Filipinos and U N 45th Push Halt Chinese Assault in Korea
Filipino infantry with bayonets and grenades, aided by U S 45th Division troops, blunted a five hour night assault by 3000 to 4000 Chinese near Tbone Hill west of Chorwon. US Eighth Army tallies 550 Chinese killed, 350 wounded, total over 3000. American jets claim several Red tanks and aircraft damaged near Kumsong Pyongyang.
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Aorea
U. S. 45Th Division
T- Bone Hill
91Th Battalion
Chorwon
U. N
U. S. Eighth Army
A. P
Milo Farnell
Gibraltar
Filpino
T-bone
178Th
Pyongyang
U. S
Kumsong
East Central Front
Edward L. Traweek
Greenwood
Miss
Fifth Air Force
Taft Sees Harmony On Policy Plank
Senator Taft predicted a unified GOP platform with General Eisenhower on foreign policy and urged Dulles to draft a plank to avoid a party split. He accused Eisenhower supporters of pressuring delegates in New York and New Jersey and reiterated differences are in methods, not goals. Taft also offered a Texas delegates dispute settlement tied to a U N plane loss incident.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chicago
Taft
Eisenhower
Ohio
New York
New Jersey
John Foster Dulles
Mate Department
Dulles
GOP
Truman
Texas
Taft Eisenhower Clash Shapes GOP Convention Dukes
Senator Taft predicts harmony with General Eisenhower on foreign policy at the Republican convention. Taft accuses Eisenhower supporters of patronage pressure in New Jersey while Eisenhower plans a tough Texas speech on Texas delegation issues. Dems race as Kefauver leads AP tally with 246 votes, Harriman and Russell chasing. Pennsylvania’s 70 vote delegation under Gov. Fine remains undecided.
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Vail Swill
Taft
Eisenhower
New Jersey
Texas
Chicago
Albert N. Carvel
Delaware
Truman
Carver
White House
Denver
Dwight
Hisenhower
Nevada
Ohio
Robert Taft
Washington
Associated Press
Denison
Tex
Dallas
Aldes
Hoover Dam
Las Vegas
Nev
West
Kefauver
Rock Island
Ill
Pentagon
Harriman
Nebraska
America
Russell
Idaho
Boise
Portland
Ore
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Philadelphia
John Fine
Pennsylvania
GOP
Fine
United States presses U N inquiry into Soviet germ warfare
The United States urged a U N Security Council inquiry into Soviet germ warfare charges. The plan relies on the International Red Cross to conduct the probe and faces possible Russian veto or entry refusals by China and North Korea, risking a propaganda setback for Russia.
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United. Nations
N. Y
United States
Russia
U. N
U. N. Security Council
Council
China
North Korea
Jacob A. Malik
U. S
International Red Cross
Striking CIO Steelworkers Begin Food Aid via Union
The CIO Steelworkers Union amid a three week strike of 650000 members headed by Philip Murray starts issuing food orders for strikers and their families from Buffalo New York to ease hardship. A commissary at the union headquarters will open Monday to cut household costs as 100000 other workers in allied industries are furloughed.
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Pittsburgh
CIO Steelworkers Union
Philip Murray
Buffalo
Joseph P. Molony
USW
New York
Molony
Pennsylvania Department of Public Assistance
Steel Strike Shows Signs Of Just Rolling On Along
The 20 day nationwide steel strike continued with no immediate move to invoke Taft Hartley injunction. Industry leaders CIO Steelworkers Union and administration officials held hush hush talks while workers moved finished steel to prevent shortages aiding defense. The strike cost about 250000 tons daily and GE began layoffs in 123 plants affecting 210000 workers.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
New York
CIO Steelworkers Union
Steel Industry
Pittsburgh
General Electric Company
State Department bars Owen Lattimore from leaving the U S
Washington reports the State Department ordered that Owen Lattimore be halted from leaving the United States while it investigates an official tip about a proposed visit behind the Iron Curtain. Johns Hopkins University officials had said he might teach in India if granted leave.
