Eisenhower Escalates Pace Ahead of Southern Swing
General Eisenhower closes office doors to draft speeches for a Southern campaign trip amid pressure from supporters for a tougher stance. Aides hint at dramatic fire works as he plans a three day writing retreat while Polish American leaders urge backing him over Stevenson.
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White House
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
James Hagerty
Eisenhower
Philadelphia
Commodore
Democratic Party
Yalta
Roosevelt
Poland
China
Frank Wazerer
New York
Wazeter
Eee
Poand
Gallia Doctor to Receive State Award in Columbus
Dr. Charles E. Holzer of Gallipolis will receive a 1952 Governor's Award for advancing Ohio prestige. The award, for conservation work with the Ohio Valley Flood Control Congress and Friends of the Land, will be presented at an Ohio Newspaper Association banquet in Columbus on September 18. Holzer helped push flood control legislation and a federal program for the Ohio River watershed and helped found Friends of the Land.
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Columbus
Charles E. Holzer
Gallipolis
Ohio
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
Holzer
Ohio Newspaper Association
Ohio Valley Flood Control Congress
Friends of the Land
Ohio River
Flood Control Congress
Court Hears Fire Victim Testify in Arson Case
In Bowling Green Kentucky a 39 year old Black man testified at the arraignment of two white men James Chaffin age 30 and James Cherry age 25 accused of setting fire to his gasoline soaked overalls at a feed mill on June 14. The victim suffered severe leg burns and spent six weeks in hospital. The defendants deny intent, calling it a prank.
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Bowling Green
Joe Simmons
James Chaffin
James Cherry
Simmons
Chaffin
Cherry
Permanent Job Office Planned for Waverly
The state employment service will open a permanent office at Waverly when demand for atomic plant workers grows enough. Ernest Cornell, administrator of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, announced Thursday. Offices at Jackson and Portsmouth may be enlarged to handle the employment flow from the Pike County atomic energy plant project.
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Columbus
State Employment Service
Waverly
Ernest Cornell
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Jackson
Portsmouth
Pike County
Plane lands on Route 7 near Coolville
Harlean Ford a 31 year old pilot faced a charge of reckless operation after landing a plane on a straight section of Route 7 south of Route 50 authorities said Athens Patrolman John Born witnessed the landing and arrested Ford who pleaded innocent in Common Pleas Court Bond was set at 300 dollars for next Friday’s arraignment awaiting further action by the court.
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Harlean Ford
Columbus
Coolville
State Highway Patrol
Ford
You
John Born
Athens Post
Common Pleas Court
Gordon B. Gray
Columbus Pilot
Police Close In on Top Fugitive William Merle Martin
Police, believing they have a cordon around William Merle Martin, 42, one of the FBI’s ten most wanted, plan a starvation trap as they await signs of hunger. A stolen Birmingham car driver fled into a rugged area near St. Louis County, with troopers saying the man matched Martin’s description. Arm ed farmers and authorities spotted a man resembling Martin near dusk in the woods.
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Pacific
William Merle Martin
FBI
Lewis Howard
Missouri Highway Patrol
Birmingham
Ala
St. Louis
Martin
Inter Mercy Death Victim Adela Moskal Buried
Eighteen year old Adela Moskal was buried in Miami after her father killed her to end her years of pain. John Moskal led her to the bathroom and stabbed her with a butcher knife then attended the burial service with his wife. A Polish prayer moved him to tears as he embraced his daughter's body.
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Miami
Fla
Adela Moskal
John Moskal
Adela
Moska
Wellston Woman Killed In Car Truck Collision
Mickley, 39, of Wellston died from a fractured skull after her car collided with a five ton truck on Route 75 near Slaughter House Curve. Passenger Gertrude Watkins survived with injuries. truck driver Ray Turner was uninjured.
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Mickley
Wellston
Gertrude Watkins
Charles Gaskill
Jackson County
Gaskill
Watkins
Holzer Hospital
Ray Everett Turner
New Plymouth
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Truman Trip to Include Parkersburg and Westward Route
President Truman reviews ammunition for his whistle stop tour with the Stevenson Sparkman ticket. He plans a Labor Day rally in Milwaukee Monday night and will travel west through Pittsburgh Crestline Fort Wayne and Chicago before returning via Cincinnati Parkersburg Clarksburg and Keyser with details kept for the journey.
