Korean War Burns With A New Glow
TOKYO The twilight war in Korea may escalate again unless an armistice is reached. A 500 plane raid on North Korean hydroelectric plants signals tougher UN policy, as both sides fight for ground near Chorwon and dams are treated as military targets.
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Tokyo
Korea
Chorwon
U. S. Eighth Army
United Nations
Mark Clark
U.N
Far East
North Korea
U. N. Command
Mutiny by 200 Negro prisoners at Georgia camp
In Savannah, 200 long time Black inmates mutinied at Chatham County Work Camp No. 2 last night. They beat five trustees and set fire to a dormitory. Warden L C Burns said order was restored by morning with no force used. Sixteen ringleaders were moved to jail. others stayed, with transfer planned to Rock Quarry for incorrigibles.
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Savannah
L. C. Burns
Burns
Chatham County
Savanna
Rock
Georgia
Senate panel backs Humphrey seizure bill for steel strike
The Senate Labor Committee approved Humphrey bill authorizing presidential seizure of the strike paralyzed steel industry. A companion Morse proposal would let the President seize any defense vital industry to avert a strike, subject to Congressional veto. Both plans were previously rejected as amendments to war price control legislation.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Humphrey
Truman
Sen
D-Minn
Morse
Senate
Suit Filed Challenging Georgia Segregation Policy
A federal suit filed in Atlanta challenges the University System of Georgia policy that bars Negroes from the Athens Law School. Plaintiffs include Horace T. Ward with attorneys Thurgood Marshall and Robert L. Carter. Defendants are the Georgia Regents, Chancellor Harmon W Caldwell, University President O C Aderhold, Registrar Walter N Danner and Dean J Alton Hosch. Governor Herman Talmadge vows state-wide legal effort and possible funding cuts if segregation stands.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Horace T. Ward
University School of Law
Athens
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Cook
Cook
Ward
U. S. District Court
Law
U. S. Supreme Court
A. T. Walden
New York
Thurgood Marshall
Robert L. Carter
Regents
University System
Harmon W Caldwell
O. C. Aderhold
Walter
Trickle of defense materials from steel mills begins
In Pittsburgh the CIO United Steelworkers strike enters day 23 as the first flow of defense materials arrives not as steel but laminated cement used for jet engine testing cells.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
CIO
United Steelworkers
Acheson and Eden Discuss Problems in Europe and Middle East
Secretary of State Dean Acheson and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden met behind closed doors in London to review European and Middle East issues. They planned to resume talks in the afternoon as a prelude to a Big Three foreign ministers meeting with Schuman.
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London
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Europe
Middle East
Acheson
Eden
George F. Kennan
U. S
Moscow
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Suez Canal Zone
Egypt
Iran
Sudan
Suez
Canal
Ting
Jets Smash Four North Korean Power Stations in Air Raids
US air and naval forces pounded four of five hydro electric plants along the Yalu and Songchon rivers in a major assault described as the war's largest air raid to date. Nearly 400 Navy planes attacked from east coast carriers, while Air Force F-84s claimed destruction of two Changjin reservoir and two Songchon plants.
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Seoul
Korea
Navy
Yalu River
Air Force
Changjin Reservoir
Songchon River
Yalu
U. S.eighth Army
Chorwon
Washington
Panmunjom
Sutho
Manchuria
United Nations
Antung
Boxer
Philippines Sea
Princeton
Kumsong
ROK
Kansas Solon Seeks Probe Into Housing Subsidies
Rep. Cole of Kansas calls for House investigation into government housing subsidies near the Savannah River H Bomb plant area. He says the AEC contract with J A Robbins may cost six million dollars, with rental guarantees and full contractor dormitory use helping defense workers and the firm.
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Washington
Kansas
Congress
Savannah River
Rep
Cole
R-Kan
House
Atomic Energy Commission
J. A. Robbins
Defense Dept Rations Some Ammunition in Korea
The Defense Department says it must ration certain ammunition in Korea but this is not an unusual military situation. Shortages have developed in some ammunition types as artillery units were allowed to fire faster than in World War I.
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Defense Dept
Korea
Washington
Defense Department
Koreas
Department
MacArthur Seen as Taft Running Mate
Taft supporters talk of MacArthur accepting a vice presidential slot if Taft wins the nomination. MacArthur publicly backs Taft but says he is not a candidate, while Eisenhower backers argue Taft cannot win without a VP deal. Whitney denies MacArthur sought Eisenhower’s removal to clear the field.
