Stevenson Blasts GOP Focus on Slogans and ConFetti
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson denounces the Republican record as isolationist and lacking in domestic progress while on a West Texas swing. He accuses the GOP Old Guard of controlling Congress and of shaping Eisenhower's stance to avoid issue discussion and emphasize rhetoric and confetti.
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UN Reds Probe Blocked by Witness Refusals
A Senate internal security subcommittee hearing on communist ties among United Nations staff stalled as five witnesses refused to answer whether they were or knew Reds, citing self incrimination. The witnesses include Alfred J. Van Tassel Joel Gordon Frank C Bantcroft and Stanley Graze. former employee Eugene Wallach also declined. The panel pressed questions on espionage and communist links as it continues.
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Court Denies Spies Appeal in Rosenberg Case
The Supreme Court refused to hear Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on their appeal, leaving intact their conviction and death sentence for passing A bomb secrets to the USSR. The decision, 8-1 with Justice Black in the minority, moves them closer to execution pending presidential commutation.
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Russia
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New York
Sing Sing
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Black
Five Million Dollar Additions Planned for South Point Plant
IRONTON Ohio Allied Chemical and Dye Corp will expand its South Point nitrogen works with a five million dollar addition to produce high analysis complete fertilizer. The John J Harte Co of Atlanta will start construction this fall making it the first of its kind in the United States.
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Atlanta
Five day forecast shows cooler midweek with rain
Temperatures will average 3 to 5 degrees below normal with normal highs 63 to 68 and lows around 43. Cooler Wednesday and Thursday, warmer Friday and Saturday. Occasional rain tonight Wednesday and again Saturday.
Nixon and Taft Attack Stevenson and Truman on Communism
Senator Nixon denounces Adlai E Stevenson's anti communism record on a nationwide radio television broadcast asserting Stevenson is disqualified to lead the United States for failing to recognize the Communist threat He challenges Stevensons Hiss deposition remarks and notes a broader critique of his leadership. Taft67s Casper Wyoming rally attacks the Truman administration accusing it of moving toward totalitarian socialism and cites corruption charges and labor protections as misstatements.
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Free Nations
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Wyo
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Ohio
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Wyoming
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Truman
Big Three Divisions Noted As UN Opens Seventh Session
UNITED NATIONS N Y The Big Three Western Powers split over France s North Africa colonies as the General Assembly opens its seventh session. The United States led by Dean Acheson plans to push full debate on Tunisian and Moroccan complaints against France while France and Britain oppose adding them to the agenda. The session focuses on Korea and colonial questions with Acheson prepared to urge an armistice acceptance.
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New York
Car Slaying Trial Opens in Baltimore Case
G Edward Grammer 35 a former counter spy and Baltimorean now office manager for a New York mining firm faces a circuit court murder trial without a jury. He is charged with killing his wife on August 20 and staging the death as a car accident with about 120 witnesses listed.
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Herman M. Moser
Grammer
New York
Air Force orders first supersonic delta wing interceptor F102
The Air Force ordered initial production of Americas first supersonic delta wing fighter the F102 built by Convair in San Diego. The aircraft resembles the XF92 but will include major improvements in armament electronics and climb rate for high altitude bomber interception.
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Air Force
America
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Convair
San Diego
Calif
Edwards Air Force Base
Fraud Hearings Open in Mason County Grand Jury
The Mason County grand jury opens to investigate election fraud and related offenses. Prosecuting Attorney Johnson seeks approval to appoint Edward Greene as special assistant, but county court denies the move. Judge Miller outlines investigations into vote buying poll clerk bribery and falsification of returns.
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Edward Greene
Huntington
Mason County
Lewis H. Miller
Circuit Court
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J. G. F. Johnson
Cabell County
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Ivan Bush
Darsel Wedge
John Wheaton
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Grand Jury
Roy Yauger
Albert Stevens
Russell Lewis
Clarence Warner
Fred Batey
Robert Huffman
Worthy Conrad
Stanley Waldie
Robert S.gibbs
Robert Crump
Allies Open First Drive On Triangle Hill And Sniper Ridge
Allied infantry made a heavy ground assault on Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge north of Kumhwa, backed by tanks and artillery, capturing portions of the two Chinese held hills before Chinese forces regrouped. South Korean troops meanwhile pressed to eject remaining Chinese from White Horse Mountain.
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Kumhwa
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Iron Triangle
U. S. Eighth Army
White Horse Mountain
Link 2 Men To Beating and Truck Theft
In Xenia two men were detained for questioning over an accident near Troy linked to a stolen car. Gene Kelly of Lima, 35, was beaten in a stolen Tipp City truck found in Springfield City Hospital in fair condition after minor surgery. Police tied the Troy crash to the theft and blood was found at the theft site. The two Xenia suspects’ identities were not released.
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Troy
Gene Kelly
Lima
Tipp City
Kelly
Springfield City Hospital
Springfield
Aged Murder Case Ended in Cincinnati
Twenty three year old Jesse McWhorter was found innocent by reason of insanity for the 1947 robbery slaying of Richard Johnstone, 38. A Cincinnati criminal court jury deliberated seven hours before verdict at 12:21 a.m. EST. He was deemed legally insane two months after the killing, later adjudged sane and tried. He did not testify.
