Bitter GOP split lingers after Chicago convention
The Chicago convention showcased a reluctant bid for unity as Republicans praised Dwight Eisenhower while old guard Taft supporters lingered. A taunting Dewey blast inflamed delegates, signaling a rift that may affect the November race and party leadership.
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Link Dewey
Taft Committee
Ingalls
Tom Dewey
United States
Eisenhower
Dave
Illinois
Republican Party
New Guard
Old Guard
Congress
Eisenhower Wins Races At GOP Convention For President
The 1952 Republican convention ends with Dwight D. Eisenhower securing the nomination after Minnesota switches its votes, with Taft’s supporters pressing for unity and Warren, Stassen, and MacArthur fading. Taft remains a force in the Senate as the party coalesces for November.
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GOP
Senate
Taft
Eisenhower
Washington
Gov
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Douglas MacArthur
Warren
Stassen
Michigan
Gopher
Ohio
MacArthur
Joseph Martin Jr
Ike
Sen
John Bricker
William F. Knowland
Gov. Warren
Martin
Republican Party
United States
Texas GOP factions drift over Eisenhower influence in race
In Texas the Porter Lane coalition backs Alvin Lane for state chairman as Porter signals influence over federal patronage if Eisenhower wins. Zweifel leads Old Guard against Lane, while Daniel and Beckworth seek the Democratic Senate nomination as Connally plans retirement. Delegation split on final convention vote.
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Henry Zweifel
Taft
Eisenhower
Carlos Watson
Brownsville
San Antonio
Texas
Porter
Dicker
Daniel
Senate
Zweifel
Lane
Porter-Lane
J A Dickson Dies at Hereford in Texas
Joseph Albert Dickson 80 died after a heart attack at his Hereford home Friday. Survived by Emma Lee Dickson his widow two daughters Hazel Bak Houston and Mona Gillman Borger a son Joseph Albert Jr of Sherman Acres Calif a grandson born in Georgia January 22 1872. Born in Georgia he came to Texas from Arkansas in 1894 and to Deaf Smith County from Borger in 1942. Funeral by Gilliland Hereford.
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Hereford
Joseph Albert Dickson
Emma Lee Dickson
Joseph Albert, Jr
Sherman Acres
Cal
Hazel FE. Bak . Houston
Mona A. Gillman, Borger
Georgia
Texas
Arkansas
Deaf Smith County
Borger
Dickson
Emma Lee Sullman
Frederick
Okla
Gilliland
Democrats Eye Ike Battle and Stevenson Draft Hopes
Democratic leaders predicted Ike's November win will sharpen the race as Senators Richard Russell and Robert Kerr said they could defeat General Eisenhower. Truman declined comment on the Republican triumph while Adlai Stevenson reaffirmed his Illinois governorship bid and reluctance to pursue the Democratic nomination, though a draft scenario remained possible.
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Associated Pres
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Russell
Georgia
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Ike
Kerr
Washington
Truman
White House
Eisenhower
Sen
Robert Taft
Taft
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Springfield
Royalty Deal details and notable oilman Abercrombie
Abercrombie, a leading independent Texas oilman, is described with vast holdings across the state. He is a prominent Amarillo show horseman with many blue ribbons, and his daughter Mrs. Segura is a well known figure in horse shows with many friends in Amarillo.
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Amiarillo
Segura
Amarillo
Fedway expansion eyed to boost Amarillo growth
Fedway officials visited Amarillo to evaluate home furnishings markets as the chain plans a postwar expansion. The firm expects to create progress while retaining local workers and linking to Federated Stores rooted in Columbus since the 19th century. The Southwest expansion includes Sangers in Dallas and Foley's in Houston.
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Fedway
Amarillo
Federated Group
Lazarus
Columbus
Ohio
Shillito’s
Cincinnati
Federated
Foley
Houston
Sangers
Dallas
Abraham & Straus
Brooklyn
Milwaukee Boston
Bloom
Accident Kills C. J. Bell, 73 in Gray County crash
Gray County farmer Charles Benjamin Bell aged 73 died at Highland General Hospital after a two car crash near Pampa on a farm road intersection with Celanese plant road. His wife Mamie Bell was injured and C C Graybill suffered head and knee injuries. Funeral plans are pending.
