McGrath Named Next Star Witness in DOJ Inquiry
The House committee on the Justice Department set Sept. 15 for former Attorney General J. Howard McGrath to testify in public amid an expanding probe. T. Lamar Caudle and lawyer Wadeboro of North Carolina will also be questioned in closed sessions about a $750 gift to James A. Mullally from Gordon L. Eakle connected to a Carnation Milk case in Buffalo.
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McGrath
Justice Dept
Washington
House
Justice Department
Chelf
D-Ky
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
McGarth
Truman
T. Lamar Caudle
Wadesboro
N. C
Caudle
Carnation Milk Co
Buffalo
N. Y
James A. Mullally
Criminal Division
Gordon L. Eakle
John Acker
Carnation
Tual
Eakle
Irvin Goldstein
Food and
U. S. Attorney At
Concern
Western Union seeks 9.7 percent rate hike in Ohio
Western Union Telegraph Co asked the Ohio state utilities commission for authority to raise rates by 130,350 dollars annually on all telegrams and money orders in Ohio. The increase mirrors a federal rise and amounts to 9.7 percent overall, with specific gains for public and press telegram rates and money orders. The company ties the higher revenues to a nationwide wage increase of about 19 million dollars after a recent strike.
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Columbus, CO
Western Union Telegraph Co
State Utilities Commission
Ohio
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
Boy Accused In 2 Deaths In San Antonio Fire
An 11 year old boy was accused of setting a fire in the attic that killed two neighbor children, Lindsey Cunningham eight and Mary Louise Cunningham twelve, and injured Esther 11 who tried to help. Ruth Cunningham, twenty two, fought the boy but he reached a chair, threw kerosene, lit a tab, and started the blaze.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lindsey Cunningham
Mary Louise
Esther
San Antonio Hospital
Ruth
Nine Hurt as Magnesium Fire Explodes in Warehouse
At least nine persons were hospitalized after an explosion occurred when water was poured on a magnesium fire at Bell Aircraft Plant No 1 in Fort Worth. The blast happened late Wednesday afternoon as a volunteer fire department tried to fight the blaze first reported about 15 minutes earlier.
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FT. Worth
Tex
Bell Aircraft Plant
Ike Adopts 2-Fisted Role For Key Address Tonight
Eisenhower opens his presidential drive in Philadelphia with a tougher, two fisted campaign persona. Gov. Sherman Adams says the push will be hard hitting as Ike targets the Solid South and the Truman foreign policy record. He plans a foreign policy address before Pennsylvania Republicans and NBC audiences.
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New York
Dwight D Eisenhower
Philadelphia
Mason- Dixon Line
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
South
Pennsylvania
NBC
Tru
Dixie Belles Lead Parade for Miss America 1953
Iris Anne Fitch representing Washington DC and Gwen Harmon of Birmingham Alabama led a parade toward the Miss America 1953 title after winning key preliminaries. Fitch performed With a Song in My Heart in the talent prelim while Harmon and Shores tied for first in the swimsuit preliminaries.
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N.J
California
Iris Anne Fitch
Washington
D.C
District of Columbia
Gwen Harmon
Birmingham
Ala
Miss Harmon
Miss Shores
Jenkins Honors Chief Justice Vinson at Luncheon
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ohio and Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson attended a luncheon in Tronton where Vinson was honored. The event highlighted their friendship and Vinson's notable judicial service.
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Justice Vinson
Tronton
Fred M. Vinson
Rep
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Bricker Joins DiSalle on Ohio Talkathon
Senator John W. Bricker appeared as a surprise guest on a seven hour radio television talkathon funded by Mike DiSalle supporters. DiSalle and Bricker faced questions and opposing views, boosting station revenues by about 6600 and engaging audiences in 30 counties. DiSalle plans further talks in Toledo Cleveland Dayton and Cincinnati.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Talkathon
Mike DiSalle
DiSalle
Bricker
Ohio
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Florida
Toledo
Cleveland
Dayton
Cincinnati
Jackson farmer fires seven shots at highway crew
Kenneth Miller about 40 and his wife Ethel were jailed after the Jackson incident in which the farmer fired seven shots at a four man resurfacing crew on Route 139 in front of his home Wednesday. No one was wounded. Miller faced charges of shooting with intent to wound and shooting across a highway while Mrs. Miller was charged with aiding and abetting both counts. Miller had been drinking, the patrol said.
