Liberal party wins Japan election. Communists win no seats
Premier Yoshida's Liberal party captured a working majority in the Diet with 240 seats as 35 million Japanese voters handed a sweeping conservative victory. Communists fielded 107 candidates but won zero seats, while Socialists and other groups took remaining ballots.
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Shioru Yoshida
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Yoshida
Liberal
Ichiro Hatoyama
Progressive Party
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Hatoyama
Liberal Party
Russia claims a million air reserve strength for war
The U S Air Force reports Russia could mobilize about one million air reservists, with the United States at roughly 970000 personnel and about 20000 combat aircraft. The article notes gaps in data and does not specify available Russian aircraft.
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Washington
Russia
United States
U. S. Air Force
Air Reservist
Air Force Monthly
Air Force
Waa
Everything Rosy In Brooklyn For Second Game of Series
Brooklyn aims to repeat in the World Series as Carl Erskine faces Vic Raschi after a 4-2 opening win over the Yankees. Scattered showers dot the forecast but no postponement likely, with 34,861 attendance yesterday and signs of a slightly smaller turnout today.
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Dodgertown
New York Yankees
Dodgers
Carl Erskine
Vic Raschi
Erskin
Yankee
Casey Siegel
Raschi
Ebbets Field
Weather Bureau
Ford C. Frick
Dodger
Raleigh Rent Controls End After 12:01 A M
Complaints of rent increases surfaced as Raleigh rent controls expired at midnight. A survey of major real estate firms found no widespread surge. R B Lewis closing the rent control office said tenants in small houses and duplexes reported higher rents and eviction notices, with complaints referred to city officials.
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Raleigh
R. B. Lewis
East Roe Man Killed at Filling Station
Coroner identified the victim as Jobey Ransom aged 25 who died from a .38 caliber gunshot at a Rockingham filling station. His companion Thomas McLendon is held on an open charge as investigators proceed with the inquest. witnesses say Ransom fired the weapon.
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Here
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Thomas McLendon
Illinois Welcomes Ike as Truman Harshly Attacks General
President Truman campaigned along the West Coast delivering an altered I like Ike line and attacking Eisenhower. In Spokane he denounced tax cuts tied to defense spending, calling the idea crazy. Police estimated 4,000 inside the armory and 10,000 outside supported him as he rode from his train.
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Ike
Truman
Stevenson
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Spokane
National Guard
Old Guard
Harry
Clyde Phelps
Eisenhower
UN Accused of Massacre of Prisoners in Korea Riot
In Panmunjom, Communist armistice negotiators charged the United Nations with a barbarous massacre after 56 prisoners of war were killed during a Cheju Island camp riot. North Korean Gen Nam Ti condemned UN actions and demanded accountability for alleged war crimes.
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Korea
United Nations Today
Cheju Island
U. N
Nam Ti
Red
Maison
Ond Nam
United Nations
Mass breakout thwarted on Cheju Island prison yard
American forces halted a planned mass escape by 5 000 hard core Chinese Reds at the Cheju Island POW camp after a 15 minute close order clash. Fifty one prisoners died, two Americans were injured, and the plan aimed to join Red guerillas in the Cheju mountains.
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Korea
Thomas W. Herren
Cheju
Com No.7
Pusan
Richard D. Boerem
Ontario
Calif
U. N. Prisoner of War
Herren
Boerem
U. N
Coes
Democrats Plan Grass Roots Drive For Funds To Wipe Out Edge
In Atlanta delegates from six Southern states told National Party Chair Stephen A. Mitchell that funding shortages hinder Southern Democrats. Mitchell announced a national grass roots drive to raise funds from every good American to bolster Adlai Stevenson campaign efforts. He criticized a Republican $2 million pre election ad blitz and warned of big money in politics while expressing confidence in Democratic mobilization.
