MacArthur Named Keynoter for GOP National Convention
Gen Douglas MacArthur was chosen as the keynoter for the Republican National Convention opening in Chicago on July 7 by a voice vote of the 46 member arrangements committee. Walter Hallanan of West Virginia was elected temporary chairman, with Sen Eugene Millikin of Colorado named to head the platform committee. Rep Joseph Martin of Massachusetts was named permanent chairman, signaling strong Taft support. Eisenhower backers protested quietly.
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Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
William Mylander
Walter S$. Mallanan
West Virginia
Taft
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Gabrieleon
Mylander
Hallanan
West
Ohio
GOP
D. D. Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Ledge
Eisenhower
New York
Gen. MacArthur
No Red Buildup Seen From Air
Maj. Gen. Glen Barcus, commander of the Fifth Air Force, said U N air spotters found no sign of a major communist buildup in Korea. He noted Reds have many troops and concealment is easy in rough terrain, and added air sightings show no clear evidence of an all out ground offensive. Churchill and Tokyo reports had claimed increased Communist forces.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Kay
Glen Barcus
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
North Korea
Winston Churchill
Tokyo
Churchill
Barcus
Weather outlook with warm temperatures and storms
Partly cloudy and warm with a high near 95. Scattered thunderstorms expected tonight into Wednesday across most of the state, with lows around 60 to 72. Thursday brings more showers and storms before turning cooler at night.
McGranery Orders DAs to Report Long Pending Criminal Cases
Attorney General James P. McGranery directed U.S. district attorneys to file immediate reports on criminal cases that have lingered longest without prosecution. He also asked for details on any private law practice by prosecutors or their chiefs, stressing prior duty to the government.
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Washington
James P. McGranery
U.S
McGranery
Justice Department
Philadelphia
J. Howard McGrath
Newbold Morris
U. S
Story Sounds Just A Little Bit Fishy
Milton barber Troy Musser says a gust carried his hat across a creek and he later found ten inch trout hooked in a fly stuck in the fedora. It was his only catch of the day.
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Milton, Pa
Troy Musser
Milton
Musser
Northumberland County
New Plane Bought by Bob Roush at Atlantic Airport
New Plane owner Bob Roush of Atlantic has purchased an Arroanca Champion headquartered at Atlantic municipal airport. New flying lessons enroll Richard Cook and Richard Keller at the airport.
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Bob Roush
Atlantic
Arroanca Champion
Atlantic Municipal
Richard Cook
Richard Keller
British Troops End Seven Day Siege in Berlin Radio Station
British forces lift barbed wire barricades at Berlin radio headquarters ending a seven day siege. Soviets concede border areas and loosening of West Berlin restrictions while communists claim victory. Allied officials caution on vulnerability and urge moderation to avoid further Berlin crisis.
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Berlin
Russia
Radio
West Berlin
East
West Germany
Altitude Record Set by Navy Plane in 1947 Flight
The Douglas Skyrocket achieved over 79,000 feet in a August 15 test over Murock California, lifted to 95,000 feet by a B 29, then released for a steep climb to a world record. Navy pilot Bill Bridgeman conducted the flight, replacing the 72,494 foot Army balloon record from 1936. NACA certification confirmed the test.
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Washington
Navy Today
Desert
Murock
Calif
Bill Bridgeman
Douglas
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Acquittal in Tax Backdating Case Ends Smyth Trial
James G. Smyth, once a top Northern California revenue collector, is acquitted by an eight woman four man jury after seven hours of deliberation on charges he backdated his 1945 tax returns to defraud the government. Two co defendants, Dennis W. Delaney and James P. Finnegan, were convicted earlier, with two more indictments pending. Smyth declared relief at the verdict as further prosecutions loom.
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San Francisco
James G. Smyth
Internal Revenue Bureau
Dennis W. Delaney
Baston
James P. Finnegan
S. Louis
Smyth
California
Alger Fee
Fee
Fesu
Paul V. Doyle
Mrs. Mary Chubick Lewis Dies At 68 In Griswold Area
Mrs. Mary A. Chubick 68 widow of the late George C. Chubick died at 9 30 this morning after years of ill health. Born Red Bank New Jersey she settled near Griswold as a girl and married in Avoca June 25 1902. Surviving are two sons Arthur and Harold and two daughters Eleanor and Florence with siblings and many grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending with Roland funeral home and burial is planned in Whipple cemetery northwest of Griswold.
