Truman assails Ike in rail stop war risk charge
President Truman used a Milwaukee whistle stop to accuse the Eisenhower campaign of raising the risk of atomic war by courting anti democratic groups and lambasted Dulles and Taft endorsees. He praised Taft and urged a Stevenson victory while noting coordination with Stevenson's camp and predicting better times if Stevenson is elected.
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Gpi
Truman
Eisenhower Command
Europe
John Foster
Endower Campaign
Laulles
Jon
Parkers-burg
Repulligan
Dulles
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Oplas
American Legion
Adlai Stevenson
Joint Strategy Board
Milwaukee
Joseph R. McCarthy
Washington
Taft
Cincinnati
Tome
Sen. Taft
Republican Party
Eisenhower
West Virginia
Springfield
Illinois
Stevenson
Detroit
Sigventan
Wilson Wyatt
I . Truman
Crestline
Rainy Holiday Weather Cuts Labor Day Traffic Toll
The Labor Day weekend fatalities dipped versus last year with 417 traffic deaths, 55 drownings, and 64 other accidents. Weather and strict enforcement credited for the drop, with the National Safety Council noting a savings of about 40 lives thanks to cautious driving statewide. In Kansas, 7 traffic deaths and 11 drownings were recorded.
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Arborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
East
Midwest
Kansas
Export controls tighten on strategic goods shipments
Washington announced that the United States and Canada have forged or reinforced pacts with European nations to curb export of strategic goods. Foreign importers must certify non re export without consent and American exporters require the original importer statement for many shipments. About 200 listed items include synthetic rubber cotton pulp for explosives atomic energy products machine tools iron steel scrap and radar gear.
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Washington
U. S
Canada
New York Stock Index Closes Up Slightly
The 8 closing average stocks rise to 108.8 with a modest gain of 4 points. A quirky ad line about improving performance appears, followed by a dry cleaning ad reference to Acme Bachelor Levy and a stray credit line for Dry Cinrs.
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New York
Acme
Governor approves clemency for five Kansas inmates
Governor Arn approves sentence commutations for five inmates or former inmates of the Kansas Penitentiary. The action aims to restore full citizenship rights for three men released on parole and to advance parole eligibility for two others from Lansing. Nineteen other clemency applications were denied or passed. Recipients include Carnes Addington paroled from a 10 to 30 year first degree robbery sentence. Harvey Myers on conditional pardon from a 10 to 50 year bank robbery sentence. Gail B. Owen on parole from a 10 to 21 year first degree robbery sentence. Avery Henderson serving a 3 year IMT sentence for attempted burglary. James Henry Tampion serving a 1 to 10 year sentence for second degree forgery and altering.
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Topeka P
Carnes Addington
Summer
Harvey Myers
Bourbon County
Gail B. Owen
Saline County
Avery Henderson
Shawnee County
James Henry Tampion
Sedgwick County
Blast Injures Worker at Kansas City Cold Storage Plant
An explosion at the Federal Cold Storage plant in the Fairfax Industrial District seriously injured Paul Burch Jr., 44. He was blown outside by the blast and suffered burns, head, and chest injuries, apparently when he tried to light an overhead gas heater.
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Kansas City
Fairfax
Federal
Paul Burch, Jr
Burch
Nursing Director Hired for Topeka State Hospital
Miss Mary L Weston resigns as assistant director of nurses at Cook County School of Nursing in Illinois to take the new post of director of nursing at Topeka State Hospital in Kansas.
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Topeka
Mary L Weston
Cook County, IL
School of Nursing
Topeka State Hospital
Car Crash Fatality Near Conway Springs Claims Koch
Robert Eugene Koch age 40 of Conway Springs Kansas was killed in a Monday night auto wreck on Highway 49 six miles south of Conway Springs. Police reported the car lost control and overturned resulting in his death at the scene.
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Wellington
Robert Eugene Koch
Conway Springs
Kas
Mamie Eisenhower Says She Won't Give Speeches
Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower told reporters at Columbia University she will not give political speeches. She plans to help her husband as a homefront partner guiding him to bed on time and policing his irritations while affirming his appeal to women. She praised his honesty and said she has confidence in him.
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New York
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Plowing Event Sparks Resignation Over Dual Speeches
In Rochester, Mann, the president of National Sail Conservation Day and Plowing Matches Inc., resigned after Gov. Adlai Stevenson and Dwight D. Eisenhower were invited to speak on the same farm day. Leslie Trapp, a local farmer, filed a resignation letter claiming the Aug. 25 board meeting policy contradicted district, state, and national match policies. The board had voted 8 to 1 on Aug. 23 to invite Stevenson for Sept. 6, the same day Eisenhower was set to speak, reversing an earlier plan to avoid overlapping talks to protect plowing time. Stevenson declined the day-before invitation, with his address set for noon and Stevenson scheduled to speak at 4 p.m.