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Washington
Truman
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Crestline
Ohio
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Chicago
Cincinnati
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Keyser
W. Va
Scanty Suits Barred In Mrs America Test
In Asbury Park New Jersey the Mrs America pageant finals on September 7 will bar bikini style swimsuits. Married contestants will be judged on charm and home making ability but are warned not to push the limits in attire during the competition.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Flee Police Four Die In Lancaster Auto Crash
Four men from Lancaster died when their car, trying to flee a police chase, left Ohio Route 188 and plunged over a 25 foot embankment after hitting a guard rail. Victims were Warren Creiglow 29 Willard Riley 35 Donald Hoffman 39 and Andrew Hummell 33. Patrolman Joseph Forquer reported the high speed pursuit and that the driver turned off the lights.
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Lancaster
Ohio Rt
Warren Creiglow
Willard Riley
Donald Hoffman
Andrew Hummell
Hummell
Joseph Forquer
Forquer
Solons Rally Texas Dems for Stevenson Bid
In Dallas Texas four speaker Sam Rayburn and Senator Lyndon B Johnson rally around Adlai Stevenson. They push Stevenson amid opposition from Gov. Allan Shivers and Atty. Gen. Price Daniel who oppose Stevenson due to his tideland oil stance.
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Dallas
Tex
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Texas
Johnson
Rayburn
Stevenson
Allan Shivers
Price Daniel
U. S
Tom Connally
Shivers
Daniel
Tideland
Weekend Warmth Expected With Time of Day Showers
Warm temperatures forecast for the weekend with highs around the mid 70s to low 80s and nightly showers. Expect cooler conditions to follow into Tuesday with a warmer spell by Wednesday and several shower chances Saturday Sunday and Wednesday.
Flying Farmers Highlight Ohio State Fair Final Day
The Ohio State Fair ends an eight day run with the Flying Farmers program and a state Grange theater contest. Governor Lausche attends, awarding the Governor's Cup as 10,000 spectators cheer. Beef prizes total 25,405 dollars from 61 cattle, Marian Doran wins grand Angus, Fort Hayes Hotel pays top bid for fat steers. Tom Zedaker wins baton twirling title.
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Columbus
Ohio Flying Farmers Organization
Ohio State Grange
Howard S. Foust
Foust
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Marian Doran
New al
Bany
Angus
Fort Hayes
Gov
Lausche
Jacob Caldwell
Ashville
Tom Zedaker
Burghill
Stevenson Sets Civil Rights Tone In East Campaign
New York AP dispatch reports Gov. Adlai Stevenson closes his East campaign invasion with sharp civil rights contrasts against Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Stevenson flags federal duty to secure equal rights and endorses Humphrey's anti discrimination bill while urging Congress to revise filibuster rules. Eisenhower opposes compulsory civil rights enforcement.
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NEW York
Adlai Stevenson
East
Repuublicans
Springfield
Ill
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
South
Senate
Sen
Humphrey
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Lodge Labels Adlai Speech Double Talk
New York Sen Henry Cabot Lodge Jr denounced Adlai Stevenson's Thursday night civil rights filibuster critique as double talk He said Democrats controlled the Senate for four years and did nothing Stevenson vowed to press for Senate rule changes to advance civil rights legislation Lodge cited a Mobile Alabama speech by Sparkman as opposition to civil rights and warned Stevenson could outpace him.
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New York
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Adlai E. Stevenson
Massachusetts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Stevenson
Sparkman
Mobile
Ala
Lodge
Dulles Attacks Termites in Government at Amvets
Grand Rapids Michigan John Foster Dulles as foreign policy adviser to the GOP assailed “termites” in government saying loyalty must be more than not being a Communist and warning the nation as it faces atomic and hydrogen war amid Amvets convention speech.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
John Foster Dulles
Amvets
Republican Party
Communist Party
Mercy Race Futile in Cleveland Polio Tragedy
An ambulance sped to transfer 12 year old polio victim Jean Capitena from Ashtabula to City Hospital in Cleveland. She was placed in an iron lung on arrival and died 25 minutes later, marking a futile mercy effort.
