Eisenhower faces new Truman era draft push in Democrats
Anti Truman Democrats press Ike for their party's nomination. Eisenhower remains firm that he cannot accept a nomination in any party. The drive gains momentum with remarks from F D Jr and Elliott Roosevelt as well as Chicago leader Jacob Arvey signaling unity appeal.
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Washington
Mar
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Truman
Roosevelt
Franklin D., Jr
Elliott
California
James
Palestine
Phoenix
Anna Boettiger
Jacob Arvey
Chicago
Easter Weekend Forecast Touches Warmer Temperatures
Local observers expect a fair and warmer Easter with Tucson area highs around 77 Saturday and 80 Sunday. An Associated Press forecast highlights a mix of sun and clouds nationwide with snow flurries in parts of the Northeast and mild conditions in the Great Plains and West.
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Millikin Backs Taft for Republican Nomination
Sen. Millikin R Cole endorses Robert A. Taft for the Republican presidential nomination. He spoke on Meet the Press and said he does not know who the party convention in Philadelphia will nominate. He questioned Eisenhower's willingness to accept a Democratic nomination.
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Washington
Mar
Sen
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R-Cole
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Meet the Press
Mutual
Philadelphia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Elliott
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Rail labor pay raise proposed by presidential board
The presidential emergency board urged a 15 percent hourly raise for locomotive engineers firemen and switchmen retroactive to November 1. The wage boost mirrors what Trainmen and Conductors received last year and aims to settle a long running labor dispute now affecting most major U S railroads.
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Washington
Mar
Leiserson
Locomotive Engineers
Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Truman
Tribe Shares To Greenberg
Hammerin Hank Greenberg became the second largest stockholder in the Cleveland Indians, with Tribe President Bill Veeck still holding a major stake valued near three million dollars. Greenberg bought shares from Robert Goldstein of New York Sid Schiff of Chicago and Veeck as a personal favor. Greenberg expressed a wish to work in the front office.
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Hammerin
Hank Greenberg
Cleveland Indians
Tribe
Bill Veeck
Veeck
Indians
Greenberg
Robert Goldstein
New York
Sid Schiff
Chicago
Goldstein
Schiff
Mysterious Sub Seen Far Off West Coast
A submarine crash dived near sixty miles off the Golden Gate as a transpacific airliner approached. Navy officials could not identify it as American and later said no U S Navy subs were believed in the area at that time.
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San Francisco
Mar
U.P
Golden Gate
Navy
Bomb Test No. 6 Planned at Eniwetok This Spring
Plans for atomic test No 6 at Eniwetok are completed with officials split on timing The underwater shot at intermediate depth could be as deep as 2000 feet to a mile Submarine data and secrecy surround the test with access restricted to military and atomic committees A large test crew of several thousand under Lt Gen John E Hull has built facilities since last fall An exclusion zone of 30000 square miles around the atoll has been declared dangerous since Jan 31 The test aims to answer questions not resolved by bombs 4 and 5 at Bikini in 1946
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Joseph L. Myler
Washington
Mar
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Eniwetok
Western Pacific Proving Ground
Russia
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Atomic Energy Commission
House-Senate Atomic Committee
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John E. Hull
Air Force
Bikini
Easter observances across the nation mark the resurrection
The Associated Press reports Easter services across the United States. Sunrise ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery and Ft Lincoln draw tens of thousands. In Arizona, Grand Canyon Eastern services and Yaqui rituals near Tucson and Phoenix are planned, with NBC radio coverage. White Sands in New Mexico hosts ceremonies commemorating the crucifixion and resurrection.
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NBC
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Tucson
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Phoenix
New Mexico
White Sands National Monument
Writ Issued Against ITU in Taft-Hartley Case
Federal Judge Luther M Swygert issued an injunction restraining the AFL International Typographical union from inciting strikes that violate the Taft-Hartley act. The order targets ITU officers including president Woodruff Randolph and bars actions encouraging local unions to strike or disrupt newspaper publishing. The ITU likely will appeal as the government pursues Taft-Hartley violations in the industry.
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Luther M. Swygert
AFL International Typographical Union
ITV
Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
ITU
Woodruff Randolph
Gerhard Vansarkel
Washington
Printers’ Union
Swygert
Respondent International Typographical Union
Robert N
Soviet Accepts Berlin Control Help Conditional on Potsdam Aims
The Soviet military administration said it will support four power control in Germany under conditions. It will not back a new Control Council meeting. General Lukjantschenko stated Russia will assist if the council helps achieve Potsdam goals but rejects using the council to justify unilateral Western actions in Germany.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Berlin
Germany
G. S. Lukjantschenko
Control Council
Britain
United States
Europe
Norman Armour
Alexander
Panyushkin
State Department
U. S
Lewis Delaying Hopes Of Truce
John L. Lewis skipped the first hearings of Truman’s three man inquiry, delaying decisions on the miner pension dispute. The strike cuts electric power, steel, rail, and retail coal yard operations while leaders study data on pensions from a $32 million welfare fund.
