Five US oil firms deny cartel in edited FTC report
Five large American oil companies face formal questions from Sen. Sparkman after the FTC secret report alleged a joint Western oil cartel with two foreign firms. Standard Oil of New Jersey leads the denials as the others and foreign partners are named and scrutinized.
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Royal Dutch Shell
GOP Nominee Says Lausche Needs Rest
Charles P Tatt told a Republican rally in Cleveland that defeating Gov. Frank J. Lausche would be tough but he plans to win Cleveland, the governor’s home, in the November election. He quipped Lausche has had three terms and “needs a rest,” while praising a strong GOP showing at Con gressman George H. Bender’s Chagrin Falls estate.
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Charles P Tatt
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Chagrin Falls
George H. Bender
Apostle Paul
Bender
Prices Level Says Prices Likely Stable This Year
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer says consumer goods prices probably won’t rise much for the rest of the year though the long term trend could turn up. He cites a department survey on the steel strike ending July 26 showing many firms will absorb higher metal costs rather than pass them to customers, with effects deemed negligible despite a $5.20 per ton steel price rise.
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Sawyer
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Expert Urges Caution In Atomic Power Use
Dr Hans Thirring, an Austrian scientist and early figure in hydrogen bomb thinking, warned against using atomic energy to power industry. He argued world uranium supplies are too scarce for power use while other energy reserves remain virtually unlimited.
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Hans Thirring
Thirring
Roy Rogers' Youngest Daughter Robin Elizabeth Dies
Encino California actress Roy Rogers youngest daughter Robin Elizabeth died Sunday from complications after mumps. She would have been two on Tuesday.
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Robin Elizabeth
Midwest battleground: Eisenhower Stevenson campaign plan
Top strategists see the Midwest as the crucial campaign battleground with eight states totaling 131 electoral votes. Eisenhower and Stevenson will likely tour Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan Minnesota Missouri Ohio and Wisconsin heavily, while contests in California New York and the South shape the national race.
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Big Airliner Crashes Off Sicily Killing and Rescue Efforts
A four engine Hermes operated airliner plunged into the Mediterranean near Trapani Sicily. Fifty of the 51 passengers and crew were rescued by fishing boats and Italian and British rescue craft. Three bodies were recovered with one hostess still missing. The flight was bound for Khartoum and carried Sudanese civil servants.
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Truman asks Legion to help put facts before people
President Truman urged the American Legion to present all facts to the public during the campaign. National Commander Donald Wilson read the message at the Legion’s 34th annual convention in Madison Square Garden. He said voters determine destiny by deciding vital issues at the ballot box and asked the Legion to ensure free fair debate.
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Man Falls Three Floors to Death in Cincinnati
Joseph Bingham, 60, sat on a third floor room window sill in Cincinnati to put on his shoes. He lost his balance and fell to his death, Coroner Herbert P. Lyle reported.
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Joseph Bingham
Herbert P. Lyle
H B Jordan Appointed Trustee of Ohio University
Harvey B. Jordan president of the American Steel and Wire Co. named to the Ohio University Board of Trustees by Gov. Frank J. His term runs until May 14, 1959, succeeding Earl Shively. Jordan, a Michigan native and Cleveland resident, has led the firm since 1950 and holds a 1929 LLB from Cleveland Marshall College of Law.
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Earl Shively
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Cleveland
Pentagon cites waste in North Africa air base project
A Senate subcommittee report accuses Lt. Gen. Lewis A. Pick of confusion and delay in the Moroccan air base build. It urges Secretary Pace to review Pick's testimony and take action, noting the project cost well beyond initial estimates.
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U.S. Planes Hit Key North Korean Supply Hubs
U S bombers struck a 40 acre supply area in Northwest Korea and behind front depots. Navy operations limited by weather but carriers strafed targets around Hungnam and Wonsan. Chinese forces attacked at Burh Hill but were beaten back in a 15 minute clash.
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Ohio Mishaps Take 16 Lives Over Weekend
The Associated Press tally reports at least 16 deaths in Ohio over the weekend including 13 traffic victims, two miscellaneous fatalities, and one drowning. Notable deaths include Florence A. Harris in Columbus and Agness Cummings in Cleveland, among others from Caldwell Londonderry and Shefield area accidents.
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Bird Hitch Hikes With Dirty Linen In Ohio Mystery
Dr. Walter W. Kline recounts a Canadian grouse that rode home in a dentist’s duffle. After four days bundled in dirty clothes, the weak bird stood and survived the basement adventure, a puzzling story from Portsmouth Ohio.
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Walter W. Kline
Canada
Bogart Adds Daughter to Hollywood Family
Hollywood icon Humphrey Bogart and wife Lauren Bacall welcome a daughter born Saturday weighing six pounds five ounces.
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Humphrey Bogarts
Lauren Bacall
Imjin River Bridge Closure Amid Flood Debris Threat
Rising waters and a debris pile forced the United States to close the Imjin River's Freedom Gate Bridge. Officials warned the area faced continuing flood risk and structural dangers for crossings.
