GOP Platform Attacks Dem Record and Corruption
The Republican platform accuses the Truman administration of corruption and shielding traitors, with harsh language on the Democrats’ foreign policy and civil rights. Taft and Eisenhower approve key planks, while the document pledges reform and a strong defense.
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Chicago
Truman
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Big Four Meet On Germany Hunted Near Today
Washington reports the United States Britain and France plan to propose to Russia an exploratory meeting for a Big Four conference on Germany. Russia has pressed for such a meeting for four months and a sixth note in the exchange may be delivered to the Soviet Foreign Office today.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Circleville Plunge Kills Ohio Airman
Robert Nash a 24 year old airman from Columbus died when his plane crashed after stalling 70 feet in the air during takeoff near Elsea Airport Circleville Ohio Wednesday authorities said.
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Circleville
Ohio
Robert Nash
Columbus
Elsea
Truman Bid Could Split Party, Southerner Says
The Associated Press reports Truman relished GOP convention chaos in Chicago and feared his favorite Taft might lose. Kerr argues the brawl shows a party split, Humphrey warns of GOP manipulation, Kennon ties civil rights to 1948 split, Rayburn campaigns in Bonham Texas and could back a chance for a Democratic deadlock.
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Truman
Associated Press
Chicago
White House
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Washington
Kerr
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Robert Kennon
Louisiana
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
House
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Bonham
Tex
Cage
Six Miners Die In Cape Breton Mine Blast
Rescue workers recovered six burned bodies after a searing explosion at a Cape Breton coal mine 1200 feet below surface. A seventh man survived but with third degree burns while eighteen others escaped unhurt. Rescuers dug for nearly six hours through rock and coal to reach the trapped workers. No cause was determined immediately.
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GLACF
Bay
N. S&s
Cape Breton
Photographer Ousted After Floor Scuffle at Convention
Police forcibly removed United Press photographer Stanley Tretick from the Republican convention floor in Chicago after a commotion. Tretick said he aimed to photograph a fainted delegate when he was struck from behind and his camera knocked away.
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Chicago
Stanley Tretick
United Press
Tretick
Commons Approves Queen's Pay Hike
The House of Commons approved a raise for Queen Elizabeth II to 475,000 pounds annually to run the royal household, boosting the royal budget by 65,000 pounds over the late George VI. Laborites urged cutting the purse to 250,000 pounds.
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London
House of Commons
Elizabeth II
George VI
Cincinnati Judge Sentences Beverly Howard to Life for Murder
Criminal Court Judge M. Renner amid Wednesday verdict sentences Beverly H. Howard 51 of Lincoln Heights to life in prison for murder.
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Cincinnati
M. Renner
Beverly H. Howard
Lincoln Heights
Police Seize 6th Fugitive of Ohio Jail
Charleston Mississippi reports that Minor Sorber 33 master safecracker captured sleeping in a woodland thicket beside a machine gun. Police still hunt John O Evans 33 last seen near Memphis Tenn. Fred Peterson 43 died in jail cell. others Cornette 22 Jones 26 Werckman 25 captured after Memphis robbery of over 7000 in cash and checks.
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Charleston
Miss
Ohio
Minor Sorber
L. Y. Griffin
Highway Patrol
John O. Evans
Griffin
Evans
Memphis
Tenn
Here
Fred FE. Peterson
John Cornette
Robert Jones
Thomas L. Werckman
Rent Freeze Sparks Federal Suit Over Eviction Tactics
In Cleveland Elyria tenant Charles V. Neeson alleges Ingwer Realty tore out flooring plaster wiring and porch supports to force him out. The Office of Rent Stabilization filed suit in federal court Wednesday accusing the owner of eviction attempts and violations of rent control laws. Judge Charles J. McNamee set a Monday hearing.
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Cleveland
Elyria
Office of Rent Stabilization
Charles V. Neeson
Ingwer Realty, Inc
Neeson
Charles J. McNamee
Strike Idled May Surpass One Million
Unemployment from the 1952 steel strike could reach about 1.1 million next week as Chrysler shuts most Michigan plants affecting 68 000 workers and recalling 14 000 for inventory. Ford and GM have also cut output, with 600 000 steel workers idle and 422 000 in related industries.
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Pittsburgh
America
Chrysler Corp
Michigan
Chrysler
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
CIO United Steelworkers
New York
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
Clarence B. Randall
Inland Steel Company
Four Die in Wilmington Route 68 Crash
A woman and three children died in an early morning crash three miles north of Wilmington on Route 68. Authorities believed they were in the Glen F. Holbert family of Bainbridge. Holbert and Robert Fite of Hillsboro were injured and taken to Clinton County Memorial Hospital. Holbert suffered a fractured hip and lacerations. Fite’s injuries were not serious. The dead include a woman, two boys about nine and five, and an infant girl.
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Wilmington
Here
Glen F. Holbert
Bainbridge
Holbert
Robert Fite
Hillsboro
Clinton County Memorial Hospital
Fite
US Embassy Reacts After Buenos Aires Office Blast
Washington reports the American Embassy will coordinate with the Argentine government after a bombing strikes the Information Service office in Buenos Aires. A State Department spokesman said a preliminary report was sent by the embassy to the department.
