Wisconsin backs MacArthur for president in La Follette campaign
Former Governor Phillip La Follette formally opened a Wisconsin campaign to back General Douglas MacArthur for president. La Follette, a MacArthur ally and former Progressive party leader, urged voters in radio remarks that MacArthur alone could secure world peace and curb militarism.
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Japan
Federal Reserve urges sharp anti inflation lending curbs
The Federal Reserve Board called for strong anti inflation measures including tighter bank lending controls. It warned continued inflation could trigger severe unemployment and financial loss and urged expanding reserves to immobilize assets and curb lending. The board favored broad action and rejected reliance on rationing or price controls without limiting buying power.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Marriner Ly
Federal Reserve System
Train Car Leaves Rails Near Jamestown
Erie Railroad officials reported that the rear sleeper of the eastbound Chicago to New York No. 6 derailed at Niobe Junction about 15 miles west of Jamestown New York. The cause was unknown and several injuries were reported as ambulances moved toward the scene.
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Kennelly Offers Mediation to Avert Chicago Teachers Strike
Chicago Mayor Martin H Kennelly volunteered to mediate as 8000 Chicago Teachers Union members threaten a Tuesday strike over three weeks back salaries and promised pay raises. Some 1000 male teachers would persist with sit down protests begun at four high schools until payrolls are settled.
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Martin H. Kennelly
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Weather outlook calls for clouds and light snow
The weatherman warns to keep fires burning as today stays mostly cloudy with intermittent snow. Yesterday’s high was 1 degree Celsius and low 15 with today’s high 20 to 25 and low 0 to 10.
Car Crash damages Ford in Halliday Street Subway
Clinton Lott, 43, of Inkom escaped serious injury when his 1935 Ford tire blew out in Halliday Street subway. The car swerved into center pilings, front end demolished, and was towed to Inkom, police said.
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France Slashes Franc Value In Export Import Rate Move
Paris announces devaluation of the franc for export import trade halves the rate to 214.4 per dollar from 119, despite British protests and IMF non sanction. Finance Minister Rene Mayer outlines the drastic shift as Washington fund directors monitor the plan with France.
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International Monetary Fund
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Washington
Quake Hits Panay Island. Red Cross Rushes Aid
Relief teams and medical supplies were dispatched to Panay after the strongest quake in Philippine history. At least 14 killed, 21 feared dead in Iloilo province, with multiple church collapses in Jaro Arevalo and Molo. Dozens injured as shocks spread from Iloilo City to Capiz and Negros Occidental.
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Phillippine Islands
Red Cross
Panay Island
Philippine
Philippine Constabulary
Iloilo
Jaro Cathedral
Jaro
Asturias
Negros Occidental
Alimodian
Iloilo City
Robert Nelson
U.S
Philippines
Luzon
Zamboanga
Arevalo
Molo
Oton
Pava
Capiz
Manuel Roxas
New Cold Spell Moves In On Struggling Area
A fifth cold wave in 12 days sweeps southeast from the Yukon toward the Midwest as bitter air and heavy snow disrupt industry and boost fire deaths. New England endures 12 inches of snow while the deep south experiences subfreezing temperatures and sporadic light snow in the midwest.
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Yukon
United States
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Midwest
New York
New England
Carpenter in Seattle may be linked to Mattson baby case
Federal agents investigated a 62-year-old carpenter who confessed to killing two of his three “lonely hearts” club brides and faced questions about possible involvement in the Mattson baby kidnapping.
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Wash
Carpenter
Mattson
Couple To Wind Up After 125 Court Trips
CHICAGO UP The Battleing Borins a couple with 125 court appearances in 15 years are expected to reach a divorce agreement today and receive a decree. Nathan 54 and Claire 36 Borin art goods makers married in 1933 have endured five divorces suits counter suits alimony bids and a riot filled courtroom history with a clash over alleged adultery with Donna Pepper 19 of Miami Beach.
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Julius Miner
Claire
Nathan
Miner
Borin
Pepper Donna
Miami Beach
Borins
California
Eph Asher
Small Fire At La Salle Hotel Sends Guests to Lobby
About 200 guests fled to the lobby floor Sunday as a basement fire at the La Salle hotel in Chicago was contained within minutes. Fire crews arrived with eight units, finding the blaze confined to a sub basement and likely started by a cigarette, causing only minor damage.
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la Salle Hotel
Palestine Front Lines Quiet Yet Lethal Sharpshooter War
A Haganah command post near Jaffa shows the deadly edge of the conflict as Arab snipers target front lines while Jewish youths study a sand model of an Arab village for a forthcoming night assault. The scene combines a makeshift dressing station and war planning amid no‑man’s‑land violence and post-British anarchy.
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Palestine
Jewish Underground Army
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Holon
Heat Cut From Homes In Brooklyn As Gas Is Shut
New York United Press reports 2400 Brooklyn homes lost heat Sunday as gas service was cut due to unprecedented consumption amid record cold and a snow storm. Excessive use, caused by low temperatures and fuel shortages, pushed demand 40 percent above normal. cooling and refrigeration remain on while the period of outage is undetermined. The affected homes include 1200 veterans housing units and the home of gas company president Miss Marty Dillon. Coney Island-Manhattan Beach area resumption date is unknown.