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GOP
Dixie
Southeastern
National Party
Stephen A. Mitchell
Ight Eisenhower
Mitchell
Washington
Democratic Party
Adlai Stevenson
South Carolina
Mike) Monroney
D-Okla
Stevenson
Ilinois
Monroney
Eisenhower
South
Parees
New York
Stevenson Overhauls Speech Plans Ahead of Fireside Chats
Stevenson and aides announce a major overhaul of radio and television speaking to emphasize fireside chats. Four more chats planned this month with talks on communism. Eisenhower campaigns separately in Illinois. Stevenson will not attend Court House Square rally.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Federator
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Court House Square
Illinois Executive Mansion
Porter McKeever
McKeever
Stevenson High Command
Chicago
Russia accuses Denmark over NATO bases on Danish soil
Moscow protests Denmark moving toward hosting NATO bases and foreign troops, calling the plan a threat to Soviet security. The note, delivered to Denmark, cites breach of Danish Soviet agreements and follows NATO Mainbrace maneuvers near Norway and Denmark. Denmark's cabinet met in session, foreign ministers declined to comment, while Copenhagen denies plans for foreign military bases though air bases may expand to house U.S. jets.
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Russia
Denmark
United States
NATO
Soviet Union
Nish
Norway
U. S
Jutland
Ole Bjoern Kraft
Trial testimony in Ward rape case near Raleigh
Peggy Crawford testified in Wake Superior Court that Ben F. Ward, a 31 year old Johnston County farmer, raped her twice the morning of Aug 5 near Raleigh while Ward was driving her to a local bus station. Crawford had been visiting Ward and his wife.
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Ben F. Ward
Johnston County
Peggy Crawford
Wilson High School
Wake Superior Court
Ward
CIO PAC convention to draw 150 delegates in Raleigh
About 150 delegates from 75 local unions will gather in Raleigh Saturday for the sixth annual CIO-PAC state convention. North Carolina Director Franz E. Daniel announced the event as Gov W Kerr Scott will welcome CIO members from the state.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Franz E. Daniel
W. Kerr Scott
CIO
Daniel
Stevenson cannot visit Asheville for NC campaign
Gov Adlai E Stevenson wires North Carolina Democrats that a visit to the state does not appear possible. He says almost every available hour is committed until election day and will contact State Chairman B Everett Jordan if an opening occurs. Jordan vows a vigorous campaign for Stevenson and the full Democratic ticket.
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Asheville
Adlai E. Stevenson
North Carolina
B. Everett Jordan
Jordan
Stevenson
Gov. Stevenson
North Carolina Citizens Pay Higher Federal Taxes in October
Edwin Gill, collector for the North Carolina district, reports Tar Heels paid federal taxes totaling 136,019,973.64 last month, up 11,893,521.10 from September 1951. Increases stem mainly from higher individual income taxes and cigarette and tobacco taxes.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Edwin Gill
Internal Revenue
Tar Heels
Gill
Demo of treatment for handicapped children at NC society meeting
Asheville highlighted a demonstration of treatment for handicapped children at the annual conference of the North Carolina Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Children from Asheville’s pre school for handicapped children, run by Asheville Orthopedic Hospital, participated while representatives from 103 local chapters attended the opening dinner meeting.
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Asheville
North Carolina Society For Crippled Children
Institute Ends Winston-Salem Hospital Chaplain Institute
The Hospital Chaplains Institute of the Southern Baptist Convention closed after a two week session at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Eighteen chaplains from eight states attended, studying visitation, patient administration and related topics under Dr. Richard K. Young who led the program.
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Winston-Salem
The
Southern Baptist Convention
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Department of Religion
Richard K. Young
the Baptist Hospital
Baptist Hospital
New Radio Station WEYE Begins Broadcast in Sanford
Central North Carolina launches WEYE on 1290 kilocycles with 1000 watts. Waldo W. Primm directs operations as the station plans a regional network affiliation.
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Sanford
N. C
WEYE
North Carolina
Waldo W. Primm
Eisenhower Wins Illinois Welcome in Champaign
About 20 000 people cheered Dwight D. Eisenhower as he entered Illinois on his campaign whistle stop. He urged youth support, promised hope for the young, and argued for peace with Asia only if Americans stand for freedom. He criticized current policies in Korea and attacked the Truman administration as corrupt. He planned six speeches that day, concluding in Peoria.
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Illinois
Champaign
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
University of Illinois
Korea
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United States
GOP
Truman
Ilinois
Peoria
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
Weather forecast fragment with temperature notes
The report notes low temperatures around 48 tonight and a high near 17 percent tomorrow. It also mentions today’s 45 degree reading and a 57 degree low, with sunset at 6 05 p m and sunrise at 4 16 a m.
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