Byrd Wins Strong Primary Victory in Virginia
Senator Harry F. Byrd defeated Francis Pickens Miller 210625 to 124803 in Virginia Democratic primary returns from 1673 of 1783 precincts. Byrd, 65, presses toward Roanoke convention, supports Richard Russell for president, seeks a fourth term and leads a large apple-growing, Harrisonburg-Winchester political base.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Francis Pickens Miller
Roanoke
Richard Russell
Georgia
Virginia
Miller
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Senate
Claude A. Swanson
Roosevelt
Navy
Area corn taller than usual across Ohio
The U S Weather Bureau reports crop conditions ranging from good to excellent. Southern Ohio corn is taller than usual and tasseling reaches Lima as wheat harvesting nears completion. Northeast fields ripen while the second alfalfa cutting nears finish with minimal rain damage. Local rainfall remains spotty and soil moisture varies over short distances.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lima
Fugitives Nabbed After Lima Hospital Escape
Police captured Theodore Butler 24 from Cleveland and David Mitchell 41 from Cincinnati hours after they and Harold R Hayes escaped from Lima State Hospital for the criminal insane. Hayes, tubercular, remained at large as Butler and Mitchell were arrested in Sidney.
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Lima
Lima State Hospital
Theodore Butler
Cleveland
David Mitchell
Cincinnati
Harold R. Hayes
Jacksonville
Ill
Hayes
Butler
Mitchell
Sidney
Tests Show Rifle Not Murder Weapon in Obrist Case
In Portsmouth Ohio ballistic tests establish Pvt William L Shaffer s .22 rifle did not kill Dr George E Obrist in 1947 Shaffer 20 who had earlier admitted killing Obrist then recanted presented the rifle to Police Chief Hughie Rudity as the murder weapon A lie detector at London Prison Farm indicated Shaffer told the truth when he repudiated the confession
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Portsmouth
William L. Shaffer
George E. Obrist
Hughie Rudity
Obrist
Rudity
London Prison Farm
Shaffer
Virus Infection Forces Truman to Stay at Walter Reed
President Truman was admitted to Walter Reed Hospital with a mild virus infection described as not serious. He may remain for two or three days as aides cancel his appointments for the week.
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Joseph Short
Ohio Democrats deny Kefauver deal for Hortsman reelection
Ohio Democratic leaders said there will be no deals with Kefauver delegates for Albert A. Hortsman’s reelection as national committeeman. Eugene H. Hanhart announced the vote split among 62 delegates and planned separate caucuses at the Sherman Hotel before the Chicago convention.
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Columbus
Kefauver
Chicago
Albert A. Hortsman
Dayton
Hortsman
Eugene H. Hanhart
Dover
Ohio
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
U. S
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
Bulkley
Sherman Hotel
Hanhart
Jet Plant Union Seeks Court Ruling on Injunction
The 3100 CIO United Auto Workers at the General Electric jet engine plant near Cincinnati will have a court hearing Friday on an injunction against Local 647 UAW-CIO. Judge Carson Hoy granted the request. Attorney Sol Goodman said negotiations for a new contract have again broken down and a dissolution or permanence of the injunction will allow an appeal to a higher court.
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CIO
United Auto
General Electric
Here
Carson Hoy
Common Pleas Court
Uaw-Cio
Sol Goodman
Goodman
Evendale
Reds Extend Truce Recess In Two Days
MUNSAN Korea Leaders extend the armistice talks recess by two days after a Peiping radio broadcast. The broadcast quoted Chou En Lai saying Communist China accepts the Geneva Prisoner of War Convention with reservations. It hints at possible transfer of med prisoners to a third protective power or to the Red Cross. More than 170,000 UN held prisoners face choice to refuse return to North Korea or Red China.