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Jackson
State Highway Patrol
Kenneth Miller
Ethel
Holland Arthur
Miller
Escapees Linked to County After Jail Break
A fourth man captured in Norwalk, Jesse Jennings 25, tied to four Athens County jail escapees who cut bars Tuesday. Remaining on the run are Zeke Holbert 22 from Zanesville Ray Slaughter 25 of Cleveland and Ray Taylor 40 of Broadwell also known as Ellis Richard Duff. Sheriff Bateman said Taylor fled to the Utley district and has a WV prison record. Holbert and Slaughter were seen near Guysville with a tavern owner noting a possible sighting and clothing theft at a section hand equipment house supports trail of escapees.
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Athens County
Norwalk
Jesse Jennings
Ohio City
Jennings
Zeke Holbert
Zanesville
Ray Slaughter
Cleveland
Ray Taylor
Broadewell
George Bateman
Norewalk
Glouster
Bateman
Taylor
Moundsville
W. Va
Ellis Richard Duff
West Virginia
Utley
Athens
Holbert
Slaughter
Guysville
Senate links DPOWA to communist control
Senate internal security subcommittee described the DPOWA union as under the control of agents of the Kremlin and urged perjury charges against officers who signed non communist affidavits. The 65,000 member union formed in 1950 faced questions about meetings at communist party sites and full time staff being party members.
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Washington
Arthur Osman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Osman
Communist Party
DPOWA
Reds Attack Bid To End Oil Dispute
Washington reports a Soviet propaganda drive to derail the Truman Churchill plan for resolving the Anglo Iranian oil dispute. Officials note a clandestine radio station broadcasting from what is believed to be Russian territory denounces the three point proposal as plunderous and an American imperialist theft of Iranian oil.
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Iran
State Department
United States
Britain
Mossadegh
Truman
Churchill
Services Set Friday For Radcliff Soldier
Funeral services are planned Friday at 2 p.m. at the Radcliff Church for Pvt. Homer L. Wright 26 of Radcliff who died after injuries from a training camp accident at Walter Reed Memorial Hospital. The McArthur American Legion will conduct burial rites at the adjacent cemetery. Friends may call at the family home.
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Radcliff Church
Homer L. Wright
Walter Reed Memorial Hospital
McArthur American Legion
California woman linked to Chicago 1930 kidnapping case
Chicago parents await identification as Mary Beck McClelland, 24, of San Pablo California, meets the Moroneys believed to be their long missing daughter Mary Agnes Moroney. Police note the case remains unsolved while scientists review fingerprint and blood type comparisons.
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California
Mary Beck McClelland
San Pablo
Calif
Michael Moroney
Mary Agnes Moroney
Missing Persons Bureau
Moroneys
Oakland
Tribune
McClelland
E. W. Merrithen
Martinez
Moroney
Merrithen
Adlai Backers Seek Split Between Taft and Eisenhower
In Springfield Illinois Stevenson supporters push to split the Republican ticket by leveraging Col Robert R McCormicks Chicago Tribune defection They aim to weaken Taft Eisenhower unity to boost Stevenson in Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Iowa and surrounding Midwest states McCormicks stance may deter GOP turnout and help a 1956 third party effort. Ohio Governor Lausche running for re election faces Taft opposition while Bricker backs his own ticket and Taft camp plans speeches.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
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Chicago Tribune
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Taft
Eisenhower
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Lausche
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Sen
John Bricker
Ike's Ohio Tour Slated For Campaign Swing
General Eisenhower plans a two day Ohio campaign trip on Sept 23 24 traveling from south to north then back to West Virginia. The schedule lists Cincinnati Cleveland Middletown Dayton Springfield Columbus Delaware Galton Wellington and more with stops at Columbus Chillicothe Portsmouth and Ironton before West Virginia.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ohio
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Middletown
Dayton
Springfield
Columbus
Delaware
Galton
Wellington
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
Ironton
Portsmouth man dies in mobile furnace cleaner blast
Richard Dale Smith, 28, was killed Wednesday when a mobile furnace cleaning machine he was testing exploded. The incident occurred in Portsmouth and authorities are investigating the blast and its cause.
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Portsmouth
Richard Dale Smith
Cowart to Plow Under Excess Tobacco Acreage
Joe L. Cowart of Fayette County Kentucky overplanted his 5.9 acre allotment by one fifth of an acre while growing burley tobacco. He asked to market the excess with income going to the March of Dimes for polio relief but a Department of Agriculture official said no. He plans to plow under the extra strip.
