Eisenhower Plans Swift Southern Campaign Swing
General Dwight D. Eisenhower weighs a rapid Dixie plane tour into about a dozen Southern cities in seven states starting September 2. The effort aims to win over Democratic strongholds in the Solid South, with stops planned in Richmond Atlanta Birmingham Miami Jacksonville New Orleans Dallas Fort Worth Houston and Memphis.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Herbert Hoover
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Atlanta
John J. Sparkman
Texas
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Arthur E. Summerfield
Republican National Committee
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Minn
30000 Quit At Goodrich Rubber Plants
The CIO United Workers struck the B F Goodrich Co causing a walkout at Akron where 13000 of the 30000 workers are employed. Other Goodrich plants were struck as the union presses for fringe issues in the 10 week dispute. Negotiations continued after a 1 am Cincinnati breakdown.
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B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodrich
Cincinnati
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U. S. Rubber Co
General Tire & Rubber Co
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'Dead' Child Revived Dies 24 Hours Later
15 month old Constance Riddle of Catlettsburg Kentucky choked on a bean and was revived by heart massage after being brought to Huntington hospital essentially dead. Doctors later said she died Sunday despite heroic resuscitation efforts.
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W. Va
Constance Riddle
John Riddle
Catlettsburg
Akron Man Is Suspect In Murder Of Little League Fan
Police say they will charge Irwin P. Goff 32 of Akron with the slaying of Raymond Smith 19 of Monongahela Pa. Smith was in Williamsport with two other champions to watch the Little League tournament finals when he was shot.
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Akron
Irwin P. Goff
Raymond Smith
Monongahela
Painter Dies in Cincinnati
Joseph Pfister, famed portraitist of President Truman and other notable figures, died here Saturday night.
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Joseph Pfister
President Truman
Combat Pay for Korea Veterans Involves Heavy Paperwork
Military experts warn the job of validating six days per month under enemy fire will be lengthy as tens of thousands of veterans receive 45 dollars monthly retroactive to Korea. Costs run 250 to 300 million dollars with CO certification required for eligibility.
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Korea
Congress
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Sen. Moody
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Campaign Targets Narrowed for Truman Taft In 1952
Truman and Taft, not running, may become major campaign targets as Eisenhower and Stevenson face intraparty divides. Eisenhower allies press Truman’s isolationist record while Taft may join Eisenhower’s effort after a Washington meeting with party officials. Mississippi Democratic convention splits among Stevenson Eisenhower third party factions.
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Taft
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adidi E. Stevenson
Illinois
Eisenhower
Stevenson
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Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Columbus Dispatch
Canada
Arthur Summerfield
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Mississippi
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Hugh White
Stevenson Sparksman Endorsement Resolution Adopted in Committee
In the Resolutions Committee last night an 11 to 5 vote adopted a Stevenson backed measure after Eisenhower supporters moved to drop a clause backing Illinois Governor. The revised resolution urges the electors at the State Democratic Convention to pledge to Stevenson and Senator John Sparkman without a state party endorsement. The item faced revision, rejection or adoption today.
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Eisenhower
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Alabama
Ohio Supreme Court Announces 440 Bar Exam Winners
The Ohio Supreme Court named 440 successful June bar exam applicants with two Clevelanders tied for top at 88.4 percent Ernest Rudolph Charvat and Daniel Louis Ekelman. A total of 525 took the exams with inductions scheduled in Columbus Cincinnati and Cleveland in the ensuing days.
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Ohio Supreme Court Today
Angular Trombone Aids Crowded Theater Pit
Davis Shuman, a Juilliard teacher, performed an angled trombone in Chautauqua New York to address crowding in a theater pit. The sidewise slide moves to the right, not back and forth, and Shuman claims the hookbilled horn helps players reach low notes and suits youngsters learning standard instruments.
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N. Y
Davis Shuman
Shuman
Juiliard Music School
New York City
Ex Minister and Teacher Milton M. Brown Dies in Bremen
The Rev Milton M Brown 72 former Ohio Wesleyan University faculty member and retired Methodist minister died Sunday at his Bremen home after a long illness He served over 35 years in the Ohio Methodist Conference and graduated from Ohio University and Drew Seminary
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Ohio
Milton M. Brown
Ohio Wesleyan University
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Ohio Methodist Conference
Ohio University
Drew Seminary
Pro-Ike Groups Oppose Eisenhower In 1948 Adlai Endorsement
The Amer icans for Democratic Action ADA, once allied with the Roosevelt era, now opposes Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and endorses Adlai E Stevenson and John Sparkman. The ADA lauds the Democratic ticket as liberal and forward looking while criticizing the Republican platform as misaligned with current world conditions. Senator Bourke B. Hick enlooper characterizes the ADA move as part of a captured situation for the Democratic nominee.
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Democratic Action
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Adlai E. Steven
Alabama
John Sparkman
Truman
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
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Republican National Committee
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Town
Truman vows to repeal Taft Hartley Act at ITU convention
President Truman told the International Typographical Union in Cincinnati that he would use all means to strike the Taft Hartley Act from the statute books. He called the act vindictive and unfair to the ITU, praising the union for its leadership in labor standards. Governors from 43 states and Alaska sent goodwill messages as the convention opened with sessions through Thursday or Friday.
