Stevenson Attacks Old Guard in GOP Victory Charge
Adlai E Stevenson charged that a Republican victory would yield a murderer's row of reaction and ruin, saying the old guard controls the party and its Eisenhower ticket. He named Taft capehart McCarthy Milli kin Cain Aiken Hickenlooper among the senators he accused of leading the wing. The swing tour through Iowa and Minnesota included Fort Dodge and Minneapolis with warnings of a negative future if Republicans win in November.
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Colorado
Graft Cases Found in Tax Bureau Drive Throughout Nation
Washington report says the internal revenue service uncovered 428 racketeering graft cases with $2,180,351 in back taxes and penalties. Racket squads closed 13,100 cases netting $91,000,000, with 266 graft cases yielding $1,645,830 in additional assessments. Texas led with 42 cases, Indiana 41, Illinois 35.
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Plunging Auto Levers Crandic Trolley Wire Break
A Crandic railway car left the road on a steep overpass south of Oakdale near Iowa City injuring driver James A. White of North Liberty. The crash cut power to the line to Cedar Rapids and from Iowa City with buses replacing trains while officials assess when service will resume. White was treated at University Hospital in Iowa City and listed in good condition.
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Russia Rejects Swedish Espionage Charges Report
London based report says Russia rejected a Swedish note accusing Soviet embassy staff in Stockholm of spying. The aide memoire was delivered by the Soviet ambassador after July 31 court sentences for five men convicted of spying for Russia. Fritiof Enbom and Hugo Gjersvold received life terms.
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Candy merchant dares U S to collect Social Security tax
Detroit based Howard Pennington, 28, a wholesale candy merchant, challenges the federal government over $81 in delinquent Social Security taxes. He says self employed individuals should not pay and calls the tax a violation of the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. He sent the $81 to an elderly carpenter cut from the Social Security rolls.
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Adlai Crowns Queen Seeks Iowa Votes At Farm Speech
Adlai Stevenson addressed about 25 000 spectators in Fort Dodge in a windy farm speech He contrasted Republican words and deeds on agriculture and accused Eisenhower of hijacking the Democratic farm plank He joked about losing his hair in the gusts and kept his hat off as the wind blew across the rostrum
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Air Force Unveils Space Suit for Stratosphere Flights
The Air Force announced a space suit capable of keeping pilots alive above 50 000 feet where pure oxygen fails. The T-1 suit inflates automatically when cabin pressure drops and supports lungs with high pressure oxygen while protecting the body from decompression, proven by Lt. Col. Frank K. Everest during a high altitude test at Edwards AFB California.
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Bulgarian Reds Sentence Bishop and Three Priests to Die
AP dispatches from Sofia report a Bulgarian Communist court sentenced Bishop Evgheni Bosilkov and three priests to death for spying for the West. The condemned are Bishop Bosilkov and Fathers Josephat Shiskov Kamen Jonkov and Pavel Djijov. A 20 year term was given to Dr. Peter Sariski, former district director of a Roman Catholic seminary.
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Eisenhower Attacks Truman Train in Fargo Speech
Gen Dwight Eisenhower launched a sharper attack on President Truman during a Fargo North Dakota rally contending the Truman barrage is noisy but harmless and accusing him of being a front man for lobbyists. He defended Republicans on reclamation and accused Adlai Stevenson of echoing foreign policy statements while criticizing communism and Russia.
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Koreans Trap Three U S Tanks in Fog for 15 Hours
Twelve hundred North Korean troops trapped three American tanks on a foggy eastern Korea peak for 15 hours. Two crewmen were killed and the rest reached safety after a night battle reported Sept 21–22. The action occurred two miles east of Changsong per Peiping radio. Lt. David Koch led the defense.
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Red MiGs Down U S Navy Plane in Korean Skirmish
Soviet built MiGs attacked U S Skyraiders and Corsairs from carrier Kearsarge near Hungnam and Wonsan. United States Sabrejets countered, destroying or damaging seven MiGs in four clashes over northwestern Korea.
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Hope for End of Elevator Strike In Downtown Chicago
Chicago union and management negotiators spent the day seeking a settlement to a four day walkout by 123 downtown elevator operators. Union says pay unchanged but wants a 40 hour week, down from 48. No prediction but cautious optimism for a Monday settlement.
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Truman pins Ike over Korea pull and Berlin notables
President Truman accused Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower of backing a 1947 withdrawal from Korea and failing to follow orders that could have affected the Berlin blockade. He said Eisenhower influenced defense policy and criticized him for political attacks on his foreign policy.
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Clay says Ike had no part in Berlin access deal
Gen. Lucius D. Clay said he takes full responsibility for arranging American access to Berlin and that Dwight D. Eisenhower had nothing directly to do with it. He noted he was surprised by Truman's remarks and that no complaints surfaced in 1945 about the arrangements.
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