VA To Cut 2250 Staff In Economy Drive
The Veterans Administration plans to discharge 2250 workers at 92 hospitals and two domiciliary facilities by November 4 as part of an economy move. The agency says the action helps bring the budget within appropriated funds while denying physicians and nurses will be laid off though some may transfer. Republican leaders accuse VA of misusing education funds and mismanaging veterans benefits amid calls to curb overspending.
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Veterans Administration
V.A
Congress
Frank C. Hilton
Veterans Division
Republican National Committee
National Administration
Veterans Affairs
Hilton
V. A
Taft Urges GOP To Work Hard In Ohio Cities
Senator Robert Taft told Young GOPs in Cleveland that Republicans can win the November election only with hard work and turnout. He warned against overconfidence and called Ohio pivotal in a close presidential race, predicting a record turnout and urging vigorous ground effort. He planned events in Columbus Cincinnati and more.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
Taft
Columbus
Cincinnati
Lausche Marshals Aid For Pike Area
Gov. Frank J. Lausche announced state assistance for the new atomic energy plant region in Southern Ohio. He ordered cabinet staff to address site problems in Pike County and outlined plans after a Paducah visit. A cabinet meeting in Waverly will include local officials and about 150 AEC representatives and civic leaders.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Pike County
Paducah
Waverly
AEC
State Patrol Officer Cited for Meritorious Service
Sgt. Joseph V. Seryak of the State Highway Patrol received the O. W. Merrill Meritorious Service Award for helping crack Findlay’s horse meat case. The award, presented by Merrill, was earned for work from November 1951 with Hancock County officials. The case concluded last spring with Kay Brand Packing Co. operator Joseph C. Kirchner indicted for bribery and selling horse meat as beef and sentenced to seven years in the Ohio penitentiary.
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Columbus
Joseph V. Seryak
State Highway Patrol
O. W. Merrill
Findlay
Seryak
Merrill
Hancock County
Joseph C. Kirchner
Kay Brand Packing Co
Ohio
Rioting on Cheju Island Signals planned POW escape
U S officials say the Wednesday prison riot on Cheju Island was a prelude to a mass escape of 5884 Chinese Reds. Maj. Gen. Herren said the riot would signal the breakout, but U S troops halted the revolt. Fifty six inmates were killed or wounded. breakout planned for Oct 1.
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Cheju Island
Korea
Herren
Richard D. Boerem
Ontario
Calif
Cheju City
Auditor Demands Data on Campaign Contribution Vouchers
Columbus man Richard T. Kersey formally requests State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson to examine travel expense and salary vouchers of the employer handling campaign contributions. He seeks information on State Examiners Leo C. Papagna Harry T. Flasher and O. P. Van Schoik, linked to solicitors of contractor funds. Ferguson ordered refunds of $1070 after reports of pressured contributions and denied knowledge of the solicitations.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Richard T. Kersey
Ferguson
Leo C. Papagna
Harry T. Flasher
O. P. van Schoik
Acquit Travel Agent In Lattimore Furor
A Federal Court jury acquitted travel agent Harry A. Jarvinen ofmaking a false tip about Owen Lattimore’s travel plans. The case followed reports that Lattimore had arranged a Russia trip last summer and subsequent State Department travel-bar changes.
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Seattle
Harry A. Jarvinen
Owen Lattimore
Jarvinen
Lattimore
Russia
State Department
Cordell Hull Marks 81st Birthday Today
Washington report notes Cordell Hull a former secretary of state and "father of the United Nations" observed his 81st birthday while convalescing at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a stroke. He is critically ill no longer and has begun short rides with Mrs. Hull a month after a severe illness.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Russia Prepares Million-Strong Air Reserve, U S Says
The U S Air Force reports Russia could call up about one million air reservists in war, supplementing its regular force of around 18 000 combat planes plus 970 000 active personnel. The Aero Clubs train reservists to top pilot ratings, with Moscow Air Force Day marking their annual participation.
