Taft and Ike court New Jersey delegates in split meeting
The Taft Eisenhower nomination race pressed New Jersey delegates as both leaders held sessions with the 88 member delegation. AP tallies show Taft at 464 votes and Eisenhower at 391 with other and uncommitted votes, while Democrats lag with a similar, unsettled tally ahead of July conventions.
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New York city
New Jersey
Dwight Hisenhower
Robert Taft
Ohio
New York
Eisenhower
Taft
Associated Press
Eienhower
Connecticut
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Richard Russell
George
W. Averell Harrimanith
Maryland
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Lusephower
Detroit
Michigan
John Fine
Pennsylania
Anti-Communist POW Breakaway Shocks Korea Camp
Report describes a breakaway by anti-communist prisoners of war at KOJE Island Korea during a UN camp evacuation. Camp commander Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner braces for further evacuations as guards report missing POWs killed by hardline leaders. Separate border tensions flare as Brazil reinforces at Rio Grande to curb alleged Peronist raids.
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KOJE ISLAND
Korea
P — va
United Nations
IGen Haydon L. Boatner
RIO
JANEIRO
Brazil
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Flood of Tourist Gold to Rocky Mountain Area
The Rocky Mountain states expect a surge of visitors reaching several hundred thousand daily and over a million dollars in spending. Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico anticipate robust tourism driven by mountain scenery and summer conditions, with projections of substantial annual economic impact across the region.
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Rocky Mountain
DENVER
New Mexico
nome
Melvin Drake
Colorado
Associated Press
Montana
American Automobile associateurist
ation
Utah
Wyoming
Arizona
Howard
Shacp
bu commerce and industry commistreau
Mercury Smashes Another Record
Heat records in Counce Bluffs continued to fall for a second day as temperatures reached 97 at 2 p m, tying the June 12 all time mark set in 1926. Officials warned of possible near 100 degrees Friday with forecasts for hotter conditions. A highway 6 resurfacing project caused detours between Council Bluffs and Atlantic, straining traffic and raising concerns for the six week heat spell ahead.
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Counce Bluffs
mercury
sorve
Atlantic
Weath
forman E. F Stapowich
Council Bluffs
eather station
Iowa
Eldon Winger
polices
Ingh
tuckers
Main
Pearl streets
norning
Mixed Reaction to Koje Island Visits Proposal
Senate debate followed a Truman backed plan by Senator Richard Russell to have neutral military observers inspect the treatment of communist prisoners on Koje Island. Democrats saw propaganda countering the alleged mistreatment, while Republicans remained skeptical of the plan’s effectiveness. President Truman proposed inviting five neutral nations’ military observers to Korea for first hand verification.
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Russell
Koje Island
WASHINGTON
Richard B Russell
D-Ga
Truman
congress
Secretary of
Defense Lovett
Korea
United Nations
Eisenhower Opposed Division of Germany and Berlin
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower told New Jersey Republican delegates he opposed dividing Germany into zones and opposed isolating Berlin. He said he did not participate in the Yalta or Potsdam conferences and his advice was not used in those decisions.
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NEW YORK
Robert A Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
Chicago
New Jersey
philadelphi gambe
Republican club
Iee
Ife
Germany
Berlin
Yalta
Potsdam
Iowa faces call to supply 650 men for August service
Des Moines selective service headquarters announced Iowa must furnish about 650 men for military service in August. In a separate item, a humorous exchange features a father urging his daughter to marry so she can leave with her mother, a light moment amid the news.
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DES MOINES
Iowa
Permit C&NW to Drop Trains Between Carroll and Sioux City
Des Moines report says the state commerce commission approved Chicago and North Western Railway to discontinue one daily round trip between Carroll and Sioux City effective July 12. Hearing held May 14 18 at Ida Grove. Trains 215 and 216 slated for removal amid local protests. railroad cited a yearly loss of 75000 dollars. Remaining two daily trains will serve both towns.
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DES MOINES
Town state commerce commission
Chicago and North Western railroad
Carroll
Sioux City
Ida Grove
Soux City
City approves truck route shifts and parking ban plan
Officials proposed a regular inter city truck route with southbound trucks turning at Broad Way Fourth Street and Pearl First Avenue while northbound traffic enters Broadway from Main Street. A bus zone move and parking removals on Broadway and Ninth Avenue were planned. changes could start Friday. Capt Winger met transit officers to push the plan as 23 meters would be removed downtown. City Hall attendees included the mayor police chief and city manager. Dr Roy L Smith, top Methodist official, arrived to address delegates at the Town-Des Moines Methodist conference and promote the Interpreters Bible project now costing 1.25 million dollars with operations centered in Nashville. The conference approved minister transfers to various conferences and heard reports on evangelism.
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Fourth street
Pearl street
First avenue
Main street
Council Bluffs Transit company
City National bank
Winger
IAIL
Scottle street
Ninth avenue
Main
Pearl streets
Capt
city hall
Town highway commission
James F. Mal
Squeen
Earl E. Miller
Kennard W Gardiner
Weekly Rates Up in Chattanooga Newspapers
Weekly rates for Chattanooga papers the News Free Press and the Times have been increased to 45 cents from 40 cents due to higher newsprint costs.
