Eisenhower warns Soviets get final warning on communism
President hopeful Eisenhower told the American Legion in New York that the Soviet plan threatens the nation worse than ever. He urged a clear final warning and outlined counter measures including forming a security force designed to deter Kremlin aggression and haunt its planners. He stressed time remains to act before a third world war threat materializes.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Denver
Truman
Hisenhower
United States
Fisenower
Kremlin
U S Fliers Attack Red Supply Base in Korea Storm
U S bombers despite storm hit a 40 acre supply area in northwest Korea behind the front. They pounded depots as Chinese forces made a brief attack near Bunker Hill but were repelled. Communications show artillery fire totals dropped while air raids by Japan-based Superfortresses caused significant fires and secondary explosions near Pyongyang.
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Barnard Sequl
Korea
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U.S. Eighth Army
Legion Chief Blisters U. S. Foreign Policy
American Legion national commander Donald R. Wilson attacked describing the Korea war as a police action, saying the term is un-American and criticizing the country’s handling of foreign affairs. He spoke at the Legion’s 34th annual convention amid a message from President Truman urging public disclosure of facts.
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Donald R. Wilson
The
American Legion
Korea
Truman
Wilson
Legion
China
Bus Plunges 30 Feet One Killed Edgewater NJ
A crowded bus plunged 30 feet from a small wooden bridge into a deep railroad cut in Edgewater New Jersey killing one woman and injuring at least 15. The bus smashed through the railing and landed upside down at the mouth of a tunnel near the Hudson River across from New York City. The bus blocked all four tracks in the cut.
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Susquehanna
Palisades
Hudson River
New York City
Ohio Solon Has Questions Taft Backs If Key Issues
The Cleveland News reports Sen. Robert A. Taft will campaign for Dwight D. Eisenhower only if Eisenhower supports Taft's major issues. Taft seeks clear positions on the Taft Hartley labor law, a $60 billion budget ceiling by 1954, and Dewey's role in Eisenhower's campaign. Taft plans to meet Eisenhower in New York City this week while vacationing at Murray Bay.
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Cleveland News
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jack Kennon
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Murray Bay
Canada
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Kennon
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Thomas £. Dewey
Mother on spree Four children die in Atlanta fire
Four small children Jo Ann 5 Marian Gene 3 Sammy Edward 2 and Poindexter 7 months perished in a duplex fire in Atlanta as their mother Kathryn Roland allegedly returned home drunk with others after the blaze began. Police said the mother collapsed upon learning of the deaths and left for hospital. Firemen said the fire started in the ceiling of the other side of the duplex where a woman lived. Authorities indicated the mother had left for a drinking spree around midnight after the father, James Edward Roland, a hotel garage night attendant, went to work.
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Marian Gene
Sammy Edward
Poindexter
James Edward Roland
Kathryn Roland
C. MN
Edge
W. D. Hoskins
Bakersfield Toll Mounts After Devastating Quake
The Bakersfield quake expands disaster areas to 63 blocks in the west and adds an East Bakersfield zone. Two fatalities are reported as four schools and several churches are ruined. Worshipers hold services in parks as St Francis Catholic Church is demolished after the tremor. The bishop from Monterey assesses the unsafe structure amid broader damage to junior high and elementary schools.
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Bakersfield
St. Francis Catholic Church
St. Francis
Monterey
Uncle in Jail On Murder Charge Over Redlands Girl
Riverside August 25 AP The uncle of 16 year old Kathryn Knodel is jailed on murder inquiry amid his insistence the girl died in an accident while they fixed a flat tire. He led investigators to the roadside site near Cherry Valley and claimed the car jack and a fall caused her death.
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Redlands
Kathryn Knodel
Palm Springs
John Chauncey Lawrence
San Francisco
California
Cherry Valley
Riverside County
Carl Rayburn
Rayburn
Lawrence
Eugene L. Mueller
San Bernardino County
Mueller
State Pensioners to Get Extra Five Dollars
SACRAMENTO Aug 25 California will add five dollars a month to old age pensions after Gov Earl Warren signed two bills expanding access to federal funds for state pension programs and approving ten million dollars to buy highway sites. The move is aimed at beating inflation and includes provisions for additional future increases if federal allocations rise. The package also raises incidental expenses allowances for pensioners in boarding homes and state institutions to five dollars, up to fifteen dollars.
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Sacramento
California
Earl Warren
Warren
Assemblyman
Laughlin E. Waters
Los Angeles
Thomas Mahoney
San Francisco
Fred Weybret
R.-Salinas
Weybret
Luther H. Lincoln
Oakland
Nice Catch Sunday Stroller Saves Falling Tot
Sidney Book, out for a Sunday stroll in Baltimore, spotted a one year old child crawling on a second floor ledge. He sprinted across the street and stood below, catching the baby as he toppled from the window. The infant scampered away unharmed.
