Senators weigh new probe into key agencies
Senate internal security subcommittee may investigate wartime communist penetration of the Treasury and other money handling agencies. The IPR findings prompted calls for perjury action against Owen Lattimore and John P. Davies Jr. while McCarran warned of further inquiry into the Treasury linked to wartime espionage rings.
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Washington
McCarran
D-New
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Treasury Department
Institute of Pacific Relations
Senate
IPR
U. S
Far East
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
John P. Davies Jr
State Department
Davies
Bonn
Germany
Treasury
Harry Dexter White
The
Solomon Adler
Subcommittee
China
Eisenhower Plans Roar At Taft Tactics In Chicago
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will lambaste Taft forces in Chicago in a Union Station remarks before heading to the GOP convention city. He aims to press for a clean operation while touring Colorado and preparing platform notes. He will speak at Brush with a 10 trout limit noted from his Rockies fishing trip.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Chicago
Union Station
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
National Committee
Georgia
Florida
Rockies
Blackstone
Brush
Colo
Dr. C. P., Lamb
David A. Hamil
Atwood Rancher
Colorado House of Representatives
Ohio Power Co. Boosts Wages Across Nonunion Workers
The Ohio Power Co. announced a 64 percent wage increase for all non union employees in power plants effective July 1, with a similar offer to union workers pending Wage Stabilization Board approval. A July 1 boost was already granted to union employees at Philo Tide and Windsor plants. Central division employees in Canton are CIO represented.
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Canton
Ohio Power Co
Wage Stabilization Board
Philo
Tide
Windsor
Ohio Power
Central
CIO Utility Workers Union of América
Middleport GI Admits Passing Forged Checks
Lat Robert D. Oiler of Middleport Ohio pleaded guilty in Albany to forging and passing U S Treasury checks totaling 241 50. Federal Judge James T. Foley deferred sentencing until Tuesday. Oiler 25 and stationed at Griffiss Air Force Base Rome New York.
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Albany
N. Y
Robert D. Oiler
Middleport
U. S. Treasury
James T. Foley
Oiler
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome
Ohio polio cases exceed one hundred amid outbreaks
Ohio health officials report 103 polio cases to date with more than half in Wayne and Medina counties. Eight deaths tied to the epidemic include four in Wayne County. Epidemics center in Congress and Canaan Townships, Wayne County.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wayne
Medina
State Health Department
Congress
Canaan
Medina County
Wentworth
Wayne County
Tuscarawas
Bus Collision Fatal to Eight near Winnipeg
Eight people died and about 20 were injured when a Winnipeg bound Greyhound bus crashed into the rear of a semi-trailer 14 miles south of Winnipeg. One injured passenger was listed as critical. The impact tore open the bus body and victims in the front rows were hardest hit. The truck carried machinery and metal goods.
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Winnipeg
Greyhound
Here
Parkersburg Native Dies in Huntington Hotel Leap
Virginia Lavonne Greene 37 of Parkersburg West Virginia died after leaping from a ninth floor window at a Huntington hotel. A former Hollywood model who used crutches since a California car crash two years earlier had asked for a room high up minutes before her fall.
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Huntington
W. Va
Hollywood
Virginia Lavonne Greene
Parkersburg
California
Weather Outlook For Fourth Of July Weekend
Fair weather and normal temperatures are forecast for today as a hot and humid Fourth of July weekend approaches. Thundershowers are expected tonight and Friday morning.
Small Steel Firms Join Big Six To Unify Banks
Pittsburgh sources say several smaller concerns joined the Big Six steel producers in resisting United Steelworkers demands for compulsory union membership and a strike ending contract. The Big Six include U S Steel Bethlehem Republic Jones and Laughlin Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Inland. The strike has idled over one million workers as negotiations stall. Thor Corp will close its Bloomington Illinois artillery shell plant today.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Cleveland
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem, Republic
Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland
Wage Stabilization Board
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
Allied Industries
Thor Corp
Bloomington
Steelworkers’ Union
UN Raiders Break Through Conflicts Near Panmunjom and Front Lines
Allied raiding columns pierced Communist positions near Panmunjom as a third group repelled a hill assault in Central Korea. Eighth Army reported securing the hill within an hour and pulling back. Other raids and artillery duels along Old Baldy and T-Bone hills continued with Allied air support despite previous grounding.
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Seoul
Panmunjom
Korea
Kumhwa
Eighth
Old Baldy
T-Bone
Funds Needed For New Dams In Ohio River Basin
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission told Col. G West that completing 80 flood control reservoirs is essential for full flood protection. Of 80, 29 finished, six under construction, 45 awaiting congressional funding. local works must be finished to ensure protection from future floods.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Col. G. West
Ohio River Division
Edgar Landenberger
Col. West
Divorce Sought by Crooksville Hero Ronald Rosser
Ronald E. Rosser, a Crooksville hero of the Korean War, files for divorce from Grace Mae Rosser in New Lexington Ohio. He cites gross neglect of duty after their brief marriage of under a year. An earlier White House Medal of Honor ceremony attended by Mrs. Rosser and her 77-year-old son is noted.
