Britain Suggests Advisory Korea Team to Aid Clark
The United States appears cool to a British proposal for a political advisory team to assist Gen. Mark Clark in Korea. Washington prefers closer liaison between Clark and U S ambassadors in Tokyo and Korea to ensure military decisions consider international implications.
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Washington
United States
Mark Clark
United Nations
Korea
State Department
Far East
Clark
Japan
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Acheson
Lloyd
North Korea
Robert Murphy
Tokyo
James van Fleet
John J. Muccio
First Year Truce Talks End Snarled in Secret Session
In MUNSAN Korea UN and Communist delegates met 26 minutes with no announced progress on the prisoner exchange deadlock, the key truce obstacle. Brig Gen Nuckols said no change in attitude. UN chief Lie hoped for an armistice by late July or early August citing negotiators’ willingness.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
William P. Nuckols
Oslo
Norway
Trygve Lie
Eisenhower Gains 13 Louisiana Delegates at GOP Convention
The credentials committee voted 50 to 0 to seat 13 Eisenhower delegates from Louisiana, adding 11 convention votes. The move overturns an earlier National Committee decision that had given the seats to Taft backers, with two Taft delegates still seated. The Louisiana Eisenhower slate is led by John Minor Wisdom of New Orleans.
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Chicago
Credentials Committee
Eisenhower
Louisiana
GOP National Committee
Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eugene Worrell
Virginia
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower Group
John Minor Wisdom
New Orleans
Convention Program Highlights Credentials and Resolutions Sessions
Reports by the credentials committee and resolutions committee will highlight this afternoon's sessions. Timing is uncertain. Addresses by party notables will follow. The convention resumes at 8 30 p m EST with four major speeches and the roll call of states for president. Barring unscheduled changes Thursday's program includes speeches by Gladys E Heinrich Knowles and Albert P Morano, roll call and nominations for vice president, balloting, election of national committee, and adjournment.
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Credentials Committee and Resolutions Committee
Gladys E. Heinrich Knowles
Montana
Albert P. Morano
Connecticut
Flood Control Plans Upheld by Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to review an appellate ruling upholding the Scioto Sandusky Conservancy District flood control plan adopted Jan 12, 1951. The plan envisions dams and projects across 17 counties including Delaware Union Scioto Pike Highland Ross Fayette Pickaway Madison Franklin Morrow Marion Wyandot Crawford Vinton Seneca and Sandusky.
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Columbus
Scioto-Sandusky
Pickaway
Madison
Franklin
Morrow
Marion
Wyandot
Crawford, Vinton, Seneca and
Sandusky
500 Mexicans jailed in election aftermath
Mexico City kept uneasy calm as more than 500 supporters of an unsuccessful presidential candidate were jailed on charges of disorder. Four people died in riots Monday night, 24 hours after the election. Among those arrested was Gen. Candido Aguilar, leader of a small party backing Gen. Miguel Henriquez Gusman.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Candido Aguilar
Miguel Henriquez Gusman
Odd Fellows Install New Officers Today
Columbus Ohio reports W J Ford of Dayton will be installed today as grand patriarch of the Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Ohio. About 250 state delegates attend a two day state meeting with officers to be installed including Dr J B Hutchinson of Marietta grand senior warden and Roland Bright of Logan grand treasurer.
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Columbus
W. J. Ford
Dayton
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Ohio
J. B. Hutchinson
Marietta
Roland Bright
Logan
Ninth Marriage Near For Tommy Manville
New Rochelle New York reports Playboy asbestos heir Tommy Manville aged 58 holds a license for his ninth marriage to Anita Frances Roddy Eden 29 a dancer writer who has never married. They obtained the license on Tuesday.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Tommy Manville
Anita Frances Roddy-Eden
Manville
Dayton Jail Escapees Evade Police Across Mississippi Highway
Three Dayton fugitives fled a Mississippi highway after a running gunfight with a patrol car. John Cornette and Robert Jones surrendered. Rex E. Peterson was later arrested. Police identified three more escapees from Ohio Penitentiary: Minor Seber, John O. Evans, and Thomas L. Werckman, all alleged to have escaped from a Dayton jail with weapons and ammunition.
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Charleston
Miss
Ohio
Mississippi
Dayton
Memphis
Tuesay
John Cornette
Robert Jones
Rex E. Peterson
Minor Seber
Ohio Penitentiary
John O. Evans
Thomas L. Werckman
Zanesville Leaders Seek Funds for Dam Replacement
Business leaders meet Muskingum County officials to raise funds to replace the Muskingum River dam that collapsed April 22. Congress authorized up to 250000 to aid rebuilding if locals raise the rest. Army Engineers estimate total cost at 500000.
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Zanesville
Muskingum County
Muskingum River
Congress
US Army
Hoover Assails Democrats in Tax and Spend Critique at GOP Convention
In Chicago at the Republican gathering Herbert Hoover urged ending the Democrats plush curtain of tax and spend and warned of Mussolini fascism Marxism and Keynesian deficits. He framed foreign policy with Taft lines and criticized the current administration while praising military strength. His speech drew a thunderous reception surpassing MacArthur's keynote.
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Hoover
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
Mussolini
Karl Marx
Lord Keynes
Douglas MacArthur
Warren Bloc For Taft Seen
Ohio delegates anticipate a speech by Governor Earl Warren as part of renewed support for Taft. Senator Bricker says California votes will go to Taft and notes strong enthusiasm after Taft’s reception by California delegates. In other news, the United States plans to lend Japan 18 frigates and 50 landing craft to aid its Coast Guard.
