Taft Delegates in Wisconsin Face Tough Convention Choice
Wisconsin Taft supporters at the National Republican Convention report a bleak outlook. With Eisenhower forces winning key seating tests in Georgia and Texas, the 24 Wisconsin delegates face pressure to switch from Taft to MacArthur if Taft cannot secure the nomination. Chairman Harvey V. Higley says the situation looks dark as home telegrams urge sticking with Taft or switching to MacArthur.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Taft
General MacArthur
Harvey V. Higley
Marinette
Higley
Eisenhower
Georgia
Texas
Ike
Truman Signs Bill Approving 46 Percent Billion Military Aid
President Truman signs a measure providing 46 percent of a billion dollars for the 12 months ending next June 30 to expand the Air Force to 143 wings by mid 1955. The package funds Army Navy and Air Force needs with supplemental combat pay and authorizes a second 65 000 ton carrier but provides no new funds for it.
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Washington
Truman
Defense Department
Congress
Navy
Army
Air Force
Stassen Declares He Is Not Withdrawing From Race
Harold E Stassen says he will stay in the Republican presidential race. After talks with Gen Dwight Eisenhower and Sen Robert Taft he plans further meetings tomorrow and denies any coalitions or understandings with the top contenders.
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Chicago
Harold E Stassen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Saas
Eisenhower
Taft
Arson Hinted In Second Fire At Movie Studio
A second disastrous fire at Warner Brothers movie lot in Burbank may be arson. Investigators say the blaze destroyed 25 studio back-lot acres, nine streets of scenery, and a 30 year collection of props. Eighteen workers suffered minor injuries. investigators found no startable material at the fire origin.
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Burbank
Calif
Warner [Brothers
Ed Hatcher
National Board of Fire Underwaters
Hatcher
Patrice Wymore
Errol Flynn
Broderick Crawford
Claire Trevor
Gordon MacRae
Virgina Gibson
Sheldon Leonard
Joe Vitale
Ohio
Taft
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Georgia
Eisenhower
Texas
Taf
Sen
Francis Case
Taft Still in Nomination Fight Despite McKeldin Claim
Maryland Governor McKeldin predicted Eisenhower would win the Republican presidential nomination on the first ballot. He pledged Maryland’s 24 votes to Eisenhower, while Sen. John Marshall Butler supported Taft. Delegation vote tallies showed Eisenhower leading Taft with some uncommitted.
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Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Deight D. Eisenhower
MecKeldim
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Taft
Blackstone
McKeldin
John Marshall Butler
Butler
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Marrland
Hon
Eisenhower Forces Jubilant Over Smashing Victories in Test Votes
Eisenhower campaign jubilant after two major victories over Taft in Georgia and Texas seating contests. Georgia 607 Taft 531. Texas delegation seated for Eisenhower. Campaign hopes for early ballot victory and California Warren bloc potential. Stassen hint of commitment speculated as Minnesota delegation watches.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eissenhower
Texas
Georgia
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
Robert A. Taftlef
Ohio
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Eisenhower
Cooper
Blackstone
Taft
Lodge
California
Earl Warren
Wisconsin
Warren
Warren Imen
Minnesota
Harold
Stassen
Destruction of Simulated Worlds in City Ruin Parade
A staged city scene comprising an imitation ocean liner dock grand central station and a New York park was destroyed along with rows of outdoor sets labeled after locales such as Midwest Western Philadelphia Norwe gian Viennese Dijon Monte martre and Bonneyfea ther streets.
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Grand Central
New York Park
Midwest
Tenement
Philadelphia
Viennese
Dijon
Montemartre
Bonneyfeather
Anthony Adverse
Republican National Convention Opens With Contested Seats
The program outlines a 1 o clock CST start with installation of Rep. Josepha W. S. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts as permanent chairman. It lists the Resolutions Platform Committee report, an address by Sen. Harry P. Car, roll call for presidential nomination, nominating speeches, and ballot on presidential nominations.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Josepha W. S.martin Jr
Massachusetts
GOP Platform Attacks Truman Corruption and Traitors
The Republican platform slams the Truman administration as corrupt and shielding traitors, outlining foreign policy and defense planks approved by Taft and Eisenhower. Civil rights wording sparks floor fears while the document pledges a strong defense buildup and unified air, land, and sea readiness.
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Chicago
Eugene B. Mushkin
Colorado
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Taft
Eisenhower
Court Rules Hearing Required Before Passport Revocation
A Federal court in Washington ruled that a person is entitled to a hearing on a State Department order revoking a passport. The decision, addressing Anne Bauer a freelance writer, rejects the government claim that passport issuance and revocation are solely executive and outside judicial review.
