Cautious Optimism Around Ike Hospital Room
Denver reports cautious optimism surrounds President Eisenhower in hospital with doctors warning the 14 day danger period after his heart attack remains critical. Mrs. Eisenhower relaxes briefly as sister Mrs. Gordon Moore arrives on her 53rd birthday, while a photo of grandson David Eisenhower lifts morale.
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Ike
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Denver
Eisenhower
Mamie
Gordon Moore
Washington
John S. Doud
David Eisenhower
David
Rocky Mountain
Cancer Society to Gather Here Early Thursday
Mrs. E. Lee Ozbirn will be principal speaker at a full-day Cancer Society conclave in the Artillery Room at Hotel Lawton ian. The session runs 9:30 to 2 with lunch at noon and includes election of two Oklahoma board members from the district. Representatives are expected from seven counties including Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and Tillman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lee Ozbirn
National Board of Directors
American Cancer Society
Oklahoma
Artillery Room
Lawtonian
Roy E. Stafford
Comanche County
Oklahoma City
Ozbirn
Clark Sudduth
David Steen
Stafford
Comanche
Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson
Kiowa
Tillman Counties
McCarthy Testifies In Contempt Trial
Senator McCarthy testifies as the contempt of Congress trial into the State Department overseas information program proceeds. Harvey O Connors authorship of Mellons Millions and related books is under scrutiny for possible Communist ties cited by the subcommittee. The defense challenges questioning as irrelevant while McCarthy argues the subcommittee has jurisdiction and relevance to the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chadwick
Washington
Congressional
Red Hunters
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Federal District
Harvey O’connor
Mellon
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
State Department
O’connor
Senate
Ment
Asst. U.S. Atty
William Hitz
Gerhard P. van Arkel
Hitz
Joseph C. McGarraghy
House
Committee On Un-American Activities
Communist Party
van Arkel
Subcommittee
Red Union Makes Reconciliation Bid
Vienna reports that the World Federation of Trade Unions led by Giuseppe di Vittorio seeks reconciliation with anti Red unions of the West on the WFTU tenth anniversary. He calls for a new approach to union unity amid easing international tensions and a continued cold war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
World Federation of Trade Unions
WFTU
Giuseppe di Vittorio
Cominform
Bucharest
Romania
di Vittorio
British protest over air attack on freighter near Swatow
The British consul in Formosa delivered a strong protest to the Chinese Nationalists Tuesday over the air attack on the British freighter Tefkros off Swatow last Friday. The 1,911 ton vessel reported strafing by Nationalist fighter planes and two crew members were wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
South China
Swatow
Tefkros
World Gives Generously In Disaster Relief
A Red Cross appeal draws worldwide support for East Coast hurricane victims. Notable gifts include $218 from Chicago’s Amalgamated Brotherhood of Horse-Shoers, $200,000 from the Dominican Republic, $25,000 from Russia, $20,000 from the Italian government, and $15,000 plus personal funds from Ambassador Fletcher Warren of Venezuela. Further gifts arrive from Mexico, Peru, Jamaica, and others, with varied small donations and personal notes reflecting global sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman W. Nichols
Washington
American Red Cross
Amalgamated Brotherhood of Horse-Shoers
Chicago
World-Wide Organization
Lloyds of London
Dominican Republic
Russia
South Africa
Venezuela
Fletcher Warren
Readjustment allowances for veterans discharged after July 25 1947
World War II veterans discharged after July 25 1947 may be eligible for readjustment allowances. The program provides financial assistance to help with readjustment costs as part of postwar relief efforts.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Jack K. McFall
Finland
John D. Hickerson
McFall
Herbert V. Prochnow
Evanston
Ill
Samuel E. Waugh
Export-Import Bank
Prochnow
Mansfield D. Sprague
Connecticut House of Representatives
Defense Department
Sprague
Wilber M. Brucker
Army
Bridgeport
New Canaan, Conn
Texas
Polk
San Francisco
Cancer Society
Red Union
San Salvador
Mexico
Peru
Colombia
Jamaica
Standard Oil
U. S
Roach
Rvice
C Ave
PAS
KEITH
Denison
Sheridan Road
Ers
Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Christmas Club
Ae Bae
Lawton, Oklahoma
Ferris
the McKee CO
Pho
Eugene L. Bowman
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
Southwest Chemical Company
E Avenue
Okla
Allied Fence Company
South Second
Lawton
USION
USEON
USKON
United States Rubber Company
Useon Heating Materials
Rockefeller Center
New York
N. Y
C Avenue
Gill
S. 8Th St
Electric Company
Duncan
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