GOP Rift Widens in Delegates Drift to Chicago
Committed delegates to the GOP National Convention faced a crossfire as Ike and Taft camps jockeyed for uncommitted delegates. Taft led narrowly in delegate noms with Eisenhower pressing in Detroit and New York meetings. On the Democratic side Estes Kefauver remained ahead, with Russell and Harriman trailing. about 415 delegates were listed unknown. The convention panel named MacArthur as keynote, while Eisenhower aides accused Taft backers of graft in Texas and Indiana contests.
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W. Averell Harriman
David S. Ingalls
Texas
Chicago
Indiana
Ingalls
Wes Roberts
Eisenhower For President
Roberts
Republican Convention Arrangements Committee
Douglas A. MacArthur
MacArthur
Pentagon
Army
GOP
Defense Watch on Germ Warfare in Korea
Defense experts report no evidence of offensive germ weapons in Korea yet maintain vigilance on fronts and rear areas. A Pyongyang lab found only public health and disease control activity. intelligence sources warn of broader Soviet biological research centers in Eupatoria Brerezinsk and Omsk.
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Paratroopers Crush Koje Prison Complex in Korea Clash
American 1st Airborne Rangers stormed Koje Island compounds 76 and 78. They freed about 6,000 Communist POWs, disbanded leaders, and moved detainees into smaller groups. North Korean Col. Lee Hak Woo surrendered and was detained. U.N. talks at Panmunjom resumed with Gen. Mark W. Clark demanding progress toward an armistice and ensuring no POWs are repatriated against will.
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South Korea
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Clark
United Nations
Berlin under Red squeeze fuels West German fears
West Berlin faces intensified pressure as Soviet backed East German police clear border villages and East Berlin leaders call for rapid rearmament. Editors demand precise allied guarantees while Mayor Reuter seeks Bonn aid to sustain Berlin trade amid 300,000 unemployed and export challenges.
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Ernst Reuter
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Socialist Party
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
East Berlin
Senate Rejects Steel Seizure Plan Amid Labor Talks
The Senate defeated a government takeover proposal 47 to 32 after a collapse in steel peace talks. Two other seizure measures also failed. The chamber voted 49 to 30 to ask the President to invoke Taft Hartley, which Truman warned against as potentially siding with companies. He urged Congress to avoid action he called unwise and ineffective.
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Senate
Truman
White House
Philip Murray
CIO
Supreme Court
Capital Scene Sees Real Estate Down Payments Cut
The Federal Reserve Board eased real estate credit rules lowering down payments by 20 to 50 percent across price bands. For cheap homes a 5 percent down is now required, while expensive houses demand up to 40 percent. mid-range shows a sliding 10 to 40 percent scale. Also covers mortgage terms and veterans' exemptions.
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Federal Reserve Board
Veterans Administration
Principal suspends student over mustache in Binghamton
In Binghamton New York Christopher Columbus School principal James H Galvin suspended a ninth grader for refusing to shave a mustache and goatee saying the student's appearance disrupted classes. In Paris a luxury pawnshop opens for clients seeking items valued at 40000 francs or more. In Milton Pennsylvania a sportsman reports catching a 10 inch trout on a fly that blew off his head into a creek.
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Binghamton, N. Y
James H. Galvin
Christopher Columbus School
Paris
Milton
Calendar notes for mid June events across 1944
Entries list events from June 17 to June 21. Iceland proclaims republic on June 17 1944 Bunker Hill Day observed in Boston June 17 1944, Church council meeting in Claremont California June 18 1944, nationwide air defense exercise scheduled June 19 1944, United World Federalists meeting in Philadelphia June 19 1944, and the summer solstice on June 21 1944 signaling long daylight hours.
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Republic of Iceland
Bunker Hill
Boston
United World Federalists
Philadelphia
Wrights Birthday Quotation Highlights Age Debate
Frank Lloyd Wright on turning 83 argues age should not limit achievement and looks to the future. Tony Zema of Local 1272 hails Truman’s steel speech as fiery and worker aligned, praising the president’s stance.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
United States
Tony Zema
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
CIO
United Steelworkers Local 1272
Truman
Congress
Harry
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