Rhee Ultimatum Spurs Constitutional Crisis in Korea
South Korea teeters as President Syngman Rhee gives the National Assembly a deadline to approve amendments for a popularly elected president and a two house legislature or face dissolution. The 77 year old leader warned he would act within days, while the Assembly remains at odds and the election was postponed amid mounting feud.
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Pusan
Korea
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Assembly
Rhee
Westbrook Pegler slams Roosevelt Red Cross in political purge
A harsh critique accuses the Roosevelt circle of profan ing the Red Cross by turning it into a political patronage job. The author names Norman Davis Basil OConnor and George Marshall, cites wartime missteps, and notes a $25,000 salary for the post. The piece ends with Eleanor Roosevelt and Joe Lash in a political fringe.
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Supreme Court
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Norman Davis
Roosevelt House
Basil O’connor
George Marshall
Admiral Kimmel
General Short
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt Circle
Eleanor
Joe Lash
Senate Hears Urgent Call to Speed Up A E F Rebuilding
Senate debate centers on a 46-billion-dollar military bill to accelerate American air power and defense programs after warnings from Joint Chiefs of Staff that Russia could peak by mid 1954. Senator O Mahoney pushes an 83.6 billion add on to equip a 143 wing Air Force by July 1954.
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O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Russia
Nathan F. Twining
U.S
Pentagon
Sen
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Chiang predicts revolt possible if China bombed
Chiang Kai shek warned that bombing war industries in China could trigger a Communist sparked uprising in densely populated areas. He said Red forces in Korea would be hampered by strikes on lines and arsenals and vowed to lead Formosa forces in a future assault on the mainland China.
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Washington
Chiang Kalshek
China
Chiang
Formosa
U.S. News and World Report
Korea
Manchuria
Passman Rally Tonight In Monroe For Re election
A rally for Congressman Otto E. Passman of the fifth district is set for 8 p.m. at Central grammar school. Passman will be in Monroe briefly, then return to Washington to handle pressing House duties with more issues ahead. He plans further campaigning after adjournment, likely July 5, and will deliver radio broadcasts at 8 p.m. tonight and 7 a.m. Tuesday on major area stations.
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Central Grammar School
Otto E. Passman
Congress
Passman
Monroe
Washington
House
Fight Over 72 Delegates Shaping Up At GOP Meet
Preliminary GOP convention contests focus on eight states and Puerto Rico with Texas holding the sharpest fight over 38 disputed seats. Taft and Eisenhower supporters clash asRules and procedures are reviewed by GOP leaders amid anticipated credential challenges.
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Robert A. Taft
Washington
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Guy G. Gabrielson
GOP
National Committee
Puerto Rico
Texas
Florida
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
Missouri
Kansas
Taft
Eisenhower
Gabrielson
Burglar in Butler Ends Life in Detention Cell
Militant ex burglar Millard F Wright, 42, who had brain surgery in 1947 to curb theft, killed himself in a Butler detention cell. Police found a makeshift noose and a severed artery. He admitted 28 Western Pennsylvania burglaries and two in West Virginia and had been paroled in 1949.
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Butler, Pa
Millard F. Wright
Butler Barracks
Wright
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Anti Polio Drug Tested This Week
Houston scientists will begin a mass test inoculating 35 000 young children to prevent polio paralysis. The study, funded by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, starts Wednesday with gamma globulin shots. half the children receive the harmless blood fraction.
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Houston
National Foundation of
Steelworkers Meet Today in Drive to End Strike
Union leader Philip Murray told 4,000 at Youngstown rally that talks are set today with smaller firms still shut down by the nationwide steel strike. He warned of blacklisting pressure from the Big Six and said meetings with some employers would occur in Pittsburgh and other cities.
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Bud Springer
Youngstown, O
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Murray
Pittsburgh
Solons Seek Another Chance On Hog Ban Bill
Supporters of a bill to ban hogs from roaming in long leaf pine forests will try again in the House after a 45 to 15 vote fell six votes short of the 51 needed. Rep Horace Lynn Jones of Lake Charles said fire and hog damage threaten reforestation and claimed hogs root up to 210 pine seedlings an hour.
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Baton Rouge
Horace Lynn Jones
Lake Charles
House Agriculture Committee
Rev J R Downs Rites Tuesday
The funeral for Rev. J. R. Downs 87 a Methodist conference veteran of 50 years dies at his Winnsboro road home. Service at Hixson Brothers Chapel Tuesday at 1 pm then a service at Luna Church Ward 9 with interment at Head cemetery. Survived by son Horace M Downs and M W Downs and four daughters and many grandchildren.
