Roosevelt doubts Eisenhower nomination prospects
Reporters describe internal party polling and opinions on Dwight Eisenhower as a potential GOP nominee. James A. Farley and Truman allies question the impact of Eisenhower’s name on ballots while Douglas remains unlikely to emerge as a major candidate before the convention.
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Roosevelt
Tola
Eisenhower
Nohi‘pates
Truman Leutenant
James A. Farley
New York
Truman
Alz
Southern Democrats weigh running mates and possible new party
The report outlines rival candidate ideas including Rep. John W. McCormack and Gov. William Preston Lane as potential running mates. It notes Southern governors oppose civil rights moves and suggests a possible new Southern Democratic party at a Birmingham convention, with Sen. Byrd or Russell named as possible president choices.
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Rin
Preiaa
Congress
John ‘W. McCormack
Massachusetts
House
John W. Flanagan
McCormack
Lane
Mr. Truman
William Preston Lane
Maryland
Southern Governors Conference
Guy R. Brewer
National Non-Partisan Committee For “Civil Rights
Republians
Francis J. Myers
Myers
Brewer
Henry Wallace
Birmingham
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Richard Russell
Georgia
Summertime No Vacation Time Continues School Prep
The Rohrersville school will be a modern, well lighted building by September. Summer work includes detailed equipment specifications for schools and cafeterias and the annual reports for attendance, enrollment sources, transportation, withdrawals, promotions, and failures. Financial reports detail receipts and expenditures per school and per pupil.
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Rohrersville
State Board of Education
Baltimore
Rail Dispute Settled After Prolonged Wage Bargaining
President Truman lauded a self negotiated settlement ending a long rail wage dispute. Nineteen unions agreed to a 15 44 cent hourly raise retroactive to November 1 and twenty one cent extra hours for non operating unions plus changes in operating rules. The three strike threatening brotherhoods gained a 15 12 cent increase and rule changes aligned with Presidential Fact Finding Board recommendations. The agreement speeds future wage demands and expedites current issues.
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Army
John R. Steelman
Daniel P. Loomis
White House
Truman
Russians Seized B-29 And Crew
The B-29 known as The Arnold, the lead bomber in early 20th Bomber Command plans, was seized with crew after a flight over Japanese targets. The aircraft endured major combat damage and adverse conditions before ending interned on Russian soil and remains there.
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20Th Bomber Command
Japan
Arnold
TH. Hy Arnold
RAF
Bangkok
Siam
Yawata
Anshan
Manchuria
Sasebo
Sumatra
Singapore
Formosa
China
Annual Free Learn To Swim Campaign Promoted
Public notice for an annual YMCA free learn to swim campaign held July 12 to 24 invites guardians to submit a coupon or mail form. Contains scattered OCR errors but shows program offering swimming instructions for minors with parent or guardian approval and address request.
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M.C. A
Actress Carole Landis Death Case Closed
Los Angeles coroner closes the Carole Landis death by own action case. Rex Harrison says he lacks knowledge of the second note. A note to care for Miss Landis' cat was seen by Mrs Florence Wasson who did not know its author. Funeral services set for tomorrow at Forest Lawn Glendale. Autopsy shows Miss Landis had been drinking.
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Los Angeles
Carole Landis
Rex Harrison
Ben Brown
Harrison
Miss Landis
Florence Wasson
West Los Angeles
Church of the Recessional
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
100000 Threaten Strike In France And Italy
In France a 100000 strong postal telegraph and telephone workers strike threatened after a six hour cabinet meeting failed to resolve demands. A meeting was set to decide on a walkout if demands were not met. In Italy workers halted production in CGIL actions for higher wages as part of ongoing demonstrations. A separate 20000 petroleum workers continue a nationwide contract strike into its tenth day.
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Paris
France
Italy
Rome
Italian General Confederation of Labor
CGIL
Rocket Attack Against Guerrillas Near Kuala Lumpur
Singapore reports RAF planes fired on a guerrilla concentration eight miles south of Kuala Lumpur, killing several who planned a drive on the capital. Maj. Gen. C. H. Boucher announced the strike carried out yesterday. In Perak, guerrillas killed a special constable after a roadblock incident near Langkat. In Johore, gunmen killed a Chinese rubber tapper.
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Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
C. H. Boucher
Malayan Federation
Perak
Langkat
Johore
Buried Body Found After 70 Days in Boston Sewer Cave
Chelsea Massachusetts July 9 Angelo Corsino 33 a water department worker buried in a sewer cavern and quicksand for 70 days was found 35 feet below the shaft. City and state funds totaling 125000 financed the search using detector gear and a crane amid repeated shaft collapses and clay. Mayor Keating said a line leak caused the collapse and plunge.
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Chelsea
Mass
Angelo Corsino
Water Department
William J. Britkley
Thomas A. Keating
Corsino
Million Loss In Baltimore Fires
Two six alarm fires in Baltimore caused nearly 1 million dollars in damage. Seven firefighters were injured as fires struck separately eleven hours apart. The William S. Scarlett Seed Company waterfront plant suffered about 500 thousand dollars in damage, discovered by a night watchman before dawn.
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Baltimore
William S. Scarlett Seed Company
Foreign Aid Shifts to Loan Basis for Recovery
Washington reports the Economic Cooperation Administration shifts from grants to loans for the Marshall Plan era. A $1 billion loan pool is set as 20 percent of first year recovery funds, with two to three large loans in negotiation and aim to have about $750 million on books within months for Europe’s power, rail, mining, and harbor projects. Austria, bizonal Germany, and perhaps Greece may receive mainly grants in year one due to dire economies.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
Richard Bissell
ECA
Bissell
Europe
Austria
Germany
Greece
Kentucky Seventy-Year-Old Senator to Keynote National Convention
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a boom for the Kentucky senator aged seventy who will deliver the keynote address at the national convention amid recent district and state conventions.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Kentucky
Arabs And Jews Resume Fighting Amid Truce Talks
Reported fighting resumed after a weeklong refinery blockade in Haifa. Egyptian attacks extended toward Tel Aviv area and Cairo confirmed renewed army action. Bernadotte met Abdullah in Amman to discuss demilitarizing Jerusalem and a possible new truce.
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Mediterranean
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Cairo
Abdullah
Bernadotte
Jerusalem
Palestine
Abdulleh Song
Trans-Jordan
Farm labor shortage in Western Maryland blames construction wages
Solliday reports rising construction activity near Washington drives farm labor rates up. Ordinary sod cutters earn a dollar per hour and wages on big home sites reach high 1.37 dollars. He tours Western Maryland monthly, reporting to the state employment service.
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Montgomery County
Washington
Solliday
Maryland
State
Barkley Suggested as Democratic Nominee for President
Kentucky leaders floated Len Barkley as a possible Democratic presidential nominee in Philadelphia. Delegates John Brown of Lexington and Ray Kirchdorfer of Louisville said they would back Barkley at the national convention, with Brown pursuing a Senate bid and Kirchdorfer serving as U S commissioner. Kentucky has 26 convention votes and the delegation remained uninstructed.
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Louisville
Len Alben W. Barkley
D.-Ky
Kentucky
John ¥. Brown
Lexington
Ray H. Kirchdorfer
Philadelphia
Barkley
Brown
U. S
Eirendorfer
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