Four Midwest Communist Leaders Arrested Nationwide Sweep
Attorney General McGranery announced the arrest of four Missouri Communist leaders in St. Louis Rock Island and Charleston along with 14 additional Midwest and West Coast officials. Names include James Forest Dorothy Forest Marcus Murphy and William Sentner with ties to Missouri party leadership and past roles in state boards and local offices.
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McGranery
Communist Party
St. Louis
Rock Island
Ill
Charleston
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Missouri
Midwest
Dorothy Rose Forest
James Frederick Forest
Marcus Alphonse Murphy
William Sentner
James Forest
Communist Party of Missouri
Dorothy Forest
James
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Sentner
Murphy
Joseph Weydemeyer
McGrath Questioned By House Panel On 1951 Tax Scandal
Former Attorney General J. Howard McGrath testifies before a House Judiciary subcommittee on the 1951 St. Louis grand jury probe of tax scandals. The investigation led to James P. Finnegan’s indictment for misconduct in office after District Judge George H. Moore pressed for action.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
House
Justice Department
Judiciary
Rep
Chelf
D-Ky
McGrath
St. Louis
George H. Moore
James P. Finnegan
Finnegan
Plan Inquiry Of Video Ads
Washington Congressman Harris said leading beer and cigarette advertisers will be called before a congressional committee to explain radio and television promotion techniques. Open hearings continue with industry spokesmen testifying as he heads an interstate subcommittee studying misleading advertising and entertainment programs featuring crime or immorality to decide if legislative controls are needed.
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Harris
D-Ark
Bi Partisan Foreign Policy Council Urged
SAN FRANCISCO. John Foster Dulles urged a top level bipartisan foreign policy council to read the free world with a stable and consistent policy. He said the United States is in deadly peril and accused current administration policies of being mere reactions to Soviet actions.
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San Francisco
John Foster Dulles
Free World
United States
Six from single family die in Texas train crash
Eight people died when a diesel freight train struck an old model auto at a railroad crossing near Austin Texas last night. Six members of the victims were from one family. No one aboard the train was injured.
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Austin
Tex
Here
Car strikes pedestrian in Columbus fatality
A car fatally injured Charles Metzger, about 75, of near Columbus, Tuesday. Police reported the pedestrian was struck while traveling along a public road.
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Columbus, O
Charles Metzger
Columbus
Typhoons lash Wake Island causing millions in damage
Damage tops ten million dollars as typhoons strike Wake Island and nearby Kwajalein. About 700 residents evacuated to Honolulu. 80 evacuees rode out on a C97. four injured flown to Kwajalein. Witnesses report roofs and trees torn away while residents kept calm amid wreckage and high seas.
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Wake Island
Atoll
Wake
Kwajalein
Kwajalein Island
Maynard Joseph Fontaine
Coast Guard
Thomas Albert Barker
Air Force
PBM Mariner
Barker
Court Blocks Eisenhower Backers From Democratic Label
Judge Jack Roberts in Austin blocked use of the Democratic label for Dwight D. Eisenhower on the Texas general election ballot. The ruling came after Democrats formed a state organization for a grass roots campaign to back the Republican nominee, prompting a temporary injunction against certifying his name under the Texas Democratic party banner.
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Tex
Texas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jack Roberts
126Th District
Eisenhower
Jack Ross
Democratic Party
Greatest Atom Blast Predicted by Durham Head
Rep. Carl Durham of North Carolina, acting chairman of the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee, said the Enniwetok tests this fall could produce the greatest explosion in history. He declined to confirm hydrogen bomb details, warning of a new gravest era for the world.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Eniwetok
Carl Durham
Dn.c
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Yank Ace Downs Eighth MIG in Korea Frontline Action
Maj. Frederick C. Blesse credited with his eighth MIG-15 kill near Sakchu in Northwest Korea as Allied jets press attacks from Sakchu to the Manchurian border. U.S. Fifth Air Force reports intensified operations including bomber strikes on Red targets and air superiority over central front positions.
