Secret of Liberty Urges Hard Work as Civic Duty
Ian Stuart of the Southern States Industrial Council spoke at High Point events urging Americans to revere hard work and free enterprise to defend liberty. He warned against cradle to grave security and urged students to endure military service, echoing Eisenhower on freedom and responsibility.
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United States
High Point
Ian Stuart
Southern States Industrial Council
Birmingham
Ala
Stuart
Igh Point Senior High School
High Point College
Vai'_s forge
Mid-Continent heat wave ends as cooler air moves in
An early autumn heat wave across the Midcontinent broke as cooler air from the Pacific and Canada reached southern Oklahoma. Temperatures peaked in the 90s and 100s in many cities, with 106 in Philadelphia Ark and 104 in Flippin Ark. High winds worsened dust across the Mississippi River while forecasts showed warmth returning in the Southeast and Texas.
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Louisiana
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Ark
Flippin
Chicago
Iowa
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Texas
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Mississippi Valley
Plain States
Washington
Florida
Kickback Ring Alleged Army PX Official Pleads Innocent
Charles E. Wilson suspended chief food buyer for the Army European Exchange Service pleaded innocent to charges of conspiracy breach of trust and bribery in a multimillion dollar kickback ring. Extradition sought for James W. Harlow, Wilson's predecessor, to face bribery charges. Witnesses testified of Swiss bank deposits and payments to accounts tied to the scheme.
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Mernberg
Germany
Charles E. Wilson
Harrisville
W.va
U. S
Carl A. Turmo
Stoghton
Mass
Wilson
Army
European Exchange Service
EES
Wiliam D. Canfield
Springfield
San Antonio
Tex
James W. Harlow
Canfield
Harlow
Robert McLane
Maynard
Zurich
Henrik Endborg
Exchange Service
Toomer Sworn as Register of the Treasury
Louis B. Toomer of Savannah Georgia was sworn in at the White House as register of the Treasury with President Eisenhower present. Albert P. Tuttle administered the oath. Toomer will oversee cancelling registered securities except savings bonds and leads a staff of about 500. He earns 9600 dollars yearly with potential advancement. He is a Republican and president of Carver Savings Bank. He served as a Republican delegate in 1944 1948 and 1952. He is 60. eisenhower welcomed him saying it makes you a bureaucrat and it is nice to have you aboard.
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Washington
Louis B. Toomer
Savannah
Register of the Treasury
Eisenhower
Toomer
White House
Albert P. Tuttle
The
Treasury
Register
Carver Savings Bank of
Danville Man Sentenced for Mann Act Violation
Thomas Fitzgerald Reaves Jr. of Danville along with Mr. and Mrs. James Harper Seymour of Durham received three year terms after being convicted on white slavery charges for transporting women interstate for immoral purposes under the Mann Act. Judge Johnson J. Hayes handed down the sentences.
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Danville, Va
Johnson J. Hayes
Thomas Fitzgerald Reaves Jr
Danville
James Harper Seymour
Eisenhower rejects retail sales tax while eyeing excise option
President Eisenhower said the administration has no plan for a retail sales tax but did not rule out a possible excise tax on manufacturers. He noted tax cuts will proceed, and long noted opposition to a sales tax persists. The briefing covered Warren as Vinson successor, debt limit, Russia’s hydrogen bomb, Poland’s move on Cardinal Wyszynski, a New York dock strike, and labor secretary succession.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Treasury
Earl Warren
United States
Fred M. Vinson
Congress
Russia
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
New York Harbor
Labor Department
Martin P. Durkin
Durkin
Atlantic Ports Brace for Midnight Longshore Strike
New York and Atlantic Coast ports prepare for a no work walkout by the International Longshoremen Association at 12:01 a.m. as unions clash for control. Police mobilization rises and President Eisenhower faces pressure to intervene with Taft Hartley powers amid wage disputes and union realignment.
