Abilene Welcomes Gen Ike in 1952 Campaign Return
Eisenhower returned to his boyhood town of Abilene Kansas to kick off the final phase of his Republican presidential bid. A two day program featured a parade with 30 floats a museum cornerstone project and a White House campaign speech plan. Mamie Eisenhower joined him after arriving from Washington.
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Abilene
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Hisenhower
White House
Hisenhower Park
Washington
Mamie
Kansas City
Eisenhowers
Natives Arrested as Capetown Sealed After Khama Ban
In Capetown police arrest 38 natives and seal the capital Serotve to curb violence linked to the Bamangwato chieftain Seretse Khama. Among detainees are two tribal delegates from a London visit. Three native policemen were killed and 12 wounded enforcing a government ban on tribal gatherings.
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Capetown
South Africa
Wdrechuanal and
Serotve
South African
Seretse Khama
London
Bamangwato
725000 Men Idle In Steel Walkout
The nationwide steel strike idled about 725000 workers including 650000 CIO United Steelworkers, 26000 coal miners, and 35000 railroaders. Production of defense steel fell about 80 percent as talks stalled. Congress considers Defense Production Act amendments to seize defense industries. wage-board demands linger.
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CIO United Steelworkers
New York
Tts
Philip Murray
Ray
CIO
Washington
Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
Korea
Murray
U. S. Supreme Court
Wage Stabilization Board
Steel
America
Allied Industries
Defense
Henry 4H
Fowler
Truce talkers exchange notes on POW issue at Panmunjom
In Panmunjom talks North Korean Gen Nam T protests Red abuses of POWs on Koje Island and warns of further action. Maj Gen Harrison demands count of nearly 1,000 UN soldiers believed captured but unlisted, with 91 names added to an UN list. Names to remain private to avoid false hope for relatives.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Nam T
Panmunjom
Koje Island
William K. Harrison Jr
U. N
American M P Shot By East German in Berlin
An American military policeman was wounded when a bullet pierced a jeep on Machnower Strasse near the U S sector boundary. Maj. Gen. Lemuel Mathewson condemned the act as barbaric and urged punishment of the offender.
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Berlin
Lemuel Mathewson
Machnower Strasse
U. S
Mathewson
Mfeline ‘Autobahn
sJeep
West Germany
Paris Strikes Falter As Red Efforts Fail
Paris saw normal factory work and little obedience to a 24 hour Red strike called by the CGT in protest of arrests of Jacques Duclos and Andre Stil. Police in steel helmets and gas masks patrolled the metropolis to curb potential violence.
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Paris
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
France
Jacques Duclos
Andre Stil
L'Humanite
Taft Eisenhower Battle in South Dakota Primary
In South Dakota Taft leads Eisenhower by slim margins as counting resumes for 14 Republican nominating votes. With 1,103 of 1,947 precincts reporting Taft 61,579 to Eisenhower 60,734, Keffauer gains eight Democratic delegates. The race shows urban support for Eisenhower and rural strength for Taft, in a near even statewide result.
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Siux Falls
Robert A. Taft
Dwight DB. Eisenhower
South Dakota
Chicago
Taft
Eisenhower
Ohio
Abilene
Kaw
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Sioux Falls
Black Hills
Midwest
Ren
Robert Taft
GOP
Wisemower
California
Alabama
Hisenhower
Washington
Abiléne
Kan
Solons Debate Bill To Forbid Strikes In Critical Industries
The Senate debates a Maybank bill to bar strikes in key sectors for 120 days, create a presidentially appointed board to settle disputes, and allow seizure of plants if terms are rejected. The plan parallels wartime controls amid CIO steelworkers’ strike and Supreme Court review.
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Solons
Washington
Senate
Russell Backer Beaten in Alabama Ballot Runoff
In Alabama Fourth District runoff data show Howle with 6 690 votes to Armstrong 6 205 after 222 of 244 boxes counted. Howle leans toward Russell while backers of Kefauver seek the undecided seat on the 22 vote delegation amid a tied Russell Kefauver contest. Russell supporters vow to take control on the first national convention ballot.