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Korea
America
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Frederick C. Blesse
Shooting Star
Kowon
Air Force
Capitol Hill
Finger Ridge
Train Blast Kills Koreans Injures Many in Korea
A locomotive tender exploded causing derailments and a 40 foot plunge into a stream. Eleven to fourteen Koreans died and about 200 were injured, including three American soldiers. The crowd was mostly students and workers. Rescue efforts used torches and nearby British and U.S. forces moved injured to hospitals.
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Korea
U. S. Army
Red Cross
U. S. 121St
Ohio Un-American Prober cites three ex OSU figures
The Ohio Un-American Activities Commission referred to a prosecutor three former Ohio State University employees who refused to answer about Communist activities. The three are Marston Hamlin, George Pappas, and Berneice Pappas, all of Columbus. The panel also listed other defendants from Dayton Clarksville Columbus and Youngstown in related cases. The grand jury may indict for contempt after earlier cases where defendants fled the state.
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Ohio Un-American Activities Commission
Ohio State University
Marston A. Hamlin
George D. Pappas
Bernice
Ohio State
Franklin County
Harry McGill
Vassel Thames
Dayton
Melvin
Julia Pearl Hupman
Clarksville
Oscar Smilack
Anna Morgan
Robert Terrill
David Jackson
Commission
Philip Franfeld
Andrew Remes
Cleveland
Mildred Hamilton
Youngstown
Eisenhower backs realistic Taft-Hartley amendments
Ike told AFL delegates he favors real amendments to the Taft-Hartley Act but opposes repeal. He argued the law should not license union busting, while insisting on preserving core rights like collective bargaining and the right to strike. He noted the AFL executive council supports a practical approach to amendments.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Federation of Labor Today
AFL
GOP
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Eisenhower
Truman
Stevenson
Executive Council
Polio Fears Close Six Area Schools in Ohio
Polio risk prompts mayor Delmar A Canaday to shutter schools and curb gatherings in Pomeroy and nearby districts despite protests. Six schools in Shade Meigs County Salisbury Rocksprings area closed until Sept 29, affecting about 445 pupils with no statewide health board approval. A meeting with the state board of health was set to discuss orders.
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Salisbury
Meigs County
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Canaday
Pomeroy
Board of Health
Bacon
Beard
Dc. J. Rhodes
Meigs County Board of Health
State Board of Health
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Medical Association
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Laurel Cliff
Rose Hill
Bradbury
Silver Run
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Lodi Board of Education
Lodi
Salisbury Township
Salisbury Board of Education
Rocksprings Methodist Church
Rocksprings Beteter Health Club
Middleport
Truman Denounces Communists Lie Tactics in Nation
President Truman assailed claims that he tolerates communists in government calling them a big lie technique. He warned voters to defeat users of the tactic regardless of party and named no individuals, but condemned those who call Gen. George C. Marshall a traitor.
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Washington
Truman
Hiter
National Conference On Citizenship
Gen
George C. Marshall
Urges Accord With Franco
Sen. Long of Louisiana, returning from a 16,000 mile tour of U.S. bases, urged that the United States should reach a Spanish defense bases agreement. He said Spain seeks little and would aid Western defense, though he did not disclose terms or sources.
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Washington
Sen. Long
D-La
Spain
Europe
U.S
Greenland
Turkey
Long
Number of Ohio polio cases may set record this year
In Columbus the number of confirmed Ohio polio cases stands at 1739, still below the 1833 peak in 1950. Last week 264 new cases were reported to the state division of communicable diseases, the highest weekly total so far this year.
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Ohio
Columbus
State Division of
Film Star Sued as MGM Cancels Student Prince
Hollywood studio MGM cancels production of The Student Prince starring Mario Lanza and says it will sue the singer for 700000 dollars it claims to have invested in the venture.