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Chicago
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Robert A. Taft
Bob
Sen
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Taft
Washington
United States
Japan
Coast Guard
Rail workers face more layoffs amid steel strike fallout
Pittsburgh dispatch reports mounting layoffs across railroads due to the nationwide 600000 CIO steelworkers walkout. About 50000 rail workers furloughed since June 2, with Pennsylvania Railroad saying several thousand more cuts are likely as traffic shrinks. Iron ore shipments halted and ore mining suspended, raising concerns of next winter shortages and plant shutdowns. John Grasc iar of United Steelworkers asks Sharon Steel Corp to resume talks after rejecting terms aligned with Pittsburgh Steel.
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CIO
Allied Industries
Pennsylvania Railroad
Upper Lakes
John Grasciar
United Steelworkers District No. 12
Sharon
Sharon Steel Corp
Sharon Steel
Pittsburgh Steel
Planks Put Platform Team Behind Schedule
The GOP Convention Resolutions Committee in Chicago met behind locked doors to draft a party platform amid civil rights and foreign policy disputes. Chairman Sen. Eugene D. Millikin pressed for quick approval, using a two hour lock in with a faction over civil rights. Parson s argued for local state handling. Mildred Younger pressed for a federal commission with hearing powers. The panel, already behind, trimmed from 106 delegates to 92 after credentials rulings.
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Chicago
Eugene D. Millikin
Colo
Rado
Millikin
L. S. Parsons
Virginia
Mildred Younger
California
Parsons
Point Gets New Coach At Point Pleasant High School
Barnesville coach Robert Shertzer accepts the head football coach and athletic director post at Point Pleasant High School in Point Pleasant. He leaves Barnesville after four seasons and will oversee the 12 month contract plus summer recreation program.
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Barnesville
Ohio
Robert Shertzer
Barnesville High School
the Messenger
Point Pleasant High School
Point Pleasant
W. V
Shertzer
Baldwin- Wallace College
Berea
Mason County Board of Education
Bob Adkins
Mason County Board
Wayne Underwood
Grantsville
Court Upholds Turnpike Act in Ohio
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the Turnpike Act constitutional and ordered A. J. Allen to sign 326 million dollars in revenue bonds for a toll road across Northern Ohio. The 5 to 1 decision included a writ of mandamus to secure bond signing before a September 4 deadline as 411 bankers agreed to market the 3.25 percent bonds.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Ohio
A. J. Allen
Cincinnati
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Texas Gas Seeks 24 Percent Wholesale Rate Increase
Texas Gas Transmission Corp asked the Federal Power Commission for a 24 percent rate hike on natural gas sold wholesale in Ohio and seven other states. President W. T. Stevenson said the $8.65 million boost would be shared among eight-state customers to cover labor and material cost increases exceeding 160 percent over the past decade.
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Washington
Texas Gas Transmission Corp
The
Power Commission
Ohio
W. T. Stevenson
Texas Gas
Allied Troops Lose Key Hill on Korean Front
UN forces recaptured a key hill in the Pukhan River Valley amid heavy hand to hand fighting with Chinese Reds. The U S Fifth Air Force destroyed 24 bunkers and eight enemy shelters and damaged two bunkers while Thunderjets bombed the Changjin Reservoir No 2 power plant as Reds attempted to restore generators.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Pukhan River
U. S Fifth Air Force
U. S
Newark Patrolman Suspended for Hitting Cruiser
A 25 year old Newark patrolman who demolished a police cruiser was suspended for days for operating the car without a drivers license.
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Newark
Taft Backers Push First Ballot Victory in Chicago
A pre-dawn Taft strategy meeting with 40 strategists shaped the drive for the Republican nomination on the first ballot. Key figures Coleman and Reece forecast a one-ballot convention with Taft winning if the Georgia delegation supports him, as the Credentials Committee set Taft for a potential floor fight over Texas and Louisiana delegates.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Georgia
Taft
Thomas E. Coleman
Coleman
B. Carroll Reece
Eisenhower
Texas
Louisiana
Gia
Robert Taft
Dwight Bleenhower
Bandwagon Hopes Rise as GOP Floor Fight Begins
At the 25th Republican National Convention in Chicago delegates clash over seating 55 Georgia and Texas delegates. Eisenhower backers push for a strong showing as Taft and Hoover influence the battle with negotiations over Louisiana and California delegations.
Convention Highlights at Chicago GOP Convention
The Republican convention in Chicago runs behind schedule with a token vote on the presidential nominee possible for tomorrow. Delegates and credentials issues delay proceedings as Taft and Eisenhower receive delegates while fights loom over the report and platform. Herbert Hoover’s address is praised. McCarthy and Fine slated to speak.
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Ohio
Chicago
John W. Bricker
Meyers Y. Cooper
Frances P. Bolton
George Bender
Mrs Taft Confident as She Aims for Big Moment
Mrs Taft, confined to a wheelchair after a paralytic stroke two years ago, plans to attend the Republican Convention Hall tonight to hear her husband Robert Taft’s name placed in nomination for the presidency. She had long aided his campaigns and helped win him a Senate seat in 1934, with earlier efforts in 1940 and 1936 shaping his path.
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Chicago
Robert Taft
Martha Taft
Taft
Senate
Ohio
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