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Korea
Peiping Red
Chou En-lai
China
International Committee of the Red Cross
United Nations
Ohio Jobless Relief Doubling Due To Steel Strike
Nearly 150000 Ohioans are out of work because of the steel strike. About 100000 are striking steelworkers and the rest work in steel dependent industries. About 45000 persons are drawing unemployment compensation from the state.
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Columbus
OPS Plans To Lift More Price Controls
Price officials study suspending ceilings on consumer goods due to lack of staff to enforce retail limits. An official indicated ceilings may be suspended on many or all items under the consumer goods regulation issued by the Office of Price Stabilization.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
U.S. Carrier Planes Hit Red Power Plants
American carrier planes attacked power plants at Changjin Reservoir in Northeast Korea on Tuesday. The battleship Iowa targeted rail yards and other strategic sites with heavy ordnance in the operation.
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U.S
Seoul
Korea
Changjin Reservoir
Iowa
Fumes From Zinc Plant Fire Strike Philadelphia Area
A zinc oxide fire at General Smelting Co. in Northeast Philadelphia sent nauseating fumes over a mile causing about 1000 residents to evacuate. Forty nine people in Port Richmond fell ill with symptoms linked to sulfuric acid fumes. Doctors warned fumes pose danger to children and heart or asthma patients. The blaze started shortly after midnight in a rendering building at the plant's north end.
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Port Richmond
Northeast Hospital
General Smelting Co
Two Columbus Women Die in Collision Crash
In Columbus Ohio two women were killed and three others injured Tuesday night in a two car collision.
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Columbus, O
Columbus
Eisenhower weighs July speeches ahead of GOP drive
General Dwight D Eisenhower contemplates multiple speeches next month as the Republican presidential campaign begins ahead of Labor Day. He plans to fish with Akse Nielsen near Fraser Cole and may address veterans groups including the American Legion or the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Eisenhower stresses grassroots support and promises a total victory drive with Illinois Rep Edward H Jenison backing his reelektion bid.
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Denver
Dwight D Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
Rocky Mountains
St. Louis Creek
Fraser Cole
Akse| Nielsen
Chicago
GOP
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
the Legion
New York
VFW
Los Angeles
Edward H Jenison
Springfield
Doyle Drops Libel Action in Columbus Case
Clarence J. Doyle former state editor withdrew a $200000 libel suit against Columbus Mayor James A. Rhodes. He also dropped a separate suit in Madison County against J R Conway publisher of the Madison County News and Democrat of London. The Rhodes suit was dismissed with prejudice at Doyle's cost.
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Columbus
Clarence J. Doyle
James A. Rhodes
Madison County
J. R. Conway
Madison Countyess and Democrat of
London
Rhodes
Myron B. Gessaman
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Lehman vows floor fight for civil rights plank at convention
Senator Herbert Lehman of New York pledges a floor battle at the Democratic national convention if the civil rights plank is not strong enough. He demands a provision like the 1948 platform, including a compulsory fair employment practices commission, and says he will file a minority report if needed. Southern leaders push to avoid compulsory civil rights features.
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Chicago
Herbert Lehman
New York
Lehman
Platform Committee
Averell Harriman
Korea
Senator Wiley Urges Bipartisan Foreign Policy Talks
Sen Wiley Republican of Wisconsin calls for formal or informal talks between Eisenhower appointed GOP foreign policy experts and the Truman administration. He warns that absence of high level consultation could yield uncertainty at home and abroad, aiding Soviet Russia ahead of the 1960 inauguration. Wiley notes his Senate Foreign Relations role and potential chairmanship.
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Washington
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
State Acheson
Eisenhower
Wiley
Russia
K. Oblow
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Brundage Elected IO C President in Helsinki Era
A reliable source says Avery Brundage of Chicago was elected president of the International Olympic Committee. Brundage and Lord David Burghley of Britain were seen as leading successors to J Sigfrid Edstrom as he retires after the Helsinki Games.
