Eisenhower Aims to Win Labor Vote in Campaign Push
In Denver, General Dwight D. Eisenhower plans a labor outreach during his presidential bid. Nixon says Eisenhower will welcome opportunities to address labor groups, while CIO endorsements favor Stevenson. Stassen cites a top labor leader backing Eisenhower, predicting he could win about half of organized labor. Governor Earl Warren arrives in Denver.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Camme
American Federation of Labor
New York City
Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
California
Nixon
CIO
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Gov. Stevenson
Jack Kroll
Kroll
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Organized Labor
Earl Warren
GOP Fight In Louisiana Over Central Committee Leader
Alexandria reports a Taft Eisenhower split within Louisiana Republicans as the State Central Committee meets to organize a precinct level campaign for Eisenhower. John Minor Wisdom urges reorganization to foster harmony, while N Bryant James refuses resignation and Pauline Duke is cited as a strong Eisenhower ally. Despite tensions, leaders expect a smooth session.
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Alexandria
GOP
State Central Committee
Dwight Eisenhower
John Minor Wisdom
Eisenhower
New Orleans
N. Bryant James
Robert A. Taft
Wisdom
J. Pauline Duke
New Iberia
James
Hershey Warns Draft Pool Faces Record Drying Up
Washington report says draft chief Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey warns the manpower pool is running dry and could be at its lowest since World War II within a year. He estimates about 1,200,000 will be drafted or enlisted this fiscal year as calls rise and Korea veterans exit after 18 months.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service Director
Hershey
Korea
Network Offers Time For Debate Between Nominees
New York NBC offered radio and television network time for a debate between Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and Gov Adlai Stevenson. The offer was made to GOP and Democratic candidates by NBC president Joseph H McConnell after persistent press reports the debate was under consideration.
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New York
National Broadcasting Pany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
NBC
Joseph H. McConnell
McConnell
FBI Nets Noted Fugitive John T. Hill in Michigan
The FBI announced the capture of John Thomas Hill, a top ten fugitive. He was arrested in Hamtramck Michigan and is wanted in Queen Anne's County Maryland for murder and in Portsmouth Virginia for assault. Hill, 49, is in custody.
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Washington
FBI Today
John Thomas Hill
Hill
Hamtramck
Mich
Queen Anne’s County
Portsmouth
FBI
Stevenson Brain Trust Maps New Whistle Stop Plan
Gov Adlai Stevenson shifts to a regional whistle stop strategy with a campaign train in the East and Pacific Coast, trimming cross country travel. The plan, supported by Truman, prioritizes New York California and Midwestern farm belt, with dates to be finalized next week.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Mississippi River
Stevenson
Pacific Coast
Truman
New York
California
New Jersey
Yaukee
Arthur Goldberg
CIO
Joseph Kennan
AFL
Labor League For Political Education
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kline
White House
GOP
Sparkman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ens
Film Star Believed Suffering From Polio
Portland, Me roman numeral mentions film star Berto, age 32, hospitalized yesterday as infantile paralysis suspected. Dr. Burrage calls condition satisfactory and notes diagnosis by physician today.
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Portland
Rero
Thaxter
William C. Burrage
General Bradley to Tour Strategic Air Command Bases
General Omar Bradley flies to Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha tomorrow to launch a 10 day tour of Strategic Air Command bases visiting installations and meeting commanders during the mission.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Offut Air Force Base
Omaha
Strategic Air Command
Red Charge On Key Hill Thrown Back
U S Marine reinforcements halted a three hour grenade battle and repelled the seventh Communist assault on Bunker Hill on the Korean Western Front. Four hundred Chinese menaced Marine positions near dawn before the Reds pulled back. Official losses exceed 3154 dead and wounded. UN planes bombed a Red supply center and shot down at least one MIG15 with jet fighters active in the week.
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Seoul
Korea
Bunker Hill
U. S
Eighth Army
Panmunjom
United Nations
Chunghwa
Radio
North Korea
Summerfield Urges Peace Focus for GOP Victory
GRAND RAPIDS Mich Arthur E Summerfield Republican national chairman urged victory at national and state levels saying the public is tired of war planning and seeks peace oriented leadership They want to be led out of the wilderness and demand drastic change and accomplishment in the future.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Arthur E. Summerfield
America
Posse Sought for Missing 9-Year-Old Eva Phillips
In Odessa Texas a sheriff s posse and many volunteers searched for Eva Lois Phillips a blonde blue eyed 9 year old last seen Wednesday morning. The girl lives with her father who is estranged from her mother and a 27 year old man who admitted taking her riding says he returned her home.
