Group Critical of Uranium Hunt Directors
A congressional committee criticized military planners for failing to push discovery and production of uranium the raw material for atomic bombs. The Senate House atomic energy committee urged more effort and funding, noting time and cost factors.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
Congress
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Senate House Committee
Manchurian Guns Fire Across Yalu at Yanks
Lt Gen Glenn Barcus disclosed that Communist anti aircraft guns in Manchuria fired on U S planes bombing the Suiho power plant across the Yalu. He said 13 North Korean plants were demolished in raids by Air Force Navy and Marines, with the Suiho plant ruined beyond repair and North Korea possibly drawing power from standby plants. The raid was described as the war’s biggest and coordinated with the Navy.
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Seoul
Korea
Glenn O. Barcus
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Manchuria
Yalu
Suiho
United Nations
North Korea
Changjin
Fusen
Kyoen
Barcus
House of Commons
Navy
Butte Area Weather Forecast Promises Showers and Cooler Temperatures
Variable cloudiness with scattered showers and cooler Monday and Monday night. Minimum Monday 43, maximum 68. Period temperatures from 12 midnight Saturday to 5 30 pm Sunday 55 to 75. Precipitation 0.01. West of Divide partly cloudy Monday with scattered afternoon showers high 68 to 75. East of Divide partly cloudy Monday with afternoon showers east and north central high 70 to 88.
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Divide
Northcentral
Sunny Max. Mix. Pep
Billings Tr
Tr. Belgrade Broadus
Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Tr. Havre
Helena
Creseneres Il
Kalispell Lewistown
Livingston Miles City
Missoula
Superior
West Yellowstone
Whiteha
Dewey Vows All-Out Drive for GOP Nomination
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York said Sunday he would launch an all-out effort to win the Republican presidential nomination for General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The plan signals a bold bid to unite the party behind Eisenhower’s leadership.
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Dewey
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft Eisenhower lead preconvention moves mix Chicago Denver
The report tracks Sen. Robert A. Taft in Chicago and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in Denver with Harriman hosting a West Point reception. Taft predicts carrying 30 states and a five million vote margin, while Governor Dewey backs Eisenhower. Russell highlights experience, and AP’s delegate tabulation shows Taft and Eisenhower ahead of Kefauver and Harriman in early counts.
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Robert A. Taft
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denver
Averell Harriman
Orange County
N. Y
Democratic Committee
West Point
CBS
New York
Ohio
Washington
GOP
Truman
Dewey
Eisenhower
New York City
Gen. Eisenhower
Houston
Texas
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
U. S
Russell
NBC
Associated Press
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Taft
Governors Say GOP Faces Uphill Fight
Two Republican governors Walter Kohler of Wisconsin and Alfred E. Driscoll of New Jersey said the GOP faces an uphill fight to elect a president in November regardless of nominee. They spoke at a Houston news conference while supporting Eisenhower and predicting his nomination on the Chicago ballot.
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Houston
Texas
GOP
Walter Kohler
Wisconsin
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Eisenhower
Chicago
Allan Shivers
W. Averell Harriman
New York
Mutual Security
Paul A. Dever
Massachusetts
Richard Russell
Georgia
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Kohler
Driscoll
GOP Leaders Split Over Delegation Time At Meeting
In Chicago on June 29 Taft and Eisenhower camps clashed over the time allotted for contested delegations at the Republican National Committee meeting. The dispute centered on maintaining 30 minutes per delegation with no agreement reached. A rep from each side was named to negotiate for Monday with Gus Gabrielson presiding.
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Chicago
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Timhe
GOP
National Committee
Gus Gabrielson
Gabriels
Theater Manager Replaces Marquee With Joke
Bloomington Indiana on June 29 reports Fred Dowdy theater manager endures seventh straight day over 90 degrees. He replaces the marquee title with a quip Who cares it s cool. The sight reflects heat wave discomfort and local morale.
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Bloomington
Ind
Fred Dowdy
Murray Accuses Big 6 Conspiracy in Steel Strike Rally
In Youngstown Ohio Philip Murray addressed about 4000 CIO United Steelworkers members claiming the industry’s big six form a conspiracy to block settlements. He cited small producers negotiating peace with 25 000 workers affected and noted Pittsburgh Steel as the latest to settle.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Murray
Pittsburgh Steel
Stambaugh
Gary
Ind
Taft Sees MacArthur As Possible Running Mate
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio said Sunday night a Republican ticket with himself for president and Gen. Douglas MacArthur as running mate would be a strong combination. Taft noted it would be up to MacArthur to decide if he would accept the VP bid and indicated this could shape his nomination strategy.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Taft
GOP
MacArthur
Ohioan
B26 Bombers Blast Red Supply Lines
B26 bombers from Okinawa blasted the main Communist rail supply line from Manchuria for the second time in 24 hours. They targeted a bottleneck bridge near Kwaksan in northwest Korea, with no Allied air opposition reported. Allied infantry killed about 200 Chinese and wounded 450 in fights west of Chorwon Sunday night and Monday.
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Tokyo
U.S
Okinawa
Manchuria
Korea
Kwaksan
Chorwon
Communists Admit Panmunjom Shell Incident
Communist liaison officer Col Chang Chun San admitted on Monday that a Russian made anti aircraft shell accidentally fell near the Panmunjom truce tent. The shell caused no damage or injuries and was described as a stray round from anti aircraft fire. UN investigators confirmed the shell originated from a Russian 37 millimeter gun. Plenary sessions at Panmunjom were set to resume Tuesday after a three day recess.
