Taft Holds Whip Hand Over Coming Republican Convention
Taft now controls convention machinery with key posts filled by Taft boosters. Gen Douglas MacArthur as keynote, Walter Hallanan as temporary chair, Eugene Millikin platform chair, and Joseph Martin as permanent chair. Delegations show Taft leading with 464 votes to Eisenhower 10, 209 unsettled. disputed seats could decide nomination. Eisenhower aides react coolly while Dulles and delegates court support.
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Taft
Washington
Robert Taft
Convention Arrangements Committee
Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
GOP
Dwight Eisenhower
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Eugene Millikin
Eisenhower
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
Platform Committee
House
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Center
International Soundphoto
Clark OKs Allied Walkout as Korean Armistice Talks Resume
General Clark tells North Korean and Chinese commanders he fully approves the United Nations three day walkout amid renewed armistice negotiations. Maj. Gen. Harrison reports no progress on the prisoner exchange issue as talks resume at Panmunjom to address recent bloodshed on Koje Island. Nam Il lodges a protest over Allied removal of prisoners with 31 killed and 139 wounded.
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Munsan
Koje Island
United Nations
Mark Clark
UN Far East
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-huai
Clark
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
Nam Il
Sabres Down Three Migs Near Yalu River Front
U S Sabre pilots claim the downing of three Mig-15 jets near Sinuiju on the Yalu River border with Korea and Manchuria. The Fifth Air Force said the three fell among seven of twelve Sabres engaging eighteen more Migs in the flight. UN ground troops repelled a Chinese assault on a hill along the Korean western front.
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Seoul
U. S
Sinuiju
Yalu River
Korea
Manchuria
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Fighteen
United Nations
Fall Kills Man In Columbus Fertilizer Plant Opening
John Ray aged 40 of Columbus fell 30 feet to his death Tuesday after apparently stumbling through an opening while sweeping the plant’s upper floor at a local fertilizer company.
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Columbus
John Ray
Wilmington Man Puts On Wife’s Garment For Back Pain
A well known Wilmington man, jokingly teased for a feminine touch, injured his back lifting a large flower container. To ease the pain he wore one of his wife’s foundation garments, drawing further ridicule.
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Wilmington
Farm land boom slows as costs hinder buyers
Washington reports the Agriculture Department says the farm land boom is slowing. High costs to buy and equip farms keep many young buyers and tenants away, with average U S farm values around 17 000 to 18 000 dollars not counting machinery. The price rise slowed to about two percent in four months ending March 1, versus eight percent a year earlier.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U. S
Korea
Department
Body Armor Shows Promise for GIs in Korea
Lieut. Col. Robert Holmes told AMA officials in Chicago that a chest and belly vest of compressed fiberglass and nylon is under test by Marines and the Army. Early results are encouraging and indicate body armor could become part of preventive medicine to protect combat troops. Holmes noted enemy losses in Korea were higher than Allied losses, due to artillery and air superiority, though medical progress has lowered Korea’s death rate versus World War II.
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Chicago
Korea
American Medical Association
Army
Robert Holmes
Holmes
Bumper Wheat Crop Forecast for Nation
Washington reports the Agricultural Department forecasts a 1,326,157,000 bushel wheat crop, the second largest on record. The forecast exceeds last month’s estimate by 33,157,000 bushels and compares with the 10-year average of 1,084,664,000 and the 1947 record of 1,367,186,000.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Women Told Put No Faith In A Corset
New York designer Charles James declares war on corsets and girdles. He bans girdles for customers, promotes uncorseted silhouettes, and plans wholesale dresses built on his famed "body" to fit a size 12 rather than a size 16. He cites uneven weight distribution and aims for better concealment through design.
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New York
Charles James
James
Samuel Winston
Haute Couture
Dever Links Generals to GOP Military Junta Threat
Massachusetts Governor Paul Dever told New York Democrats that Generals Douglas MacArthur Dwight Eisenhower and Albert Wedemeyer are fighting for control of the GOP and form a menace of a military junta. Wedemeyer chairs the National Citizens-For- Taft Committee.
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New York
Chicago
Massachusetts
Paul Dever
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
Albert Wedemeyer
Dever
Wedemeyer
National
Citizens-For- Taft
Katharine Brush Dies at 49 in New York
New York June 11. Novelist and short story writer Katharine Brush died after several months illness. Her notable works include Young Man of Manhattan published 1930 and Red Headed Woman 1931.
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New York
Katharine Brush
Manhattan
House Panel Votes Extension Of Wage And Price Controls
The House Banking Committee backed a full year extension of wage price and rent controls and proposed dropping real estate and consumer credit controls. If approved, regulation of down payments for new homes would end and reimposition would be unlikely. The panel also set minimum support at 90 percent for six farm commodities and denied restoring livestock slaughtering quotas.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Consumer Credit
Prison Massacre Among POWs At Koje Island Compound
Communist POWs killed 15 fellow inmates and attacked guards during a night of unrest at Koje Island. American paratroopers discovered multiple bodies in wells and trenches as 6,288 North Koreans were dispersed into smaller compounds amid ongoing clashes and casualties on both sides.
