Freeman Wins State DFL Nod for Governor
Orville Freeman, 34 year old Minneapolis attorney and Humphrey ally, won unanimous DFL endorsement for governor. Arthur Hansen, 49, a Clay County farmer, was endorsed for lieutenant governor. Edward K. Delaney was nominated for attorney general, and William E. Carlson for U.S. Senate. Delegates backed Paul Rasmussen for Railroad and Warehouse Commission, Walter Jorgenson for the same post, with Humphrey named a delegate at large.
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Jack B. MacKay
ST. Paul
Orville L. Freeman
Minneapolis
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
DFL
Freeman
Humphrey
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis Civil Service Commission
Arthur Hansen
Clay County
Ulen
Delaney
Edward K. Delaney
John Daubney
William E. Carlson
United States
Francis Shoemaker
North Redwood
Koscie Marsh
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Paul Rasmussen
Chatfield
Floyd Olson
Walter Jorgenson
E. W. Lund
Ommission
Erling Knudson
Inneapolis
Leonard Lindquist
State Central Committee
Sen
Alen
Carl Swedberg
Wheaton
Earl Bester
Duluth
David Nieswanger
Austin
J. W. Curran
Sleepy Eye
Bernard
Fisher
McCarthy
Walter Lundberg
G. Farrell
St. Peter
Rodney Jacobson
Arthur Naftalin
Louis Lerman
Mahtomedi
Mary Gale
Bernice Lien
Richard Greer
Pequot Lakes
C. L. Perrizo
Jasper
Gerald Heaney
Ed J. Chilgren
Littlefork
Dan Moore
Bemidji
Lawrence Merthan
Walter Butler
Dellwood
Air Force Opens June Recruiting for Graduates
Army Air Force quotas lifted for June with M Sgt Robert Schmidt at Aus n Post Office Building Room 6 accepting recruits daily this month.
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Army Air Force
Robert Schmidt
Aus@n
High Court Rules Against Steel Seizure
Eisenhower visits Walter Reed Hospital for eye and dental checkups after a Paris leave as the high court rules against steel seizure. Murray condemns the strike amid political tension and ongoing labor actions.
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High Court
Murray
Supreme Court opposes Truman steel seizure 6 to 3
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that President Truman's steel industry seizure was unconstitutional, restoring ownership to the mills. CIO President Philip Murray then called a nationwide 650,000 steelworkers strike, and the ruling blocks the wage increase promised during government ownership. Justice Black wrote the majority opinion with Vinson Reed and Minton in dissent.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
Justice Black
Vinson
Reed and
Minton
Black
Justice Vinson
Youngstown
Ohio
Eisenhower Returns to US Amid Rough GOP Fight
Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Washington after Paris and greets the big party struggle for the Republican nomination. He meets with President Truman and defense leaders, planning a mufti speech in Abilene, Kansas, and a White House ceremony as campaign tensions mount.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West
Europe
Robert A. Taft
Paris
Pentagon
Mufti
Abilene
Kan
Taft
Republican Party
B. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Ohio
GOP
Reece
Eisenhower
Truman
White House
Defense
Robert Lovett
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Frank Pace
Executive Mansion
Endorsement Battle Rages in S D. Race
In South Dakota a late endorsement clash erupts in the GOP primary between Eisenhower and Taft. Col. Joe Foss backs Eisenhower, while Taft gains support via Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s backing note and Leslie Jensen. Ballot Tuesday draws 120000 Republicans as both camps race for delegates to the Chicago convention.
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Sioux Falls, S. D
South Dakota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Col
Joe Foss
Victor A. Johnston
Taft
Douglas MacArthur
Foss
Ike
GOP
Air Force
Johnston
South
Chicago
MacArthur
Leslie Jensen
Jensen
Pacific
Mickelson
Washington
Abilene
Kan
Indiana
District of Columbia
Virginia
Six Die in Minnesota Mishaps Over Memorial Weekend
At least six people die in separate Minnesota accidents during the Memorial Day weekend. Edwin H. Esler and his two sons perish when a train strikes their fishing party on a railroad trestle over Lake Minnetonka. Mrs. Esler and two daughters survive with minor injuries, while other victims include Mrs. Bertha Young killed in a Detroit Lakes car crash, Matthew Shelby missing after a Windy Lake scow capsized, and Francis Kealy killed by a train in St. Paul.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Edwin H. Esler
Hopkins
Thomas
Charles
Carson’s Bay
Lake Minnetonka
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Watertown
S. C
Esler
Jean
Shirley
Carol Titus
Lawrence E
Bertha) Young
Alice Jacobson
Fertile
Detroit Lakes
Matthew Shelby
Duluth
Shelby
Windy Lake
Francis Kealy
St. Paul
Kealy
Youth Improves After River Road Car Rollover
Ed Gerhart Jr., 16, was in improved condition today at St Olaf Hospital with head injuries from a Friday rollover on River Road south of Austin. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ed Gerhart of 1007 S River.