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Washington
State Department
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
McCarthy
Fruman
Baltimore Sun
United States
Johns Hopkins
University of New Delhi
India
Polio Cases Climb Across Texas Cities
In Houston and Dallas 333 cases treated in hospitals today highlight a worsening polio outbreak. Eleven new cases in Houston yesterday, Dallas adds three, El Paso records its first death in 22 cases with six year old Javier Banuelos dying two days after admission.
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Houston
Dallas
Texas
el Paso
Javier Banuelos
Continued heat wave grips Georgia with hot humid weekend
Weather outlook for Georgia remains hot and humid with scattered thunderstorms. Weatherman forecasts no end to the heat, with 90 plus temperatures expected across cities including Brunswick 89, Alma 88, Albany 87, Valdosta 86, Columbus 85, Macon 84, LaGrange 88, Athens 80, Atlanta 71, Rome 17.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Mercury
Brunswick
Alma
Albany
Valdosta
Columbus
Macon
la Grange
Athens
Atlanta
Rome
Truman Seeks Stevenson Harriman Ticket For Democrats
President Truman privately favors a Stevenson Harriman Democratic ticket. Stevenson resists a summer nomination but movement grows to place his name before the July 21 Chicago convention as regular leaders hope to command about 700 of 1234 votes.
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Washington
Truman
Adlai EB
Stevenson
Imnoss
Averell Harriman
Stevenson-Harriman
Harriman
Illinois
Michigan
New York
New Jersey
Chicago
Customers return glasses then rob Lou Weller's Saloon
Four customers left Lou Weller's saloon with beer glasses. They reentered brandishing pistols and demanded money, taking $250 from the till. The patrons returned the glasses after the theft.
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Chicago
Lou Weller
Roy Lindholm
House moves to remove price controls and rework wage board
The House advances a package to end most price controls on consumer goods and overhaul the Wage Stabilization Board under the Defense Production Act. It also seeks Taft Hartley injunctions in the steel strike, with GOP and Southern Democrats in position to pass the measure.
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Washington
House
Wage
Stabilization’ Board
Fpiien Lead Eet Daddawe Ol
Japs Recognize Chiang Only Ruler of Formosa
Tokyo stated that Japan recognizes Chiang Kai-Shek as ruler only of Formosa and the territories the Nationalists hold. The Foreign Office spokesman said earlier intimations were mistaken. A Diet committee heard it would be legally impossible to sign peace with Communist China.
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Tokyo
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Foreign Office
Formosa
Eiji Wajima
Asia Bureau
Diet
Bill to Punish Tax Cheaters Faces New Snags
An early draft bill aimed at punishing tax cheats encountered objections in committee. Lawmakers argued over technicalities and age provisions as they attempted to refine the measure.
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Chislers
Senate bill eases voting for military abroad in presidential race
In Washington a bill to let all military personnel vote in federal elections from overseas or away from home passed a Senate debate amid objections. Republicans and Southern Democrats argued it infringes states rights over voting procedures. A House version exists but hearings not yet started. The measure would let service members use a federal ballot for president and Congress if their state lacks absentee provisions.
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Senate
Rep
Talle
Spence
D-Ky
House
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Sted
Washington
Init
Armed
Congress
Reds Told Russians Favored Voluntary Repatriation
United Nations truce negotiators at Panmunjom said Russia favored voluntary repatriation of World War I prisoners. The Communists pressed for return of all Allied-held prisoners, including those unwilling to go home, as three days of recess ended with no progress. Major General William K. Harrison cited Soviet use of voluntary repatriation and noted North Korean delegates showing unusual attention to the point.
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United’ Nations
Russia
William K. Harrison
al- Hed
Union of Soviet, Socialist Republics
Panmunjom
William Nuckols
United Nations
Nam Il
Red
Harrison
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