Vote End to Controls in House
Washington The House voted 146 to 88 to end price controls on most consumer goods not rationed or allocated. The Taite amendment would lift controls on items selling below ceilings for at least three months, with controls reimposed if materials are allocated or rationed.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Henry Talle
Iowa
Talle
Spence
House Banking Committee
Rep
Hays
Ohio
Cole
R-Kan
Steel strike threatens U S arms output this summer
Industry and the military warn a continuing steel strike could halt arms production from jet engines to atomic submarines within weeks. Defense officials move to divert steel to weapons plants, but limited non struck supplies will barely offset the shortages. If the strike persists, gaps in the supply chain and delays in ship and submarine construction are likely, threatening August deadlines.
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Washington
Navy
General Dynamics Corp
Groton
Early Risers Greet Summer At Solstice
New York notes summer begins officially tomorrow at 5 13 a m CST marking the summer solstice. The sun climbs to its greatest noontime altitude and rises and sets at extreme northern positions, signaling the arrival of summer in the northern hemisphere while winter arrives south of the equator.
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New York
Texas Delegates in Flux Could Decide GOP Nomination
AUSTIN Texas eyes a two rival GOP delegations as control of Texas 38 convention votes hinges on who is deemed entitled to represent the state at the July 7 National Convention. Taft backers claim predominance in county sessions while Eisenhower men push legality claims amid disputes over who qualifies as a Republican and how conventions were called. The national committee will resolve the contest.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Lone Star
Dave Cheavens
AP Capital
Austin
Taft
Old Guard
Sen
Eisenhower
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Mineral Wells
State Executive Committee
Licans
Chicago
GOP National Command
National Committee
Harry B. Schenck
Hackensack
Harry
Freeman and Hansen File for Posts in Minnesota
Orville Freeman and Arthur Hansen filed today for governor and lieutenant governor on the Democratic-Farmer-Labor ticket. Freeman, a former DFL state chairman, and Hansen, a veteran farmer, pledged a vigorous campaign and a united administration while backing an economic program to build Minnesota’s future including conservation, FEPC, pensions, and flood control. They urged reforestation and local dam use to curb floods, highlighted Minnesota’s forest lands and job gains, and noted Freeman’s and Hansen’s prior public service and family details.
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ST. Paul
Orville L. Freeman
Minneapolis
Arthur Hansen
Farmer
Ulen
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Freeman
Hansen
DFL
U. S
Hubert Humphrey
Secretary of State
Minnesota
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Freeman-Hansen
Freeman and Hansen
Four Drownings Reported in Minnesota Mishaps
Four people drown in separate Minnesota incidents as summer starts. Carl Emil Carlson 64 and Hans A Erickson 60 of Minneapolis died when their boat capsized on Medicine Lake. Arthur T Beaver 55 missing after a Mississippi river tow overturned his boat near Lake City. Wabasha Sheriff searches for Beaver while W. E. Wilcox 65 was rescued. David Sepeda 10 found dead in Como Park lagoon. Balcomb L G 42 of San Francisco presumed drowned at Big Detroit lake Detroit Lakes.
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Carl Emil Carlson
Hans A. Erickson
Minneapolis
Medicine Lake
Carlson
Arthur T. Beaver
W. E. Wilcox
Lake City
Wilcox
St. Louis
Beaver
John P. Jacobs
Wabasha County
St. Paul
David Sepeda
Como Park
Detroit Lakes
L. G. Balcomb
San Francisco
Big Detroit Lake
Junk Plan to End Curbs on Building
Washington reports the government scrapped its plan to relax building restrictions due to a steel strike. Henry Fowler, head of the National Production Administration, said easing curbs on home construction and amusement sites must be postponed indefinitely as defense industries suffer from scarce steel. CIO Steel Workers, led by Philip Murray, walked out June 2 after the Supreme Court voided Truman’s seizure of mills, worsening production and threatening the defense program.
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Henry H. Fowler
National Production Administration
Philip Murray
CIO
U. S. Supreme Court
Truman
Fowler
Taft Attacks Eisenhower On Key Issues On TV
Senator Robert A. Taft, on a national broadcast in Answer to Abilene, blasted Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower on domestic and foreign policy, mocked a me too GOP campaign, and denounced New Deal Republicans. He claimed gains in delegate support since Eisenhower’s Europe trip and accused the general of shifting views on budget cuts and government spending. Taft urged end to price controls, repudiation of Truman foreign policy, gradual draft repeal, farm price supports with limits, and a libertyfocused platform. He promised a balanced budget in year one and a 15 percent tax cut in year two. The program aired via NBC ABC and CBS after over an hour of rehearsals.
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Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republicaniss
Abilene
Taft
Eisenhower
Europe
Gen
Denver
Ohio
State Meet Urges Probe of Text Books
The State Meet urged an investigation of school texts for anti American bias and world government implications. Delegates passed a resolution targeting a world federalist agenda in textbooks and proposed a constitutional amendment to curb UN Genocide Treaty supremacy. They also debated flag display and urged strong national defense amid veteran concerns.
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United States
United Nations
Frank C. Hilton
Wyomissing
Hilton
Korea
America
Veterans of Foreign Wars Saturday program at Austin High
The schedule lists VFW events with registration at 8 a.m. and sessions at Austin High School and Good of the Order. Elections of officers occur at 2 p.m. followed by adjournment. The auxiliary meets with registration at 8 a.m. and elections at 10 a.m. and officers installation at 1:30 p.m.
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Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Austin High School
Good of the Order
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