Ike Outlines 10 Point Plan As His Dream
General Dwight D. Eisenhower unveiled a ten point program at the 53rd Annual Encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars outlining a dream of a peaceful prosperous America. He called for stronger national power just peace prosperity equality, welfare, affordable prices and taxes, honest government, loyalty, and renewed hope. The 12 minute address drew 10 000 to 16 000 attendees at the 103000 seat Memorial Coliseum and was broadcast nationwide. He accepted the Bernard M Baruch Medal and urged civic duty from every citizen.
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Los Angeles
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eisenhower
Denver
Memorial Coliseum
VFW
Coliseum
California
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Eisenhower Speech Draws 14000 at VFW Session
Eisenhower’s first major speech since securing the Republican nomination drew an estimated 14,000 to the Los Angeles Coliseum for the VFW encampment. He called it non political but outlined a 10 point program as a campaign blueprint and then conferred with Nixon before flying to Denver.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Los Angeles Coliseum
Eisenhower
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Denver
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Richard Russell
Georgia
Stevenson- Sparkman
Deep South
Ississippi
South Carolina
Missouri
Michigan
Kansas
Eisenhower Suorters
Brink and Brahmann Die in Private Plane Crash
Two Kentucky nightclub executives carrying more than $16 000 in cash died when their single engine Beechcraft Bonanza overshot a runway and burned after crashing at Atlanta’s Fulton County airport. James H. Brink operated the Lookout House Supper Club near Covington and Charles Brahmann was the club’s manager. Both had testified before the Kefauver Crime Committee in 1951.
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Atlanta
James H. Brink
Lookout House
Covington
Charles Brahmann
Kefauver Crime Committee
Fulton County
Organizations Ordered Put On Tax Rolls
The state board of tax appeals ordered county auditors to remove tax exemption from real property used by fraternal and social groups for club rooms or meeting places. The ruling follows a July Supreme Court decision in Cincinnati taxpayer v Bentley Post No 30 American Legion. The order targets American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and similar organizations.
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Columbus
State Board of Tax Appeals
Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Robert E. Bentley
American Legion of Cincinnati
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Three-Month Strike At Ironton Ends
Ironton Ohio plants of Cambria Clay Products Co resumed limited operations after more than three months on strike. Local AFL United Brick and Clay Workers Union members voted Monday to end the action unconditionally.
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Ironton, O
Cambria Clay Products Co
AFL United Brick and Clay Workers Union
Convicted California Communists seek retrial in federal case
Fourteen California Communist leaders, found guilty of plotting violent overthrow, return to court to overturn convictions. Judge Mathes keeps jurors under court protection. most defendants ordered jailed as sentencing pending. The group faces up to five years and a $10,000 fine. severance granted for Mary Bernadette Doyle due to heart ailment.
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Los Angeles
California
New York City
U. S
William C. Mathes
Oleta O'Connor Yates
San Francisco
Northern California
William Schneiderman
Philip M. Connelly
Dorothy Rosenblum Healey
Connelly
Henry Steinberg
Mathes
Mary Bernadette Doyle
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Alexander Schullman
14 Dead in Bus Crash Near Waco Texas
The Texas Highway Patrol sought help identifying 14 of 28 recovered bodies from a pair of Greyhound buses in a Monday morning crash near Waco. Three other victims were confirmed dead, 25 injured, all moved from critical condition. authorities warn some remains are unidentifiable.
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Waco
Tex
Texas Highway Patrol
Greyhound
Sam Gardner
Highway Patrol
Three Missing In B 29 Crash Near Tokyo
A bomb laden B 29 Superfortress bound for North Korea crashed soon after takeoff from Yokota Air Base near Tokyo. Nine crewmen parachuted after the loss of altitude while three remained missing. Japanese police later said the three missing men had died. The pilot released the bombs with fuses inactivated before impact. One explosion injured an elderly Japanese man.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Yokota
Far East Air Forces Headquarters
Kyodo
Army Duplicates Flying Saucers in Lab Test
Washington reports the Evening Star says Army engineers using a vacuum bell reproduced atmospheric effects that could explain saucer sightings. Objects can hover, speed up, disappear, or reappear, and may appear on radar. Fort Belvoir researchers cite low air pressure balanced by static light as key factors. An Air Force spokesman links radar blips to the thunderstorm.
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Washington
The
Evening Star
W. H. Shippen
the Star
Air Force
ANZUS Ministers Plan Pacts Military Staff Talks
ANZUS foreign ministers from Australia New Zealand and the United States met in Honolulu to plan a permanent military staff for the defense pact and discuss Pacific security. They named deputies to a Washington based ANZUS Council and spoke on unity amid global tensions while acknowledging differences in emphasis.
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ANZUS
Pact
Honolulu
Australia
New Zealand
U. S
Pacific
Dean Acheson
Richard G. Casey
T. Clifton Webb
Washington
David K. Bruce
Percy C. Spender
Leslie K. Munroe
World Brotherhood Organization
Acheson
Webb
Rise in prices predicted by Ellis Arnall
Ellis Arnall, possibly resigning as price stabilizer, warned of constant price rises in coming months and said a special Congress session may be needed to curb inflation. He met President Truman to discuss his OPS resignation and other issues, citing drought and weak price controls as factors pushing food costs higher.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Congress
Arnall
Truman
Office of Price Stabilization
Georgia
OPS
John R. Steelman
Byrnes Backs Demo Ticket In South Carolina
Gov James F Byrnes urged South Carolina Democrats to support the national Democratic presidential ticket at the state convention. He joined two senators and party leaders in endorsing Stevenson and Sparkman, signaling a shift after a staged wait over civil rights policy.