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Tokyo
Panmunjom
Charles W. McCarthy
Chang Chun San
Neutral
Chang
United Nations
William K. Harrison
United States delivers UN stack of Russia slave labor evidence
The United States turned over to the UN a three foot high stack of documents alleging Russia uses slave labor under the Red flag. The materials include over 18,000 statements from Polish soldiers and Russian POWs, housed at the Hoover Library. The group will pursue a Geneva agenda with more on Chinese Communist slave labor.
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United States
Russia
United Nations
N. Y
U. S
UN _ special committee on
Hoover Library
Stanford University
State Department
International Public Opinion Research, Inc
New York
Walter Kotschnig
UN Economic and Social Council
Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar
Free Labor Union
Kotschnig
Geneva
Soviet Union
Latin America
Africa
EgyptNames Hussein Sirry Pasha to Form Cabinet
Premier Ahmed Hilaly Pasha resigned after four months in office. King Farouk asked Hussein Sirry Pasha, a veteran independent, to form a cabinet. Sirry, 60, has been premier three times before and initially declined before changing his mind. Hilaly succeeded Aly Maher Pasha after the Wafd party was dismissed following Cairo riots.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha
Farouk
Hussein Sirry Pasha
Cable and Wireless
London
Associated Press
Hilaly
Sirry Pasha
Hilaly Pasha
Aly Maher Pasha
Maher
Cairo
Finnish Miss Universe faces pull between Hollywood and mother
Armi Kuusela a 19 year old Finnish beauty crowned Miss Universe 1952 stands at a crossroads between a seven year Universal-International contract and her mother in Finland who cautions she will become a gymnastics teacher. She contends with Hollywood offers while grappling with sudden fame and gifts including a roadster and diamond wristwatch. Second place went to Elsa Edsman of Hawaii and third to Daisy Mavrakis of Greece.
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Long Beach
Calif
U.P
Armi Kuusela
Finland
Hollywood
Miss Kuusela
Armi
Universal-International Studios
Mama
Elsa Edsman
Daisy Mavraki
Greece
Blanket of Heat Is Pierced by Series of Storms
A string of storms swept the nation on Sunday ending a heat wave that baked much of the country. Norwalk Ohio saw violent winds and torrential rain causing about 500000 dollars in damage. Death tolls rose with 169 nationwide and 54 in New Jersey in the heat crisis. Temperatures cooled briefly in Chicago and Milwaukee as storms moved through. Texas Oklahoma and the southeast faced ongoing heat with highs near 100 in places and humid conditions in Washington DC.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
Washington, D. C
Acheson Warns Russia on Berlin Defense
Secretary of State Dean Acheson warned Russia and East Germany that the western powers will defend West Berlin as if it were a defense of their own forces. He called his Berlin visit a symbolic reinforcement of the Western pledge and pledged to stay in Berlin until its freedom is secure. Acheson spoke to about 10 000 at Kreuzberg and reaffirmed U S backing with France and Britain. He arrived in Vienna amid cheers from Austrians under Soviet occupation with no incidents reported.
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Berlin
Dean Acheson
Russia
East Germany
West Berlin
Acheson
Vienna
Truman
West
Iron Curtain
Memo
Kreuzberg
Cesar Scarvada
Lansing
Mich
U. S
Willy Kressman
France
Great Britain
United States
Austria
German Minister Demands Saar Return Amid Tensions
West German minister Jakob Kaiser urged the return of the coal rich Saar to Germany at a Rhineland rally. He blamed Western powers for handing East Germans to a dictatorial system of terror and called for a self determined Saar. Kaiser linked Saar status to broader German unity and condemned Soviet occupation policies in East Germany.
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Trier
Germany
Jakob Kaiser
Saar
Habitual Burglar Imposes Final Sentence on Self
Millard Wright a 42 year old habitual burglar who had brain surgery to curb theft died in detention from self inflicted injuries. He used a broken eyeglass lens to cut his arm after a note said he was sentencing himself to death for his misdeeds addressing his wife neurosurgeon and priest requesting forgiveness.
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Butler
Millard Wright
Yale David Koskoff
Wright
Bayne Hicks
Landon Backs Taft in 1948 Presidential Support
Alfred M. Landon, the 1936 Republican nominee, announced his wholehearted support for Senator Robert A. Taft on Sunday night, saying Taft can win the November election. Landon cited Taft’s electability as the reason for his endorsement.
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Chicago
U.P
Alfred M. Landon
Robert A. Taft
Landon
Taft
Butte Driver Hurt as Truck Leaves Road North of Helena
A Butte Safeway truck driver, John Kremer, survived a 150 foot-exit crash on Great Northern tracks north of Helena. He was pinned over an hour before a freight train found him, later treated with blood loss but no fractures, and taken to a local hospital. He lives at 1003 Michigan Avenue in Butte.
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Helena
U.R
Butte
Great Northern
John Kremer
Safeway Stores
Kremer
Michigan
Carpenter scales Cologne Cathedral spire to show courage
Thousands watched in Cologne as an 18-year-old carpenter climbed the 512-foot spire of the cathedral performing acrobatic stunts. Police and fire crews failed to reach him for four hours, after which he descended on his own and was charged with public nuisance.
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Cologne
Germany
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