European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse , april 17, 1948 the stars and stripes Page 11 gop aspirants carry Campaign to Ohio Sullivan boosts Truman twin 00, id but St Al. Ies. Kaseim es-1145 Alicha ital-1100. Gun ship bin Ien tur 1115,g6 Rich Rich Lett iday i tie Sun Hani i aired Illus Day Ina i votes for Stassen Puzzle Taft Washington april 16 a i sen Hobert a. Taft a Ohio. Laid dans today for an All out Effort in choke off Harold e. Stassen s Delegate winning Streak when the two tangle in Ohio s May 4 re pub f Jean presidential primary. I the Ohio senator said he frankly was both puzzled and disappointed i if his poor third showing in tues 1 Jay s Nebraska ballot Battle i but pm quite confident that i stings will be different in Ohio a added. 23 it of 53 there Stassen was bidding for 23 of Ohio s 53 votes to the Philadel phia nominating convention. New York s gov. Thomas e. Dewey who ran second to Stassen Aid he was heartened by his bowing. He will meet Stassen again in the maj 21 Oregon primary. While politicians generally re pred Gen. Douglas Macarthur s Nebraska showing As washing out Iris prospects for the nomination us backers insisted the general would not quit. At Sacramento gov. Earl Warren Aid he was surprised i received to Many votes As i did in the Nebraska primary election. Republicans have now chosen 402 if their 1.094 National convention delegates. They line up Dewey 111 Stassen 61 Vandenberg 41 gov. Green of i1l, 16 Macarthur 8 Laft 5 uninstructed. 160 democrats have named "264 of their 1,234 delegates As follows Truman. 76 w Eisenhower 1 uninstructed 187 St. Of gop Dewey faction wins in Texas court san Antonio april 16 a a Texas Republican faction favouring the presidential candidacy of gov. Thomas e. Dewey won in a court test with a group backing sen. Robert a. Taft a Ohio. Site District judge Robert w. B. Terrell ruled the chairman of Republican committee and state executive not the head parters committee has the author Ity to appoint chairmen in counties Shere there is no Republican or pin Zavion. Tree Headquarters kicking Taft. Committee is chief executive says hell use porch 4 years Washington april 16 a president Truman in a Breezy news conference yesterday said he anticipated using his new porch during the next four years. Saying confidently he expected to spend the next four years in the White House or. Truman said he would use the newly completed South portico Balcony if he could find the time. He added he put in a pretty full Day. The president also said he did not order the Balcony for his own use but to improve the appearance of the White House adding it Fol lows the design Thomas Jefferson had in mind. When a reporter re called the Fine arts commission had criticized the project or. Truman said the commission was scared because of the controversy. As for himself he said he did not scare so easily. Look Magazine sued by Hedy for new look sees president re elected Pittsburgh april 16 up Gael Sullivan executive director of the democratic National committee predicted yesterday president tru Man would be renominated and re elected for another term in the White believe the democratic party wants the Truman courage and the Truman conscience to guide it to world peace and a sound Domestic Economy Sullivan said. He said there won t even be any serious opposition within the party. The democratic party is a big family and resolves its differences amicably. We will go be fore the country United this when asked whether he believed Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower s no to the nomination was final sul Livan said i can t speak the general s mind. In America we still have the right to change our Sullivan was in Pittsburgh to address a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner curb strikers of settlement new York april 16 up the 18-Day strike of financial employees against the new York curb Exchange virtually ended last night. Exchange officials and representatives of the United financial employees a reached agreement yesterday and the Union ratified it later in the Day at a dosed meeting. Governors of the curb Exchange were scheduled to consider the agreement were no developments in j Tennessee governor scores i Truman on civil rights Nashville april 16 a gov. Jim Mccord keynote the Tennessee state convention of the democratic party yesterday with this assertion we believe in the democratic party and we Are democrats but we say to the leadership of this nation now that the integrity and Anderson to resign from Cabinet May 10 Albuquerque april 16 up agriculture Secretary Clinton p. Anderson announced yesterday he would resign from the Cabinet May 10 to begin a full time Campaign for the u. S. Senate seat from new Mexico. Anderson said the president knows i am planning to leave but he said he had no idea who or. Truman would name As his successor. York Stock Exchange. Further negotiations to end the strike were expected soon. About 200 policemen were As signed to guard the Slock and curb exchanges yesterday to prevent violence along the picket lines. Some 12 persons were injured and 40 arrested when the pickets threw themselves to the sidewalk before the Slock Exchange and police re moved them forcibly. Shepherd to be Quantico co Washington april 16 a maj. Gen. Lemuel c. Shepherd jr., of Norfolk va., who represented the . Marines at the unveiling of the Franklin d. Roosevelt memorial in London will become com manding general of the Marine Barracks Quantico va., on his re turn from London. Brought together after 30 years Lala i Poi i Asp jew id Little Caroline gunning 5, wipes the tears from the Cheek of her Grandfather Harold Hamilton As he and his daughter mrs. Elirabeth Hamilton tannins of Belfast were brought together in a new York station. This was the first time the father and daughter had feet. Each having been told the Ether was dead