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Jesse McWhorter
McWhorter
Richard Johnstone
Criminal Court
Johnstone
High Court To Rule On Gambling Levy
The Supreme Court will decide the validity of a federal law requiring gamblers to buy a $50 tax stamp. An appeal by the Justice Department challenges a Philadelphia federal judge’s ruling that the statute is unconstitutional. The tax law took effect November 1, 1951, with Judge Welsh upholding the revenue features as valid taxing power.
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Supreme Court
Justice Department
U. S
George A. Welsh
Philadelphia
Welsh
Ohioan Electrocuted In Lancaster Mishap
Joseph E. Green aged 24 of Lancaster was electrocuted Monday after two wires he held while controlling a gas powered model airplane touched high tension lines. The accident happened on a farm nine miles south of Lancaster.
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Joseph E. Green
Lancaster
Here
Eisenhower Attacks Democrats Over States Rights In Texas
On his 62nd birthday Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke in Houston accusing the Truman administration of seeking to seize control of the states tidelands. He praised Texas officials and warned that Adlai Stevenson supports federal takeover of submerged lands, urging Texans to reject federal encroachment.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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GOP
Houston
Tex
New Orleans
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Clash at Las Vegas Rally Between McCarthy and Publisher
Senator McCarthy and Las Vegas Morning Sun publisher Herman Greenspun clashed at a GOP rally in Las Vegas. Greenspun demanded a chance to answer McCarthy’s criticism of his newspaper. McCarthy left after finishing his speech saying he would not listen to a debate.
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McCarthy
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Las Vegas Morning Sun
Greenspun
Eisenhower
Huge Manhunt Recaptures 3 Prison Escapees in Flint
Three ex convicts Clifford Billings 34 Claude Smith 23 and Lewis Smith 22 were recaptured in Flint Michigan ending an intensive manhunt. They escaped Sunday from the City Jail by forcing turnkey Marvin Besteman to accompany them.
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Flint, Mich
Flint
Michigan
Clifford Billings
Claude Smith
Lewis
Marvin Besteman
Grace Mills Killed in Canton Road Collision
Mrs. Grace Mills age 40 died in a head on crash Monday night on Ohio 62 near Canton reports say. Police investigated the fatal traffic accident as emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Grace Mills
Ohio
Mine Union Endorses Stevenson as Lewis Plans Campaign Tour
United Mine Workers endorses Adlai Stevenson confirming labor backing. John L. Lewis, 72, signals active campaigning for Stevenson with speeches in West Virginia and possible radio or TV appearances. Lewis shifts further from prior party support history, highlighting attacks on Eisenhower.
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Adlai Stevenson
Lewis
West Virginia
Stevenson
United Mine Workers Convention
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Roosevelt
GOP
Wendell Wilkie
Tokyo Slaying Trial Delayed
Lt. Col. Howard S. Levie, defense counsel for Gen. Walter Krueger’s daughter Aubrey Smith, says she has no recollection of events the night her colonel husband was fatally stabbed in their Tokyo home. The Army has not yet decided on a trial pending psychiatric exam results.
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Howard S. Levie
Aubrey Dr. Smith
Walter Krueger
Fatal Cave-In Traps 24-Year-Old Bricklayer in Ohio Shaft
Casper Hart, 24, was trapped for nearly eight hours after a sand collapse in a 16-foot cesspool shaft on his father’s Coal Grove property. He died on arrival at Lawrence County General Hospital after his father and a bystander, ambulance crews, and hundreds watched rescue efforts as the shaft worsened.
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Casper Hart
Cesspool
Lawrence County General Hospital
Hart
Coal Grove
Clifford Hart
Jim Chapman
Chapman
Soviet Rejects U S Note on Yank Envoy
Moscow says U S protest over Ambassador George Kennan is a worthless effort to justify a false hostile statement. Tass announces the note was delivered to the U S embassy and brands it a gross contradiction of fact.
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Russia
America
U. S
George Kennan
Tass
Disappearance Probed of Pt. Pleasant Taxicab Operator
State Police investigate Roy Jackson 54 owner of Jackson Cab Co after he left Point Pleasant at 2 am for Gallipolis Ferry and was found abandoned near Huntington with money on board. A passenger described as large wore a red plaid shirt. Cab located at Ceredo Renova near the Ohio River. Jackson's daughter Myrtle Shobe is a cab dispatcher.
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Gallipolis Ferry
Barboursville
Roy Jackson
Huntington
Jackson
Jackson Cab Co
Ohio River
Miners Quit Illinois Pits
The Wage Stabilization Board begins formal deliberations on the bituminous wage contract while at least 10 Illinois mines with about 5000 United Mine Workers idle in protest over government approval delays. Archibald Cox says the board will act calmly without haste and wage findings will be retroactive to Oct 1.
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The
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
John L. Lewis
Illinois
United Mine
Archibald Cox
No Presidential Plans Declared by Sen McCarthy in Las Vegas
Sen Joseph R McCarthy of Wisconsin says he has no plans to run for president and intends to remain in the Senate as long as Wisconsin voters support him. He made the statement during a speaking engagement in Las Vegas on Monday.
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Nev
Joseph R. McCarthy
Chinese woman shoots for fifth set of twins in Burma
In Rangoon a Chinese woman, who has borne four pairs of twins in four years, visits a maternity home with two outfits. Her husband, a merchant, declares the wish to stop further children while the doctor foresees a fifth pair.
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Burma
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