Demos Accused of Campaign Gifts Threat to Mail Carriers
Sen. Frank Carlson charged Kansas Democrats with soliciting $100 campaign contributions from rural and other mail carriers with a threat of job loss under a Republican administration. He said Kenneth T. Anderson sent the letter on August 25, aimed at rural letter carriers, as Eisenhower prepares a Labor Day speech at the National Association of Letter Carriers convention.
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New York
Frank Carlson
Kan
Kansas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kenneth T. Anderson
Carlson
Carlson Leveled the Charge 25 % Prelude To An Hisenhower
National Association of Letter Carriers
Eisenhower
August Traffic Kills 41 In East Tennessee
Toll rising during Labor Day weekend as East Tennessee records 41 traffic deaths for August. Mrs. Jeanette Pate and J. Brown Anderson died in separate Asheville Highway wrecks near Dandridge. Kingsport reports 23 accidents in Fifth Division, with eight injury incidents and 13 property damage or noninjury crashes. Nine fatalities occurred from Friday evening to Sunday, highlighting a deadly holiday stretch.
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East Tennessee
Fta
Dandridge
Jeanette Pate
J. Brown Anderson
Knoxville
Kingsport
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Acci
Pate
Asheville
Anderson
Tennessee
Kingsport Youth Drowns During Peoria Boat Ride
Jimmy Hite aged 18 son of Clifford Hite of Route 4 Kingsport drowned in Peoria Illinois after a boat ride Saturday. Other boat occupants were rescued. Relatives could not provide details yet. Funeral arrangements to be announced when body arrives in Kingsport.
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Kingsport
Peoria
Jimmy Hite
Clifford
Hite
Route 4
End of 0 Day Mining Holiday Sets Stage for Restart
Pittsburgh reports most coal mines to resume by midnight or 7 am Tuesday after a 10 day memorial holiday urged by United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis. About 45,000 workers in Western Pennsylvania coal mines and 475,000 UMW members nationwide observed the pause to honor disaster victims and review safety rules. Contracts between unions and coal companies pending with terminations set for September 30.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Lewis
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
UMW
Coal
Mercy Slayer Held In Death Of Her Father
Lois Curtis 32 is charged with murder in a mercy slaying. She was found in critical condition beside the body of her 73 year old father John W Curtis in a gas filled Norwalk home. A note stated she had helped ease his pain and sister Mrs George Brazil found them Saturday morning.
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Norwalk
Conn. UP
Lois Curtis
John W. Curtis
Mercy
Clement To Confer With Demo Leaders
Dickson Tenn Frank G Clement Democratic gubernatorial nominee says he will confer this week with party leaders to plan the Democratic party campaign for the November general election He returned Saturday from the American Legion convention in New York and said he will do everything to help the party carry Tennessee from top to bottom in November Buford Ellington state campaign manager for Clement in the primary race probably will direct the race for Democratic nominees
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Dickson
Tenn
Frank G. Clement
Clement
American Legion
New York
Tennessee
Buford Ellington
UN Casualty Figures In Korea Reach 384,609
An Associated Press survey shows United Nations forces in Korea at 384,609 total casualties, including 282,421 dead or wounded, with 21,288 more since April. The report notes civilians are not included in UN totals and cites U.S. losses and prisoner/missing figures from Pentagon tallies.
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United Nations
Korea
Associated Press
U. N
Jana
U.N
U. S. Army
North Korea
Republic of Korea
United States
U. S
Carrier Planes Hit Plants On Siberia Border
Three U S carriers led by Boxer Essex and Princeton struck oil refineries and iron works near Aoji and Musan on the Siberian border in extreme Northeast Korea. The refinery burned as 164 aircraft bombed targets, while Fifth Air Force Sabre jets engaged MIG-15s. Communist plants suffered heavy damage and production was described as virtually eliminated.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
U.N
Boxer
Essex
Princeton
Aoji
Siberian
Musan
Tumen River
Manchuria
Navy
Ao‘t
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Associated Press
Fred Waters
German Racing Tragedy at Grazland Kills Thirteen
In Aachen Germany a midget racing car tore broadside over a dangerous curve at Grazland track during a 12 lap race killing thirteen instant and injuring thirty one others including four schoolboys three women and two men. Spectators packed the stands as the car plunged through straw bales and into the crowd. Helmut Niedermeyer was slightly injured while the car toppled off the railing.