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U. S
Imjin River
Freedom Gate
Legion Convention Opens With Eisenhower Address At Madison Square Garden
Thousands of American Legionnaires gather in New York for the 34th annual convention with Dwight D. Eisenhower slated to speak at Madison Square Garden this afternoon. Gov. Dewey AFL President Green and others also scheduled to address as the group discusses State Department policies and Far East issues. A pair of parades mark the opening days with the 40 and 8 Society kicking off yesterday and a lengthy march planned for tomorrow.
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France
Emanuel Temple
Defense Mobilization
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Adlai E. Stevenson
40 and 8 Society
West and Soviet Clash Over German Peace Plan
In Washington officials say Russia’s demand for a Big Four meeting by October and a preconditioned peace treaty with an all German government sidestep Western aims. The West views Moscow’s terms as propaganda to disrupt German NATO integration and pushes for immediate free elections before any broader talks.
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Secrecy Veils Kiner Threat
FBI secrecy surrounds probe of extortion plot threatening Pirates home run hitter Ralph Kiner. A Peoples Cab Co driver is questioned. a ransom letter demanded $6200 in small bills placed under a taxi seat near Ambridge High School. An impersonating agent attempted the exchange with no takers.
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FBI
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Ambridge
Wildcat Steel Hall Under Union Inquiry in Cleveland
A CIO United Steelworkers hearing opens in Cleveland into a wildcat strike at Republic Steel Corp. Local 2265 president Robert Washburn and 19 executives attend at the request of district director William Donovan. The strike began a week ago over a demand for another man on a new picking line.
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William Donovan
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Stevenson Aides Watch Reaction on Oil Stand
Stevenson returns to campaign planning as aides watch reaction to his stance against full state control of tidelands. He sides with Truman veto on states quit-claim to tidelands but calls for a compromise protecting federal and state interests amid legislative stalemate. He has Sparkman support and will press ahead with New York New Jersey visits and Labor Day Detroit speech. He also plans talks with Walter Reuther on the CIO AFL sponsored address and denies cabinet talks with Estes Kefauver.
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Adiai Stevenson
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Tennessee
Kid Circus Ends With Flaming Torch Stunt
In Grand Junction Colorado an 11 year old ringmaster Billy Davis tumbled from a tree house 15 feet above the crowd with his pants on fire during a kid style circus finale. He said he and three promoters planned a flaming torch act using a jar of gasoline and a match. The fire department arrived with sirens to extinguish the flames. no one was hurt and the audience was untroubled by the mishap.
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Mine Mishap Fatal in Cadiz at Fremont Tipple
A loading tipple mishap at Fremont Mining Co. in Cadiz fatality claimed Francis Nation aged 49. The accident occurred today and authorities are investigating the cause. Nation lived locally and his death is reported as work related.
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Dewey Rose Thwarts Taft Speeches Report
The Cleveland News reports Sen Robert A Taft will campaign for Dwight D Eisenhower only if the general backs Taft favored issues. Taft seeks clear positions on the Taft Hartley law, a $6 billion federal ceiling by 1954, and Dewey’s role in Eisenhower's nomination.
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Cleveland News
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jack Kennon
Taft
Murray Bay
Canada
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Rubber Firm Pact Signed by United Rubber Workers
In Columbus Ohio the president of the United Rubber Workers Union announced Firestone Tire and Rubber Co has agreed to a full union shop and a one cent per hour general raise for 24 000 workers. The accord brings 116 000 rubber workers under full union shop contracts and lifts the average Firestone wage to about two dollars an hour.
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United Rubber Workers Union
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
L. S. Buckmaster
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Attendance Marks Shattered At Ohio State Fair
The Ohio State Fair in Columbus marked its fourth day with improved exhibits and sunny weather drawing thousands. Sunday attendance reached a record 110 000, surpassing last year’s 105 899. Press and Armed Forces Day drew about 8000 attendees including a luncheon with R Kenneth Kerr and Gov Frank J Lausche, and an Armed Forces parade with Brig Gen Homer L Litzenberg.
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Eisenhower outlines three point plan against Soviet threat
General Eisenhower warns of greater peril from Soviet expansion and unveils a three point plan. He calls for a strong warning to Moscow, a united free world, and unyielding aid to liberated peoples, stating urgency in countering communism.
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Four Escaped from Cave Prison in Swiss Caverns
Four explorers emerged unharmed from sub Alpine caverns known as Hell's Hole after nine and a half days trapped by rising water. In Wales rescuers tunneled through nine feet of rock to reach two 17 year old Boy Scouts and their injured scoutmaster 150 feet down yesterday. All were taken to a hospital with the scoutmaster in serious condition. The episodes marked the month’s second and third cave rescue in Europe.
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Hell's Hole
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OSU Receives Grant For Rain Making Study
Ohio State University has been awarded a 14 900 grant from the National Science Foundation to research the physics of natural and artificial precipitation. Prof. A Nelson Dingle of OSU's physics department will lead the two year project.
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