Eisenhower Backers Face Taft Edge in Indiana Delegation
Indiana Republicans move to complete a 32 vote Taft majority for the GOP nomination with 20 district backers, one Ike delegate, and one neutral. The move, defended as procedural, drew charges of “Texas steal” and threats of a convention challenge in Chicago. Pulliam and Hutcheson were elected district delegates. other results hinge on state convention ratification.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Indiana
Robert A. Taft
G.O.P
Taft
Eisenhower
Chicago
Robert A. Grant
Texas
Grant
Eugene C. Pulliam
Indianapolis Star
The
Indianapolis News
William Hutcheson
A. F. of L. Brotherhood of Carpenters
Pulliam
Hutcheson
Bill Approves Forest Research Plant in Southern Illinois
The Senate approved a 50,000 appropriation to fund a forest products research pilot plant to be located at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. The project aims to use surplus low grade timber from 16 Southern Illinois counties for new wood products and local employment.
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Senate
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Everett M. Dirksen
House
SIU
Central Forests Elimental Station
Carbondale
R. D. Lane
Ilinois
Illinois
Siu-Forestry Service
Lane
Eisenhower open to meeting Stalin for peace
In New York on June 7 AP reported General Eisenhower said he would meet Premier Stalin if it aided peace, but that East West differences are not negotiable while the Soviet Union suppresses free government. He outlined presidential emergency powers and defended his stance against questions about Alger Hiss and the Rockefellers amid a small protest outside the Commodore.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stalin
Commodore
Soviet Union
United States
Congress
Eisenhower
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Emanuel Josephson
Rockefeller Internationalism
White House
Violations Of Truck Loading At Low Point
O T Banton reports Illinois truck overloading is dropping as of April with 74 percent violators, down from 13 percent earlier in 1949. State has 21 permanent weighing stations and 30 portable scales. 1951 amendments added penalties and 90 day suspensions for chronic violators. By mid year 28 firms cited for 10+ violations since January. suits filed in Marion Hillsboro and Rock Island counties. Most violators based in Chicago. some from Michigan and Ohio. Continued on page twelve.
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Seyfrit
J. P. C. Orwell
Belleville
Circuit Court
Marion County
Salem
Hillsboro
Rock Iscounty
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Mattoon
Orwell
Hayes
Chicago
Michigan
Ohio
James A. Hanna, Inc
Lemont, Ill
Fair Warm Weekend Weather Outlook
Fair and continued warm through tonight and Sunday with lows 65 to 70 and Sunday highs 90 to 95. Yesterday’s low 60, today’s 7 a.m. reading 81 and 6 p.m. yesterday 83. High yesterday 92, noon today 93. Precipitation 0 inches from 7 a.m. yesterday to 7 a.m. today. Humidity 40 percent at noon today. Wind averaged 0.75 mph between 7 a.m. yesterday and 7 a.m. today. Sunset 7:22 p.m., sunrise 4:35 a.m. See note southern motion. The Daily Ice Press edition is published evenings, except Sundays and holidays, by Southern Illinois Printing, Inc., 221 West Main Street. Carbondate notes. Entered as second-class matter at the Carbondate, Illinois post office, March 8, 1878.
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Wrens
Southern Ittinote Degene, Inc
West Main Street
Alinole
Union Watchmen Placed On Duty At Allen Plant
A picket line near the Allen Indistries plant west of Herrin was not in operation today with unions noting Saturday is not a regular work day. Carpenters Local 581 set the line Monday through Friday over disputed ownership of the Herrin plant and imported equipment. George Anderson announced union watchmen are now on site while Allen spokesmen said their watchman was dismissed. The plant is not yet finished and ownership remains unsettled as the Herrin Economic Development group seeks removal of the picket line so construction can finish and insurance approval precede turnover to Allen.
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Herrin
Carpenters Local 581
Carpenters Union
Ahs
George Anderson
Allen
Sidney J. Allen
Herrin Economic Development Association
Tear Gas Used On Koje Reds
On Koje Island Korea June 7 British infantrymen used tear gas against Communist prisoners of war to force retreat from a barbed wire fence. Guards from the King's Shropshire light infantry fired six grenades into compound 66 after POWs refused to move during digging for a suspected escape tunnel. No casualties were reported in the pen housing 2700 North Korean officers and 650 non commissioned officers. Earlier prisoners displayed five Communist signs but removed them after an ultimatum.
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Korea
United Nations
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
P.o.w.’S
East Germans Grab French Sector Farm
Berlin dispatch reports a Communist seizure of a farm straddling the French sector and Soviet zone in Berlin. Five families, 15 people, were ordered to evacuate as livestock was seized. The move follows broader Soviet-Bloc tensions and a call by East German leaders for armed defense and rearmament.
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Berlin
Redle
West Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Moscow
Germany
Truman Defends U S Air Power In Korea Clash
President Truman defended U S air strength against critics including Sen Taft. He said the air force can bomb the enemy at will in most of North Korea and warned against cutting defense and aid grants. He outlined air, army, navy gains and warned of new Koreas threats abroad while urging steady military funding.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Associated Press
Springfield
Truman
United States Air Force
Korea
Robert A. Taft
Russia
Taft
Stalin
United States
Kremlin
North Korea
Low furlough fares extended for service members
Uniformed servicemen on furlough may travel at reduced coach fares on trains in the East, South and West. The Association of American Railroads said the low fare program for duty-free travel would run from June 30, 1952 to June 30, 1953 for military personnel paying their own way, taxes exempt at 2.025 cents per mile, saving up to one cent per mile.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Allied Jets Bay 9 Migs in Korea Battle
Allied jet fighters claimed to have shot down nine Communist MiG jets and damaged four others over the past week with no Allied losses in air combat. Communist anti-aircraft fire reportedly downed an F-80 and a spotter plane, and a B-26 night bomber did not return. Fighter-bombers attacked railway lines from Kanggyo near the Manchurian border to Huichon, with rail cuts, bridges, and freight cars hit.
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Korea
Kanggyo
Huichon
Eighth Army
Steel Parley Probes End to Five Day Steel Strike
The White House mediators press on with a third day of talks to end a five day strike by 650,000 CIO Steelworkers. Philip Murray and Adm. Ben Moreell offered no comments as talks resumed amid cautious optimism. Reports say a 20 cent per hour raise was discussed. Defense Secretary Lovett urged contractors to shift work to non struck plants for critical weapons items.
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Steel Industry
White House
Philip Murray
C.I.O
Robert Lovett
Defense Department
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