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New Lexington
Ronald E. Rosser
Crooksville
Rosser
Grace Mae Rosser
Holiday Death Toll Hit By 430 Expected Over Fourth
The National Safety Council projects 430 traffic deaths during the July Fourth weekend as 40 million vehicles are expected to travel five billion miles. Officials say higher travel will raise accident risk unless motorists exercise extra caution.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Tobey Engaged to Wed Third Time in New Hampshire
Concord NH Senator Charles W. Tobey, 72, and Mrs Lillian Crompton, 63, are engaged to marry. The announcement came from Tobey's office with no date set. Tobey was widowed twice, the first wife dying in 1946 and the second last December. Crompton, of Wilton NH, is widow of David H Crompton, former Surpass Leather President and Booth Steamship VP. Each has four children.
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Concord
N. H
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Lillian Crompton
Tobey
Surpass Leather Company of
Philadelphia
Booth Steamship Company of
New York
Casper Appointed to State Mine Examining Board
Columbus governor Frank Lausche appoints Amuel C Casper of Dillonvale to the state mine examining board succeeding John Hifko of Barton.
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Columbus
Amuel C Casper
Dillonvale
State Mine Examining Board
Frank J. Lausche
John Hifko
Barton
Taft Campaign Faces Governors Clash Over Delegates
Taft aides dispute a Houston signed pledge by 23 Republican governors backing a rule barring contested state delegations from voting on other disputes at the convention. Taft says a disputed delegation should vote on all contests except its own, while Eisenhower allies support the governors' stance.
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Houston
Tex
Tom Coleman
Taft
David Ingalls
Gov
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Earl Warren
California
Texas de Tong
Ingalls
Eisenhower
Guy Gabrielson
Republican National Committee
Truman Seen As Senate Candidate on Missouri Ballot
Missouri observers say President Truman could appear on the November ballot as a United States Senate candidate rather than for president if J E Taylor wins the nomination. Critics expect a possible swap if the Chicago nomination satisfies Truman even as Taylor’s supporters deny the deal.
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Truman
United States Senate
Missouri
J. E. Taylor
Senate
Taylor
Chicago
Open Switch Blamed In Freight Accident
Nine cars and two diesel locomotives of a 15 car freight train were derailed at Millersport after an open switch. Conductor James Seele, 63, of Bucyrus riding in the caboose, suffered a slight injury.
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Lancaster
Millersport
James Seele
New York Central
Bucyrus
Congress Resumes Rush For Quick Adjournment
Congress moves toward adjournment as the Senate begins a long calendar of bills while House members expect a fast finish. Major measures include a 46 billion military bill and a 1 billion foreign aid package with atomic energy funding, plus social security and veterans bills in contention.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Chicago
McFarland
Aziz
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ohio chicken plant boiler blast ruled due to two defects
Coroner Ernest Sturgis ruled the North eastern Poultry Association Plant boiler explosion was caused by two faulty safety devices. A thermostat failed to control gas flow and a water-release valve clogged by mineral deposit failed to operate. The blast killed one woman and later another, injuring 14 women and two men.
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Salem
Ernest Sturgis
Columbiana
Columbana
Northeastern Poultry Association
Bendix Clyde plant furlough workers told to return
Bendix Home Appliances orders 600 furloughed Clyde plant workers to report back to the Clyde facility next week as operations resume.
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Clyde
Bendix Home Appliances
Inside the Republican Party Hopefuls Ogle Disputed Votes
The piece analyzes how Ike could win the GOP nomination at Chicago, with 480 Taft delegates and 420 for Eisenhower plus 171 disputed or committed to other candidates shaping the race. It notes regional loyalties, bargaining, and the odd role of Democratic states in nominating a Republican.
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Taft
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Warren
Stassen
Governor McKeldin
Maryland
General MacArthur
General Wedemeyer
Ike
Louisiana
Sahara
America
Texas
Mississippi
Georgia
Reds Seek Secret Talks On POW Plan To Break Truce
Communists propose a new plan for prisoner exchanges and secret sessions to discuss it. Allied Maj. Gen. Harrison calls for late night study and cautions the meaning of the proposal remains unclear to the United Nations Command.
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Munsan
William K. Harrison Jr
United Nations
Harrison
United Nations Command
Truman Gets Mine Measure Pushes to White House for Signature
The bill to empower federal inspectors to padlock dangerous mines heads to the White House for signature or veto after a 1855 to 37 House vote and a Senate voice approval. The compromise grants authority to close mines in imminent danger from fire explosion or vehicle hazards.
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Washington
White House
House
Senate
Fire Marshal Warns About Dangerous Firecrackers In Ohio
State Fire Marshal Harry Callan says nine tenths of Chinese firecrackers are made in Red China and the ban on fireworks sales in Ohio does not stop imports. He warns the crackers are dangerous and could be sabotaged, posing great harm. A separate item notes Barbara Wietholter was killed Wednesday after stepping in front of a truck in Wapakoneta.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry Callan
Wapakoneta, O
Barbara Wietholter
Taft Eisenhower battle over 13 Louisiana delegates erupts
In Chicago at the Republican National Convention the Taft and Eisenhower camps clash over 13 Louisiana delegates. Taft supporters control the slate while Eisenhower backers challenge 13 taft delegates as possible fraud. Louisiana's two votes lean Taft. governor Dewey weighs in from Houston.
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Chicago
Taft
Eisenhower
Louisiana
Texas
National Committee
Ike
Ohio
Washington
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
Douglas MacArethur
Fine
Keystone State
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Houston
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