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Koje Island
United Nations
Community Chest urged to include United Defense Fund drives
The Ohio Community Chest Association asked nearly 100 local chests to join the United Defense Fund campaign. A resolution urged them to raise 1 398 535 dollars for the UDF, which includes USO American Social Hygiene Association American Relief for Korea United Community Defense Services National Recreation Association and United Seamen's Services.
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Columbus
Ohio Community Chest Association
Ohio
United Defense Fund
UDF
USO
American Social Hygiene Association
American Relief For Korea
United Community Defense Services
National Recreation Association
United Seamen's Services
Midwest Sees Cooler Weather Amid Storms
Weather outlook shifts across the nation with cooler air moving into the Midwest while southern regions remain hot and humid. Showers and thunderstorms bring strong winds of 30 to 40 mph from the Dakotas to Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with North Central region showers forecast.
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Chicago
Midwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North
Violent quake quakes San Juan city center at night
A violent earthquake rocked the provincial capital of San Juan on Tuesday night near the Chile border. Early reports say one person was killed as thousands fled in panic and buildings collapsed across the city.
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Buenos Aires
San Juan
Japanese village declares monthly women’s holiday
Elders at Futakawa Village Western Honshu set a monthly holiday for women on the 15th. Men will perform cooking cleaning and chores while women are urged to elevate cultural standards during the break.
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Tokyo
Futakawa
Honshu Island
Military Building Program Approved by House Armed Services
The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved a $2.758 billion military construction authorization for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The total is about $269 million below President Truman's request, with the largest cut of $250 million in American funds for NATO European airfields.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Truman
Congress
NATO
Opera Star Weds TV Director in New York Wedding
Metropolitan opera singer Patrice Munsel age 26 tied the knot with television director Robert Charles Carroll Schuler age 31 in Manhasset New York on a Tuesday ceremony.
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Manhasset
N. Y
Metropolitan Opera
Patrice Munsel
Robert Charles Carroll Schuler
Moscow obituary notes death of Peter Karavaev
Moscow reports the death of Peter Karavaev, deputy chief of the Communist Party central archives, at age 68. The notice appeared in Wednesday’s press on June 11.
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Moscow
Peter Karavaev
Communist Party
Hired Hands Work Long Hours in Farm Employment Slump
The report notes hired men work about two hours less daily than their farmer bosses. Average farm hours reach 92 per day while total farm employment falls to 10,863,000, down 150,000 from last year. Decline attributed to wartime military service urban jobs and more machinery.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Televised Surgery Shown To Public On National Network
A six minute segment aired Tuesday night as part of the American Medical Association meeting coverage in Chicago. Doctors explained a major procedure removing most of a patient’s stomach from a 60 year old with an ulcer disorder while lay viewers watched.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Civil Defense Course Offered by John Carroll University
John Carroll University in Cleveland offers a five week Civil Defense course for 42 dollars starting next Monday. The course is believed to be the first of its kind ever sponsored by an American college.
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Cleveland
John Carroll University
Court Martial Faces of Who Chided Officer
Monterey dispatch reports Sgt. C. Dean Chase a 24 year old from Salt Lake City faces court martial for disrespect to a superior officer after he wrote Gen. Mark Clark criticizing his handling of a Koje Island Korea POW incident. He was charged Tuesday and faces up to six months and bad conduct discharge. He said he expected a reprimand but Clark sent the letter to San Francisco for action.
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Monterey
Cailif
Army
Mark Clark
C. Dean Chase
Salt Lake City
Chase
Clark
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Charles Colson
Bose
Francis Dodd
Koje Island
Korea
Tornado Causes Major Damage in Gordonsville Va
A tornado swept from the Blue Ridge Mountains damaging buildings in Gordonsville Orange County with losses exceeding $100000. No injuries are reported but power and communications were disrupted in the town Tuesday.
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Gordonsville
Blue Ridge Mountains
Orange County
Senators Prefer Patronage Plan
The Senate Government Operations Committee voted 8-2 against President Truman's plan to place all postmasters under civil service rules ending the political patronage system. The plan would take effect unless both chambers vote against it by June 20.
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Washington
Senate Government Operations Committee
Truman
Senate
House
Chicago Chemical Dump Fire Causes Big Damage
A spectacular extra alarm blaze roared through a southwest Chicago chemical warehouse on Tuesday night causing about 500000 dollars in damage. The one story building owned by Witco Chemical Co. covered half a city block and stored carbon blocks asphalts and naphtha.
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Chicago
Witco Chemical Co
Senate Votes Request To White House In Steel Crisis
Washington reports that President Truman may turn to Taft Hartley to force steel mills back into production after industry union talks failed. Senate Republicans and southern Democrats push for seizure power under the Defense Production Act, opposing Truman’s plea for a plant seizure approach.
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Senate
White House
Washington
Truman
House
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Congress
Moscow Decries Koje Incidents
Soviet press denounces Koje Island clashes as a new monstrous crime of American interventionists. Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, UN commander on Koje, is called a hangman in one account, with terms like bloody evil doing used in reporting.
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Moscow
Koje
Haydon L. Boatner
Crosby Scheduled For Video Debut
New York June 11 Bing Crosby set for television debut on June 12 with comedian Bob Hope in a 14 and a half hour marathon fundraiser for the American Olympic Committee. The Columbia Broadcasting System and the National Broadcasting Company will carry the program on national networks starting at 10 p.m. local time.
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New York
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
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