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Sidney Book
James Kerner
Sidney Sade
Jimmy
Flood floods UN camp at Panmunjom during flood
A flash flood from the Sachon River swamped the most advanced UN camp in the Panmunjom neutral zone. Officers and enlisted men evacuated tents and moved to higher ground near the truce talks area. Major Riley W. Jackson led the evacuation, with all personnel and equipment saved except a bag of flour and pounds of sugar. A damaged barrage balloon drifted downstream as five GIs rescued it, while road access to Musan was cut off. Supplies were delivered by helicopter.
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Korea
Sachon
Yellow Sea
United Nations
Panmunjom
U. N
Riley W. Jackson
Sumter
Herbert Hoover Flees for Life as Lodge Burns
ExPresident Herbert Hoover and guests fled a California Sierra lodge when a fire destroyed the one story timber building near Silver Lake sixty miles north of Bishop. The 78 year old Hoover, Herb Mattie and others escaped by boat as flames trapped the entrance. No injuries reported. neighbors and residents helped contain the blaze before it spread.
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Bishop
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Herb Mattie
Honolulu Oil Co
San Francisco
Nate Milner
Silver Lake
Sierra Nevada
Milner
Bill Jenny
Los Angeles
Jenney
No Survivors Sighted As Ship Burns Off Newfoundland
A burning 500-ton vessel was sighted east of Cape Bonavista by a search plane with flares observed overnight. The wreckage was confirmed at dawn with no sign of life. rescue ships were expected from Bonavista. Pan American reported Captain Ralph Richey of Flight 118 sighting a freighter enveloped in flames near Gander, with no survivors seen.
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Coast Guard
United States Argentia Naval Station
New York
Pan American World Airways
Ralph Richey
Flight 118
Gander
Néld
Paris
Pan American Flight
Argentia
Richey
Patton Brush Fire Rages and Arson Probe Proceeds
San Bernardino August 26 Firefighters including 200 Air Force men from nearby Norton Base worked to contain a major brush fire near Patton State Mental Hospital as heat threatened to expand the 1200 acre burn. Forestry officials said 96 Red Hat fire fighters from Gallup New Mexico and Winslow Arizona would arrive by air to tackle Mt McKinley eight miles away. The blazes began yesterday and arson squads pursued a 1937 Oldsmobile seen at the start with three youths. The Etiwanda blaze near Fontana burned 450 to 600 foothill acres. a second Fontana area fire moved quickly to burn around 50 acres before containment.
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Air Force
Norton Base
Patton State Mental Hospital
Forestry
Red Hat
Gallup
Winslow
Ariz
Mt. McKinley
Etiwanda
Fontana
Ontario
Rena Main
Ex-Con Held in N Y Looting Case
MINEOLA New York an ex convict who allegedly disguised himself as a chauffeur and used a Cadillac limousine was held today as a burglar of wealthy New York area homes Police identified him as Robert Russell 45 of New York who has served three terms for burglary
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N. Y
New York
Robert Russell
Weather Outlook Delivers Fog Then Sunshine Tomorrow
Night and morning fog gave way to sunny skies by daybreak. Tomorrow will see temperatures rise to 80 degrees, with bright conditions expected across the region.
Air Work Hermes Plane Sinks Off Trapani Killing None
A four-engine Hermes airliner chartered to the Sudanese government crashed into the Mediterranean off Trapani Sicily. Fifty survivors were saved by fishing boats and three bodies recovered as rescue operations continued. plane carried 57 aboard including four babies and six crew. All aboard were British civil servants and families returning home from Britain.
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Sicily
Mediterranean
Sicilian
London
Malta
Arnaldo Taddei
Taddei
Hermes
Air Work, Ltd
Palermo
Contents list of newspaper sections and page references
A reader guide lists where to find city news events sports obituaries and other features. It outlines page designations for Beach Combing Bridge Classifieds Comics Editorial Financiaire Lookout Obituaries Radio and TV Shipping Sports Theaters Tides temperatures and Women's activities across pages B-1 to B-11 and A-10 A-12 A-7 A-8 A-3 to 15.
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What ll He Do Next Truman Too Busy to Plan
Washington August 25 The White House said President Truman has made no plans for life after office. Presidential Secretary Joseph Short said Truman has been too busy being President to plan or discuss his future. He may move back to Independence Missouri and pursue a library and educational center at Grandview. He expressed interest in touring abroad and lecturing to students once he can travel freely. White House aides note no firm plans have been made despite several business offers.
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White House
Truman
Joseph Short
Independence
Grandview
Olves Truman
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