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Rochester
Mann
National Sail Conservation Day
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Stvertson
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Michigan
Denver
Kasson
Minn
Pontiac
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Arthur Vandenberg
Hamtramck
Dwight Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Flint
Two Navy Men Rescued At Sea on Way to Europe
A U S Navy officer was swept from the destroyer USS Norris Monday and rescued by a Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter. A sailor from a cruiser was picked up by a destroyer as ships headed to European waters for NATO Main Brace joint exercises.
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Europe
Norfolk
Norris
Royal Canadian Air Force
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Body of Girl Discovered Under Bridge in Topeka
The body of Phyllis Streeter, a year old Topeka girl missing since August 20, was found lodged in driftwood beneath a bridge over the Kansas River. Her father F. H. Streeter said she ran away from home the night she vanished during a period of despondency. The river had been dragged after her sandals were found on the bank.
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Topeka
Phyllis Streeter
Kansas River
F. H. Streeter
Miss Streeter
New Courtrooms Are Used For First Time Tuesday
District courtrooms at the new Johnson County Courthouse opened Tuesday with two rooms in use. Judge John L. Kirkpatrick and Judge Clayton Brenner presided, both wearing formal black robes for the first time following a Kansas Bar Association suggestion.
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Johnson County
John L. Kirkpatrick
Clayton Brenner
Kansas Bar Association
Yankees beat Red Sox in day night doubleheader
New York Yankee pitchers turned double plays and Hank Bauer homered to power a 5 0 victory over Boston in the afternoon game. The win moved the Yankees three games ahead in the American League standings while Cleveland was idle.
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New York
Henky Bauer
Tom Gorman
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland
Ike Strikes Out In Southern Tour At Demo Bosses
Dwight D. Eisenhower opened a Southern campaign tour in Atlanta denouncing the Truman administration as corrupt and vowing a wholesale clean-out of political bosses in Washington. About 100000 spectators lined the route from Municipal Airport to Hurt Park as Gov. Herman Talmadge welcomed the Republican nominee and urged Georgia to resist insults from the national convention. Eisenhower warned corruption is a moral issue and promised to restore decency and integrity, framing the Washington mess as a top to bottom problem across agencies and departments.
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Atlanta
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rand
Washington
Hurt Park
Peachtree Street
H. T. Jenkins
Eisenhower
William B. Hartfeld
Attle Park
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
Herspeech Falls
New York
Cold Spell Hits Kansas As Frost Lays In
Kansas report shows a sharp cold snap with minimums in the 40s from Goodland to Chanute. Ar Kansas City tied with 35 readings for a record low this date while Tola posted 47 after a 100 degree high hours earlier. Forecaster Tom Arnold predicts a warming trend but adds Tuesday will be cool with 40s and 50s again.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Arkansas City
Wichita
Ar Kansas City
Chanute
Tola
Weather Bureau
Tom Arnold
Hays
Ncordia
Washington and
Leavenworth
Centralia
Blue Rapids
Chanure
Eighth Area Polio Case In Fair Condition Today
Lawrence area reports the eighth polio case of 1952 with patient Ralph Menhusen listed as the victim. Authorities at Lawrence Memorial Hospital describe the condition as fair. illness began during a Nebraska vacation on Thursday. The affected family includes three year old son Ailen. Sunflower Village also reports four leases.
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Ralph
Darlene) Menhusen
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Nebraska
Menhusens
Ailen
Sunflower Village
Proper Respect For A Queen
A U S Navy cruiser on a Europe to New York voyage diverted off course to avoid passing in view of the Queen Elizabeth, keeping the Cunard liner in sight. Captain John Anderson stated such courtesy would be standard among Cunard captains, adding the ship went eight miles off course through haze to honor the moment.
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Aselaird Bros
New York
Superiior
United States
Europe
Cunard
Anderson
Stevenson upbeat after Michigan tour and policy hints
Gov. Adlai Stevenson voiced strong satisfaction with his Michigan swing and the early policy framing for labor management and agriculture. He mapped positions on foreign policy and civil rights, avoided full stances on spending, and noted a cautious reception from audiences amid questions about Republican records.
Hurricane Baker Near Puerto Rico Targets Open Sea
A tropical hurricane moved northwest in the Atlantic about 370 miles north-northeast of San Juan, with winds near 135 mph. Miami forecaster Grady Norton said it should stay offshore for several days, possibly never hitting land, while warning ships to proceed with caution as the storm strengthens and tracks farther from land.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Norton
Baker
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Mucrene
State Holiday Traffic Toll Reaches Seven Dead
Seven Labor Day weekend traffic fatalities were listed for Kansas Tuesday by the state highway safety agency. The six additional deaths brought the toll for the year to date to 353, up from 318 in the same period a year ago.
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Topeka
Kansas
Court halts picket as union ban issued at field school site
A district court issued a temporary restraining order against Local 6 of the International Brotherhood of Tram sters Chauffeurs Warehousemen and Helpers. The order bars union representatives from picketing at the Constant Construction site of a new field school at 19th and La. Streets until September 6, with a hearing to decide a further injunction set for that date. The dispute centers on non union Penny Ready Mixed Concrete deliveries that triggered sympathy walkouts and work stoppages.
