Anti Communist Victory in Italy election shocks world
The anti communist coalition dominates Italy's national election with a likely majority in both houses, signaling a shift toward conservative capitalism. US and Soviet competition framed the contest as aid and political pressure. Trieste's future and European recovery program influenced voters. John L Lewis fined for contempt after pension dispute. UMW faces $1.4 million penalty and ongoing standoff with Taft-Hartley injunction.
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Soviet
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Trieste
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Czechoslovakia
Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
Germany
Europe
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
United Mine Workers Union
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Bradley warns need to occupy Arctic realms or face air attack
General Omar Bradley told the House Armed Services Committee that in another war the United States must occupy Greenland, Iceland, Spitzbergen and the Azores to shield industrial and population centers from air assault. He warned the army is not prepared today to take such action if needed.
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Pearl Harbor
Ancient Africans Fossil Find Boosts Early Human Claim
Harvard anthropologist Dr. Hugh Hencken returned from Northwest Africa with two tons of fossils to support the belief that modern humans existed in that region 150,000 years ago. A heavy flint cleaver found, now chalk-like after millennia in the earth, serves as evidence for the claim.
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Harvard
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Hugh Hencken
American School of Prehistoric Research
United Nations Pleads for Halting Palestine War
The Security Council calls on Jews and Arabs to stop fighting in Palestine after backing away from partition. The U N did not send a fact finding commission. the United States shifts to a trusteeship concept while pondering enforcement details. A sixth atomic test at Eniwetok marks another step in nuclear weapons history. The U S and Soviet Union face uncertain cooperation as global tensions resemble a risky game of chance.
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George Marshall
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Eniwetok Stoll
Pacific
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Patton
Washington
Europe
North Central States Lead in Hybrid Corn Planting
A Department of Agriculture report shows North Central states have surged from zero hybrid seed use in 1933 to 92.5 percent of corn acreage last year, while the South trails with 27.2 percent.
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Department of Agriculture
North Central
Stassen Again Tops Nebraska Primary Vote
Harold E. Stassen led seven Republican presidential hopefuls in Nebraska’s preferential primary, winning 15 national convention delegates bound to the first ballot. Dewey showed little impact, Taft faltered, and four others trailed as experts weighed Stassen’s momentum from Wisconsin and Nebraska. Economic now-boosts and policy shifts were noted as the Truman administration faced inflation concerns.
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Nebraska
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Dewey
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Ohio
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Hugh Butler
Arthur Vandenberg
Douglas MacArthur
Earl Warren
California
Joseph Martin
Taft
MacArthur
Headliners from Around the World and a Fort Worth Theft
Highlights span JIN SCRANTON and Mrs Mamie Francione celebrating longevity, Raymond Palmer jailed after smashing a jewelry store window in Philadelphia, Japanese whalers praying in Tokyo for 1821 whales, Fort Worth thieves stuck in mud while fleeing with lumber, and the American Bible Society distributing over 9.3 million Bibles in 147 languages in 1947.
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Mamie Francione
Philadelphia
Raymond
Palmer
Tokyo
Fort Worth
New York
American Bible Society
Washington Diary Reflections On Defense Not Offense
The piece discusses wartime defense emphasis versus offense, noting shifts in sentiment since December 1941. It recounts Pentagon visits, concerns over redeployment, and Russia's mobilization, concluding with cautious optimism about U.S. and Allied resolve and a closing quip on June as a due month in Japan.
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Rookies and race horses as big gambles in sports
A contemplative column weighs rookies in baseball against race horses as high stakes bets. It cites Wakefield and Curt Simmons as costly investments, notes farm crops of young players, and compares odds of making the majors with boxing prospects like Ray Stevens. It also champions the role of the duffer in golf and explains slicing errors with guidance from Al Ciuci.
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Tigers
Curt Simmons
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Red Sox
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Pericles
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Bob Brown
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Robinson
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Sanford
Fla
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Nelsons
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Fresh Meadow
Oluci
Ciuci
Indian Chair Design Inspires Ford Mass Production
Henry Ford, in Santa Fe, encounters an Indian chairmaker. The craftsman explains each chair is unique, but offers a batch deal of twelve chairs at eight dollars each, arguing that repeated design work warrants higher profit.
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Henry Ford
Santa Fe
California
Ford
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