Warren Men Cautious Backers Vote in California
In California on June 2 AP reports Warren campaign leaders urge supporters to vote in the Presidential primary. Rep. Werdel accuses Warren of New Deal leanings while Brown urges large turnout for the 68 vote delegation. Kefauver campaigns in South Dakota as voters prepare to pick delegates and other statewide offices.
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Earl Warren
California
Thomas J. Mellon
Warren
Thomas H. Werdel
Bakersfield
Werdel
Congress
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Taft
Ohio
Douglas A. MacArthur
Edmund G. Brown
Truman State
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
South Dakota
Kefauver
Waerdel
Brown
Eisenhower Volunteers Organization
U. S. Senate
Holiday Auto Toll Hits Record High
The Memorial Day weekend traffic toll rose to at least 360 deaths, five more than the 347 from 1850. The 78-hour period predicted 310 deaths, with 84 drownings and 62 other accidents pushing total fatalities to at least 506. California reported 34 traffic deaths, eight other accidental deaths.
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National Safety Council
Tivey
California
Eisenhower to retire from Army and enter politics
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower will retire tomorrow at his own request and forfeit his 18761 yearly pay and allowances to pursue a Republican presidential bid. The Army said no special certification is needed to remain on payroll, and duties will end after his final report following 37 years in uniform. He spent his last full day at Walter Reed Hospital amid conjunctivitis, with calls to Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg and meetings with Truman, Acheson, and North Atlantic officials ahead of a brisk campaign season.
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Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pentagon
Eisenhower
Aners
Floyd Parks
Europe
Walter Reed General Hospital
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
North Atlantic
Truman
White House
State Acheson
Where to Find It Beach Combing and More in the Paper
A brief index lists sections and page numbers for the newspaper. Highlights include Beach Combing on B-1, Boyle on A-17, Obituaries on B-10, Sports on A-18 and A-19, and Women’s activities on B-2 and B-3, among others like Editorial on A-16 and Theaters on B-5.
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Boyle
13 GOP Roster Filling by Week End in Chicago
UK Republicans select 124 delegates this week to reach a 1206 delegate total for the July 7 Chicago conclave. Puerto Rico and Illinois slated to name final delegates on June 15 and June 23. Taft leads Eisenhower 420 to 387 in AP survey with 203 delegates still undecided.
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Washington
Chicago
Puerto Rico
Illnois
South Dakota
California
District of Columbia
Indiana
Virginia
Truman Urges Quick OK of West Germany Pacts
President Truman asked the Senate for swift approval of pacts to bring West Germany into the Western alliance against Communist aggression. The pacts include a peace contract with West Germany, an amendment extending NATO security guarantees, and a European defense community plan. Secretary Acheson briefed Congress. Senator Connally said there were no secret commitments.
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Truman
Senate
West Germany
Belcome
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Acheson
Congress
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Sen
Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations
Filipino Troops Kill 24 Huks and Capture 2 in Laguna
Manila dispatch reports elements of the Philippines Third Battalion combat team overran an abandoned Huk headquarters in Laguna province southeast of Manila. In a weeklong campaign, 24 rebel Huks were killed and two were captured.
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Manila
Philippines
Laguna
Truce Hopes Persist Despite Koje Prisoner Debate
Washington reports U S officials still cling to a possible Panmunjom truce as talks deadlocked over forced repatriation of prisoners from Korea. Communists seek to pressure with Koje Island incidents while shifting blame to UN and aiming to influence Allied diplomacy amid scrutiny of leadership and strategy.
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U. S
Koje Island
Koje
Panmunjom
United Nations
Anthony Eden
Trwnan
West Berliners clash with border guard at checkpoint
West Berliners clashed with a Communist police guard at a border checkpoint between West Berlin and the Soviet zone. Allied officials noted the first outbreak of violence since the Soviet blockade of access to communist eastern Germany. The incident followed new border controls by the East German government and a Western convoy movement to Berlin.
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People’s Police
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West Germany
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U. S
POWS SEE BANNERS BURN ON KOJE ISLAND AREAS
On Koje Island Korea June 2 AP reports U S tanks and infantrymen battered down and burned red flags and banners in two POW compounds. A South Korean officer shot a prisoner after taunts. Gen Mark Clark warned use of maximum force to regain order.
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Koje Island
Korea
U. S
United Nations
Mark Clark
Panmountoin
Taft urges buildup in air power and criticizes policy
Sen Robert A Taft argues a strong American foreign policy must center on air power to defend the continent and strike Russia, accusing the Truman Acheson Eisenhower policy of failing to maintain air supremacy. He contends Korea could have been won with MacArthur's advice and calls for condemning current policies.
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Robert A. Taft
Russia
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Acheson
Eisenhower
America
Taft
Truman
Thomens
Korea
Iarene MacArthur
MacArthur
Gout An
Torrance Steel Shutdown Begins
U. S. Steel Torrance plant workers started leaving as a Supreme Court ruling against government seizure triggered a strike. The plant’s open hearth furnaces may shut by afternoon, with Union Local 1414 warning of pickets once strike machinery is ready. The Torrance facility, part of Columbia Geneva Division, employs about 1400 people.
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U. S. Steel
Torrance
Supreme Court
United Steelworkers Union
Columbia-Geneva
Supreme Court Rules Truman Seizure Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that President Truman's steel seizure was unconstitutional, upholding Judge Pine. CIO President Murray ordered a nationwide steel strike with 650,000 workers as mills were returned to owners. The decision, written by Justice Black, rejected executive power claims and triggered swift labor action and possible reimposition of steel shipment embargoes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
High Court
U. S
David A. Pine
Pine
Tofay
Black
Vinson
Reed
Minton
Murray
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Sen
Wage Stabilization Board
Paris Reds Call 24Hour Strike
The Communist run CGT has called a 24 hour strike in the Paris area on Wednesday to protest government weekend crackdowns. The move follows a national walkout appeal and targets Prime Minister Antoine Pinay after police raids on Communist party headquarters in Paris and other cities.
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Paris
French Confederation For Labor
Goverment
Reds
CGT
Antoine Pinay
Communist Party
Accused A Spy Pleads Innocent in Red Ring Case
Joseph W. Weinberg, charged as part of a Red atomic spy ring, pleaded innocent to lying to the House Un American Activities Committee about Communist ties. Trial set for Oct 3. Weinberg, a wartime UC radiation lab worker, had his bond reduced from 10000 to 5000 dollars by Judge James R. Kirkland.
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Joseph W. Weinberg
House un-American Activities ‘Committee
Weinberg
University of California Radiation Laboratory
U. Ss
James R. Kirkeland
Myron G. Ehrlich
Kirkland
No Moves Begun to Halt Strike Supreme Court Seizure
Washington June 2 Congressmen praised the Supreme Court ruling upholding Truman’s steel mill seizure but no immediate legislative steps were taken to end the strike. Key senators and representatives offered varied views while others were unavailable for comment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Truman
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