Wine and Whisky Price Ceilings Suspended by OPS
Washington reports price ceilings lifted for package and bulk whisky and wine along with cotton goods and hides, while distillers face eight years of oversupply. Suspension aims to curb lagging prices. ceilings may return if distillery limits are breached by 20 percent. Bulk whisky prices fall 30 to 47 percent below ceilings. Scotch and other imports join the suspension.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Ellis Arnalt
Histiery
OPS
House to Probe Anti-Trust Laws On Whisky Industry
Washington June 22 hearings set as House investigators examine Justice Department attitudes toward the whisky trade and anti trust law enforcement since 1944. Chairman Chelf of the judiciary subcommittee said opening sessions will feature several government witnesses. The probe focuses on why reports questioning industry legality were not fully checked rather than alleging violations by firms.
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Justice Department
House
Hairman Chelf
D-Ky
Judiciary
Chelf
Chelfield
Ernest L. Branham
Anti-Trust
Justice
Hiquor
Branham
Seagrams
National Distillers
Schenley
Hiruwm Walker
Senate panel moves on Korea war veterans benefits bill
The Senate Labor Committee planned early action on a bill to grant veterans benefits to men and women who served since the Korean War began. Chairman Murray D. Monts scheduled a vote for Tuesday and said he would press for prompt Senate action after the House approved the measure.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Murray D.monts
Senate
House
GOP to Complete Delegations For National Convention Today
The Associated Press reports Republicans finalize the slate of 1,206 delegates for the Chicago convention to nominate the ticket. Sen. Taft projects over 600 first ballot votes while Eisenhower backers dispute the claim. Illinois finalizes its at large slate as Democrats set to choose 70 delegates after the GOP gathering.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Washington
Eisenhower
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Celestino Iriarte
Miguel Angel Garcia Mendez
Ilinois
Tait
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard
Russell
Georgia
Averell Harri
Wolcott Defends Inflation Policy Against Price Caps Debate
Rep Wolcott argues administration policy promotes inflation and that price ceilings are not the answer as House GOP allies clash with Economic Stabilizer Putnam and Price Chief Arnall over proposed amendments. He predicts a workable bill beyond June 30 and says past actions clarified Congress intent in price controls.
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White House
Washington
INS
House
Southern Democrat Coalition
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
Putnam
Arnall
Imachinery
Arnalt
Wort
Congress
Three die in Welch area auto crash and blaze
Early today three people died when a car burst into flames after a three car collision on U S 52 near Premier, three miles west of Welch. Four others were hospitalized with burns and breathing fumes from a fire extinguisher sent a policeman to the hospital. The deceased Negries from Marytown McDowell County were Walter Franklin 24 Marlene Young 24 Janice Warner 24 and Raymond Young, Alcinda Stewart. Ronald Scott 20 of Hederfield and Robert Sullivan 20 of Metuchen New Jersey suffered lesser injuries. The five Negro occupants had been at a road house near Roderfield before the crash.
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Welch
U. S
Marytown
McDowell County
Walter Franklin
Marlene Young
Janice Warner
Raymond Young
Alcinda Stewart
Stevens Clinic
Young
Ronald Scott
Hederfield
Navy
Robert Sullivan
Metucken
N. J
Scott
C. Notte
Ellis
Kiny Mays
Roderfield
Welen
Franklin
Joe Scot
Edward Hampton
Stay of execution granted for Wilson brothers in Washington case
Circuit Judge Albert Lee Stephens signed a two week stay of execution for Utah and Turman Wilson, condemned for the 1950 Vancouver murder. The order was sent to Walla Walla prison warden John R. Cranor after Portland attorney Irvin Goodman and Charles R. Garry petitioned for relief. The brothers, ages 22 and 26, had exhausted appeals and clemency requests with the U.S. Supreme Court and Washington governor Langlie.
