Taft Opens 1952 Bid and Housecleaning Plan
U S Senator Robert A Taft says he will run for the GOP nomination if the party wants it and hints at a complete Washington housecleaning as a 1952 election aim He spoke at Plymouth Rock about honesty in government and outlined foreign policy limits and domestic budget cautions including opposition to high taxes and inflation.
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Taft
Plymouth
Mass
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Rohio
Washington
Ohio
Plymouth Rock
New England
Pilgrims
GOP
Massachusetts
America
President Truman Blamed Amid Smear Accusations In Speech
Republican senators said Truman shares blame for a flood of lies and slander, citing his Detroit remarks about smear campaigns while he warns against abandoning military readiness in Korea. Some unidentified Democrats saw hints he may run again in 1948.
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Washington
Truman
Senator Young
R-Nd
Detroit
Young
Carlson
R-Kan
Korea
Mr. Truman
Officer Fired For Favors From Business Washington Fired For Favors From Contractors
Brig. Gen. David J. Crawford, commander of the Detroit Tank Arsenal, was relieved after an inspector general found he violated Army regulations by accepting favors from contracting firms. He admitted receiving a free hotel suite and a boat keel and using government materials for personal projects. Brig. Gen. Carroll H. Deitrick will replace him at Detroit.
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Washington
Detroit Tank Arsenal
Army
Secretary of the Army
Pace
David J. Crawford
Crawford
West Point
Detroit
Detroit ‘Lank Arsenal
Carroll H. Deitrick
Watertown, Mass., Arsenal
Campfield Captured After Months-Long Multistate Hunt
Lloyd Russell Campfield, 36, was taken into custody in Gallipolis in a joint sheriff and city police raid at 526 Second Ave. He was found unarmed behind a sofa and offered no resistance. Also present were Campfield’s wife Geneva Jackson Campfield his mother and grandmother. The capture ended a lengthy search spanning four states begun after Campfield’s 1950 Ohio Penitentiary release. Campfield’s wife, pregnant, fainted at the jail and was taken to the apartment.
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Gallipolis
Lloyd Russell Campfield
Second Ave
Campfield
George Ehman
Geneva Jackson
Ohio Penitentiary
Second District Court of Appeals
Lawrence County
Gallia County
Park Central
Ohio
Trucking Strike Near End for Many Ohio Drivers
AFL Ohio Drivers Council says the intercity trucking strike will end this afternoon for a majority of employers after a Saturday run of about 6000 drivers. The state negotiators in Columbus and Toledo will meet with the Ohio Trucking Employers Bureau to resolve contract issues and resume operations for compliant firms. Governor Lausche ordered state patrols to ensure traffic flows without disruption during the talks and sent the industrial relations director as an observer.
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Cleveland
Ohio
William C. Welch
AFL
Ohio Drivers Council
Columbus
Ohio Trucking Employers Bureau
Welch
Harry Gray
U. S. Conciliation Service
Toledo
OTEB
A.A. Waldman
Controls Bill Vote is Today
Final congressional approval of the compromise economic controls bill appeared certain today. President Truman was expected to sign it, even if he dislikes it. If not signed by tomorrow midnight, all government controls over wages, prices, and rents will end. House leaders expected to clear the measure in time for the president to study it briefly before the law expires.
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Truman
House
Senate
Korea
Korean
United Nations
Nam Il
Red
Joy
Kaesong
North
South Korea
Communist
Derway
Cannman
Air Force
Wilham P. Nuckols
UN Command
Peiping
Pyongyang
Hoth
Red Pyongyang
Britain Likely to Accept Iran Offer to Open Oil Talks
Britain may accept Iran's offer to reopen nationalization talks on the Anglo Iranian Oil Company assets worth about 1.4 billion dollars. W Averell Harriman is due to fly to Tehran with a British cabinet mission as Iran reportedly agrees to send a mission headed by a cabinet minister to restart discussions. Optimism grows in London and Tehran that the oil crisis can be resolved.
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London
Vn S
Britain
Iran
W. Averell Harriman
Tehran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Harriman
Pension plan disclosed for limited service personnel
The Defense Department outlined a possible separate pension system for limited-service military personnel. House Appropriations members heard that many veterans fail combat standards due to the 1951 draft extension law, yet they would still be eligible for combat veteran pension benefits. Anna M. Rosenberg testified on the 1952 military budget in closed hearings.
