Anti-Communist Victory in Italian Vote Shocks Europe
After initial results the anti-Communist coalition led by Alcide De Gasperi claimed a broad win in Italy, signaling a potential shift in European politics. The Red North swung, and the outcome affects postwar plans including the European recovery program and Trieste’s status. John L. Lewis faced contempt charges in the UMW pension dispute, fined $20,000 personally and $1.4 million for the union, with a jail term avoided on government advice. The ruling cited concerns about making Lewis a martyr and the ongoing Taft-Hartley injunction remains in effect.
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Christian Democrats
Republicans
Social Unity Party
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Communist Front
Alcide de Gasperi
U. S
Russia
Italy
Trieste
Red Army
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
Germany
Europe
John L. Lewis
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
United Mine Workers Union
Lewis-Goldsborough
UMW
Ancient African Flint Cleaver Supports Early Man Claim
Harvard anthropologist Dr. Hugh Hencken returned from Northwest Africa with two tons of fossils including a chalky heavy flint cleaver. He argues the specimen supports human existence in the region about 150000 years ago and showcases the prehistoric evidence gathered by the American School of Prehistoric Research expedition.
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Harvard
Africa
Hugh Hencken
American School of Prehistoric Research
Bradley Warns U S Must Seize Greenland And Azores In New War
General Omar Bradley told the House Armed Services Committee that in another war the United States would need to occupy Greenland Iceland Spitzbergen and the Azores to prevent air attacks on industries and civilians. He warned the army is not ready for such action. The UN security council urged Jews and Arabs to halt fighting in Palestine but did not send a fact finding mission. Russia refused to back the truce but did not veto, allowing the agreement to proceed. US diplomacy faced questions about its role and prestige in the Palestine crisis. A sixth atomic test at Eniwetok marked weapon completion. The global scene mirrored a chance game with a Bingo moment as the US announced a new atomic weapon.
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Omar Bradley
Army
House Armed Services Committee
U. S
Greenland
Iceland
Spitzbergen
Azores
Bradley
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Security Council
U.N
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Holy Land
U. N
World Organization
Middle East
George Marshall
Bogota
Colombia
Eniwetok Atoll
Pacific
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
North Central Leads in Hybrid Corn Planting Share
A Department of Agriculture report shows North Central states expanded hybrid seed usage from zero in 1933 to 92.5 percent of last year’s corn acreage, while the South reached 27.2 percent. This gap highlights regional differences in adoption of high-yield hybrid varieties.
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North Central States
South
Department of Agriculture
North Central
Stassen Triumphs In Nebraska Primary For Delegates
Harold E. Stassen won the Nebraska preferential primary, securing at least 15 national convention delegates. The result boosts his path toward an estimated 300 delegates on the first ballot in Philadelphia, while Dewey Taft and MacArthur trailed in a pivotal GOP race. The Commerce Department backed Truman’s price push amid rising business activity linked to tax cuts and aid.
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Harold E. Stassen
Nebraska
Minnesota
Stassen
Ohio
Robert Taft
Hugh Butler
Arthur Vandenberg
Douglas MacArthur
Earl Warren
California
Joseph Martin
Wisconsin
Taft
Dewey
MacArthur
Headliners from across the nation in brief notices
In Scranton Miss Mamie Francione credits abstinence from drinking dancing and singing for reaching age 100. In Philadelphia Raymond Palmer confessed after breaking a jewelry store window and being jailed. In Tokyo Japanese whalers prayed for 1321 whales caught last winter. In Fort Worth thieves lost a truckload of lumber and were towed out. In New York the American Bible Society reported distributing 9,310,439 Bibles in 147 languages in 1947.
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Scranton
Mamie Francione
Philadelphia
Raymond Palmer
Tokyo
Fort Worth
New York
American Bible Society
Grandma Speakin and Margarine Ad Pitches
A fragmented reader contest proposal promotes Nu-Maid Table-Grade Margarine with rural dialect lines crediting contributors from New Jersey North Carolina and Bennettsville. It offers five dollars per accepted saying or idea for “Grandma Speakin’.”
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Tex
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City Beautiful
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N.Y
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Roger Langston
Max Vene
Primo Carnera
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Eduard Benes
Charles University
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Poochie
Janet Harlow
Pittsburgh
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New York Yankees
William Bendix
Sultan of
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Truman
Department of Commerce
Epidio Quirino
Republic of the Philippines
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Roxas
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Clayton
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