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J. R. Downs
Methodist Conference
Winnsboro Road
Hixson Brothers
Luna Church
Ward 9
Downs
Head
Death Threats Reported in Twin Cities Weekend
Police investigated a surge of death threat notes and calls. J D Coxes and Mrs R W Steele received notes and phone threats predicting death at specified times. A local girl admitted writing the note as a joke, while Steele dismissed the threats as a joke.
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Twin Cities
J. D. Coxes
South Third
Monroe
R. W. Steele
Jackson
House Senate Clash Over Highway Aid to Parishes
In Baton Rouge the House refused to concur with a Senate amendment cutting parish road aid from 20 000 to 10 000 annually. The House had boosted aid from 10 000 to 20 000, while the Senate kept it at 10 000. Lt Gov Barham named a three member committee to seek a compromise.
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Baton Rouge
House
Senate
Highway Department
C. E. Barham
Monroe elects Coon mayor as official results released
The Democratic executive committee announced on Monday that John E. Coon won 5 975 votes and W L Howard received 4 524 in Monroe's mayoral race. Frank X Cline secured the finance and utilities commission nomination with 5 842 votes to Fred Millsaps 4 702. Official tabulators present were Roy Q Cole Sr E M Strong C H Reid and Henry Haas.
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Democratic Executive Committee
John E. Coon
Monroe
Frank X. Cline
Finance and Utilities
Fred Millsaps
Roy Q. Cole, Sr
E. M. Strong
C. H. Reid
Henry Haas
Wage and Price Controls Extended For Ten Months
President Truman plans to sign a bill extending wage and price controls for 10 months. House Speaker Rayburn and Senate Leader McFarland said Congress will not reconvene after July conventions, keeping only big defense and security measures for action.
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Washington
Truman
Rayburn
D-Tex
White House
Congress
House
Senate
Sen. McFarland
D-Ariz
Senate House
Acheson Holds Official Vienna Visit Amid Cold War Tensions
U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson visited Vienna meeting President Theodor Koerner Chancellor Leopold Figl and Vice Chancellor Adolf Schaerf He planned lunch with Foreign Minister Karl Gruber and a state dinner as part of a symbolic mission to bolster Western support for Austria and Berlin He departed for Brazil the next day after praising Austrian patience under hardship.
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Vienna
Austria
U. S
Dean Acheson
United States
Berlin
Acheson
Theodor Koerner
Leopold Figl
Adolf Schaerf
Karl Gruber
Walter Dowling
Brazil
Washington
Gloomy Governors See GOP Hurdles In November Election
Republican governors like Alfred E. Driscoll of New Jersey and Walter Fohler of Wisconsin fear the GOP will be underdog in November. They say the nominee may be an outsider, Eisenhower or Taft, while Democratic leaders express confidence at their Governors Conference. Adlai Stevenson’s stance on a presidential draft looms as a question, with potential crossfire over a FEPC style platform.
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Houston
Tex
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Walter Fohler
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
James F. Byres
South Carolina
Truman
Stevensons
Supreme Court
Young Airman Dies Of Swimming Mishap
A 22 year old airman attached to the 376th maintenance squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base drowned at Caney Lake near Minden Webster Parish Sheriff J A Batton identified Wendell W Wilcox as the deceased He was in the water about 30 minutes before his body was recovered His parents Mr and Mrs Gail Wilcox live in Clearwater Nebraska
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Shreveport
Minden
Webster Parish
J. A. Batton
Wendell W. Wilcox
376Th
Barksdale Air Force Base
Caney Lake
Wilcox
Thomas C. Richardson
Gail Wilcox
Clearwater, Neb
Passman Comments On Location Of Air Base Expansion
Congressman Otto E. Passman said on Monday that the site of the air base enlargement would likely use the old Selman Field. He added that the location is not a congressional prerogative and would be decided by the Army and Air Force engineers with local input.
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Harry A. Jarvinen
Seattle
Margaret Mustapas
Sirika
Owen Lattimore
Jarniven
Gerald S. Shacklin
Lattimore
Otto E. Passman
Shady Wall
Congress
Army
Air Force
Passman
Ousted Marshal Grant Dismissed by Truman
Pekin Illinois United States Marshal for the southern district of Illinois Robert Grant has been dismissed by President Truman for alleged irregularities. Attorney General James P. McGranery ordered the FBI to investigate complaints against Grant.
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Robert Grant
Pekin, Til
Illinois
Truman
James P. McGranery
FBI
Grant
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