Rival Camps Rush Distaff Side in Action
At the Republican convention the feminine vote becomes pivotal as women stage nominating speeches for presidencies and vice presidency. Harold Stassen taps Mrs. C Edward Howard to speak for him while Gov Earl Warren’s camp uses Mrs Mildred Younger to second his bid. Frances Bolton and Mrs Albert Green back Taft and Eisenhower respectively amid a surge of women speakers. Sen Margaret Chase Smith remains in contention for the Vice Presidency.
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Chicago
Jay
Census Bureau
Harold Stassen
C. Edward Howard
Excelsior
Frances Redick
Connecticut
Raymond E. Baldwin
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Mildred Younger
Los Angeles
Robert Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhoower
Taft
Frances Bolton
Eisenhower
Albert Green
West Plains
Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Ike and Taft Saw It on TV
In Chicago on July 11 Eisenhower slept until his name was placed in nomination then watched the telecast of the convention from his home while Taft followed the proceedings at his hotel headquarters with his sons and daughter in law nearby.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Conrad Bilton Hotel
Inlaw
Taft
Congress Hotel
Manville Ninth Wife Honeymooning in New York
New York July 11 Tom Manville and his ninth bride Anita Frances Roddy Eden honeymooning today at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The 58 year old millionaire playboy and the 29 year old dancer songwriter wed yesterday in New Rochelle by Mayor Stanley Church. The bride’s first marriage. Manville's eighth wife Georgina Campbell Manville was killed in an auto accident April 26.
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New York
Tommy Manville
Anita Frances Roddy Eden
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New Rochelle
N.Y
Stanley Church
Manville
Georgina Campbell Manville
Roundup GOP Platform Hit by Harriman and Kefauver
Two Democratic aspirants assail the 1952 Republican platform. Harriman denounces it as unconvincing and mocks its Russia claim, while Kefauver slams it for labor's proposals becoming the forgotten man. Harriman campaigns in Michigan and Detroit labor leaders while Kefauver tours Illinois before heading to Boston to meet delegates. Elliott Roosevelt predicts Harriman or Stevenson may win the Democratic nomination, with Roosevelt supporting Eisenhower if he secures the Republican nod.
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Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Harriman
Michign
Russia
United States
Stalin
Detroit
Frances Ferkins
Civil Service
Kefattver
Springfield
Peoria
Ill
Boston
Chicago
Illinois
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Russell
Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adial Stevenson
Roosevelt
Colo
Tadao
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Theeneral
Warren Supporter Flattened in Melee at GOP Convention
A California delegate waving a Warren placard was knocked to the floor during General MacArthur's nomination demonstration at the Chicago GOP convention. Charles Edward Chapel of Inglewood California was struck as Hermnard C. Brennan of Glendale California tried to pull the placard down. Police intervened and Chapel was released from the first aid station.
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Convention Hall
Chicago
California
Charles Edward Chapel
Inglewood
Calif
Douglas MacArthur
Hermnard C. Brennan
Glendale
Cainf
Chanel
Chapel
Russians deny kidnapping Austrian secretary
Vienna reports that Russia rejects charges of abducting Marie Schindler, secretary to wartime resistance figure Gustav Grimm. The Soviet information service says no Soviet organs were involved in the July 7 seizure, calling claims slanderous provocations. Eyewitnesses describe her being pulled into a park and pushed into a Soviet officers club amid a startled crowd.
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Vienna
Austria
Soviet Information Service
Marie Schindler
General Collins to Inspect Far East U N Posts in Tokyo Arrival
Tokyo July 11 The Army said Gen J Lawton Collins Chief of Staff would arrive by air tomorrow to inspect U S Far East facilities. He will confer with Gen Mark Clark then visit Korea to view U N positions and walk with Gen James Van Fleet of the Eighth Army.
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Tokyo
J. Lawton Collins
U. S. Far East
Collins
Far East
Mark Clark
Korea
U. N
Eighth Army
James van Fleet
Bigger GOP National Body to Be Named
WILLIAM F F ARBOGAST CHICAGO July 11 AP The Republican convention names a new enlarged national committee today. The changes aim to end equal male and female representation, reward states with Republican governors, and curb southern influence. A new contests committee will handle delegate disputes early. No date for the new committee meeting was announced.
