnet Launched for Slain Sculptor and Wife in Florida
A statewide dragnet is under way for the killer of renowned sculptor Leno Lazzari and his wife Louise Delea Lazzari. The couple, shot in their Boca Raton studio home, were found by a friend after returning from West Palm Beach. Robbery is suspected. a missing jeep and a firearm slug are clues. Lazzari, born in Rome, had works on college campuses and was a prominent decorative sculptor.
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Boca Raton
Fla
Leno Lazzari
Louise. Lazzari
Louise Delea
Brooklyn
N.Y
W H. Brown
Marjorie Castiglione
Brown
Zari
West Palm Beach
Lagzari
Lazzari
Rollins College
Winter Park
Florida State College
Tallahassee
Rome
Italy
Chinese Troops Strive to Break Red Trap in Central China
Nanking AP dispatches report government troops aided by a new mechanized force attempting to crack a Communist pincers maneuver around Suchow 200 miles from Nanking. Reports say the Red army may have been broken through and joined the Seventh Army corps, with word of clashes along the Suchow pengpu rail corridor and west flank danger.
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Nanking
Central
China
Suchow
Red Army
Huang Po-Tao
Seventh Army
Nienchuang
Chinese Central News Agency
Chiu Ching- Chuan
Seventh Corps
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang Wei- Kuo
Suhsien
Pengpu
Northwest
Tientsin
Seven Children Orphaned After Double Shooting in Goodland
Seven children, six from one family, became orphans after a double shooting in Goodland, Kentland, Ind. Mrs. Ethel Bobbitt, 45, was killed when a shotgun sprayed her and her 11-year-old son Donald as they prepared for church. George Martin, 48, the alleged killer and a widower, died by suicide with the same gun.
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Kentland
Ind
Goodland
Here
Ethel Bobbitt
Donald
Leon Apple
George Martn
Martin
Brook
Donald Bobbitt
London
Britain
Prince of Edinburgh
Elizabeth
England
Buckingham Palace
U. S
Columbus
Hamal
Plymouth
Royal Child
Royal Horse Artillery
George
Hyde Park
St. Paul's Cathedral
Westminister Abbey
Europe
Queen Victoria
Philip
Astrid
Canute
Denmark
Harthacnut
Duke of Windsor
Paris
Prince of Wales
Edward VIII
Truman
Attlee
Frederik
Prince Philip
Westminster Abbey
Prince of
Edinburgh
Sandringham
Prime Minister King Resigning After Record Tenure
Ottawa reports Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King will resign, ending a 21 years, five months, and five days in office. At 73, he leaves as the longest serving British Commonwealth prime minister, surpassing Sir Robert Walpole’s 7,619 days.
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King
Ottawa
Canda
William Lyon MacKenzie King
Canada
Britain
Robert Walpole
Neglect Charge Filed in Ohio Fire Deaths
A charge of gross neglect is filed against Mrs. Louis Nance, 38, after two children died in a home fire while she was away. Victims were Carol Ann, four, and Ralph, three. Detective Ted O Connor reported yesterday.
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Youngstown
Louis Nance
Ted O'Connor
Carol Ann
Ralph
Southern White House not revealing Truman cabinet moves
Key West report notes visitors come and go at the southern White House with no public briefing on administration decisions or the new cabinet. There is no statement on UN calls to restart negotiations to end the Berlin stalemate or on Paris reports about Forrestal.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fla
White House
Truman
Trygvie Lie
United Nations
Herbert Evatt
UN General Assembly
Berlin
Paris
Defense Forrestal
Berlin peace talks urged by UN for Big Four
An informed source said Secretary of State Marshell will answer for President Truman to UN leaders appeal for Berlin peace. UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie and Herbert V. Evatt sent letters to the Big Four asking for four power talks to settle the Berlin crisis.
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Paris
Marshell
Truman
United Nations
Berlin
Trygve Lie
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
General Assembly
Key Democratic Aides Move From Truman Retreat
The article notes Senator Alben Barkley, Senator H. Howard McGrath, and Leslie Biffle leaving Truman's vacation retreat, with David Connelly and Charles Ross moving in from Washington. Gov. Mon Wallgren of Washington state is headed to a top post, and Barkley, McGrath, and Biffle travel to Miami Palm Beach, planning to return by Wednesday.
