Nomination battle at Chicago convention confronts rival blocs
Delegates at the Chicago convention grapple with a tight, multi-block nomination race. Dewey backers claim victory while Taft and allies push for a two-ballot strategy and a possible single candidate, with Warren, Baldwin, and Saltonstall shaping the coalition. Vandenberg emerges as a potential compromise figure as talks continue.
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Ted. Gambie
Stessen
Taft
Dewey
Russell Sprague
New York
Earl Warren
California
Raymond Baldwin
Connecticut
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Warren
Stasseu
James Duff
Pennsylvania
Kim, Sigler
Michigan
Harold Mitchell
Plat
Sigler
Arthur Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Sisssen
Dewey could topple as Taft drafts plan after Dewey boom
Senator Lodge said no deals were made with Stassen and kept strength for two ballots. Stassen would consider Vandenberg if he leaves the race. Taft remained confident of nomination, relying on maneuvers if Dewey collapses and efforts to stampede delegates.
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Henry Cabotte, Jr
Massachusetts
Lodge
Landenberg
Stasseb
Lodge Enid
Henew
Stassen
Minnesota
Vandenberg
Taft
Dewey
Ohio
Jaycee Contest Winners Listed
Winners in poster and essay contests are named from North Street School Washington School and St Mary's. Dorothy Jean Groves Connie Ryan Dorothy Johnson Lois Ann Stahl and several honorable mentions noted. The article also quotes on Korea and regional naming of Asia.
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Howard Street
Carolyn Brandenhberg
Spruce Street
Winter Street
Barbara C. Barnhart
Mitchell Street
Broadway
Collen Bryan
Woodland Way
North Street
Charles Bell
North Potomac Street
St. Mary's
Hubert J. Miller
Mauganeville
Dorothy Jean Groves
Connie Ryan
South Potomac Street
Cora Keyes
Sara Redmond
Doris Tyler
Dorothy Johnson
Washington School
Lois Ann Stahl
Augustine Rickard
St Mary's
Gilbert Ware
Jolly Urner
Robert Allen
South Potomac
Brenda Dye
Berlin Crisis Deepens as Power Cuts Hit West
Berlin tensions escalate as Soviet orders cause outages in Zehlendorf and Tempelhof. Western zones report power cuts and halted rail service while Allies reject the Soviet currency decree. U.S. General Clay warns Moscow cannot eject the Allies without war. Berlin grinds on under looming dual currencies and a Western guard.
Coal Peace Pact Must Be Reached This Afternoon
A 200 man union policy committee met in the afternoon to review tentative contract terms in a tense, secret session. Negotiations covered wage levels royalties and a $100 monthly pension plan for aged miners with operators delaying action on a federal court ruling while the welfare fund currently totals $45.5 million with no benefits paid due to ongoing legal battles.
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Lewis
Miners Welfare Fund
Ris De Janeiro seeks funds for Amazon oil hunt
Congressmen from Brazil's Amazon territory urge a 2 million dollar government grant editor to back oil research in the Amazon region. Deutsche mark is requested for sector use as the plan proceeds. Early today Russia suspended railway traffic on the 100 mile line to Berlin citing a technical disturbance. Berlin electricity supplier Bewag reported Russian orders to cut power to western sectors from Soviet zones.
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Marshal Sekolorsky
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Zehlendorf
U. S. Amy
Tempelhof
Bewag
U. S
Dahlem
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Col
R. A. Willard
London
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Ruhr
Russia
Warsaw
Ris de Janeiro
Amazon
Brazil
Amazon River
Scientists Study Cosmic Rays On Mount Evans Lab
Princeton physicist Dr Liord G Lewis and James Robinson set up an altitude cosmic ray lab on Mount Evans Colorado at 14 260 feet. Six universities form an inter university high altitude lab with Denver Chicago MIT Cornell and NYU. Cornell equipment will be ready in about two weeks.
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Mount Evans
Col
Princeton University
Liord G.lewis
Princeton
Lewis
James Robinson
Inter-University
High Altitude Laboratory
Colorado Mountains
University of Denver
Chicago University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cornell University
New York University
Mario Jona
Denver University
Cornell
Echo Lake
Iona
Seven Presented As Candidates (Continued from Page 1)
Stassen Vandenberg Warren Baldwin MacArthur are floated as Republican contenders. Supporters tout vision, breadth of foreign policy, leadership and experience. MacArthur receives the longest ovation as delegates cheer the retired general.
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Senate
Stassen
Walker H. Judd
Minnesota
Vandenberg
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
Republican Party
Warren
Robert Gordon Sproul
University
Man Sentenced to Year for Brutal Wife Beating
Baltimore reports Jesse A. Garris, 23, who bragged “where I come from we don’t listen to our wives, we beat them,” received one year in prison for striking his 18 year old wife unconscious with a chair leg. Magistrate Reuben Caplan called the assault among the most brutal he had heard. Mrs. Garris, married seven months, lay unconscious for eight hours after the attack.
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Baltimore
Reuben Caplan
Jesse A. Garris
Garris
Red Chiefs In Conference Address German Problems
Polish troops and authorities monitored the Warsaw area as ministers and aides prepared to resume talks on German issues. Along the eastward route from Warsaw soldiers stood guard at intervals of about 80 feet. The palace remained restricted to ministers and aides as officials from Russia Hungary Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Romania Bulgaria Albania and Poland prepared for discussions.
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Warsaw
Russia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Bulgaria
Albania
Poland
Molotov Arrival Highlights Conference Security Message
Molotov arrived by air for the meeting at Wianow palace and urged heightened security against new German Imperialist aggression. The report notes rising public interest in Want Ads as a top topic of discussion.
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Wianow Palace
Molotov
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