Nixon Defends $16100 Fund In West Campaign Ride
Democratic Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell charged Nixon was morally wrong and should resign as Eisenhower’s running mate over a $16100 fund from wealthy supporters. Nixon called it a typical left wing smear and said the money paid postage travel and printing costs while he used no free mailing privileges. Eisenhower offered no comment as Nixon continued his western campaign.
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Sacramento
Calif
Richard Nixon
Washington
Dana C. C. Smith
Pasadena
Smith
Nixon
California
Stephen A. Mitchell
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omaha
Eisenhower
James Hagerty
Mitchell
No Comments by Candidates From Press Dispatches
Fast breaking political developments in the 1952 campaign saw Eisenhower and Stevenson withholding comments as Nixon expense fund disclosures and Byrnes bolt rumors stirred the race. An adviser called the Nixon fund issue murder like, while Nixon dismissed the charge as a left wing smear. Stevenson offered no immediate reply as he campaigned.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Richard Nixon
California
Jimmy Byrnes
Iaden Bolt
Ike
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Nebraska
GOP
Sen. Nixon
Robot Missiles Cheap Weapon in Korea War
The Navy envisions pilotless planes as a low cost solution to low altitude bombing in Korea. Converted from mothballed $60,000 aircraft to a $300 weapon, these robot planes with television guidance and a 2,000 pound bomb would strike North Korean targets. Navy officials urged caution about definite claims.
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Lawrence A. Kurtz
Washington, D. C
Uss
Boxer
Korea
Kurtz
Washington
Navy
Triple Tragedy in Bluff City Sisters Die Viewing Brother
In Bluff City two sisters collapsed and died while viewing their brother after a day of mourning. Funeral services are scheduled locally as investigators review the sequence of events surrounding the family tragedy.
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Bluff City
Spi
Once Poor Salesman In $7 Million Deal
A Chicago salesman turned entrepreneur announces a syndicate will buy Howard Hughes interests in RKO Pictures for 7.35 million dollars. The deal includes 1,050,000 shares, about 20 percent of RKO. Hughes would step down as chairman with Stolkin expected to take the post.
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Chicago
Howard Hughes
RKO Pictures, Inc
Los Angeles
Ralph E. Stolkin
RKO
Hughes
Jean Harlow
Jane Russell
Quish
Stolkin
Sullivan High School
Empire Pirates
byns-Bennett High School
Brolkin
Sullivan High
Sullivan
J. Fred Johnson Department Store
Early Empire success linked to pen distribution role
He built initial momentum for Empire by distributing ball point pens and serves as vice president of National Video Corp.
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Empire
National Video Corp
U S accuses Russians using slave laborers
Washington reports the United States released a 68 page white paper accusing Russia of running its war economy with millions of slave laborers treated worse than guard dogs. President Truman said the document, presented to the UN on Forced Labor in Geneva, exposes the scope and impact of Russia’s labor policy with estimates of 8 to 13.5 million slave laborers in the Soviet Union and millions more in satellite states.
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Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Iron Curtain
Moscow
Truman
United Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
Mrs. Glen Bruce Succumbs Here
Mrs. Glen Bruce died Friday morning at Holston Valley Community Hospital. She was a longtime civic and religious leader in Kingsport born Helen Preston in Salem Virginia. Survived by husband Robert P. Bruce a son and a daughter six grandchildren and siblings. Funeral services set for Saturday at 3 PM at First Baptist Church with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Body remains at Hamlett Dobson Funeral Home until time of funeral.
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Bluff City
Loval Jenkins
Bill L. Richardson
Etta Donnigan
Bristol
Mae Jenkins
Richardson
H. J. Savage
Tchula
Jim Jenkins
Tom Jenkins
Donngan
George Donnig
Glen Bruce
Holston Valley Community Hospital
General Shale Froducta Corp
The
Securities Co
Bruce
Kingsport
First Baptist Church
Women's Missionary Society
Virginia Club
Helen Preston
E. E. Wiley Jr
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hamlett- Dobson Funeral Home
Trent Pleads Guilty To Morals Charge
Trent 27 pleads guilty in federal court to taking 17 year old Mrs Tommie Jean Clements out of state for immoral purposes under the Mann Act. He had initially entered a not guilty plea before Judge Robert L Taylor and the case was referred to a federal probation officer for pre sentence investigation.
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Greeneville
Grover Trent
Trent
Hamblen County
Robert L. Taylor
Tommie Jean Clements
United Fund Drives for Kingsport Set at $199,606
Kingsport Community Chest and Red Cross announce a 1952 united fund goal of 199,606.22 dollars, pending mass meeting approval. Campaign begins October 14 with T. M. Divine noting 29 prior drives and a near 10,000 shortfall from 1951. Clarence Bryan chairs campaign, H J Shivell leads the budget committee after extensive study.