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Alben W. Barkley
H. Howard McGrath
Democratic National
Leslie L. Biffle
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Truman
Matthew J. Connelly
Charles G. Ross
Washington
Mon C. Wallgren
Washington State
Desertions by Soviets puzzling to Allied leaders
Berlin AP dispatch reports U S Army sources were mystified that Soviet desertions to the western zone in Germany stopped after a long run through 1945. Allied officers cite troop rotations, tighter Soviet restrictions, fuel rationing, and NKVD surveillance as possible causes while noting many deserters lack basic unit information.
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Berlin
U. S
Germany
Russia
Vienna
NKVD
Tiger Breaks Loose At Middlesex Fells Zoo And Is Shot
A male tiger escaped its cage at Middlesex Fells zoo in Stoneham Massachusetts injuring assistant curator James McCarthy and forcing the evacuation of about 150 visitors. Police and staff finally shot the animal after four hours.
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Stoneham
Mass
Middlesex Fells Zoo
James McCarthy
Long House
Animal House
Metropolitan District
Michael Waters
Louis Gilman
West Medford
Repeal Of Labor Law Sought At AFL Convention Start
The AFL opens its 67th convention in Cincinnati with a demand for swift repeal of the Taft Hartley act and a rebuilt Labor Department. President Green and Secretary Tobin lead a push to return to Wagner Act terms, aiming for repeal by March 1.
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Harold W. Ward
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Labor Department
William Green
Maurice J. Tobin
AFL
80Th Congress
Green
Truman
League
AFL Council
Congress
AFI
Progress in Maritime Strike Moves Forward in Talks
In San Francisco the maritime strike negotiators reported definite progress over the weekend and drafted tentative contract language for settled points. Talks resume at 1 30 p m with a 10 day period ending next weekend, after which unions must put the employer offer to a vote if no settlement is reached. The CIO Longshoremen and Waterfront Employers’ Association noted most time was spent on grievance arbitration and enforcement of a future contract, with wages and hiring hall control still unsettled.
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San Francisco
CIO
Waterfront Employers’ Association
Dealers to Meet in Cleveland on Ohio Auto Association
The 15th annual convention of the Ohio Automobile Dealers Association opens in Cleveland today and continues tomorrow with members gathered for industry talks and policy discussions.
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Cleveland
Ohio Automobile Dealers Association
Thieves Loot Over Weekend Tops $1000 In Stolen Goods
Police logged multiple break ins over the weekend with loot exceeding $1000. Cash and checks from Dohn Hardware on North Broad Street. other losses include a Civic Association fund, a robbery of $60 to Hart, clothing from a car on Veri ty Parkway, and a revolver stolen from a service station. The Prince of Edinburgh birth reported in London.
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Dohn Hardware Company
North Broad St
L. S. Dohn
Cohn
Middletown Civic Association
Girl Scout
Civic Campaign
Tom Venable
Insurance
Association
Venable
Henry Hart
Baltimore St
James Davis
Hart
First Ave
Canal St
Edward Prescott
Hamilton
Verity Pkwy
James Stethem
Clinton St
Manchester Ave
The Kid Jackie Coogan Reports Toupee Theft
Hollywood AP reports Jackie Coogan aged 34 notified police that a thief stole his toupee from his car. The incident adds a quirky footnote to the long career of silent film’s former child star.
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Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Mistakes Found Outs Truman's Lead In Ohio Vote
Cleveland AP reports the Cleveland board of elections found large counting errors in Ohio's early presidential tallies. Truman's lead over Dewey narrowed by 11,018 votes countywide, from 17,335 to 6,317 after adjustments. In Cuyahoga County Truman led 257,958 to 214,889 due to duplicate counts and uncounted ballots.
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Truman
Dewey
Ohio
Cleveland
Board of Elections In
Thomas E. Dewey
Cuyahoga County
Dan Duffy
Cuhahooga County
Ray C Miller
Mr. Truman
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Civic Association
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Toupee
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