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William F&f
Arbogast
Chicago
Wome
National Committee
Hawaii
Congress
Dixie
Maryland
Quebec Regime Seeks Re election
Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis and his Union Nationale campaign for a third straight term as voters prepare to go to the polls next Wednesday. The party fields 91 candidates for 92 seats after winning 82 seats in 1948, touting prosperity under French Canada leadership. The Liberal opposition, led by Georges Lapalme, argues government waste and corruption justify a change. Rene Chaloult is not opposing the premier this election.
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Quebec
Maurice Duplessis
Union Nationale Party
Libjag
Diplomat Secretary Lifts Shoes During Roll Call
Mrs. Charles P. Howard, stately secretary of the Republican National Committee, took her place on the convention rostrum to call the roll. She glanced at Permanent Chairman Joseph W. Martin Jr. beside her, smiled, and quietly sipped off her high heeled shoes.
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Convention
Chicago
Charles P. Howard
Republian National Committee
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Strange American Tribal Rite Lungpower Derby
At Chicago convention Hall on July 11 delegates staged a noisy lungpower derby naming five GOP contenders for the presidency. Five bands used cowbells whistles sirens and more while governors and senators wore festive headgear and caps. Taft and Eisenhower drew the loudest cheers, Warren drew warmth with his daughters, Stassen drew little notice, MacArthur supporters arrived late. A seconding speech urged repudiation of the Dewey line and several speakers were booed amid the raucous demonstrations.
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Convention Hall
Chicago
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight Eisenhower
Earl Warren
California
Mrs. Warren
Warrens
Virginia
Nina
Dorothy
Stassen
Harold Stassen
Co. E. Howard
Marge
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Oklahoma
Fredi L. Coogan
Taft
Richard Neville
New York
Everett M. Dirksen
Neville
Thomas E. Dewey
Eisenhower
M Dewey
Toperk Martin
Convention Sidelights at Chicago Nomination Mania
ED CREAGH reports from Convention Hall Chicago July 11 Douglas MacArthur draws a 35 minute ovation doubling his 1948 reception while the 1952 GOP platform touts a brief mail delivery plank. Walter Judd wounds off a long talk as delegates drift, Taft and Eisenhower buttons spark a playful Coke gag among two young observers.
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ED Creagh
Chi‘cago
Douglas MacArthur
Philadelphia
MacArthur
Abraham Lincoln
Elliott Roosevelt Would Back Eisenhower In Nomination Fight
Elliott Roosevelt, son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, says he will vote for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower if nominated by the Republicans. He notes he has supported Eisenhower for five years despite being a registered Democrat and expects other Democrats to cross party lines if he secures the nomination. He cites no knowledge of how other Roosevelt family members will vote.
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Meeker
Colo
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gen
Eisenhower
Tam
California and Florida placards vie for brightest colors
In a July 11 nomination demonstration, UBC Eisenhower's Florida boosters and Warren's California faithful competed for the brightest placards. The colors on display were orange and related hues.
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California
Florida
Convention Hall
Chicago
UBC Eisenhower
Warren
Truman Signs Cash Bill for Departments
President Truman signed a 1,015,981,710 dollar appropriations bill for fiscal 1953 operations of the State Justice and Commerce Departments and the judiciary. The breakdown allocates 217,701,000 to State, 184,293,000 to Justice, 586,588,000 to Commerce, and 27,398,000 to the courts, about 228,000 less than requested.
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Washington
Truman
State
Commerce and Justice Departments
Judiciary
State Department
Justice
Commerce
Courts
Romania Militarizes Yugoslavian Border
Exiled Italians arriving from Bucharest described heavy military buildup on Romania's border with Yugoslavia three miles wide. Russian troops with tanks and jets guard the frontier amid a surge of Russian officials following Ana Pauker’s departure from the foreign ministry.
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Udine
Italy
Bucharest
Romania
Yugoslavia
Ana Pauker
Foreign Ministry
Sen Morse Calm in Parley Uproar on Convention Floor
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon remained calm amid tumultuous demonstrations for Republican presidential contenders. On the convention floor supporters cheered loudly while Morse sat quietly reading a newspaper, seemingly detached from the surrounding clamor.
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Sen. Morse
Chicago
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Morse
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