Golden Jackass speech echoes in political clash
Westbrook Pegler revives Vivien Kellems remarks from 1949 in Los Angeles as he recalls a Hartford convention setback and questions U S gold policy. He recounts a Louisville visit during Prohibition era nights at a Derby era hotel with social figures from multiple river towns.
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New York
Vivien Kellems
Senate
Hartford
Conn
Los Angeles
Italy
Fort Knox
Ohio
Louisville
Indiana
Beauty
Derby
Capone
Chicago
Evansville
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Byrnes Wins South Carolina Governor Nomination in Big Win
In South Carolina, James F. Byrnes gains the governorship with 206,418 votes, eliminating a runoff. Sen. Olin D. Johnston leads the Senate race, defeating Gov. J. Strom Thurmond as voters back the national Democratic line.
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Columbia
D. C
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Olin D. Johnston
U. S. Senate
Byrnes
Supreme Court
Lester L. Bates
Columbia Insurance
Thomas H. Pope
House
Marcus A. Stone
Dillon Lumberman
Johnston
J. Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
White House
Truman
Stone, Bates
House approves $1 222 500 000 foreign arms aid bill
The House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously approved a $1 222 500 000 arms aid bill for non Communist nations and urged a Far East defense pact modeled on NATO. The measure mirrors the Senate’s June 30 66 to 0 vote and is expected to move quickly amid the Korean situation.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
House
Acheson Updates on Aid Talks From Other Nations
Secretary of State Acheson said conferences are ongoing with the United Nations and the defense department on possible aid to Korea. He noted offers of troops from other UN members would help, but he could not confirm ground forces from countries beyond Nationalist China. He slammed the Soviet peace petition as propaganda and summarized UN member support for South Korea, saying 53 of 56 members have offered backing.
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Washington
Acheson
State Department
United Nations
Defense Department
China
Tydings
D.-Md
United States
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russia
Soviet Union
South Korea
Army drafts 14 weeks training for draftees
Washington reports the army plans 14 weeks of training for draftees before assignment to posts in the United States. Some may go overseas later but the number is not expected to be large or soon. Draft boards are told to fill 20,000 slots by September 30.
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Washington
United States
Winnsboro Accepts Low Bid for 14 Miles of Street Surfacing
The Franklin parish police jury and Winnsboro town council accepted a bid of 413051 to T. L. James Company of Ruston for four miles of concrete streets with curbing and 9.6 miles of soil cement base with bituminous surface. Construction to start within three weeks and finish in 200 working days. Bids were from W. H. Patterson Company and Berber Brothers Company. A courthouse project bid of about 500000 will be opened August 8.
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Winnsboro
Franklin Parish
T. L. James Company
Ruston
W. H. Patterson Company
Berber Brothers Company
Baton Rouge
Berserk Watchman shoots three at Hotel Schenley
Pittsburgh July 12 a 59 year old hotel watchman Dominick Omogrosso opened fire in the Hotel Schenley lobby after killing baker Alfonso Morano in the basement. He then shot night manager Herbert Kunde and desk clerk John Harper before being subdued by officers.
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Pittsburgh
Schenley
Nicholas Collanne
Dominick Omogrosso
Alfonso W. Morano
Morano
Herbert H. Kunde
John Harper
Corianne
Omogrosso
Steel City
University of Pittsburgh
Forbes
Oakland
Kunde
Harper
Omogrossi
John James
James
Raymond Snowden
Anglo Soviet Talks Watch Korean War Endgame
Washington reports the United States watches Anglo Soviet diplomacy on steps to end the Korean War with caution and interest. Acheson prepared a news briefing while Britain and Moscow discuss possibilities, focusing on a UN security council settlement and North Korea’s withdrawal beyond the 38th parallel. Russia’s stance on Chinese representation in the UN could shape any consensus.
