Truman Receives Party Backing for 24State Campaign
President Truman won the Democratic National Committee blessing for a 15 day crosscountry speaking tour through 24 states. The plan includes major talks Oct 1 in Hungry Horse Dam dedication and Oct 2 in Seattle with stops from New York to San Francisco. The train trek, starting Sept 27, encompasses Maryland to Delaware and Oregon to Montana, with Sundays avoided for speeches. The campaign aims to advocate the Roosevelt record and attack Republicans while Adlai Stevenson maps the party program.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
National Committee
White House
New York
San Francisco
Washington
Hungry Horse
Montana
Kalispell
Seat
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Chicago
Great ‘Northern
Minnesota
North Dakota
Idaho
Spokane
Wash
Seattle
Oregon
California
Nevada
Utah
Provo
Colorado Springs
Colo
Shenandoah
Towa
Kansas City
Buffalo
N. Y
New York City
Democratic National Committee
Heat Wave Rages Across Eastern U S With Record Scores
U S Weather Bureau warned of 90 degree heat over the eastern two thirds with little relief likely next week. Chicago hit 95.6 F for a September high, Columbus and Cleveland each set or threatened records, New York fell just short of 90, and Presidio reached 100 F as Texas endured floods and deaths. Northern California cooled with snow cleared on High Sierra passes.
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United Press
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Cleveland
Columbus
Ohio
New York
Texas
Presidio
Fivestock
California
Asp Brings Gasp Baby Snake Bites Veteran Charmer
Mrs. W. W. Maynard, a snake charmer with twenty years of experience, ordered two cottonmouth snakes for Limestone County Fair. The snakes arrived defanged but a baby venomous snake bit her during handling, causing severe nausea. a physician treated the bite.
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Athens
Ala
W. W. Maynard
Limestone County
Stevenson Ends Western Swing on Taft McCarthy Attacks
Stevenson wrapped a Western swing with a dry taunt toward Taft and Eisenhower and a sharp rebuke of McCarthy. He praised the FBI, warned of Reds, and pledged aggressive loyalty actions. Campaign plans show Springfield for days, then New England and the East Coast with possible Southern stops.
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Sen. Taft
Stevenson
McCarthy
America
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
FBI
Tonaye Ts
George Marshall
United States
Poland
China
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
L. A
Los Angeles
Springfield
New England
American Federation of Labor
New York
Eastern Sea ‘Board
South
Virginia
Trunk Mishap Exposes Murder Case in Washington
A handyman dropped a trunk in Washington revealing a body sealed with putty. The deceased is Frank S. Moore, about 70, once a rooming house resident. A 65-year-old caretaker faces murder charges, claiming a drunken fight ended with one fatal hatchet blow after Moore struck first.
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Washington
Frank S. Moore
Rooming House
Moore
Crossword Clue Fragments From Massachusetts Puzzle
A fragmented OCR puzzle from Massachusetts features horizontal and vertical clues with partial entries. The snippet lists numeric positions and scattered word clues including cultural terms and anatomical hints, suggesting an incomplete crossfill from a local page.
Puzzle Fill In A Shuffled Word Grid Puzzle
A fragmented OCR puzzle list shows numbered clues and partial answers for a word grid. It includes entries like 24 Possess, 25 Seed covering, 26 Unless Latin, 28 Kind of couch, 29 Blaw with, 30 Larmpreys, and 54 Massachusetts Russian ruler wed food fish, indicating a mismatched mix of clue and answer fragments from a historical puzzle page.
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Belgium
Sonthsayer Trust
Massachusetts
Dewey sought for bigger role in GOP campaign
A New York congressman urged Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to take a more active part in the Republican presidential drive after Taft’s entry into the race. Eisenhower backers were cool to the idea, and four Taft loyalists were removed from the GOP national committee as Arthur Summerfield reshaped the leadership.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Leonard W. Hall
Dewey
Hall
Eisenhower
Taft
Chicago
Sen
Republican Party
Arthur Summerfield
GOP
National Committee
New
Ralph F. Gates
Indiana
B. Mason| Owlett
Pennsylvania
Sherman Adams
Warplanes Slugs Hit Homes In Local Attack
Bullets damaged homes on Monogram Avenue in Norwalk as fighter squadron members investigated. Residents Mrs Kohlhase and neighbor Mrs Lovett reported a near miss near the breakfast area. Air Force crews arrived within an hour to begin evaluating the incident and the cause remains under study.
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Thomas W. Queen Jr
Air Force
Richard Kohlhase
Monogram
Aves
Stan Cullingham
Monogram Ave
Kohlhase
Norwalk Shieriff's
Cullingham
Jackie Cullingham
Hampshire
Citizens Forlscare
Eisenhower-Nixon
Adams
Eisenhower
Midwest
Taft
Tait
Europe
GOP
Guy
Henry Cabot Ledge
Massachusetts
Carlson
Cake
Allies Armada Tests North Sea Maneuvers Begin
The largest peacetime joint naval exercise, Operation Mainbrace, started at midnight with 160 vessels from nine nations and 80,000 men, many Americans, preparing to repel a mock invasion from the East toward Norway as the North Sea tests commence aboard the Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Franklin D. Loosevelt
North Sea
Norway
North Ammmost
Scandinavia
Russia
Soviet journal accuses west naval maneuvers of aggression
Red Star reports that Western naval maneuvers violate 1949 non aggression pledges. Denmark and Norway join, assembling a task force of mine sweepers and frigates off Scotland near Clyde and Forth. The armada aims to clear a path for carriers and battleships with RAF coastal command air cover for the first 50 miles.
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Moscow
VFI
Red Star
Denmark
Norway
Russia
Scotland
Clyde
Forth
Royal Air Force Coastal Command
Workers Balk May Delay Douglas Strike
In Los Angeles area, IAM members at Douglas Santa Monica oppose a Monday walkout. They demand a secret ballot while negotiating with Douglas. A Lockheed strike elsewhere has halted production of the Starfire jet and other aircraft. If Douglas workers join, one third of the military output could be tied up.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Aircraft Co
AFL International Association of Machinists
Douglas
Santa Monica
Mass
Lockheed Aircraft
Haspion
Lockheed
Air Force
Stanley Decker
Douglas Santa Monica
Decker
IAM
Cyril Chappellet
Compan
California
Navy
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