Georgia Democrats Urge Eisenhower Draft For President
Georgia Democrats called for drafting Gen Dwight D Eisenhower for the presidential nomination and urged President Truman to withdraw as nominee They backed Senator Richard B Russell for vice president and a push in New York for Justice William O Douglas for the Democratic ticket.
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Georgia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Eisenhower
New York State
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Washington
Congress
Virginia
Richmond
Horace H. Edwards
Philadelphia
Richard B. Russell
New York
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Paul Fitzpatrick
McGrath
Rhode Island
Democratic National Committee
Yugoslav Reds Plead Directly With Stalin Over Tito Charges
About 15,000 Yugoslav Communists in Belgrade sent a message to Stalin calling the cominform charges against Tito a pack of lies. They urged Stalin to overturn the policy shifts led by Andrei Zhdanov and to expose the truth behind the nine nation bureau’s allegations. A second telegram supported the Yugoslav committee’s stance.
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London
Stalin
Marshal Tito
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Cominform
Belgrade
Tito
Communist International Information Bureau
Communist Party
Russia
Central Communist Committee of
Yugoslavia
Blockade Backfires as Berlin Feels Soviet Strain
Western air lifts led by the United States and Britain flew in more food to western Berlin than residents could consume, while shortages in the Soviet zone emerged. Generals and officials hailed the operation as surpassing expectations and explored adding bombers loaded with coal to aid relief. Lucius D. Clay expressed surprise and satisfaction at the extended supply run.
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Berlin
Russia
United States
Britain
Germany
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Solitary Car Reaches Berlin From British Zone
An Italian businessman drove a single car into Berlin from the British zone today. Initial hopes that the Soviet blockade had ended faded when it was learned the driver possessed a special Soviet permit for the trip.
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Berlin
Germany
Operation Safety Promotes Speed Kills Slogan in July Program
Kenosha police sponsor Operation Safety for July with the slogan Speed Kills Take It Easy. Chief Stanley G Hauke Gahl warns July Fourth toll may rise, saying the holiday is the summer’s most dangerous and a three-day weekend with rising mileage increases deaths and injuries unless people act. George Nugent chairs July safety education campaign.
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Kenosha
George Nugent
Safety Council set to tour Uptown and Downtown districts
Ian of the Safety Council committee on Operation Safety plans a Saturday city tour with a soundtrack to alert on Sunday’s Freedom Train visit in Kenosha and the final push for Security Bond sales. Sgt Ray Gleason urged caution for July and the vacation travel period with six safety tips.
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Ian
Safety Council Committee
Kenosha
Cam
Freedom Train Exhibited On N W Spur This Sunday
The Freedom Train will be on public display Sunday from 10 am to 10 pm on a North Western railroad spur near Fifty second street between Thirteenth avenue and Thirteenth court. Visitors enter via Fifty second street to view the red white and blue streamliner on the third track east of the North Western freight house. The spur previously hosted the North Western Centennial train on June 3.
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North Western Railroad
Fifty-second Street
Thirteenth Avenue
Thirteenth Court
North Western
Settlement Hopes Rise In Rail Dispute Talks
A federal official says chances are pretty good for settlement of the 18 month old railroad wage dispute. The three unions representing engineers firemen and switchmen face a no strike order backed by Judge Goldsborough as government runs the railroads. The unions and the industry have pared demands from earlier figures while seeking a nationwide agreement.
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Washington
U.P
White House
T. Alan Goldsborough
Justice Department
Goldsborough
Truman
City Hall Open Again Tonight
Kenosha city officials report Citizenship Week drives strong voter registration. City Clerk B A Herrmann says 1,200+ registered and 300+ changed addresses as hall stays open until 9 pm. A registration booth may be set near the Freedom Train exit Sunday. Total registrations near 29,000 by noon.
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B. A. Herrmann
Kenosha
Freedom Train
Treasury official cites 1948 budget surplus at $8.42 billion
Secretary Snyder announced the government's true budget surplus for the 1948 fiscal year at $8,419,469,843.81, the largest surplus in history. The figure underscores strong postwar fiscal performance and reserves.
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Washington
Treasury
Snyder
Truman to Act on 45 Bills Before Bolivar Speech
The White House announced President Truman plans to act on 45 bills before leaving Sunday for a speech at Bolivar Missouri. The measures come from a batch of about 300 Congress sent to him before adjournment.
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Rep
Spence
Kentucky
House Banking Committee
Republican Congress
Congress
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Dewey
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Washington
Bolivar
Mechanics End 23 Day Strike With Wage Hike
About 175 mechanics and apprentices in Auto Mechanics Local 173 voted nearly unanimously to accept a across the board 16 cent per hour raise ending a 23 day strike. A-1 mechanics move to 1.55 per hour with apprentices starting at 98 cents. New contracts extend to four other classifications and provide longer hours and paid vacations.
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Auto Mechanics Local 173
Uaw-Cio
A-1
Alban J. Norris
Kenosha Automobile Dealers’ Association
Union Club
Norris
Frank Sahorske
Racine
Chicago
Duane Gregthouse
Eighteen Steel Firms Charge Unfair Practices in Miners Contract
Eighteen major steel and coal companies refuse to sign the coal mining contract and file unfair labor practices charges with the NLRB against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. They threaten a strike at captive mines as July 6 mine holiday ends, while wage talks with CIO Steelworkers unfold and a possible steel price rise looms.
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Washington
Steel and
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Harry M. Moses
Republic
Bethlehem
Jones
Laughlin
Robert N. Denham
Lewis’ Union
Steel
CIO
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Kenosha Hosts Navy Training Center Commissioning August 29
The United States Naval Reserve Training Center on Simmons Island near Lake Michigan will be commissioned August 29 with Rear Admiral Cary Jones, Division 210 staff, and Lt. Cmdr. Harold E. Long present. The facility houses 13 officers and 208 men skilled in radio, signals, quartermaster, and other ratings, plus a 48-man electronics unit, and will be open for public inspection for a week after the ceremony. The site features radar rooms and sea-going equipment including the U S S Lapwing.
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Kenoshans
U. S. Navy
Reserve Training Center
Lake Michigan
Simmons Island
Midwest
Great Lakes
Navy
Cary Jones
Ninth Naval District
Cmdr
Harold E. Long
Kenosha
United States Naval Reserve Training Center
Division 210
Long
Drury Proposed For High Court
The Racine Journal-Times urged Acting Gov. Rennebohm to consider Circuit Judge Alfred L. Drury for the State Supreme Court seat following the death of Justice Elmer E. Barlow. Drury, born in Union Grove, served as district attorney twice and earned a solid appellate record on his circuit court rulings.
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Alfred L. Drury
Supreme Court
Elmer E. Barlow
Racine Journal-Times
Oscar Rennebohm
Kenosha
Barlow
Drury
Union Grove
Racine County
Racine
Walworth
Journal-Times
Rennebohm
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