Texas Democrats Debate Oil Plank Way in Philadelphia
Texas Democratic leaders in Philadelphia fear a shift on oil policy as reports drum up a possible federal ownership plank. Governor Jester leads 29 delegates amid chaos over Eisenhower withdrawal and civil rights drafting. Daniel pitches tidelands state ownership and may push it to the platform committee.
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Philadelphia
Texas
Toyo
Scott Lucas
D.-Tl
Beauford H. Jester
Lucas
Jester
Democratic Executive Committee
Robert W. Calvert
Wright Morrow
Houston
Atty
Price Daniel
Daniel
Platform Committee
Logger killed in Jam Eureka
WPI David Hardester aged 24 from Korbel was killed when crushed between two logs during logging work for the Northern Redwood Lumber Co in Eureka on July 10.
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Eureka
David Hardester
Korbel
Northern Redwood Lumber Co
Greece seeks major U S aid as Grammos campaign stalls
Athens reports the Greek government has submitted a memorandum calling for substantial U S military support to enlarge the army by about 40 000 troops and to provide bombers for the air force. American officials including Draper Wedemeyer and Van Fleet attended defense council talks as Grammos Mountain operations lag and an offensive renewal is awaited.
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Athens
United States
Grammos
Themistekles Sophon Js
Werei William H. Draper
U. S
Dwight P. Griswold
Greece
James Alward van Fleet
A. C. Wedermeyer
U. S. General Staff
Grammos Mountains
Draper
Wedemeyer
Van
Fleet
Griswold
Nestoriand
Ex Nazi Doomed in Polish Death Sentence
In Warsaw on July 10 Dr Joseph Buehler 44 former chief of administration under the Nazi wartime government in Poland was sentenced to death by the supreme national tribunal at Krakow. He was accused of engineering the murders of 2.5 million Jews and the deportation of nearly 2 million Poles to Germany.
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Warsaw
Josep Buehler
Poland
Supreme National Tribunal
Krakow
Germany
Ford workers vote 50 percent for union shop at Ford Motor Co
At Ford Motor Co plants, 88 943 of 98 959 eligible employees voted in favor of a union shop with 1 214 against. Nonvoters counted against the proposal. Seven states barred voting due to laws. CIO United Auto Workers hailed the result as a victory amid wage talks. The UAW CIO seeks about 28 cents more per hour. Ford offered 11 to 14 cents. Average current wage cited as just over $1.50 hourly.
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Etroit
Ford Motor Co
National Labor Relations Board
Ford
United Auto Workers
Ated
Slaving Laid to Range Feud
WEISER Idaho July 10 First degree murder charges were filed after a rangeland feud shooting Thursday B V Newman 60 was arraigned before Probate Judge C E Hailey The preliminary hearing was set for next Thursday W L Wiggins 36 Newman neighbor died en route to an Ontario Oregon hospital He was shot while seated in his car in front of his ranch house Sheriff Al Walters said the shooting followed a quarrel over a horse delivered by mistake Walters said the two cattlemen had engaged in a feud for many years over livestock
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al Walters
Newman
Wiggins
Walters
Defeat forecast for rebels in northern Greece
In Salonika July 10 UP Undersecretary of War W H Draper predicted the campaign against the Communist rebels in northern Greece would likely be decided in favor of Nationalist forces within two or three weeks. Draper and Lt. Gen Albert C Wedemeyer with Greek chief of staff Gen Demetrios Yadzis visited front line operations.
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Salonika
W. H. Draper
Greece
Draper
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S. Army
Demetrios Yadzis
American Smelting Unions Vote Strike in Chicago
In Chicago on July 10, unions representing workers at American Smelting vote to strike over labor disputes at the mine mill and smelter complex. Talks stalled as organizers urged solidarity while management prepared contingency plans for operations.
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Chicago
Saroyan Sued for Divorce by Mrs Carol Saroyan
In San Francisco on July 10 Mrs Carol Saroyan filed for divorce from author William Saroyan. She charges extreme cruelty and asks $1000 monthly for support and $250 for their two children Aram and Lucy. The couple, married February 20 1943 in Dayton Ohio, have plants in San Francisco Los Angeles and Selby California.
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American Sinestine
William Saroyan
Man
Carol Saroyan
Fae War Hann Nat
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Selby
Calif
Aram
Lucy
Saroyan
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