Eisenhower Accepts Truman Meeting in Washington
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower agreed to meet with President Truman in Washington the week of November 17 to discuss the orderly transfer of power. He will also send representatives for consultations with department officials. The election results show Republicans with a shaky House majority and Democrats dominating the Senate, with Taft poised as a key power broker.
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Augusta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
White House
Eisenhower
Washington
Congress
Korea
House
Senate
Adlai E. Stevenson
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Risenhower
Robert A. Taft
R-C
Richard M. Nixon
Taft
Weather in Southern California Tonight and Friday
Variable high cloudiness across Southern California tonight and Friday. Thursday November 6 1952 saw a high of 80 and a low of 47 with remarks about sunny days and local weather antics.
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California
Dewey Tops Cabinet Prospects in Eisenhower Picks
Washington reports Gov. Thomas E Dewey leads the field of candidates for Eisenhower's cabinet. Other contenders include Sen. Henry Lodge Jr. and John Foster Dulles alongside governors Adams Warren and Warren, plus lawmakers Carlson Duff Ives Hope and McKechin, with business leaders McCloy Hoffmann and Summerfield among possible posts.
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Washington
Thomas E Dewey
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
John Foster Dulles
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Fred A. Seaton
Nebraska
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Tewey
Eisenhower
Defense
Opan
Dewey
Adams
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Interior
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
John Lodge
Connecticut
Theodore R. McKechin
Maryland
Arthur B. Langlie
John 3. Fine
Pennsylvania
Carlson
Clifford R. Hope
House Agriculture Committee
James H. Duff
Irving M. Ives
Dulles
John J. McCloy
Germany
Paul Hoffman
Commerce
Arthur E. Summerfield
Michigan
Williams Leads in Michigan Governor Race Narrowly
Detroit reports complete returns show incumbent G. Mennen Williams leading Republican Fred M. Alger Jr. by 3,967 votes with Williams at 1,427,770 and Alger at 1,423,803. As delinquent precincts posted results, Williams widened his edge suggesting a recount seems inevitable.
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Detroit
UFI
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Fred M. Alger Jr
Wiliams
Alger
Proposition 3 Tax Exemption Battle Noted In San Francisco
Election results show Proposition 3, the only contested measure, would grant tax exemptions to small nonprofit religious hospital and charitable schools. Across California, votes favored increasing support to public schools and funding for more classrooms, while anti extremist and pension measures failed or passed as indicated.
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San Francisco
California
U.S
George McLain
Los Angeles
State Chamber of Commerce and
County Supervisors’ Assn
Russia denounces US Korea sea defense zone plan
Moscow delivered a note blaming the United States for aggression in the Far East over Gen. Mark W Clark's September 27 declaration of a sea defense zone around the Korean peninsula within 35 miles of Soviet waters. The note rejects the zone as illegal, threatens U. S. responsibility for any incidents, and accuses Washington of seeking war in Korea. Clark said the zone extends around Korea to shield UN coastlines, protect Allied communications, and prevent smuggling and enemy infiltration.
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Moscow
Upi
Russia
U. S
Mark W Clark
Far East
Korea
Ussr
Clark
Sea
United Nations
Koreat
U. N
Moscow papers bury Eisenhower win in back pages
Moscow newspapers ran four paragraph dispatches on back pages announcing Dwight D. Eisenhower's election as United States president. No editorials appeared. The front pages celebrated the anniversary of the 1817 Bolshevik Revolution in full.
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Moscow
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Author Faces 250000 Suit Over Best Seller
Los Angeles a $250,000 lawsuit filed against James Jones author of From Here to Eternity by Jayne D. Choate who claims a character in the novel is based on his life. Scribner's and Sons and Columbia Pictures named as co defendants amid plans to film the story. Choate says the book contains vile indecent and opprobrious words and seeks an injunction to halt filming.
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Los Angeles
James Jones
Jayne D. Choate
Scribner’s and Sons
Columbia Pictures
Choate
Vila
Hahn defeats Roach in Los Angeles supervisor race
Los Angeles cites Kenneth Hahn unseating Leonard Roach in the second district county supervisor race. Final returns show Hahn with 1068 and 327 votes while Roach totals 4155.
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Los Angeles
Kenneth Hahn
Leonard Roach
Hahn
Roach
Sabath Dies After Re-Election At 86 In Washington
Rep Adolph J Sabath veteran Illinois Democrat state long time House member died of pancreatic cancer at Naval Hospital after entering his 24th consecutive term. He served 46 years in the House, chaired the Rules Committee since 1938, backed liberal measures and presidents Roosevelt and Truman. He entered Congress March 4 1907 and died at 1 30 am with his wife at his side.
