Taft Nomination May Rest on Skill Shown by Coleman
Chicago report details Tom Coleman as Taft on floor manager, guiding tactics, signals, and reserve strength at the Republican convention. Coleman, 59, a Wisconsin businessman and former party official, will monitor delegates and report via runners, staying in direct contact with Taft. He stresses calm leadership and precision timing to secure victory on the first ballot if possible.
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Coleman
Relman Morin
Chicago
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Tom Coleman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dias
Lord Chesterfield
Tom
Wisconsin
Kohler
Walter Kohler Jr
Republican Finance Committee
Stassen
Harold Stassen
Ohio
Eisenhower
Fireworks light up Recreation Park crowd on Fourth
About 10 000 people filled Recreation Park for a top notch Fourth of July fireworks display. The weather was fine with a 89 degree afternoon and no serious accidents. Police managed heavy traffic as crowds watched aerial and ground displays and heard taps. Lifeguards announced Red Cross swimming lessons start Tuesday and forecast warmer weather tomorrow. Weather could affect vacationers and farmers in the area depending on showers in the northwest part of the state.
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Recreation Park
Mercury
Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth Davis
Red Cross
Grain prices ease on light selling on Chicago Board of Trade
Grain prices eased with minor selling pressure on the Chicago Board of Trade. Old crop soybeans held firm and occasionally inched higher than the prior close, while other major grains pulled back slightly.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Legion Golfing Event At Legion Country Club
Nearly 200 Wisconsin American Legion golfers are set to enter the state tournament at the Gents Country Club Aug. The Monroe post will award several prizes including a traveling trophy now held by Milwaukee's Cudworth post. A noon luncheon and evening dinner accompany the event with prizes for entrants. Reservations may be made with James Forbes.
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Wisconsin American Legion
Gents Country Club
State Legion
Milwaukee
Cudworth Post
Monroe Post
Robert G. Buehler
Legion
Buehler
James Forbes
Republicans Scramble Over Civil Rights Plank In 1952 Platform
Chicago sources describe a civil rights dispute delaying the GOP platform. Senator Eugene Millikin says drafts exist from multiple subcommittees with the civil rights plank still unresolved. The subgroup agrees against endorsing a compulsory federal anti discrimination system.
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Chicago
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Millikin
Harvard Prof Defends McCarthy Allegation Basis
Harvard Law School professor Zechariah Chafee Jr. says McCarthy misuses a single hour of his career to brand him dangerous. Chafee says he supported Browder’s release petition during World War II but refused to sign an earlier petition opposing Browder, arguing the four year sentence for falsehood was too harsh and Browder had already served time.
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McCarthy
Chafee
Browder
Allied Fighters Smash Red Jets in Fourth of July Raid
United Nations pilots destroyed or damaged 21 Communist jets and leveled a major Red school near the Manchurian border. About 70 Thunderjet bombers attacked a headquarters and barracks two miles south of the Yalu River, with 85 Sabre jets engaging 115 MiG-15s. The Air Force confirmed 10 kills, one probable, and four damaged, noting no Allied losses in a week. Ground actions near Panmunjom saw stiff resistance and a withdrawal by attackers after an hour of fighting.
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Korea
United Nations
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U. S
Yalu River
Air Force
North Korea
Marine
U. S. Eighth Army
Panmunjom
Two Jet Pilots Safe After Crash in Ohio
Two Air Force jet pilots Lt James W Leatherbee and 1st Lt Donald J Grassell both from Wisconsin bailed out of F 86 Sabre jets after aerial collision near Springfield Ohio. Both planes burned on a farm seven miles from Springfield. Grassell was hospitalized at Wright Patterson with cuts and bruises.
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Air Force
Wisconsin
Here
James W. Leatherbee
Donald J. Grassell
Madison
Wis
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Washington
Eisenhower attacks Taft in Chicago convention battle
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in Chicago amid a sharpened feud with Taft forces. He accused a “little group of arrogant men” of overturning delegates and sought to rally voters against what he called imposed party rule. He warned of a D-Day style fight on the convention floor.
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GOP
National Committee
Taft
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Wisconsin Pair Supports Texas Delegates Compromise
Cyrus L. Philipp of Milwaukee and Mrs. George Town of Waukesha, both Republicans on the National Committee, voted for a compromise that awarded Taft 22 Texas delegates and Eisenhower 16. The measure passed 60 to 41 with Michigan committee members voting against.
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Cyrus L. Philipp
Milwaukee
George Town
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Republican National Committee
Sen
Taft
Texas
Dwight Eisenhower
Michigan
Eisenhower
Lone Star
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
Sprague
Ike
Local GOP Group Plans Chicago Trip
A Green County group led by Alvin H. Babler plans to attend the Wisconsin First district GOP convention in Chicago at the Bismarck Hotel. Babler will serve as alternate and assist Stephen Wood. he will assume voting duties when Wood is not in sessions. The Taft delegates convene at 5 p.m. tomorrow with many members listed to attend sessions through the week.
