Convention Notes on Democratic Nominating Efforts
Chicago reporters note the Democratic convention advances toward selecting a presidential candidate with the platform adoption and a loyalty pledge vote proceeding by voice. Vice President Barkley looms as a veteran war horse while scrutiny of Texas credentials and delegate loyalties ripple through hall and hotel chatter.
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Credentials Committee
White House
Rules Committee
Berkles
Barkley
Texas
Columbia, S. C
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Kefauver Next With 6 Percent Poll Not Binding
Chicago special report shows an Iowa advisory poll of 24 convention votes with Stevenson 8 Kefauver 6 Barkley 5 Russell 2 Kerr 1 Harriman 2. Delegates and alternates total Stevenson 13 Kefauver 12 Barkley 6 Harriman 3 Kerr 2. poll described as nonbinding and part of a delay dispute at the convention hall.
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Chicago
Journal
Stevenson
Kefauver
Barkley
Iowa
Russell
Kerr
Harriman
Gankler
Davenport
Baxter
Burlington
Burchess
Tipton
White
Iowa City
Associated Press
Barklevy
Senate
Sparkman
Alabama
Fulbright
Arkansas
Eisenhower plan aims to broaden outreach to independents
GOP advisers at a Fraser Colorado retreat announced a campaign program to expand the National Citizens for Eisenhower committee. Senator Duff and Ralph Cake described efforts to court independents and disgruntled Democrats while building GOP turnout in the next election.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
National
Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
Duff
Pennsylvania
Fraser
Colo
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Ralph Cake
GOP
Oregon
Eisenhower
Cake
Citizens Committee
Cairo Calm After Army Coup Sets New Premier
Cairo Egypt woke to peace after a rapid army coup installed former premier Aly Maher Pasha as head of government. The premier designate traveled to Alexandria to present his new cabinet to King Farouk, marking Egypt's sixth government since January.
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Cairo
Egypt
Aly Maher Pasha
Mid-East
Alexandria
Farouk
Truman Directs Steel Leaders to End 650,000-Worker Strike
President Truman met with Benjamin Fairless of U S Steel and CIO head Philip Murray at the White House to urge a rapid settlement of the 53 day steel strike that has shut mills nationwide. John R. Steelman attended as mediator as the three way talks continued.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Philip Murvray
Murry
Defense
John R. Steelman
Moderate Weather For Area Ahead
Comfortable weather prevailed in Muscatine with a high of 82 and a low of 54. The forecast calls for generally fair and warmer conditions today and tonight with a high near 88 and a low around 65 to 68. Friday will bring the 90s, with highs of 92 to 96 and thundershowers expected Friday night. Elsewhere only partly cloudy and warmer conditions with scattered showers possible in the southwest and extreme west.
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Muscatine
Explosion Rips Cedar Rapids House. No Injuries
A gas blast tore apart the year old Dos kocil home in Cedar Rapids while the owners were away at work. Witnesses describe a loud blast and collapsing walls as a bulldozer nearby likely struck a gas line, causing the explosion.
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Blast Rips
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Doskocil
Mary McCarthy
Leo Johnson
Ira Smart
Smart
Bud Thompson
Doskocil
Iran in turmoil as Mossadegh forms new cabinet
Tehran reports bloodshed subsiding as Premier Mossadegh completes a cabinet plan. A nationwide anti U S mood appears in the press while demonstrations for Mossadegh leave at least thirty five dead after clashes around the capital. The Shah may designate Mossadegh or his appointee to head the war ministry.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
U. S
Mossadegh
Shah Mohammed Reza Phalevi
Democrats pledge platform of prosperity and progress at Chicago
The Chicago platform pledged prosperity and peace while dodging civil rights feuds. Speaker Sam Rayburn quickly approved the document, Georgia and Mississippi voted no, Tennessee objected to no civil rights committee plank, amid memories of 1948. Northerners and Dixie delegates claimed small victories as civil rights language urged federal and local action.
