General Eisenhower Wins Republican Nomination on First Ballot
At the Chicago convention General Dwight D. Eisenhower surged past Senator Robert A. Taft on the first ballot to secure the Republican presidential nomination. A late Minnesota swing of 19 votes gave Ike a total of 614, with Taft left behind as party factions rallied behind the five star general.
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Convention Hall
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Taft
Minnesota
Harold E. Slassen
B. Carroll Reece
Fisenhower
Len Taft
Republicans Hail Party Platform At 1952 Convention
At Chicago’s Republican convention the 1952 platform won strong approval after a near clash over a civil rights plank. The document pledges federal action against discriminatory employment while avoiding duplication of state efforts and criticizes President Truman’s administration as it vows a new, efficient government to wage peace and win.
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Chicago
Averell Harriman
Estes Kefauver
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Resolutions Committee
Millikin
Truman
CIO and Steel Hold Secret Pact Talks in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh the CIO and steelworkers hold secret talks amid a 40 day steel strike. A union source hints at broader issues beyond ore and production, with a second meeting planned today. Washington signals a decision on the industry's price demand within days as Weirton Steel seeks a $5.50 per ton ceiling hike.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
Philip Murray
Arthur Goldberg
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Joseph Larkin
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Ben F. Moreell
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Washington
Ellis Arnall
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton
W. Va
Office of Price Stabilization Objects
Civilian Work Slated For Service Objectors
Conscientious objectors eligible for the draft are being processed for 24 month civilian work as a substitute for military duty. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey selective service director said Thursday the Army issued instructions to its examining stations regarding conscientious objectors to stations for examination.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Army
Hershey
Multi Million Dollar Blaze Hits General Storage Plant
A dramatic warehouse fire at the General Storage Co plant in Clarksburg West Virginia destroyed 100 car loads of crude rubber and caused two injuries. Assistant state fire marshal Harry Morrison Jr estimated damages at 10 million dollars with potential for higher totals as stock belonging to the government burned. The blaze began Thursday afternoon likely from sparks from welders at one corner of the building.
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Harry Morrison Jr
West Virginia
General Storage Co
Morrison
Three Electrocuted In Oil Well Accident
In Medina Ohio a metal oil well derrick touched a high tension line and 7200 volts killed three workers. Dead are Robert L. Hall Emmett C. Sivard and Wayne Kirkbride employees of the Dymo Oil Co. They were to pull a pipe from a well to be abandoned.
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Medina, O
Chatham Village
Robert L. Hall
Emmett C. Sivard
Wayne Kirkbride
Dymo Oi! Co
Cross Country Romance Heads To Court Tiff
A Phoenix divorcee and her 17 year old boyfriend face court actions in Los Angeles over a cross country romance. Virginia le Tourneau is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor while James Eldon Sherwin is accused of delinquency.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Los Angeles
Virginia le Toourneau
James Eldon Sherwin
Convention Program at Republican National Convention
The tentative program for today’s session includes 10:30 am start, roll calls for presidential and vice presidential nominees, nominations, election of the National Committee, announcement of the organizational meeting, a committee to notify candidates, and adjournment.
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Chicago
Party Edict Will Bolster North's Rule
The GOP National Convention approved a new set of rules for the National Committee by a vote of 683 to 513. The changes reward states with Republican governors and penalize those with split or weak measures, expanding representation for Hawaii and 25 states.
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Chicago
Hawaii
Dems Attack GOP Planks in 1952 Platform
Averell Harriman and Estes Kefauver assault the Republican platform. Harriman in Michigan mocks the claim that Russia waits for the U S to go broke. Kefauver says the document gives labor proposals a wastebasket fate and leaves the worker forgotten.
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Associated Press
Averell Harriman
Mutual Security
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Harriman
Michigan
Russia
United States
Stalin
Slayer Faces Chair Tonight in Ohio Penitentiary
Chester Gregg a 58 year old Kenton slayer is scheduled to die tonight in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary Warden Ralph W Alvis says Gregg ordered a final meal of stewed chicken with noodles raisin pie with ice cream three bottles of cola bread and butter and black coffee Gov Frank Lausche intervention possible Gregg has twice been convicted of murder and was sentenced to death June 8 1951 for the shotgun slaying of his wife Lorain Alma Golliday Gregg whom he met through a lonely hearts club
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Columbus, C
Chester Gregg
Kenton
Lonely Hearts” Slayer
Ohio Penitentiary
Ralph W. Alvis
Gregg
Frank J. Lausche
Lorain Alma Golliday Gregg
Warden Fired at Riot-Torn Michigan Prison
Jackson Michigan UPI Warden Julian N Friesbie a year old retired Marine brigadier general was ousted from his post at Southern Michigan Prison scene of two bloody riots. Corrections Commissioner Ernest Brooks announced after a meeting with Governor G Mennen Williams in Lansing.
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Jackson
Mich
Julian N. Friesbie
Southern Michigan Prison
Earnest C. Brooks
Tax Hearing Set in Cleveland by Senate Subcommittee
A hearing on tax problems will be held in Cleveland on July 15 by the U S Senate small business subcommittee.