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Lexington
Joe L. Cowart
Cowart
Fayette County
Department of Agriculture
Truman Urges Expanded Aid for Disabled Americans
President Truman urged broader public and private participation to expand welfare and employment programs for the physically handicapped. He announced the first Annual Physician's Award to Dr. Henry H. Kessler of Newark, and the President's Trophy to Nils S. Josefson of Franklin Park, IL, leader of Paraplegics Mfg. Co., who was crippled serving in the Pacific.
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Truman
Henry H. Kessler
Newark
N. J
Nils S. Josefson
Franklin Park
Ill
Josefson
Paraplegics Mfg. Co
Pacific
Guards Aid Recapture Of Two Fugitives At Lima Hospital
Lima State Hospital guard Henry Icenogle helped recapture two of three escapees. John T. O Brant and Michael Chepak were arrested along railroad tracks by a highway patrolman and Icenogle after they offered no resistance. The remaining fugitive, John Auld, was still at large.
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Lima
Lima State Hospital
Henry Icenogle
John T. O’brant
South Bend
Ind
Michael Chepak
Youngstown
John Auld
Toledo
Icenogie
Torm Garlock
U S Jets Rally in Air War Near Mark
U S Sabre jets racked up a near record one day score against MIGs with 12 shot down and three crippled. The high tempo followed U S bombers strike on Changjin hydroelectric plant. Marines targeted Changjin Plant No 1 as repairs continued. Reds probed 11 times across the front as Chinese troops moved near Panmunjom.
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U.S
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Changjin
Far East
Tokyo
U.S. Marine
Bunker Hill
Panmunjom
Union Offers $1000 Reward For House Vandalism
Local 5 of the AFL Bricklayers and Masons Union posted a $1000 reward for the arrest and conviction of vandals who splashed thinner on the front of a Cleveland Heights home valued at about $30,000. The owner, Ralph E Patterson Jr, had clashed with union agents over his doing part of the work himself after signing an agreement not to continue work on the house. Local officials said they were surprised by the vandalism after pressuring Patterson to stop work.
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Cleveland
AFL Bricklayers and Masons Union
Cleveland Heights
Ralph E. Patterson
AFL
Thomas E. McDonald
AFL Building Trades Council
Patterson
McDonald
Man Gored To Death On Vinton County Farm
McARTHUR reports Samuel Seitz, 89, was killed when a bull gored him on a local farm. Authorities say his skull was fractured and his chest crushed in the incident that occurred Wednesday.
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Vinton County
McArthur
Samuel Seitz
Here
Ohio Program Commission Receives $16,000 for Code
The Ohio Program Commission on Wednesday was allocated $16 000 to complete the drafting of a new state building code. The funds will advance the code project and support its final drafting phase.
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Columbus
Ohio Program Commission
Army to release 4000 reserve officers from involuntary duty
The Army announced plans to free several thousand reserve officers ordered to active duty without consent. Shortened tours stem from more officers extending service and more new officers from OCS and ROTC. Releases target overseas and U.S. duty ships by late 1952, with timelines set for different service lengths and deadlines through March 31, 1953.
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Army
Washington
Hunt for missing beer case stirs Gobles tavern
Gobles Michigan tavern owner Karl McNamara hunted yesterday for an empty beer case that hid Labor Day receipts of 1600 dollars. He had sold the case full of beer to four men who later claimed the beer was consumed and the case discarded. McNamara and volunteers searched Van Buren County roads for the missing container.
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Gobles
Mich
Karl McNamara
McNamara
van Buren County
Dulles Denies Revolt Charge Against Eisenhower
Secretary of State candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower was accused by President Truman of urging revolt by peoples under Soviet rule. John Foster Dulles rejected the charge as absurd and said Truman’s remarks belittle and besmirch Eisenhower. The exchange followed Truman’s Parkersburg speech criticizing Republican political tactics toward those behind the Iron Curtain.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dulles
Eisenhower
Parkersburg
W. Va
Adlai Favored in British Handbook for U.S. Race
A leading British reference lists Democratic Adlai Stevenson as a 1 to 2 favorite to win the U.S. presidential race, with Dwight D. Eisenhower favored by Republicans.
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London
Britain
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
Republica
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pugh Killed in Truck Train Collision near Oakland
Harold L. Pugh of Foster Kentucky, a truck driver, died Wednesday night in a collision between his truck and a train near Oakland, Middletown, Ohio.
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Middletown
Harold L. Pugh
Foster
Oakland
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