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Gray County
Charles Benjamin Bell
Highland General Hospital
Celanese Corporation
Mamie Bell
C. C. Graybill
Rafe Jordan
Celanese Plant
Bell
Duenkel- Carmichael Funeral Home
Edith Keahey
Clarksville
Texas Politics Debate Shapes Senate Race Ties
Texas contenders react as Ike’s nomination stirs GOP hopes for the U S Senate seat vacated by Sen. Tom Connally. Ralph Yarborough boosts Democratic gains while Lindley Beckworth vows to win after nomination. Price Daniel and E W Napier tour San Angelo Ballinger Brownwood and the Rio Grande Valley.
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Nounced
Chicago
U. S. Senate
Tom Connally
Dicker
GOP
Senate
Ike
Texas
Lindley Beckworth
Gladewater
Midland
Shivers
Atty
Gen
Price Daniel
San Angelo
Ballinger
Brownwood
E. W. Napier
Wichita Falls
Rio Grande Valley
McKinney to Take Oath as Assistant Interior Secretary
Robert M. McKinney a Santa Fe publisher will take his oath of office as assistant secretary of the interior in Albuquerque on Monday July 11.
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Albuquerque
Robert M. McKinney
Santa Fe
Tortured by Chinese Reds Reveals Forced Confession
American lawyer Robert T. Bryan Jr. says Chinese authorities tortured him for 16 months in Shanghai jail to force a confession. He describes a spinal injection that allegedly removed his will, prior beatings, and long daily interrogations while held in a tiny solitary cell. Greenland trade report notes Denmark maintains a Greenland monopoly.
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Hong Kong
Robert T. Bryan Jr
Chi
Shanghai International Settlement
Shanghai
Bryan
Model Airplane Winners Named at Air Force Meet
Winners on day two of the Air Force world wide model airplane meet at Amarillo AFB include William Smith Andrews AFB Md first in hand launch glider, B M Marsh Tyndall AFB Fla in 12 APAA, Jerome Asner Johnson AFB Japan in Flying Scale, C J Bryant Reese AFB Tex in Flying Scale Rubber Powered, and George Wil ford Keesler AFB Miss in Class A F F ROG. High winds hindered flyers as the contest area in the southeast section of the base.
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Andrews Afb
B., M. Marsh
Tyndall, Afb
Fla
Jerome Asner
Johnson Afb
Japan
C. J. Bryant
Reese Afb
Tex
George Wilford
Keesler Afb
Miss
Mrs Emma F Tomlin 57 Amarillo resident dies in St Anthony's
Mrs Emma F Tomlin born October 2 1894 in Boyd Texas died at 7 25 p m yesterday in St Anthony's Hospital after several weeks illness. She lived in Amarillo since 1918 member of Buchanan Street Baptist Church. Survivors: daughter Mrs C G Harris son Dewey Sims three brothers four sisters and one grandson. Funeral arrangements by N S Griggs & Sons Funeral Home.
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Emma F. Tomlin
Harrison
St. Anthony's Hospital
Tomlin
Amarillo
Boyd, Tex
Buchanan Street Baptist Church
C. G. Harris
Dewey Sims
Crab Orchard
Thomas D. Hamilton
Mineola
Tex
Floyd H Hamilton
Marama
Ariz
Virgil H. Hamilton
Florence
Sam Duffy
Gilmer
Howard Bland
Cornett
C S. Basham
Weatherford
Tom Wachter
Altadena
Cal
Darrell
R J Himmilberg Dies at Phillips
R J Himmilberg 33 died suddenly at 8 10 p m Thursday at Phillips Medical Center. He lived in Phillips and worked for Phillips Petroleum. Survived by wife Leona, mother Mary Himmilberg Glasgow Mo, two brothers Casper St Louis and Bernard Phillips, four sisters Veronica Fuemmeler Glasgow, Williamine Morrissey St Louis, Dorothy Fuemmeler Glasgow, Anna Campbell Carrollton Mo. Body to be taken to Glasgow for services and interment. Funeral arrangements not yet complete.