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Chicago
Green County
Alvin H. Babler
Babler
Wisconsin
Stephen Wood
Beloit
Wood
Taft
Taft Committee
Cecil McCreedy
Albany
B. H. Lynch
Monroe
Erma Thurber
Anna Blum
A. H. Babler
Roland Blaha
Robert L. Rote
Rudolph P. Reger
GOP
Joseph D. Viney
Eisenhower
Robert E. Tschudy
Paul W. Neubauer
MacArthur Club
R. G. Rote
Leland L. Lamboley
R. H. Schoonover
Harry A. Keegan
United States Sets Fast Atlantic Crossing Pace
The SS United States maintained a rapid westbound run through night mists as it surpassed the Queen Mary in the cross Atlantic pace. It averaged 35.609 knots over 22 hours, covering 801 miles, with an opening day of 34.11 knots and 696 miles.
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S. S. United States
United States
New York
Pilgrims Spark Swiss Dialect Reunion in Glarus Visit
New Glarus Wisconsin residents explored their homeland during the 600th anniversary of Glarus canton’s entry into the Swiss confederation. Swiss hosts learned the Green County dialect remains closer to grandfather’s tongue, with old words resurfacing despite modern changes.
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Glarus
Switzerland
Green County
Wisconsin
Old Switzerland
New Glarus
Wis
Canton of Glarus
Taft charges Eisenhower bloc uses libelous tactics
Senator Taft accused General Eisenhower of wild charges due to lacking delegates to win the Republican nomination. He said Eisenhower forces flood the air with libel and vituperation after the Texas delegate award, and warned that their propaganda aims to override the convention and harm party harmony.
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Taft
Eisenhower Bloc
Washington
Sen
Eisenhower
Ohio
GOP National Committee
Texas
Mrs. F M Ties of Brodhead Dies at 72
Mrs. F M Ties wife of Brodhead’s former police chief died at St. Clare hospital at 6 30 p m She was born Charlotte May Nolty and lived in Spring Grove township before moving to Brodhead She leaves husband a son Leo M a grandson and a brother with several sisters and a great grandchild list of survivors included. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 p m at Everson funeral home Brodhead with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Spring Grove Club
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Fredrick
Mack and
Jerimies
Nellie Grennwalt
Jessie Taylor
Orfordville
Flossie Roehl
Janesville
Floyd Nolty
Beloit
Two Badger Students Fail in Plane Hitch
Two University of Wisconsin students, Harvey A. Wichman aged 20 and Russell L. La Rose aged 19 from Greendale Wisconsin, rode in the nose wheel well of an airliner bound for Chicago. They were handed to police on a stowaway charge after crew discovery last night.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Harvey A. Wichman
Russell L. la Rose
Greendale
Wis
Holiday Mishaps Take Seven Lives
Seven people died during the Fourth of July weekend in Wisconsin in separate accidents. Drownings occurred on Green Bay near Dyckesville as two fishermen perished, and a teen died in a two car crash near Waukesha. A 17 year old drowned in the St Croix river near Hudson and another man died after a highway collision near Kenosha. A grandson, 17, was the state’s first holiday fatality from a crash west of Tomahawk.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Kewaunee County
Dyckesville
Herman Motiff
de Pere
Wilbur Dimmer
Don Patrick
Shirley Haefner
Thiensville
Mill Road
Waukesha
Carl Hallstrand
Ogema
Tomahawk
Raymond Bergeson
Hill
Taylor County
James Jacobson
River Falls
St. Croix
Hudson
Ira Jackson
Waukegan
Kenosha
Conferees Approve Social Security Benefit Increases
A Senate House conference committee backed a bill raising Social Security insurance and assistance payments by about 450 million dollars annually. The plan doubles earnings exclusions to seventy five dollars and increases monthly benefits for retirees and dependents, with a two year limit on aid for current categories and a larger future formula. The federal share for aged, blind, and disabled recipients rises by five dollars monthly and aid to dependent children increases by sixty three dollars per month.
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Washington
Senate House
House
Senate
Mossadegh Resigns But Still Seeks Reappointment
In Tehran Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh submitted his resignation to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. He expressed a desire to be reappointed, following the tradition of cabinet and prime minister resignations after elections. The new parliament would choose a new government or reappoint the old one.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Eisenhower foes clash as Taft leads GOP push at Chicago
Eisenhower and Taft clash over the GOP nomination in Chicago with Taft holding a lead in delegates. Taft accuses Eisenhower of wild charges while Warren and Stassen arrive. The convention fight centers on disputed delegates and a potential first ballot.
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North Western Station
California
Earl Warren
Chicago
Harold E. Stassen
Taft
J. Russell Sprague
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Herbert Hoover
Associated Press
Republican National Committee
Ohioan
Texas
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