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Tom Blake Howle
Ira Armstrong
Talladega
Howle
Russell
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Alabama
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy and hot with a chance of afternoon thunder showers in Georgia this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Extreme Northwest Florida shows partly cloudy skies with gentle to moderate variable winds along the coast through the same period.
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Georgia
Florida
Truman Seeks Supplemental Defense Fund Increase
President Truman asked Congress for 3.463 billion in supplemental defense funds for the new fiscal year. The request covers military construction public works personnel pay and the Alaska communications system. Key allocations include 2.090 billion for military public works 414 million for the Army 387 million for the Navy 1.538 billion for the Air Force and 650 million for the Office of Defense to fund foreign installations and NATO shared costs.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Defense Department
Alaska
White House
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
UN Planes Hit Reds in Force Today
Allied fighter bombers attacked North Korean targets in force as rain reduced daytime assaults. Seven B-26s bombed front line positions in darkness, others destroyed 29 supply vehicles. Allied tanks southwest of the Munsan truce camp engaged 76 Chinese and reported about 320 killed or wounded.
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Munsan
D Day in GOP Race Emerges From South Dakota Returns
Taft leads Ike narrowly in South Dakota returns as brown of 14 GOP and 8 Democratic delegates ride into July convention. Kefauver dominates Dem voting in SD and California boosting his tally, while Knowland gains in both parties as campaigns shift nationwide. Ike ends military career with campaign kickoff as Taft widens delegate edge.
U S Troops and Tanks Raid Three Communist POW Pens
U S troops and tanks raided three Communist prisoner of war pens on Koje Island Korea. They cleared out 17 anti Communist prisoners and 76 POWs were moved from a second compound as guards burned banners and hoisted new flags. Lt. Col. William F. Kernan led the operation and vowed they could enter any compound at will.
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Koje Island
Korea
U. S
Big Island
S ‘38Th ‘Regiment
San Antonio
Tex
Steelman Sets White House Steel Meet To End Strike
Washington called CIO Steelworkers leaders and major steel officials to a 10 a.m. meeting at the old State Department building to urge a settlement. The move follows Supreme Court action and ongoing wage and union shop disputes with firms including Bethlehem, Republic, U.S. Steel, and Inland Steel, as wages hover around two dollars an hour amid steel prices at about 110 a ton.
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Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
White House
CIO
John R. Steelman
Washington
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Philip’ Murray
CIO ‘Steelworkers Union
Steel Industry
Truman
Supreme Court
CIO Steelworkers Union
Ing
Old
British Protest Note on South Korea Tension in Pusan
British and American notes delivered in Pusan press for South Korea's crisis report on Rhee's martial law stance and calls to release opposition leaders. Authorities also released a critic editor after government criticism.
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South Korea
Pusan
Koréa
Britain
Sines Meala
Aatin
Syngman
South
Rhee
Truman
U. S
Agens
Iblastig Ts
Public Information Office
Rhe
National ‘Assembly
Romanian purge target Ana Pauker amid party turmoil
A Bucharest broadcast accused Ana Pauker and two former ministers of pro capitalism and counter revolution as Red Romania faces crisis. Western sources cite internal power struggles between Ana Pauker and Gheorghiu Dej while the economy sours and scapegoats are named.
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Communist Party
Bucharest
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Ike
Moore
South Georgia
Arthur J. Moore
L. A. Harrell
Macon
M. P. Webb
Valdosta
M. E. Peavy
Americus
W. M. Haywood
Dublin
George BE. Clary, Sr
Savannah
J. Ed Fain
Columbus
Thomasville
L. E. Williams
Waycross
Pittsburgh
Radio
Ala
Birmingham
Richard Russell
Associated’ Press
Dwight Eisenhower
Nnamontaomanoaint
Associated Press
Tennessean
Maryland
Ben. Richard Russell
W. Averell Harriman
Earl Warren
William R. Knowland
U.S
Steelman
CIO Steel
Laughlin Steel Co
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet, and Tube Co
Charles M. White
Republic Steel Corp
A. B. Homer
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Clarence Randall
Inland Steel .Co
Irving Perimeter
White Houge—press
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