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Hollywood
MGM
Mario Lanza
Singer
Fulbright Visits Stevenson on Civil Rights and Taft Hartley
Sen. J. William Fulbright arrived in Springfield to confer with Gov. Adlai Stevenson on civil rights legislation the Taft Hartley act and Rule 22. He indicated general agreement with Stevenson's ideas but voiced reservations on cloture and federal enforcement standards while weighing politics in southern states and corruption reports.
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Ill
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Adlai Stevenson
Executive Mansion
Fulbright
Governor's Mansion
Stevenson
Connecticut
Senate
Bus Rammed by Train Kills Four Pupils In Pa
A freight train slammed into the rear of a crowded Collinsburg school bus en route to Rostraver High School killing four pupils and injuring 44, 13 seriously. The bus, carrying about 55 passengers, was dragged 50 feet after the collision near a crossing.
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Collinsburg
Rostraver High School
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Pricedale
Pennsylvania
Egypt's Strong Man Plans Policy Meeting
Premier Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib will lead a cabinet session on September 22 to discuss foreign policy. He is focusing on Sudan, which Egypt and Britain administer jointly, with Egypt asserting claims. Naguib may urge Britain to delay Sudanese elections set for October in the Upper Nile region.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Naguib
Sudan
Britain
Upper Nile
Shortage of Episcopal Clergymen Reported in Boston
A commission addressing theological education told the 57th General Convention that the Protestant Episcopal Church faces a clergyman shortage of about 700 now, with an anticipated rise to over 900 within three years. The issue has long hindered church progress.
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Boston
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Bizarre murder plot accused Pt. Pleasant duo
In Albuquerque a fragile blonde Mrs Vanda White and Cpl William K Oliver are charged with conspiracy to commit murder over plans to hang her husband William White. Police say Oliver admitted the scheme after a gun was found in his car.
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Albuquerque
N. M
William White
Vanda White
William K. Oliver
Sandia
Oliver
Chillicothe
Ohio
Point Pleasant
Moore Death Ruled Accidental Strangulation
Columbus coroner Dr Robert A Evans ruled the Labor Day death of Arthur Moore 60 formerly of Connett as accidental strangulation in a very grotesque form He was found in his room with feet and hands bound a towel over his eyes and a necktie used to bind him Police said Mrs Moore reported her husband asked to be tied up claiming remorse and punishment was desired
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Columbus
Robert A. Evans
Labor Day
Arthur Moore
Connett
Moore
Free Ice Cream Snare Makes Whopping Reward
C G Winston in Richmond nabbed a holdup suspect at a High ice cream shop 221 days ago. As a year long reward his three sons enjoyed unlimited cones, totaling 2197 treats so far. The cost to the company reached 203 dollars while the thief would have gained 40 dollars if not captured.
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Richmond
C. G. Winston
Winston
Woman Granted Divorce After John MacDonald Missing Since Milk Run
Mary MacDonald received a divorce from John MacDonald in Cambridge Probate Court Judge Frederick V McMeniman's chamber. The case cites John's disappearance six years ago after he left for a quart of milk and never returned.
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Cambridge
Mass
John MacDonald
Mary
Frederick V McMeniman
Lewis Threatens Push-Button Walkout of Mining Industry
Washington reports mounting pressure in coal contract talks as John L. Lewis warns of a push button miners strike. He plans staged walkouts by United Mine Workers across Northern bituminous mines starting next Monday, with southern producers ready to ramp up during a ten day leeway.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Southern Coal Producers Association
Leewey
Canada’s Four Worst Criminals Recaptured
Four members of the Boyd gang, Canada’s four most wanted, were recaptured after eight days at large. They were found hiding in a haystack on a farm 15 miles northeast of Toronto, armed but captured without a fight, and jailed to await murder and bank robbery trial.
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Canada
Notorieous
Boyd Gang
Here
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