Massive forest fire outbreak hits Ohio and West Virginia
Hundreds of fires burned across twelve Ohio counties and much of southern West Virginia on Sunday. Authorities said the Laurel Spruce area near the Boone Logan line was among the worst, with no rain forecast for days and foresters warning only a prolonged rain could halt the blazes.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Detroit
Lawrence County
Boone
Logan County
A. W. Marion
Natural Resources Department
O. A. Alderman
State Division of Forestry
Ross
Scioto
Jackson
Belmont
Adams
Hocking
Columbiana
Athens
Athena
Ernest J. Gebhart
New Marshfield
Union Leader Backs Truman Appeal on Coal Strike
John L. Lewis orders miners back to work as Truman appeals for cooperation. Wage Board cut raise to 1.50, industry and union seek override. government to reconsider 1.90 daily increase. Lewis and Truman meet at White House signaling closer ties.
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Roger L. Putnam
Wage Stabilization Board
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
WSB
United Mine Workers Union
Harold Enarson
Putnam
Herman Lazarus
Archibald Cox
Washington
Truman
Lewis
White House
Roger Putnam
John Busarello
Pittsburgh
Busarello
Harry M. Moses
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Moses
Trimaran
Adlai Stevenson
Adlai Opens Final Drive In New England Campaign
Gov Adlai Stevenson launches the final week of the presidential campaign with a whirlwind itinerary through Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island and New York aimed at securing 73 electoral votes. He holds whistlestop talks in Quincy Mass and a Harlem address after Boston events as Eisenhower campaigns the industrial East.
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Stevenson
New England
Adlai Stevenson
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
Quincy
Mass
New York City
Harlem
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Boston
Brockton
Attleboro
Providence
Woonsocket
R. I
Putnam
Norwich
New London
New Haven
Bridgeport
Sunday School teacher and five pupils die in weekend crashes
A Sunday School teacher Paul Rudy and five pupils Bruce Brewer James Maxwell David Copley David Mehaffey and Fred Stock were killed when Rudy's car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train near Louisville. Dorothy Markley 20 of Killbuck died after a truck crash near Wooster and Marshall Taylor 30 of Cleveland perished when his car struck two utility poles.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Columbus
Paul Rudy
Canton
Bethel Tabernacle
The
Assemblies of God
Bruce Brewer
James Maxwell
David Copley
David Mehaffey
Fred Stock
Rudy
Dorothy Markley
Killbuck
Wooster
Marshall Taylor
Cleveland
Yugoslavia Reports Border Violations by Bulgaria
Belgrade radio says Bulgarian troops fired across the border at a Yugoslav pillbox and Bulgarian planes made three illegal flights over Yugoslav territory. The incidents were reported around Dimitrovgrad, a strategic area near potential invasion routes by Soviet-dominated eastern neighbors.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Dimitrovgrad
Volunteers sought for future service nationwide
Between Armistice Day and Thanksgiving, the Federal Civil Defense Administration will lead a nationwide campaign to recruit volunteers for future service. The effort aims to bolster civil defense readiness and enlistment across communities.
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Washington
Federal
Civil Defense Administration
Jetliner Crashes Near Rome with 42 Aboard
A British eight mile a minute Comet jet airliner lifted from Ciampino Airport in Rome, wobbled and belly landed. All 36 passengers and six crew members escaped unharmed, while the plane suffered heavy damage.
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Rome
Britain
Ciampino
Truman Pair Begin Final Train Tour
President Truman starts the final campaign swing toward November with the goal of naming Adlai Stevenson as his successor. He left Washington after talks with labor leaders and coal operators and will deliver six speeches on a Gary Indiana stop. He travels with his daughter Margaret aboard his private car.
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Truman
Midwest
Adler E. Stevenson
White House
Washington
Union Station
United Mine Workers
Soft Coal Operators’ Association
Gary
Ind
Margaret
Stevenson
Second Typhoon Ravages Central Philippines
A second typhoon in six days struck the Central Philippines, damaging Samar Northern Leyte and Masbate as authorities report center winds dropping from 150 to 100 mph. A U S B-29 weather plane from Clark Air Base, missing with 15 aboard after entering the storm east of Samar.
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Manila
Philippines
Samar
Leyte
Masbate Islands
Sibuyan Sea
Clark Air Force Base
Extra Fingers Toes Drive Family Costs In Arkansas
The six Brown children from Holly Springs Arkansas will undergo surgery next week to remove extra fingers and toes. Their parents report twelve digits total and note the costly impact on gloves and shoes.