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Washington
ULP
Adolph J. Sabath
United States Congress
Naval Hospital
House
Congress
Sabath
Chicago
House of Senate
Roosevelt
Truman
Eract Eisenhower
P Sabath
Nixon May Resign Before Jan 3 Senator weighs timing to boost successor seniority
Vice President elect Richard Nixon said he will resign from the Senate before taking office to give his successor maximum seniority if practical. California Governor Earl Warren is expected to appoint a Republican to fill the seat. Nixon and his wife Pat greeted by about 200 at National Airport plan a brief family visit and a seaside vacation in the South for about 10 days.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
California
Congress
Nixon
Earlarren
Pat
National Airport
South
Wayne L. Morse
Oregon
Price Daniel
Texas
Eisenhower
GOP
Congresa
Vran
John J. Sparkman
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Two U S Atom Scientists Win Physics Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM AP Two American atomic scientists FelIx Bloch of Stanford and Edward Mills Purcell of Harvard won the 1952 Nobel prize in physics in a secret royal academy meeting. Each prize is 32716 for the year. They are recognized for methods establishing properties and behavior of atomic nuclei and aiding understanding of matter.
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Stockholm
Felix Bloch
Stanford University
Edward Mills Purcell
Harvard University
Royal Academy of Sciience
Francois Mauriac
Swedish Academy of Literature
Bloch
Palo Alto
Purcell
Harvard
Out Wader Bloch
Stan
Artillery Barrage Wipes Out 200 Reds in Korea
U N artillery battered a Chinese assault near Triangle hill and Sniper ridge, wiping out about 200 Reds who neared Allied lines. Van Fleet inspected the front as 169 Reds attacked Sniper ridge, with air forces claiming several MIGs downed or damaged in two dogfights.
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U.N
Seqal
Triangle Hill
Sniper Ridge
Éth Army
James A. van Fleet
Central Front
van Fleet
Jane Russell Hill
Triangle
U. N
Korea
Edward H. Webster
West Sth SL
Upland
Calif
Three Mentioned For Nixon's Seat In Senate
In San Francisco three names loom for the U.S. Senate seat Nixon will vacate when he becomes vice president. Governor Earl Warren will appoint for a two year term, with the winner to face election in 1954 to finish Nixon's term. Thomas H. Kuchet Assemblyman Laughtin B. Waters and Warren himself are top names mentioned.
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San Francisco
Hames
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
Earl Warren
Nixon
Thomas H.kuchet
Laughtin B. Waters
Warren
Goodwin J. Knight
Senate
Kuchet
Waters
Tidal Wave Displaces Harbor Water in Los Angeles
Officials report a tidal wave from a major quake off the Kamchatka Peninsula caused water levels to rise and fall about six feet at five to seven minute intervals in Los Angeles harbor. A two knot current formed as the wave moved, beginning around 6 a.m. yesterday and peaking by 10 a.m. In Long Beach the Berth 1 dock was briefly submerged.
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Los Angeles
Kamachatka Peninsula
Siberia
Long Beach
Berthi
Tennessee and Kentucky Races Unsettled in 1952 Election
UNITED PRESS reports indicate Tennessee and Kentucky remained unsettled as votes trickled in. Stevenson led in both states with narrow margins, Tennessee requiring a canvass. Kentucky appeared safely behind in preliminary tallies. If Eisenhower wins Tennessee and Kentucky, his total would rise toward a Republican record.
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United Press
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Tennessee
Kentucky
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlairb
Herbert Hoover
Sailors Strike Little Effect on West Coast Shipping
SAN FRANCISCO UP reports ship owners say the AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific walkout has had little visible impact on shipping. Sailors refused since noon Tuesday to sign aboard West Coast ships in protest over delayed action on a 5 percent wage increase before the Wage Stabilization Board in Washington.
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San Francisco
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Bard
Washington
Republicans win Congress in razor tight margins
Washington reports Republicans gain control of both houses by slim margins, forcing Eisenhower to seek Democratic help. House at 221 seats with 219 declared, Senate 23 Republicans and 12 Democrats with holdovers. Death of Rep. Sabath narrows Democratic total. Morse and Daniel may vote independently. Speaker prospects include Rayburn for Democrats and Martin, Bridges for Republicans.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adolph J. Sabath
Llingis
House
GOP
Virginia
North Carolina
Senate
Bridges
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Appropriations Committee
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Flcor
Martin
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Jeader
Plurality In Calif Passes 560 000 Mark
Eisenhower’s California plurality surpassed the half million mark with late returns. He led Stevenson by 602,710 votes as 19,875 of 20,773 precincts reported, Eisenhower with 2,636,701 and Stevenson 2,049,729.
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San Francisco
Dwight D. Eisenhower
California
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
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Marysville
John Eisenhower
U. S. Ord
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