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Truman
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Southern Areas Suffer Through Blistering Heat
Fair weather spread across most of the nation but the scorched South faced another day of extreme heat with 113 degrees in Alva and 112 in Hollis Oklahoma. No rain evident, temperatures mostly in the 90s. Local thunderstorms popped up in Missouri Southern Iowa and some showers in Michigan.
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Hollis
Oklahoma
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Iowa
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Nine Bodies Recovered After English Flood Disaster
Army engineers blasted and bulldozed through debris from a flash flood along the Devon coast. Nine bodies were recovered from rain washed boulders and house wreckage on a 15 mile stretch. Thirty others remained missing and presumed dead.
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Devon
Mirror Fatality Halts Hamilton Youth
William Berk, 21, of Hamilton, was killed Sunday night when a mirror extended from a truck struck him on the head, ending his life in an accident incident reported locally.
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William Berk
Thirty Ohio Towns Granted Sewage Discharge Permits
The Ohio Water Pollution Control Board today granted 30 more communities permits to discharge sewage into state waters. None have a sewage treatment plant yet. Renewal depends on plans for treatment facilities. Three communities received 12 month permits.
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Columbus
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Freight Kills Man Seated On B&O Track
Nolan Francis Hoyd 33 was killed when struck by a westbound Baltimore and Ohio freight train near the Grosvenor crossing west of Athens about 1 30 a m. The train crew reported the accident to Sheriff George Bateman. Hoyd died of a compound skull fracture per County Coroner Dr John T Elias. Survivors include his father Cecil and sister Esther Reeves. funeral services set for Tuesday at 10 a m at Walburn funeral home Ath ens and burial in Temple Cemetery.
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Ten Die In Ohio Weekend Accidents
The Associated Press tally shows at least ten deaths in Ohio over the weekend from seven traffic incidents and three miscellaneous accidents. The count spans 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
House Probers Eye Non-Prosecuted Case
House investigators probe an alleged fraud case in the Justice Department begun in 1944 and marked closed without civil or criminal action. The hearings will examine officials including Peyton Ford and Herbert Bergson as the committee questions past department activity and shakeups under Atty. Gen. McGranery.
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Truce talks resume as typhoon stalls Korea war progress
United Nations and communist delegates set to meet at Panmunjom after a week-long recess with no progress. They clash over prisoner exchanges, while a typhoon with 100 mph winds halts fighting and grounds warplanes along the Korean front.
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Kaiser Boats Are Sabotaged At Tahoe Race
Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser claims unknown saboteurs tried to kill him by wrecking two speedboats entered for races at Tahoe City California. Police report crude damage found just before race time with a hacksaw blade in Hot Metal and the runabout soaked with gasoline.
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Henry J. Kaiser
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Max Collins
Mementoes lowered to grave in cavern in France
In Cavern near Licqathery rescuers lowered a bronze cross and two photographs to the grave of Marcel Loubens as the last survivor of the cave exploration party was readied for ascent. Three other men, including his wife and two year old son, were brought to the surface from 1153 feet below in the Pierre Saint Martin cave in the Pyrenees.
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France
Marcel Loubens
Pierre St. Martin
Pyrennes Mountains
Congressmen Visit Far East Delights Defenses
Four Republican congressmen on an Army sponsored Far East tour expressed favorable impressions of American military defenses in the region. The travelers included Reps. J Harry McGregor William McCulloch Harvey and Harold Ostertag.
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William M. McCulloch
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A Harvey
Indiana
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New York
AEC Explains Why Point Was Rejected
AEC Chairman Gordor Dean explains why Point Pleasant was dropped in favor of the Pike County Ohio site for a new plant. He cites four disadvantages including higher site cost, grading, remoteness from population centers, and flood risk to access routes.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Dean
Harley M. Kilgore
W. Va
Teen Son Held as Man Is Slain in Family Fight
State police said they would charge 17 year old Richard Thompson with murder after a fist fight with his father Wilbur Okey Thompson 46 in Parker sburg West Virginia Authorities said the dispute began when Richard accused his father of harshly judging his divorced wife s choice of where the daughter should live The girl resides with Thompson and police said the teen would face murder charges in the case
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W. Va
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Wilbur Okey Thompson
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H. E. Martin
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Anti-Corruption Bill Planned by Senator Monroney
Senator Monroney of Oklahoma plans to push a reorganization bill creating a blue ribbon civil service in the Internal Revenue Bureau. He says the measure would reward administrators for reducing staff and improving cooperation.
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Washington
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bus Crash in Maryland Sends Seven Hurt
A Blue Ridge Lines bus veered off the road near Hancock Maryland. Twenty two passengers mostly asleep escaped serious injury when the vehicle struck a power pole. Investigators reviewed the scene for cause.
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Hancock, Md
Blue Ridge Lines
Man and wife found dead after murder suicide in Ohio
In Continental Putnam County a 52 year old man Jack Tully shot his wife Olive 43 then killed himself. Sheriff Potts found both bodies in their grocery and filling station back room. Their 7 year old daughter Agnes said she did not know his gun. Acting coroner Dr. Bird ruled murder and death by own action.
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Putnam County
Arnold Potts
Ottawa
Jack Tully
Olive
Agnes Potts
Egyptian swimmer completes English Channel crossing
Cairo newsman Abdel Monem, 27, swam from France to Dover in 16% hours and reached shore in a heavy rain. He finished sixth among record pace years and was the fourth swimmer of the year to conquer the channel. Monem earlier failed twice in 1950 and 1951 before succeeding on his third attempt.
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