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Little Rock
Ark
Holly Springs
John H. Brown
Eisenhower stands firm on Korea fighting plan
Eisenhower refuses to shift burden to South Korean troops in Korea and reiterates he will go to Korea if elected. He defends the stance amid Democratic criticism and frames the Korean War as the key issue of the campaign. He accuses Adlai Stevenson of appeasement and vows a personal effort to end the war.
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Eisenhower
Roks
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
30Th St
Detroit
Adlai Stevenson
Moscow
GOP
Thomas Gibbons
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
California
Boston
Soviet Union
Amos and Andy may retire from radio after this season
Freeman F. Gosden and Charles J. Correll, the radio duo Amos and Andy, hint at possible retirement after this season. CBS vice president Guy Della Cioppa says no final decision has been made but hopes to persuade them to stay in show business.
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Hiollywood
Amos
Andy
Freeman F. Gosden
Charles J. Correll
Guy Della Cioppa
Columbia Broadcasting System
Gosden
Della-Cioppa
CBS
Air Force Arms Crews with Self-Defense from Soviet Attacks
The Air Force says crews may fire back in self defense if Soviet fighters attack American planes. It will also assign fighter escorts as needed to protect peacekeeping missions over non Russian territory. The stance follows a State Department note demanding compensation for a October 7 B 29 loss and the eight airmen aboard.
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Washington
USAF
Hokkaido
Russia
State Department
UN Awaits Soviet Answer on Korean War Plea
The United Nations Assembly enters its third week awaiting a possible Soviet declaration to break the stalemate in Korea peace talks. Delegates fear a Vishinsky speech could clarify Moscow position as Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia contest a seat on the Economic and Social Council amid a 10 ballot deadlock.
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Red
United Nations
N. Y
United Nations Assembly
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Assembly
Vishinsky
U. S
Dean Acheson
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
UN _ Economic and Social Council
Soviet Union
Acheson
North Korea
South Korea
Fire Leaves Meigs Family Homeless for Second Time
A blazing two story home on a dirt road near Union Ave. left the Henry Kline family homeless for the second time in less than two years. Flames destroyed the structure at 10 am Monday with seven children and parents losing all possessions. No insurance was carried. Red Cross appeals for clothing and furnishings were issued.
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Pomeroy
Henry Kline
Klines
Union Ave
Thomas Fork
Kline
Arthur J. Strauss
Red Cross
Bend
Charles Baxter
Hartford
Ray Searles
Harrisonville Road
Famed Negro Star Hattie McDaniel Dies at 57
Hollywood reports actress Hattie McDaniel dies of cancer at 57 after illness paused her work on Beulah. An Academy Award winner, she was the first Black performer to receive the Oscar, with the Beulah radio TV role carried on via transcriptions after her retirement.
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Hollywood
Hattie McDaniel
Beulah
Miss McDaniel
Britain’s Philuminists Lose Star Member Over Tiny Fee
The British Society of Philluminists relocates its famous member Egypt’s ex King Farouk after dissolving over a $2.15 annual subscription. The group collects matchbox labels and faces a loss tied to the trivial amount.
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London
British Society of Philluminists
Philluminists
Egypt
Farouk
Singer Guy Mitchell Weds Brooklyn Beauty Jackie Loughery
Hollywood reports that Jackie Loughery, Miss USA 1952 from Brooklyn, married singer Guy Mitchell and will report to a film studio today. Mitchell begins a singing engagement in Hollywood tomorrow.
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Guy Mitchell
Brooklyn
Hollywood
Jackie Loughery
Long Beach
Mitchell
Athens Man Named Class President at Georgetown Dental
Peter V. Yanity of Athens has been elected president of the senior class at Georgetown University Dental School. He also serves as president of the Student Council and belongs to Delta Sigma Delta. Yanity is a graduate of Athens High School and Ohio University.
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Washington, D. C
Peter V. Yanity
Joseph B. Yanity
Morris Ave
Athens
Georgetown University Dental School
Delta Sigma Delta Dental Fraternity
Vanity
Athens High School
Ohio University
Faith Festival Draws 14000 to Cincinnati Garden
An overflow crowd of more than 14,000 attended the seventh annual Protestant Festival of Faith at Cincinnati Garden on Sunday.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Garden
Marines Regain The Hook After Chinese Assault
United States Marines halted a Chinese attack on Western Korea as they recaptured The Hook, the mile long ridge near Panmunjom. The fight left about 300 Reds killed while Leatherneck forces wrestled and re secured the trench lines with air and artillery backing. The counterattacks continued through the night and into Monday as UN tanks engaged an estimated 200 Chinese atop The Hook.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Milo Farnell
Hook
Farnell
A. E. Pollack
1St Marine Division
Panmunjom
Fish Hook
the Hook
Bellwether counties hint at Eisenhower lead in 1952 race
The piece lists 11 bellwether counties from states including Oregon Wyoming Iowa Indiana Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania New Hampshire. Editors forecast Eisenhower victory in Wyoming and Albany and Stevenson edge in Laramie Belmont County favors Stevenson while coal and steel regions in Ohio show mixed signals.
