Dewey Ends Run for Re Election Plans to Retire From Public Life
In Albany on June 17 Governor Thomas E. Dewey announced he will not seek re election. He said he will likely return to private law practice after his second four year term ends December 31. The move opens the field for Lt. Governor Joe R. Hanley who announced his candidacy immediately. Dewey stressed a desire to rest after 20 years in public life and noted his interest in national and international affairs and the cold war. Frank C. Moore also said he will not seek the gubernatorial nomination.
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ALBANY
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
HANLEY
Dewey
Joe R. Hanley
Assembly
Oswald BD. Heck
Frank C. Moore
Saratoga Springs
New York City
General Strike End Is Sought In Peru Turmoil
AREQUIPA Peru June 17 labor leaders appealed for workers to end their general strike as the second city of Peru returned to normal after a brief and bloody revolt. Military patrols and street barricades remained but fighting ended with an estimated 50 to 150 deaths across Tuesday and Wednesday.
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AREQUIPA
Peru
Cincinnati 5 Philadelpha 0. pitching dominates nine innings
In a rain stained box score, Cincinnati defeats Philadelphia 5 to 0 with Blackwell taking the loss and Wyrostek driving in the decisive runs. HRE Cincinnati pitcher Blackwell hurls, while Wyrostek homers and Scheffing adds RBI support.
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Cincinnati
doo
Philadelphia
Blackwell
Perkowski
Scheffing
Roberts
Seminick
Wyrostek, LP
Crime Probers Get Tax Files
President Truman opened tax file access to Senate crime investigators. An executive order directs agencies to aid the committee chaired by Senator Kefauver to examine income, excess profits, estate and gift tax returns through 1949. The probe targets big time gamblers and crime syndicates.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
senate
efauver
D-Tenn
hil
Missing contestant grounds Scranton to Florida air race
Montreal to West Palm Beach powder puff derby sees 13 contestants, with Marjorie Harrison of Washington, D. C., missing after takeoff from Avoca airport near Scranton at 1:34 p.m. EST Thursday. By midnight twelve others had completed or reported their status.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Florida
Marjorie Harrison
Washington, D. C
Avoca
Washington family lost in flood near Pomeroy
A cloud burst in a gulch near Pomeroy Washington unleashed a flash flood that lifted a house from its foundation. Three people are missing and presumed drowned. Elderly couple Herman and Mrs Baden and their son Carl, 40, are believed to have perished when water struck their home about 2 am. Pomeroy sits about 100 miles southwest of Spokane.
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POMEROY
Wash
here
William Grounds
Herman Baden
Carl
Spokane
Amerasia Spy Case Figures May Be Called
Washington June 17 With capitol quiet as weekend ends the Amerasia spy affair looms again. Senator Hickenlooper seeks Deputy Undersecretary John Peurifoy to testify while Chairman Tydings delays. John Service’s story next Thursday ties Amerasia to charges of a red network in the state department. Military aid and tax measures dominate agenda as Congress nears adjournment.
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WPI
congress
capitol
Hickenlooper
Iowa
John Peurifoy
Tydings
D-Md
Amerasia magazine
Service
McCarthy
Amerasia
state department
armed services committee
Lucas
D-II
senate
house
ways and means committee
Celler
D-NY
Canada
Neely
D-WVa
Guerrillas Form New Government in Colombia Burgh?
Guerrilla army of 2400 trained fighters proclaims a free republic of Colombia and controls plains near the frontier. Luis Buitrago, 26, claims to be secretary to rebel head Eliseo Valesquez. He says Spanish pilots failed to bomb rebel outposts and that cities remain safe from air reprisals.
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CARACAS
Venezuela
republic of Colombia
Luis Buitrago
Eliseo Valesquez
Buitrago
Colombia
Bill Cast After Client Returns 39 Years Later
Philadelphia report recalls a 1911 ledger settling after 39 years when a client sent a $262 check to Philadelphia General Hospital with a biblical note. The long dormant bill finally closed the account when the payment arrived.
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Bill
PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia general hospital
Labor Dispute Settlement Prospects Dim Across Nation
Labor strife clouded prospects for settlement as 4,000,000 in Washington and Pittsburgh area milk supplies were disrupted, Los Angeles traffic halts spread, and New York’s World Telegram and Sun suspended publication after a CIO guild strike. Wages, hours disputes driven by a 20 cent pay hike and a 40 hour week. shifts in Pittsburgh and Johnstown plant walkouts.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Los Angeles
New York
Shriners
Fletcher L. Bowron
New York World-Telegram
Sun
federal med
iators
AFL
Washington
Political Fight To Follow Veto In Washington June 17
President Truman vetoes the basing point bill drawing sharp reactions likely to echo in the November elections. Senator Douglas argues both this measure and Kerr natural gas bill were monopolistic. Senator Mc Carran says the veto prompts study and rewrite of antitrust statutes next session. Representative Walters plans quick stopgap action to delay antitrust action for two years on freight cost absorption and delivered pricing.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Douglas
DIH
McCarran
D-Nev
congress
house
Rep
Walters
DPa
Church Buys Mayer Ranch in Perris California
Perris California June 17 A $400 000 farm once built by Louis B Mayer for a racing stable has been sold to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints The deal announced by attorney Owen Reichman Salt Lake City states the property will be used for general agriculture with produce for charitable purposes Ellsworth Statler of the hotel family was the seller and the price was not disclosed.