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San Francisco
Albert Lee Stephens
Utah
Turman Wilson
Washington State Prison
Irvin Goodman
Portland
Charles R. Garry
John R. Cranor
Walla Walla
Jo Ann Dewey
Vancouver
Wash
Turmar
Arthur B. Langlie
U.S. Supreme Court
Stephens
Ularn
Sign misspells S H C O O L slow in West Virginia
In Gates near a school district a large street sign reads SHCOOL SLOW causing drivers to pause and reflect. A nearby Virginia Street sign misstates BEGINING for 2 WAY TRAFFIC while a Want Ad calls readers to place quick ads by calling a local number.
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Gates
Virginia St
North Charleston
Bath
Gazette
Gocktioma
1860 GOP Convention Noisy Affair
Washington June 22 A look back at the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago and the May 1869 Chicago event. Lincoln backers worked to secure deals while Seward appeared poised for nomination but Lincoln supporters created a raucous show of force. Sandburg notes a Seward son’s bulletin caused confusion in Albany as the room learned Lincoln had been nominated.
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Arthur £Dson Washington
Chicago
Abraham Lincon
Carl Sandburg
Abraham Lincoln
Sen. Seward
New York
Auburn
Lincoln
Ward Hill Lamonn
Jong Standing
Convention
Cincinnati
Seward
Sandburg
Albany
Evening Journal
Prisoner Escape Hits Mt. Pleasant Jail by Masked Invader
In Mt. Pleasant Michigan on June 22 a masked man knocked out Deputy Ray Martin with a hammer seized the deputy’s keys and freed two inmates Lodes Gorby 18 of Mt. Pleasant and Fred Coctoc 29 of Detroit. The trio fled in the deputy’s car as state police set road blocks across Central Michigan.
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MT. Pleasant
Mich
Isabella County
Ray Martin
Lodes Gorby
Mr. Pleasant
Fred ‘Coctoc
Detroit
Eet Gorby
Southern Michigan
Proctor
Lester Springer
Martin
Henry Craven
Michigan
Battle Report From Western Korea Front Wars On Hills
Allied tank infantry teams pushed into Chinese Red territory on the Western Korean Front Sunday and held some goals amid afternoon fighting. U S Fourth Division raiders engaged near Chorwon and retreated to Allied lines after dawn. Eighth Army said the fighting continued on hills north of the Chorwon area and near the invasion route to Seoul. The 45th Division attacked from 2 am to seize hills northwest of Chorwon, overrunning two objectives before dawn. Chinese resistance intensified at dawn with heavy mortar and artillery barrages forcing a temporary withdrawal from a third objective.
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Seoul
U. S. Highth Army
U.S
Eighth Army
45Th
148Th
Chor
45Th Division
Soviet Peace Bid Expected in U N
Western leaders at the United Nations expect a dramatic Soviet move this week to break the stalemate in Korean peace talks marking the first anniversary of Malik’s cease-fire call. Diplomats note a gradual Kremlin tactic shift and dating cues, though confidence in pressuring Red China remains mixed amid ongoing Panmunjom negotiations.
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United Nations
INS
U. N
Kremlin
Jacob Malik
U. N. Security Council
U. S
U.S
Korea
Malik
South Korea
Russia
Red China
Councilman Eyes Charge In Election
Charleston councilman Harland Wilson calls for Police Chief Bernard Simms to be fired if charges of attempted intimidation of a Republican election official prove true. Lindberg, Weitzel, and Goshorn corroborate a car trip with Simms. mayor away. Civil Service Commission lack of discipline noted.
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Coucil
Bernard Simms
Harland Y. Wilson
The
Gazette
Simms
Charleston
W. E
Gus) Lindberg
Lindberg
Copenhaver
C. H. Weitzel
John HA
Teeghy) Goshorn
Goshorn
Hetzel
Siming
Chicago
Jhe
Toledo
Col. B. W. Venable
Police Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Murray Confident Of Victory In Steel Strike Rally
Gary Indiana June 22 Philip Murray leader of the CIO United Steelworkers Union told about 7500 steelworkers he is confident the nationwide strike will win regardless of what suppressive weapon may be used. He accused major steel producers including U S Steel of a conspiracy to prolong the strike and criticized Eisenhower for voicing opinions without knowing facts. He said the Taft Hartley law does not manufacture steel and urged granting a union shop despite 80 day injunctions. Page turn reference to further details.