Mrs. Millie Louanne Grant 80 Dies in Clarendon
Mrs. Millie Louanne Grant aged 80 died at 6 30 p m Friday in Groom Osteopathic Hospital after a Tuesday fall caused a broken hip She was born July 16 1871 in Tennessee and was the wife of G R Grant Survivors include two daughters Mrs Clyde Hudson Goodnight and Mrs Warren Bray Little Rock Ark two sons Wayne A Grant Amarillo and W W Grant Kansas City Mo a brother George A Churchwell Steptoe Wash and four grandchildren and five great grandchildren Arrangements are pending at Murphy Spicer Funeral Home Clarendon
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Clarendon
Millie Louanne Grant
Groom Osteopathic Hospital
G. R. Grant
Tennessee
Grant
Donley County
Oklahoma
The
Baptist Church
Clyde Hudson
Goodnight
Warren Bray
Little Rock
Ark
Wayne A. Grant
Amarillo
W. W. Grant
Kansas City
George A. Churchwell
Steptoe
Wash
Murphy-Spicer Funeral Home
Rural Electrification Grants Loan for Teleco Op
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a 249000 dollar loan to Sevelt County Rural Telephone Cooperative to supplement an earlier 486000 dollar loan made last August.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Sevelt County
Nixon as Eisenhower’s Running Mate A Communist Foe
Chicago reports on Richard M. Nixon as Dwight D. Eisenhower's chosen running mate. The piece highlights his anti communist record on the House Un American Activities Committee, his 1948 and 1950 campaigns, and his stance on Taft Hartley and Western Europe. It notes his birth in Yorba Linda California, Whittier College and Duke law degree, naval service in World War II, and entry into Congress in 1946 defeating Jerry Voorhis.
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Richard M. Nixon
California
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Washington
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Truman
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Department of Justice
House
Senate
Helen Gahagan Douglas
State Department
Nixon
Communist Party
Congress
Europe
Douglas MacArthur
Russia
GOP
Guy George Gabrielson
Gabrielson
Senate Permanent Investigating Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporaton
Yorba Linda
Cal
Whittier
Los Angeles
Patricia Ryan
Patricia
Julie
Whittier College
Duke University
Jerry Voorhis
Mrs. Wilma Anderson Funeral Today
Mrs. Wilma C. Anderson 43 of 3002 Ridgemere died around 2 10 p m yesterday in St Anthony's Hospital after a lengthy illness She lived here 10 years and was a Baptist Church member Surviving are a daughter Mrs Bill Ownsby Amarillo five brothers and four sisters Funeral services 4 p m today Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel Rev J Perry King will officiate Pallbearers named with burial in Llano Cemetery
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Wilma C. Anderson
Ridgemere
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Anderson
The
Baptist Church
Bill Ownsby
Amarillo
J. M
N C. Hill
W. R. Hill
Dodge City
Kaw
Mary Cox
Brownfield
R. R. Riley
L. L. Wal‘drop
Clarendon
R. L. Anderson
Boise City
Oklo
Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel
J. Perry King
Industrial City Mission
Walter Smith
Rex Higgins
Lester Hudson
J. B Sudbury
Dane Foreman
Karney Weigand
Llano Cemetery
Dimmitt Girl Dies at Age Two
Lorretta Sue Ewing two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Arlen Ewing Dimmitt died at her home Friday morning The funeral was at 3 pm Sunday in the Dimmitt Baptist Church Rev Ray pastor officiating She was born April 19 1950 in Dimmitt Survivors include two brothers and three sisters Burial will be in Dimmitt cemetery under direction of Gilliland Funeral Home Hereford Pallbearers were Chorene Fehrend Enzo Ewing W B Ewing and Horace Ewing.
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Hereford
Lorretta Sue Ewing
Arlen Ewing
Dimmitt
Dimmitt Baptist Church
Ray
Gilliland Funeral Home
Chorene Fehrend
Enzo Ewing
W. B. Ewing
Horace Ewing
Infant Gee Son Dies in Amarillo
Infant of Mr and Mrs Duck On Gee dies at 6 35 pm yesterday in North West Texas Hospital Amarillo born Thursday. Survived by siblings Wai Ming Gee Kwock Ming Gee Fat Ming Gee. Father employed at Canton Cafe. Arrangements under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
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Gee
Duck On Gee
Buchanan
Northwest Texas Hospital
Wai Ming Gee
Kwock Ming Gee
Fat Ming Gee
Canton Cafe
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Convention Hall Stampede Signals Political Shuffle
As the Republican National Convention wraps up, Democrats move in to position for the vice presidency. Traffic along Michigan Avenue faces renewed jams as Chicago's traffic cops brace for another busy period after the event. The piece notes hotel talks and TV interviews while Amarillo weather is briefly mentioned.
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Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Ford 1947 vehicle sale bid notice from Texas Highway Dept
Sealed bids for a 1947 Ford owned by the Texas Highway Department must be received by the State Board of Control in Austin by 10:00 A M on July 25 1952. The car is available for inspection at the District Headquarters in Amarillo Texas. Bid invitations may be obtained from the Texas Highway Department or the State Board of Control referencing Sealed Bid Offer HWY-524.
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State Board of Control
Austin
Texas
Ford
Texas Highway Department
Amarillo
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