Taft Forces In Control Of Convention
The Associated Press reports Taft aligned forces gained control of the Republican convention machinery in Chicago. Key figures named include MacArthur as keynote, Millikin as platform chair, and Martin as permanent chair, signaling a Taft-led slate amid disputed delegations and possible floor battles. Dems critique the GOP leadership amid crossfire from Eisenhower backers.
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Associated Press
Robert Taft
Convention Arrangements Committee
Chi Tao
Douglas MacArthur
Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Walter 8. Fallanan
West Virginia
South
Eisenhower
Arrangements Committee
Army
MacArthur
Chiciweo
Massachusetts
Paul Dever
MaacArthur
Albert Wedermeyer Dever
New York
Wedemeyer
National Citizens ForeTalt Committee
Harriman Meard
W. Averell Harriman
Phoenix
Ariz
GOP
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Harriman
Tractor Accident Injures Adams Youth In Sandy Springs
A youth riding a farm tractor near Sandy Springs Tuesday night was run over by the tractor after a semi truck forced it off Route A2. The boy, a Mayt year old, suffered a fractured pelvis and punctured bladders, with his condition listed as fair at Smith-Everett Hospital. The tractor owner Harrison Harper and driver Jack Harper were returning from tobacco work when the incident occurred.
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Stout Star
Smith-Everett Hospital
Donald Nelson
Young Nelson
Sandy Springs
Nelson
Harrison Harper
Jack Harper
Blood Donors Register For Red Cross Unit
Blood donors are being registered for the Red Cross bloodmobile visit in Portsmouth next Tuesday and Wednesday. The goal is 125 pints daily, with 168 donors needed each day to cover no-shows. Registration is at the Chamber of Commerce on Sixth Street or by phone. The event runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Portsmouth General Hospital nurses' home.
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Red Cross
Portsmouth
Myg
Richard Anderson
Chamber of Commerce
Sixth St
Portsmouth General Hospital Nurses' Home
U S Jets Report Three Red Built Craft Downed
U S store jet pets reported these shot down three Russian built MiG-15 jet fighters near Situiju on the Walu River border between Korea and Manchuria. The U S Air Force said the three were among seven that tangled with 12 Sabras of the fourth Fighter-Interceptor Wing. Eight other MIGs were in the flight. United Nations ground troops beat back 200 Chinese Reds on a hill in the Korean Western Front.
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Seoul
U.S
Situiju
Walu
Korea
Manchurya
Suh Air Force
United Nations
Quake Rocks San Juan City at Night
A violent quake struck the provincial capital of San Juan Tuesday night causing panic and reports of at least one child killed. The tremor toppled buildings across the city, with thousands fleeing as aftershocks followed near the Chilean border.
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San Juan
Buenos Aires
Andes
Truce Talks Resume Amid Koje Island Protest
At Panmunjom North Korea and China pressed protests after a three day walkout by the UN delegation. General Clark affirmed UN patience and criticized Red charges while North Korean Nam Il accused Allied forces of slaughtering prisoners on Koje Island and vowed protest. Negotiations resume next morning with no progress on prisoner changes.
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Munsan
Korea
Koje Island
United Nations
Mark Clark
U.N
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
Red Generals
Earthcy
Wiliam K. Harrison
Nam
Koje' Island
How To Keep Our Liberty by Raymond Molex
A reflective column argues that middle class citizens show strong interest in liberty and economic freedom. It notes businesspeople from clerks to ad agency leaders possess influence and should lead at local and state levels, urging guidance and leadership for practical action.
Reds cause fatal harm and mass unrest in POW compounds
Reports from Koie Island recount a night of terror in Compound 77 where 15 fellow POWs died and eight bodies were found in a well, as American troops dispersed 6,288 North Korean officers and 650 enlisted men to smaller stockades. Dozens more were hurt, and several escaped or described murders during the chaos. Negotiations and force driven dispersals followed by warnings from Brig Gen Hayden Boatner.
