Eisenhower emerges as GOP nominee hopeful in 1952 race
The piece argues Dewey cannot win the 1952 nomination and may defer to General Eisenhower. Harold Stassen is depicted as the most active conservative candidate, ardently building support within the party, while Dewey faces opposition outside New York. The memo notes Truman’s challenge and GOP seeks a candidate who can defeat him.
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Tom Dewey
Eisenhower
Harry Truman
George Soroll
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Gen
Harold Stassen
Dean Acheson
Joe Stalin
Stassen
United States
Eisenhower Looms in Gop Race and Taft Battle
By George Sokolsky discussion centers on Dwight Eisenhower potential nomination and the drafting debate. Harold Stassen may gain strength yet faces Duff and Dewey shifts in Pennsylvania and New York. The piece analyzes Taft’s Ohio clash with CIO backing and its impact on both parties and the 1952 race.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
C.I.O
Taft
Joe Doakes
George Spelvin
Frank Costello
King Features Syndicate
Gorgeous Gussy Moran Tennis Pro Reels In Fame
New York feature profiles 27 year old Miss Moran known as Gussy, who pivots from lace to tennis pro status with a Madison Square Garden debut next Thursday. She plans a sequined gold attire and discusses branding as Gam Inc, eyeing about $75,000 earnings on a six month tour across 100 cities.
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Inez Robb
Gussy
Moran
Madison Square Garden
Jack Dempsey
Gam, Inc
Gertrude Augusta Moran
Gussy's Latest Hollywood Buzz and Tennis Fashion
Inez Robb reports Gussy, linked to Charlie Chaplin, returns to Hollywood on business while Pat Di Cicco heads East to watch her Garden debut. The piece notes her fashion-forward two-pant shirt look and nylon briefs, joking about eyeing the ball amid flamboyant outfits and tennis showmanship.
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Lin
Charlie Chaplin
Gussy
Hollywood
Mr. Chaplin
Pat di Cicco
the Garden
Army must be ready to fight in Korea period
Don Whitehead argues the American Army shifted from promotional ideals of comfort to realism after Korea. Infantry must be tough, trained, and self reliant, with battlefield experience replacing soft occupation habits. The piece laments early unpreparedness and praises hardened, battle ready divisions that captured Pyongyang.
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Japan
China
Manchuria
Pyongyang
Freedom Bell Rises To West Berlin City Hall Tower
The 10 ton Freedom Bell was hoisted 200 feet to West Berlin city hall and will ring Tuesday United Nations Day. About 3,000 spectators watched a five hour lift as the bell arrived by American freight through the Soviet Zone. The event featured U S officials including John J McCloy and Lucius D Clay, with Konrad Adenauer to attend.
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Berlin
West Berlin
United Nations
United States
National Committee For Free Europe
East Germany
Croydon
England
Abraham Lincoln
U. S
John J. McCloy
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Cleaning a Light Fur and Carpet Brush Care Tips
A reader asks how to clean a light fur and stiffen carpet sweeper brushes. Solutions advise mixing flour fuller’s earth and bran to clean fur, brushing with bran, and drying. For brushes, dip in hot water with baking soda, then air dry in sun. For pimples scars, use boracic acid solution followed by zinc ointment.
Convicted in Theft Case Ties to Bible Stash
Henry Robinson aged 24 was convicted of theft after police testified they found 100 dollars tucked in his girlfriend's Bible. The stolen amount totaled 365 dollars, and investigators linked him to the crime through the Bible stash.
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Boston
Henry Robinson
Needle Pattern Laura Wheeler Pattern 751
Advertises a doll crafting pattern featuring a two year old style dolly with curly straw yarn hair, thirty inches tall and wearing size 2 clothes. Pattern transfer only and requests 20 cents guidance with mail order to The Canton Repository Needlecraft Dept. Include pattern number name address and zone.
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Laura Wheeler
Tittle
Dolly
Canton Repository
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Grenade Gift Frightens Navy Officer in Korea
Lt. Bill Cochran of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in a jeep near Wonsan, encountered an elderly Korean man in white who presented a hand grenade as a gift. An interpreter advised not to shoot, and the man departed smiling. Cochran said he was terrified by the mysterious East.
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Navy
Wonsan
Korea
J G
Bill Cochran
McKeesport
Cochran
Missouri
Driver Turns Green in Streetcar Collision
Chicago motorist William Holm, 59, turned green after a collision with a streetcar when his car, loaded with green paint, sprayed the driver and body. The incident left Holm covered in pigment as both vehicles came into contact.
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Chicago
William Holm
Bride’s Wedding Delayed by Drunk Driving Jail Sentence
Gary Indiana Judge John Roberto delayed a wedding by ten days after sending Harry Williams a 28 year old Detroit man to jail for drunken driving. Williams said he was en route to Waukegan Illinois to be married.
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Gary
Ind
John Roberto
Harry Williams
Detroit
Williams
Waukegan
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James Duff
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
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Senate
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By Don Whitehead
The
Associated Press
West Berlin City Hall
Konrad Adenauer
Clay
By Ann Ashley
OLD Quaker Distilling Company
Lawrenceburg
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Studio One
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