Truman Defies Draft Pressure Amid Convention Spin
President Truman remains resolute on his course as party pressures mount over a potential draft by the Democratic National Convention. A longtime ally warned against weakness, while Chip Bohlen and the State Department rushed to counter a recent offhand remark about a Russia ultimatum. The piece also notes Bolivia's fragile press climate and fears of government seizure of La Razon, drawing parallels with La Prensa.
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Truman
Taft
Chip Bohlen
State Department
Russia
Bolivia
la Razon
Peron
la Prensa
Perle Mesta
U.S
Luxembourg
Eisenhower
United States
Europe
Eisenhowe
Congress
Inglewood
Cal
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Robert Jackson
Jackson
Supreme Court
U S Press Advocates Free Flow of News at U N
American diplomats push for complete freedom of the press in the United Nations. Some Latin American, Middle East, and Asian governments seek amendments to require newspapers to print government corrections. State department warns amendments would infringe press freedom. A Latin editor questions national level protection.
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United Nations
United States
U.N
State Department
U.S
Prison riots tied to aging facilities and population rise
The piece argues riots stem from America’s growing criminal population and outdated jails. It notes the New Jersey Trenton penitentiary dating to Washington’s era, Maryland’s 1805 state pen, and Massachusetts Charleston prison from near the Revolution, with Rahway Farm built in 1890 appearing archaic amid suburbs.
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United States
New Jersey
Trenton
George Washington
Maryland
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Charleston
Rahway
N.J
Debates over Presidential steel mill seizure fill Congress
Congress remains gridlocked over the presidents seizure of steel mills in the national interest. Lawmakers push impeachment queries and constitutional challenges while senators debate the presidents inherent power and the legality of wartime controls amid a broader emergency framework.
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Congress
Robert Halle
Maine
Judiciary Committee
Ferguson
Michigan
Knowland
California
Bridges
Capehart
Indiana
Senate
Humphrey
Minnesota
McFarland
Arizona
Morse
Oregon
Navy recruiter faces family Navy contrast at home
Rapid City Army and Air Force recruiter M Sgt Chauncey Case sees his three sons join the Navy. Olan 21 Raymond 20 and Warren 19 all serve in the Navy, illustrating a family split in military service.
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NAVY
Rapid City
S. C
U.P
Chauncey Case
Army
Air Force
Olan
Raymond
Warren
Registry To Issue Number Plates To Diplomatic Corps
Rudolph F. King will begin issuing registration number plates for foreign diplomatic corps and consular officers not U.S. citizens on May 26 under a new law. Plates match state and municipal plates in size and color with CC for Consular Corps and the registration number beneath. A second note mentions a soybean butter substitute as a lower cost spread unlikely to rancid during storage.
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Rudolph F. King
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
United States
Consular Corps
Textile slump grips England's industrial heartland
The shadow of low mood falls on England's Black Country as Lancashire and Cheshire face the worst textile downturn since the 1930s. Unemployment rises to about 60,000, production falls 18 to 22 percent, and dozens of mills close as postwar demand collapses and world markets shrink amid rising Japanese and new exporters competition.
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Arnold Agnew
U. P
London
England
Midlands
Lancashire
Cheshire
Britain
House of Commons
Labor Party
Australia
India
Pakistan
The
Manchester Guardian
Guardian
Manchester
George Haig Pesident
Federation
Hardy
Treasury
United States
Old Friend Vanishes With Seaman's Wallet
Dayton report says an overnight guest at Mr and Mrs Sylvan Seaman’s home stole $56 from Mrs Seaman’s billfold after asking to stay the night. The Seaman couple provided hospitality but woke to find the guest and wallet missing.
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Dayton
U.P
Sylvan Seaman
Seaman
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Virginia
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