Questions Probe General's Views On Many Issues
Eisenhower outlined positions on foreign and domestic policy in Abilene. He urged real peace, stressed independence from the Democrats, warned against expanding the Korean War, blamed the Truman administration for China’s fall, and backed state control of FEPC and education. He opposed forced labor and socialized medicine, supported the St Lawrence seaway if economically essential, and would consult MacArthur on Far Eastern policy while avoiding smearing any innocent person.
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ABILENE
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Eurrpe
Truman administration
China
FEPC
St. Lawrence river seaway
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Taft
South Dakota
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
RWis
Sparse OCR Recap of Baseball Scores and Names
Fragmentary box score style notes list players and teams including Maine New York Chicago and Koslo Westrum Miksis. Scattered digits resemble innings runs and HRs with unclear formatting and multiple zeroes. No coherent game result can be confirmed from the legible fragments.
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New York
Chicago
Koslo
Westrum
Minner
Promess
Chi
Miksis
French Communists Retry Strike Call in Paris
Paris in early June saw a renewed strike effort by French Communist members following yesterday’s near-total failure. The day ended with little participation and continued disruption across the city.
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PARIS
Taft Lead Narrow In South Dakota
South Dakota Republican delegate race tightens as Robert A. Taft edges Dwight D. Eisenhower in unofficial tallies. With 10 precincts unreported Taft leads 64,740 to 64,150, a 50.23 to 49.77 percent margin, awaiting official canvass. Warren wins California delegates and Kefauver sweeps Tennessee.
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SIOUX FALLS
S. D
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South Dakota
Ohioan
Eisenhower
Taft
California
Earl Warren
Warren
Thomas H. Werdel
Wisconsin
Werdel
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Brown
Two Arrested In Surplus Rope Sale Scandal
FBI arrested Capt Manuel Gonzales and Emile Schmidt on charges of diversion of surplus government rope. Gonzales allegedly embezzled and sold about 170000 pounds valued at 8500 dollars, with retail value around 85000. Schmidt is accused of receiving a portion of the goods stored aboard the reserve fleet at Beaumont Texas during 1951 1952.
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WASHINGTON
FBI
Manuel Gonzales
U. S. maritime administration
commerce department
Emile Schmidt
New Orleans
J. Edgar Hoover
Gonzales
Hoover
Schmidt
maritime administration
Beaumont
Tex
navy
East West Tug of War Unabated in Berlin
June 5 Berlin reports ongoing East West tension with frontier kidnappings and shootings. Russians ban American patrols on the Berlin West German highway while Red press threatens tighter control. West Berlin guards perimeter frontiers as two women were seized by Russian soldiers amid a three day radio Berlin siege. Green light alarms rise to 300 boxes along borders.
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BERLIN
West Germany
Red papers
West Berlin
radio
Red army
House Expected to Approve Aid Bill of 6.4 Billion
Washington June 5 Readers predicted the House will approve a compromise foreign aid bill totaling 6.4 billion dollars for next year. The measure, a trimmed form of Truman’s 7.9 billion dollar program, is an authorization not an appropriation and requires further action in both chambers before funds are released.
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WASHIGTON
house
Truman
senate
Dutch Thunderjet Crashes, Sinks British Mine Sweeper
A Dutch thunderjet collided with a British minesweeper off Den Helder on June 5 causing the 112 foot vessel to sink in flames. The British embassy reported 15 seamen dead.
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DEN HELDER
Netherlands
London
Senate measures hardens in fight over wage price controls
Washington reports Senate administration forces pressed to extend the defense production act amid fierce votes. Amendments would suspend controls, lift ceilings on foods, and allow private bids in international markets for scarce materials, drawing sharp lines on economic policy.
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WASHINGTON
Senate
Sen. Fulbright
D-Ark
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
U. S
Prisoner Camps Split by Fence on Roje Island
Allied troops divided one of Boje Island's prisoner compounds with a barbed wire fence as 3340 internees shouted Red hymns. Brig. Gen. Haydon Boatner ordered the fence as part of carving 17 compounds into smaller camps for about 80 000 POWs. He denied ration withholding as punishment.
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ROJE ISLAND
Korea
Boje Island
Haydon Boatner
Kose
Boatner
Korean Veterans Rights Approved
The House voted 361 to 1 in favor of a new GI bill of rights for veterans discharged since the Korea war began June 27, 1950. Rep. Devereux (R Md) the sole dissenter, once commander of Wake Island garrison. Bill moves to the Senate.