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Washington
Mar
John L. Lewis
Truman
Special Inquiry Board
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Charles O'Neill
Sherman Minton
White House
Minton
George W. Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
Mark Ethridge
Louisville Courier-Journal
Guilty Plea In Gambling Case in Miami
Fred Hale pleaded guilty in superior court here to allowing gambling in a Miami building he supervised and faces sentencing. Co-defendants tip Pett and Herman Lewkowitz received postponements. indictments included Kresos Montgomery Mesol Bernstein. A jury will be formed in May for their trials.
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GLOBE
Mar
Fred Hale
Miami
Thomas J. Croaff
Phoenix
Gila County
Frank E. Tippett
Herman Lewkowitz
Phoeniix
Grand Jury
Hale
John Kresos
Harold Montgomery
Mike Mesol
Samuel Bernstein
Tucson
Kresos
Montgomery
Mesol
Bernstein
Tippett
Lewkowitz
Atty
George M. Hill
British Delay Is Not Sought In Palestine Troop Pullout
London denies any U S approach to delay Britain's departure from Palestine stating no negotiations are under way. The Foreign Office confirms plans to surrender the mandate by May 15 and withdraw all troops by August 1 despite reports in Daily Herald and Daily Press.
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London
Mar
Foreign Office
United States
Palestine
Michael McDermott
State Department
Washington
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Tornado Toll Tops Nineteen in Indiana Coatesville Area
Nineteen people are dead or missing after a tornado carved through Coatesville and nearby towns in Hendricks and surrounding counties on Friday. Red Cross and state police mounted search and relief operations as dozens were injured and power was knocked out across western to central Indiana.
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Clay County
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Terre Haute
Robert Rossow
Richard Ellett
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Victor Wise
Harry Britton
Crawfordsville
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Harley Hartsow
Donald Howard
Ruth Dierdoff
Brazil
Albert Whetsel
Tuscaloosa
R. L. Meeks
Birmingham
Ala
Neilson Brown Seeks State House Seat in Arizona
NOGALES Ariz Mar 27 Neilson Brown county ranch operator has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for state representative Brown a Bryn Mawr Pa native and University of Arizona agriculture college graduate known for polo he has lived in Santa Cruz county since 1935 and owns the Buena Vista land grant 13 miles east of Nogales He served three years in the army air forces.
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Ariz
Neilson Brown
Brown
Bryn Mawr
University of Arizona
Santa Cruz County
Buena Vista Land Grant
Army Air Forces
Commission Members Get Pay Hike Monday
Arizona industrial commission members will receive a salary increase from 5000 to 6000 dollars a year. The boost takes effect when J. J. O Neill begins his term on Monday, as approved by the 11th legislature. Existing members Fred G Edwards and Ray Gilbert will also benefit from the raise.
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Phoenix
Star
Ann Frohmiller
Arizona Industrial Commission
J. J. O'Neil
Isth
Fred G. Edwards
Ray Gilbert
Jewish Planes Bomb Arabs Near Bethlehem in Battle
In Jerusalem area fighting flared as Jewish aircraft reportedly bombed Arab concentrations near Solomon's pools south of Bethlehem. Four Jewish planes attacked as an Arab-held convoy faced heavy fire from five armored cars. Civil authorities described a line of gunfire from Beit Jala to central Jerusalem, with mortars and grenades in the city core. An undeclared Good Friday truce ended amid renewed shelling.
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Jerusalem
Mar
Solomon's Pools
Bethlehem
Royal Air Force
Kfar Etzion
Beit Jala
Executed Princess to Be Cremated by Japanese
Peiping reports Oko Furukawa claiming to be a Japanese priest will cremate Princess Yoshiko Kawashima, a high born Manchu woman executed as a pro Japanese spy. Ashes will be sent to her Japanese foster father in Tokyo.
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Peiping
Oko Furukawa
Yoshiko Kawashima
Tokyo
Tornadoes Strike Aliceville and Cartersville with Toll
A twister hit Aliceville Alabama Friday night killing three people and leaving a fourth missing while injuring at least 40 and causing up to 225000 in damages. A separate tornado near Cartersville Georgia damaged homes and leveled barns, with four injured and 100000 in damage reported.
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Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Aliceville
Ala
West Alabama
Howard Duren
Maggie McElroy
G. B. Blair, Jr
Atom Board Moves Under Armed Guard
Secret sites of the New York office of the atomic energy commission were moved to new quarters Friday night under armed guard. The operation from the Empire State Building to the new headquarters at 70 Columbus Avenue was completed under cover of darkness, Manager Wilbur & Kelley said.
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