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Cleveland
U. S. Senate
Gasoline tax funds distributed to Ohio cities counties townships
Columbus reports the distribution of 4 472 066 dollars from the gasoline excise tax fund to Ohio cities counties and townships was announced Thursday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Air Force avoids F-86 strike after wage arbitration deal
The North American Aviation Company and CIO Auto Workers agree to binding arbitration to end a wage dispute that could have shut 17 plants in California and Ohio. The pact includes adding 12 cents to base pay and retroactive adjustments to last April. The union represents 28,000 workers.
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North American Aviation Company
CIO Auto Workers
Air Force
California
Columbus
Ohio
Washington
Truman
Threeman
Korean talks on truce at Panmunjom stall after secret session
In Munsan Korea negotiations between United Nations and Communist delegates stalled during an eighth secret session at Panmunjom. No progress details were released as a news blackout eight days earlier aimed to resolve the armistice prisoner exchange issue.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
United Nations
Strike Vote Proposed In Timken Wage Rift
A CIO United Steelworkers spokesman said a strike vote may be taken Saturday against Timken Roller Bearing Co. after a deadlock over wages and a union shop. Timken employs about 11,000 at plants in Canton Columbus Mt. Vernon Wooster and Zanesville. I W Abel district union director said the union will not prevent a Saturday meeting vote if the men choose. The current contract expires July 19.
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Canton
CIO United Steelworkers
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Timken
Columbus
Mt. Vernon
Wooster
Zanesville
I. W. Abel
Federal agents seize 804 moonshine stills in May crackdown
United States revenue agents concentrated on banned distilleries in May. They seized 804 stills valued at 325597, with 368 from Alabama Florida Georgia and South Carolina districts leading in numbers and total value. New Jersey Delaware district logged six seizures worth 194995.
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Washington
Federal Revenue
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Midwest
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
New Jersey-Delaware
Western Powers Propose Free German Ballot Test
Washington reports Western powers delivered a plan to Russia for a four power meeting to set up an impartial commission to assess whether free elections can be held in divided Germany. The proposal reiterates preconditions for any peace pact based on genuinely free elections in the Soviet zone and a later all German government. Moscow has not agreed, and officials expect Soviet response to shape public opinion in the West.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Western
Europe
Ohio Delegates Cry Foul Over Dewey Floor Tactics
Chicago witnesses Ohio delegates led by George Bender condemn Gov Thomas Dewey for allegedly adding extra demonstrators at Taft’s nomination. Dewey denies the charge, saying he knows nothing about it. Bricker downplays the rallies as inconsequential to votes.
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Ohio
Chicago
George Bender
Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Bender
Cuyahoga County
New York
Dwight Duhower
Taft
Dewey
Chiang Kai-Shek
Eisenhower
Taft Seeks Victory as Dewey Faces Criticism at Convention
Sen. Robert A Taft urged delegates at the Conrad Hilton rally that he could win on the first ballot or second roll call, claiming 35 votes with 64 needed to clinch the nomination. Taft blamed Gov. Dewey for convention pressure and said Eisenhower could gain at most 60 votes, while Dirksen pledged support to Taft to the end.
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Taft
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Warren
Stassen
Ohio
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Leonard Hall
New York
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Chicago
Robert A Taft
Dwight Dpd
Conrad Hilton
James Duff
Pennsylvania
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
David S Ingalls
Dwight Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Tom Dewey
Ingalls
Five Day Forecast for Ohio Warmer Start Then Cooler Midweek
Temperatures will run near normal with a normal max of 86 in the south and 5 north, with a normal minimum around 63 to 64. Warmer conditions occur Saturday, then cooler on Sunday and Monday, then warmer again by Wednesday. Showers are likely Sunday and again Tuesday and Wednesday, totaling about one inch.
Not Worth a Rap Idiom Tied to Counterfeit Coin
A note explains the origin of the phrase not worth a rap from a counterfeit Irish halfpenny called a rap worth one fourth its value. The piece links the coin tale to the expression and mentions a brisk want ad for a 3 room furnished apartment at 171 W. Washington with a private entrance. Mrs. Chas. Russell reports someone called before her own paper arrived and asks to cancel the ad.
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Washington
Chas. Russell
Allied air raid devastates Pyongyang and other targets
United Nations and Allied air forces led a large raid on Pyongyang destroying or damaging the army communications HQ three munitions plants and many factories and supply centers. The operation targeted Hwangju and Sariwon as well with planes from the United States Britain Australia South Africa and South Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S. Air Force
United Nations
Pyongy
Stan Carter
Hwangju
Sariwon
Methodists Choose Three New Bishops at Jurisdictional Conference
The Rev. D Stanley Coors of Lansing Mich neared election as the first of three Methodist bishops at the North Central Jurisdictional Conference in Milwaukee. He polled 213 votes on the tenth ballot, 12 shy of a two thirds majority of 1337 votes. he had 170 on the ninth ballot. Nine states with about two million Methodists were represented.
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Milwaukee
Stanley Coors
Lansing
Mich
Messenger announces Sunday price changes for delivery
Beginning Sunday July 13 the Messenger price rises for home delivery with 35 cents a week by carrier and 1.55 per month by motor route effective July 1 1952. Single copies cost 7 cents. Part of the nickel a week increase goes to carriers while overall costs rise due to higher newsprint and production expenses.
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Messenger
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