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Gary
Ind
Philip Murray
Murray
CIO United Steelworkers Union
Dwight DD. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
U. S. Steel
Ridgway and Conant Win 1952 Freedom Awards
Gen Matthew Ridgway and Dr James Conant are named 1952 Freedom House Freedom Awards recipients. The bronze plaques honor Ridgway for steadfast war and diplomacy advancing peace and freedom while Conant, Harvard University president, is praised as scientist and educator supporting democracy. The awards memorialize the late Robert Patterson, former Freedom House president.
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New York
Matthew
Ridgway
James B. Conant
Freedom House
Sumner Welles
Herbert Bayard Swope
UNESCO and WHO target of Catholic critique in Fides
Rome reports two U.N. bodies UNESCO and WHO faced sharp critique from Fides International News Agency for allegedly undermining Catholic faith. The piece cites Fides accusing UNESCO of neutrality conflicting with religion, promoting naturalist views and pragmatism, and implicating anti Catholic sentiment among many officials. WHO is faulted for birth control and artificial insemination policies seen as advancing rationalist ideas, with Fides urging Catholics to engage these institutions to safeguard Church doctrine.
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Rome
United Nations
Fides International
U.N
Unesco
United “Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
WHO
World Health Organization
Fides
Vatican Congregation For
Pather
Andre Retif
Paris
L'i Osservatore Romano
Preas
Sweden halts search for plane shot down over Baltic
STOCKHOLM June 22 Swedish naval forces halted search today for a Swedish Air Force training plane shot down June 13 over the Baltic with a crew of eight aboard. The government has asked the Russians whether Soviet military aircraft did the shooting. A life raft from the missing plane was found and wreckage indicated the DC3 had been shot at before disappearing. A Catalina crew of seven was shot down last Monday but rescued by a German freighter. The incident sparked Swedish anger and prompted questions about neutrality and Baltic policy.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic
Theovernment
Moscow
Dagoe
Dagens Nyheter
Baltic Sea
North Atlantic Defense Alliance
Stalin Wall Reported Sealed Along Baltic Coast
Berlin dispatch says Hamburg paper West Am Sonntag reports a vast Stalin Wall of fortified bunkers underground batteries and air bases stretching from Luebeck to Piilau along East Prussia with Soviet naval reinforcement in the Baltic amid large scale Franco-German maneuvers and Swedish planes shot down. East German propaganda marks Hitler invasion anniversary as used to push rearmament while a police detachment with Russian soldiers abducted 93 West German workers near Helmsfest.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Baltic Sea
Germany
West Am Sonntag
Luebeck
Piilau
East Prussia
Russia
East Germany
Otto Grotewohl
West Germany
Englishman Lands at Washington After Korea Front Tour
British Defense Minister Field Marshal Alexander arrives in Washington from Ottawa for high level talks after visiting the Korean War front. He praises the front and notes a "good talk" with Brig. Gen. Boatcher about Joint prisoner operations on Koose Island. He will meet Defense Secretary Lovett Gen. Bradley and other officials tomorrow.
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Washington
Alexander
Earl Alexander of
Tunis
National
Army
Royal Canadian Air Force
Ottawa
London
H. L. Boatecher
Kose Island
U.S
Baatner
Pearson Gazette Disagreement Over Ramsay Defeat
Drew Pearson defends his earlier reasons for Rep. Ramsay's loss, admitting possible errors and other influencing factors. He chides The Gazette for differing views and affirms his integrity while aiming to explain the primary outcome.
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Utrw
Cearson
the Gazette
Robert Ramsay
Pearson
Ramsey
Virginia S
Ramsay
Reed
Drew Pearson
The
Gazette
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