Truman Campaign Train Set for 15 Day Across Nation
President Truman won Democratic backing for a coast to coast 15 day campaign tour with 50 whistle stop talks. He will promote the Roosevelt record while Adlai Stevenson guides the party's future program. The trip runs Sept 27 to Oct 12 with major stops including Kalispell Seattle San Francisco Shenandoah Buffalo and New York City.
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Washington
Truman
Democratic National Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson
National Committee
White House
New York
San Francisco
Hungry Horse
Montana
Kalispel
Seattle
Wash
Shenandoah
Iowa
Buffalo
N. Y
New York City
Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
East A
Ston
George H. Bender
R-O
Cleveland
Eisenhower
Taft
Eisenhower supporters gain control of Republican executive post
The Republican National Committee reshuffled its top body in Washington. Eight Eisenhower backers join six Taft men and one neutral, with Wayne J. Hood named from La Crosse. Chairman Summerfield denied a purge and said lineup was approved July 12. Taft pledged full support for Eisenhower in the November race.
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New York
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
National Executive Committee
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Taft
Wayne J. Hood
la Crosse
Washington
Arthur E. Summerfield
Summerfield
Michigan
National Committee
Ohio
Soviet ships sail for India with famine relief cargo
London reports Russia announced Soviet ships have sailed for India delivering food to famine-stricken Madras state amid international relief efforts.
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London
U.P
Russia
India
Madras
Sabre Jets Down 14 Red Planes in Korea Week
U S Fifth Air Force says Sabre jets destroyed at least 14 Communist MIGs last week with no Sabres lost. MIGs shot down three F-84s, one F-80 was lost to ground fire. Weekly scoreboard lists 14 MIGs destroyed, one probably destroyed, 23 damaged. September total: Sabre jets 29 MIGs destroyed.
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U. S
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Fiery Object Seen in Sky Across Four States
A brilliant greenish white light streak lit the night sky from Maryland to West Virginia and Virginia last night. Observers reported a long fire trail with silent motion, sightings from Baltimore to Wheeling, but no radar detections or official reports confirmed the event.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Tennessee
Weather Bureau
Fredericks
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Charleston
Wheeling
Parkersburg
W. Va
Washington
Naval Observatory
Pentagon
Virginia
Eleven Thiel Children Struck by Polio at Mapleton Farm
Mapleton Iowa report says Joe and Mrs Thiel have 14 children and 11 were polio victims this summer with two paralyzed. Disease began in July and ended last week after three brothers were hospitalized while others treated at home. A nurse named Joan, who cared for the worst cases, helped. Names listed include Catherine Bob Lawrence Jerry Tom Francis Harold Jean Ina Mae Marcella and Ronnie. Jerry recovered without ill effects.
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Mapleton
Iowa
WU P
Joe Thiel
Thiels
Joan
Catherine
Bob
Lawrence
Jerry
Tom
Francis
Harold
Jean
Ina Mae
Marcella
Ronnie
Woman Legally Becomes Man Could Claim British Title
Aberdeen doctor Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill announces legal change to be known as Dr Ewan Forbes-Sempill and may inherit the Sempill baronetcy if recognized. The case hinges on male succession rules and approval by the Standing Council of the Baronetage in London.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill
Baron Sempill
Aberdeen Press and Journal
Ewan Forbes-Sempill
Lord Sempill
Forbes-Sempill
Alford
Aberdeenshire
Forbes
London
Paris
Standing Council of Baronetage
Home
Sec
Stevenson in Albuquerque Attacks Communists and GOP Split
Adlai Stevenson pledged stern action against traitors if elected and assailed Republicans over their Taft Eisenhower split. He labeled some McCarthy supporters as salesmen of confusion, praised the FBI’s anti Reds drive, and warned of renewed loyalty measures. His Western swing resumes Sept. 18 with a New England leg and AFL address in New York Sept. 22.
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Ike
Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Morningside Heights
New York
Sen
Albuquerque
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Gen
Dwight Eisenhower
GOP
Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
America
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
FBI
New England
American Federation of Labor
U S Planes Strike Suiho and Hoeryong in Korea War
U S air forces attacked Suiho power plant in northwest Korea with 35 B 29s delivering 300 tons of bombs and damaged Hoeryong’s barracks after carrier based strikes from Princeton and Bon Homme Richard near the Manchurian border. Ground fighting raged on Finger Ridge as South Korean troops repelled Chinese counterattacks and UN patrols fought to break through Red lines near Chorwon.
