Stevenson Wins Democratic Nomination In Smoke Filled Convention
A postwar portrait of a political draft for Stevenson at the Democratic convention. Delegates and insiders maneuvered to secure support as Kefauver and Harriman shifted position. The plan relied on backroom deals, not a true popular draft, leaving Kefauver disappointed and Stevenson poised to leads the party.
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Big City
Illinois
Sen. Kefauver
Rayburn
Chicago Fire Department
Stevenson
Gov. Stevenson
Taft on foreign policy opens debate in Congress
The column cites Senator Taft’s critique of postwar policy, arguing that Yalta deals and Western alliance choices led to Soviet expansion, Korea stalemate, and a garrison state. He assesses Chiang Kai-shek, Formosa, and MacArthur’s recall, warning of democratic decay if policy remains flawed.
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America
Conress
Congressional Record
Robert A. Taft
United States
Yalta
Marshall
Averell Harriman
Japan
Manchuria
China
John Hay
State Department
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Asia
Philippines
Korea
Berlin
Wedemeyer
North Korea
Acheson
Formosa
Chiang Kai--hek
Okinawa
Senator Connally
United Nations
Yalu River
Thirty-Eighth Parallel
MacArthur
Peking
Red China
Great Britain
Red Russia
Flying saucers draw Air Force admissions and sightings
The Air Force now reports radar visible flying saucers alongside eyewitness sightings. It has set up observation posts in New Mexico, deployed 24 hour watchers, added camera records on radars, and ordered Wright Field to chart patterns. Observers note saucers cluster near U.S. atomic centers and Wright Field.
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Air Force
New Mexico
Southwest
Wright Field
Dayton
U. 8S
Ezekiel
George Koehler
Denver
Steel strike talks spark government pressure and fast settlement rift
Draft recount shows Stelman pressing Fairless for 5.65 per ton to end the strike within an hour, while union leaders and officials dispute the offer. Murray reiterates no change in union stance and Putnam blasts steel companies for bad faith and blackmail, demanding 3.50 per ton.
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Truman
Phil Murray
White House
Charles E. Wilson
U. S. Steel
Ben Fairless
Defense
John Steelman
Pittsburgh
Mr. Fairless
Steelman
Fairless
Stelman
Robert Putnam
Ellis Arnall
Murray
Putnam
Ten Years Ago Elyria Man Fatally Injured In Unusual Crash
Charles Edward Decker a 67 year old watchman at American Shipbuilding Co was fatally injured when the left rear wheel came off his car. While changing the spare a second vehicle struck the rear of his car and an axle fell on him causing fatal injuries.
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Elyria
Charles Edward Decker
American Shipbuilding Co
County Building Board
County Commissioners
Wilkins and Smith
Building Board
Dollar value sinks to 55.8 cents in June purchasing power
The National Industrial Conference Board places the consumer dollar at 55.8 cents in June with 1939 as a 100 cent base. May figures from the Commerce Department show 53 cents consumer power. food and wholesale dollars at 43.5 and 46.7 cents respectively. Campaign costs loom large as rates rise in print, radio, travel and rooms, while television adds new expense.
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National Industrial Conference Board
Department of Commerce
The Rise and Fall of a Summer Theater Magnate
A portrait of Tom Ratcliffe Jr. and fellow seasonal theater figures. Ratcliffe built Sea Cliff on Long Island with $7,000 and $700 profit in 10 weeks. He argues for affordable, good plays over star names as actors demand higher fees, while Columbia lectures and Sea Cliff thrives.
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London
New York
MGN
Columbia Pictures
Sea Cliff
Long Island
Louise Macmillian
Columbia Univer
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
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Tokyo
Frank E. Lowe
Harrison
Maine
Lowe
Bill Cunningham
Boston Herald
Inchon
Far East
European
Russia
Stalin
Europe
Malaya
By Paw Serdanier
Washington
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Drew Pearson
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Sylvia Jackson
Grafton Road
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Columbus
Henry G. Brunner
Business Today
Elmer Roessner
Sidney S. Korzenik
National Knitted Outerwear Association
U. S. Court of Appeals
Roosevelt
Western Heights
Eagles Lodge
Oberlin
Z. Pitcher
Ihose
Leroy F. Lustig
Chicago
Monsanto Chemical Co
Springfield
Mass
Sapolin Paints, Inc
East 42Nd St
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Theron Bamberger
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Dick Aldrich
Tom Ratcliffe, Jr
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Sweden
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