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CHATTANOOGA
Fenn
News-Free Press
the Times
Boston University President Speaks Here
Dr Harold C Case president of Boston University and conference pastor spoke at Broadway Methodist Church in Council Bluffs delivering the first address of a series at the conference service Wednesday night A second address followed later to the conference
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Umphrey Lee
Southern Methodist university
Dallas
Texas
Harold C. Case
Boston university
Council Bluffs
Broadway wethodist church
South Koreans Ban Voice Broadcasts
The South Korean government bans Voice of America broadcasts on the state network accusing them of bitterly anti government remarks. VoA content includes editorials from U.S. and foreign papers critical of President Syngman Rhee and recent political events.
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PUSAN
Korea
Voice of America
l-station
Voic
U.S
Syngman Rhee
U. S. state department broadcasting agency
Clarence Ryee
office of public information
House Committee Rebuffs Truman's Steel Seizure Plan
Northern Natural Gas gains a rate boost amid a federal commission decision, affecting about 27 distributors and 230 communities across Iowa and neighboring states. The action follows a four year rate-structure dispute with potential appeals to the Supreme Court. Berlin oversight and interzonal frontier issues frame the broader context.
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House
Truman
BERLIN
Omaha
freepower commission
West Germany
Carl Stephens
Walter Ulbricht
Council Bluffs Gas company
state securi
Washington
era Natural
German democratic republic
pup
Northern Natural
supreme court
Northern
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
South Dakota
Kansas
commission
Oppose Poll of GOP Delegates
Two Southwestern Iowa Republicans, Taft supporter Jack Wyland and Eisenhower backer Whitney Gilliland, oppose a proposed vote of Seventh District delegates on presidential preference. They say the poll would reopen old wounds and risk district unity while Mrs. Anna Lomas backs the idea, planning to abide by its results.
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Taft
Eisenhower
Iowa
Jack Wyland
Avoca
Whitney Gillilland
Glenwood
Anna Lomas
Red Oak
Julius Lensch
Harlan
Teft
Lomas
Des Moines
Gilliland
Wyland
Jack
Senate Seizure Power Drama in Steel Strike
Senate passed wage and price controls through February 22 with a provision asking President Truman to use Taft Hartley powers in the steel strike. House committee votes show mixed support for seizure powers as Congress debates a broader controls bill and separate seizure legislation amid the CIO steel stoppage.
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WASHINGTON
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Truman
congress
senate
house banking committee
Hep. Bolling
D-M
Bolling
Sen
Humphrey
house committee
Treman
Sen. Case
Maybank
Noor
senate labor committee
Shenandoah Approves School Bond Issuance for 360000
Shenandoah voters approved bonds totaling 360000 for school improvements by a 372 percent margin after four prior proposals were rejected. The plan includes two new grade schools and remodeling of the high school to include a junior high, plus a four room grade building at Lowell avenue and a six room kindergarten structure at Board Street.
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SHENANDOAH
citzens
Lowell avenue
Board street
Plan to Enlarge Bettendorf Span Improves Mississippi Bridge
Washington committee advances legislation to rerarge the Memorial Bridge across the Mississippi between Bettendorf Iowa and Moline Illinois. Rep Tom Martin urges prompt action while a companion Senate bill by Senator Hickenlooper awaits action. The measure calls for doubling the bridge width.
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WASHINGTON
house public works committee
Mississippi river
Bettendorf
Moline
Tom Martin
R-ie
house
ifor aetion
Martin
Hickenlooper
R-Ia
senate public works committee
Baby's Body Found. Pathologist Reports Fractured Skull
Dr Regis Weland, Cedar Rapids pathologist, said Thursday an autopsy on a newborn baby boy found in a box along highway 30 near there showed death by fractured skull. The child was born alive and lived only a short time after birth.
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TAMA
Regis Weland
Cedar Rapids
highway 30
Report Luncheon Set for Friday
The Chamber of Commerce Forward Together drive holds its first team report luncheon at noon Friday at Hotel Chieftain. L. W. Ross, program chairman, asks all team members to attend. C. N. Moorehead says the eight year subscription plan is in place and there will not be another drive like this for years. Membership is being renewed or captured unless members notify in writing.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Chieftain
L. W. Ross
C. N. Moorehead
Moorehead
Court Settles Steamship Line Fight
Washington reports the government and R Stanley Dollar interests settled a five year dispute over control of the Dollar steamship Line. Public sale rules set a minimum bid of 14 million dollars for the 92 percent stock block. If bids succeed the winner takes the stock while proceeds are split. if not, equal division resumes and the government plans exit back to private operation.
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WASHINGTON
R. Stanley Dollar
Daller
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Masonic Grand Lodge installs Iowa officers in Cedar Rapids
The Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge named J. Elliott Grayson of Cedar Falls as grand master at its Cedar Rapids meeting. Also installed were Millard Dorsey Andrews of Knoxville as junior grand warden and Warren L. White of Oakland as grand treasurer, among others in the new lineup.
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CEDAR. RAPIDS
Iowa Masonic grand lodge
J. Elliott Grayson
Cedar Falls
Millard
Thomas LONDON
Des Moines
summons
William, E. Shrape
Mechanics
vittle
Dorsey L. Andrews
Knoxville
America
Cedar Rapids
Warren L. White
Oakland
Batista Warns Cuba Will Cut Sugar Output Significantly
President Fulgencio Batista told prosperous Cubans that Cuba is producing far more sugar than the world will buy and plans to withhold nearly 20 percent of this year’s crop. He announced a production reduction of about one third for 1953.
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Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
supar
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