Oklahoma City GOP convention shows Taft Eisenhower split
In Oklahoma City the first Republican state convention features Taft and Eisenhower factions forming a tentative four at large delegate slate with two for Taft one for Eisenhower and one uncommitted. District delegates split roughly four Taft four Eisenhower one Taft favored, two for Eisenhower, and one for MacArthur but likely Taft. Taft skips Minnesota and California primaries citing fair test concerns while MacArthur possible withdrawal looms. Warren weighs primaries in Wisconsin Oregon and others with Boston speech.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Taft
Eisenhower
Jack Bell
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oklahoma City
Bell
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Minneapolis
Spokane
Wash
Seattle
Portland
Minnesota
California
Harold E. Stassen
Gov
Earl Warren
Stassen
General MacArthur
Gov. Warren
New York
Wisconsin
Oregon
Boston
War Games Death Toll Rises in Exercise Snowfall
Camp Drum New York reports seven deaths in the ongoing winter war game between the army and air force. A C 46 transport crew, a paratrooper plane crash and a grade crossing truck incident caused most of the fatalities. In total since the exercise began a month ago, nine soldiers have died and 117 injured.
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Camp Drum
N. Y
Army
Air Force
Wheeler-Sack Airfield
McCormick Elected President of Northwest Daily Press
Minneapolis report states William F. McCormick general manager of the Wausau Record and Herald was chosen president of the Northwest Daily Press association at its annual meeting held Saturday.
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Minneapolis
William F. McCormick
Wausau, Wis
Record and Herald
Northwest Daily Press Association
Phillips Youth Has Fair Night Improvement Seen
Kenneth Phillips a 14 year old Browntown youth injured in a Tuesday night auto accident spent a fair night at St. Clare hospital though not yet conscious. He shows occasional response to voices and uses his arms a little more. His brother Robert 17 with neck and back injuries was discharged and stays with maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs O D Grenawalt Albany. Their mother Mardell Grennwalt now of Madison. Marie Loeffel Albany is the maternal great grandmother.
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Kenneth Phillips
Browntown
St. Clare Hospital
Robert
O. D. Grenawalt
Albany
Mardell Grennwalt
Madison
Marie Loeffel
Infant Escapes Injury After Vehicle Strikes Child
Maurice R. Connors two year old son was hit by a car driven by Kenneth R. Steinman 17 in the Connors driveway on 11th street. The child rolled down an incline and was found underneath the auto but emerged unscratched when neighbors and a physician attended. The driver halted the vehicle after the neighbor’s scream.
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Maurice R. Connors
11Th Street
Kenneth R. Steinman
13Th Street
Connors
Steinman
Tribes clash in Zabul with heavy casualties in unrest
Iranian tribes fight in Zabul near the Afghan border leaving 55 dead and over 300 injured in six hours of fierce street fighting. Officials report attack on provincial leadership amid looting as troops from Kerman rush to restore order.
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Tehran
Iran
Zabul
Attash
Dad
Kerman
Last Word in Spat Recorded by Spain
The episode ends as Spain reportedly has the last word in a diplomatic spat after President Truman said he never favored the Franco regime. The State Department received a memo from Spanish Ambassador Jose Felix De Sequerica that officials say was not a formal protest and requires no reply.
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Washington
Truman
Franco
Spain
State Department
Jose Felix de Sequerica
United States
Weetaen Sen Dusibe
President seeks two year extension of price and wage controls
President Truman asked Congress to extend price and wage controls for two years, keeping them through mid-1954. He proposed dropping the cheese amendment, criticized three defense act changes, and urged restoration of consumer and real estate credit powers. He warned against bad legislation aiding favored groups while burdening the public.
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Truman
Congress
Associated Press
Washington
Capehart
Rind
Rep
Herlong
D-Fla
Korea
Butler
Labor and Farm Groups Oppose UMT Plan
Washington reports AFL CIO National Grange and National Farmers Union joined opposition to universal military training at Senate Armed Services hearings. Senator Edwin C. Johnson pledged a last ditch fight against the UMT measure.
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Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcoro
AFL
CIO
Senate Armed Services Committee
National Grange
National Farmers Union
Johnson
Avalanche near the Alpiné pass claims lives
Austrian News Agency reports a massive avalanche near the Alpiné pass killed several hikers and injured ten others early today.
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Lberg Pass
Belmont General Store in Belmond Burns in 75 000 Blaze
Heneman's general store in Belmont village population 474 burned to the ground in a morning fire. Discovered at 4 20 a m by the postmaster above the post office, flames were controlled by Belmond Platteville Cuba City and Darlington fire crews by 7 a m. One Darlington firefighter, Ben DeMuth, was injured, possibly with fractured ribs. Post office spared. cause undetermined though wiring suspected. Heneman's 40 years in business ends with only walls left standing.
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Belmont
Heneman
Platteville
Cuba City
Darlington
Ben DeMuth
Darlington Hospital
Korea Ace Davis Jr. reported missing after plane downed
The Air Force announced Maj. George A. Davis Jr., America's top combat pilot of the Korean War, is missing in action after his plane was shot down yesterday with no parachute observed. His wife Doris resides in Lubbock Texas.