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Washington
Acheson
Britain
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
David Kelly
Kelly
Gromyko
State Department
38Th Parallel
United Nations Security Council
United States
Security Council
South Korea
China
U. N
Point Four Up For Vote In Senate Debate
Washington July 12 The administration moved to shelve the 1.01 billion excise tax cut while the Senate killed action on the FEPC bill with a 55 to 33 vote. The House passed a bill for limited guarantees of American investments abroad under the Point Four program, sending it to the Senate after defeating a move to shelve it by 28 votes.
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Washington
Senate
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Lucas
Illinois
House
Truman
Strike threat eases as unions meet for peace talks
Chicago July 12 The threat of a weekend strike by two major railroad unions eased as federal mediators schedule new talks with carriers. About 225,000 rail workers from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors will meet the national mediation board to seek settlement amid a wage and hour dispute.
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Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Railroad
Order of
W. P. Kennedy
Spectre of Volunteers From China and Russia Stirs Korea War Fears
In Washington the Pentagon weighs a potential long Korea war as reports say China and Russia may send hundreds of thousands of volunteers to aid North Korea. Analysts cite supply lines, tough North Korean fighters, and Okinawa experience as factors delaying a quick victory.
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China
Russia
Korea
Elton C. Fay
Washington
Pentagon
High Command
Stalingrad
Okinawa
U. S
Straits
Japan
United States
North Korea
Far East
North Korea Attacks As GIs Fall Back To Kum River
American forces face a major counteroffensive as North Korean tanks drive toward the Kum river defense line near Taejon. U S troops retreat to prepared positions while MacArthur warns of further withdrawals as Allied air and naval units bombard advancing targets.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Kum River
U. S
Kum
Taejon
South Korea
Tommy Bishop
Quitman
Miss
MacArthur
Chochiwon
Chongju
Umsong
Pogang River
Han River
Tanyang
Chungju
Ochiri
Chungju -Tas
Republic of Korea
Hamchang
Kumchon
Yangyang
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Ansong
Ouachita Parish Votes to Submit Drainage Bid and Related Actions
The Ouachita parish police jury unanimously agreed to submit the low drainage bid of Johnson Construction Co. for 123381 to the state for final approval. They also accepted Southern Equipment Co. bid for a new dragline at 14545.94 and reviewed other bids. The meeting covered right of way progress, gravel hauling for Marie Place addition, a water supply ordinance for Dooleyville, health unit funding requests, DDT spraying stats, and liquor license approvals.
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Ouachita Parish
Johnson Construction Company of
Vinton
State Department of Public Works
Southern Equipment Company
Dunham Pugh
Louisiana Tractor and Machinery Co
A. E. Montgomery
Monroe
Marie Place Addition
W. G. Worley
Dooleyville
W. Carroll Summer
West Monroe
Fire Breaks Out in War Office Basement
Fire erupted in the basement of the War Office in London today from an unknown cause. Dense smoke filled two underground rooms used during the war for bombproof offices. authorities say the fire started among film apparatus. The blaze was extinguished within an hour.
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London
War Office
Mrs Sallie Meredith Dies After Lingering Illness
Sallie Meredith, 66, office manager at the Dr. J Q Graves Clinic for many years, died in a local hospital shortly after noon today after a lingering illness. Peters Funeral Home will handle funeral arrangements, details not yet set.
Reds Almost Reach Pusan As Korean War News Grows
Moscow reports North Korean forces have advanced toward Pusan, the key American supply port on Korea’s southeast coast. General MacArthur cites amphibious landings on the east coast, including a Po hang action, but no official U S word confirms a serious threat to Pusan. A Pyongyang dispatch via the Literary Gazette claims naval landings and uprisings near the peninsula’s southern tip.
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Moscow
Pusan
Korea
MacArthur
South Korea
Pohang
U. S
Literary Gazette
Pyongyang
North Korea
Korean Peninsula
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W. H. Brown
H. I. Frost
Bill Barney
E. B. Sanders
O. T. Brownlee
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