Demo Hopefuls Back Program Of Fair Deal
Democratic hopefuls Richard Russell and Estes Kefauver asserted support for President Truman's Fair Deal as a rallying point against Republican reaction. Russell attacked the Taft Hartley Law while Kefauver urged a liberal, progressive stance on foreign and domestic policy, signaling a clash over Eisenhower as the GOP nominee. Truman's convention message was to be printed in the official program.
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Chicago
Truman
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
South
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kefauver
Democratic Party
Civil rights plank urged as party drafts platform
Labor and civil rights leaders pressed for a strong Democratic civil rights pledge with enforcement powers. They demanded a change to Senate rules to end filibusters against civil rights by a simple majority, and backed FEPC with enforcement authority.
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Reuther
U.S. Senate
Senate
Gewirtz
Jack Davis
Federal Bar Association of
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
FEPC
Danish aid may continue after tanker sale to Russia
Washington aide Averell Harriman of the mutual security administration reportedly advised President Truman that U S aid to Denmark should not be cut off despite Denmark selling a tanker to Russia.
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Averell Harriman
Mutual Security
Truman
U. S
Denmark
Russia
Georgia Senator B Russell backs Truman in Democratic race
Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia bids for President Truman’s support in the Democratic nomination race. He says Truman may not yet pick a candidate, but hopes for support from a strong Democrat. Russell’s move signals candidates aligning with administration policies amid the nominating contest.
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Chicago
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Truman
Russell
Truman blasts New Deal and party unity at convention
President Truman declared the Democratic side of the 1,576 delegate convention must stay the course and not betray the New Deal and Fair Deal. He aligned with a burning faith crusade while Alben Barkley urged standing on the party’s record. The message complicated civil rights plank talks and the Texas delegations fight between Allan Shivers anti administration and Maury Maverick loyalist groups.
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Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Frank McKinney
Paul A. Dever
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Texas
Sam Rayburn
Resolutions Committee
Frank E. McKinney
Democrats Begin Free for All Nomination Drama in Chicago
The Democratic National Convention opens with five declared contenders and as many as a dozen names possible for the presidency. Key speakers include Gov Adlai E Stevenson and Sen Paul H Dou glass, with sessions examining credentials, platform and civil rights, likely to spark floor battles.
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Chicago
Dwight D Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Taft
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Truman Plans To Quit Hospital By Saturday
President Truman, 68, spent a good night at Walter Reed and expects to return to the White House by Saturday after a hospital stay for a mild virus. Doctors say his temperature could rise briefly. aides note about 50 bills await signature as he remains in hospital for tests.
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Two Helicopters Begin Second Leg of Ocean Flight
Two Air Force helicopters, dubbed flying windmills, started the 570 mile leg to Goose Bay Labrador from Presque Isle Maine at 6 10 a m EST. Maj Albion Sawyer said the leg to Wiesbaden Germany would take about five and a half hours with a C 54 escort. The flight began Wednesday at Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts.
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Tornadoes Hit Texarkana Airport in Double Blow
Two tornadoes struck Texarkana Regional Airport. The first hit at 2 18 p m, collapsing an empty hanger and scattering debris. The second near two hours later toppled power lines and uprooted trees on the field, with minor damage reported in the nearby Rondo community.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Red Pilots Over Korea Best Yet in Air War
In Korea a dash of clouded skies failed to hide a top US victory as Capt Arthur McCarthy destroyed a leading Communist MiG. US Navy officials in Seoul touted upcoming faster carrier jets to counter MIG15s, while ground fighting near Panmunjom and Korangpo remained light with isolated clashes and probes repelled.
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Korea
Arthur McCarthy
Dearborn
Mich
U. S
Fechteler
Robert P. Briscoe
U. S. Far Eastern Naval Forces
Tokyo
Korangpo
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Steel Union Standoff Persists Against Breakthrough Bid
Philip Murray, president of the CIO United Steelworkers, waits for White House or industry steps as a 46 day strike drags on. Rumors of secret settlements denied. Debate centers on compulsory vs voluntary union membership. Murray to report after Wage Policy Committee meets in Pittsburgh. The strike has idled millions, with huge wage losses and $1.65 billion in steel tonnage lost.
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Philip Murray
CIO United Steelworkers
White House
John R. Steelman
Murray
Iron Age Magazine
Iron Age
Allied Industries
Bank income up but buying power down in 1951
The Federal Reserve Board reports average family income rose from 3520 in 1950 to 3840 in 1951, a 9 percent gain. Prices rose 9 percent, and higher taxes cut buying power, leaving the typical spending unit poorer than a year earlier.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Split Over FEPC Threatened By Virginian
ROANOKE Va Former Gov William M Tuck urged Virginia Democrats to break from the national party if the South is rebuffed at Chicago. He attacked Trumanism and Fair Dealism and urged action to protect American principles and Virginia Democratic unity. The state delegation of 36 will cast 28 votes at the national convention.
