Taft attacks Eisenhower as GOP rift widens
Washington June 26 Senator Robert A Taft assailed General Eisenhower predicting GOP defeat in November if Eisenhower policies dominate He charged his rival would lead the party to loss while Homer Capehart urged Tafts foreign policy stance would win the nomination and bring world peace Taft criticized Gallups polls as propaganda and warned against an Ike campaign style risking a 1948 Dewey defeat
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Eisenhower
Taft
Homer E. Capehart
G.O.P
Indiana
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Truman
Wendell L. Willkie
Gallup
Morse
Teddy Roosevelt
Wall Street
Ike
Combat Badge Awarded to Ex Terre Haute Soldier
Cpl. Don H. Herman of Azusa California received the Combat Infantryman Badge for near front line service with the 25th Infantry Division in Korea. He is a cook in 1st Battalion Headquarters Company, 27th Infantry Regiment, arrived in Korea last January after attending Indiana State Teachers College at Terre Haute.
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Korea
Don H. Herman
Henry Herman
East Eighth
Street
Azusa
Calif
25Th Infantry Division
Herman
27Th Infantry
Indiana State Teachers College
Terre Haute
Fire damages in two city properties reported
A garage fire at the E. J. Moeller residence, 2028 North Thirteenth and one half street, caused about 100 dollars in damage, report by Assistant Fire Chief Francis Fischer. Another fire damaged a shed at Fred Gifford’s home, 1101 North Tenth Street, with about 35 dollars loss.
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E. J. Moeller
North Thirteenth
Francis Fischer
Fred Gifford
North Tenth Street
Citizens of Terre Haute seek mass meeting over AC crisis
Amid a seven week strike at Allis-Chalmers pilot plant, Terre Haute residents push for a city wide forum to discuss the dispute. Mayor Ralph Tucker forms a citizens committee as negotiations stall and observers warn of Allis-Chalmers potential exit and a costly cleanup, possibly a $5,000,000 monument to folly.
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Allis-Chalmers
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Allis Chalmers
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Big North
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North
Allis-Chalmer
Legion Auxiliary Elects Officers
Members of the Kriefenstein American Legion Auxiliary last night elected Verna Bryant as president to succeed Sophie Nidiffer. Other new officers include Lucille Keys as first vice president and Bobbie Nasiser as second vice president, Helen Humphrey secretary, Marjie Sjams treasurer, Ruth Carmichael chaplain, Erice Potts historian, and Rachel Joslyn sergeant at arms. Executive board includes Nidiffer, Billie Gladdish, and Hazel Arnold. Trustees are Opal Church three years, Flossie Yeager two years, Nitya Bon and Lucille Letsman one year. Delegates to the state convention are Bryant, Keys, Humphrey, Nidiffer, Helen Eberhardt, and Emma Brown with alternates Rockliffe, Charlock, Hanley, Nasser, Ijams, and Church.
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Kriefenstein ‘American Legion Auxiliary
Verna Bryant
Niciffer
Billie Gladdish
Hazel Arnold
Opal Church
Flossie Yeager
Nitya Bon
Lucille Letsman
Krietenstein
Bryant
Keys
Humphrey
Nidiffer
Helen Eberhardt
Emma Brown
Lucille Rockliffe
Vickie Charlock
Clara Hanley
Nasser
Ijams
Church
I U appoints John W Hicks as IU controller
John W Hicks has been named controller of Indiana University. He is the husband of Mildred Ervin of Terre Haute and since 1937 has served as chief accountant of the university.
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John W. Hicks
Indiana University
Mildred Ervin
Terre Haute
Showdown Vote on Price and Wage Controls Today
Congress faces a pivotal decision as the price and wage control bill, trimmed by the House, nears a crucial vote. If approved, it would extend or alter the nation’s authority. if not, all controls may lapse when the current law expires next Monday.
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Congress
Steel strike drags on as House seeks Taft-Hartley action
Washington June 26 The steel strike likely continues for at least another week despite a possible presidential call for the Taft Hartley board of inquiry. About 650000 CS steelworkers have halted production, costing over six million tons. The president may consider a court order to end the walkout after the inquiry report, a process taking at least a week.
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Truman
Congress
House
Senate
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White House
Steelworkers Union
Steel unions challenge Taft-Hartley bargaining claim
The article discusses the use of Taft-Hartley to attack the steel industry and notes the act bars unfair labor practices by refusing to bargain. It explains that collective bargaining requires good faith negotiations over wage and contract changes, and the union questions whether steel firms have truly bargained in good faith.
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Learned
Boy Struck by Car on South Sixteenth Street
Officers O Leary and Morton reported that Jack D McCown age 30 of 317 South Sixteenth Street warned children to leave the street as he backed his car. A scream followed and a three year old girl at 321 South Sixteenth Street was found to have a fractured right leg. The incident was described to the officers.
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Morton
Jack D. McCown
South Sixteenth Street
Hear- Theresa Junt Hoffman
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