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Korea
Washington
Air Force
Maj
George A. Davis Jr
America
Davis
Flyer
Doris
Lubbock
Tex
King George VI Returns for Final London Homage
King George VI arrived in London for his last homage as Buckingham Palace and Westminster await the royal cortege. Elizabeth II and other royals accompanied the bier from Sandringham to Westminster Hall where the coffin lies in state ahead of Friday's Windsor burial.
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George VI
England
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Sandringham
King’s Cross
Westminster
Elizabeth II
Windsor
Elizabeth
Margaret
Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of Gloucester
Paddington Station
Windsor Castle
St. George’s Chapel
Rufus the Red
William the Conqueror
MacArthur Unit Names Three Ritter Delegates
The Wisconsin MacArthur for President club announced three more delegates at large for the April 1 primary. They pledged to Grant Ritter of Monroe, the general's favorite son, and are William J. Campbell of Oshkosh, Herbert A. Eggie of Waukesha, and Robert A. Chadwick of Shorewood.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin MacArthur For President Club
Grant Ritter
Monroe
Wisconsin
William J. Campbell
Oshkosh
Herbert A. Eggie
Waukesha
Robert A. Chadwick
Shorewood
Waukesha Girl Wins State Cherry Pie Baking Crown 1952
Fifteen year old Eileen Cramer of Waukesha wins Wisconsin state cherry pie contest 1952 after earlier district wins Milwaukee and a runner up from Ondossagan Jean Barany plus Dolores Derr of Columbus place third. The article includes Cramers filling and crust recipes.
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Sturgeon Bay
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Eileen Cramer
Milwaukee
Jean Barany
Ondossagan
Ashland
Dolores Derr
Columbus
Madison
Miss Cramer
Taft Arges Wisconsin Rally Pledges Tax Cuts and Reform
Sen Taft addressed 3500 at a Wisconsin Rapids rally pledging a republican admin to boost liberty and equality for workers and farmers. He urged tax cuts, spending cuts, and a cleaned Washington while outlining labor management equality under Taft Hartley. He praised Wisconsin senators Wiley and McCarthy and Gov Kohler.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Taft
Wisconsin
GOP
Washington
Ohio
Stevens Point
Wis
Wisconsin River
Republican Party
U. S
Wiley
McCarthy
Gov
Kohler
Beloit
Monroe
Sen. Taft
Chicago Investigator Declines Morris Inquiry Invitation
Virgil Peterson of the Chicago Crime Commission says he refused Newbold Morris’s offer to help probe rent corruption. He stated the offer to assist in cleaning up city politics remains declined and the investigation proceeds without his involvement.
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Chicago
Virgil Peterson
Chicago Crime Commission
Newbold Morris
Attorn Grath
Nelp Morris
Twining Pins Wings on Son at Reese AFB
Gen Nathan F. Twining vice chief of the air force pins pilot wings on his son Second Lt Richard G Twining at Reese Air Force Base Lubbock Texas. The ceremony also features Capt Eddie Rickenbacher pinning wings on Cadet William Rickenbacher after the advanced multi engine school graduation.
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Nathan F. Twining
Monroe
Air Force
Richard G. Twining
Reece Air Force Base
Lubbock
Tex
Eddie Rickenbacher
William Rickenbacher
Allies Question Red China Rights in Korea Peace Talks
Rear Adm. C. Turner Joy challenged Red China's right to join a post-armistice Korea peace conference. He said by communist standards Red China is ineligible, noting Chinese troops in Korea are labeled volunteers by both Beijing and Pyongyang. He urged focus on Formosa and other Asian issues after armistice.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Red
China
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Formosa
Joy
Red China
North Korea
Milwaukee Boy 16 Kills Family In Frustration Over Car
A 16 year old Milwaukee boy killed his mother and two siblings after being refused the family car. Police say he admitted shooting them with a shotgun and left a note signed Your twisted son John. Separate report says Arno Schulz 39 found the bodies after returning home from a trip. Victims were Mrs Cathrine Schulz 38 Robert 11 and Catherine 6.
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Milwaukee
Arno Schulz
John
Kirkwood
Catherine Schulz
Robert
Catherine
Schulz
Aes
Lacrosse
Newark Airport Closed After Third Crash In Two Months
Elizabeth New Jersey emergency after National Airlines DC 6 crashes into a four story apartment building killing at least 28 aboard and four residents. Three earlier crashes in December and January have killed 115 more on ground and aboard. Pilot Capt W G Foster perished as debris lit a playground and home. Traffic diverted to Idlewild LaGuardia and Philadelphia airports.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Nancy Taylor
Coral Gables
Fla
National Airlines
Miss Taylor
Newark
Taylor
Newark Airport
James T. Kirk
Idlewild
LaGuardia
New York City
Philadelphia
W. G. Foster
National
Elizabeth River
American Airlines
Investigators Question Elizabeth DC6 Engine Failure Report
Civil air investigators said the preliminary check into the Elizabeth New Jersey DC6 crash does not confirm the stewardess claim that two engines failed. Investigators arrived 25 minutes after the airliner struck an apartment building and later checked an area hotel while probing two prior Elizabeth air tragedies.
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Washington
Senate
Elizabeth
N. J
Dc6 National Airlines
Civil Air
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