Eisenhower Urges Middle Path for U S
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, campaigning after securing the GOP nomination, urged Americans to take a middle road between left and right, warning against tyranny and overcentralization. He spoke in Boise and met GOP leaders in Kansas City, emphasizing a government that serves the people and avoids complacency.
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Kansas City
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Boise
Idaho
Eisenhower
Fairfax Airport
Washington
America
New York Court Clerk and Family Die in Truck Collision
A New York state supreme court official Maurice Abrans of Brooklyn his wife and two children were killed when their car collided head on with a large truck on U S 301 four miles south of Weldon North Carolina. Authorities identified the man from papers on the body and noted he would have been 46 on August 24.
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Weldon
N. C
Uu.p
New York State Supreme Court
U. S. 301
Here
Robert Warren
Maurice Abrans
Brooklyn
N. Y
Wisconsin Weather Cleared By Weak Front
A weak cool front swept across Wisconsin clearing thick clouds and winds. Tonight will be fair and cooler, Friday fair and cool. Sewage plant thermometer marked 78 high and 62 low yesterday, 67 at noon today. Nash Motors 76 and downtown Kenosha 70.
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Wisconsin
Nash Motors
Kenosha
Ship splits. 38 rescued after collision near Ramsgate
The American Liberty ship Western Farmer broke in two after colliding with a Norwegian tanker in the English Channel. Captain Gunnar Ulvik and 23 crewmen were saved by Ramsgate lifeboats, while the remaining sailors were taken to Dover as planes dropped flares and rescue craft illuminated the scene.
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Ramsgate
England
U.P
English Channel
Gunnar Ulvik
Goodwin Sands
France
Utvik
Dover
Mossadegh Demands Rich Pay Back Taxes or Face Jail
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh told Iran’s wealthy ruling class to settle back taxes immediately or risk imprisonment and seizure of their lands. The statement underscores the prime minister’s ongoing pressure on elite interests.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Nash-Kelvinator declares quarterly dividend
Nash-Kelvinator Corp directors announce a 50 cent per share dividend payable Sept 26 to shareholders of record Sept 5. First subpoenas issued in Chicago post office probe. Edward J. Ryan cites about a dozen subpoenas with no identities named. McGranery accepts resignation of a criminal division lawyer under FBI probe. Eisenhower defends entry into Korea as preventing a far more serious war.
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Nash-Kelvinator Corp
Chicago
U.P
Edward J. Ryan
U. S
Stevenson: Eisenhower a me-too candidate in a sense
Adlai E. Stevenson called Dwight D. Eisenhower a me-too candidate in a sense as he criticized the Republican nominee for approving the Democratic record of the last 20 years. He argued Eisenhower's attacks on health insurance and the Brannan Plan are obsolete and that he favors moderates in tackling costs for serious illness.
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Minocqua
Wis
U.P
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Boise
Ida
Stevenson
Illinois
West
GOP
Democratic Party
Truman
Driver Must Pay North Shore Line After Train Collision
A Racine County jury awarded the Chicago and North Shore Railroad 1939 dollars for damages after a train struck Allen Greeley’s stalled car at a crossing in January 1951. The railroad claimed Greeley failed to warn the crossing. Greeley said he attempted to stop the train with a flashlight.
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Racine
Racine County
Chicago and North Shore Railroad
Allen Greeley
Greeley
Flash Flood Claims 30 Soldiers in Korea
Thirty U S soldiers on a training crossing a river in Korea were swept away by a nine foot wall of water. Four bodies have been recovered. 26 remain missing as search teams use grappling hooks and boats. The incident occurred on a sandbar amid tricky terrain, an act of God according to the Eighth Army.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Eighth Army
45Th Infantry Division
Okinawa
Army
Thompson destroyer mine sweeper hit by shore guns off Songjin
The Navy announced the destroyer mine sweeper Thompson was struck by Communist shore fire off Songjin, Korea, killing four and wounding 10, with damage to the flying bridge and piloting gear. This marked its second wartime hit. casualties were moved to the battleship Iowa and next of kin notified. None of the dead were from Wisconsin.
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Washington
U.P
Navy
Songjin
Korea
Iowa
Wisconsin
Massive Allied Raids Hit Pyongyang And Osu Cement Plant
Seoul reports two coordinated air raids over northwest Korea. Okinawa based B29s dropped 350 tons on Pyongyang, destroying 400 acres of troop, supply and industrial sites and igniting large fires. B26s and fighters attacked Osu cement plant 50 miles south of Pyongyang.
