Carriers Strike Near Siberia Hit Aoji Oil Refinery
Three U S carriers led a bold 45 minute air strike in extreme northeast Korea hitting the Aoji refinery and Musan iron works across the Tumen river from Manchuria. Navy reports say 70 percent of Musan was destroyed and the Aoji refinery left burning.
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Seoul
U. S
Soviet Siberia
U.N
Boxer
Essex
Princeton
Korea
Aoji
Siberian
Musan
Tumen River
Manchuria
Navy
US F1 Air Force
Central Korea
Siberia
Rashin
J. J. Clark
U.S
Seventh Fleet
What To Do if Red Satellite Should Rebel
U.S. policy would face a quick decision on aiding a satellite rebelling against Russia. Direct aid risks Soviet war, while withholding aid harms American prestige and could deter other nations. Limited support might include arms, advisers, or air help, but a full expeditionary effort would not be feasible. The piece notes no imminent rebel moves and warns of potential grim retribution if a revolt fails.
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Washington
Russia
U.S
America
U.S.S.R
Moscow
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Labor Day Appeals Push Union Voters Toward November Ballot
Union leaders used Labor Day talks to urge massive turnout in the November 4 election. AFL and CIO chiefs pressed political action, warning against apathy and minority rule while urging unity among unions to protect workers and democracy.
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James B.carey
CIO
Sandusky
Ohio
Congress
Itas
Negro vote as balance of power in upcoming election
Rep. Powell says Black voters will decide this election and watch to choose a candidate. He cites civil rights as decisive in New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and influential in New Jersey and California, praising Adlai Stevenson on Illinois issues but criticizing Eisenhower on segregation. Powell recalls Eisenhower’s 1948 stance on troop segregation.
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INS
Powell
D-N.y
Harlem
U. S. News and World Report
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
New Jersey
California
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower
Aerial Roadblock Tactic Breaks Communist Convoys
The air force disclosed that several Communist supply truck convoys were knocked out in two weeks by a new aerial roadblock tactic. Developed by Lt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus, fighters and B-26 bombers strike roads at dusk and night patrols follows to catch stalled convoys. The tactic is a practical, if not decisive, measure to disrupt supply routes.
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Tokyo
INS
Glenn O. Barcus
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Hee
John K. Cannon
U.S
Tactical Air Command
Japan
Korea
Cannon
O. P. Weyland
Far East Air Forces
Weyland
Truman Rips Opponents in Whistle Stop
President Truman opened his 1952 whistle stop campaign in Pittsburgh with a forecast of a Democratic victory in November. He accused the GOP of mudslinging and urged 3,000 supporters to mobilize voters as he began a train trip toward Wisconsin.
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Truman
INS
Pittsburgh
G.O.P
Steel City
Wisconsin
Democratic Party
Party of
Truman Set for Labor Day Speech in Milwaukee Arena
President Truman arrives in Milwaukee to stump for Democratic Senate candidate Leonard Schmitt amid claims his address aims to hurt Sen. McCarthy in the September 9 Wisconsin primary. McCarthy accuses the visit of trying to defeat him. Truman plans a 25 minute speech at 8 30 p m carried nationally by CBS.
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Milwaukee
Truman
Leonard Schmitt
Sen. McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Republic
Labor
Political League of
Milwaukee County
Afl-Cio
CBS
Man Falls Into Niagara River Declares Accident
Niagara Falls report says Thomas Peacock, 58, of Toronto, claimed he fell while trying to wash his face and clung to a rock for four hours to survive the 160 foot Horseshoe Falls. Police held him on a charge of attempted death by own action.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Horseshoe Falls
Thomas Peacock
Toronto
Peacock
Iran Parliament to OK Oil Dispute Reply Plan
Tehran radio says parliament will meet early this month to draft an official reply to U S and British proposals aimed at settling the British Iranian oil dispute.
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Tehran
U.S
Per Capita Tax Bill for Fiscal Year Totals $412
Washington report shows one year’s total tax from federal state and local governments averaged 412 per person. Census data cover the year ended June 30 with 64 billion taxes collected and 83 billion in government revenue, marking gains over 1950.
