45 Saved From Sea Inferno Near Long Island
The luxury liner Gripsholm rescued 45 of 49 aboard the freighter Blak Gull after a chemical fire 65 miles off Long Island. The 5000 ton ship carried 9 passengers and a crew of 40. 24 more survivors escaped in a lifeboat. Six crewmen remained missing, and Coast Guard search continued. Cargo included 500 tons of naphthalene in drums. vessel Norwegian built and crew mostly Norwegians.
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Gripsholm
Long Island
Atlantic
Benjamin Harrison Namm
Namm-Loeser
Black Gull
Coast Guard
Namm
Associated Press
New York City
Kay Wheeler
West Los Angeles
Calif
Mackinac
Nils Varen
Black Diamond Steamship Line
Bremen
F. A. Anderson
Norway
Black Diamond Line
Seating Shivers Group Opens New Party Rift
Chicago July 19 A Democratic National Convention clash over seating anti Truman Dixie delegates from Texas and Mississippi creates party rift. Contests subcommittee and the full DNC vote to seat anti administration delegations, signaling possible walkouts and a convention fight shaping the nominating battle between Kefauver Harriman and other candidates.
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Chicago
Truman urges negotiated end to steel strike
President Truman pressed for an immediate negotiated settlement to end a 48 day steel stoppage. He blamed steel management for stalling and urged a quick end to the disruption harming the nation’s defense and civilian economy. He warned Congress cannot act while in recess and called for a bar gaining between the parties to resume production.
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Washington
Truman
CIO
Congress
Ruman
Russell Clears Skirts With Southerners
In Chicago on July 19 Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia met with Southern governors and senators to ease tensions over his labor law proposal replacing Taft Hartley. Florida senators Holland and Smathers stated Russell has not altered his stance and supports Taft Hartley objectives. Also present were Govs Byrnes, White, Talmadge, Shivers, Kennon, and Senators Byrd, Long, and Morrison. Stennis attended on unrelated business.
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Chicago
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Dixie
Sen
Holland
Smathers
Florida
Dick Russell
Russell
Allan Shivers
Texas
Robert F. Kennon
Louisiana
Byrd
Virginia
Earl Long
Marees Morrison
North Carona
Stennis
Mississippi
Barkley Gains Momentum in Democratic Presidential Drive
Chicago dispatch reports jubilant Barkley aides claiming momentum for Alben W. Barkley in the Democratic race. Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby predicts a surprising first-ballot vote count for the 74 year old vice president.
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Chicago
Alben W. Barkley
Wetherby
Barkley
Trumanites Fight for Texas Delegation at Democratic Convention
In Chicago a split over Texas representation unfolds as anti Truman delegates win temporary seating while Loyalists challenge the move. Gov Shivers leads the regular Texas faction and vows fairness as Maury Maverick and supporters prepare appeals to the convention. The dispute may influence the 52 member Texas delegation and a potential binding rule.
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Chicago
Texas
National Committee
Shivers
Maury Maverick
United States
Gov. Shivers
Maverick
Fll National Committee
Hugh
Dixon Pyles
Jackson
Truman Cptrack
W. Averell Harriman
New York
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Hubert Hummhrey
Minnesota
Kefauver
Harriman
Moe Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Gon
Hermleigh Polio Victim Shows Gain In Abilene Hospital
Seven year old Marvis Jane Hanson of Hermleigh, Scurry County's fourth polio victim this year, showed slight improvement in Hendrick Memorial Hospital polio ward late yesterday. She was admitted Friday with polio and remained under an oxygen tent in serious condition.
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Marvis Jane Hanson
Reds Hold On To Old Baldy After Fierce Hill Fight
On the Western Korean Front Chinese Reds press to seize Old Baldy, then Allied forces countered with tanks and artillery. About 700 Chinese began assaults Thursday night. by Saturday dawn the hill was retaken to a northwest crest, with renewed fighting continuing into Sunday.
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Seoul
Chorwon
Panmunjom
Old Baldy
U. S. Eight Army
Evita Peron rallies as nation fears sinking health
In Buenos Aires Eva Peron rallies amid reports she rests peacefully yet sinks in public perception. Doctors’ bulletins fail to stop gloom as she has been gravely ill for 10 days and underwent a major operation last November. President Peron at her bedside as radio bulletins signal decline and officials face a somber mood. The Congress awards her Collar of Liberator Gen San Martin. Army plans a monument.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eva Peron
Congress
North Scurry Reports Varied Rainfall Across County
Rain showers spread over the north and northwest areas Friday afternoon with two inches in two hours north of Snyder and about an inch to the east between Fluvanna and U S Highway 84. Other spots saw .3 inch at Dan Gibson Ranch and no rain at Spires Ranch. Cloudy, cooler temperatures held Snyder to 92 degrees with a 71 degree low and 73 at 7:30 A M reported by Mrs. D P Strayhorn the weather observer.
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Snyder
Kent County
Philip Woodside
Fluvanna
U. S. Highway 84
Dan Gibson
Clairemont Road
Spires Ranch
D. P. Strayhorn
Effort to Bind South to Support Nominee in 1952 Convention
The Democratic National Committee seated anti Truman delegations from Texas and Mississippi for now pending a loyalty probe. The move shifts 52 Texas and 18 Mississippi votes into convention hall as rivals plan appeals and potential bolting over a civil rights plank.
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Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Texas
Mississippi
National Committee
Jacob M. Arvey
Illinois
Civil rights rift widens as Northern Dems press plank
In Chicago on July 19, Benton and Lehman urged a strong civil rights declaration and Senate rules rewrite to curb filibusters. The push aims to avoid a 1948 North-South split at the Democratic convention as Dixie Democrats resist concessions.
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Chicago
William Benton
Connecticut
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Benton
Lehman
Senate
Rain Report from Snyder Inches Small
Saturday afternoon weather data shows .09 inch of rainfall in Snyder reported by official observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn. The brief note confirms showers and adds no further severe weather details.
Weather summary for zones North Central West and East Texas
Partly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers Sunday and Monday. No significant temperature changes. Coastal areas may see moderate to locally fresh southeast and south winds.
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North Central
East
Texas
Beckworth and Galveston Yacht Trip in Texas Race
Texans face a double electoral date as Democratic candidates push to the polls for statewide and federal offices including the U S Senate and 11 Congress seats. Gate chatter concerns Daniels margin, Beckworths west Texas tours, and a Galveston yacht trip controversy involving Governor Shivers.
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West Texas
Galveston
Associated Press
U. S. Senate
Congress
Chicago
Price Daniel
Texas
Daniel
Lindley Beckworth
Gladewater
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