Truman Attacks Ike in Campaign Train Speech
President Truman charging Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower with being used by Republican leaders to boost votes with risky foreign policy. He accused Ike of hypocrisy guided by John Foster Dulles and master-minds in Republican circles. Truman urged voters to credit Democratic progress while warning against turning back the clock. He spoke before 11,500 at Milwaukee and urged reform if Republicans win again.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nis Wall
Rarersburg
W. Va
Eisenhower
Dulles
John Foster Dulles
Parkersburg
Milwaukee
Supreme Court
Seiza
Congress
Dred Scott
High Tribunal
Free
Illinois
Grand Rapids
Arthur Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hamtramck
Detroit
Dwight Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Flint
Stevenson
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Gov
G. Mennen Williams
Sen
Gl Moody
Michigan
Raids in Korea Declared Within UN Mandate
Foreign Office stated advance notice was given of air raids near the Russian and Manchurian borders in Korea and said they fell within UN command. A spokesman added there was no political aspect and no comment was required.
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London
Foreign Office
Ane
United Nations
Korea
Growing Pains From Falling School Enrollment Surge
In four years schools expect six million more students with 1.7 million new enrollees this fall. Excerpt from a public service ad produced with The Advertising Council urging awareness of crowded classrooms and rising birthrates impacting districts like New York.
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New York 19
N. Y
The
Advertising Council
Milwaukee Declared Critical Defense Housing Area
Milwaukee County is designated a critical defense housing area by Economic Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam. The move allows rent control and federal aid to private builders amid a postwar housing shortage as defense activity expands and workers enter from outside the region.
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Washington
Milwaukee
Roger L. Putnam
Milwaukee County
Putnam
Office of Rent Stabilization
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Fifth Member Nabbed In Des Plaines Holdup Gang
The fifth suspect in the Des Plaines Time Finance Co. robbery and related Chicago area holdups was captured in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Elton Meyer, 25, admitted involvement in the crimes after being seized Monday with one penny in his pocket. The robbery yielded $157 and cost Officer Harry W. Bending Jr. his life. Four other suspects are already in custody.
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Chicago
Des Plaines
Elton Meyer
Meyer
Cedar Rapids
John A. Babb
Time Finance Co
Harry W. Bending, Jr
Gale Hits Carswell B-36 Base Damages Billions in Wind
A 100 mile per hour gale at Fort Worth Texas Carswell AFB caused about 10 million dollars in damage to B-36 Superbombers, one destroyed, six heavily damaged, with 25 percent of the fleet affected. Runways flooded hangars and communications failed. One person killed nine others injured along Jacksboro highway. Fire crews guarded fuel spills as air base officials surveyed the loss.
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Fort Worth
Tex
W.P
Carswell Air Force Base
Carswell
Casino Park
Indian Oaks
Paul Madder
Carswell Afb
Jacksboro Highway
Samuel E. Anderson
Eighth Air Force
Anderson
Plastic Uniform Not Yet Ready for Combat Use
U S troops in Korea will not receive the new plastic coldbar uniform this winter. The item remains in experimental stages and will not see general use, with testingas few units issued. Instead wet cold uniforms will be used to supplement exhausted stocks, providing protection down to 14 degrees Fahrenheit with layered wool underwear, flannel shirt, wool trousers, and a frieze-lined jacket.
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Washington
U.P
U. S
Korea
Quartermaster Corps
Far East
Caudle questioned over handling of tax cases in closed session
Washington investigators summoned T. Lamer Caudle to a closed session to discuss his handling of tax prosecutions before his dismissal as an assistant attorney general last November. He figures in two cases under a House judiciary subcommittee probe, including a grand jury whitewash affair in St Louis and a six year stalled Detroit war frauds case that was dropped.
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Washington
House
T. Lamer Caudle
Caudle
House Judiciary
St. Louis
Internal Revenue
James P. Finnegan
Finnegan
Detroit
Subcommittee
Robert A. Collier
Caudie
Justice Department
Keating
R-N.y
Wadesboro
N. C
George T. Moore
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
St. Louis Revenue Office
Moore
Grand Jury
Ellis N. Slack
Slack
Norman E. Miller
Miller
Cordell Hull Shows Slight Improvement Amid Critical Illness
Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull, 80, remains in critical condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a cerebral thrombosis and a second severe stroke following admission Friday. A White House garble error prompted incorrect death reports. officials say the message was corrected as received.
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Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Hull
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wardman Park
White House
Truman
General Grow Reports For Duty in Pentagon
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow, once military attache in Moscow, was recalled to the United States after a diary he kept while in Germany was allegedly stolen and copied. He was briefly with the Second Army at Fort Meade before assuming a new Pentagon assignment.
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Washington
Robert W. Grow
Moscow
Pentagon
Grow
Germany
United States
Second Army
Fort Meade
Stevenson Well Satisfied With His Industrial Tour
Governor Adlai Stevenson said he was very well satisfied with the results of his tour through Michigan industrial centers and the reactions to his labor management positions. He planned a farm policy statement next, then trips to Denver and the National Plowing Contest at Kasson Minnesota.