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Russia
United States
U. S. Air Force
Air Reservist
Air Force Monthly
Air Force
U. S
Adlai Ike To Shun Red Flood Issue
CIA chief Gen Walter Bedell Smith told President Truman that Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson agreed it would be deplorable to turn the issue of possible communist infiltration of the CIA into a campaign topic. Smith said this in a memorandum released with the Truman campaign train. He testified in Benton-McCarthy libel case that Reds have penetrated every U S security agency, though he did not allege communists in CIA.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Dwight D. Eisenhower
CIA
Walter Bedell Smith
Truman
Smith
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Benton-McCarthy
U. S
Six Hundred CIO Workers Strike at Allied Nitrogen Plant
Six hundred CIO United Steel Workers striked to back demands for a new contract at the Allied Chemical and Dye Corp Nitrogen Division plant in South Point Ohio. Two hundred AFL construction workers on a parallel expansion project kept picket lines peaceful as the plant continues producing nitrogen ammonia gas and chemical fertilizers.
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Allied Chemical and Dye Corp
Nitrogen Division
South Point
CIO
United Steel Workers
AFL
Meigs County Reports Twelfth Polio Case and School Closures
Meigs County confirms its 12th polio case with Dennis Booth age 3, prompting school closures. Northern Local District suspends classes until Oct. 20, affecting 1132 students across Harrisonville Bedford and Pomeroy schools.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
Dennis Booth
Bolin Boothe
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
County Health Department
Kenneth Williams
Harrisonville
Quash Revolt in Venezuela Ends After 24 Hour Fight
Caracas says government forces crushed a new uprising after a 24 hour clash in which three rebels including the leader were killed and 13 wounded. Rebels led by Army officers briefly seized police HQ in Maturin before loyal troops ousted them, raising deaths to 13 since Monday with three earlier attempts failing in Portuguesa State.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Maturin
Monagas
Portuguesa
Major TV Networks Race to Build Huge Hollywood Studios
NBC and CBS lead a costly push to turn Hollywood into a television capital with over 100 million dollars in new studios. NBC opens a 30 million dollar studio in Burbank next to Warner Brothers while CBS unveils a 12 million dollar unit and plans a 13-story administration building in Hollywood for Miss Wilson's My Friend Irma and an All-Star Revue featuring Red Skelton and Dinah Shore.
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NBC
CBS
Marie Wilson
New York
Miss Wilson
Friend Irma
Red Skelton
Milton Berle
Jimmy Durante
Dinah Shore
Phil Harris
Harpo Marx
George Jessel
Berle
Warner Brothers Movie
Burbank
Network
Truman Riffs On Ike In Spokane Campaign Stop
President Truman delivered a Spokane speech at the National Guard Armory mocking Eisenhower. He ridiculed GOP backers and generals while rallying about 4 000 inside and 1 500 outside, comparing Republicans to a parade of generals and General Motors.
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North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Spokane
National Guard
Old Guard
Harry
Clyde Phelps
Troy
Mont
General Motors
General Electric
General Foods
Gen
MacArthur
Gen. Martin
Sen. Martin
Pennsylvania
Wedemyer
Democratic Party
Chicago Lift Strike Paralyzes 100 Downtown Buildings
Federal mediators moved to end an elevator operators strike that shut down operations in about 100 Chicago Loop buildings. The walkout affected half a million daily users as wages and hours sparked a demand to cut the work week from 48 to 40 hours and boost pay.
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Chicago
AFL
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Heavy Fighting Flares In Korean Ground War
U S and Communist jets clashed in October's first air battles with the Fifth Air Force reporting one Red MiG-15 shot down and two damaged. The heaviest ground fighting centered on the East Central front as South Korean infantry men pressed toward Wire Hill, recently captured by Chinese Reds. Eighth Army reports ongoing heavy action late today.
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Seoul
U.S
Fifth Air Force
Wire Hill
Eighth Army
Allow Price Increase On Cigarette Cartons
Washington officials on Wednesday allowed Ohio cigarette dealers to raise ceiling prices to meet the state minimum price law. A Columbus wholesaler cited a minimum of 1.78 dollars wholesale and 1.85 dollars retail per carton for popular brands, with possible increases of one or two cents in some stores.