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Columbia
8. C
South Carolina
Democratic Convention
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Truman
National Party
State Party
Stevenson
Sparkman
Aluminum Firms Win Price Boost Across Products
Aluminum producers won a ceiling price increase of one cent per pound on raw aluminum and five percent on ingot and fabricated products. The Office of Price Stabilization said Price Control Chief Ellis Arnall signed the order, with details to be released soon. The rise meets about half the industry’s requested increase as output nears one million tons annually.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Price Control
Ellis Arnall
UN Warnings May Destroy Red Morale
Washington The United Nations Command launched a systematic bombing campaign in Korea aimed at breaking enemy will to resist an armistice. Tokyo announced military targets in 78 North Korean population centers would be destroyed after civilians were warned by radio and leaflets. The effort uses warnings to damage civilian morale and disrupt military support in the front lines.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Washington
United Nations Command
Korea
Tokyo
Mark Clark
U. N Command
Japan
Clark
North Korea
U. N
Red
Deeree
Baby Drowns as Sister Plays In Bath Incident
In Houston Mrs. Frank Guzjardo bathed her 11 month old son then briefly left him. The 2 year old sister Mary turned on the faucet and played with tissue paper, stopping the drain. The tub overflowed and the infant drowned.
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Houston
Frank Guzjardo
Mary
Air Force shoots down six MIGs in North Korea total tops ten
U S Fifth Air Force reports six Communist MIGs downed in four air battles, raising total destroyed in two days to ten. Fourth Wing commander Col Harrison Thyng says more enemies come up as American pilots press attacks. Ground combat sees Allied actions with shattered bridges, rail lines, four boxcars damaged, seven mortar positions out. 84 Reds captured in July with 4,499 killed and 4,389 wounded. Navy destroyers Carmick and Pierce destroy a northbound freight near Songjin with gunfire.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Air Force
Harrison R. Thyng
U. S. Eighth Army
Navy
Carmick
Pierce
Songjin
UN Interpreters Review Korea Armistice Draft
UN interpreters checked English Chinese and Korean texts for the Korea armistice draft to ensure uniform meaning. Delegations remain deadlocked on prisoner exchanges and will reconvene Monday. A Peiping broadcast claimed U N liaison officers protested U S jet flights over Panmunjom. No U N Command comment was issued.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Peiping
San Francisco
U N
U. S
Panmunjom
U.N
Postponed Hambletonian Stake Rescheduled to Tuesday
Goshen bulletin notes rain pushed the Zith Hambletonian stake back 24 hours. The racing program will begin Tuesday at 11 a.m. EST with the updated start time and officials awaiting clearer conditions.
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Goshen
N.Y
Zith Hambletonian
Rhee Leads In South Korea Presidential Vote
Syngman Rhee held a 22 to 1 lead over three opponents in unofficial returns from about half the polling places in Pusan Korea after Tuesday's first direct presidential election.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
First Atom Raid Recalled By Los Alamos Advisor
Harold M. Agnew, now a Los Alamos adviser, recalls seven years since the Hiroshima atomic bombing. He and three fellow civilians measured effects of the blast while the mission proceeded with precision. Col. Tibbetts led the B29 drop as Alvarez Johnston and Agnew deployed instruments. Waldman sought film but failed to capture the moment. The crew later learned of celebrations back at Tinian as the planes returned.
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Los Alamos
N. M
Harold M. Agnew
Hiroshima
Agnew
Denver
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
University
of California
Atomic Energy Commission
Luis Alvarez
University of California, Berkeley
Calif
Lawrence Johnston
University of Minnesota
Bernard Waldman
Notre Dame
Alvarez
Johnston
Waldman
Paul Tibbetts
Alvarrez
Tibbett
Col. Tibbett
Tinian
Hiroshima survivors honor thousands killed seven years after blast
Survivors gathered at a memorial in Hiroshima remembering the atomic blast seven years earlier. A Kyodo report notes protests in Nagasaki over U S policy toward victims and calls for relief loans and hospital plans. Discrepancies exist over toll estimates, with U S surveys citing about 80,000 dead and Japanese press claiming over 200,000. A scroll with more than 200,000 names was placed at the memorial crypt.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Nagasaki
America
Kyodo
United States
U. S
Farouk Loses Vast Holdings In Egypt Impounded
Cairo Egypt exiled king Farouk faced an official move to impound his Egyptian wealth as the reform government seeks to inventory potential holdings. Estimates of losses reach up to two billion dollars if he held one third of Egypts six million arable acres, though officials lack a complete property list and plan a possible redistribution through land reform.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk
Nile Valley
Nizam of
Hyderabad
Aly Maher
Isle of
Capri
Truck Blast Destroys Craigs Town Injuring Nine
MAHANOY CITY Pa A dynamite laden truck exploded in Craigs near here Tuesday tearing through the hamlet The blast shook miles and shattered storefronts injuring nine residents The truck driver Frank Earnhardt 23 of West Pittston was thrown by the blast and injured The truck was blown apart creating a crater on the Braceville Mahanoy City highway Fire touched off by the explosion burned nearby trees and brush Witnesses said the truck caught fire and the town was left in confusion
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Mahanoy City
Craigs
Frank Earnhardt
West Pittston
NYC Union Talks Cut Off Abruptly
New York Central officials and union leaders halted wage and working rules talks abruptly amid a strike threat. A company official first said negotiations were broken off, then defined as a recess, with no date set for resumption after three days of talks.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
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