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Cleveland
Ashtabula
City Hospital
Jean Capitena
Speedy Firemen Trick Triggers False Alarm
Batavia New York May 2 Judd L Perkins turned in a false fire alarm to test the speed of firemen and police. They responded in minutes.
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Batavia
N. Y
Judd L. Perkins
Legion's New Leader Urges Strong Army
Lewis Ket cham Gough was elected national commander of the American Legion at its 34th annual convention in Madison Square Garden. The Pasadena, California resident and former Navy commander urged national security training legislation and a universal youth military program under civilian control to meet communist threats. He defeated Walter Alessandroni of Philadelphia, will lead for the coming year and earns $15,000 annually from his Legion post.
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New York
Lewis Ketcham Gough
American Legion
Gough
Pasadena
Calif
Legion
Overney
Walter FE. Alessandroni
Philadelphia
California
Madison Square Garden
Donald R. Wilson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Big Four veto Austrian law over seized Jewish property
The Big Four powers vetoed an Austrian law allowing pre war organizers to reclaim Jewish property seized under Hitler. The decision was announced by the Allied Control Council for Austria, marking rare accord among Russia and Western powers amid international criticism of Austrian statutes.
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Vienna
Austria
Hitler
Russia
Allied Control Council
U. S. State Department
War Fraud Action in Detroit Cited by House Probers
House investigators cited a Detroit war fraud case as typical of Justice Department delays in prosecutions. They referenced Norman E. Miller and Associates Inc. with a 1944 indictment, a 1951 closure without recovery, and a civil suit for 36 000 dollars. The probe follows accusations of political meddling in a tax scandal inquiry and a grand jury case related to a Truman ally.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
Detroit
Robert A. Collier
Judiciary
Norman E. Miller
Collier
Justice
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Chelf
D-Ky
George H. Moore
Department of Justice
Truman
Ellis N. Slack
Revenue Bureau
Cheif
Slack
Mighty UN raid fires Red Center in Pyongyang
Warplanes from four Allied nations pummeled Pyongyang with 1403 sorties in three waves. US Fifth Air Force and Navy reported 420 planes from three carriers dropped 4000 gallons of flaming fuel and 597 tons of explosives on more than 40 targets.
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Seoul
Pyongyang
North Korea
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Navy
U.S
Korea
Red Capital
Price Boss Seeks Public View On Price Controls
Tighe E. Woods, newly named director of the Office of Price Stabilization, says he will tour the country next month to gauge public attitude toward price controls. He plans to ask housewives and others for opinions while personally favoring keeping the curbs. He succeeds Ellis Arnall and takes over next week.
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James Meinnes Henderson
Dhcerfield, Tex
Washington
The
Economic Stabilization Agency
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Office of
Ellis Arnall
Polio Cases Surge 68 Percent Over 1951 Totals
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports 19,980 polio cases in 1952 so far, 68 percent higher than the same period in 1951. The 1949 period total was 20,526, with 11,886 in 1951.
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New York
National Foundation For
U. S
Mercy Plane Speeds Soldier To Tragedy Hit Midwest Home
A Coast Guard mercy seaplane rushed T. Sgt. Charles R. Buggy from a Navy transport in the Atlantic toward his Winnebago Nebraska home. The mission, orbiting 500 miles northeast of New York, ended when the plane collided with a life boat, injuring the craft's propeller while his family faced polio and a spinal surgery crisis at Sioux City hospital.
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Mercy
Midwest
Salem
Mass
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Nebraska
Navy
Alexander Patch
New York
Air Force
Charles R. Buggy
Winnebago, Neb
Buggy
Germany
Tydings Attacks McCarthy Calls Him Cowardly Patriot
Maryland's Sen. Millard E. Tydings denounces Sen. Joseph McCarthy as a cowardly patriot and hints at visiting Wisconsin to expose him. McCarthy refuses a debate offer in Wisconsin saying he would not debate with the dead. McCarthy seeks reelection this year.
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Baltimore
Millard E. Tydings
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Tydings
Graduation Day Sees 775 at Ohio State University
A class of 775 received degrees at Ohio State University during the summer commencement. Speaker Mason M. Roberts, Presbyterian layman and executive with General Motors, urged graduates to follow the laws of the Almighty.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Mason M. Roberts
General Motors Corp
Frigidaire
Dayton
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