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New York
William McKinley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Associated Press
Crook County
Oregon
Albany
Laramie
Wyoming
Jasper
Palo Alto
Iowa
Vanderburg County
Indiana
Belmont County
Ohio
Marion County
West Virginia
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
Strafford
Coos
New Hampshire
Albany County
Laramie County
Adlai E. Stevenson
Evansville
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Nixon Tours Texas in 10 Hour Campaign Sprint
Senator Richard M. Nixon sped from Chicago to Texas for a rapid 10 hour series of seven rallies. The Eisenhower running mate planned 20 to 30 minute speeches at airports and in multiple cities including Texarkana Longview Beaumont Corpus Christi Abilene Midland and El Paso as he pressed a theme contrasting Democratic claims with Korea War losses.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Texas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Nixon
Texarkana
Longview
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Abilene
Midland
el Paso
Cleveland Square
Ohio Newspaper Women's Association Ends 50th Convention
The Ohio Newspaper Women's Association concluded its three day annual convention in Cincinnati on Sunday.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Women's Association
Adlai's Mate Blasts Ike's Trip Proposal
Sen John Sparkman, Democratic vice presidential nominee, attacked Dwight D Eisenhower's proposed trip during a Los Angeles press conference as he toured California. He criticized past generals and argued against repatriating prisoners who refuse to return to the Communists, saying it could mean death for many.
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Bakersfield
Calif
John Sparkman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Eisenhower
Sparkman
Los Angeles
California
San Joaquin
Gen. Bradley
Gen. Collins
Seek Slayer Of 2 Hunters
Police renewed the hunt for the slayer of a banker and a town clerk in a mountain forest. Deputies and state troopers tramped the woods after two 17 year old squirrel hunters found the shotgun blasted bodies. Victims were Robert Nugent 43 Ramapo town clerk and Charles E Simpson 38 banker from Saddle River New Jersey.
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Tuxedo Park
N.Y
Robert Nugent
Ramapo
Charles E. Simpson
Saddle River
Last-Gasp Ohio Campaigns Rally Taft DiSalle
Ohio voters face a final week of campaigning as Gov. Frank Lausche and Senator Michael DiSalle push for support in Cleveland Akron and Cincinnati. Charles Taft tours Columbiana County while John Bricker campaigns in Coshocton and DiSalle counters Taft on federal power and Hoover report ideas.
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Charles Taft
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Akron
Michael V. DiSalle
Charles P. Taft
GOP
Columbiana County
John W. Bricker
Washington
Coshocton
Cincinnati
DiSalle
Taft
Hamilton County
Lausche
DiSaille
Bricker
Hoover
Robert A. Taft
di Salle
Columbus
United States
Charge Youth In Abductions In Three-State Kidnapping Spree
Virgil LeMay a 15 year old from Nashville faces a hearing on kidnapping and car theft charges in Chattanooga while police in three states search for accomplices James F. Hill 29 of Framingham Mass and Charles E. Hopkins 19 of Jacksonville Fla are also charged LeMay says he was forced into the scheme and denies abducting anyone.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville
Virgil LeMay
U. S
J. W. Moore
Lemay
James F. Hill
Framingham, Mass
Charles E. Hopkins
Jacksonville
Fla
Caribbean Hurricane Bypasses Florida Appears to weaken
A Caribbean hurricane that struck Cuba with 165 mph winds veered eastward off the Southeast Florida coast and showed signs of weakening. The Miami Weather Bureau warned ships in its path to exercise caution as winds reached about 75 mph, still marking a potentially dangerous storm.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Florida
Atlantic
Miami Weather Bureau
Cleveland Trainer Dies During Dog Tests at Club
Harrie J. Dean aged 61 collapsed and died Sunday while testing his dog at the Cleveland All-Breed Training Club. The incident occurred during routine training activities with members and officials responding promptly. No additional details were released pending an autopsy.
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Cleveland
Harrie J. Dean
Cleveland All-Breed Training Club
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