Push Mac As GOP Keynoter Arrangements Group Meets
The GOP convention arrangements committee opens a two day Chicago session with growing support for General Douglas MacArthur as keynote. With four weeks left Taft and Eisenhower press to win the nomination by securing the 341 pivotal delegates. Eisenhower pressed a Pennsylvania outreach while Taft allies seek commitments from Indiana and Virginia delegates. AP tally shows Taft 462 to Eisenhower 390 with 604 votes needed. Massachusetts and Connecticut primary delegates and favorite son pledges shape the near term pace.
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Associated Press
Republican Convention Arrangements Committee
Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Eisenhower
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Taft
Fine
Gettysburg
Indiana
Virginia
S.D
South Dakota
Connecticut
Brien McMahon
Massachusetts
Boston
Paul A. Dever
Ike Supporters Challenge Taft MacArthur Keynoter Bid
Eisenhower backers oppose naming Gen. Douglas MacArthur as convention keynoter citing his Taft support. Taft allies push for MacArthur to also serve as temporary chairman, with other potential figures named for key posts. The dispute centers on perceived partisanship and the convention’s leadership lineup.
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Hallanan
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Rep
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Guy G. Gabrielson
Sen
William Known Land
California
Taft
Convention Arrangements Committee
The Star Spangled Banner Strip Chronicle
A six part illustrated strip traces the flags history from Francis Scott Key aboard a British ship to the Star Spangled Banner ending on Flag Day. The feature invites readers to follow the complete story of Old Glory through vivid scenes and historical notes.
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Francis Scott Key
Eighth Army Ready to Meet Any Red Offensive
General Van Fleet announced the United Nations forces in Korea are ready alert and fit to counter any enemy attack. He said morale is high and supplies, especially ammunition, are in good condition as estimates gauge Red forces at about a million troops with substantial weapons. Ground and air actions on the Western Front show slight increases with UN troops defending key positions near Chorwon Yonchon and Yonchon area, while Nam Il warned of further UN actions.
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Korea
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
United Nations Fighting Machine
van Fleet
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U.S
Nam Il
Pan Imunjom
Red Army
United Nations Command
Koje Island
U.N
Maniac the Latest Thing in Electronic Brain at Los Alamos
In Los Alamos New Mexico the MANIAC electronic brain designed by University of California scientists tackles atomic research problems. The device stands for Mathematical Analyzer Numerical Integrator and Computer and is described as a far faster, more complex cousin to an adding machine, akin to a radio or television set in its principle of operation.
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Los Alamos
N.M
University of California Scientific Laboratory
Puter
Transient Rail Worker Killed in Milwaukee Yard
A 43 year old transient railroad worker named Ralph Redmond was killed when dragged about 18 feet by a switching car in Milwaukee's east yard around 6 p.m. Sunday. Railroad police reported no address or relatives and no witnesses to the accident. Crew members John Belke Thomas Finn and John Pataska found the body and the man died at a hospital shortly after.
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Milwaukee
Ralph Redmond
Redmond
John Belke
Kane St
Thomas Finn
Ferry St
John Pataska
Local Weather Forecast For La Crosse Area
Fair and light winds greet La Crosse and vicinity. Tuesday will be cooler with a low around the 50s and a high on Tuesday near the upper 40s.
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la Crosse
Paratroopers Practice for Koje Breakup
U S paratroopers use flame throwers tanks and tear gas in a second dress rehearsal for breaking Koje Island s 17 prisoner of war compounds into smaller 500 man units Brig Gen Haydon L Boatner directs the action as compounds 76 77 and 78 appear first amid barbed wire trenches and loudspeakers while prisoners watch from within their stockades and engineers probe for escape tunnels
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Robert B. Tuckman
Koje Island
Korea
U.S
Koje
Kose
Haydon L. Boatner
Francis Dodd
Thomas J. H. Trapnell
187Th Airborne
Probe resumes into fatal fire that killed Nancy Bartellis
Investigation into nine year old Nancy Bartellis death from a house fire continues with further questioning of her mother Mrs Paul Bartelt. District Attorney John Bosshard says he expects to question her early in the week and aims to clarify unexplained details from the night of the blaze around 2 a.m. at 320 North 24th Street.
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Nancy Bartellis
John Bosshard
Paul Bartelt
Bartelt
Asst
Dist
Philip Arneson
Bosshard
Price Wage Control Fate Debated In Senate
The Senate resumes debate on extending the Defense Production Act governing price wage controls as the June 30 expiration looms. Proposals seek Taft Hartley injunction options and possible seizure powers, with House plans to draft no extension before tomorrow.
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Senate
White House
Defense Production Act
Congress
House Banking Committee
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Sen. McFarland
Aziz
Barkley
Maybank
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Banking Committee
Government lowers down payment on new homes nationwide
The Federal Reserve Board announced relaxed down payment rules effective Wednesday, cutting requirements on entry houses by 5 to 50 percent. For homes under 7000 dollars, 5 percent is required, while 40000 dollars or more demand 40 percent. A sliding scale applies to intermediate prices, with VA guaranteed loans offering even easier terms for veterans. The changes apply to new private residences built since October 1950 and to one to four family homes and certain apartment houses.
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Federal Reserve Board
Steel Pact Near As HST Urges No Talks End
Washington reports a two year steel pact may emerge by mid-1954 offering a 22 cent hourly wage boost and an union shop. White House talks seen crucial as negotiators for industry and CIO Steelworkers push long term labor peace.
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CIO Steelworkers
White House
Philip Murray
Thendustry
John R. Steelman
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Poth
STEEL
Chicago marriage licenses set record at county clerk office
In Cook County, 424 marriage licenses were issued Saturday in a three hour period at the county clerk’s office. Clerk Richard J. Daley said the total surpassed the previous peak of 399 licenses on May 17.
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Cook County
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Reds claim to have germ weapons for 15 years
AP report says the Communists claim 15 years of germ weapon capability but have not used them in Korea. U.S. BW experts monitor battlefronts. no evidence of offensive germ warfare found. A 1950 Pyongyang lab was a public health site, not a BW facility. Lovett denounces charges of U S BW and gas use as false.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Korea
Defense Department
North Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Russia
Tokyo
Robert Lovett
Valentine 94 Retired Rubber Worker Dies
Flavius Valentine aged 94 of 1733 Kane St died in a local hospital Saturday night. Born July 30, 1857, he lived in La Crosse all his life, worked as a lumberjack and at La Crosse Rubber Mills for 25 years. He served as County Farm superintendent for six years and was longtime member of North La Crosse Lodge 190 F and A M. He is survived by his wife Frances Bronson and several nephews and nieces. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call that evening.
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Kane
Main Street
Valentine
la Crosse Rubber Mills
County Farm
Burlington Railroads
North la Crosse Lodge
A. M
Frances Bronson
Viroiqua
Nelson Funeral Home
Harold Frost
A.M
Oak Grove
Reds Dispatch Letter To Clark
In Munsan Korea top Communist commanders sent a letter to General Mark Clark through liaison officers as truce talks remain deadlocked. The multi page letter signed by North Korea's Kim Il Sung and China's Peng Teh Huai Wu was not disclosed. The Manila envelope was handed to Colonel James C. Murray at Panmunjom during a three day truce recess called by Major General William K. Harrison. Harrison said he would meet the Reds before Wednesday only if written proposals be offered to resolve the prisoner exchange issue. The Reds accuse the Allies of delaying the release of prisoners.
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Korea
Mark Clark
United Nations
Far East
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh Huai
Manila
James C. Murray
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
U.N
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Reds
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