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Washington
Information Service
Buenos Aires
State Department
Warren and Stassen Rally for GOP Nomination
In Chicago Earl Warren weighs delaying his pledged delegates as California and Wisconsin stay undecided. Stassen appeals to Eisenhower with Minnesota's 24 of 28 votes pledged, while Taft and Eisenhower vie for support as convention ballots loom.
Arson Suspected in Second Warner Bros Studio Fire
A second severe blaze at Warner Bros in Burbank raged across 25 back lot acres destroying nine streets of scenery and a storage shed with about 2,000 props. Investigator Ed Hatcher said all signs point to incendiary causes and that the area of origin held no igniting material.
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Ed Hatcher
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Hatcher
Robin Hood
Grand Central
New York Park
Midwest
Philadelphia
Viennese
Dijon
Montemartre
Bonneyfeather
Anthony
British Spy Gets 5 Years
William Marshall a British foreign office radio operator was convicted of spying for Russia and sentenced to five years in prison at Old Bailey He claimed innocence claiming he was a misfit at the British Embassy in Moscow and the two day trial concluded under Judge Sir Patrick
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London
William Marshall
British
Foreign Office
Russia
Marshall
Moscow
Sir Patrick
Old Bailey
Klaus Fuchs
GOP Parity Price Stand Aims at Freeing Farmers
The Republican resolutions committee at the national convention attacks the Truman administration for pushing subsidies that bind farmers to government aid. The GOP plank endorses parity pricing via loans storage credit insurance and price supports to stabilize income and production. It condemns Brannan plan subsidies as a tax funded fraud and proposes a bipartisan federal farm commission to review policies.
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Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Truman
GOP
Congress
Brannan
Federal Farm Commission
Father of Quads Victim of Nerves
In Portland Maine Silas Pinkham 45 of Standish the father of four day old quadruplets was admitted to Osteopathic Hospital as a patient after suffering nervous exhaustion He visited his wife Elizabeth and the quads Rebecca Melissa and Jane at the hospital Wednesday Officials said the mother and babies were doing nicely while Pinkham remained frazzled by nerves
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Portland
Silas Pinkham
Standish
Elizabeth Pinkham
William
Rebecca
Melissa
Jane
Osteopathic Hospital
Pinkham
Ohioan Slain Near Cambridge After Argument
Kenneth Barber 44 of near Cambridge was shot and killed Tuesday night after an argument at a friend's home. Sheriff Joan H. Steele Jr. said Walter Doc Compton, 60, is being held. No charges filed yet.
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Cambridge, O
Kenneth Barber
Near
Cambridge
Joan H. Steele Jr
Walter Doc Compton
General Eisenhower Allies Win Delegation Seats at Republican Convention
At Chicago Convention Hall AP report shows General Dwight D. Eisenhower edging toward the Republican nomination after pro Eisenhower factions win seating for Georgia and Texas delegations over Taft. Taft supporters suffer losses in Georgia and Texas as uncommitted delegates loom on first ballot. Dewey and Dirksen figure in political theater as convention votes unfold.
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Dorothy Vredeburgh
Vredenburgh
Ala
Texas
Eisenhower
Republican Credentials Committee
Congress Hotel
John R. Brown
Houston
Lee Roy Miller
Pampas
Province M. Winkler
Corpus Christi
Tex
Convention Hall
Chicago
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Georgia
Yees
Grant
Associated Press
Hisenhower
Troy, Johan & Fine
Pennsytovania
Eisenhow
Lone Star State
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Thomas Dewey
Dewey
New York
Republican National Committee Convention Program
The convention in Chicago opens at noon CST with installation of permanent chairman Joseph W Martiner of Massachusetts. Resolutions platform committee report, address by Sen. Harry P. Cain, roll call for president nominations, nominating speeches, and voting on presidential nominees.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Joseph W Martiner
Massachusetts
Harry P. Cain
Washington
Ohio theater owners plan to defy state movie censorship
Five Ohio exhibitors and the Motion Picture Association announce they will show a newsreel not submitted to the state education department, starting July 16, challenging Ohio law requiring censorship of moving films. A court case would test if newsreels are protected by free speech and free press guarantees.
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Columbus
Ohlo Censors
Ohio
Motion Picture Association of America
Division of
Film Censorship
State Department of Education
Onio
Education Department
US Supreme Court
Truce Talks Still Dark Near Armistice in Korea
In Panmunjom, UN and North Korean negotiators entered a seventh session under a news blackout as they pursue a Korean armistice. Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckets declined to reveal progress while warning that talks remain stalled on the prisoner exchange issue. Another session was planned for 11 am tomorrow.
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Munsan
Korea
William P. Nuckets
United Nations
Panmunjom
Eva Peron Rests for Health After Illness Reports
Mrs. Eva Peron wife of Argentina's President is reported taking complete rest for health reasons. Government spokesman says doctors described her condition as unsatisfactory amid widespread unconfirmed reports of serious illness.
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Buenos Aires
Eva Peron
Argentina
Peron
Classified Advertising Proof for The Messenger
Busy message touts service ads in The Messenger classified section. It claims ads reach thousands of daily readers both morning and night and urges listings for all services. Call 3/242 to place an ad.
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