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Aachen
Germany
Grazland
Helmut Niedermeyer
Netdermeyer
Holiday Storm Toll Tops 350 as Labor Day Ends
United Press reports the Labor Day weekend death toll rose to 358 across the nation as a tropical storm battered the east with heavy rain. Highway crashes, plane accidents, and other causes pushed totals in Virginia Maryland Washington area and beyond. The storm moved inland from Florida Georgia and South Carolina spawning a tornado in Fairfax County Virginia and causing property damage while several cities logged record rainfall.
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United Press
Charleston
8. C
Virginia
Maryland
Washington
D. C
Miami
Atlantic
National Safety Council
Keane Hunter
San Juan
Puerto
Rico
Farvard
Auey
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Bensenville
James W. Rigsby
Etsy
Dayton
Speedway
North Carolina
Chicago
Upper
Frederick
Washington Weather Bureau
Fairfax County
Chambersburg
New Lee
Cordell Hull Illness Report From Bethesda Hospital
Cordell Hull former secretary of state aged 80(81 on Oct 2) is critically ill at Naval Medical Center Bethesda Md He entered the hospital Friday night for treatment of cerebral thrombosis Hull who served under three Roosevelts and was involved in wartime diplomacy was in Baltimore during the Pearl Harbor period and later attended the United Nations Conference in San Francisco
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Hull
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
United Nations Conferenc
San Francisco
Truman Campaign Train Stop in Milwaukee Speech
President Truman hit the campaign trail aboard the Truman train for a major address in Milwaukee at 9 30 p m EST supporting Governor Adlai Stevenson. The whistle stop tour began at Union Station Sunday with the presidential special rolling at 11 30 p.m and a dawn stop planned for Pittsburgh.
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Truman
Milwaukee
Adlai Stevenson
Union Station
Pittsburgh
Maryland Police Foil Perfect Murder Plot
Maryland police say G Edward Grammer, New York office manager, plotted a murder disguised as a traffic accident to kill his wife Dorothy May Grammer. Two Baltimore officers witnessed the staged crash and helped lift the body from an overturned car near Towson on August 20. The widow, a mother of three active in Camp Fire Girls, was found dead in the wrecked vehicle.
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Baltimore
Maryland
New York
Dorothy May Grammer
Baltimore City
G. Edward Grammer
Hill
Bronx
Ganirol
Grammer
Towson
Stevenson calls for new federal law on strikes
Adlai Stevenson urged a completely new federal law on strikes. Hecalled Congress to repeal Taft Hartley, grant the president seizure powers in national emergencies, ban injunctive halts on strikes, and outlaw jurisdictional strikes and boycotts. He spoke in Detroit and during a Michigan tour.
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Detroit
Adlai Stevenson
Congress
Stevenson
Han
Grand Rapids
Dwight D Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Union Leaders Urge Labor Day Voting Action
Top union chiefs used Labor Day to urge workers to vote in the upcoming elections. AFL President William Green called for political action by the eight million AFL members amid a crucial campaign. The AFL has not endorsed Eisenhower or Stevenson, awaiting a possible choice at its convention in New York City later this month.
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Associated Press
Uuous of
AFL
William Greene
American Federation of Labor
America
Dwight T. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
New York City
Solunar Tables Lake Stages Trend Amid Quiet Weather
A brief report notes lake stages easing due to calmer weather and lower rainfall, with solunar tables indicating stable water levels across major basins. Local officials urge monitoring through the week as forecasts show modest additions to inflow while spillways remain closed.
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