Eisenhower Maintains Plan Not to Campaign for President
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower declares he will not campaign actively for the Republican nomination unless selected and compelled to resign his Army post to speak as a citizen. He cites pressure from the Ike for President movement and says he may attend a museum dedication in Abilene and take a short vacation after return. He plans a farewell tour to Brussels The Hague Oslo and Copenhagen and seeks to finish his military assignment without political interruptions.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
North Atlantic
Brussels
the Hague
Oslo
Copenhagen
Straio
U. S
Defense Department
Weather in Southern California Easter Outlook
Southern California towns enjoy continued clear and warm conditions in the east while the west remains cloudy and cool with partial clearing. Light rain is possible from Los Angeles northwestward Sunday night as an Easter weekend breeze forms.
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California
Los Angeles
Eisenhower resigns as supreme commander at SHAPE
Gen Dwight Eisenhower tells SHAPE leaders he will be relieved of his command. About 70 top military figures react emotionally with tears, while Field Marshal Montgomery embraces him. Eisenhower informs them eight hours before President Truman's formal announcement.
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Paris
Dwight
Eisenhower
Viscount Montgomery
Truman
Right Wing Rebels Overthrow Bolivian Gov t
LA PAZ Bolivia authorities report victory for the National Revolutionary Movement after a three day conflict. Rebels promise elections within five months and reprisals against the ousted government. Death toll estimated from 200 to 1,000 with hundreds wounded and widespread destruction. Nearly 1,000 taken into custody as chaos surrounded the capital.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
National Revolutionary Movement
MNR
Hugo Ballivian
French approve defense funds in 1952 budget
In Paris the National Assembly approved Premier Antoine Pinay's defense heavy budget on a 330 to 208 vote after the Senate backed the bill 148 to 80. The measures fulfill commitments under the North Atlantic pact and European army plan for Western Europe.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Antoine Pinay
Prmer
Europe
Truman Allows Tax Returns Inspection by Judiciary Subcommittee
President Truman authorized the House Judiciary subcommittee to inspect federal income tax returns, directing scrutiny of the Justice Department. The move expands congressional access to tax records as part of oversight.
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Washington
LLP
Truman
House Judiciary
Justice Department
Jane Froman's Husband Under Police Guard
The insular government placed a police guard over Capt. John C. Burn pilot of the Pan American airliner that crashed off San Juan killing 2 of 69 aboard. Miss Froman was initially forbidden entry to his hospital room but was eventually admitted as 13 bodies were recovered and 39 were feared entombed.
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San Juan
P. R
John C. Burn
Jane Froman
Burn
Miss Froman
Portugal
Singer
Zoilo Dueno
New York
Dueno
Mass Froman
Tagus River
Lisbon
Freeman and Nerney separate after six and a half years
Hollywood AP report says actress Mona Freeman and Los Angeles car dealer Pat N. Nerney have separated after six and a half years of marriage. Freeman said she is miserable about the end of the marriage and that their problems were insurmountable.
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Hollywood
Mona Freeman
Los Angeles
Pat N. Nerney
Harvard Lampoon Names Roscoes for 1951 Cinema Flops
Cambridge based Harvard Lampoon awards Roscoes for 1951 worst performances naming Robert Taylor for Quo Vadis and Corinne Calvet for On the Riviera. Other awards include Worst supporting Peter Lawford Ava Gardner. Worst musical Painting the Clouds with Sunshine. Worst double bill Hard Fast and Beautiful Rich Young and Pretty. Biggest immigration law argument Mario Lanza. Most Miscast Franchot Tone. Worst dialogue St Peter interviewing God. Worst comic duo Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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Cambridge
Mass
Robert Taylor
J Corinne Calvet
Harvard Lampoon
Roscoes
Peter Lawford
Ava Gardner
Mario Lanza
Franchot Tone
St. Peter
God
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
CIO Considers Nationwide Phone Strike Amid Morocco Labor Flurry
CIO Communications Workers officers meet to weigh an all-out Bell System strike as mediators seek settlements nationwide. Beirne discusses a possible countrywide walkout to back wage gains after Michigan Bell Co. awarded 12.7 cents hourly. Talks resume between Pacific Telephone and Beirne's California group. a Bell official warned a general strike would cripple the system, while long distance could continue with delays. Federal mediator Ching presses to extend Michigan terms to Ohio and New Jersey Belt, Pacific Telegraph, and Western Electric.
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Washington
CIO Communications
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
Michigan Bell Co
Michigan Telephone
Efeign
Clyde M. Mills
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Beirne
California
Emerson Hunt
CIO
AFL Western Union
Cyrus 3
Ching
Michigan
Ohio
New Jersey
Pacific Telephone &Telegraph Co
Western Electric
Heavy Action On Korean Front Intensifies Frontline Skirmishes
AP reports heavy action on the Korean front as Communist forces fire a barrage to cover attacks that briefly seize three hills in Mundungni valley. Reds reinforce after a sortie. UN troops retake the high ground at dawn finding no living Communists, with 28 dead.
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Seoul
Mundungni
United Nations
Democrats Meet In Arizona Convention Opens In Phoenix
The Arizona Democratic convention opens in Phoenix to select 20 delegates for the national presidential convention in Chicago. A unit rule may be sought to direct all 12 votes for one man, otherwise delegates may vote for anyone. If the unit rule passes, a quick decision on delegation support is unlikely.