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Mary A. Chubick
George C. Chubick
Lewis
Griswold
Chubick
John
Eleanor Birdsall Pharo
Red Bank
N. J
Mr. Chubick
Avoca
Lyman Pharo
Des Moines
Birdsall Pharo
California
Sadie Driscoll
Roland Funeral Home
Whipple Cemetery
Radioactive Rain Falls in Iowa City After Sunday Shower
University of Iowa professor Titus C. Evans said Sunday's one inch rainfall in Iowa City carried unusually high radioactivity, about five times normal, likely from Nevada atomic test dust. He stressed the radiation was too weak to harm people.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Titus C. Evans
Nevada
Reds fail to win back hill position
In Korea the UN and Chinese forces fought for a strategic hill near Chorwon on the western front. About 400 UN troops skirmished with Chinese Reds as 260 attackers tried for hours to reclaim the hill lost the previous day. UN airstrikes were hampered by clouds Tuesday morning.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Eighth Army
Chorwon
North Korea
Fischer appeals from murder conviction in Des Moines slaying
Robert Fischer 15 filed an appeal with the Iowa supreme court challenging a second degree murder conviction in his father’s death. The appeal rests on the clerk’s transcript of testimony in the case.
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Des Moines
Robert Fischer
Iowa Supreme Court
State Supreme Court Upholds Local Beer Permit Duty
The Iowa supreme court ruled 7 to 2 that when a local issuing body grants a beer permit the state beer permit board must issue a state permit. The decision affirms district court order directing state compliance, with Justice Wennerstrum writing for the majority and dissents by Chief Justice Thompson.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Thelma Ettreim
Bevington
Polk County
Dstrict Court
Iowa
Dring D. Needham
Supreme Court
Needham
High Court
C. F. Wennerstrum
W. A. Smith
Ralph A. Oliver
G. K. Thompson
T. G
Hornsby Fired by Browns After Clash Over Protest
Hornsby says he will not follow Bill Veeck’s prompts as St Louis Browns fire him after a New York doubleheader dispute. Veeck replaces him with Marty Marion as Hornsby claims he was ordered to protest a game for fan interference against a foul ball. he followed the umpire Art Passarella’s reminder that protests must be made before play resumes.
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Boston
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Browns
Bill Veeck
Browns
Marty Marion
Hornsby
New York
Veeck
St. Louis
Plate
Art Passarella
Passarelli
Wensel Boy Dies of Poliomyelitis at Memorial Hospital
Des Moines area report notes 47 year old David Wensel of Leon is given as the patient’s name in a faulty OCR. The deceased, son of Mr and Mrs Vire Wensel, died from polio at Raymond Blank Memorial Hospital after being ill about a week. The boy was brought to the hospital yesterday afternoon.
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Des Moines
David Wensel
Virewil Wensel
Leon
Raymond Blank Memorial Hospital
Truman asks Congress for power to seize steel industry
President Truman urged Congress in a joint session to grant authority to seize and operate the steel industry amid a 660,000 worker strike. He warned a Taft Hartley injunction favors management and urged swift action with possible immediate injunction powers if Congress rejects his plan.
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Truman
Congress
Senate
House
United Steel
Supreme
Sean Ing
Ee Ee Ee
Ite
aft-Hartley
Refine Ag
Taft Hartley
Eisenhower Bids For More Votes At Convention
Gen. D. D. Eisenhower presses a southern vote bid at the GOP convention with hourly talks in Alabama Georgia and North Carolina. He counters the claim a military mind lacks White House viability citing modern war as needing administrators economists and diplomats. Taft leads in eleven southern states with 97 votes to Eisenhower 21 in those states.
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New York
D. D. Eisenhower
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
White House
South
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Southwest
Chicago
Associated Press
Clare Boothe Luce
Douglas MacArthur
Marines in Korea to get ice cream this summer
The first Marine Division on the front lines in Korea will receive ice cream three times a week this summer. The Marine Corps said insulated bags used last winter to carry hot rations will be repurposed to keep five gallons of ice cream hard for eight hours, enabling on‑site distribution.
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Washington
Marine
Korea
Marine Corps
Near Record Wheat Harvest Forecast
Washington based Agriculture Department forecast a 1,326,157,000 bushel wheat crop, the second largest on record. The forecast exceeds last month’s 1,203,000,000 bushels and tops last year’s 987,474,000 bushels, with the ten year average at 1,084,664,000.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Clouds Fail to Rain at Shenandoah Farm Day
Several thousand farmers attended a KMA sponsored field day at Shenandoah Airport hoping for a rainmaking demonstration by Tom Swearingen of Water Resources Development Corp. A cloudless sky prevented any rain inducement, though a single cloud appeared briefly and dissolved. Swearingen performed a ground demonstration for the audience.
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Shenandoah
KMA
Tom Swearingen
Denver
Water Resources Development Corp
Omaha Weather Bureau
Ed @tapovich
Shenandesh
Sweeringen
Farm Bureau Meeting Sets 1953 Goals
Des Moines area farm bureau women attend their annual summer conference and will vote tomorrow on goals for 1953. They proposed plans to study taxation income and distribution from local to state levels and to improve public relations between consumer and producer.
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Farm Bureau Meeting
Farm Bureau
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