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Brooklyn
Marty Dillon
Coney Island
Manhattan Beach
Carpenter confessed to murdering two brides in lonely hearts case
Seattle area case sees 62 year old Roscoe Hayton admitting he killed two of his three brides from a lonely hearts club. He described shooting his second wife Ellen Buckingham Coyle Hayton and strangling third wife Sarah Alice Lane Hayton, with graves found near Belfair and along a Seattle highway. His first wife died in Mount Vernon in 1921.
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Lonely Hearts
Roscoe
Lee Hayten
Lean
Ton
King's County
Hayton
Ellen Buckingham Coyle Hayton
Bremerton
Wash
Belfair
Sarah Alice Lane Hayton
Mount Vernon
Two New York youths freed after Arizona stopover
Two 17 year olds from New York, William Morrison of Albany and William Morrissey of Cohoes, were released in Parker Arizona after inspectors at an agricultural station found they carried more than 2100 dollars and questioned their funds. Their fathers intervened, saying the youths were merely “having a good time” with 4500 dollars taken from a home drawer.
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New York
Arizona
William J. Morrison
Albany
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Cohoes
Ehrenberg
Walter Akers
Morrison
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Morrissey
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Reno
Livestock Cut Sought by Wool Growers
Salt Lake City reported the National Wool Growers association opened its convention with calls for immediate livestock reductions. J Melvon Jones cited a letter from Agriculture Secretary Clinton P. Anderson urging immediate action to relieve overgrazed national forest ranges. The letter was addressed to Rep. Frank A. Barrett and notes a three year delay had been suggested earlier by the public lands subcommittee.
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Wool Growers, Association
J. Melvon Jones
National Wool Growers Association
Clinton P. Anderson
Jones
Frank A. Barrett
R. Wyo
House Public Lands
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Public Lands Subcommittee
American Wool Council
Second Honeymoon for 80-Year-Old Bride in Ireland
An 80-year-old great grandmother, Mrs Agnes Crooks Steenson, and her 82-year-old husband John Steenson left Belfast to spend their wedding trip in Bangor Northern Ireland. The couple, long-time friends who met 60 years ago, married recently.
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North Ireland
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John Steenson
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Bangor
Meyerson Urges $25 Million Gift for Palestine Defense
Mrs. Golda Meyerson, head of the Jewish Agency political department in Jerusalem, called on American Jews to contribute 25 million dollars within three weeks to defend Palestine.
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Golda Meyerson
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Jewish Agency
Jerusalem
Stassen to challenge Taft in Ohio GOP primary
Harold E. Stassen announced he would enter Ohio's May 4 presidential preference primary to test his bid against Sen. Robert A. Taft. Taft dismissed the move as a great mistake, saying Stassen has no chance in Ohio and urging party harmony.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Harmony
Minnesota
Eisenhower Backers Rally Behind Stassen in 16-State League
The national Draft Eisenhower League joined Citizens for Stassen and announced they would direct the support of 16 state organizations to Harold E. Stassen. William H. Burnham said Stassen welcomed the league's backing in a confidential personal conference.
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Eisenhower League
Citizens For Stassen
Harold E. Stassen
William H. Burnham
Stassen
League
Taft Stassen Rivalry Shapes Ohio Republican Contest
The piece frames a GOP schism as Taft faces Stassen in Ohio. Stassen, an internationalist liberal, plans Cleveland headquarters to challenge Taft's leadership and the party’s direction ahead of the June convention.
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U.S. Supreme Court
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California Crops Hit By Severe Dry Spell Despite Sparse Showers
UPI reports light showers in Sandberg Beaumont and San Diego offer little relief from drought threatening California crops. Forecasters see minimal chance of widespread rain, with central valleys facing possible serious losses to fruit and vegetables. Benicia moves to ration domestic water by 50 percent, cutting daily use from over one million gallons.
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Plane Crash Kills Three Near Salt Lake City
A Beechcraft failed in mid air over Salt Lake City outskirts killing three aboard. The plane en route from Ogden to Las Vegas had left Ogden 20 minutes earlier and buzzed the district before breaking up. Identified dead are Dean Knudsen pilot Edward F. Neilson and Alvin M. Pogn passenger all of Ogden County Sheriff Don Tracy said the crash must number in the dozens.
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Nevada
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Truman urged to intervene for imprisoned American woman
James Donovan, former state senator, asked President Truman to aid Mrs. Ema Debeljak, condemned to death in Yugoslavia after obtaining a U.S. passport for herself and her two children. He said she was arrested December 12, 1947, in Syem Mitrovice without due process and has not been freed.
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Truman
Ema Debeljak
U.S
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United States
James Donovan
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Goes
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Ema
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Syem Mitrovice
Oliy
Stephan
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