Eisenhower selects Summerfield as postmaster general in cabinet
President elect Eisenhower names Arthur Summerfield as postmaster general to lead the postal service full time. He will resign as GOP national chairman. Oveta Culp Hobby is named federal security administrator and Ivy Baker Priest becomes treasurer of the United States. Hobby heads the WAC and Priest has long served in GOP leadership in Utah.
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Oveta Culp Hobby
Houston
Texas
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United States
Ivy Baker Priest
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Killeen
William P. Hobby
William Pettis
Jessica
Base Date for Cedar Rapids Rent Controls Set
At a Cedar Rapids rent hearing officials designated August 1, 1952 as the base date for setting maximum rents on units under new controls. Deputy director William G. Barr outlined criteria for critical housing areas and noted Cedar Rapids includes Linn County. The meeting drew 150 to 200 residents who heard arguments for and against rent limits and defense-based housing needs.
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Cedar Rapids
William G. Barr
Office of Rent Stabilization
Milo Sedlacek
Barr
United States
Linn County
Indian Plan Gets Priority In U N Talks
At the United Nations Indian peace plan gains top priority in a Western-backed move amid Soviet opposition. The vote was 49 to 5 with one abstention as the 21 Western powers pressed for clarifications on prisoner of war handling. Vishinsky criticized the decision as undemocratic and a U.S.-led tactic, while offering amendments aligning the plan with repatriation demands.
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U.N
India
Vishinsky
U.S
North Atlantic
NATO
Peiping
Russia
Worcester draft board hears wife call husband a bum
A Worcester Mass wife accused her husband of being a bum in a bizarre reply to a request for help in locating him. The note praised the husband as a great fighter who won his last bout with a 90 pound wife and urged continued pursuit.
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Worcester
Mass
Lopins
Seepeater Performs Nail Bit in Lunch Hour
A crooked joke from a factory floor has Seepeater limping as a foreman questions the pain. The worker jokes about removing a nail during lunch hour, sparking a light moment amid daily grind.
Immediate Steps To Replace G I s Seen
Maryland Governor McKeldin said President Eisenhower would recognize Soviet victory in Korea and move to swap American troops on the front lines for South Koreans. He added he thought Eisenhower might favor limited action in the war by Chiang Kai-shek's forces.
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New York
Gov
McKeldin
Maryland
Dwight Eisenhower
Russia
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-shek
Film Choice Sparks Mob in Modena
In Modena Italy police rescued a cinema operator after an angry crowd protested a projection. The operator said he was splicing a broken reel when the words Viva Il Duce appeared on screen prompting a crowd confrontation.
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Modena
Italy
U S Casualties Rise to 126 997 in Korea Conflict
Washington AP reports U S battle casualties in Korea reached 126 997, an increase of 271 from the previous week. This marks the smallest weekly rise since June 18 when 259 new casualties were recorded.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Justice Dept. Draws Fire On Dodger of Prosecution
House investigators condemned the Justice Department for eight years of delays in the Miller war contracts case. Norman E. Miller a Detroit engineer was accused of falsifying records and taking funds from cost plus contracts. The criminal charge was dropped in 1950 and the civil suit in 1951 as witnesses faltered and legal delays persisted.
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Frank Nolan
Supreme Court
Murphy
U.S
John Lehr
Detroit
E. Cyril Bevan
Michigan
Thousand in Oil Company Nets Million
A Calgary based oil lease trader, Canadian Prospects Ltd, contends it earned nearly a million dollars from a thousand dollar stake within seven months. Founder Wilbur L. Griffith remains president with about half a million shares still held. The firm lists 5 million acres of unproved leases across North Dakota, South Dakota, and western Canada. The SEC has three weeks to decide on the stock sale.
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Security and Exchange Commission
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Canadian Prospects, Ltd
Calgary
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Mt. Vernon
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Mildred
New York
North
South Dakota
Canada
SEC
Rogers Selected For Justice Job
President select Eisenhower named William P. Rogers of Bethesda Maryland deputy attorney general. Rogers age 39 has led the senate investigating committee uncovering influence peddling and corruption in government. He previously served as chief counsel for the Senate War Investigating Committee in 1947 and for the Senate Permanent Investigating Committee in 1948 and 1949. He is a native of Norfolk.
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Eisenhower
William P. Rogers
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Norfolk
Hope for German Treaties Boosted
Bonn report says Chancellor Adenauer won a key preliminary victory as the foreign affairs committee of the Bundestag recommended ratification of the twin treaties. Government coalition members hailed the move as foreshadowing final approval when the measures reach debate and vote in December.
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Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Free World
Foreign Affairs Committee
Bundestag
Wholesale Food Prices Decline Again in Week
New York reports wholesale food prices fell four cents this week to $6.23, 4.5 percent above pre war levels, per Dun and Bradstreet. The index is the lowest since early 1950, reflecting a continued postwar easing trend.
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New York
Dun and
Bradstreet
Prairie blizzard cuts travel from Texas to Minnesota
A prairie blizzard with winds up to 76 mph paralyzed bus rail auto and air travel across Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska Iowa the Dakotas Wisconsin and Minnesota. At least 14 people died with four in Nebraska, and widespread property damage and stranded motorists were reported across the region.
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Oklahoma
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Rochester
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Wichita
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Beech
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Missouri
Louise Frith
Fort Worth
Blizzard Stalls Travel Across Western Iowa
A ferocious blizzard paralyzed western Iowa on Wednesday, closing schools, halting bus travel, delaying trains by hours, and canceling airline flights. Winds to 71 mph piled up drifts, with three deaths reported, while eastern Iowa escaped the worst of the storm and highways gradually reopened east of Cedar Rapids.
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Nebraska
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Iowa
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Des Moines
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Iowa Highway Commission
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Ike Continues To Receive Callers
President elect Eisenhower held a full day of callers at his New York headquarters as he plans a Korea trip. He will not be with the troops for Thanksgiving and his departure and arrival in Korea will be kept secret under strict security regulations.
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Eisenhower
Korea
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