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Odessa
Tex
Eva Lois Phillips
Sheriff's Posse
Invasion Of Chicago Suburbs Crickets Dwindle
An invading army of crickets swarmed into Chicago southern suburbs and began disappearing last night. Baby crickets appeared Thursday, and entomologists say the insects hatched nearby and sought better feeding grounds.
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Chicago
Lawmakers To Seek Way To Cut Military Spending
Washington reports lawmakers head for a two week trip to inspect four U S military centers in Dayton St Louis Alameda and Ogden to study cheaper supply procurement The group led by Bonner plans to review Air Materiel Command Wright Field and Army Medical Depot St Louis and notes Alameda under a six month test to centralize purchases for savings The probe aims to extend the pilot to other common items such as uniforms and supplies
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Washington
U.S
Dayton
Ohio
St. Louis
Alameda
Calif
Ogden
Utah
Bonner
D-Nc
House Expenditures Committee
Rep
Harden
Brownson
Indiana
Curtis
R-Mo
Shelley
Rep Holifield
California
Air Materiel Command
Wright Field
Air Force
Finletter
Army Medical Depot
St.Louis
Rita Aly Rush To See Daughter In Hospital
Hollywood AP Aly Khan and his estranged wife Rita Hayworth rushed to a hospital after their daughter Yasmin 22 swallowed sleeping pills. Stomach pumped. Yasmin recovering. The prince plans to stay five days and visit Del Mar races with Rita.
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Hollywood
Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
Yasmin
Aly
Rita
Beverly Hills
Prince Aly
Rebecca Welles
Miss Hayworth
Orson Welles
del Mar
San Diego
Ludlum Steel Signs Pact With Union
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp reaches a complete contract with the CIO United Steelworkers covering 14 000 workers across five plants. The deal ends a nationwide steel strike, aligns with patterns set by the six largest producers, and raises wages by about 21 cents an hour. The contract runs through June 30 1954 with a wage reopening after year one.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny- Ludlum Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
Allegheny-Ludlum
Allegheny - Ludlum
Four Bury Man Ready To Quit Cave Rescue Tension
Four survivors of a cave expedition prepared to ascend Pierre St Martin after burying a crew member 1153 feet below. Twin hand winches and double ropes were readied, but a dispute over the ascent method risked delaying the rescue for hours.
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Licathery
France
Pierre St. Martin
Pyrenees
Marcel Loubens
Lumber Lady in Distress Near Drake’s Bay
The Navy reports the freighter Lumber Lady in distress five miles northwest of Point Reyes with a 25 degree list after cargo of lumber shifted. A Coast Guard lifeboat and Navy tug Cahokia assisted as an injured man was aboard and an ambulance was readied to meet the ship at Drake’s Bay about 25 miles northwest of the Golden Gate.
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San Francisco
Navy
Point Reyes
Calif
Coast Guard
Cahokia
Drake's Bay
Drake’s Bay
Golden Gate
English Trains Ram Near Carlisle Injuring Twenty
A locomotive struck the rear of a standing passenger train just north of Carlisle early today, injuring 20 persons and halting rail traffic for nearly two hours.
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Carlisle
England
Typhoid Outbreak Traced To Camp Cook In Queens
Health officials traced a Far Rockaway day camp typhoid outbreak to a 45 year old cook described as a hitherto unknown carrier. Camp Hi Li, with over 300 children, closed after 15 definite typhoid cases were confirmed.
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New York
Far Rockaway
Queens
Hi-Li
Rosenberg says GIs live “good but not plush”
Assistant Defense Secretary Anna Rosenberg reports improved life for American servicemen and families in Europe and North Africa but says conditions remain short of ideal. She cites the need for more facilities to keep service members occupied during off duty hours after an inspection tour.
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Washington
Anna Rosenberg
Europe
North Africa
First Big Storm Of Year Brewing
A tropical storm disturbance was spotted off the west coast of Africa about 1,200 miles southwest of Dakar by a Pan American World Airways pilot. It was moving northwest at about 22 miles per hour. Miami Weather Bureau said no advisories would be issued until more information is available.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Dakar
Africa
Pan American World Airways
Miami Weather Bureau
Russians Reject Western Offer On Austrian Pact
Washington reports six years of Western effort to win Russian approval for an Austrian peace treaty deadlocked. Moscow rejected an abbreviated 8 page draft proposed March 13 1952 and calls for a new review of the Austrian treaty issue. The United Nations may be asked to intervene. The State Department notes looting and occupation as reasons Moscow blocks a full 59 article treaty.