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Washington
State Department
Government Land
Iby
Anne Bauer
Europe
United States
Queen Elizabeth II gets 182000 pound annual raise in budget vote
London reports the House of Commons approved a 182000 pound raise for Queen Elizabeth II, bringing her annual pay to 1330000. The debate featured conservatives criticizing royal pomp while Labor pressed for budget cuts and palace reforms. The vote followed intense exchanges and a divided majority, with the government stating the measure respects sovereign discretion.
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London
House of Countof Commons
Hughes Cvm
George VII
Buckingham Palace
Randall Gauze
Fox Rivers
Menasha Dammlers
Mier
Saeet
Soverega
Trapnell Receives Oak Leaf Cluster for Koje Island Action
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Trapnell was awarded an oak leaf cluster to the Legion of Merit for leading the U S 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team in quelling mutinous prisoners of war on Koje Island in May and June.
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Tokyo
Thomas 3. H. Trapnell Teday
Legion of Merit
U. S
McCarthy Warns at Convention on Government Loyalty
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy told the 25th Republican National Convention that there is a commonsense limit to gentleness in the fight against communism. He defended his tactics amid charges of harsh guilt by association and attacked critics who say his treason charges lack solid evidence.
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Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
Tere
Wisconsin
State Department
RieMarthe
British Radio Man Convicted On Spy Charge
William Marshall a 24 year old radio operator for the British Foreign Office was convicted of spying for Russia and sentenced to five years in prison at Old Bailey The jury had urged leniency saying he was misled by others Marshall claimed innocence and said his meetings in Moscow were about culture and current events The prosecutor called the information passed to a Soviet diplomat highly secret and valuable to a potential enemy
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William Marshall
Foreign Office
Russia
Marshall
Moscow
Patrick Barry
Old Bailey
Klaus Fuchs
Leniesky
Alger Hiss
Joss
Kuzmetsov
Pamnatance
Walther Leaguers Elect Wausau Girl
Wausau Wisconsin was chosen as assistant secretary of the International Walther League at its 60th annual convention which concluded yesterday. The league's president Edgar Fritz of Alton Nil. was reelected to the post.
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Ottawa
Marion Werner
Wausau
Wis
International Walther League
Edgar Fritz
Alton
Nil
336 Reds Are Killed Wounded On Korean Front
United Nations forces reported at least 336 Communists killed or wounded on the Korean battlefront Wednesday and today as air and ground operations continued. Allied casualties were described as small, with battles near Pyongyang and along the Pukhan River. Generals Clark and Van Fleet announced a new behind the lines Korean communications zone to streamline command.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Huichon
Manchuria
Pyongyang
U. N
Pukhan
Tokyo
Mark Clark
Clark
Armec
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Treat Zone
Thomas W.herren
Dadeville
Ala
D Army
Backers See Eisenhower Nomination Within Grasp
In Chicago at the Republican convention Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s supporters hailed decisive test votes over Sen. Robert A. Taft as a momentum sign toward the presidential nomination. They claimed the convention balloting showed Eisenhower with a clear edge.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Follow Race On GOP Convention Scoreboard
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern publishes a page 14 scorecard listing states delegates and candidate counts to track the GOP nomination race as convention balloting begins tonight. The tabulated data let readers keep a running score as voting progresses.
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Oshkosh
Northwestern
Taft Fights Off Delegates as GOP Nominating Pace Heats Up
Turbulent floor battle stretched into the early morning as Taft refused concession and declared an early ballot nomination. Warren and Stassen backers still warned of an Eisenhower Taft deadlock, while three uncommitted delegates joined Eisenhower in morning statements. AP tally showed Eisenhower 517 Taft 456 Others 110 Uncommitted 93 with a key convention decision looming.
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Taft
Georgia
Texas
Earl Warren
Harold Stassen
Arizona
Alabama
Eisenhower
Six Miners Die After Searing Blast at Dominion No 20 Mine
Rescue teams recovered six burned bodies from 1200 feet underground at Dominion No 20 in Glace Bay Nova Scotia after a massive explosion. One worker escaped serious burns and was hospitalized. eighteen others were unharmed. The blast, likely deep under the Atlantic, prompted a six hour recovery with dynamite and hand tools. The mine is owned by Dominion Steel and Coal Corp. This marks Nova Scotia's second mine disaster of the year after Stellarton’s Magregor blast.
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Bax
N.S
Cape Breton
Michael Chordas
Dominion Steel and Coal Corp
Nova Scotia
Magregor
Stellarton
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