Fierce air and ground battle for Capitol Hill control opens
In Korea, Sabrejets destroyed or damaged 10 MIG-15s in air combat as ground fighting raged for Capitol Hill on the central front. ROK infantry, battered by artillery, clawed to the hill crest but withdrew amid a heavy bombardment. US jets tangled with MIGs, tallying 10 destroyed or crippled in the day as air and ground actions continue.
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Capitol Hill
Robert Udick
Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Eoonwest Korea
ROK Capitol
U. S
Mig Alley
Fifth Air Force
Lockheed strike halts production of new jet fighter
News in Brief reports 25,000 Lockheed Aircraft workers on strike in Burbank California, stopping production of the latest jet fighter. Other items note primaries aiding in eight states, Frank Erickson pleading guilty in a large gambling empire case, a 1952 crop forecast of 13 898 000 bales down six percent, Taft slated to influence Eisenhower campaign, and a North Korean soubise officer fleeing to UN lines at Panmunjom.
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I Burbanks
Cali
Lockheed Aircraft
Baytown Council Seeks Budget Hurdle After Walkout
City officials plan another budget vote at 7 30 p m Monday to conclude the 1952 53 budget process. Friday’s session was halted when three councilmen were absent. Included are notices of school board and bay town trustees meetings and social pages listing local events and birthdays.
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Baytown
Stevenson Attacks One Party Press On Pacific Coast
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson opened his Pacific Coast campaign in Portland by denouncing what he called a developing one party press in a two party country. He warned that a Democratic victory could end the two party system and cautioned against Republican editors pushing the notion that only they can save the republic. He spoke at a Journal luncheon and later planned talks in Multnomah County and Seattle, asserting support for a strong two party system in both politics and the press.
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Ore
Adlai E. Stevenson
Pacific Coast
Republic
Stevenson
Oregon Journal
P. L. Jackson
Multnomah County
Seattle
Tam
Eisenhower
Rested Eisenhower Sets Out To Woo Ghio Republicans
Dwight D. Eisenhower flies from Minneapolis to Cleveland to meet Ohio Pennsylvania and Maryland GOP leaders. He plans talks with the Ohio finance committee and Sinclair Weeks. The visit signals renewed effort against Taft, who has returned to the political race and pledged support. Eisenhower later plans a Dixie tour following a two day swing through the South.
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Ghio
Minneapolis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Woods
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ohio Finance Committee
Sinclair Weeks
GOP
Taft
Washington
Dixie
Argentine swimmer pursues Mississippi ride long distance
Antonio Abertondo of Argentina swam from St Louis toward Caruthersville along the Mississippi river seeking a 300 mile record. He maintained about 60 strokes a minute, laughing through danger as tow boat wake nearly capsized him. He had logged 183 miles by here with about 110 remaining.
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Antonio Abertondo
Argentina
Mississippi
Kentucky
Ralph Sullivan
Abertondo
Como el Mar
Ocean
St. Louis
Caruthersville
U.S
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Jed. Abertondo
Caudle Faces House Probers Over Influence Pressure
Lamar Caudle endured a fresh round of questions from a House judiciary subcommittee about alleged pressure from influential figures to drop prosecutions. The ousted tax chief faced hours of questioning, with focus on the Kansas City vote fraud case and prior tax scandal pressures from congressmen.
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Sept
T. Lamar Caudle
House
Justice Department
House Judiciary
Caudle
Lamar
Truman
Frank L. Chelf
Dky
Candie
North Carolina
R Chelf
Caudie
Kansas City
Ways and Means
Stevenson Opposition Mounts Electors Pledged To Ike
Amarillo dispatch reports Texas Democrats split over presidential ballots. Gov. Shivers rejects placing Eisenhower on the ballot while allowing loyalists to vote for Stevenson or Eisenhower separately. Conservatives threaten a separateElectors slate pledged to Eisenhower as the state party convener meets.
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Ike
G. B. Lloyd Amarillo
Allan Shivers
Texas
Adlai E. Stevenson
Shivers
Gate
Tidelands
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Chinese Prisoners Key to Korean Truce Deadlock
United Nations faces 14 217 Chinese prisoners of war with no plan for disposition as the Panmunjom talks stall. Prisoners unswervingly refuse repatriation, arguing they will not return to Communists. The issue tests UN commitments and credibility across Asia amid uncertain future handling of camps and repatriation.