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Chicago
Sam Rayburn
Georgia
Mississippi
Tennessee
Dixie
Cost of Living Reaches New High in Mid June
Government figures show the cost of living on June 15 at 189.6 percent of the 1935-39 base, 11.4 percent higher than two years earlier. The index rose 0.5 point from January’s record, driven by food rent and misc goods. About 40,000 wage earners tied to the index may get a pay hike under existing contracts.
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Washington —I?i
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Democrats Touting Broader Farm Price Supports
Democrats press a broader price support plan after the 1952 farm vote. The new plank expands parity aids to perishables like livestock and dairy, while maintaining guarantees for corn, wheat, cotton, rice, tobacco and peanuts. Subsidies are not mentioned and output controls remain.
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Chicago
Congress
Six Iowans Die In Accidents Wednesday
Six persons aged from 2 to 62 died in Iowa accidents on Wednesday. Causes included three electrocutions two drownings and a tractor rollover. Victims were Fred Prahm 42 a Rowley farmer Clinton Clark 62 Fort Dodge Leland Hollingshead 10 Chariton Forrest Mohr 8 Preston Rondo Kraft 8 LeClaire and Bud Webber 17 Charles City.
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Iowa
Fred Prahm
Rowley
Clinton Clark
Fort Dodge
Leland Hollingshead
Everett Hollingshead
Chariton
Forrest Mohr
Claus Mohr
Preston
Rondo Ray Kraft
Jack Kraft
LeClaire
Bud Webber
Charles City
Cedar River
Nashua
Barkley Delivers Broad Defense At Democratic Convention
Alben W. Barkley addressed more than 12 000 delegates, defending Democratic programs and Roosevelt Truman era gains while criticizing Republican plans. He framed the party as advancing universal education and a prosperous postwar order, urging unity and continuity amid pressure from GOP rivalries.
Iowa farmer Orville Sebert dies at 43
Orville Sebert of Clarion county died suddenly from a heart attack on his farm northeast of Clarion after a day of harvest in hot sun. Services are set for Friday at the local church.
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Clarion
Orville Sebert
Truman Associates Say He Backing Stevenson for Nomination
Two associates said President Truman preferred Adlai E. Stevenson for the Democratic nomination, citing a swift draft behind Stevenson's candidacy. The Illinois governor had not closed the door to the nomination, while others favored Barkley earlier.
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Convention Hall
Chicago
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Ilinois
Barkley
Illinois
Balloting on Nominations at Truman Convention
The report outlines the convention's program balloting for president and vice president. It notes 11 a.m. convening, roll call of states for VP nominations, balloting for VP, President Truman introducing the presidential nominee and delivering an address, followed by adjournment.
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Truman
Planes Destroy Six Communist Railroad Bridges
United Nations pilots said they destroyed six Communist rail bridges deep in North Korea in a follow up to a Wednesday bombing of port and power facilities. Air force Mustangs Shooting Stars and Thunderjets cut three bridges and damaged two in northwest Korea with Thunderjet crews claiming three more near Kowon on the east coast.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
North Korea
U. S. Air Force
Shooting Stars
Northwest
Kowon
U. S. Marine
U. S
Wonsan
Old Baldy Hill
Chorwon
Associated Press
George Sweers
Navy
Bon Homme Richard
Princeton
Osan
U. S. Far East Air Force
Father and Son Join Muscatine National Guard Unit
Virgil Floyd Harvey and his son Virgil Howard Harvey both passed examinations and expect to be sworn in Monday night at Muscatine. The elder Harvey is a World War II veteran and machine operator. They are among more than a dozen locals responding to Co C recruitment with Chamber of Commerce help. An open house at the Guard building on Park Avenue is tonight at 7 46 p.m. with free coffee and doughnuts.
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Muscatine
National Guard
Virgil Floyd Harvey
Virgil Howard Harvey
Wisconsin Street
Europe
Co. C
Chamber of Commerce
Guard
Park Avenue
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