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Atlantic
Maine
Virginia
Eisenhower
E.s.t
International Longshoremen’s Association
Portland
Hampton Roads
New York Shipping Association
Washington
ILA
Atlantic Coast
AFL
Imperial
National Health and Safety
Beneas
Electricity On Majority Of U S Farms
REA reports about 147,600 farms gained electricity in the year to June 30, bringing electrified farms to 90.8 percent of the national total. Total farms connected reached 4,888,460, leaving 493,673 unelectrified, with 246,000 other rural establishments still without power. North Carolina shows 94.1 percent electrified and South Carolina 87.6 percent.
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Rural Electrification Administration
REA
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kidnappers Withhold Fate Of 6 Year Old Bobby Greenlease
Kansas City report details the ongoing abduction of Bobby Greenlease son of a wealthy automobile dealer. Police have no leads and the family says no contact has been made with the captors. The boy’s father and spokesman describe repeated cranks and uncertainty while awaiting word on his safety.
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Kansas City
Bobby Greenlease
French Institute of Notre, Dame de Lion
Robert C. Greenlease
Bobby
Greenlease
Robert Ledterman
West Berlin Rededicates Resistance After Reuter Death
West Berlin pledged to keep the anti Communist struggle alive as a tribute to late Lord Mayor Ernest Reuter. The city united across factions, mourning Reuter while vowing to honor his effort for freedom and German unity amid the Cold War. President Eisenhower praised him as a born leader as Berlin prepared a city hall funeral and a mass gathering before the Freedom Bell. Deputy Mayor Walter Schreiber assumes city leadership while the coalition votes to form a permanent government next week.
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Doughty
West Berlin
Ernest Reuter
Reuter
Christian Democrats
Germany
Walter Schreiber
Schreiber
New Federal Commission Is Sworn In
Washington reports the intergovernmental relations commission sworn in at a White House ceremony. Chairman Clarence E. Manion, ex Notre Dame Law School dean, and 24 members took the oath with President Eisenhower present. Six members were absent and will be sworn later as the Hoover Commission on Government Reorganization begins work near the Capitol.
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Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
White House
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Harold H. Burton
Clarence E. Manion
Notre Dame Law School
Manion
Capitol
Hoover Commission On
Intergovernmental Commission
Gov
Shivers
Texas
Sen
Hendrickson
Hoey
Rep
Hays
Ark
Ostertag
Charles Henderson
Youngstown
Ohio
Eisenhower names Warren Chief Justice of United States
President Eisenhower announces Governor Earl Warren of California as chief justice to sit on the Supreme Court when the fall session opens. The recess appointment, to replace the late Fred Vinson, awaits Senate confirmation in January. Warren, 62, is praised for integrity and steady politics.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
California
United States
Warren
High Court
Fred M. Vinson
Senate
Congress
Vinson
Indochina War To Be Stepped Up
The United States and France announce a 385 million dollar aid increase over 15 months to expand action against Communist forces in Indochina. Plans include nine battalions moved from Europe, greater independence for Laos Cambodia and Vietnam, and enhanced training of local armies using Korean war techniques.
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United States
France
Indochina
China
Cambodia
Laos
Viet Nam
State Department
Congress
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Europe
Viet- Nam
UN lays out rules for explaining repatriation of prisoners
Panmunjom reports describe ground rules for individual and group interviews with some 23 000 reluctant POWs as Allied officers complain the plan favors the Communists. Interviews may be held daily with no time limit and prisoners can be forced to attend, provoking Allied criticism.
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Panmunjom
Korean Repatriation Commission
U.N
Commission
U. N
Lorenzo Sholl to celebrate 100th birthday in ORETE
Lorenzo D. Sholl of ORETE Nebraska will mark his 100th birthday on Thursday. He complains about modern food as corn and wheat taste and laments hybrid crops. He also criticizes radio announcers for talking too fast to hear.
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