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CIO
Philadelphia
States Rights Party
Dixie
Federal Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Roy L. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Stanley Gewirtz
Americans For Democratic Action
Socratic
Roanoke
William M. Tuck
National Democratic Party
Chicago
Democratic Party
Virginia
Tuck
Harry F. Byrd
Richard Russell
Georgia
South
Passenger Train Rams Gas Truck Near Chandler
A Southern Pacific Imperial passenger train hit an empty gasoline tank truck at a crossing 14 miles southeast of Chandler Arizona. Nine people were injured none seriously. The crash derailed a section of the train and ripped up 100 feet of track before engines overturned. The truck driver Glen L Shorter of Salome Arizona was unhurt. he did not see the train.
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Southern Pacific
Imperial
Here
Glen. L. Shorter
Salmone, Ariz
Boston Man Admits Killing On Campus
New York reports Bayard P. Peakes a 30 year old Air Force veteran confessed in Boston to killing Eileen Fahey 18 at Columbia University in the American Physical Society office. Peakes said he attacked after pursuing a life prolonging theory and bought a pistol last June.
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Air Force
Columbia University
Bayard P. Peakes
Boston
Eileen Fahey
District Attorney's Office
Peakes
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American Physical Society
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Ronald Leo
First Marine Division
Korea
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Dover-Foxcroft
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General Dean Transferred in POW Camp Shuffle
North Korea announced Maj. Gen. William F. Dean and other prisoners were moved from Pyongyang camps to new facilities as truce talks paused at Panmunjom. The UN demanded accounting for 1,881 missing U.N. soldiers and 1,014 Allied-held prisoners with limited progress. Dean, a Berkeley born Medal of Honor recipient captured in 1950, was among those displaced in the Red move amid camp closures Nos. 6 9 and 10 near Pyongyang and Simuiju.
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Calif
Reds
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No. 10
Simuiju
Yalu River
Red Manchuria
War not necessary says French Red in notebook
Paris A notebook found on Jacques Duclos, France's No 1 Communist, claims war is neither inevitable nor necessary. Le Figaro said the note was found on him at his May 28 arrest during riots against General Ridgway. Duclos, released, acknowledges decline of the French Communist party and a leader proposed opposing overtime pay to keep labor unsatisfied.
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Jacques Duclos
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Matthew B. Ridgway
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Light Plane Crashes Into House Near Los Angeles
A fog shrouded takeoff from Northrop Airport ended when a light plane struck an unoccupied house and set it on fire. Four bodies were recovered from the aircraft and a neighboring home suffered damage from flying debris. A Navy pilot was killed in a separate crash nearby days earlier.
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Sheriff's Office
Navy
Santa Ana
Tremors Struck Dyersburg Tennessee Two Times
Two earthquakes rattled Dyersburg in West Tennessee about 20 minutes apart late yesterday. Dishes rattled and houses creaked but no damage was reported.
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Tenn
West Tennesse
Local Girl Wins Western Tournament
Carolyn Wikoff became the first Middletown tennis player to win a major out-of-town event by taking the Western Girls Tournament in Milwaukee. The 13 year old defeated Bunny Bobrinskoy of Chicago in the finals 62 24 86, with competitors coming from Ohio Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and Illinois.
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Milwaukee
Bunny Bobrinskoy
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Iran Premier Mossadegh resigns. Shah seeks new government head
Premier Mossadegh resigns amid Parliament gridlock over granting him six months of emergency decree powers. Shah Mohammed Reza asks Majlis to appoint a new premier as Mossadegh, ill in bed, contemplates possible reeappointment with broad economic authority. The Majlis supports reinstallation, while the Senate hesitates on granting sweeping powers.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Shah Mohammed Reza Paklevi
Mossadeghi
Majlis
Hussein Ala
Mossadegh
Senate
Mossadeh
Both Chinas Accepted for Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee admitted both Red China and Nationalist China to the games. Nazi officials protested by declining to compete. IOC voted 33-20. East Germany would not participate. Dr. Otto Mayer cited allowing youth to compete as the principle guiding the decision.
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China
International Olympic Committee
Otto Mayer
Olympic
East Germany
Moscow
Mayer
Red Dean Repeats Germ Warfare Charges in London
The Red Dean of Canterbury Dr Hewlett Johnson repeated his charge that U S airmen used germ warfare in Korea. Speaking at a Britain China Friendship Association meeting he said he saw evidence during his China trip and defended pro Communist activities amid official criticism.
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Canterbury
U. S
Korea
Britain-China Friendship Association
Hewlett Johnson
India Seeks Peace Talks Amid Korean War Effort
The State Department said India was negotiating with Communists to end the Korean war. No progress was evident from the talks, a spokesman stated.
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Washington
State Department
India
Test Pilot Describes Skyrocket Flight At 1238 MPH
Bill Bridgeman, Navy says the D558-2 Skyrocket hit 1238 mph in level flight after a 79 494 foot climb, then glided at 160 mph. He notes speed feels the same as 750 mph and describes six flights last summer from 35000 feet.
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Los Angeles
Free World
Navy
Bill Bridgeman
Bridgeman
Desert
Dan A. Kimball
Bocoras Air Force Base
Calif
Douglas
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
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