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Kingsport
Community Chest - Red Cross United
Chest Board of Directors
United Drive
T. M. Divine
Kingsport Community Chest, Inc
American Red Cross
Cost Of Living At Record Peak For Sixth Straight Month
The cost of living rose to a record high for the sixth consecutive month covering July 15 to August 15. Retail prices edged up two tenths of a percent, boosting wages for over 1.25 million railroad workers under their escalator contract and affecting about 200,000 Northern textile workers along with several other groups. Fuel and power led gains, while apparel and house furnishings fell or held steady. The index stood 12.3 percent above June 15, 1950, and 3 percent higher than a year earlier.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Fearful polio outlook for 1952 tops 50 000 cases
New York reports polio marching toward the worst year in U.S. history with an expected 50,000 cases or more. Outbreaks hit towns and counties, schools delayed openings in nine states, and in Prue Oklahoma eight residents are stricken. Paralyzing cases occur in families as churches, movies, bars close in Lock Haven Pennsylvania while schools remain shut.
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New York
Prue
Okla
Lock Haven
Pollo
Milwaukee
Paul Linnemansions
Defense Begins In Longs Murder Trial At Jonesville
Lee JONESVILLE Va Spl defense lawyers for Edward Billy Long 26 charged with murdering Lee County bakery route man begin calling witnesses to place Long away from the scene on March 5 Long pleads not guilty Mae Hall of Ben Hur was asked about a visit to her home the night Roop was shot and slashed Two Commonwealth witnesses testified Edgar Bacon ha gan Sewell Jr Lester Rogers Dr T B Ely county medical examiner testified detailing three fatal gunshot wounds to Roop including a left eye wound a right eye fracture and a chest wound
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Jonesville
Edward
Billy
Long
Lee County
Roop
Commonwealth
Lee County Sherif'f
Mae Hall
Ben Hur
Rapp
Edgar Bacon
Hagan Sewell, Jr
Lester Rogers
Ely
Browning Proclaims Registration Week in Tennessee
Gov Gordon Browning issued a proclamation urging voters to register before October 15. The document states the right to vote transcends individual ambitions and party ties, emphasizing personal and nonpartisan civic duty across the state.
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Nashville
Gordon Browning
Battles Rage For Korean Hills in Daylight B-29 Raid
In Korea near Hamhung, 33 B-29s dropped about 207 tons of incendiaries in the first daylight Superfortress raid in 11 months. Brig. Gen. Wiley D. Ganey flew lead, reporting no flak or fighters. Targets included Chicfa supply area and Yonpo military barracks. Concurrently, UN forces faced Chinese offensives on the western front, with Old Baldy and Pork Chop Ridge attacked as two-pronged battles raged into the morning, Red artillery and mortars shelling positions along Finger Ridge and nearby sectors.
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Seoul
Korea
Hamhung
Wiley D. Ganey
Far East Air Forces Bomber Command
Ganey
Chic
Yonpo
al- Hed
United Nations
Kelly Bill
Imjin River
Thhe U.N
Yoncon
Old Baldy
U. S
Pork Chop Ridge
Chorwon
Finger Ridge
Byrnes Leaves Dem Fold To Back Eisenhower
Gov. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina announced he will vote for Dwight D. Eisenhower through an independent slate of electors, saying loyalty to country outweighs party. He defended his stance by criticizing Adlai Stevenson on civil rights and fair employment practices while denying loyalty to the Democratic label.
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Columbia
D. C
James F. Byrnes
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
S. C
Gen
Eisenhower
Byrnes
Adlai Stevenson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman Thes
Robert Kennon
Louisiana
Texas
Allan Shivers
National Party
Tru- Tian
Stevenson
Eizenhower
Joseph Short Dies, Truman Aide and Press Secretary
Washington reports Joseph H. Short, 48, longtime newspaperman and second White House press secretary under President Truman to die in Alexandria Virginia. He collapsed in his dining room while recuperating from a virus infection, after dinner with his wife and two of his three children. An autopsy may be performed as officials determine the cause. Truman called Short a loyal friend and valued public servant.
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Washington
Truman
Joseph H. Short
Short
Alexandria
White House
Irving Perimeter
Solunar Tables Draft From Fragmentary OCR Note
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled phrases about a Solunar Tables item, including a mention of a Sunday and unclear names. The readable parts are insufficient to identify a person, place, or event. the line appears as a broken historical newspaper snippet with no coherent narrative or dates.
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