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Adlai Makes Preparations For '56 Nomination Battle
WASHINGTON—(U.P.)—Adlai E. Stevenson is planning a series of steps next week designed to propel himself into the 1956 campaign as the man to beat for the Democratic presidential nomination.
It was indicated that Mr. Stevenson's bid for the 1956 nomination would be announced formally at Chicago next week.
Mr. Stevenson already has recruited some members of his campaign organization. James Finenge, Philadelphia Democratic leader, was reported to be a possible choice to manage his campaign.
Primary Plans Uncertain
His primary plans were understood to be uncertain except that it was considered a sure thing that he would enter the Minnesota primary March 20, probably without opposition.
The California and Oregon primaries now are regarded as the most likely spots for a collision between Mr. Stevenson and Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.), who is expected to announce his candidacy in about three weeks. Sen. Kefauver plowed through state primaries in 1952 with great success but failed to win the nomination.
Other presidential primaries under consideration were said to include Pennsylvania, Florida, Oregon and California.
Meets With Acheson
Mr. Stevenson flew to Washington yesterday and almost immediately went to the home of former Secretary of State Dean Acheson for lunch and a three-hour visit.
He also met twice with Clayton Fritchie and Philip Stern of the Democratic National Committee staff. He hoped to confer today with Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler before motoring to Charlottesville.
Hit Secrecy Press Told
CHICAGO — (U.P.)— Sigma Delta Chi, national journalistic fraternity, has called on the nation's press to "smash on Page one" a charge that the federal government is hiding behind the worst "paper curtain" of secrecy in the nation's history.
Delegates to the Fraternity's 46th annual convention unanimously adopted a resolution yesterday charging "the worst abridgement of the American's right to know about federal government in the 168 years of the American experiment in freedom."
The resolution blamed politicians, big government, and an apathetic press and public.
Such major news stories as the comparative air power of the United States and Russia, the danger of atomic fallout, the Salk polio vaccine, and the Dixon-Yates power contract were shrouded by "political propaganda and secrecy at the source," the resolution said.
Despite the millions of words printed during the year on these stories, the resolution said, "it is doubtful that the American people received the true picture even though their tax money and their very lives are at stake."
Newspapers were called upon to "smash this on page one" until the paper curtain is lifted and to "go far beyond the call of duty in taking the full story to the people."
Milwaukee Pastor Guilty Of Heresy
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — (U.P.) A seven-member trial jury of clergymen has found a Milwaukee area Lutheran pastor guilty of heresy and recommended his suspension.
The Rev. Victor K. Wrigley was the third Milwaukee area pastor to go on trial recently on heresy charges brought by the Northwest Synod of the United Lutheran Church, The Rev. George P. Crist Jr., formerly of Durham, was convicted in July and ordered defrocked, while the Rev. John H. Gerberding, Menomonee Falls, was acquitted in August.
Army Takes Over Brazilian Rule
RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil —(U.P)
The army seized control of Brazil today and acting President Carlos Luz boarded a warship and sailed from Rio De Janierio.
The first report of military action came when the Copacabana Fort at the mouth of Rio's harbor opened fire on the Brazilian cruiser Almirante Barroso and other units of the fleet outside the harbor without receiving return fire.
Mr. Luz, who took over earlier this week when President Joao Cafe Jr., took a leave of absence following a heart attack. Mr. Luz messaged Flores Dau Conha, president of the Chamber of Deputies of the Brazilian Paillement, that he intended to retain his post as president.
The surprise departure of Mr. Luz came shortly after the army seized control of the country, and despite a pledge by the air force and navy that they would resist efforts to oust him from the presidency.
The crisis in Brazilian affairs has been brewing since last month when Juscelino Kubitschek was elected president and Joao Goulart elected vice president.
Some army elements consider them to be the political heirs of the late president Getulio Vargas, who committed suicide in 1954 after a dispute with the military.
The dissident group of army colonels forced Mr. Vargas to dismiss Mr. Goulart as labor minister in 1954. This same group had indicated it might move to keep Mr. Kubitschek and Mr. Goulart from taking office.
Reds Hold S. Koreans
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. —(U.P.) The United States said today that the Communists still hold at least 41,000 South Koreans entitled to ce-patriation under the Panmunjom truce agreement.
Additionally, U.S. Delegate Jacob Blaustein told the United Nations main political committee, there are persons of Irish, French, German, American and other nationalities who have not been accounted for by the Communists.
The Chinese Reds, he charged, in violation of the truce agreement still have manpower in North Korea constituting 45 per cent of the strength Communist China had there when the armistice went into effect. On the other hand, he said, the non-Korean strength of the U.N. command in South Korea has been reduced to 20 per cent of its numbers at the time of the armistice.
Mr. Blaustein made his charges as the general assembly's 60-nation political committee began its annual debate on reunification of Korea.
LOS ANGELES —(U.P.)— Secretary of the Navy Charles S. Thomas said today that atomic weaponse "have converted the U.S. Navy from a defensive to an offensive power."
Atomic Weapons Make Navy Stronger
Mr. Thomas told more than 600 members of the Los Angeles Rotary Club at a luncheon "today's Navy assures the nation of continued use, control and exploitation of the seas."
"The very existence of our new Navy, its strength, versatility and mobility, greatly increased the chances of avoiding other wars," Mr. Thomas said. "Those who would conquer the world are persuaded by history that they must first conquer by seas."
Big 4 Ministers Call It Quits
GENEVA—(U.P.)—The Big Four foreign ministers decided today to end the bogged-down Geneva Conference next Wednesday.
The decision to wind up the two-week-old parley was reached at a secret session of the ministers today.
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Shortly after the 30-minute secret meeting, the foreign ministers entered the council chamber of the Palais des Nations for the 12th session of the formal conference.
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Agreement to end the talks three weeks after they started was reached on the initiative of the West, which wanted to avoid an open breach with Russia on the current deadlock over German unification, disarmament and East-West contacts, the three issues the ministers came here to discuss.
Air Line Offers $25,000 For Crash Information
DENVER — (U.R.) - United Air Lines offered a $25,000 reward today for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the explosion which blasted a United DC-6B out of the sky on Nov. 1, with a loss of 44 lives.
W. A. Patterson, president of UAL, said it was hoped that "this reward will aid in producing information which will lead to the early solution of this air industry tragedy."
The Flight Engineers International Association, which is on strike against UAL, already had posted a $1,000 reward.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration, after a week's intensive investigation of the wreckage of the plane, called the Federal Bureau of Investigation into the case early this week. The FBI said it was seeking evidence of sabotage.
The plane blew up at about 11,000
feet altitude, 11 minutes after it had taken off from Denver enroute to Seattle. Wash.
The wreckage, spread over three square miles, fell in sugar beet fields about eight miles east of Longmont, Colo. All 39 passengers and the crew of 5 were killed.
A month earlier, a United Air Lines DC-4 crashed against Medicine Bow peak in southern Wyoming, killing 66 persons in the worst civil air tragedy in U.S. history.
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EAST HAMPTON, Conn. — (U.P.)
—Two crying third-graders at Memorial School complained to teachers that they had to pay five cents each to use the playground swings. Investigating, the teachers found that a 10-year-old boy was grabbing swings first at recess and charging for their use. He was put out of business.
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