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WASHINGTON
house
Korea
Rep. Devereux
Anti Red Describes Koje Camp Terror
A 24 year old anti Communist prisoner on Koje Island Korea recounts a kangaroo court and brutal beatings for opposing Communism. He and 16 others were rescued by American infantrymen. He describes week long torture before a secret night trial and death sentences in compound 85. About 200 anti communists remain in detention as Red leaders control screening and punishment.
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KOJE ISLAND
Korea
North Korea
Red
U.N
General Grow to Face Court Martial Over Diary Theft
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow, a former military attaché to Moscow, will be tried by court martial at Fort Meade, Md. after the army completed its investigation into charges including improper reporting of classified material and failure to safeguard secrets. Russian agents stole his diary and published excerpts portraying him as advocating war against Russia. The trial will be closed to the public and a date has not been announced.
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WASHINGTON
Robert W. Grow
Germany
Grow
Moscow
Russia
Fort Meade
army
U S crackdown on gambling tax evaders begins
Washington reports the Internal Revenue Bureau moves to require gambling operators to pay the $50 annual occupational tax before starting operations. Enforcement of the pay-before-first rule will not take effect until Sept 1 after a public objection period and rule-change process. About 50 gamblers have been convicted since the tax was imposed.
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WASHINGTON
congress
internal revenue bureau
Pennsylvania
bureau
Political Fight Over South Korea Crisis Declined as Exaggerated
In Pusan on June 5 President Syngman Rhee told President Truman the South Korean political situation was not as serious as perceived. He warned dissolution of the national assembly would be a last resort, while Britain and Australia sent similar cautions.
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PUSAN
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Truman
national assembly
Rhee
Britain
Australia
U.S
Senate panel backs easier absentee voting for service members
The senate rules committee approved a bill to simplify absentee registration and ballots for military voters in this year’s election. It would require states lacking adequate arrangements to accept the federal postcard application for registration and absentee ballots.
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WASHINGTON
senate rules committee
AFL Sailors Strike Enters Tenth Day With Deadlock
San Francisco reports the AFL sailors strike has paralyzed west coast non military shipping for a tenth day. The stalemate between the union and shipowners shows no near prospect of a settlement as of today.
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SAN FRANCISCO
AFL
White House Talks On Steel Launched
President Truman disclosed he will not send any steel legislation to Congress and declined comment on the Supreme Court ruling restoring mills to owners. Steel talks opened at the White House with Steelman guiding discussions involving CIO President Murray and U S Steel's Fairless as officials weigh price and wage disputes amid a vast strike slowdown affecting 730000 workers.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
congress
supreme court
MMW
White House
John R. Steelman
CIO
Philip Murray
Steelman
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corp
senate
wage stabilization board
WSB
Maybank
D-SC
Taft
Ohio
Monroney
D-Okla
Action Light in Korean War Front
United Nations raiders attacked North Korean positions on the eastern Korean front drawing mortar and artillery fire. Allied troops engaged Reds in seven minutes of combat before withdrawing at dawn, with Reds firing 650 rounds during the retreat. UN aircraft damaged rail lines and a road bridge and destroyed or damaged 31 buildings.
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SEOUL
Korea
United Nations
Reds
U.N
Postal Pay Bill Wins House Vote
The House approved a compromise bill to fund overdue payrolls for about 500 000 postal workers. Passed by voice vote, the measure goes to the Senate for quick approval before heading to President Truman.
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WASHINGTON
house
senate
Truman
Truman outlines convention plans and political views
President Truman said he will attend the Democratic national convention after a nominee is chosen and that he will not run. He may attend part of the Chicago convention but fears causing a disturbance. He denied Democratic plotting charges and avoided Eisenhower Taft clashes. He also spoke on Europe peace and his family’s travel plans.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
EUROPE
Officials Guilty In Race Riot Case
Chicago report states the police chief two officers and Cicero village attorney were convicted for depriving Harvey E. Clark Jr. of civil rights during a July riot. Jurors found them guilty of violating or conspiring to violate federal civil rights by failing to keep crowds from interfering with Clark’s move into a rented apartment.
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CHICAGO
Cicero
Harvey E. Clark, Jr
national
Army Seeks 29,000 Drafts for August
The Army issued a draft call for 29,000 men in August. the Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy have no August draft. Since September 1950, total drafted across services reaches 983,430, with the Army supplying 902,000 and Marines 81,430. The Defense Department says the army needs the 29,000 for replacements and to sustain authorized strength.
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WASHINGTON
army
marine corps
air force
navy
defense department
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