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Phil
Newsom
United Press
Korea
United Nations
Abdiik
Asia
Calm San Francisco Lady Aids Alaska Sea Evacuation
In Juneau Alaska on September 8 a calm 81 year old Mrs Mary Thorne from San Francisco helped steady passengers aboard the sinking luxury cruiser Princess Kathleen after it struck a reef near Point Lena. A US Coast Guard cutter rescued 306 passengers then saved Captain G O Hughes and eight crewmen before the ship sank. Passengers walked a mile to a road with buses to Juneau as Canadian Pacific Railroad officials estimated losses at four million dollars.
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Alaska
Lough Coast
G. O. Hughes
Kathleen
Vancouver
Skagway
Marrow Channel
Point Lena
Mary Thorne
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Talton Joins Strategy Board in Harris County
George M Talton, Baytown refinery engineer, named to advisory committee for the Eisenhower Nixon campaign in Harris county. The 18 Houston members include one from Pasadena with lawyers and professionals, oil workers, and students. Joe Ingraham heads the Harris county campaign.
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George. M-Talton
Baytown
Harris County
Talton
Eisenhower
Houston
Pasadena
Represeness
Joe Ingraham
Galveston Firm Founder Dr H J Davis Father Dies
The death of 69 year old Dr Hamlet L Davis father, a Galveston Heating and Plumbing founder, is announced. He moved from Kentucky to Galveston in 1913 and formed the firm that became HS Davis Plumbing and Heating Contractors. Surviving are his widow Lydia, sons Dr Hamlet L Davis and William W Davis, daughter Mrs Donald W Luby, and other relatives. Funeral services scheduled in Houston with cremation and forest park mausoleum burial. Contributions to Damon Runyon cancer fund requested.
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Galveston
Hr. Davis
Baytown
Hamlet L Davis
Tees
George H. Lewis and Sons
Houston
Edmund H. Gibson
Buri
Forest Park
Davis
Spencer County
Galveston Heating and Plumbing Co
HS Davis Plumbing and Heating Contractors
Madisonville
The
Trinity
Rites Today For E. H. Lewis 25 Year Refinery Man
Elbert Harold Lewis 60 of 621 Herding died Sunday at Baytown Hospital after long illness. Funeral services at 3:30 pm Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev. E R Couch and Rev. John H Osteen officiating. Burial in Forest Park Cemetery under Hartman’s funeral home direction. Surviving widow Fila Mas Tarwies tea ems Lewis, J B Lewis of Baytown, W G Lewis in Germany, daughter Melba Wood of Houston and six grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers include neighbors and refinery department colleagues.
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First Baptist Church
E. R. Couch
John H. Osteen
Central Baptist Church
Forest’ Park
Hartiman
Lewis
Baytown
Baytown Hospital
Fila Mas
Proposals On Spur 201 Are Too High
State rejects bids for the north approach to the Baytown La Porte tunnel and sets September 16 for new bids. Holland. Page of Austin was the low bidder at August 20 with 354 839.58. The 1.651 mile road from Highway 146 north of the tunnel to West Main forms the inter section with the old Baytown Perry road. Completion is crucial as this may be the only outlet when the tunnel opens next summer. Brown and Root and others bid 260 055.26 Farnsworth and Chambers 357 003.18 and W BR Aldrich 3418 56.15.
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Holland
Gadse
Brown and Root
Farnsworth and
Chambers
W. Br, Aldrich
Baton Rouge
World Series to Start Oct 1 at NL Champions Park
National League champion park will host the World Series opener on Wednesday October 1 unless the NL playoff forces a delay, announced by Commissioner Ford Frick on Monday.
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Eastbalk
Ford
Frick
Area Doctors Placed in 2 Pool for Draft Readiness
Bay town draft officers announced that many local doctors were not reclassified to 1A. The cards showed they were under 51, but officials clarified the doctors had not entered an immediate induction. They had only been put into a 2 pool as a routine step for possible future calls.
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Baytown
Carpentry Local Wins Two Day Wage Increase OK'd
W. H. Burchett, AFL carpenters local business agent, announced Baytown area union carpenters will receive a two day wage raise retroactive to August 14. The rate rises 7 cents per hour to 2.4875 dollars as negotiations completed last July. The Wage Stabilization Board approval covers Harris, San Jacinto river north of Houston Ship Channel, Liberty and Chambers counties. Burchett says contractors in the area must comply.
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WSE
Grandson Killed in Auto Accident in Houston
Ralphny Adams, 22, grandson of Mrs Alicea Hogan of 1313 Oak Bastown, was struck and killed by a car driven by Richard McCray 23, as Adams and his mother walked to a friend’s house. McCray faces charges of negligent homicide and driving without a license. Mrs Adams was critically injured.
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Ralphny Adams
Houston
Alicea Hogan
Oak
Bastown
F. Cc. Rodgers
Adams
RE. Adams
Richard McCray
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