Acme Hedy Lamarr. Who knows Santa Monica calif., april 16 a Hedy Lamarr does t like the look she says look Magazine gave her. She dislikes it so much she filed suit for $200,000 yesterday against the Magazine alleging that a look article in the april 13 Issue made it appear she had her nose altered by plastic sur Gery. This declared Hedy s com plaint was untrue. The actress counsel added it is a positive fact that her features have been unaltered and have remained in their natural state since her a look representative in new York said we have heard Noth ing about the Taft defends labor curbs Washington april 16 a senator Taft told fhe american Honor of the South is not to be i society of newspaper editors last bartered for votes in the governor did not mention president Truman by name but he characterized the president s civil rights program submitted to Congress feb. 2, As nothing More or less than an Effort to break Down All constitutional rights guaranteed to the Sovereign i trainee raise passed by Senate Washington april 16 up the Senate yesterday amended and sent to the House a conference com Promise Bill raising ceilings on salaries and subsistence allowances for i on the Job trainees. Under the Bill As it now stands full time trainees with no dependents would be allowed $210 a month maximum income. Trainees Witolf one dependent could draw �270 in salary plus government subsistence. Trainees with More than one dependent would be entitled to �290 a month. Present ceilings Are $175 a month for unmarried trainees and $200 a month for All married trainees regardless Pendents. Of the number of de Lowan to give away million be Mars Iowa april 16 a a 75-year-old wealthy Bachelor announced yesterday he will give away $1,000,000 Worth of property. Most of it will go to his nephews and nieces he said adding he will turn Over what is left to friends. He is Herman Schultz who began building up his estate As a farm hand in Northwest Iowa. Night that strikes cannot be prohibited unless the government fixes wages. The Taft Hartley Law is still tinder trial the Ohio Republican presidential candidate said but i think we can say it has achieved a great Deal of Taft said there was no intention in the labor act to prohibit strikes and added that a prohibition against strikes must necessarily be accompanied by wage fixing and then general government controls. He reiterated his opposition to selective Price controls in time of peace. Navy to convert sub to undersea freighter Washington april 16 up the Navy announced yesterday that a Fleet Type submarine will be converted into the Navy s first under water freighter. Two other sub marines also converted to other purposes. The 1,500 ton submarine Barbero is designated for remodelling to haul cargo under water the sea lion for conversion to a troop Carrier and the Nigrone for radar picket duty. Floods Force 22,000 from Homes in . Pittsburgh april 16 up flooding Rivers and streams rushed toward High crests today and left 22,000 persons homeless in eight states. The most critical situation was along the Ohio River which was pouring a huge Crest downstream and endangering thousands of Homes in West Virginia Pennsyl Vania Ohio Kentucky and in Diana. The Suwannee went higher m new Rains fell near Tallahassee Fla. Hundreds were driven from their Homes in Minnesota and North Dakota As the red River hit its highest level in 51 years. The Rise appeared to be slackening to Day. The Snake River reached its highest Crest since 1897 at grand Forks and flooded basements at Alvarado Minn. Ohio Crest 44.3 feet Wheeling w. Va., was hit hard est with 10,000 of the City s residents forced to take shelter in schools and with friends. Most of the persons rendered homeless lived on Wheeling Island. Only 40 per cent of the Island s 10,000 residents stayed in their Homes today. The Ohio crested at 44.3 feet 8.3 feet Over flood stage at Wheeling last night. The Wheeling Downs race track was covered by 12 feet of water. River experts said flood damage would be. Unusually High in the flooded areas of Wheeling because the Crest is expected to linger Lay ing Down a heavier than usual coat of mud and Silt. Four thousands persons were homeless in the Cincinnati area and another 1,000 Homes were threatened. Sunny skies army engineers said the Ohio will Crest ail along its length by sunday. They were heartened by forecasts of generally Clear weather. They said if the skies remained sunny for a week further damage might be averted. The Ohio state Highway patrol said it had evacuated at least 52,200 persons in the 14 counties on the Ohio Side from East Liverpool to Cincinnati. About 2,400 persons were estimated As hons less on the Kentucky Side. Ohio s hardest hit City was mar Ietta 200 Miles upstream from Cincinnati where 384 families were evacuated after the River covered half of the town under five feet of water veterans hold 44% of government jobs Washington april 15 up the civil service commission re porters yesterday that veterans held 44" per cent of All government jobs in the Continental u. S. At the end of 1947.since a a Day it said the num Ber of veterans on the govern ment s payroll has jumped from 450,000 to 776,000. On the other hand the number of non Veteran employees dropped from. 2,466,000 to 990,000. Veterans made up Only 15 per cent of the total employed at the end of the War. Ito Eket soars 78 Miles Washington april 16 up the Navy revealed yesterday that its new test rocket the Aero Bee has hurtled 78 Miles into the ionosphere for the second time. A an Altitude of 78 Miles is not a record for rockets. German v-2 rockets have gone higher than 100 Miles the liquid fuelled rocket was launched tuesday at White Sands proving ground new Mexico. The Navy is sending up the rockets to learn More about the magnetic Fields of the upper atmosphere. Such knowledge is needed for the development of guided missiles