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Korea
U.P
U. S
Soviet Union
Red China
Suiho
Yalu River
Manchuria
Hoeryong
Navy
United Nations Command
Russia
Finger Ridge
Capitol Hill
Chorwon
Britain
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Stephen Shoosmith
Mark W. Clark
Musan
Harvard Student Held as Burglar
Milwaukee police arrested Arthur Strobel a 21 year old Harvard University student for breaking into a Milwaukee service station to get railroad fare back to campus. He carried a loaded revolver and an axe used to smash a window. He claimed he needed 30 dollars to resume studies.
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Milwaukee
W.P
Harvard University
Arthur Strobel
Harvard
Strobel
Mass fainting and hysteria hit Neville high pep squad
In Natchez Mississippi last night 165 members of Monroe Louisiana Neville high school’s Tigerettes pep squad fainted at a football game. Ambulances and cars rushed the group to General Hospital as excitement spread. Doctor James Barnes attributed overheating and mass hysteria. Neville won 21 to 8.
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Natchez
Miss
U.P
Tigerettes
Monroe
Paul Neal
Neville High School
General Hospital
James Barnes
Neville
Neal
Thornton Smith
Main St
Smith
Border police slow Berlin-bound trucks at Marienborn
Communist border police delayed trucks at the Marienborn checkpoint on the East West German border. More than 300 trucks waited for clearance with average delays around 30 hours and some reaching 60 hours.
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Berlin
Germany
Marienborn
East
West Germany
Weather outlook and temperatures for Kenosha area
The five day heat wave is predicted to end Sunday with cooler weather and showers. Monday is expected to be fair and cool with highs in the 60s to 70s. Tonight will be cloudy and warm. Yesterday’s high at the Sewage Treatment plant was 76 with a low of 57. Around noon today temperatures reached 76 at the plant, 84 at Nash Motors and 79 downtown.
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Kenoshans
Nash Motors
Kenosha
Build Armies In Europe Washington Reports Vast Forces
The State Department says European allies now have more than two million men under arms, while Russia claims about four million. The 50 page report outlines progress in Europe’s defenses under NATO and notes limited access to wider global forces. It also cites Soviet possession of the atomic bomb as a major power factor.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Department
Congress
Europe
Australia
Yugoslavia
Spain
Red
China
America
Malik's UN Defeat May Be His Last
United Nations dispatch reports Jacob A. Malik faced a decisive setback as the Security Council moved to debate membership applications from Japan Libya Laos Cambodia and Viet Nam despite his objections. Malik plans to return to Moscow late next week and had urged referral to the council committee on membership.
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United Nations
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Security Council
Japan
Libya
Laos
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Malik
Moscow
Council
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Heat Wave Pushes U S Temperatures Toward Records
Heat across the nation drives 90s through the eastern two thirds with many records in jeopardy. Chicago hit 95.6 for Sept 12, Cleveland reached 98, and Columbus recorded 36 days over 90 this year as a cool front moved into the Dakotas and Minnesota while Texas saw 100 at Presidio.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Cleveland
Columbus
Mercury
Ohio Valley
New York City
Manhattan
Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Texas
Presidio
Tex
California
Weatherman
California Auto Association
Sierra
Sheriff Pleads No Contest to Morals Charge
Superior County Sheriff Elton Ekroth of Douglas county pleaded no contest to a morals charge. Municipal Judge Claude Cooper fined him 500 dollars plus costs.
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Elton Ekroth
Douglas County
Claude Cooper
Navy Surgeon General Cites Vests Saving Marines in Korea
Rear Adm. Lamont Pugh, the Navy surgeon general, reports armored vests have saved many Marines in Korea's recent bitter fighting. He returned from Korea and told a news conference that many Marines would be dead today if not for bullet resistant jackets.
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Washington
U.P
Lamont Pugh
Navy
Korea
Push
Minister in Disguise Charged With Swindle
Auburn California authorities charged Rev William C McCalmont 35 with grand theft in a $23000 swindle tied to a plot using female disguise. Harry Daniels Roseville yardmaster and Placer county sheriff aerial posse captain held on similar charges with bail set at $5000.
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Calif
Atty
al B. Broyer
William C. McCalmont
Joseph
Amelia Lemos
Loomis
Breyer
Roseville
Sacramento
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