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Washington
INS
U.S
Census Bureau
Holiday Death Toll Tops 300 Labor Day Weekend
United Press reports the Labor Day weekend death toll rose to 323 with at least 260 on highways since Friday evening. Five lives were lost in a head on collision near Bensenville Illinois Sunday night amid high traffic as vacationers returned home.
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United Press
Bensenville
Ill
Ex Secretary Hull Stricken with Cerebral Thrombosis
Cordell Hull, 80, long time secretary of state, lies critically ill at Bethesda naval hospital. He suffered a severe stroke after admission Friday and another on Sunday. health has been poor since May 1951. Hull helped shape Pan American solidarity and tariffs policy and was dubbed father of the United Nations by F D R.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Hull
Naval Hospital
Senate
F.D.R
United Nations
World Organization
San Francisco
U.N
Weather Dreary In Most of Iowa Passes Holiday
Dreary rain and cool temperatures marked Labor Day across Iowa with Cedar Rapids reporting a quarter inch of rain and 55 degrees at 10 am while 7 am readings stood at 60. Forecasters expect partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with Monday low in the 40s to 50s and Tuesday highs in the upper 60s to low 70s.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Cedar Raids
Cedar Rap
Guayaquil Needs No Federal Grant
The rector of the University of Guayaquil, Ecuador, says a university's independence rests on freedom from economic control and his school is better off than Mexico's. He notes Guayaquil pays its bills from a 10 centavos beer tax while Mexico's university is supported by a government grant.
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Mexico City
University of Guayaquil
Ecuador
University of Mexico
Miguel Margas Samaniego
Mexico
Guayaquil
Flying saucer seen by Kyoto firemen
Firemen on lookout duty in four Kyoto locations reported spotting a round tennis ball type flying saucer early Monday. The object flew southeast at high speed, glowed bluish white, and was not a shooting star or fireworks. Kyoto lies 326 miles south of Tokyo.
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Kyoto
Japan
Tokyo
Eisenhower denounces buying votes and threats to postal workers
President nominee Dwight Eisenhower told the National Association of Letter Carriers in New York that Republicans will not buy favor or threaten workers for votes. He criticized a Kansas Democratic leader's alleged $100 campaign fund pressure and warned that postal service issues would be raised with him directly. Authorities denied actionable threats but acknowledged letters seeking Democratic contributions were sent to rural carriers and postmasters.
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AFL
William Green
American Federation of Labor
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
New York
Dwight Eisenhower
National Association of Letter Carriers
Eisenhower
Kansas
Kenneth T. Anderson
Emporia
Anderson
Harding
Postal Service
Stevenson Urges New Labor Law To Replace Taft Hartley
Adlai Stevenson denounces the Taft Hartley act as a tangled snarl of legal barbed wire and calls for a new law that holds companies and unions equally responsible for fair play. He favors private agreements for industrial peace, removal of political symbolism, and new procedures including seizure provisions to handle national emergencies. Stevenson spoke in Detroit at a CIO AFL rally and outlined a plan to treat labor management and agriculture alike if he wins.
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Detroit
INS
Adlai Stevenson
Congress
Stevenson
Sen
Taft
Ohio
G.O.P
Hartley
New Jersey
Michigan
Missing five children sparking parental disappearance case
Cedar Ravids reports that the Lloyd Smith family of 713 Thirty-second Street NE has not seen their parents since Saturday. A neighbor, A W Van Vleck at 704 Thirty-second Street, has cared for the five children aged one to 12, saying the mother left for groceries and never returned. Police say both parents are still missing as of Monday morning and the father’s whereabouts are unknown.
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van Vleck
Suitor Verifies Blarney Legend at Castle Kiss
Penelope Hamilton, owner of Blarney Castle and the famed Blarney Stone, revealed Monday that her fiancé is Major Jack Hilyard a childhood friend who proposed moments after they kissed the stone. Hilyard says he believes in the legend and the couple plans marriage.
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Cork
Ireland
Penelope Hamilton
Blarney Castle
Jack Hilyard
Soviet coal output climbs 62 percent in five years
Moscow reports Russian coal production up 62 percent over five years and 110 million tons higher than prewar levels, as stated by a Russian official on Monday.
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Moscow
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