Republicans aim to crack Dixie with high priority presidential campaign
An Associated Press survey shows Republicans plan extensive Southern campaigning with precinct level organizing, door to door efforts and telephone appeals to win five Southern states. Democrats plan standard campaigns while coping with shifting defections and new GOP organization. states like Alabama North Carolina South Carolina and others are highlighted as key battlegrounds with new local headquarters.
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Atlanta
Solid South
Dixie
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South
Louisiana
John Minor Wisdom
Eisenhower
Texas
Florids
Virginia
GOP
Wesley Roberts
North Carolina
Alabama
Birmingham
Montgomery
Claude O. Vardaman
J. M. Baley
South Carolina
Hans Koenig
General Believes Koreans Are Now Anxious for Peace
UN truce delegate Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison says the Communists likely want an armistice if the price is right. Talks recessed for the fourth week. no new offers seen. Harrison accuses Communists of sacrificing North Korea and warns continued attacks unless armistice terms emerge. Allied bombers hit Nakwon grenade factory near the Yalu River, delivering 140 tons of bombs.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
William K. Harrison
Harrison
U. N
Moscow
Nam Ii
North Korea
Nam
Seoul
Nakwon
Yalu River
China
Lost Plane Hoax Scrambles NC Search Halted
Air Force says report of a missing flight from Fayetteville to Columbus Ga may be a hoax. Civil Air Patrol planned search called off as investigation traces a man identifying as J L Carter who allegedly chartered a flight from Buffalo to Columbus. Carter filed a night flight plan near Ft Bragg. unclear if takeoff occurred.
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Maxwell Field
Ala
CAP North Carolina
CAP
J. M. Crosland
Air Force Air-Sea Rescue Service
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Carter
Ft. Bragg
Fayetteville
CAA
Park Gift Legitimate Says Scott Park Gift Legitimate Says Scott
Gov. Scott announced at a Raleigh news conference that an anonymous $618,000 donation to purchase land for a national seashore park is legitimate. National Park Service Director Conrad Wirth vouched for the gift’s legitimacy and noted donors have given millions to various causes over the past decade. Wirth said donors will remain unidentified due to reasons, and he spoke at the suggestion of Lindsay Warren. Murphy resigning from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Park Commission prompted questions about the donor. Dare County residents urged a full hearing before proceeding with park plans, as the council reviewed the resignation letter and Wirth’s assurances.
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Raleigh
Scott
Conrad Wirth
National Park Service
Wirth
Lindsay Warren
U.S
Council of State
J. L. Murphy
Kill Devil Hill
Murphy
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Park Commission
Dare County
Heavy Rain and Wind Sweep Western Carolinas
A storm, moving from the northwest mountains, battered Maiden in Catawba County and Hickory area with power outages and roof damage at Carolina Mill. 1500 Hickory telephones were down. 2.93 inches of rain fell in three hours after 3 am as the system stretched from Winston-Salem to Spartanburg.
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Carolinas
Morganton-Lenoir-Hickory
North Carolina
Maiden
Catawba County
Hickory
Carolina Mill
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Charlotte
Spartanburg
Moscow Peiping Talks Strain Russian Chinese Alliance
The piece notes potential friction in the Moscow Peiping axis, with long running negotiations under the 20 year treaty. It discusses Manchuria trade, credits for China, and Korea as focal points for the Moscow conference while warning Moscow faces a strong anti western allied power with growing leverage.
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Phil Newsom
United Press
Moscow
Peiping
Victor
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Red China
Russia
Japan
Mao Tse Tung
China
Mao
Manchuria
United States
Manchurian
Port Arthur
Dairen
Changchun
Vladivostok
Korea
Truman Ends Whistle Stop Plan To Campaign
President Truman abandons a cross-country whistle-stop tour this fall and will instead deliver major speeches for the Democratic ticket in key northern cities. The plan, approved by Governor Stevenson and advisers, aims to boost civil rights and labor legislation while avoiding friction with Southern Democrats. Truman will speak first in Milwaukee on Labor Day with possible stops in New York Chicago and Detroit.