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Columbus
Ohio
Washington
Stevenson plans four more Fireside Chats for campaign
Gov Adlai E Stevenson and aides unveil a major revamp of radio and television speaking to run at least four additional Fireside Chats. The reform aims to discuss issues calmly with the people and reach swing voters, while Eisenhower pursues a rival saturation plan.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Court House Square
Porter McKeever
McKeever
O'Neill Rules On River Bootleggers Boundary
Ohio has full authority to enforce liquor laws on the Ohio River across from its shores. Attorney General C William O Neill told State Liquor Director William C Bryant that bootlegging near Portsmouth would fall under Ohio law due to the river boundary. The ruling comes as a new atomic energy plant in Pike County may draw illicit activity to the riverfront.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio River
C. William O'Neill
William C. Bryant
Portsmouth
Pike County
O'Neill
Phone hearing set in Columbus on $870,387 yearly rate hike
Hearing resumes October 21 in Columbus on the Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co. request for an 870,387 dollar annual rate increase.
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Columbus
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Taft to Speak Tonight at Neil House in Columbus
Senator Robert A. Taft on a 19 state Eisenhower campaign tour speaks at 8 p.m. in the Franklin County Republican event at the Neil House. His brother Charles P. Taft also appears at a banquet by the Ohio Federation of Women's Republican Organizations. Stevenson, in town for a separate speech, will address Memorial Hall via telecast and CBS radio.
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Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin County
Republican
Taft
Neil House
Gov
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Charles P. Taft
Ohio Federation of Women’s Republican Organizations
Stevenson
Memorial Hall
ABC
CBS Radio
Permit Duck Blinds For Ohio's Hunters
Ohio hunters may build duck blinds on state land open to hunting with written permission from the park manager. Blinds must be 400 feet from public buildings and removed within 10 days after duck season ends, with no state charge.
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Columbus
W. W. Flickinger
State Parks Division
Pro U S Forces Win Control In Japan Election
In Tokyo Shigeru Yoshida and the Liberal party won an absolute majority in Japan’s House of Representatives, ensuring pro American policies. Communists earned 0 seats as Liberals 240 and Socialists 111 seats with other groups sharing the rest amid leadership doubts.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal Party
Japan
House of Representatives
Yoshida
Ichiro Hatoyama
Hatoyama
Eisenhower Push Winds Through Illinois Campaign Tour
Eisenhower's whistle stop in Illinois escalates tensions with Truman as both leaders trade sharp public denouncements. The general criticizes wartime prosperity claims and calls for GOP leadership to spur prosperity without war while courting Illinois voters ahead of Wisconsin moves.
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Eisenhower Special
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Illinois
Truman
Eisenhower
Ilinois
Adlai Stevenson
Champaign
Peoria
Wisconsin
GOP
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
George C. Marshall
Defense
Stalin Sees Likely War Among Capitalist Nations
Stalin writes in Bolshevik that a war among capitalist countries is more probable than one between capitalist and socialist states. He argues such wars are inevitable, correcting beliefs of some communists who doubted conflicts among capitalist nations. The remarks appear in a 50 page article ahead of the Communist Party Congress opening in Moscow.
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Moscow
Stalin
Communist Party
Indict Steel Worker in Slaying of Andre
Scioto County grand jury indicted Julius Henderson a 43 year old Portsmouth Steel worker for the fatal shooting of Peter D. Andre 52 during a confrontation on Hendersons property when Andre and another game protector tried to arrest him on a state game law violation. Henderson is free on 25000 bond.
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Portsmouth, CO
Scioto County
Julius Henderson
Portsmouth
Peter D. Andre
Henderson
Andre
Christmas Carols Broadcast to Allied Troops in Korea
Chinese Reds aired Christmas carols in English last night to Allied troops near Panmunjom on the Western Front. The move aims to foster homesickness and boost morale as part of propaganda efforts.
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Seoul
Korea
Panmunjom
Akron Car Hits Teen Fatally. Boy 14 Dead
A car struck and killed William Thompson, 14, Wednesday night as he stood on a urb street curb in Akron Ohio. Police reported the victim suffered fatal injuries at the scene. The driver remained at the scene for questioning as investigators reviewed the incident.
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Akron
William Thompson
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