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Ed Gerhart Jr
St. Olaf Hospital
River Road
Austin
Ed Gerhart
S. River
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Sets New All-Time Record
The Me morial Day weekend death toll from highway crashes rose to 353, surpassing the 347 recorded in 1950 for the three-day period. The National Safety Council had forecast 310 deaths, while total holiday fatalities including 81 drownings and 62 other accidents brought the toll to at least 489.
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National Safety Council
City Firemen Quell Two Small Blazes Sunday
Firemen extinguished a small blaze in an awning at 323 N Main causing a foot diameter hole. A flare pot overturned at Fifth and Oakland started another fire singeing paint on a street digger.
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N. Main
Fifth
Oakland
Vernon Moe plane found after Volcanic NP disappearance
The C-47 crash near Volcanic National Park Calif last Dec 26 killing Capt Vernon Moe LeRoy pilot and seven others was solved. Snow revealed the wreckage at 8600 feet after a long air search. Moe, 31, lived with his wife and two daughters at Vacaville near Travis Air Base.
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Volcanic National Park
Calif
Vernon Moe
LeRoy
Air Force
Spokane
Travis Field
Moe
Doro- Mee
California
Capt. Moe
Vacaville
Travis Air Base
John A. Moe
U S Troops Ride Tanks Into Kore Prison Compounds
U S troops and tanks entered two Red prisoner of war compounds on Koje Island Korea firing shots and ripping down banners after a guard was wounded. Gen Mark Clark pledged maximum force while Red banners and a statue were burned. Witnesses said South Korean officers fired on a taunting POW. International Red Cross watched, camp operations ended within minutes.
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Koje Island
Korea
U.S
United Nations Supreme
Mark Clark
Panmunjom
U. S
Kose
U. N
Haydon L. Boatner
International Red Cross
Boatner
Reds
Patton
Camp 605
U. S. Second Division
Compound 602
Murray Strike After Supreme Court Ruling Shuts Steel Mills
President Murray of the CIO United Steelworkers orders a walkout of steelworkers for a second time this year minutes after the Supreme Court ruled Truman seized the steel industry illegally. He calls for voluntary bargaining toward a contract based on the Wage Stabilization Board recommendations.
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Gary
Ind
South Chicago
U. S. Steel Company
National Production Authority
NPA
U. S
Senrate
Hickenlooper
D-Ioway
Sen. Tobey
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Pittsburgh
U. S. Supreme Court
Truman
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Urges Union of Lutherans for Church Merger Plan
Dr. Carl C. Swain president of the Brotherhood of the Evangelical Lutheran Church urged endorsing a merger with four Lutheran groups. The proposal involves the ELC American Lutheran Augustana United Evangelical Lutheran and Lutheran Free Church and will be reviewed at the annual convention in Minneapolis. Adams Lutheran Parish Brotherhood delegate Dr. R L Bolton attended.
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Carl C. Swain
Brotherhood of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Brotherhood
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Dr. Swain
Minot
N. D
State Teachers College
Minneapolis
ELC
Church of God
American Lutheran
Augustana Lutheran
United Evangelical Lutheran
The
Lutheran Free Church
R. L. Bolton
Adams Lutheran Parish Brotherhood
Adams
Rochester Carpenters to Vote on Offer Tonight
Rochester carpenters will vote on a compromise wage increase of 15 cents an hour, potentially ending a month-long strike by 1,600 building tradesmen. The 500 AF L carpenters had demanded 24 cents while other workers accepted 15 cents, per a Thursday draft by labor conciliator Vernon Buck.
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Rochester
AFL
Vernon Buck
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Nieswanger
Chattanooga
Charles Underwood
Graysville
Hillard Smith
Soddy
A. B. Reel
Pikeville
Gen
Walter Reed Hospital
Sheriff's
Negus Truman
David A. Pine
Pine
Congress
American Republic
Robert Butler
Cuba
Butler
Lawser
John W. Davis
Steel Companies
BY Elton C. Fay
Battle Rages
S.D
By Jack Bell
George T. Mickelson
Kore
Compound 60
Union of
Rochester Carpenters
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