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Stevenson
Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Michigan
Denver
Kasson
Minn
Truce Welcome Sheds Light On Korean Armistice
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie said public opinion across member states would welcome a Korea armistice near the current front lines if talks succeed. He noted disillusionment from stalled negotiations and said GA discussions on Korea would be possible without moving talks to New York. Lie also cited UN as key peace hope yet not the sole instrument, and revealed UN expenses for 1953 totaling 47.76 million dollars, down from 1952’s 48.10 million due to Paris assembly costs.
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United Nations
N. Y
Trygve Lie
UN General Assembly
Lie
Korea
Ernest A. Gross
U. S
General Assembly
Gross
Panmunjom
New York
Organization
Paris
Explosion Burns Gas Station Attendant in Waukesha Area
William Strandberg, 28, a filling station attendant from Okauchee, was badly burned in a Monday night explosion at the Lakeland Corners station four miles east of here. He was in the basement when he turned off the lights. his condition was listed as critical. Manager Kenneth Peffer sustained only minor burns as the blast wrecked the station, leaving one wall standing. the fire did not spread to the gasoline.
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Waukesha
William Strandberg
Strandberg
Okauchee
Lakeland Corners
Here
Kenneth Peffer
Weather shifts to cooler, wetter spell in Kenosha area
Last week's warmth gave way to September with Labor Day rain in Kenosha. A total .385 inch fell Sunday and Monday at the city, 66 and .19 inches respectively. Forecast calls for fair, cool tonight and fair and warmer Wednesday. Plant high 72, low 56 yesterday. noon readings 63 at the plant, 65 downtown, 68 at Nash Motors.
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Kenosha
Labor Day
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Nash Motors
U S Holiday Toll Drops From Last Year
The Labor Day weekend toll reached 541 deaths from all accidents, with 417 in traffic crashes and 55 drownings. Ned H. Dearborn of the National Safety Council cited a 40 life saving versus last year’s 461 traffic deaths and credited tougher enforcement and cautious driving.
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Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
Eisenhower Launches Southern Swing Attacking Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower opened a two day southern tour with a vow to purge political bosses in Washington calling the current administration a top to bottom mess. He labeled Democrats as scheming operators and urged Southern voters to join a crusade to restore decency and honesty in the capital. He spoke in Atlanta and planned stops in Jacksonville Miami Tampa Birmingham and Little Rock.
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Eisenhower
A.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Old South
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Fla
Maimi
Tampa
Birmingham
Ala
Little Rock Ark
Beaver Dam man to face first degree murder charge
Dist. Atty. John Kaiser will file a first degree murder warrant against Carl Hein 29 Cambria after he allegedly killed a newborn baby with a pitchfork. Hein reportedly admitted the act following a lie detector test at the state crime laboratory Madison. Washington rejects talk of moving troops into Iran. The State Department says there is no basis for such reports.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
John Kaiser
Carl Hein
Cambria
Kaiser
Hein
State Crime Laboratory
Madison
Iran
Washington
State Department
United States
Britain
Iranian lawmakers mock oil dispute plan in parliament
Iranian deputies ridiculed the Truman Church proposal for settling the Anglo Iranian oil dispute as the parliament prepared to debate the issue next week. The criticism focused on the plan's terms and potential impact on Tehran and Anglo Iranian relations.
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Tehran
Iran
Oshkosh Declares Defendant Incompetent in Feavel Slayer Case
The court in Oshkosh today declared the accused, Ernest F. Feavel, incompetent to stand trial for the slaying of a self-styled divine healer. Proceedings paused as mental fitness is evaluated.
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Oshkosh
Ernest F. Feavel
Tank Explodes at Linoleum Plant Injuring Dozens
A 400 gallon oil tank blew at the Sloane Blabon Corp plant spraying flaming gasoline on workers. Police say more than 20 people were burned or injured, several critically, in the blast and flash fire. Red Cross provided plasma and blood to Episcopal Hospital for the severely burned.
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Philadelphia
Sloane- Blabon Corp
Episcopal Hospital
Superliner Detours To Overtake Queen On Sea Courtesy
The Superliner United States docked today after a 16 mile detour off course to pass Britain’s Queen, with Capt. John Anderson steering eight miles off the main line through haze. He defended the move as a courteous act in view of international business and behind a claim Cunard would do the same. Queen expected to arrive later.
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New York
United States
Europe
Britain
Queen
John Anderson
Cunard
Anderson
County Board Meetings Must Be Held at County Seats
Atty Gen Thomson ruled that county boards must hold meetings in county seats. The opinion to Edward Herald, Ocon ton county district attorney, held that adjourned sessions of the annual April meeting could only open in the county seat.
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Madison
Thomson
Edward Herald
Oconton
Herald
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