Labor unions split over Barkley at Democratic convention
Lawrence 1952 dispatch notes a rift among union ranks as John L. Lewis assails CIO AFL leaders amid Democratic National Convention intrigue. Barkley’s age and backing spark talk of a Barkley push while Reuther Harrison Kroll and Kefauver Harriman links surface in backstage maneuvering.
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Chicago
Alben Barney
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO
AFL
Lewis
Barkley
Walter Jack Kroll
Labor
Reuther
Th United Automobile Workers
Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Kroll
Organized Labor
America
Farkley
Truman
Sen. Kefauver
Averell Harriman
Conventi
Kentuckian
Boy Burned Picking Up Power Line in Good Deed
A seven year old boy named Sheldon Vernell Watley died after an electric shock while attempting a good deed in Pascagoula Mississippi. A coroner's jury ruled the death accidental and returned verdict Tuesday.
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Pascagoula, Missan
Sheldon Vernell Watley
Local Girl Wins KU Honor Scholarship
Patricia Ann Norrie of W 13th Street is one of 12 Kansas high school graduates named as Women s Honor scholars for the University of Kansas freshman year. She received 160 dollars from the Donnelly Scholarship Fund announced at Liberty Memorial School Commencement. Applications were filed by high school principals. The awards include funds from Elizabeth M. Watkins and Sadie A. Lawson scholarships and the Women s Self Governing Association.
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Patricia Ann Norrie
W. 13Th St
University of Kansas
Loretta W. Ie
Norrie
Liberty Memorial School
Kansas
Elizabeth M. Watkins
Sadie A. Lawson
Women's Self Governing Association
Ladies as Donkeys at Convention Spark Outrage
A reader letter from Marie Peeble laments men’s neglect of women in politics. She mocks male Democrats at a convention for disrespectful behavior during Ladies Day, suggests a “Women Only Party,” and notes high voting female numbers. The piece contrasts female speakers Perle Mesta Eugenie Anderson and Georgia Nepse Clark with male delegates who clucked like donkeys.
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Chicago
Willa
America
U. S
Perle Mesta
Luxembourg
Eugenie A. Anderson
Ambassjidor
Denmark
Georgia Nepse Clark
Women at Convention Mocked by Delegates in Jolly Spree
A vivid dispatch describes delegates laughing and eating hot dogs on the floor while Mrs India Edwards, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, scolded them for talking out of turn. The scene contrasts with cheers for Franklin D. Roosevelt, referred to as "the first lady of the world." A Texas delegate quips about gender dynamics, suggesting women kiss and boo to force attention.
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Wilbur
India Edwards
Democratic, National Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Texas
Secret Truce Session Short, Seven Minutes Only
In Munsan Korea a secret seven minute armistice session focused on prisoner exchanges. Red China’s Peiping Radio warned the United States provocations threaten a quick settlement while calling American military pressure as jeopardizing peace and predicting further closed talks planned for Thursday.
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Korea
Red
China
Peiping
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