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Washington
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Springfield
Ste
Venson
Mr. Truman
Stevenson
Milwau
Kee
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Mississippi Democrats Partition Support over Stevenson and Eisenhower
Disgruntled Mississippi Democrats backed an independent slate of electors pledged to Eisenhower, while the convention affirmed Stevenson and Sparkman for Mississippi electors. Lumpkin signaling full party split planned to form a third party. Wright offered to resign as national committeeman, but his move was tabled. The convention stressed loyalty while denying a formal endorsement of Stevenson.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fielding Wright
Stevenson
John J. Spark
Lumpkin
Mississippi Employment Security Commission
Wright
States Rights Party
National Party
Hugh White
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Walter Sillers
Carroll Gartin
Eisenhower
C. Bidwell Adams
Pass Christian
Sparkman
Stemsnatn
John Sparkman
Alabama
Huntsville
Price Increases Approved In Obama Era? Notional
Government approves higher steel and auto prices and enlists housewives in 54 cities to enforce grocery ceilings. Three OPS orders lift steel prices, allow dealers to set auto ceilings, and require posting ceiling charts for about 300 items starting Oct. 1.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Groceries Annal
Fargo
N. D
Fresno
Cal
Jacksonville
Fla
Babson predicts six months of prosperity despite crash talk
Economist Roger W Babson, famed for predicting the 1929 crash, says prosperity will continue for about six months. He cites high wages, low unemployment, and high savings, noting current spending patterns and a "managed currency" under Congress rather than pure economics.
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Boston
Roger W. Babson
Prohibition Party
Babson
Congress
Indian Giver in Rosebud Lands Suit for 4800 Return
Federal officials filed suit to recover 4800 dollars overpaid to Henry Paul Irving of Rosebud Indian Reservation after a clerical error sent a 6000 dollar check instead of 1200 for a 40 acre land sale. Irving reportedly spent the money on a new car wardrobe and a spree.
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Sioux Falls
8. D
Henry Paul Irving
Irving
U. S
Fred Nichol
Ike Wins Debate And Date In Farm Vote Clash
Ike Eisenhower won a scheduling clash over Adlai Stevenson for the National Plowing Contest in Kasson Minnesota. Eisenhower will speak September 6 while Stevenson declined a Sept 5 slot, avoiding a same day appearance. GOP women press for women voters. Stevenson plans overseas recordings. Mississippi Democrats for Eisenhower push slate. Sparkman tours Alabama after nomination. New York prepares its state primary for multiple offices.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Kasson
Minn
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Robert Hurrie
Roy F. Priest
Utah
National Gop
Denver
Louisiana
James A. Campbell
American Federation of Government
Minocqua Is
Labor Negotiations Shake Nation Amid Rail and Shipyard Strikes
More than 32 000 Bethlehem Steel shipyard workers threaten to strike as three rail brotherhoods and NYC meet to avert a broad rail walkout. Indiana jet engine plant settles a lengthy dispute while United Mine Workers open talks on a new contract. CIO shipbuilders decry wage issues. teams push for fringe benefits talks and potential commuter disruption on the Eastern Division.
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United Press
Bethlehem Steel
New York Central Railroad
Indiana
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of
Nyc
Washington
CIO
Atlantic Coast
Industrial Union of
Marine and Shipbuilding Workers’ of America
Bethlehem
Allis- Chalmers
Terre Haute
Ind
Ralph Tucker
United Rubber Workers
Eee
B. F. Goodrich
CIO Packinghouse
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Wilson & Co
Cudahy
New York Central
The
Order of Railway Conductors
International Harvester Co
Independent
Farm Equipment Workers Union
John J. Grogan
Iumswa
Roy
Pennvania
Cavation
AFL Carpenters and Millwrights
Paducah
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