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Washington
Defense Department
House Appropriations Committee
Armed Services
Anna M. Rosenberg
Hankins Hocking Lawyer Dies After Heart Attack
Lancaster Ohio report says Oren Hankins 65 of Rockbridge Hocking County died Sunday in Lancaster hospital after a heart attack. Hankins was a Columbus and Warren attorney, taught English at Ohio State University, and served as a missionary in India before lecturing on the country.
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Lancaster
Oren Hankins
Rockbridge
Hocking County
Lancaster Hospital
Hankins
Columbus
Warren
Ohio State University
India
Tank Fire at Institute Ethyl Alcohol Plant
A lightning strike ignited a huge ethyl alcohol storage tank at the Institute plant in West Virginia. The 2.5 million gallon tank continued burning early Sunday, while the company fire department sprayed water to control the blaze and the spokesman said the fire was under control.
Pentagon investigates unofficial Korea War statement
Officials scramble after a briefing statement suggested communists could exploit cease fire talks to time their buildup. Marshall and Lovett vowed to uncover origin with no top level clearance. A Pentagon source said the Army's Psychological Warfare Division may have written it.
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Washington
Marshall
Pentagon
Department
Defense
Robert Lovett
Army
United Nations
Russia
New Students To Take Service Aptitude Tests
Brig. Gen. Louis H. Renfrow acting director of Selective Service assured Raymond S. Howes of the American Council on Education that students who started college this summer will get a chance to take aptitude tests early next year. The discussion occurred during a radio broadcast about draft tests.
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Washington
Selective Service
Louis H. Renfrow
Raymond S. Howes
American Council On Education
Peoria Caterpillar Plant Hit by 26000-Worker Strike
More than 26,000 workers at the Caterpillar tractor plant in Peoria Illinois walked off the job today demanding higher wages in a large industrial dispute.
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Peoria, Ill
Peoria
Planes Strike Pyongyang in Intense Korean War Raid
US war planes bombed Pyongyang in a major battlefield air assault as Marines clash on hills northeast of Yanggu. An F-51 Mustang was lost after taking heavy fire, while smoke and rain hindered damage assessment.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
U. S
Pyongyang
Air Force
Yanggu
Korea Warfront
Texan O'Daniel Announces Run for President Nomination
W. Lee O'Daniel, former Texas governor and U S senator, told radio listeners he would seek the Democratic nomination for president. He declared, Only God can save this nation, and I am willing to help Him.
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Dallas
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
United States
O'Daniel
Picket Line Halts Workers At Sporn Plant Graham Station
A wildcat picket line from the Philo plant of Ohio Power disrupted access to the Philip Sporn plant at Graham Station and nearby Central Coal Co mine this morning. About 20 to 30 pickets arrived early carrying signs, delaying traffic on Route 33. no violence was reported. Union officials plan further meetings with management and may expand lines if demands aren’t met.
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Point Pleasant
Philip Sporn
Graham Station
Philip
Zanesville
Sparn
Ohio Power
Avon
Toronto
Shadyside
Ohio
William Munger
Sporn
Central Coal Co
CIO
AFL
UMW
Central Coal
Strikes Hit Auto Plants
DETROIT Strikes threaten two major automakers Ford and Chrysler. Ford Montroe Michigan workers voted to strike with a decision likely this week while Chrysler Dodge main plant prepares a formal vote Friday over production standards. A long shutdown could force Ford plant closures nationwide.
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Ford Wheel
Montroe
Mich
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Dodge
Monroe
Ford
Naition
Only Six Men Listed In Casualty Report
The Defense Department identified six U S casualties in one of the shortest Korean campaign lists. List No 365 reported one killed and five missing in action.
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Washington
Defense Department
U. S
Defense Censorship Program Is Prepared
Washington reports the Defense Department plans a communications censorship program ready within hours of attack. Acting NSRB chair Jack Gorrie disclosed the plan to the House Appropriations Committee during 1952 military budget hearings, but he did not provide details.
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Washington
Defense Department
House Appropriations Committee
Jack Gorrie
National Security Resources Board
Comee
Gorrie
Six Surviving Crew Rescued From Bad Penny Near Miami
The Coast Guard reported all six aboard the motor vessel Bad Penny were rescued yesterday by the tanker Esso Manhattan near Miami Florida. The rescue involved coordinated efforts with Esso Manhattan and the Coast Guard in the incident.
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Miami
Fla
Bad Penny
Esso Manhattan
Coast Guard
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