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Helsinki
Avery Brundage
Chicago
Brundage
Lord David Burghley
Great Britain
J. Sigfrid Edstrom
Sweden
Government to Ease Home Credit Rules This Fall
Government officials expect looser down payment terms for buyers of costly homes by September or October. If construction stays under 1.2 million yearly, the required down payment should drop to 5 percent not later than Oct 1, benefiting buyers of homes over $25,000 while cheaper houses remain affordable for veterans and the public with smaller required deposits.
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Federal Reserve Board
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Plant Site Visit Slated For West Virginia Atomic Plant
A delegation of engineers will inspect a proposed site near Point Pleasant on Friday as West Virginia pursues a 3 billion dollar atomic energy plant. The visit includes Rep M G Burnside and an Atomic Energy Commission official with engineers from utilities, coal, the State Road Commission and other groups. The plant is expected to be in the Ohio Valley and employ about 3000 workers.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Charleston
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
M. G Burnside
Atomic Energy Commission
State Road Commission
Ohio Valley
Eisenhower Rise Shaped by Giant GI Army And Unity
A biographical sketch credits Dwight Eisenhower with building unity and directing key Allied strategy during World War II. It highlights his role as the great organizer, the reluctance to claim glory, and his personal rapport with troops, while noting Churchill’s praise and the decisive decisions made under his command. Continued on Page 4.
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Ike
Hitler
Mussolini
Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
Omaha Beach
Cherbourg- Havre
Churchill
London
Algiers
Paris
State Dept to expand Voice of America after Amerika suspension
The United States will boost Voice of America broadcasts after the magazine Amerika was suspended by the State Department. Russia will also be told to stop publishing its information bulletin in the U S. Dr Wilson Compton said a campaign of truth will be built up and transmitters will be added to reach behind the Iron Curtain.
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Washington
State Department
America
USA
Amerika
Moscow
Department
Russia
United States
Wilson Compton
Campaign of Truth
Voice of America
Heat wave lingers as cooler air moves into Great Lakes area
A mid July heat spell continues across the Eastern third of the NA Lion with a cooler air mass spreading from the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Valley into New England. Showers affected parts of the Northeastern states while the hot belt stays from Texas to the Ohio River Valley and Middle Atlantic states.
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Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
New England
Texas
Ohio River Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Income Tax Refund Job Near Completion
The Internal Revenue Bureau aims to finish refunds for 1951 taxes, with about 550000 more checks expected. So far 28 million people have received refunds averaging 64.36 dollars, up from 53.56 in 1950 and 55 in 1948.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Man's Body Found Floating in River
The body of Richard E. Mason of Clarksburg West Virginia was found in the Muskingum River in Marietta Ohio. Coroner McCowan ruled the death an accidental drowning after examining papers in his pocket.
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Marietta, O
Richard E. Mason
Clarksburg
W. Va
Muskingum River
McCowan
Feud Between Northern and Southern Democrats Rises Again
The 1948 split over civil rights resurfaces as a Democratic National Convention subcommittee in Chicago weighs contest seats for Texas and Mississippi. Southern regulars threaten possible third party action if the ticket and platform upset them while loyalists seek to back the party nominees.
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Washington
Democratic Nations
Tssue
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Texas
Mississ Alps
Calvin Rawlings
Utah
Mississippi
Truman-Barkley
Alabama
Louisiana
Miselesippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Richard B Russell
Associated Pres
Uninstructed
Ruesell
Allan Shivers
Russell
Despot
Sam Rayburn
Sen
Bates Kefauler
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
President Truman
Truman
Frank F McKinney
Teeman
Gov Shivers
Gev Hugh White
Missise
Pps
Pitman the Rogers Brothers Circus Tail Bite Incident
A 10 inch stub tail bit off by the lion in a cage at Rogers Brothers Circus in Norwalk. The injured animal lacerated eight more inches of its tail after protruding from the cage Tuesday.
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Norwalk
Rogers Brothers Circus
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