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Phoenix
Chicago
Fair Weather For Easter Across Nation
Washington dispatch says Easter worshippers may face rain in the Ohio valley and Pacific Northwest tomorrow. Otherwise most areas will enjoy fair, warm and mild weather. Forecast notes unsettled conditions in parts of the east while central regions see sunshine and spring warmth.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Pacific Northwest
Taft Scores In Kentucky Delivers Big Delegates Sweep
In Kentucky Taft backers rode recent wins to secure at least five of six remaining GOP national convention delegates. Kentucky leaders for Sen. Taft won 14 of 20 delegates. the third district meets today to pick two. four at large delegates are chosen at the Louisville convention. Eisenhower forces suffered a setback as districts one two seven and eight pledged for Taft. An unsettled third district could still send Taft both delegates, potentially giving him all 20.
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Louisville
Taft
Sever
Kentucky
Robert A Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Ohio
Japan To Get its Freedom By End Of Month
Washington officials say the free world plans to grant Japan freedom before month’s end. President Truman is expected to sign the peace treaty next week, clearing the way for Japan to rejoin the family of free nations. The ceremony was postponed when state papers arrived late at the White House.
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Washington
Free World
Japan
State Department
Truman
Family of Free Nations
White House
252 Red Planes Shot Down Since Last December
Tokyo United Nations planes claim 252 Communist jets down between December 21 and yesterday midnight. Far East Air Force reports UN losses at 105 this period, totaling 531 land based planes in the Korean conflict. Communist losses cited as 1,061 planes destroyed or damaged, including 809 fighter aircraft.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Far East Air Force
Eisenhower Backers in N J Predict Victory in Primary
Backers of Gen Dwight D Eisenhower in New Jersey expect a clear cut victory next Tuesday in the presidential primary. They say his impending resignation from SHAPE gives his campaign new momentum and will offset drives by Stassen and Taft. Supporters note turnout will determine the size of his majority in the popularity poll.
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Trenton
N. J
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold [. Stassen
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Stassen
Taft
White House
SHAPE
New Jersey
L'Aft
Ohio
Garden State
Franklin Dolier
Eisenhower State Organization
Chicago
Scarface sought in Schuster murder linked to Sutton
New York police hunt for scarface the missing link in the Schuster case spreading along the Brooklyn waterfront. More than 100 detectives follow a longshoreman’s tip that a scar faced man bought the gun used to kill Arnold Schuster after he identified Willie Sutton.
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New York
Scarface
Arnold Schuster
Brooklyn
Schuster
Willie Sutton
Abilene Plans Big Celebration for Ike Museum Dedication
Abilene Kansas gears up for its largest celebration as Gen Dwight D Eisenhower expresses a wish to attend the June 4 museum dedication in his honor at NATO HQ. The town of 7000 anticipates his probable presidential nomination following Truman's move to relieve him from European command.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
White House
Taft
4Bilene
Kan
Paris
NATO
Abilene
United States
Truman
Kincheloe Becomes 10th Jet Ace in U.S. History
Fifth Air Force confirms Captain Ivan C. Kincheloe of Zassopalis Michigan downed his fifth MIG-15 Sunday, marking him as the 10th jet ace in U.S. history. The 10th jet ace achievement underscores ongoing air combat against Communist forces.
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Seoul
Fifth Air Force Headquarters
Ivan C. Kincheloe
Zassopalis
Mich
U.S
Director Kazan quits Communist Party after taste of police state
Washington police state influence prompted Ella Kazan famed director of A Streetcar Named Desire to quit the Communist party after a brief 18 month membership in the mid 1930s He testified to the House Un American Activities committee that he joined to aid a supposed good cause and quit in disgust over totalitarian control He said he withheld names earlier but now requests a new hearing to fully disclose and cited Clifford Odets and seven other former Communist members of the Group Theatre of New York.
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Washington
Ella Kazan
Communist Party
Kazan
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hitler
Clifford Odets
Group
Theater of New York
Missouri River Crest Worst In 71 Years
Sioux City faced a major flood risk as the Missouri River crest neared, with the Army abandoning sandbagging efforts and 1,496 families evacuated to shelters or with relatives. Emergency declared, National Guard moved in, and Omaha warned of a 30 foot crest near its flood wall amid a multi state crisis.
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Sioux City
Philip Schhenkenberg
Red Cross
Missouri
Pierre
Fort Pierre
S. D
Mississippi
Minnesota
Iowa National Guard
Gomaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Don Shingler
Missouri River Division
Ormaha
Treasure hunt notes left by logger in Minnesota wood
A dead logger, Hans Angel, left bilingual notes and maps hinting at a treasure hunt. Clues recovered from a woodshed and a root cellar led investigators to rolls of bills totaling over $3,500, plus bank savings boxes containing $26,000.
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Bemidje
Minn
Hans Angel
Pope Urges Global Religious Union for Peace
In a pre Easter speech Pope Prus XX urged a united religious union of all mankind without race or color distinctions to dispel fear of a future war. He spoke to 1,400 Belgian clergy and students in Rome as thousands gathered for Easter prayers in St Peter's Square. The pope will address pilgrims from the central balcony at noon tomorrow with the urbi et orbi blessing.
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Prus XX
Rome
St. Peter's Square
St. Peter’s
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