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Koie Island
United Nations
Ger
Hayden L. Boatner
Airborne
Ward
Boalner
David Korn
Richmond
187Th
Lee Hak Koo
Boamer
Kops Island
Haydon L. Boriner
Koje
Paul Herbert Here Flag Day speaker for June 14 observance
Paul M. Herbert former Ohio Lieutenant governor will address Sciate County Flag Day observance on Saturday night in Columbus. A parade forms at 7 45 p.m. from Charles and James Streets, with songs by Pleasant Green Baptist Church Choir, an Indian dance by Shawnee Patrol Troop 54, a program by Hitlcrest Children's Home youngsters, and a flag burning ceremony by James Dickey Fest American Legion. Local veterans and public officials invited to join.
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Paul M. Herbert
Ohio
Herbert
Columbus
Sciate County
William EB. Ackinson Jr
Charles and
Tames Sts
Pleasant Green
Boy Scout Troop 54
Hitlcrest Children’s Home
James Dickey Fest
American Legion
Earl EB. Shope
Shope
House Group To Tell More About Red Riots
In a Washington hearing the House aims to expand on Red prisoner uprisings at Koje Island stockades. Gen. Clark reported a carefully planned campaign by Communist inmates from June 1951 to May 1952, with 144 prisoners killed and 313 wounded, while U.N. troops restructure camps.
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House
Congress
Koje Island
Mark Clark
United Nations
Tokyo
Rep
Sikes
Army Appropriations
Defense Lovett
U.N
Clark
Ori Koie
Boatner Sikes
Easerday
Haycon L. Boatner
Kose
Ger
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
Charles Re Colson
Wholesale Food Prices Rise Slightly in New York Report
New York wholesale food prices in the Don & Bradstreet index edged up this week after two modest declines. The index rose to 6.45 from 6.43, still 3.8 percent below the year-ago level of 7.07.
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New York
Body Armor For Troops In Korea Likely
Army doctors told the AMA that chest and belly vests of compressed fiberglass and nylon show encouraging results in trials with Marines and the Army as possible protection against small arms and shell fragments. Col Balmes noted enemy losses in Korea far higher than American casualties due to artillery and air superiority, but progress in combat medicine has reduced Korea wounded deaths versus World War II.
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Korea
American Medical Association
Army
Robert Holmes
Hales
Army Medical Corps
AMA
Balmes
Local Driver Indicted in Fatal Railroad Fire Slay Could
A Franklin County grand jury indicted an employee of Lockbourne Air Base on second degree murder for the February 15 death of Gay James a 48 year old Ironton railroad fireman. Police said the driver failed to see James at a dead end sign and his car sailed 72 feet after the collision. Charges also include speeding reckless operation and failure to observe a stop sign.
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Sixth St
Lockbourne Air Bas
Columbus
Franklin County
Calumesson
Gay James
Ironton
James
Fite
Corr Rd
Quiet Reigns On Gas Line Job In Lewis Co
A mass attack on a southern Lewis County gas pipeline site disrupted work Monday. About 250 men, reportedly union members, arrived by car and damaged equipment before guards and police intervened. Damages esti mated between 5 000 and 39 000 dollars. Most workers are local. firm says aim was to scare non union employees.
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Vanceburg
Lewis County
Wurn
H. B
Brian
Senate rebuke to President stalls Taft Hartley action
The Senate rebuffed the White House bid to invoke the Taft Hartley act for steel plant seizure powers amid the CPI strike by 650 000 CIO workers. Senate opposition, led by Sen Taft, blocked three seizure proposals as Truman pressed for emergency action.
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UEL
Senate
Truman
Taft
Suman
House
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
White House
Rar
Congress
Nike
Supreme Court
Detroit Steel Sets Schedule For Restart
The Portsmouth Division of Detroit Steel Corp resumes production after a lengthy shutdown. Shifts begin this afternoon with 3 pm start, 11 pm crew call, and 7 am Thursday duties. Rolling in the blooming and bar mill slated for 7 am Thursday. Additional turn reports and a Sunday start for the red mill precede the wire mill Monday. H. E. Baughman says restart is cautious to protect machinery.
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Detroit Steel Corp
Portsmouth
Robert Clare
Carl Cropper
Robert Cullen
Byurn
H. E. Baughman
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