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Seoul
Korea
Pyongyang
Osu
Eisenhower denies cabinet commitments to women group
Dwight Eisenhower told a group of Republican women that he had made no commitments on cabinet posts. Secretary of State Geraldine Ostroot said he would appoint cabinet members on merit alone regardless of gender race.
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Pierre
S. D
U.P
Dwight Eisenhower
Geraldine Ostrod
Miss Ostroot
Living Cost Index Hits Record High Across Mid-Year
The government reported a six-tenths point rise in the cost of living between mid-June and mid-July, a new peak powered by higher food prices led by a 23 percent jump in egg costs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics noted strong broad price gains while retail foods eased slightly late in July. General Motors and Ford announced a three-cent hourly wage hike for hourly workers starting next pay period. salaried workers receive a lump sum next December. Other auto and farm equipment firms with escalator contracts are expected to follow.
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Washington
U.P
CIO
United Auto
Bureau of Labor Statistics
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Bureau
First Draftees Return Home From Korean War Service
The first draftees from Kenosha begin returning from training and combat. Of 32 inductees in October 1950, six are home now including Wells and Riley wounded, Shore awarded the Silver Star, all from Co. E, 180th Regiment, 45th Division. They re register with the selective service board and plan to resume pre draft jobs.
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Evening News
First Korea
Korea
Charles Riley
Robert Shore
Kenneth Robers
Kenosha
Kenoshans
Robert Shores
Glenn Wells
Robert Warmann
Donald Rutchik
AIL
Camp Polk
Okaido
Japan
Wells
Riley
Shore
Camp McCoy
Co. E
180Th Regiment
Selective Service Board
Louisiana Round Goes to Stevenson
Louisiana Democrats pledge the state's 10 electors to Adlai Stevenson but withhold endorsement of the party ticket. The state central committee voted 77 to 9, signaling support for Stevenson Sparkman on the November ballot while not ratifying the ticket or platform.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Democratic State Central Committee
Strikes Hit 23000 Harvester Workers Across Nine Plants
About 23000 International Harvester employees began a nationwide strike at nine plants after halted contract talks with the Farm Equipment division of the Independent United Electrical Workers. Rep. Harold Velde charged the walkout targets the House committee investigation of the FEUE.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
Harvester
United Electrical Workers
Harold Velde
R-Ill
FEUE
House un-American Activities Committee
Robbery Reported on Menominee Reservation
Thomas O'Neill a Madison sewing machine salesman said he was beaten and robbed of his car and $40 Wednesday on the Menominee Indian reservation near Keshena Wisconsin.
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Keshena
Wis
Thomas O'Neill
Madison
Menominee Indian Reservation
Ring Champ Conley Dies
Frank Conley, 61, former world's bantamweight champion, died suddenly of a heart attack at Simmons plant. Born October 4 1890 in Italy, he lived in Kenosha since youth and worked at Nash Motors then Simmons. He married Jennie Grandinett in 1923 and is survived by a widow, a son Tony in Chicago, a daughter Mrs. Robert Bush in Appleton, two brothers John and Arthur, and a sister Mrs. Rose Covelli.
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Frank Conley
11Th Ave
Simmons Company
Conley
Monte Attell
Attell
Abe
New Orleans
Golden Gloves
Antonio Conley
Platania
Catanzaro
Italy
Kenosha
Nash Motors
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Jennie Grandinett
French expedition finds no trace of Noahs ark on Mount Ararat
A three man French expedition reported today it had thoroughly explored Mount Ararat in Turkey and was satisfied that no trace of Noahs ark exists there.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Mount
Ararat
Rumi Named Finance Chairman for Democratic National Committee
Economist Beardsley Rumi, once a Republican, was chosen today to chair the finance committee of the Democratic national committee. He originated the pay-as-you-go tax plan and was appointed to the fund-raising post by Gov. Adlai Stevenson.
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New York
Beardsley Rumi
Democratic National Committee
Rumi
Adlai Stevenson
Schumacher dies and sparks postwar German socialist power struggle
Kurt Schumacher, 57, head of West Germany's Social Democratic party, died of heart disease. His death ignites a fight within the Socialists between pro Schumacher and anti Schumacher camps as the party plans its Sept 24 congress at Dortmund. He opposed Western policy and urged German unity before alliance.
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Bonn
Germany
U.P
West Germany
Kurt Schumacher
Social Democratic Party
Here
Schumacher
Socialist Party
Dortmund
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James A. Mullally
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