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Eissenhower
GOP
MaceArthur
Hisentower
Whitney
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Douglas MacArthur
Chicago
Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Courtney Whitney
New York
R. L. Eichelberger
Ekichelberger
Japan
Asheville
N. C
Civil Rights Bill In Senate Defeated Yet Backers Press
The Labor Committee sent a new civil rights bill to the Senate aiming to ban employer discrimination. Lacking momentum before political conventions, backers dubbed it FEOFE and sought a Federal Equal Opportunity for Employment Commission to ban hiring discrimination on race religion and national origin in interstate industries of 50 or more workers.
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Washington F
Senate
Labor Committee
Congress
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
FEOFE
Equal Opportunity For Employment” Commission
Fees of Price and Wage Controls Aim to Kill Extension
Washington reports that price and wage controls face a probable death as Congress considers extending the Defense Production Act. Republicans and Southern Democrats push to let the law expire, with a decontrol amendment and a wage board abolition on deck. House action remains tentative ahead of final votes.
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Washington F
Congress
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
Horse Banking Committee
Talle
Iowa
Wage Stabilization Board
House
Smith
D-Va
Truman
Senate
POW screening at Koje may extend Korean War
Reds warn continued screening of prisoners at Koje could prolong the conflict. North Korea’s Gen Nam Il accuses this step of extending the war while Maj Gen William Harriman says the U S will not barter freedom. About 45 000 prisoners are being questioned to learn if they want to go home.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Koje
Nam Il
Willam K. Harrigan
Kojé
French Offer Compromise on Germ Charges at U N
United Nations, N Y French delegate Jules Moch proposed a three step version of the U S plan to curb bacterial and chemical warfare. The proposal urges voluntary armed forces reduction halt to armament production and early prohibition of germ weapons with atomic measures following in a later stage.
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United Nations
N. Y
France
U. N. Disarmament Commission
Jules Moch
Soviet Union
U. N
U. N. “Supreme Organ
Act Nation
Weather Summary for Thomasville Georgia June 24 1952
Mostly fair and hot through Wednesday with a chance of thundershowers this afternoon Thursday will be mostly fair and hot. Temperature highs reached 104 this month and a low of 49 this month on record. Precipitation totals show 4.59 inches since January 1 and 2.18 inches this month. Continuous heat expected with small rainfall chances in the near term.
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Thomasville
Shaakeno
GOP delegates near showdown as convention nears
With two weeks to go for the Republican gathering 1206 delegates are named and contenders scrap for votes. Taft leads Eisenhower by a slim margin with 477 to 393 in AP tally as the party heads to Chicago where the convention starts July 7. Democrats edge toward their 1230 delegate selection with Indiana's delegation forming, Stevenson viewed as likely nominee. Kefauver presses for civil rights plank and broader support in Indiana scene.
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Associated Press
Vina Awmbhin
Eitan Nuenant Anane
Ial
Ohio
Robert Tait
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Taft
MacArthur
Chicago
Indiana
Indianapolis
Michels
Adlai Stevenson
Charles Skillen
Indiana Democratic
Stevenson
Lee
Ina
Truman
Tennessee
Kistes
Kefauver
Kéfauver
Senate
Dees
GOP
Eisenhower
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weekend Weather Outlook
Georgia expects fair and hot conditions this afternoon and tonight with continued heat into Wednesday. A chance of thundershowers remains in the extreme south portion this afternoon. Extreme Northwest Florida shows partly cloudy skies this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday.
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Georgia
Florida
Eisenhower Pitches Peace Issue in GOP Campaign
General Dwight D. Eisenhower challenged Taft in a TV radio speech last night framing peace as the pivotal issue for the Republican nomination. He outlined a world security program, urged NATO backing and disarmament, and warned against isolationism as the U S campaign moves toward the Chicago convention with Louisiana delegates in dispute.
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Don Whitehead
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. ‘Taft
Ohio
GOP
Eee
America
United
Nat OD
North Atlantic
Hann
Eisenhower
Taft
United States
Wolf Paz
Louisiana
Tate Eisenhower
Chicago
Good Prices on Melons at Local Market
This morning a State Farmers Market grower reported selling a car of watermelons for about one thousand dollars, with 700 melons in the order, earning nearly a dollar per melon. Cucumbers and cantaloupes fetched good prices, though melon quality varied. watermelon crops are short in many areas, keeping prices firm as Fourth of July shipments head north and west. Market grounds were crowded with large wagons as produce moved in and out.
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At .T
Ata
Russell Calls for Steel Seizure Under Draft Act
Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia urged government seizure of the strike bound steel industry under the 1940 Selective Service Act. He arrived by private plane for a series of campaign appearances in Phoenix and stressed seizure as the main issue before the Democratic national convention.
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Russell
Phoenix, Ariz
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Weiold
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