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International Brotherhood of ‘Tramsters
New Field School
19Th and
la. Sts
Consstant Construction Co
Constant
Constant Construction Co
Employes
der Good
Hugh Means
Fran Ottinger
Larue
Bun” Moore
Toneka
Dale Barr
Vandarsieritt Rifly
Hodson
Ottinger
Moore
M. N. Penny Ready Mixed Concrete Co
Penny
Penny Co
Constant Co
Topeka
A and P to open new grocery on Mass Street
After 14 years at 556 Mass, A and P closes its longtime store. Manager Glen Freeman announces a grand opening for the new northeast corner of UK and Mass on Tuesday Sept 9 at 9 PM. The new supermarket promises modern facilities and local staffing for Lawrence’s largest Midwest store.
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Mass, Sr
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Glen Freeman
Freeman
A & Ps
UK and
Mass
Sts
Lawrence
Midwest
Paul Friend Lumber Co
New Hampshire Street
Charles F. Curry Realty Co
Kansas City
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence Persons
Tragedy in Welland Girl 13 Found Dead Home
A 13 year old Welland Ontario girl, Little, was found dead Tuesday from an apparent self inflicted gunshot. Her father Oscar Little said she had been brooding over returning to school after summer holidays. An acting coroner cited death by own action using a .22 rifle and arranging for Sunow Mortuary and Chapel Ambulance Service.
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Welland
Ont
Puldred Little
Oscar Little
A. L. Pound
Drought Wipes Out Hundreds of Millions for Texas Farmers
In Austin, Texas, a drought and heat wave last month cost farmers about 100 million dollars. Agriculture Commissioner John C White said 2 000 farmers and ranchers have been financially ruined with 7 000 more at risk. Cotton losses approach 75 200 000, Gram sorghum losses near 8 795 600 and overall pastureland damage runs into undisclosed hundreds of millions.
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Es Rie
Meaca
Pee _ AUSTIN
Tex
John C. White
Fury on Carswell Field damages huge bomber fleet
A windstorm at Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth Texas wrecked one B 36 bomber, damaged six others, and harmed several more. Two airmen were slightly injured and civilian casualties occurred as high winds struck just before dark. Major General Samuel E Anderson cited about 25 percent damage to planes and extensive damage to the Consolidated Vultee plant and service docks as the storm tore through.
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Ft, Worth
Tex
Carawell Air Force
America
Menen
Samuel E. Anderson
Air Force
Anderson
W. C. Conner
Burton Wilder
Chase Public Information
Eighth Air Force
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Convair
Suspect Arson in $250,000 North Kansas City Blaze
Firemen battled an eight hour blaze at Industrial Products Manufacturing Co in North Kansas City. Damage was estimated at 250000, confined to the warehouse and loading docks. Chief Wilbur F Peters said arson suspected and a naptha like fluid found on the roof. An unidentified man was seen near the building before the fire began around 1 am.
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North Kansas City
Industrial Products Manufacturing Co
George C. Henson
Wilbur F. Peters
North Kansay
Japan Pays No Notice To Anniversary of War
Hiroshima still bears a wrecked memorial site from the first atomic bomb, but across Japan the seventh anniversary of the surrender passed with little remark. Newspapers largely did not mention the date, and daily life continued in a nation newly independent.
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Japan
State Department Revises Passport Regulations in 1950s
The State Department revised passport rules creating a three member appeals board to hear denials. Applicants may be represented by counsel and present additional evidence. Secretary of State Acheson retains review rights. The primary denial reason remains Communist Party membership or support.
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Washington
State Department
Acheson
Communist Party
record July 1952 lawrence building permits riserecord
In July 1952 Lawrence issued 36 building permits with a total estimated worth of 279245 dollars. Two permits were for new houses valued at 143000 dollars. The Stokely warehouse at 20th and Mt. Sts was approved with an estimated completion cost around ould be added to later figures. Through August the year’s total permits rose sharply as Lawrence Housing Inc. and other builders added multiple houses and commercial work, pushing year-to-date construction value toward the 3 million mark.
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Stokely Fouts Co
Lawyrence
Paul White
20Th
Mt. Sts
Strucure
Taxpeeter White
Lawrence
Lawrerne
Ise
Lawrence Housing Inc
Park Hill
Bennett Construction
Topeka
de F. Gough
Jonr
Vermont Street
Breezedale
Massachusetts Street
J. Bob Blank
Owen Lane
B. L. Miller
W. Sth
F. Stinson
Crescent
J. H W. Burckhalter
Lowell E. Risk
Ala. Sta
J. J. Lavery
Hwa
Chris G. Williams
Tenn
Ada Swaeford
E. J
LE. Dintz
Ark
Much Sholtz
Ohio
Newcomb
Frank W. Bouts
Leva la
Varsity Theater
Mass
Polio Claims Salina Boy Robert Roerhaugh at 14
Robert Paul Roerhaugh, 14, son of Mr and Mrs R Roerhaugh of Salina, died of polio at a hospital Tuesday. The death follows other polio cases reported in the area as officials investigate the outbreak.
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Salixna
Robert Paul Roerpaugh
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