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PERRIS
Calif
pevie
Louis B. Mayer
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day” Saints
Mormon
Owen Reichman
Salt Lake City
Ellsworth Statler
Reichman
Harriman to Tighten White House Control of Foreign Policy
President Truman strengthens oversight of major foreign policy programs by appointing W Averell Harriman as assistant for foreign affairs. Harriman will direct plans on balanced defense under NATO and new foreign economic policies post European Recovery Program. He will begin in August, with Milton Katz moving to the ECA as roving ambassador.
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Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
White House
America
Acheson
ECA
Europe
Russia
Britain
Steel Furnaces Closed by Strike in Bethlehem Franklin Plant
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on June 17 21 open hearth furnaces at Bethlehem Steel's Franklin plant were shut after CIO United Steelworkers Local 2635 members walked off. Two hundred workers joined yesterday afternoon and 200 more quit at midnight. The plant employs 800. Union says discipline of some workers sparked the walkout. company declined to comment.
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Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel company
Franklin
CIO
United
United Steelworkers
Inventor Fulmer Dies in England at 77
Alfred Clark, 77, linked with Thomas Edison in graphophone development and inventor of sound reproduction devices, died in England after a 20 month illness from a circulatory disorder.
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FULMER
England
Alfred Clark
Thomas Edison
Chinese Condemn Accused Traitor
TAIPEI Formosa June 17 UP Gen Chen Yi first postwar Chinese governor of Formosa will be executed tomorrow for aiding Chinese Communists a government spokesman announced. Chen pleaded guilty before a court martial to charges of collaboration he was accused of trying to induce high Nationalist army officers to surrender. During his governorship the Feb 28 1947 revolt occurred in which thousands of Formosans were killed. Another general of the same name commands Communist armies preparing to invade Formosa.
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TAIPEI
Formosa
Chen Yi
Chiese
Chen
Newman Award to Myron C. Taylor at Vatican Ceremony
Cleveland reports Myron C. Taylor, President Truman's personal representative at the Vatican, will receive the first annual Cardinal Newman award from the Newman club federation tonight.
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NEWMAN
CLEVELAND
Myron C. Taylor
President Truman
Vatican
Cardinal Newman
Newman club federation
Clark County Gain Tops State Totals
Nevada population in 1950 reached 158,370 with Clark County rising to 47,555 and Washoe County at 49,661. Reno remains the largest city with 32,378, Las Vegas 24,417. State gain 43.7 percent since 1940, Clark up 189.7 percent and Washoe 52.9 percent. Figures compiled by census directors Francis Heber and Harry Fletcher.
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Francis Heber
Henderson
Harry Fletcher
Reno
WASHOE
Washoe county
Clark
evada
Churchill
Clark renee
Douglas
Elke stone
Esmeralda
Eureka
Humboldt
Lander
Lincoln
Lyon seen
Minerat oe
Nye
Ormsby
Pershing
Storey
White Pine
Thousands Flee Ohio Flood Ravages Crooksville Area
A four hour cloudburst sent Moxahala and Jonathan creeks over banks flooding Crooksville Roseville and nearby towns. One woman, Alice Adrian 55, drowned at Rose Farm. Damages exceed 1 million dollars as Acme Pottery plant burned and later declared a total loss.
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Ohio valley
Jonathan
Roseville
Alice Adrian
Rose farm
here
state highway patrol
Acme Fottery company
Harold Shower
Crooksville China company
Misco Mine company
Horse Theft Alibi Fails To Impress Judicial Critic
PARIS June 17 Maurice Fonctionnat forty faced court for horse theft with a dubious excuse. He claimed he needed altitude to breathe due to whooping cough and asthma and that he used the white horse for a cure, noting whiteness symbolizes purity and fewer microbes. The judge ordered hospital examination.
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Maurice Fonctionnat
Defense Chiefs Hold Conference On Japan Fate
U S defense chiefs arrive in Tokyo for talks with General Mace Arthur seeking a possible separate peace with Japan. MacArthur favors early peace but wants bases. Dulles to join, others discuss postwar control and Soviet complicating factors. In Korea, Syngman Rhee faces an assembly election and shift in support. Britain may join Schuman plan on coal and steel pool. Attlee government to clarify stance June 26.
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United States
Tokyo
Mace Arthur
Japan
Louis Johneson
Omar N. Bradley
joint chiefs for staff
John Foster Dulles
state department
MacArthur
Russia
KOREA
Syngman Rhee
national assembly
concenes
Rhee
George Washington
COAL STAND
BRITAIN
Washington
Paris
Schuman
Att Jee
Labor party
Pariament
Fire Destroys Citrus Plant in Winter Haven
A multimillion dollar blaze devastated Polk Packing Association in Winter Haven Florida destroying the large citrus processing and canning plant. Firefighters from seven towns battled the flames after the 1 pm discovery of a fire in a second floor office. The plant reported losses exceeding two million with up to 250000 boxes of fruit destroyed and owner John Snively put the total at about 2.5 million.
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WINTER HAVEN
Fla
Polk Packing association
John Snively
Washington Freshmen Win Intercollegiate Rowing Title
The University of Washington freshman crew captured the Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta title for the second straight year with Navy second and Cornell third.
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