Ban Ordered on Departure of Lattimore
Baltimore customs officials received June 12 a Washington instruction barring Owen Lattimore from leaving the country. The proscription list named him and was issued at the request of the state department. Lattimore, Johns Hopkins professor and I P R trustee, denied Communist ties amid senate scrutiny of Far Eastern policy.
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Harry M. Durning
Port of
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China
Independent Republicans Show Interest in Loveless Campaign
Herschel C. Loveless Democratic nominee for Iowa governor says several independent Republicans have offered help. He notes they are not a party organization but voters who usually back Republicans and may publicly align with his campaign. Evans and Nicholas deny involvement.
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Des Moines
Herschel C. Loveless
Iowa
Loveless
Ottumwa
Kenneth A. Evans
William S. Beardsley
Evans
William H. Nicholas
Nicholas
Taft Says New Deal GOP Can't Win For President
Senator Taft in a nationally televised program attacks Eisenhower on foreign and domestic policy. He blames Gen George Marshall for China’s fall to Communists and argues the New Deal wing of the Republican party cannot win the upcoming election. He outlines positions on tax cuts, farm policy, and government spending while noting Eisenhower’s growing delegate count.
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Williams Attacks Tax Evasion on Costello Kastel
Senator Williams charged the treasury failed for years to collect delinquent income taxes from racketeers Frank Costello and Philip Kastel. He cited $315 156 of Kastel taxes marked off and noted Costello's wartime returns were not audited, with audits limited by staff shortages. He described long delays and a lien-triggered collection in Costello's case.
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Philip Kastel
Kastel
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Internal Revenue Bureau
New York
Inquiry Ordered On Ship Subsidy
Washington AP The government turned the 70 million dollar luxury liner United States over to U S Lines for a 28 million dollar contract price but President Truman ordered an inquiry into whether there has been an excessive subsidy. The White House released a letter directing the Attorney General to determine the appropriate legal action to protect the government. Earlier Secretary Sawyer delivered the ship despite objections from Comptroller Warren who argued a 42 million dollar government contribution was too generous and urged a higher contribution from U S Lines. Transfer of title was completed at Hoboken.
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U.S
Lindsay Warren
G I Critic of Clark Demoted
Monterey California AP Sgt Co D Chase 24 was convicted by a court martial of disrespect to Gen Mark Clark. He was reduced to private first class and fined 75 dollars per month for six months. Chase had written Clark’s handling of the Rosie riots as repugnant and disgraceful. The sentence was considered light. maximum possible was six months confinement and reduction to private.
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Jebb Says Stalin Hailed Gas Bombs at UN
Britain told the United Nations that Stalin in 1942 praised Britain’s stockpile of gas bombs and Churchill’s willingness to use them against Germany. Jebb cited Stalin and Churchill correspondence to oppose the Geneva Protocol of 1925 and urged ratification. The United States has not ratified the treaty, and Greece defended the protocol against Soviet criticism.
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Korea
Alexis Kyrou
Russia
Admiral Objects To Plumbing Bill Run Up by Wife
Rear Admiral John B. Hefferman faced a 1717 bill after his wife had a plumber work on a stopped basement bathroom while he was away. Judge Edward Tamm ruled the $1717 bill valid, with plumber C M Lipp citing cracked old sewer pipes and roots necessitating work.
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Washington
John B. Hefferman
Hefferman
Naval History
Edward Tamm
President Signs Out Foreign Aid Bill
President Truman signed the foreign aid authorization totaling 6.4477 billion dollars, a ceiling for military and economic assistance. Congress limited military aid to 4.5984 billion and economic aid to 1.8053 billion, far below the President’s request.
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Truman
Incinerator Repair Price Sparks Cedar Rapids Talk
Cedar Rapids city council weighs modernizing the incinerator with a $10,465 to $18,608 plan for one or two furnaces, far below earlier estimates of up to $250,000. Nichols Engineering proposes removing parts and installing new components, replacing water cooled basket grates with a Cone-Stoker mechanism. decision pending.
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Nicholas Engineering and Research Corporation
New York
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Milo Sedlacek
Tthe Council
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Mark B. Owen
Owen
Nye Odorless Incinerator Company
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
Power Co op Gets 250000 Loan To Finish Cedar Rapids Plant
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a 250000 loan to the Central Iowa Power Cooperative of Cedar Rapids Iowa. Senator Guy M Gillette announced the funds will complete a generating plant in Cedar Rapids. The cooperative includes Fay E Wilcox as president and eight member electric groups across Iowa.
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Cea Rapids
Rural Electrification Administration
Guy M. Gillette
D-Ia
Cedar Rapids
Fay E. Wilcox
Marshalltown County Rural Electric Cooperative
Guthrie County Rural Electric Cooperative
Guthrie Center
Maquoketa
Taft Backer Charges Porter Tried Buy National Committee Post
Henry Zweifel, Texas G.O.P. committeeman and Taft campaign manager, alleged Porter tried to buy the national committee post from the late R. B. Creager. Porter denied the charge, calling it an insult to Creager who died October 28, 1950.
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Fort Worth
Henry Zweifel
Texas
G.O.P
National
Building Controls Relaxation Delayed By Steel Strike
Washington sources report the steel strike postpones plans to ease home and recreational building controls set for July 1. Henry Fowler says the relaxation will wait until the strike ends and steel supplies are reviewed, with reevaluation of Oct 1 commercial building easing. Export bans on pig iron have been issued to shore up steel for military needs.
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Washington
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Printer Picket Threatens Chicago Convention Preparations
Disgruntled union printers vow to picket the Chicago Convention Building and International Amphitheater over nonunion convention tickets. Henry Coco of the Allied Printing Trades Council says protests have been filed with Democratic and Republican officials as a massive prep effort continues with carpenters and electricians set to work. If craftsmen walk out, the convention process could face disruption days before the events.
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Chicago
National Political Convention
Chicago Allied Printing Trades Council
International Amphitheater
Henry Coco
A. E. Wright Company
Philadelphia
Rainstorm Drenches State as Lightning Strikes Split Chimney
A rare thunderstorm drenched the state causing downed power lines and fires. Lightning shattered a chimney above the Gamble store in Oelwein, injuring Mrs. Elizabeth Carey and her daughter as bricks rained down. Waukee logged 3.72 inches of rain. Cedar Rapids and Dubuque set state lows around 51. The Cedar Rapids high rose to 79 then fell to 62 by Friday afternoon. Forecasts predicted more showers and cooler temps into Saturday with highs from mid 60s to 80s.
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Town News
Elizabeth Carey
Oellwein
Gamble Store
Waukee
Des Moines
Mt. Pleasant
Horton Gilbert
Cedar and
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Talle Plan Wins 146 to 88 in House
The House tentatively approved by 146 to 88 a plan to end most price controls, targeting non rationed and low selling non farm goods. The measure, pushed by Rep. Talle, would suspend ceilings on non farm products and farm products not rationed, with final passage pending.
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House
Rep. Talle
R-Ia
Office of Price Stabilization
Talle
Rep
Hays
Ohio
Spence
Taite
Capehart
New York
Multer
Dollinger
Truman
Woman Named to Convention Post
Bertha Clark Hughes of Omaha is named assistant parliamentarian of the Republican national convention by the women's division for the GOP national committee. She becomes the first woman to hold the position and will assist with parliamentary procedure to keep the convention on track.
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Bertha Clark Hughes
Omaha
G.O.P. National Committee
Senate panel OKs bill to raise Social Security benefits
The Senate Finance Committee on Friday approved a House-passed measure to increase social security insurance benefits.
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Senate Finance Committee
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