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Washington
Russia
Austria
United Nations
State Department
Moscow
Kremlin
United States
Britain
France
U.N. General Assembly
United Kingdom
Memorial to Close Coal Mines
John L. Lewis orders a 10 day memorial work stoppage August 23 to September 1 affecting about 475000 miners. The move coincides with upcoming wage talks and aims to reduce above ground coal stockpiles while not directly pressuring negotiations.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Unit Mine Workers Journal
Taxes and Larry's Show
Washington amusement taxes shut down 12 year old Larry Aiken's backyard circus in Terre Haute Indiana. Larry computed 22 cents tax from 22 attendees paying five cents each and offered to refund part of the amount if some customers were under 12 years old. The revenue bureau will review receipts and may issue a partial refund.
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Washington
Larry Aiken
Larry
Terre Haute
Ind
Bureau of Internal Revenue
U.S
Revenue Bureau
Norwegian Minister Set for Three-Week US Tour
Norwegian Prime Minister Oscar Torp will travel to the United States for a three week official visit, with arrival in New York expected on September 9. The trip aims to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties between Oslo and Washington during the late summer period.
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Oslo
Oscar Torp
New York
United States
Costello Surrenders to Start 18 Month Contempt Term
Frank Costello, dubbed the underworld prime minister, began an 18 month federal prison term for contempt of the Senate after surrendering yesterday. The 61 year old gambler said he wanted to be treated like everyone else and would likely be moved to a federal penitentiary in Danbury Connecticut next week with parole possible in six months.
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New York
Frank Costello
Senate
Danbury
Conn
Only Half of NSLI 1952 Dividends Expected to be Claimed
A Veterans Administration official estimated that about one half of the 200 million dollars in 1952 National Service Life Insurance dividends will be cashed this year. Reasons include misinterpreted or ignored writing requirements and many beneficiaries letting funds stay in their accounts for future premiums or interest. Public notices show 1,448,028 checks totaling 53,326,754 issued through August 7 with 600,000 1948 and 90,000 1952 checks still undistributed.
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W. Joynes Macfarlan
Washington
Veterans Administration
National Service Life Insurance
NSLI
Treasury
Mresse
North Korea’s armistice idea dismissed by U S
The State Department called Kim II Sung’s speech an empty gesture offering a neutral victory concept. Officials reiterated no compromise on prisoner return and urged concrete proposals at Panmunjom. They warned against using talks as Communist propaganda and kept Truce Table the proper venue for negotiations.
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Washington
North Korea
State Department
Kim II S
Pyongyang
United Nations
Kim
Time Bomb Delays Recovery After Seoul Crash
In Seoul a delayed atomic-like bomb halted recovery from an Allied fighter crash south of the city. The jet pilot survived after ejecting. a second unidentified major aircraft clipped the jet, and U.S. guard Derral C. Watson described finding the dead pilot astride a cockpit bomb and fearing further explosions.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S
M.sat. Derral C. Watson
Fairfield
Makr
Sean
Watson
Mississippi May Split Three Ways
In Jackson Mississippi a states rights group seeks a third presidential option in the Stevenson Eisenhower split. Officials like Walter Sillers and Russell Fox press for a Southerner candidate at the State Democratic Convention after a post Chicago meeting. Former Gov Fielding Wright signals caution but may address the convention after Governor White reports.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Chicago
Walter Sillers
House of Representatives
Russell Fox
Fielding Wright
Wright
H White
Blind paper seller charged with larceny in Baltimore
Ben L. Bond, a blind news stand operator at Baltimore's main post office, faced larceny charges after claiming $498 was stolen from his stand though he said someone else took it. Bond and his blind wife run the Maryland Workshop for the Blind and have three children. He reported a prior theft of $225 last April and urged the thief to return the money. He was arrested after stating the larger sum had been returned as mysteriously as it disappeared.
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Baltimore
Ben L. Bond
Bond
Maryland
Army To Organize Air Guard In Alaska
The Air Force announced plans to form the first Air National Guard unit in Alaska marking a new state defense organization and national guard presence.
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Army
Air Guard
Alaska
Washington
Air Force Today
Air National Guard
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